Publications by authors named "Kathleen Donovan Hanson"
Objective: The aim of this study was to describe the online transformation of an empirically validated, clinic-based, self-management (SM) program for rheumatoid arthritis.
Materials And Methods: A cognitive-behavioral framework served as the theoretical basis for the intervention. As with the clinic-based approach, the psychoeducational program included educational modules, weekly homework assignments, and self-evaluation.
Objective: To evaluate social interactions among individuals with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), participating in an empirically based, cognitive-behavioural, self-management (SM), and peer-support program, delivered in an online format.
Methods: Thirty individuals with RA were recruited online. Subjects were a subset of participants in the treatment arm of a waiting-list controlled study testing the effectiveness of a 10-week, online, SM education and peer support program.
Background: As health care costs rise in the United States and elsewhere, adopting health information technology is being advocated to reduce costs and improve efficiency.
Patient: Physician e-mail communication is a frequently proposed tool in this strategy.
Objectives: We examined the interest of rheumatology outpatients in using E-mail for communication with their rheumatologist.
Objective: The purpose was to examine the relationship of pre-existing psychiatric history to pain reports in a cohort of persons with RA and concomitant major depression who were receiving a trial of antidepressant medication.
Method: RA patients (n = 41) with a current episode of major depression were divided into two subgroups comprised of those with a previous psychiatric history (PSY+) (n = 20) and those without a previous psychiatric history (PSY-) (n = 21). The groups were compared with regard to their responsiveness to a regimen of antidepressive medication on measures of depression, pain, coping, and life stress over a period of 15 months.
Objective: Research has established a link between health status and symptoms of depression in persons with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), but the effects of "cognitive coping" variables have not been extensively studied. We examined the mediator effect of a cognitive coping variable (Pain Control and Rational Thinking factor score from the Coping Strategies Questionnaire) over the course of a pharmacological intervention.
Method: Data were analyzed from 54 persons with RA, all of whom met diagnostic criteria for major depression.
Objective: To examine the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral and pharmacologic treatment of depression in rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
Methods: Subjects (n = 54) with confirmed diagnoses of both major depression and RA were randomly assigned to 1 of 3 groups: 1) cognitive-behavioral/pharmacologic group (CB-PHARM), 2) attention-control/pharmacologic group, or 3) pharmacologic control group. Measures of depression, psychosocial status, health status, pain, and disease activity were collected at baseline, posttreatment (10 weeks), 6-month followup, and 15-month followup.