How does anxiety sensitivity increase risk of chronic medical conditions?

A Horenstein, CM Potter… - … Psychology: Science and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Anxiety sensitivity (AS; fear of anxiety‐related symptoms) is an established transdiagnostic
risk factor for psychiatric disorders and is related to a variety of chronic medical conditions …

Technological methods to measure adherence to antiretroviral therapy and preexposure prophylaxis

LE Garrison, JE Haberer - Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Technology advances in adherence measurement are promising for improved accuracy
and, in some cases, the ability to intervene with adherence challenges in real time. This …

Incorporating patients' social determinants of health into hypertension and depression care: a pilot randomized controlled trial

HF McClintock, HR Bogner - Community mental health journal, 2017 - Springer
The objective of this study was to carry out a randomized controlled pilot trial to test the
effectiveness of an integrated intervention for hypertension and depression incorporating …

Enduring somatic threat perceptions and post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms in survivors of cardiac events

L Meli, C Alcántara, JA Sumner… - Journal of health …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Post-traumatic stress disorder due to acute cardiovascular events may be uniquely defined
by enduring perceptions of somatic threat. We tested whether post-traumatic stress disorder …

Factors affecting health-promoting behaviors in patients with cardiovascular disease

HC Park, J Oh - Healthcare, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death globally and the second most common
cause of death in South Korea. Health-promoting behaviors recommended for patients with …

Posttraumatic stress disorder due to acute cardiac events and aversive cognitions towards cardiovascular medications

SA Husain, D Edmondson, M Kautz, R Umland… - Journal of behavioral …, 2018 - Springer
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after acute medical events is associated with
medication nonadherence. The mechanisms of PTSD-related nonadherence are poorly …

Effect of verbal empathy and touch on anxiety relief in patients undergoing flexible bronchoscopy: can empathy reduce patients' anxiety?

SM Choi, J Lee, YS Park, CH Lee, SM Lee, JJ Yim - Respiration, 2016 - karger.com
Background: Patients undergoing flexible bronchoscopy usually experience anxiety before
and during the procedure. Objectives: We performed this study to investigate whether verbal …

Benzodiazepine consumption is associated with lower blood pressure in ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM): retrospective analysis of 4938 ABPMs

N Mendelson, B Gontmacher, A Vodonos… - American Journal of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
BACKGROUND The effect of chronic benzodiazepine use on blood pressure has not been
documented. We aimed to evaluate whether regular benzodiazepine use can be associated …

Conceptual model of medication adherence in older adults with high blood pressure-an integrative review of the literature

MJ Oori, F Mohammadi, K Norouzi… - Current hypertension …, 2019 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: Medication adherence (MA) is the most important controlling factor of high
blood pressure (HBP). There are a few MA models, but they have not been successful in …

A systematic review of the inclusion of mechanisms of action in NIH-funded intervention trials to improve medication adherence

D Edmondson, L Falzon, KJ Sundquist, J Julian… - Behaviour research and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Medication nonadherence contributes to morbidity/mortality, but adherence interventions
yield small and inconsistent effects. Understanding the mechanisms underlying initiation …