Psychology research and behavior management
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Psychol Res Behav Manag · Jan 2020
Care Is the Doctor's Best Prescription: The Impact of Doctor-Patient Empathy on the Physical and Mental Health of Asthmatic Patients in China.
To explore the impact of empathy between Chinese doctors and patients on anxiety, self-efficacy, sleep and IL-6 levels in hospitalized asthmatic patients. ⋯ In the Chinese sample, anxiety, self-efficacy, sleep, empathy between doctors and patients and IL-6 are closely correlated. Anxiety, self-efficacy and sleep may play additional roles in the influence of patients' perception of empathy between doctors and patients on IL-6 in asthmatic patients.
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Psychol Res Behav Manag · Jan 2020
Factors Associated with Psychological Distress and Brief Resilient Coping Level During the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Health-Care Professionals in Dessie, Ethiopia.
The outbreak of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused serious threats to people's health and lives in the world. The health-care professionals are bravely fighting on the front lines of the pandemic everywhere in the world. Our study is the first to study psychological distress and coping status among health-care professionals of Dessie town, Ethiopia during the unbridled time of the COVID-19 outbreak. ⋯ Health-care professionals are experiencing a substantial level of psychological distress. In addition to other modifying factors coping level and social support was a significant predictor of psychological distress among health-care professionals. These findings should inform the implementation of interventions that increase coping resilience and social support to mitigate the impact of psychological distress among health-care professionals.
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Psychol Res Behav Manag · Jan 2020
Effects of Patients' Perceptions of Physician-Patient Relational Empathy on an Inflammation Marker in Patients with Crohn's Disease: The Intermediary Roles of Anxiety, Self-Efficacy, and Sleep Quality.
Physician-patient empathy is inextricably linked with outcomes of patients. The purpose of this study was to test whether anxiety, self-efficacy, and sleep quality played intermediary roles in relationships between patients' perceptions of physician-patient relational empathy and an inflammation marker in Crohn's disease patients. ⋯ In correlations of patients' perceptions of physician-patient relational empathy and IL6 in patients with Crohn's disease, patients' anxiety, self-efficacy, and sleep quality acted as intermediary effects. Therefore, medical staff should empathize with patients.
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Psychol Res Behav Manag · Jan 2020
Examining Anxiety, Life Satisfaction, General Health, Stress and Coping Styles During COVID-19 Pandemic in Polish Sample of University Students.
The purpose of this study is to examine the association of anxiety with self-rated general health, satisfaction with life, stress and coping strategies of university students during the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak in Poland. ⋯ University students experience extremely high stress and anxiety during quarantine period and they need professional help to cope with COVID-19 pandemic. The results of this study may help prepare appropriate future intervention and effective prevention programs at universities.