Basics of qualitative research: Grounded theory procedures and techniques

The MOS social support survey.

Cross-cultural adaptation of health-related quality of life measures: literature review and proposed guidelines.

Research in aging has emphasized average age-related losses and neglected the substantial heterogeneity of older persons. The effects of the aging process itself have been exaggerated, and the modifying effects of diet, exercise, personal habits, and psychosocial factors underestimated. Within the category of normal aging, a distinction can be made between usual aging, in which extrinsic factors heighten the effects of aging alone, and successful aging, in which extrinsic factors play a neutral or positive role. Research on the risks associated with usual aging and strategies to modify them should help elucidate how a transition from usual to successful aging can be facilitated.

https://science.sciencemag.org/content/sci/237/4811/143.full.pdf

Human aging: usual and successful

Effect of psychosocial treatment on survival of patients with metastatic breast cancer

Context: Biomarkers to predict bone loss in premenopausal women after breast cancer treatment have not been examined. Objective: To determine whether baseline FSH predicts subsequent bone loss. Design: Secondary data analysis of the Exercise for Bone Health: Young Breast Cancer Survivors study, in which women were randomized to a 12-month exercise program or monthly health newsletter. Setting: Community dwelling women. Participants: A total of 206 women age less than or equal to 55 years at breast cancer diagnosis who had received adjuvant chemotherapy and were at least 1 year after diagnosis. Intervention: Serum collected at baseline (an average of 302 ± 148 d after completing chemotherapy) was analyzed for FSH. Main Outcome Measure: Change in bone mineral density. Results: In linear regression models, baseline FSH levels predicted bone loss over the ensuing 12 months at the lumbar spine and femoral neck including after adjustment for age, ethnicity, treatment group (exercise vs control), baseline bone d...

FSH Levels Predict Bone Loss in Premenopausal Women Treated for Breast Cancer More Than One Year After Treatment

This study tests the competing arguments that organizational turnover rates are positively associated with organizational inefficiency or, alternatively, that turnover rates are positively related to organizational inefficiency only in those organizations experiencing very high or very low rates of turnover. The findings strongly support the former argument: in a national sample of 407 hospitals, turnover among registered nurses was found to be positively and linearly associated with both operating and personnel costs per adjusted admission. However, subset analyses based on hospital size, location, and teaching status, suggest that the strength of the turnover-costrelationship is contingent upon the type of institution in which turnover occurs.

https://escholarship.org/content/qt8295j6sx/qt8295j6sx.pdf?t=lnqin9

Nursing Turnover and Hospital Efficiency: An Organization Level Analysis

In this commentary, we review the place of prevention within the field of Psycho-Oncology. The thrust of Psycho-Oncology's clinical and research efforts have historically focused on behavioral and social factors implicated in the cancer patients' experience from detection and diagnosis, to treatment, survivorship and end of life along the cancer trajectory. This conceptualization has raised the standards for research, leading to a better understanding of the patient experience and the delivery of highly effective interventions to improve quality of life. Emerging data on the role of potential prevention behaviors (e.g., diet and exercise, smoking cessation, screening, etc.) suggests that Psycho-Oncology has a significant role to play in understanding and intervening on a population level to reduce cancer incidence. We present and describe an expanded model of research in Psycho-Oncology which incorporates psychosocial variables in prevention research to complement Holland et al.'s (1998, 2010) original model. The implications of this model are discussed in relation to research, clinical work and training within the discipline of Psycho-Oncology. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/pon.3916

The Missing Piece: Cancer Prevention Within Psycho-Oncology - A Commentary

Workshop report. Research in adaptation to illness and psychosocial intervention

The major impetus for health care reform clearly seems to be the desire to contain the cost of health care. One of the major cost-containment methods proposed is capitation. Capitation poses specific problems when applied to mental health services delivery. This article discusses several of the major issues pertaining to the utility of capitation in mental health, discusses on-going capitation efforts, and provides an evaluation of capitation programs. Future directions for research on capitation in mental health are then suggested.

Joan R. Bloom

Papers

FSH Levels Predict Bone Loss in Premenopausal Women Treated for Breast Cancer More Than One Year After Treatment

Nursing Turnover and Hospital Efficiency: An Organization Level Analysis

The Missing Piece: Cancer Prevention Within Psycho-Oncology - A Commentary

Workshop report. Research in adaptation to illness and psychosocial intervention

An Analysis of Capitation for Mental Health Services