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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction And Change In Health-Related Behaviors, Elena Salmoirago-Blotcher, Matthew Hunsinger, Lucas Morgan, Daniel Fischer, James Carmody 
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction And Change In Health-Related Behaviors, Elena Salmoirago-Blotcher, Matthew Hunsinger, Lucas Morgan, Daniel Fischer, James Carmody
Cardiovascular Medicine Publications and Presentations
How best to support change in health-related behaviors is an important public health challenge. The role of mindfulness training in this process has received limited attention. We sought to explore whether mindfulness training is associated with changes in health-related behaviors. The Health Behaviors Questionnaire was used to obtain self-reported dietary behaviors, drinking, smoking, physical activity and sleep quality before and after attendance at an eight-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program. T-test for paired data and chi-square were used to compare pre-post intervention means and proportions of relevant variables with p = .05 as level of significance. Participants (n = 174; mean age 47 ...
Body Mapping With Geriatric Inpatients Receiving Daily Haemodialysis Therapy For End-Stage Renal Disease At Toronto Rehabilitation Institute: A Qualitative Study, Bryn A. Ludlow 
McMaster University
Body Mapping With Geriatric Inpatients Receiving Daily Haemodialysis Therapy For End-Stage Renal Disease At Toronto Rehabilitation Institute: A Qualitative Study, Bryn A. Ludlow
Open Access Dissertations and Theses
The innovative research method of “body mapping” was used in this study with geriatric inpatients receiving daily hæmodialysis therapy for end-stage renal disease at Toronto Rehabilitation Institute.
Five people took part in this study; three participants completed all study phases. They created three body maps each and took part in one follow up, semi-structured interview to share their experiences of body mapping. Two themes were drawn from the data: (1) body mapping gives patients a voice to communicate their experiences in the dialysis unit; and (2) body mapping makes visible participants’ illness adjustment patterns, and levels of connection, or disconnection ...
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Abigail Long
SIT Graduate Institute/SIT Study Abroad
Jennifer Lovas
California Polytechnic State University
James Carmody
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Elena Salmoirago Blotcher
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Kimia Samimi
University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Carolyn Yarbrough
Claremont Colleges
Kimilee Wilson
Marshall University
Bryn Ludlow
McMaster University
Molly Driediger
Western University
Yung-Sheng Chen
Southern Cross University
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The Impact Of Yoga On Psychological Health In Older Adults
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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction And Change In Health-Related Behaviors, James Carmody, Elena Salmoirago Blotcher
Children's Cancer And Transplant Hospital: A Micro Town Within A Bubble, Kimia Samimi
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Self-Presentation And Social Physique Anxiety In Injury Rehabilitation Settings, Molly Driediger
Effects Of Ageing And Tai Chi Training On Soleus H-Reflex In Older Adults, Yung-Sheng Chen
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