Publications by authors named "D K Litke"
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- Medically unexplained syndromes (MUS) are health issues that doctors can’t fully explain, often making patients feel very unhappy with their care.
- The study looked at goals from Gulf War veterans with these symptoms to understand what they want from treatment and life.
- Researchers found that treatment goals were mostly about getting healthier, while life goals were about living a happy and fulfilling life.
Objective: Gulf War Illness (GWI) and alcohol use are both major sources of disability among Gulf War Veterans. The goal of this secondary data analysis was to examine associations between risky alcohol use, problem-solving impairment, and disability among Veterans in a randomized clinical trial of problem-solving treatment (PST) for GWI. We examined cross-sectional associations and conducted longitudinal analyses to test if alcohol use moderated treatment outcome of PST.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Pain predominant multisymptom illness (pain-CMI) refers to symptom-based conditions where pain is a primary symptom. There is initial evidence that health coaching may be efficacious in treating pain-CMI because it can be tailored to the veteran's goals and emphasizes long-term behavior change, which may indirectly impact the maintaining factors of pain-CMI (e.g.
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- Some people's beliefs about why they have ongoing physical problems can change how they deal with those problems.
- A study with 262 Veterans who have Gulf War Illness showed that those who thought their issues were caused by their own actions (like what they eat or how much they exercise) felt more hopeful about getting better.
- The results suggest that understanding what people think causes their symptoms could help them believe they can improve their health.
Objective: This study evaluated the factors that led to enrollment in, and satisfaction with, behavioral interventions for Veterans living with Gulf War Illness (GWI).
Methods: One-on-one interviews were conducted pre- and post-intervention with participants randomized to receive either telephone delivered problem-solving treatment (n = 51) or health education (N = 49). A total of 99 Veterans were interviewed pre-intervention and 60 post-intervention.