Showing papers by "Claudio Sica published in 2003"
Boston University1, University of Melbourne2, Swinburne University of Technology3, University of Savoy4, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science5, University of Illinois at Chicago6, University of New Brunswick7, Claude Bernard University Lyon 18, University of Amsterdam9, University of Newcastle10, University of British Columbia11, Fordham University12, University of Padua13, McGill University14, Saint Louis University15, University of Waterloo16, George Mason University17, University of Florence18, VU University Medical Center19, University of Michigan20, Harvard University21
TL;DR: The validation of the Obsessive Beliefs Questionnaire (OBQ) and Interpretations of Intrusions Inventory (III) developed by the OCD Cognitions Working Group (OCCWG) to assess the primary beliefs and appraisals considered critical to the pathogenesis of obsessions was reported in this paper.
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TL;DR: The regression analysis suggested that the negative aspects of burnout were predicted primary by professional status, type of unit (oncology), depression and the use of the humor as a coping strategy, while personal accomplishment was better predicted by positive coping strategies and low level of anxiety.
Abstract: Psychological stress and coping strategies in staff working with AIDS and with cancer patients were assessed using self-report methods. The Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), Coping Orientations to Problems Experiences (COPE), State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) and Depression Questionnaire (DQ) were completed by staff from 20 hospitals of North-Center Italy, including 268 doctors and nurses working with people with AIDS and 260 doctors and nurses working in oncology. Few significant differences were found between two units on the MBI, COPE subscale and depression/anxiety. When a Bonferroni corrected p level of p < 0.0025 was used, the difference on Emotional Exhaustion (EE) subscale of MBI still remained statistically significant, indicating greater exhaustion in the oncology staff. The regression analysis suggested that the negative aspects of burnout were predicted primary by professional status (being a doctor), type of unit (oncology), depression and the use of the humor as a coping strategy. In contr...
80 citations
University of Groningen1, Umeå University2, University of Rostock3, University of Queensland4, University of Granada5, Erasmus University Rotterdam6, University of Padua7, Simón Bolívar University8, University of the Basque Country9, Showa Women's University10, University of Surrey11, Cardiff University12, University College London13, University of Oxford14
TL;DR: The organization of self-assessed fears is sufficiently similar across nations to warrant the use of the same weight matrix (scoring key) for the FSS-III in the different countries and to make cross-national comparisons feasible, and opens the way to further studies that attempt to predictCross-national variations in fear levels with dimensions of national cultures.
60 citations
University of Groningen1, Umeå University2, University of Rostock3, University of Queensland4, University of Granada5, Erasmus University Rotterdam6, University of Padua7, Simón Bolívar University8, University of the Basque Country9, Showa Women's University10, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens11
TL;DR: It was hypothesized and found that national Masculinity (the degree to which cultures delineate sex roles, with masculine or tough societies making clearer differentiations between the sexes than feminine or modest societies do) would correlate positively with national agoraphobic fear levels (as assessed with the Fear Survey Schedule-III).
56 citations
TL;DR: A high rate of adherence to HIV therapies (almost 90% of patients had taken at least 80% of medication in the previous 7 days) and no significant differences were found between adherence and nonadherence groups as measured by self-report.
Abstract: We studied factors associated with treatment adherence in 88 male and 21 female adults (age range, 24–65 years) with HIV infection undergoing therapy with HIV-1 protease inhibitors (PIs) in Italy. Data on sociodemographic variables, clinical and psychological symptoms, treatment compliance, physician/patient relationship, and psychosocial characteristics were obtained by means of semistructured interviews. Every subject also compiled two self-report questionnaires: Coping Orientations to Problem Experiences (COPE) and Medical Outcomes Study-HIV (MOS-HIV) in order to evaluate the use of coping strategies and quality of life. We found a high rate of adherence to HIV therapies (almost 90% of patients had taken at least 80% of medication in the previous 7 days). No significant differences were found between adherence and nonadherence groups as measured by self-report. Few significant differences were found when data laboratory were used. When a Bonferroni corrected p level of <0.001 was used, only a compariso...
26 citations