Living with Huntington`s disease: Illness perceptions, coping mechanisms, and spouses' quality of life. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 9(1), 37-52.Helder DI, Kaptein AA, Van Kempen GM, Weinman J, Van Houwelingen JC, Roos RA. Living with Huntington's disease: illness ...
Alzheimer's disease (AD) causes considerable distress in caregivers who are continuously required to deal with requests from patients. Coping strategies pl... I R,Winogrond,A A,... - 《Gerontologist》 被引量: 29发表: 1987年 Caregiver roles in families affected by Huntington's disease: a qua...
Living with Huntington's disease: Illness perceptions, coping mechanisms, and patients' well-being. Br J Health Psychol 2002;7:449 - 62.Helder DI, Kaptein AA, Van Kempen GMJ, Weinman JA, Van Houwelingen HC, Roos RAC. Living with Huntington's disease: illness perceptions, coping mechanisms,...
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,...
Living with Huntington's Disease: Illness Perceptions, Coping Mechanisms, and Spouses' Quality of Life. International Journal of Behavioural Medicine, 9(1), 37-52.Helder, D. I., Kaptein, A. A., Van Kempen, G. M., Weinman, J., Van Houwelingen, J. C., Roos, R. A. (2002). ...
Huntington disease (HD)Rapid developments in genetics suggest that more and more people will be identified 'at risk' for common illnesses. Genetic discoveries have the potential to improve disease outcomes, but they also highlight gaps in our knowledge about patient-level factors such as how ...
these four friends, whose lives have all been changed by the hidden illness want to lift the shroud of secrecy.Feisty and fun, they refuse to be beaten by the disease that many treat like a dirty family secret.Two of them have Huntington's disease (HD) - Joan Manchip and Jan McMenemy...
doi:10.1016/j.nurt.2007.10.003T. TempkinV. WheelockElsevier Inc.Neurotherapeutics
Byline: Jane WoodheadLiverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
Huntington disease (HD) was identified in a black (Bantu) family living in the Manicaland region of Zimbabwe near the border with Mozambique. The pedigree included 11 affected individuals in 4 generations. There were 2 other probable HD patients from 2 unrelated black families in the same region...