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Alice D. Domar
Researcher at Harvard University
Publications - 89
Citations - 5181
Alice D. Domar is an academic researcher from Harvard University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Infertility & Anxiety. The author has an hindex of 36, co-authored 77 publications receiving 4505 citations. Previous affiliations of Alice D. Domar include Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center & Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital.
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Relaxation response in femoral angiography.
Carol Lynn Mandle,Alice D. Domar,Donald P. Harrington,Jane Leserman,E M Bozadjian,Richard Friedman,Herbert Benson +6 more
TL;DR: Elicitation of the relaxation response is a simple, inexpensive, efficacious, and practical method to reduce pain, anxiety, and medication during femoral angiography and may be useful in other invasive procedures.
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The impact of stress on fertility treatment.
Kristin L. Rooney,Alice D. Domar +1 more
TL;DR: There are numerous psychosocial interventions, including cognitive behavior therapy and/or self-help ones, which may decrease distress, increase patient retention and improve pregnancy rates.
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The stress and distress of infertility: does religion help women cope?
Alice D. Domar,Alan S. Penzias,Jeffery A. Dusek,Amora Magna,Dalia Merarim,Barbara Nielsen,Debika Paul +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluated nearly 200 infertile women and found that high levels of religiosity and spirituality are significantly correlated with low levels of psychological distress, and that clinicians should be prepared to discuss religious and spiritual issues with their patients, as those issues may play an important role in the psychological health of infertiles and their response to infertility treatment.
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The prediction of cardiac surgery outcome based upon preoperative psychological factors
TL;DR: These relationships suggest a potential role for interventions aimed at altering presurgical psychological states and higher levels of preoperative state anxiety and anger were associated with poorer postoperative outcome.
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Distress and conception in infertile women: a complementary approach.
TL;DR: Preprogram psychological distress and younger age were associated with significantly higher viable pregnancy rates and youngerAge and a higher score on the global severity index of the SCL-90R were linked to viable birth.