The effectiveness of psychological interventions for loneliness: A systematic review and meta-analysis

N Hickin, A Käll, R Shafran, S Sutcliffe… - Clinical Psychology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Chronic loneliness is associated with a range of mental health difficulties. Previous theory
and research indicate that psychological interventions show promise for reducing …

Domains of chronic low back pain and assessing treatment effectiveness: a clinical perspective

SD Tagliaferri, CT Miller, PJ Owen, UH Mitchell… - Pain …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Nonspecific chronic low back pain (CLBP) is a common clinical condition that has impacts at
both the individual and societal level. Pain intensity is a primary outcome used in clinical …

Advancing social connection as a public health priority in the United States.

J Holt-Lunstad, TF Robles, DA Sbarra - American psychologist, 2017 - psycnet.apa.org
A robust body of scientific evidence has indicated that being embedded in high-quality close
relationships and feeling socially connected to the people in one's life is associated with …

Report of the NIH Task Force on research standards for chronic low back pain

RA Deyo, SF Dworkin, D Amtmann… - Physical …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Note fr'5ym PTJ's Editor in Chief: Both investigators and readers get frustrated reading
research on low back pain because of different definitions of “chronic” and different outcome …

Occupant health in buildings: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the opinions of building professionals and implications on research

M Awada, B Becerik-Gerber, E White, S Hoque… - Building and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The objectives of this study are to investigate building professionals' experience, awareness,
and interest in occupant health in buildings, and to assess the impact of the COVID-19 …

Loneliness in the United States: A 2018 national panel survey of demographic, structural, cognitive, and behavioral characteristics

LDH Bruce, JS Wu, SL Lustig… - American Journal of …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Purpose: To inform health behavior intervention design, we sought to quantify loneliness
and its correlates, including social media use, among adults in the United States. Design …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health, occupational functioning, and professional retention among health care workers and first responders

RC Hendrickson, RA Slevin, KD Hoerster… - Journal of general …, 2022 - Springer
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly affected front-line health care workers
(HCW) and first responders (FR). The specific components of COVID-19 related …

New English and Spanish social health measures will facilitate evaluating health determinants.

EA Hahn, DA DeWalt, RK Bode, SF Garcia… - Health …, 2014 - psycnet.apa.org
Objective: To develop psychometrically sound, culturally relevant, and linguistically
equivalent English and Spanish self-report measures of social health guided by a …

Emotional support from social media and face-to-face relationships: Associations with depression risk among young adults

A Shensa, JE Sidani, CG Escobar-Viera… - Journal of affective …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Emotional support is highly protective against poor mental health. Though
several measures of emotional support exist, none specifically addresses social media (SM) …

Assessment of physical function and participation in chronic pain clinical trials: IMMPACT/OMERACT recommendations

AM Taylor, K Phillips, KV Patel, DC Turk, RH Dworkin… - Pain, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Although pain reduction is commonly the primary outcome in chronic pain clinical trials,
physical functioning is also important. A challenge in designing chronic pain trials to …