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Clinical Significance Of Health Status Assessment Measures In Head And Neck Cancer, Gerry Funk, Lucy Karnell, Russell Smith, Alan Christensen

Alan J. Christensen

Objectives To determine the magnitude of clinically significant differences in domain scores for a quality-of-life questionnaire specific to head and neck cancer; and to demonstrate a clinically relevant method of presenting head and neck cancer–specific quality-of-life data using cutoff scores and clinical anchors.

Design Anchor-based and distribution-based techniques for determining clinically significant differences in health-related quality-of-life scores were used.

Setting University-based tertiary care hospital.

Patients A total of 421 patients with head and neck cancer enrolled in a longitudinal outcomes project.

Main Outcome Measures The Head and Neck Cancer Inventory; clinical anchor health status in the domains of speech, eating, …

The Role Of Perceived Control And Preference For Control In Adherence To A Chronic Medical Regimen, Jamie Cvengros, Alan Christensen, William Lawton

Alan J. Christensen

Background: Poor patient adherence is a widespread problem among patients undergoing hemodialysisfor end-stage renal disease.

Purpose: The goal of this study was to examine the joint role of perceived restriction of control and individual differences in preference for control in predicting adherence to the hemodialysis regimen.

Methods: Participants were 49 patients recruited from five hemodialysis centers affiliated with the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Preference for control in the health care context was assessed using the Preference for Information and Preference for Behavioral Involvement subscales of the Krantz Health Opinion Survey, and perceived control was assessed using six items …

Technological And Medical Advances: Implications For Health Psychology, Patrice Saab, Judith Mccalla, Helen Coons, Alan Christensen, Robert Kaplan, Suzanne Johnson, Mark Ackerman, Edward Stepanski, David Krantz, Barbara Melamed

Alan J. Christensen

Behavioral telehealth, health informatics, organ and tissue transplantation, and genetics are among the areas that have been affected by advances in technology and medicine. These areas illustrate the opportunities and the challenges that new developments can pose to health psychologists. Each area is discussed with respect to implications for practice, research, public policy, and education and training: recommendations are provided. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA, all rights reserved)

Patient Adherence To Medical Treatment Regimens : Challenges For Behavioral Science And Biomedicine, Alan Christensen

Alan J. Christensen

No abstract provided.

Behavioral And Medical Treatment Of Chronic Polydipsia In A Patient With Schizophrenia And Diabetes Insipidus, Erin Costanzo, Lisa Antes, Alan Christensen

Alan J. Christensen

This case report describes a novel outpatient behavioral treatment intervention for chronic polydipsia. The program was used in an effort to reduce excessive fluid intake in a woman with chronic paranoid-type schizophrenia who also had a diagnosis of diabetes insipidus.

Encyclopedia Of Health Psychology, Alan Christensen, Rene Martin, Joshua Smith

Alan J. Christensen

No abstract provided.