Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine
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Comparative Study Clinical Trial
Treatment preferences and advance care planning at end of life: the role of ethnicity and spiritual coping in cancer patients.
Although studies have reported ethnic differences in approaches to end of life, the role of spiritual beliefs is less well understood. ⋯ It was found that patients with cancer who used spiritual coping to a greater extent were less likely to have a living will and more likely to desire life-sustaining measures. If efforts aimed at improving end-of-life care are to be successful, they must take into account the complex interplay of ethnicity and spirituality as they shape patients' views and preferences around end of life.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
The effects of hypnotic and nonhypnotic imaginative suggestion on pain.
Few studies have compared placebo and suggested pain reduction. ⋯ In the general population, nonhypnotic imaginative suggestions may be as effective as hypnotic suggestions in reducing pain. Response expectancies would seem to be an important mechanism of placebo and suggested pain reduction.
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neuromuscular disease with no known cure. Maintaining quality of life (QOL) as the disease progresses is an important treatment goal. ⋯ Results support the need for better instrumentation to enable future studies to more precisely measure multiple dimensions of ALS-related QOL, to identify reference points for self-ratings of both health and QOL, and to capture the religious and spiritual mechanisms related to QOL as individuals face the end of life.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Catastrophizing and pain sensitivity among chronic pain patients: moderating effects of sensory and affect focus.
Pain catastrophizing is a particularly harmful cognitive factor among patients with chronic pain, but little is known of mechanisms linking this factor to pain and disability. ⋯ Catastrophizing about pain may affect pain severity and distress of chronic pain patients through a bias toward processing the most disturbing elements of a painful stimulus.