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R. A. C. Roos - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Living with huntington’s disease: illness perceptions, Coping Mechanisms, and spouses’ quality of life
International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 2002Co-Authors: D. I. Helder, A. A. Kaptein, G. M. J. Kempen, J. Weinman, J. C. Houwelingen, R. A. C. RoosAbstract:Chronic illness not only affects the life of those suffering from Huntington’s disease but also threatens the quality of life (QOL) of their spouses. In this study, we focus on Huntington’s disease (HD). The impact of HDonthe QOL of spouses has been hardly studied from a behavioral medicine or health psychology perspective. We hypothesize that spouses’ illness perceptions and Coping Mechanisms will contribute significantly to the prediction of their QOL. Illness perceptions, Coping Mechanisms, and the QOL of 90 spouses ofpatients with HD were assessed by meansof the Illness Perception Questionnaire, the COPE, and the Medical Outcome Study 36-item Short Form Health Survey, respectively. After controlling for demographic and illness-related variables, Coping Mechanisms explained a significant amount of variance of spouses’ role functioning. Given our results, more empirical and longitudinal research is justified on Coping Mechanisms and illness perceptions of spouses living with Huntington’s disease.
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living with huntington s disease illness perceptions Coping Mechanisms and spouses quality of life
International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 2002Co-Authors: D. I. Helder, A. A. Kaptein, J. Weinman, G M J Van Kempen, J C Van Houwelingen, R. A. C. RoosAbstract:Chronic illness not only affects the life of those suffering from Huntington’s disease but also threatens the quality of life (QOL) of their spouses. In this study, we focus on Huntington’s disease (HD). The impact of HDonthe QOL of spouses has been hardly studied from a behavioral medicine or health psychology perspective. We hypothesize that spouses’ illness perceptions and Coping Mechanisms will contribute significantly to the prediction of their QOL. Illness perceptions, Coping Mechanisms, and the QOL of 90 spouses ofpatients with HD were assessed by meansof the Illness Perception Questionnaire, the COPE, and the Medical Outcome Study 36-item Short Form Health Survey, respectively. After controlling for demographic and illness-related variables, Coping Mechanisms explained a significant amount of variance of spouses’ role functioning. Given our results, more empirical and longitudinal research is justified on Coping Mechanisms and illness perceptions of spouses living with Huntington’s disease.
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Living with Huntington's disease: Illness perceptions, Coping Mechanisms, and patients' well-being.
British Journal of Health Psychology, 2002Co-Authors: D. I. Helder, A. A. Kaptein, J. Weinman, Godfried M.j. Van Kempen, Hans J. C. Van Houwelingen, R. A. C. RoosAbstract:Objectives: To describe the illness perceptions and Coping Mechanisms of patients with Huntington's disease (HD), and to assess their role in the well-being of these individuals. Design: A single group, cross-sectional study. Methods: In 77 individuals with a clinically confirmed diagnosis of HD, illness perceptions, Coping Mechanisms, motor and cognitive performance, and well-being were assessed by means of questionnaire-guided interviews, and subjected to correlational analyses, t-tests and two-stage regression analyses. Results: HD patients' illness perceptions were characterized by a strong illness identity, combined with beliefs about a long duration of HD, perceived negative consequences for their daily lives, and little hope for cure or improvement of their symptoms. In turn, the Coping strategies that HD patients reported adopting to deal with their disease were comparable with those adopted by reference individuals dealing with everyday life stressful situations.Where the well-being of HD patients is concerned, compared with Dutch community sample, HD patients scored significantly lower on measures of physical well-being and general health. Both illness perceptions and Coping Mechanisms were significant predictors of patients' well-being. Conclusions: More systematic research within a health psychology framework is justified in order to assess the role of illness perceptions and Coping Mechanisms in the well-being of HD patients.
D. I. Helder - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Living with huntington’s disease: illness perceptions, Coping Mechanisms, and spouses’ quality of life
International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 2002Co-Authors: D. I. Helder, A. A. Kaptein, G. M. J. Kempen, J. Weinman, J. C. Houwelingen, R. A. C. RoosAbstract:Chronic illness not only affects the life of those suffering from Huntington’s disease but also threatens the quality of life (QOL) of their spouses. In this study, we focus on Huntington’s disease (HD). The impact of HDonthe QOL of spouses has been hardly studied from a behavioral medicine or health psychology perspective. We hypothesize that spouses’ illness perceptions and Coping Mechanisms will contribute significantly to the prediction of their QOL. Illness perceptions, Coping Mechanisms, and the QOL of 90 spouses ofpatients with HD were assessed by meansof the Illness Perception Questionnaire, the COPE, and the Medical Outcome Study 36-item Short Form Health Survey, respectively. After controlling for demographic and illness-related variables, Coping Mechanisms explained a significant amount of variance of spouses’ role functioning. Given our results, more empirical and longitudinal research is justified on Coping Mechanisms and illness perceptions of spouses living with Huntington’s disease.
