Background: Given both the large volume and manifold preferences of patients with depression, the availability of various effective treatments is important. Psychodynamic psychotherapy (PDT) has received less research in comparison to cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for major depressive disorder (MDD). This study aimed to establish whether short-term psychodynamic supportive psychotherapy (SPSP) is non-inferior to CBT in the treatment of MDD.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Central pain mechanisms may be prominent in a considerable subset of rheumatology patients with persistent pain. Several self-report instruments have been used in previous research to infer the presence and severity of central sensitization (CS) that stem from different definitions or approaches of CS. The current study aimed to evaluate and quantify the overlap of actual symptoms measured among self-report measures of CS in rheumatology.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: We aimed to describe the burden of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) reported by patients participating in the Dutch ADR Monitor using a multifactorial burden measurement instrument.
Methods: The Dutch ADR Monitor is a cohort event monitoring system that collects information on ADR experiences, including burden. This study includes the initial data (November 2022 until May 2023).
Expert Opin Drug Saf
August 2024
Background: There is a lack of knowledge on patient perspectives on adverse drug reactions (ADRs) attributed to the use of biologics. The aim of this study is to quantify the burden over time of ADRs attributed to TNF-α inhibitors in patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases (IRDs) and investigate whether the burden over time differs between different types of ADRs.
Research Design And Methods: Data were used from the Dutch Biologic Monitor (DBM), an observational prospective cohort study for patient-reported ADRs attributed to biologics.
Introduction: Parents of children with a neurodevelopmental disorder (NDD) experience more stress than parents of typically developing children. In a cocreation process with experts and parents, a low-threshold application that uses exercises based on the principles of positive psychology and mindfulness was developed. This application, called "Adappt," aims at enhancing the ability to adapt of the parents and caregivers of children with NDDs and at supporting their mental health.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: This study aimed to identify moderators of treatment effect (i.e. depressive symptoms and well-being) of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) and Positive Psychology Intervention (PPI) in patients with bipolar disorder.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Generalized pain hypersensitivity is a characteristic feature in many different types of chronic pain. Recently, a 7-item self-reported Generalized Pain Questionnaire (GPQ) was developed to evaluate the presence and severity of generalized pain hypersensitivity in chronic pain patients. Here, we evaluate the test-retest reliability of the GPQ and report on preliminary reference values for various patient groups and healthy subjects.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Anxiety and mood disorders greatly affect the quality of life for individuals worldwide. A substantial proportion of patients do not sufficiently improve during evidence-based treatments in mental healthcare. It remains challenging to predict which patients will or will not benefit.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: A high discrepancy between the number of tender and swollen joints (e.g. ΔTSJ ≥ 7) has previously been used as an indication for the presence of changes in central mechanisms in patients with moderate-to-high disease activity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Orthopaedic footwear can only be effective in preventing diabetic foot ulcers if worn by the patient. Robust data on long-term wearing time of orthopaedic footwear are not available, and needed to gain more insights into wearing patterns and associated factors (i.e.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTo explore mental health associations during eating disorder (ED) treatment. Based on the dual-continua model of mental health, general and ED-specific psychopathology, as well as emotional, psychological, and social well-being were considered as mental health domains. Network analyses with panel data were applied to explore within- (temporal and contemporaneous networks) and between-person effects in a sample of 1250 female ED patients during 12 months of outpatient treatment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: There is a growing interest in mental well-being as a vital outcome in clinical practice in addition to mental illness. The model of sustainable mental health (SMH) was recently introduced to delineate how interventions can improve mental health by targeting barriers and resources of adaptation to life stressors, improving the ability to adapt and thereby reducing mental illness and improving mental well-being. The aim of the current study is to empirically validate the conceptual model of SMH as well as the assumed indirect role of ability to adapt.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: The ability to adapt is a core aspect of daily human life. Recent models and theories emphasize its essential role for health and well-being. It concerns the perceived ability to readjust and actively deal with the psychosocial consequences of challenging events.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Several patient characteristics may be of influence on treatment pathways of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients in clinical practice. The aim of this study is to analyze treatment pathways of early RA patients stratified for gender and adverse drug reaction (ADR) occurrence.
Research Design And Methods: Treatment pathways of patients included in the DREAM-RA treat-to-target cohort I between 16th of July 2006-30th of April 2020 were assessed.
Background: There is a need for an interview-based measure to assess Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD) included in the text revision of the fifth Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorder (DSM-5-TR) and 11th edition of the International Classification of Disease (ICD-11). We evaluated the psychometric properties of the Traumatic Grief Inventory-Clinician Administered (TGI-CA); a new interview measuring DSM-5-TR and ICD-11 PGD severity and probable caseness.
Methods: In 211 Dutch and 222 German bereaved adults, the: (i) factor structure, (ii) internal consistency, (iii) test-retest reliability, (iv) measurement invariance across subgroups (e.
Objective: Mental well-being and personal recovery are important treatment targets for patients with bipolar disorder (BD). The goal of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of an 8-week group multicomponent positive psychology intervention (PPI) for euthymic patients with BD as an adjunct to treatment as usual (TAU) compared to TAU alone.
Methods: Patients with BD were randomized to receive TAU (n = 43) or the PPI in addition to TAU (n = 54).
Objective: This article describes the development and psychometric evaluation of the Manic Thought Inventory (MTI), a patient-driven self-report inventory to assess the presence of typical (hypo)manic cognitions.
Methods: The initial item pool was generated by patients with bipolar disorder (BD) type I and assessed for suitability by five psychiatrists specialized in treating BD. Study 1 describes the item analysis and exploratory factor structure of the MTI in a sample of 251 patients with BD type I.
Objective: The aim of this study was to explore the longitudinal associations between health literacy profiles and disease activity and medication prescription in patients with RA.
Methods: Patients with RA who previously completed the Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ) and were assigned 1 of 10 distinct health literacy profiles based on cluster analysis were further aggregated into three groups: 'several health literacy limitations', 'some health literacy limitations' and 'good health literacy'. Linear mixed modelling (LMM) was used to analyse the association between health literacy groups and disease activity over the course of 1 year.
Expert Opin Drug Saf
November 2023
Objective: Post-COVID syndrome leaves millions of people with severe fatigue, yet little is known about its nature in daily life. In this exploratory study, momentary associations between physical and mental fatigue, quality of sleep and behaviours over two weeks in patients with post-COVID syndrome were assessed.
Method: Data on fatigue levels, quality of sleep and behaviours was collected for 14 consecutive days using the experience sampling method in ten ex-hospitalised patients with post-COVID syndrome.
Introduction: Although parental support is an important component in programs designed to prevent overweight in children, current programs pay remarkably little attention to the role of parenting. We therefore developed a web-based parenting program entitled "Making a healthy deal with your child". This e-learning program can be incorporated into existing overweight prevention programs.
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