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Correlates of long duration of untreated illness (DUI) in patients with bipolar disorder: results of an observational study
BackgroundDespite a high number of studies investigating the correlation between long Duration of Untreated Illness (DUI) and poor course of Bipolar...
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Cortical thickness across the cingulate gyrus in schizophrenia and its association to illness duration and memory performance
Schizophrenia has been associated with structural brain abnormalities and cognitive deficits that partly change during the course of illness. In the...
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Relationship between illness perception and family resilience in gynecologic cancer patients: the mediating role of couple illness communication
ObjectiveTo analyze the current family resilience levels of Chinese patients with gynecologic cancer and explore the mediating role of couple illness...
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‘Life Minus Illness = Recovery’: A Phenomenological Study About Experiences and Meanings of Recovery Among Individuals with Serious Mental Illness from Southern India
Traditional medical models have given way to recovery-oriented approaches over the years in the management of individuals with serious mental...
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Fear of hypoglycemia and illness perception in type II diabetes patients
BackgroundHypoglycemia, a prevalent acute complication among individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2D), manifests with varied symptoms. Those with...
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What is the impact of one’s chronic illness on his or her spouse’s future chronic illness: a community-based prospective cohort study
BackgroundIntegrating a joint approach to chronic disease management within the context of a couple has immense potential as a valuable strategy for...
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Illness perceptions in pre-operative Parkinson’s disease patients
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease, that combines motor and non-motor disorders, and alters patients’ autonomy. Even if...
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Association of sleep duration and risk of mental disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis
BackgroundThe effects of sleep duration on the development of mental illness remain controversial. Therefore, it is necessary to identify the effects...
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Progressive brain abnormalities in schizophrenia across different illness periods: a structural and functional MRI study
Schizophrenia is a chronic brain disorder, and neuroimaging abnormalities have been reported in different stages of the illness for decades. However,...
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Antibiotics Not Associated with Shorter Duration or Reduced Severity of Acute Lower Respiratory Tract Infection
BackgroundAntibiotic use remains common for the treatment of lower respiratory tract infections. The objective of this study was to evaluate the...
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The effect of spiritual well-being on illness perception of lung cancer patıents
The aim of this study is to examine the effect of spiritual well-being on the perception of people who have lung cancer. The study was conducted with...
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Prospective Associations Between Personality Traits and Major Depressive Disorder Symptom Severity: The Mediating Role of Illness Representations
Major depressive disorder (MDD) patients’ personality traits and illness representations are linked to MDD severity. However, the associations...
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Emergency critical care: closing the gap between onset of critical illness and intensive care unit admission
Critical illness is an exquisitely time-sensitive condition and follows a disease continuum, which always starts before admission to the intensive...
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A Systematic Review of Relationships Between Illness Identity and Health-Related Outcomes in Individuals with Chronic Illnesses
The aim of the current systematic review is to examine relationships among illness identity and illness-specific variables, adherence, and...
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The economic burden of RSV-associated illness in children aged < 5 years, South Africa 2011–2016
BackgroundData on the economic burden of RSV-associated illness will inform decisions on the programmatic implementation of maternal vaccines and...
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Heterogeneous early illness courses of Korean patients with bipolar disorders: replication of the staging model
BackgroundClinical staging of bipolar disorder (BD) requires application of real-world data, as the next step in hypothesis. This study used the...
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Promoting Intimate Relationships in Mental Illness: A Systematic Review of Interventions
Although persons with Serious Mental Illness (SMI) express a need for intimate relations with others, they still suffer from a severe lack of social...
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The Relationship of Functioning and Life Satisfaction with Illness Management and Recovery in Patients with Bipolar Disorder: A Cross-Sectional Study
The aim of this study was to determine relationship between functioning and life satisfaction with illness management and recovery, and determinants...
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Predicting suicide risk in 137,112 people with severe mental illness in Finland: external validation of the Oxford Mental Illness and Suicide tool (OxMIS)
Oxford Mental Illness and Suicide tool (OxMIS) is a standardised, scalable, and transparent instrument for suicide risk assessment in people with...
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Systemic inflammation and delirium during critical illness
PurposeThe purpose of this study was to determine associations between markers of inflammation and endogenous anticoagulant activity with delirium...
