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1. Evaluation of a Culturally Appropriate Intervention to Increase Physical Activity

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Poston Ws nd, J. K. Dunn, Norma Olvera, Rebecca S. Reeves, John P. Foreyt, Craig L. Hanis, Christopher K. Haddock, and Richard R. Suminski

Subjects
Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, Health (social science), Adolescent, Social Psychology, Population, Physical activity, Overweight, Body Mass Index, Baseline activity, Intervention (counseling), medicine, Humans, Obesity, education, Exercise, Life Style, Aged, education.field_of_study, business.industry, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Hispanic or Latino, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Texas, Physical therapy, Female, medicine.symptom, business, Body mass index, Culturally appropriate
Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate a culturally appropriate intervention to increase activity in overweight Mexican American women. METHODS: Participants were randomly assigned to a physical activity program or wait-list control. RESULTS: Treated participants were not more active than controls at 6 or 12 months. In addition, we found no significant differences in the proportion of individuals who met an objective criterion for physical activity from baseline to 6 months in the treatment or control groups. CONCLUSION: The intervention did not increase physical activity in this population. Differences in baseline activity and contamination of the control group may partially account for the outcome.

Published
2001

2. Does personality or psychopathology predict disability in chronic pain patients?

Author

Jürgen Linder, M. Ericsson, Poston Ws nd, Christopher K. Haddock, and John P. Foreyt

Subjects
Adult, Male, Personality Tests, medicine.medical_specialty, Karolinska Scales of Personality, media_common.quotation_subject, Pain, Disability Evaluation, medicine, Personality, Humans, Big Five personality traits, Psychiatry, Depression (differential diagnoses), media_common, Sweden, Depression, Rehabilitation, Chronic pain, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Personality disorders, Psychological evaluation, Chronic Disease, Female, Psychology, Clinical psychology, Psychopathology, Forecasting
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of personality characteristics, depression and personality disorders in predicting disability status in pain patients one year later. Method: Subjects were 250 volunteer chronic pain patients. The baseline evaluation consisted of the Karolinska Scales of Personality and psychiatric evaluation of depression and personality disorders using standardized diagnostic instruments. Disability status was assessed by insurance record review one year after the evaluation. Results: The results suggest that baseline personality traits and psychopathology (i.e. depression or personality disorders) were not useful predictors of disability status in pain patients with one-year follow-up. Conclusions: These data suggest that personality characteristics and psychopathology are probably not important disability predictors in chronic pain patients.

Published
2000

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