End stage renal disease (ESRD) and the marital dyad

Chowanec, Gregory D.; Binik, Yitzchak M.

doi:10.1016/0277-9536(82)90166-6

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“…Including family members within assessment and therapy may be an important step, as has been found for other chronic illness groups (e.g. Chowanec & Binik, 1982).…”

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An ‘Overwhelming Illness’

Edwards¹,

Thompson

Blair

2007

J Health Psychol

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The processes through which people learn to live with CFS/ME are poorly understood and have not been rigorously explored within the literature. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight women and analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. Participants initially described being 'overwhelmed' by CFS/ME. Attempts at seeking help were unsatisfactory and participants described feeling let down and disbelieved. Participants reacted to this by identifying types of 'self-help' and assertively taking more responsibility for their illness and its treatment. Acquiring social support and greater knowledge were key mediating factors in the emergence of control and acceptance. The relevance of the themes to existing research and the implications for clinical practice are considered.

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“…Including family members within assessment and therapy may be an important step, as has been found for other chronic illness groups (e.g. Chowanec & Binik, 1982).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

An ‘Overwhelming Illness’

Edwards¹,

Thompson

Blair

2007

J Health Psychol

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“…Another criticism applicable to many of these studies is that they lacked appropriate control groups, with which the ESRD families could be compared [140]. Such families may appear 'pathological' relative to others which do not have to shoulder the burden and uncer tainties of a chronic illness, but this could reflect an adaptive response to their circum stances.…”

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Psychosomatic Aspects of End-Stage Renal Failure

Sensky

1993

Psychother Psychosom

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End-stage renal failure (ESRD) is more than a typical chronic disease. Its treatment includes features which arguably make this condition unique. Selected psychosomatic aspects of ESRD are reviewed, including psychiatric morbidity, patients’ adherence to their treatments, quality of life and the emotional impact on staff involved in treating patients with ESRD. Rather than presenting a comprehensive review of the results of published research, particular emphasis is laid on the critical appraisal of the methodology of published studies, to examine the extent to which these have provided answers to clinically important questions.

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“…Brownell's (1982) review shows that couples training has had mixed effects on weight loss and its maintenance, perhaps because "treatment may interact with the character of the marital relationship" and "couples may differ in the role obesity plays in the marital relationship" (p. 835). Key family members have also been enlisted as therapeutic allies in the treatment of alcoholism (Sobcll, 1985), the control of hypertension (Earp & Ory, 1979; Levine et al, 1979), compliance with paediatric anticonvulsant therapy (Shopc, 1980), and home haemodialysis (Chowanec & Binik, 1982; Cummings, Becker, Kirscht, & Levin, 1981; Lowry & Atcherson, 1984).…”

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Marshalling social support for medical patients and their families.

Gottlieb¹

1987

Canadian Psychology / Psychologie canadienne

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The stress-moderating effects of social support have been examined largely in the context of stressful life events and role transitions, not in relation to serious and chronic medical illnesses. This article first reviews several lines of research on the relationship between social support and the onset, course, and outcomes of medical illness, highlighting both the network's beneficial impact on the patient and the adverse effects of illness on the patient's social field and on its capacity to render support. Two types of interventions designed to marshal support on behalf of medical patients and their families are then identified: dyadic support strategies involving the introduction of lay allies, and peer support groups composed of other patients with the same diagnosis. Practical and theoretical issues surrounding the design of these interventions arc discussed, and an agenda for research on their structure and supportive processes is outlined.

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End stage renal disease (ESRD) and the marital dyad

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Cited by 30 publications

References 47 publications

An ‘Overwhelming Illness’

An ‘Overwhelming Illness’

Psychosomatic Aspects of End-Stage Renal Failure

Marshalling social support for medical patients and their families.

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