Shawna L. Ehlers

TL;DR: Evidence suggests that adherence and adjustment are maximized when a patient’s preferred style of coping is consistent with the contextual features or demands of the renal intervention the patient is undergoing, and for future clinical research, refining methodologies for the assessment of depression and adherence.

TL;DR: The role of personality as a predictor of mortality among patients with chronic renal insufficiency, and 2 personality traits, conscientiousness and neuroticism, predicted patient mortality, was examined.

TL;DR: The preliminary efficacy of an application (app)‐based cancer stress‐management intervention, StressProffen, is evaluated in a randomized controlled trial.

TL;DR: Results indicate that a patient's QOL, mood state and relationship with the primary caregiver can be positively impacted by a brief psychological intervention prior to lung transplantation.

TL;DR: Women consistently scored higher on multiple measures of psychological distress than their male partners in the context of preparing for IVF, and comparison of infertility-specific distress scores yielded the largest statistically and clinically significant difference compared with traditional measures of general depression and anxiety symptoms.