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living with huntington s disease illness perceptions Coping Mechanisms and spouses quality of life
International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 2002Co-Authors: D. I. Helder, A. A. Kaptein, J. Weinman, G M J Van Kempen, J C Van Houwelingen, R. A. C. RoosAbstract:Chronic illness not only affects the life of those suffering from Huntington’s disease but also threatens the quality of life (QOL) of their spouses. In this study, we focus on Huntington’s disease (HD). The impact of HDonthe QOL of spouses has been hardly studied from a behavioral medicine or health psychology perspective. We hypothesize that spouses’ illness perceptions and Coping Mechanisms will contribute significantly to the prediction of their QOL. Illness perceptions, Coping Mechanisms, and the QOL of 90 spouses ofpatients with HD were assessed by meansof the Illness Perception Questionnaire, the COPE, and the Medical Outcome Study 36-item Short Form Health Survey, respectively. After controlling for demographic and illness-related variables, Coping Mechanisms explained a significant amount of variance of spouses’ role functioning. Given our results, more empirical and longitudinal research is justified on Coping Mechanisms and illness perceptions of spouses living with Huntington’s disease.
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Living with Huntington's disease: Illness perceptions, Coping Mechanisms, and patients' well-being.
British Journal of Health Psychology, 2002Co-Authors: D. I. Helder, A. A. Kaptein, J. Weinman, Godfried M.j. Van Kempen, Hans J. C. Van Houwelingen, R. A. C. RoosAbstract:Objectives: To describe the illness perceptions and Coping Mechanisms of patients with Huntington's disease (HD), and to assess their role in the well-being of these individuals. Design: A single group, cross-sectional study. Methods: In 77 individuals with a clinically confirmed diagnosis of HD, illness perceptions, Coping Mechanisms, motor and cognitive performance, and well-being were assessed by means of questionnaire-guided interviews, and subjected to correlational analyses, t-tests and two-stage regression analyses. Results: HD patients' illness perceptions were characterized by a strong illness identity, combined with beliefs about a long duration of HD, perceived negative consequences for their daily lives, and little hope for cure or improvement of their symptoms. In turn, the Coping strategies that HD patients reported adopting to deal with their disease were comparable with those adopted by reference individuals dealing with everyday life stressful situations.Where the well-being of HD patients is concerned, compared with Dutch community sample, HD patients scored significantly lower on measures of physical well-being and general health. Both illness perceptions and Coping Mechanisms were significant predictors of patients' well-being. Conclusions: More systematic research within a health psychology framework is justified in order to assess the role of illness perceptions and Coping Mechanisms in the well-being of HD patients.
Bright Addai - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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caring for older persons in rural and urban communities perspectives of ghanaian informal caregivers on their Coping Mechanisms
Journal of Public Health, 2020Co-Authors: Williams Agyemangduah, Alhassan Abdullah, Charlotte Monica Mensah, Francis Arthurholmes, Bright AddaiAbstract:Studies on informal caregiving for older persons in Ghana have only reported the challenges of the caregivers without providing their Coping Mechanisms. Considering the myriad of challenges facing informal caregivers in Ghana, we sought to explore the Coping Mechanisms utilised by informal caregivers in rural and urban settings of Ghana to overcome their caregiving challenges. In-depth interviews were conducted with 20 purposively selected caregivers from the Ejisu-Juaben Municipality and Kumasi Metropolis in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The data were thematically analysed and common themes were reported as findings. Six key Coping Mechanisms were found; faith in God, support from friends and family, borrowing from friends, acceptance and encouragement, reducing expenditure on other activities, and taking time off. The findings provide key strategies to policy-makers in the health sector to prevent the burnout of informal caregivers. Considerations from the Coping Mechanisms enumerated in the current study could guide the design and implementation of policies towards improving the informal healthcare sector in Ghana, which is crucial to the realisation of the United Nations’ health-related Sustainable Development Goals.
