BMC Psychology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 13(1)
Published: April 2, 2025
Positive psychology offers a promising framework for enhancing mental health, particularly among maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients, whose psychological well-being is often compromised. This study aimed to develop and validate Chinese version of the PERMA Profiler, tailored assess flourishing in MHD patients provide reliable research tool. Following translation cultural adaptation original 376 were surveyed its psychometric properties. Analyses included item analysis, exploratory confirmatory factor criterion validity, reliability testing. The retained all items exhibited strong By validity KMO value was 0.871. Factor analysis identified two dimensions: positive experience self-actualization, accounting 57.7% variance. Model fit indices (χ2/df = 3.23, RMSEA 0.095) acceptable. scale showed internal consistency (Cronbach's α 0.914) test-retest (r 0.764). adapted context, valid tool assessing patients. It robust foundation intervention improve health outcomes this population.
Language: Английский
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0Making a Case for Whole Person Health
Global Advances in Integrative Medicine and Health, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 13
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
Background: Our conventional approach to health care tends separate patients’ by body system, treating each independently and “efficiently”—e.g., minimal time with a provider, reliance on medications, little investment support behavioral lifestyle improvements. Meanwhile, the United States has most expensive in world, some of worse outcomes. Purpose In this paper, we make case for transforming from disease-centric “whole person” model. Research Design: We provide detailed utilization assumptions hypothetical patient, Mrs. M, over her life age 40 80 years under 2 scenarios: continuation (Version A) whole person B). Analysis developed set scenario, applied 2023 U.S. dollar (USD) resource prices, estimated cumulative total costs. The price scenario were validated using Medical Expenditures Panel Survey (MEPS) data. Results: At 80, care, find M increasingly frail living skilled nursing facility, costs $353,155. With active generally healthy at $52,425. Conclusions: Although based an “imagined” case, versions M’s history illustrate how beginning early middle diet, physical activity, stress management can plausibly lead improved well-being, as well reduced spending.
Language: Английский
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1Growing up and Waking up - New Perspectives in Mind-Body Medicine Illustrated by the Model of Meditation-Based Lifestyle Modification (MBLM)
THE MIND - Bulletin on Mind-Body Medicine Research, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 4, P. 3 - 5
Published: May 29, 2024
When I agreed to write an editorial about Mind-Body Medicine for "The Mind", knew it would have be a personal story, my story.There is plenty of excellent research in the field and there cannot serious doubt that this holistic approach health disease has fundamental benefits chronically ill patients.So, what could contribution Bulletin Research?Possibly best offer story.While writing these lines, mid-May snowing!I see snowflakes dancing mountain tops are white, however, every once while, sun peeks out clouds reveals ocean as blue ever.The view window stunningacross Tromsø sound, towards mountains Kvaløya, Whale-Island.
Language: Английский
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0Viral Targeting of Mitochondria May Alter Cognition and Enhance Viral Transmission
THE MIND - Bulletin on Mind-Body Medicine Research, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 4, P. 5 - 9
Published: May 29, 2024
When I agreed to write an editorial about Mind-Body Medicine for "The Mind", knew it would have be a personal story, my story.There is plenty of excellent research in the field and there cannot serious doubt that this holistic approach health disease has fundamental benefits chronically ill patients.So, what could contribution Bulletin Research?Possibly best offer story.While writing these lines, mid-May snowing!I see snowflakes dancing mountain tops are white, however, every once while, sun peeks out clouds reveals ocean as blue ever.The view window stunningacross Tromsø sound, towards mountains Kvaløya, Whale-Island.
Language: Английский
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0Mind-Body Medicine – A journey beyond the helplessness barrier
THE MIND - Bulletin on Mind-Body Medicine Research, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 4, P. 1 - 2
Published: May 29, 2024
When I agreed to write an editorial about Mind-Body Medicine for "The Mind", knew it would have be a personal story, my story.There is plenty of excellent research in the field and there cannot serious doubt that this holistic approach health disease has fundamental benefits chronically ill patients.So, what could contribution Bulletin Research?Possibly best offer story.While writing these lines, mid-May snowing!I see snowflakes dancing mountain tops are white, however, every once while, sun peeks out clouds reveals ocean as blue ever.The view window stunningacross Tromsø sound, towards mountains Kvaløya, Whale-Island.
Language: Английский
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0Quo vadis students’ health? Introducing a Mind-Body Medicine (MBM) health promotion-intervention for self-care, sustainable studying and resilience in academic learning life
THE MIND - Bulletin on Mind-Body Medicine Research, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 4, P. 11 - 13
Published: May 29, 2024
When I agreed to write an editorial about Mind-Body Medicine for "The Mind", knew it would have be a personal story, my story.There is plenty of excellent research in the field and there cannot serious doubt that this holistic approach health disease has fundamental benefits chronically ill patients.So, what could contribution Bulletin Research?Possibly best offer story.While writing these lines, mid-May snowing!I see snowflakes dancing mountain tops are white, however, every once while, sun peeks out clouds reveals ocean as blue ever.The view window stunningacross Tromsø sound, towards mountains Kvaløya, Whale-Island.
Language: Английский
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0Mind-Body Medicine: A Funder´s Perspective
THE MIND - Bulletin on Mind-Body Medicine Research, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 4, P. 11 - 13
Published: May 29, 2024
When I agreed to write an editorial about Mind-Body Medicine for "The Mind", knew it would have be a personal story, my story.There is plenty of excellent research in the field and there cannot serious doubt that this holistic approach health disease has fundamental benefits chronically ill patients.So, what could contribution Bulletin Research?Possibly best offer story.While writing these lines, mid-May snowing!I see snowflakes dancing mountain tops are white, however, every once while, sun peeks out clouds reveals ocean as blue ever.The view window stunningacross Tromsø sound, towards mountains Kvaløya, Whale-Island.
Language: Английский
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0Promoting salutogenic pathways to health through complementary and integrative health approaches
Frontiers in Psychology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 15
Published: Oct. 2, 2024
Health restoration and disease prevention are important strategies to achieve health well-being. This Perspective provides a conceptual overview of the key concepts salutogenesis (health restoration), chronic stress, resilience, emotional well-being, describes how they distinct interrelated. We posit, demonstrate through scientific evidence, that complementary integrative approaches, including mind body interventions, can be used mitigate effects stress promote salutogenic pathways. Our goal is identify research gaps opportunities suggest ways advance knowledge base for mechanistic clinical in this field.
Language: Английский
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0Editorial
Belonging., Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown
Published: Oct. 17, 2024
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