Diabetes education on wheels

Diabetes education programs remain underdeveloped in the pediatric setting, resulting in increased consumer complaints and financial liability for hospitals. The Diabetes Education on Wheels program was designed to provide comprehensive, outcome-oriented education for patients with juvenile diabetes. The primary goal of the program was to enhance patients' and family members' ability to achieve self-care in the home setting. The program facilitated sequential learning, improved consumer satisfaction, and promoted financial viability for the hospital.     

An examination of the co-morbidity between chronic pain and posttraumatic stress disorder on U.S. Veterans.

The purpose of this study was to assess the comorbidity between chronic pain and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and examine the extent to which PTSD is associated with changes in the multidimensional experience of pain in a sample of Veterans with chronic pain. It was hypothesized that Veterans with comorbid chronic pain and PTSD would report significantly higher scores on measures of pain intensity, pain behaviors, pain-related disability, and affective distress than Veterans with pain alone. Data were obtained from 149 Veterans who completed self-report questionnaires as part of their participation in a Psychology Pain Management program at a northeastern Department of Veterans Affairs health care facility. Analyses indicated that 49% of the sample met criteria for PTSD. A multivariate analysis of covariance was conducted with age, sex, pain duration, and depressive symptom severity as covariates. In partial support of our hypothesis, the presence of PTSD was found to contribute significantly to measures of affective distress, even after controlling for the effects of depressive symptom severity. The implications of these data are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Dimensions of family connectedness among adolescents with mexican, chinese, and european backgrounds.

Multiple dimensions of adolescents' connectedness with their families were investigated among 489 9th-grade students (M = 14.86 years) from families with Mexican, Chinese, and European backgrounds. Participants reported on various aspects of their family relationships and completed diary checklists of daily behaviors for a 2-week period. Adolescents from European backgrounds reported levels of family identification and dyadic closeness with parents similar to or greater than those reported by their peers. For adolescents from Mexican and Chinese backgrounds, particularly those from immigrant families, family connectedness included a stronger emphasis on family obligation and assistance. The extent to which family demographic variables, including parental level of education and residence in a single-parent family, accounted for group differences was examined. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)