Journal of the International AIDS Society
Authors: Jessica E. Haberer, Lora Sabin, K. Rivet Amico, Catherine Orrell, Omar Galárraga, Alexander C. Tsai, Rachel C. Vreeman, Ira Wilson, Nadia A. Sam-Agudu, Terrence F. Blaschke, Bernard Vrijens, Claude A. Mellins, Robert H. Remien, Sheri D. Weiser, Elizabeth Lowenthal, Michael J. Stirratt, Papa Salif Sow, Bruce Thomas, Nathan Ford, Edward Mills, Richard Lester, Jean B. Nachega, Bosco Mwebesa Bwana, Fred Ssewamala, Lawrence Mbuagbaw, Paula Munderi, Elvin Geng, David R. Bangsberg
Journal of the International AIDS Society
Authors: Haberer JE, Sabin L, Amico KR, Orrell C, Galárraga O, Tsai AC, Vreeman RC, Wilson I, Sam-Agudu NA, Blaschke TF, Vrijens B, Mellins CA, Remien RH, Weiser SD, Lowenthal E, Stirratt MJ, Sow PS, Thomas B, Ford N, Mills E, Lester R, Nachega JB, Bwana BM, Ssewamala F, Mbuagbaw L, Munderi P, Geng E, Bangsberg DR
Scientific Reports
Authors: Hernandez-Pacheco N, Flores C, Alonso S, Eng C, Mak AC, Hunstman S, Hu D, White MJ, Oh SS, Meade K, Farber HJ, Avila PC, Serebrisky D, Thyne SM, Brigino-Buenaventura E, Rodriguez-Cintron W, Sen S, Kumar R, Lenoir M, Rodriguez-Santana JR, Burchard EG, Pino-Yanes M
AIDS and behavior
Authors: Patts GJ, Cheng DM, Emenyonu N, Bridden C, Gnatienko N, Lloyd-Travaglini CA, Ngabirano C, Yaroslavtseva T, Muyindike WR, Weiser SD, Krupitsky EM, Hahn JA, Samet JH
Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society
Authors: Samoylova ML, Covinsky KE, Haftek M, Kuo S, Roberts JP, Lai JC
JAMA dermatology
Authors: Garrett GL, Blanc PD, Boscardin J, Lloyd AA, Ahmed RL, Anthony T, Bibee K, Breithaupt A, Cannon J, Chen A, Cheng JY, Chiesa-Fuxench Z, Colegio OR, Curiel-Lewandrowski C, Del Guzzo CA, Disse M, Dowd M, Eilers R, Ortiz AE, Morris C, Golden SK, Graves MS, Griffin JR, Hopkins RS, Huang CC, Bae GH, Jambusaria A, Jennings TA, Jiang SI, Karia PS, Khetarpal S, Kim C, Klintmalm G, Konicke K, Koyfman SA, Lam C, Lee P, Leitenberger JJ, Loh T, Lowenstein S, Madankumar R, Moreau JF, Nijhawan RI, Ochoa S, Olasz EB, Otchere E, Otley C, Oulton J, Patel PH, Patel VA, Prabhu AV, Pugliano-Mauro M, Schmults CD, Schram S, Shih AF, Shin T, Soon S, Soriano T, Srivastava D, Stein JA, Sternhell-Blackwell K, Taylor S, Vidimos A, Wu P, Zajdel N, Zelac D, Arron ST
Nature methods
Authors: Rahmani E, Zaitlen N, Baran Y, Eng C, Hu D, Galanter J, Oh S, Burchard EG, Eskin E, Zou J, Halperin E
Patient related outcome measures | Volume 8
Authors: Sloan DH, BrintzenhofeSzoc K, Kichline T, Baker K, Pinzon JP, Tafe C, Li L, Cheng MJ, Berger A
CONTEXT
Patients with life-threatening or chronic illness report an experience of increased positive psychological, social, and/or spiritual change during diagnosis and/or treatment of their illness, even in the face of unfavorable prognosis. This transformation begins through the ability to make their life meaningful by forming meaningful connections that emerge through self-introspection and relationships with a divine entity, nature, and other people. The Healing Experience in All Life Stressors (HEALS) assessment provides a way to identify distress-causing changes that may interfere with the development of meaning and psycho-social-spiritual homeostasis.
OBJECTIVE
Preliminary examination of responses to items on the HEALS and examination of the factor structure.
METHOD
The 48-item HEALS questionnaire was developed using a multistep process: literature review for concept development, item generation from qualitative data, and face and content validity by expert panel. In the current study, HEALS was completed by 100 patients diagnosed with life-limiting disease and seen by the palliative care team at a large research institution in the US. Exploratory factor analysis techniques were used to determine scale structure of the instrument.
RESULTS
Outcome testing of sample adequacy using Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin statistic was 0.75, which exceeds the recommended value of 0.60. The HEALS show very good internal consistency with a Cronbach's of 0.94. Overall results of the exploratory factor analysis established a four-factor questionnaire: 1) religion; 2) spirituality, demonstrated by a) interaction with a religious community and b) belief in higher power; 3) intrapersonal; and 4) interpersonal relationships expressed through psychological changes resulting in enhanced outlook and improvement in relationships with family and friends.
CONCLUSION
This study involved the initial step to commence the process of scale validation, with promising outcomes identifying subscales as an effective way to assess the construct of healing. These findings support further examination using cognitive appraisal and confirmatory factor analysis.
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Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Authors: Bulat Idrisov, Karsten Lunze, Debbie M. Cheng, Elena Blokhina, Natalia Gnatienko, Greg Patts, Carly Bridden, Christine Chaisson, Sheri D. Weiser, Evgeny Krupitsky, Jeffrey H. Samet
Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine
Authors: Palar K, Napoles T, Hufstedler LL, Seligman H, Hecht FM, Madsen K, Ryle M, Pitchford S, Frongillo EA, Weiser SD
