Peer Support Interventions for People With CKD: A Scoping Review

MJ Elliott, TG Harrison, S Love, PE Ronksley… - American Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
ABSTRACT Rationale & Objective Formalized peer support is a promising approach for
addressing the emotional and practical needs of people living with chronic kidney disease …

Caught in the web: a meta-analysis of Internet addiction, excessive daytime sleepiness and depressive symptoms in adolescents

H Waheed, PJR Macaulay, HAA Al-Jaifi… - … Technology & People, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose In response to growing concerns over the negative consequences of Internet
addiction on adolescents' mental health, coupled with conflicting results in this literature …

Examining terror management theory in Ukraine: impact of air-raid alarms and explosions on mental health, somatic symptoms, and well-being

S Stieger, D Lewetz, S Paschenko, A Kurapov - Frontiers in psychiatry, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Objective This study sought to evaluate Terror Management Theory (TMT) assumptions
about death awareness and its psychological impact in the context of a real-world war …

A longitudinal study of risk and protective factors for symptoms of adjustment disorder during the COVID-19 pandemic

A Lotzin, K Stahlmann, E Acquarini… - European journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic caused multiple stressors that may lead to symptoms
of adjustment disorder. Objective: We longitudinally examined relationships between risk …

Choosing Health: acceptability and feasibility of a theory-based, online-delivered, tailored weight loss, and weight loss maintenance intervention

I Palacz-Poborczyk, F Naughton… - Translational …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Few weight loss and weight loss maintenance interventions are tailored to include factors
demonstrated to predict the user's behavior. Establishing the feasibility and acceptability of …

Relationship between face‐to‐face and non‐face‐to‐face communication, and well‐being in older volunteers during the pandemic: The REPRINTS project

K Fujihira, T Takahashi, T Sagara… - … of Community & …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Volunteering older adults plays a role in maintaining well‐being through facilitation of face‐
to‐face communication. However, the COVID‐19 pandemic reduced volunteer opportunities …

How in-person conversations shape political polarization: Quasi-experimental evidence from a nationwide initiative

X Fang, SAN Heuser, LS Stötzer - 2023 - econstor.eu
Growing political polarization is often attributed to" echo chambers" among likeminded
individuals and a lack of social interactions among contrary-minded individuals. We provide …

Beyond the Diagnosis: A Deep Dive Into the End Stage Liver Disease Experience From the Patient Perspective

S Malik, V Arutla, T Alamin, F Warraich… - American Journal of …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Introduction End-stage liver disease (ESLD) presents a multifaceted challenge that
encompasses not only physical but also emotional, psychological, and social dimensions …

The road to Melbourne (take two)

T Hillard, R Baber, T de Villiers - Climacteric, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
In a few months' time, many of the world's leading menopause specialists will congregate in
Melbourne for the 19th World Congress on Menopause. This has not been an easy journey …

Analyzing the Challenges Facing Digital Mental Health (DMH) Between Aspiration and Reality

R Tassnim, RAT Ja'far… - 2024 2nd International …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
DMH, or Digital Mental Health, involves providing mental health support through messages,
videos, programs, applications, games, and other means. As the global demand for mental …