Search Results - "Ironson, G"

Psychosocial and Neurohormonal Predictors of HIV Disease Progression (CD4 Cells and Viral Load): A 4 Year Prospective Study by Ironson, G., O’Cleirigh, C., Kumar, M., Kaplan, L., Balbin, E., Kelsch, C. B., Fletcher, M. A., Schneiderman, N.

“…Most studies of psychosocial predictors of disease progression in HIV have not considered norepinephrine (NE), a neurohormone related to emotion and stress,…”
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Addressing Syndemics and Self-care in Individuals with Uncontrolled HIV: An Open Trial of a Transdiagnostic Treatment by Safren, S. A., Harkness, A., Lee, J. S., Rogers, B. G., Mendez, N. A., Magidson, J. F., Blashill, A. J., Bainter, S., Rodriguez, A., Ironson, G.

“…Interventions addressing syndemics and ART adherence are needed for individuals with uncontrolled HIV and psychosocial problems. Twenty-seven participants with…”
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Comparison of two treatments for traumatic stress: A community-based study of EMDR and prolonged exposure by Ironson, G., Freund, B., Strauss, J.L., Williams, J.

“…This pilot study compared the efficacy of two treatments for postraumatic stress disorder (PTSD): Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and…”
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The fork in the road: HIV as a potential positive turning point and the role of spirituality by Kremer, H., Ironson, G., Kaplan, L.

“…We interviewed 147 HIV-positive people regarding their key life-changing experiences - involving profound changes in attitudes, behaviors, beliefs (including…”
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To tell or not to tell: Why people with HIV share or don't share with their physicians whether they are taking their medications as prescribed by Kremer, H., Ironson, G.

“…This qualitative study examines whether HIV-positive people (N=79) tell their physicians whether they take antiretroviral treatment (ART) as prescribed and…”
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Religiosity is associated with affective and immune status in symptomatic hiv-infected gay men by Woods, Teresa E., Antoni, Michael H., Ironson, Gail H., Kling, David W.

“…This study examines the relationship between religiosity and the affective and immune status of 106 HIV-seropositive mildly symptomatic gay men (CDC stage B)…”
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Enhancing Recovery in Coronary Heart Disease (ENRICHD) study intervention: rationale and design

“…Depression and low social support are risk factors for medical morbidity and mortality after acute MI. The ENRICHD study is a multicenter, randomized,…”
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Augmented trauma writing effects HIV symptoms and VL in women with PTSD and HIV by Ironson, G, O’Cleirigh, C, Leserman, J, Fordiani, J, Balbin, E, Schneiderman, N, Fletcher, M

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Construction of a Job in General Scale: A Comparison of Global, Composite, and Specific Measures by Ironson, G. H, Smith, P. C, Brannick, M. T, Gibson, W. M, Paul, K. B

“…We describe the construction of a Job in General (JIG) scale, a global scale to accompany the facet scales of the Job Descriptive Index. We applied both…”
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The impact of improved self-efficacy on HIV viral load and distress in culturally diverse women living with AIDS: the SMART/EST women's project by Ironson, G., Weiss, S., Lydston, D., Ishii, M., Jones, D., Asthana, D., Tobin, J., Lechner, S., Laperriere, A., Schneiderman, N., Antoni, M.

“…The purpose of the present study was to determine whether changes in self-efficacy over time would be related to changes in disease progression markers (CD4,…”
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The reliability and specificity of delta versus residualized change as measures of cardiovascular reactivity to behavioral challenges by Llabre, M M, Spitzer, S B, Saab, P G, Ironson, G H, Schneiderman, N

“…The statistical parameters that influence the reliability of delta and residualized change were examined in the context of the assessment of cardiovascular…”
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Influencing medication adherence among women with AIDS by Jones, D. L., Ishii, M., LaPerriere, A., Stanley, H., Antoni, M., Ironson, G., Schneiderman, N., Van Splunteren, F., Cassells, A., Alexander, K., Gousse, Y. P., Vaughn, A., Brondolo, E., Tobin, J. N., Weiss, S. M.

“…This study examined the effects of a ten-session cognitive-behavioural stress management/expressive supportive therapy (CBSM+) intervention on adherence to…”
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HIV Adolescents Show Improved Immune Function Following Massage Therapy by Diego, Miguel A., Field, Tiffany, Hernandez-Reif, Maria, Shaw, Kimberly, Friedman, Lawrence, Ironson, Gail

“…HIV+ adolescents (M CD4=466 mm3) recruited from a large urban university hospital's outpatient clinic were randomly assigned to receive massage therapy (n =…”
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Do positive psychosocial factors predict disease progression in HIV-1? A review of the evidence by Ironson, Gail, Hayward, H'Sien

“…Adding to a traditional stress perspective, behavioral medicine has been focusing increasingly on investigating the potential impact of positive psychosocial…”
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Psychosocial modulation of antibody to Epstein-Barr viral capsid antigen and human herpesvirus type-6 in HIV-1-infected and at-risk gay men by Esterling, B A, Antoni, M H, Schneiderman, N, Carver, C S, LaPerriere, A, Ironson, G, Klimas, N G, Fletcher, M A

“…We investigated the effects of two behavioral interventions--aerobic exercise and cognitive behavioral stress management (CBSM)--on Epstein-Barr virus viral…”
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Medical hypnosis and orthopedic hand surgery: Pain perception, postoperative recovery, and therapeutic comfort by Mauer, Magaly H., Burnett, Kent F., Ouellette, Elizabeth Anne, Ironson, Gail H., Dandes, Herbert M.

“…Orthopedic hand-surgery patients experience severe pain postoperatively, yet they must engage in painful exercises and wound care shortly after surgery; poor…”
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Indirect Effects From Childhood Sexual Abuse Severity to PTSD: The Role of Avoidance Coping by Batchelder, Abigail W., Safren, Steven A., Coleman, Jessica N., Boroughs, Michael S., Thiim, Aron, Ironson, Gail H., Shipherd, Jillian C., O’Cleirigh, Conall

“…Men who have sex with men (MSM) disproportionately experience childhood sexual abuse (CSA) compared with heterosexual men, often resulting in continued…”
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The influence of social situations on ambulatory blood pressure by Spitzer, S B, Llabre, M M, Ironson, G H, Gellman, M D, Schneiderman, N

“…Ambulatory blood pressure (BP) levels were assessed and types of activities were recorded every 20 min for a 12-hr period in 131 normotensive or mild-moderate…”
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Change in CD4+ cell enumeration following aerobic exercise training in HIV-1 disease: possible mechanisms and practical applications by LaPerriere, A, Klimas, N, Fletcher, M A, Perry, A, Ironson, G, Perna, F, Schneiderman, N

“…Growing evidence suggests that routine physical activity, by individuals who are HIV-1 infected, may have significant impact on several important components of…”
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Psychosocial factors predict CD4 and viral load change in men and women with human immunodeficiency virus in the era of highly active antiretroviral treatment by Ironson, Gail, O'Cleirigh, Conall, Fletcher, Mary Ann, Laurenceau, Jean Philippe, Balbin, Elizabeth, Klimas, Nancy, Schneiderman, Neil, Solomon, George

“…Most previous longitudinal studies demonstrating relationships between psychosocial variables and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease progression…”
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