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Caring for older persons in rural and urban communities: perspectives of Ghanaian informal caregivers on their Coping Mechanisms
Journal of Public Health, 2019Co-Authors: Williams Agyemang-duah, Alhassan Abdullah, Charlotte Monica Mensah, Francis Arthur-holmes, Bright AddaiAbstract:Objective Studies on informal caregiving for older persons in Ghana have only reported the challenges of the caregivers without providing their Coping Mechanisms. Considering the myriad of challenges facing informal caregivers in Ghana, we sought to explore the Coping Mechanisms utilised by informal caregivers in rural and urban settings of Ghana to overcome their caregiving challenges. Methods In-depth interviews were conducted with 20 purposively selected caregivers from the Ejisu-Juaben Municipality and Kumasi Metropolis in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The data were thematically analysed and common themes were reported as findings. Results Six key Coping Mechanisms were found; faith in God, support from friends and family, borrowing from friends, acceptance and encouragement, reducing expenditure on other activities, and taking time off. Conclusion The findings provide key strategies to policy-makers in the health sector to prevent the burnout of informal caregivers. Considerations from the Coping Mechanisms enumerated in the current study could guide the design and implementation of policies towards improving the informal healthcare sector in Ghana, which is crucial to the realisation of the United Nations’ health-related Sustainable Development Goals.
Tom Hart - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the paradox of social resilience how cognitive strategies and Coping Mechanisms attenuate and accentuate resilience
Global Environmental Change-human and Policy Dimensions, 2014Co-Authors: Duncan Shaw, Judith Scully, Tom HartAbstract:This paper examines two concepts, social vulnerability and social resilience, often used to describe people and their relationship to a disaster. Social vulnerability is the exposure to harm resulting from demographic and socioeconomic factors that heighten the exposure to disaster. Social resilience is the ability to avoid disaster, cope with change and recover from disaster. Vulnerability to a space and social resilience through society is explored through a focus on the elderly, a group sometimes regarded as having low resilience while being particularly vulnerable. Our findings explore the degree to which an elderly group exposed to coastal flood risk exhibits social resilience through both cognitive strategies, such as risk perception and self-perception, as well as through Coping Mechanisms, such as accepting change and self-organisation. These attenuate and accentuate the resilience of individuals through their own preparations as well as their communities’ preparations and also contribute to the delusion of resilience which leads individuals to act as if they are more resilient than they are in reality, which we call negative resilience. Thus, we draw attention to three main areas: the degree to which social vulnerability can disguise its social resilience; the role played by cognitive strategies and Coping Mechanisms on an individual's social resilience; and the high risk aspects of social resilience.
Albert L. Lederer - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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rapid information technology change Coping Mechanisms and the emerging technologies group
Journal of Management Information Systems, 2001Co-Authors: John Benamati, Albert L. LedererAbstract:Information technology (IT) changes rapidly, seriously challenging IT management. In response, many organizations create a formal group of IT professionals to evaluate emerging IT so they can better cope with its change. A survey based on structured interviews was mailed to a nationwide sample of 1,000 IT organizations. Two hundred forty-six respondents provided data to identify categories of Coping Mechanisms to handle changing IT. Five categories emerged: Education and Training, Internal Procedures, Vendor Support, Consultant Support, and Endurance. Organizations apply Education and Training more extensively than the others. Thus the research contributes to understanding the means by which organizations cope with rapid IT change. The research also found that organizations with a group dedicated to investigating emerging IT cope more extensively, but not more successfully, than do those without one. Thus the research contributes not only by providing an understanding of how organizations cope with rapid IT change, but also by suggesting the need to achieve more from the group charged with emerging IT.
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How IT organizations handle rapid IT change: five Coping Mechanisms
Information Technology and Management, 2001Co-Authors: John Benamati, Albert L. LedererAbstract:Information technology (IT) has become a strategic resource in many organizations. As a result, the management of IT has dramatically increased in importance. However, IT is changing at a rapid rate. This change is increasing the complexity of the challenges facing IT managers. In fact, previous research has hypothesized that IT managers deliberately use specific Coping Mechanisms to deal with these challenges. The results from that research were used to construct a survey sent to a nationwide sample of 1,000 IT organizations. Two hundred forty-six respondents provided data to confirm the existence of and refine the definitions for Coping Mechanisms that IT managers apply to handle changing IT. The research contributes knowledge about how IT organizations cope with rapid IT change and about the relationship of various Coping Mechanisms to the reduction of the problems of rapidly changing IT. Five categories of Coping mechanism – Education and Training, Vendor Support, Endurance, Internal Procedures, and Consultant Support – emerged. An overall model proposing that the use of those categories predicts the reduction in problems from new IT was significant. Moreover, Education and Training and Internal Procedures presaged problem reduction, whereas Endurance and Consultant Support presaged increased problems.