Publications by authors named "M Walentynowicz"
Use of Ecological Momentary Assessment to Measure Dyspnea in COPD.
Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis
April 2024
Dyspnea is an unpredictable and distressing symptom of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Dyspnea is challenging to measure due to the heterogeneity of COPD and recall bias associated with retrospective reports. Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) is a technique used to collect symptoms in real-time within a natural environment, useful for monitoring symptom trends and risks of exacerbation in COPD.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe new measures of interoceptive accuracy: A systematic review and assessment.
Neurosci Biobehav Rev
October 2023
Conscious interoception, the perception of internal bodily states, is thought to contribute to fundamental human abilities (e.g., decision-making and emotional regulation).
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- Poor sleep is common in individuals with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and is linked to worse symptoms and lower quality of life; this study aims to explore the relationships between sleep quality, pain, fatigue, and physical activity in IBD patients.
- Eighteen adult IBD patients completed a daily electronic diary for 14 days, reporting their sleep quality, IBD symptoms, and physical activity, allowing the researchers to examine how these factors influence each other over time.
- Results showed that poor sleep quality leads to worse abdominal pain and fatigue the following day, while being awake at night was associated with decreased physical activity; these insights suggest that addressing sleep issues could improve IBD symptoms, warranting further investigation with a larger group.
The need to further our understanding of positive affect dysregulation in depression has been widely acknowledged. Two related relevant concepts in this realm, are Avoidance Of Positivity (AOP; referring to avoidance behaviour towards positivity) and Fear Of Positivity (FOP; referring to anxious or unpleasant feelings related to positivity). However, traditionally manifestations of AOP and FOP are considered in isolation, and self-report scales used to measure both concepts show considerable content overlap.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Scan-related anxiety ("scanxiety") refers to the fear, stress, and anxiety in anticipation of tests and scans in follow-up cancer care. This study assessed the feasibility of Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) for real-world, real-time capture of scanxiety using patients' personal smartphone.
Methods: Adolescent and Young Adult survivors of childhood cancer were prompted to complete EMA surveys on a smartphone app three times per day for 11 days (33 surveys total) around their routine surveillance scans.