A randomized controlled trial to assess effectiveness of a spiritually-based intervention to help chronically ill adults

International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 91-105

  McCauley, Jeanne ^a   Haaz, Steffany ^b   Tarpley, Margaret J ^b   Koenig, Harold G ^c   Bartlett, Susan J ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

aging; alternative medicine; chronic disease; coping; spirituality

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COPING BEHAVIOR; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEPRESSION; ENERGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; PAIN; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIGION; RISK REDUCTION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPIRITUAL HEALING; VIDEORECORDING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF EFFICACY; SPIRITUALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79551609556     PISSN: 00912174     EISSN: 15413527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/PM.41.1.h     Document Type: Article

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