Smith SHadley DRimal RJournal of Genetic Counseling
Genetic discoveries have the potential to improve disease outcomes, but they also highlight gaps in our knowledge about patient-level factors such as how individuals respond to a genetic threat to their health and how they cope with that threat. There have been few empirical applications of ...
Living with Huntington's disease: illness perceptions, coping mechanisms, and spouses' quality of life. Int J Behav Med 2002;9:37-52.Helder, D. I., Kaptein, A. A., Van Kempen, G. M., Weinman, J., Van Houwelingen, J. C., & Roos, R. A. (2002b). Living with Huntington`s ...
Living with Huntington's disease: illness perceptions, coping mechanisms, and spouses' quality of life. Int J Behav Med 2002;9:37-52.Helder, D. I., Kaptein, A. A., Van Kempen, G. M., Weinman, J., Van Houwelingen, J. C., & Roos, R. A. (2002). Living with Huntington's ...
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,...
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.Desirée I. HelderUnit of PsychologyAd A. KapteinUnit of Psychology...
2014. Illness perceptions, coping styles and psychological distress in adults with Huntington's disease. Psychol Health Med 19:169-179.Arran N, Craufurd D, Simpson J (2014) Illness perceptions, coping styles and psychological distress in adults with Huntington's dis- ease. Psychol Health Med 19...
Huntington disease (HD) is a degenerative neurological disease that typically onsets in midlife. It leads to progressively severe impairment in cognitive, behavioral, and motor function and premature death. Persons who test positive for the HD gene expansion know they will develop the disease. ...
Stufflebeam, Karen Melissa
Well-being of family car- egivers of persons with late-stage Huntington's disease: lessons in stress and coping. Health Commun. 2009; 24(3): 239-248.Roscoe LA, Corsentino E, Watkins S, McCall M, Sanchez-Ramos J. Well-being of family care givers of persons with late-stage ...