Coping With Side Effects: A Daily Diary Study in Women With Breast Cancer Living With Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy.

Objective: Adjuvant endocrine therapy (AET) is increasingly being prescribed for up to 10 years to people diagnosed with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer. AET intake is often accompanied by side effects that significantly impact the well-being of people. The way individuals cope with medication-related side effects might play a pivotal role in their emotional adaption.

The role of daily adjustment disorder, depression and anxiety symptoms for the physical activity of cardiac patients.

Background: Physical activity (PA) is crucial in the treatment of cardiac disease. There is a high prevalence of stress-response and affective disorders among cardiac patients, which might be negatively associated with their PA. This study aimed at investigating daily differential associations of International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-11 adjustment disorder, depression and anxiety symptoms with PA and sedentary behaviour (SB) during and right after inpatient cardiac rehabilitation.

Predicting physical activity following cardiac rehabilitation: A longitudinal observational study.

Purpose: The adoption of a healthy lifestyle is crucial for patients with established cardiac diseases. However, many patients do not engage in regular physical activity in their everyday life.

Research Method: The present study applied the health action process approach (HAPA) in an intensive longitudinal research design ( = 3,354 daily surveys) investigating intention towards physical activity and objectively measured physical activity in 137 cardiac patients ( = 62.

Social support, distress and well-being in individuals experiencing Long-COVID: a cross-sectional survey study.

Objectives: Increasingly attention of the COVID-19 pandemic is directed towards its long-term effects, also known as Long-COVID. So far, Long-COVID was examined mainly from a medical perspective, leaving psychosocial effects of Long-COVID understudied. The present study advances the current literature by examining social support in the context of Long-COVID.

Social Stigma, Mental Health, Stress, and Health-Related Quality of Life in People with Long COVID.

A considerable amount of people who have been infected with SARS-CoV-2 experience ongoing symptoms, a condition termed long COVID. This study examined nuanced experiences of social stigma in people with long COVID and their associations with perceived stress, depressive symptoms, anxiety, and mental and physical health-related quality of life (hrqol). A total of = 253 participants with long COVID symptoms (mean age = 45.

Differential associations of emotional and physical domains of the MacNew Heart with changes in 6-min walking test.

Aims: Cardiac rehabilitation (CR), a key component of secondary prevention in cardiac patients, contributes fundamentally to improved cardiovascular health outcomes. Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) represents a widely employed outcome measure in CR, yet, its predictive properties on exercise capacity change during CR are poorly understood. Aim of this study was to examine the association between baseline HRQOL and its subdomains on improvement of exercise capacity during CR.

Implementation of a Novel Medication Regimen Following Cardiac Rehabilitation: an Application of the Health Action Process Approach.

Background: Medication adherence is an indispensable prerequisite for the long-term management of many chronic diseases. However, published literature suggests that non-adherence is widely prevalent. Health behavior change theories can help understand the underlying processes and allow the accumulation of knowledge in the field.

Physical activity after cardiac rehabilitation: Explicit and implicit attitudinal components and ambivalence.

Objective: Physical activity is crucial in the treatment of cardiac disease. In addition to sociocognitive theories of behavior change, attitudinal ambivalence and nonconscious factors have also been demonstrated to predict physical activity. We propose an extension to the theory of planned behavior with a dual-systems approach including explicit and implicit attitudes, and different types of attitudinal ambivalence as moderators to predict the physical activity of patients after discharge from inpatient cardiac rehabilitation.

Depression and anxiety in cardiac rehabilitation: differential associations with changes in exercise capacity and quality of life.

Background: Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) has been successful in improving exercise capacity (EC) and quality of life (QoL). However, depression and anxiety are highly prevalent among cardiac patients and might represent risk factors for rehabilitation outcomes. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of depression and anxiety as possible independent risk factors for CR outcomes.

Metastatic Breast Cancer as a Chronic Disease: Evidence-Based Data on a Theoretical Concept.

Background: We challenge the concept of metastatic breast cancer (MBC) as a chronic disease.

Methods: We analyzed an unselected cohort of 367 patients who were diagnosed with MBC over a 22-year period (1990-2011).

Results: In order to create a "chronic disease subgroup", we separated those patients from the entire cohort in whom systemic therapy was not applied after the diagnosis of MBC ( = 53; 14.

Improvements in exercise capacity of older adults during cardiac rehabilitation.

Aims: Cardiac rehabilitation plays a vital role in secondary prevention of cardiovascular patients. Female sex and higher age, however, are associated with non-referral to cardiac rehabilitation. Improving exercise capacity during cardiac rehabilitation is essential to reduce morbidity and mortality risks.

Noncompliance with palliative systemic therapy in patients with distant metastatic breast cancer: a blind spot for oncologists?

Purpose: The goal of our study was to provide a general overview of noncompliance with palliative systemic therapy in distant metastatic breast cancer (MBC).

Methods: We analyzed an unselected cohort of 339 patients who were diagnosed with MBC over a 22-year period (1990-2011, age restriction: ≥ 85 years old).

Results: Forty patients (11.

Challenges and solutions for N-of-1 design studies in health psychology.

Theories of behaviour change and health behaviour change interventions are most often evaluated in between-person designs. However, behaviour change theories apply to individuals not groups and behavioural interventions ultimately aim to achieve within-person rather than between-group change. Within-person methodology, such as N-of-1 (also known as single case design), can circumvent this issue, though has multiple design-specific challenges.

Assessing adherence to multiple medications and in daily life among patients with multimorbidity.

Objective: Chronic conditions often require multiple medication intake. However, past research has focused on assessing overall adherence or adherence to a single index medication only. This study explored adherence measures for multiple medication intake, and in daily life, among patients with multiple chronic conditions (i.