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Filter by:Experiences of violence, from micro to physical aggressions, have a deleterious impact on mental health. According to the Minority Stress Theory, unfavorable social conditions (such as anticipated and experienced discrimination and internalized homophobia), mediated by resilience strategies, can lead to mental health or illness. Sexual and gender minorities (SGM) face stigma and discrimination aggravating multiple aspects of their lives: from school drop-out to halting health care access. SGM reveal avoiding medical assistance for fear of discrimination while health professionals disclose feeling unprepared to handle SGM health needs. There are two main challenges: 1) developing specific psychological interventions to reduce the impact of stigma and discrimination on SGM' mental health; and 2) training public health professionals to properly address SGM needs. Therefore, the present trial aims to assess the efficacy of a brief, self-guided, on-line, asynchronous and unsupervised psychological intervention in improving SGM' mental health.
This study concluded that lung rehabilitation exercise programs can improve the psychological distress, self-efficacy, quality of life, six-minute walk distance, muscle strength, and reduce the number of hospitalizations for patients with advanced lung cancer.
Background: The transition to parenthood is stressful for first-time mothers and fathers and links to adverse health outcomes. Despite Internet use's popularity, an effective web-based, individually-tailored intervention to enhance parental self-efficacy and infant health for first-time parents remains lacking. Objectives: This study aims to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of a web-based, individually-tailored childbirth and parenting intervention program on parenting self-efficacy and infant health outcomes. The feasibility and acceptability of a theory-driven intervention will be examined in first-time mothers and fathers. Methods: A two-arm, single-blind randomized controlled trial will be conducted to investigate the effects of web-based intervention in the first-time mother and father. Participants will be randomly allocated to a web-based intervention or a control condition. A repeated measurement will be performed. Anticipatory results: The efficacy of a theory-driven web-based, individually tailored intervention program will provide a valuable contribution to perinatal health care for first-time mothers and fathers.
This study will be a randomized wait list controlled trial studying the efficacy of an Integrative Yoga Therapy for patients with chronic pain and psychological distress. Individualised yoga program will consist of a 8-week guided self-help program. This study will primarily investigate whether an individually tailored yoga can be beneficial for patients suffering from chronic pain reducing pain, anxiety depression, while improving overall quality of life.
To evaluate the clinical effectiveness of a virtual reality psychological preparation app at reducing peri-operative anxiety and its associated sequelae in children aged 3-12 years old undergoing ambulatory surgery compared to standard care.
The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of the app-based mindfulness intervention (i.e., the commercially available application Headspace) on overall physical and psychological health. Secondly, this study examines potential mindfulness mechanisms that may be driving these effects (i.e., decentering, attention regulation, acceptance, self-compassion, reactivity, exposure). This study will randomize UC Merced employees to 8-weeks of either a digital mindfulness intervention (Headspace) or a waitlist control condition. Participants assigned to the intervention group will be asked to download and use the Headspace mobile application for 10 minutes per day for 8 weeks. They will be asked to fill out questionnaires at baseline, week 4, week 8 (post intervention), 4-month, and 12-month follow up period (20-30 minutes each time). In addition, participants will be asked to complete surveys on their phone as a part of everyday life assessments (4 days per week during baseline, 2 weeks, 5 weeks, 8 weeks, up to 5-10 minutes a day). Participants will also wear a fitness watch, Fitbit, to assess their activity, sleep, and heart rate data. For the everyday life assessment part, participants will be asked to participate in one of our 60 minutes orientation sessions where you will receive training on using the mobile app and receive a fitness watch that will be collected upon the completion of the study.
Lung cancer is one of the leading cause of cancer related death in China.Different from patients in the US, Chinese patients with lung nodules tend to be less related to smoking, and seem to be more willing to get operation despite of the doctors' suggestion of imaging surveillance. This study is designed to figure out the risk factors for Chinese lung cancer patients and evaluate the psychosocial status of inpatients with lung nodules.
This study will determine the feasibility and effectiveness of a monthly social support group along with a weekly peer-to-peer meeting in improving perceived level of social support, diabetes distress, and A1c profiles in patients with Type II diabetes mellitus, compared with standard care offered at British Columbia Diabetes (BC Diabetes).