Development and validation of the patient trust in community pharmacists (TRUST-Ph) scale: results from a study conducted in Thailand.

Background: The quality of the pharmacist-patient relationship has been examined in various perspectives, for example patient satisfaction. Trust is another concept within which the quality of the relationship might be examined and is critical in contemporary pharmacy practice.

Objective: To develop and validate a scale to measure patient trust in community pharmacists.

Longitudinal impact of mindfulness meditation on illness burden in solid-organ transplant recipients.

Background: In 2001, more than 24000 solid-organ transplant surgeries were performed in the United States. Although survival rates have steadily risen over the past 2 decades, transplant recipients commonly experience a myriad of symptoms after transplantation that compromise quality of life. Anxiety, depression, and insomnia frequently occur despite excellent function of the transplanted organ.

Cost-effectiveness of exercise training to improve claudication symptoms in patients with peripheral arterial disease.

Exercise rehabilitation is a proven, yet poorly available, treatment for intermittent claudication, the primary symptom of peripheral arterial disease (PAD). Exercise rehabilitation is effective, non-invasive, and associated with minimal cardiovascular risk in appropriate patients. Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA), especially of the iliac segment, is an alternative effective treatment for claudication.

Mindfulness meditation to reduce symptoms after organ transplant: a pilot study.

Context: Solid organ transplant patients require life-long immune suppression that can produce distressing side effects and complications.

Objective: To evaluate the potential of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) to reduce symptoms of depression, anxiety, and sleep disturbance and improve quality of life after solid organ transplantation.

Design: Longitudinal with evaluations at baseline, postcourse and 3-month follow-up.

Mindfulness meditation to reduce symptoms after organ transplant: a pilot study.

Context: Solid organ transplant patients require life-long immune suppression that can produce distressing side effects and complications.

Objective: To evaluate the potential of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) to reduce symptoms of depression, anxiety, and sleep disturbance and improve quality of life after solid organ transplantation.

Design: Longitudinal with evaluations at baseline, postcourse and 3-month follow-up.