Current cigarette use in rheumatoid arthritis patients: associated factors and a limited mediating role of depression

BACKGROUND Use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) among adolescents has increased since their introduction into the US market in 2007. Little is known about the role of e-cigarette psychosocial factors on risk of e-cigarette or cigarette use in adolescence. METHODS Information on e-cigarette and cigarette psychosocial factors (use and attitudes about use in the home and among friends) was collected from 11th- and 12th-grade participants in the Southern California Children’s Health Study during the spring of 2014. RESULTS Of 2084 participants, 499 (24.0%) had used an e-cigarette, including 200 (9.6%) current users (past 30 days); 390 participants (18.7%) had smoked a combustible cigarette, and 119 (5.7%) were current cigarette smokers. Cigarette and e-cigarette use were correlated. Nevertheless, 40.5% (n = 81) of current e-cigarette users had never smoked a cigarette. Psychosocial factors (home use of each product, friends’ use of and positive attitudes toward e-cigarettes and cigarettes) and participant perception of the harm of e-cigarettes were strongly positively associated both with e-cigarette and cigarette use. Most youth who reported e-cigarette use had friends who used e-cigarettes, and almost half of current users reported that they did not believe there were health risks associated with e-cigarette use. CONCLUSIONS Longitudinal studies of adolescents are needed to determine whether the strong association of e-cigarette psychosocial factors with both e-cigarette and cigarette use will lead to increased cigarette use or dual use of cigarettes and e-cigarettes, or whether e-cigarettes will serve as a gateway to cigarette use.

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Coping and Life Satisfaction: Mediating Role of Ego-Resiliency in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Medical Principles and Practice ◽

10.1159/000503708 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 29 (2) ◽

pp. 160-165

Author(s):

Michał Ziarko ◽

Ewa Mojs ◽

Dorota Sikorska ◽

Włodzimierz Samborski

Keyword(s):

Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽

Life Satisfaction ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Ego Resiliency

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Psychosocial Factors Associated With Adolescent Electronic Cigarette and Cigarette Use

10.1542/9781610022743-psychosocial ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 141-153

Author(s):

Jessica L. Barrington-Trimis ◽

Kiros Berhane ◽

Jennifer B. Unger ◽

Tess Boley Cruz ◽

Jimi Huh ◽

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Keyword(s):

Psychosocial Factors ◽

Electronic Cigarettes ◽

Strong Association ◽

Health Study ◽

Cigarette Use ◽

Positive Attitudes ◽

12Th Grade ◽

The Us ◽

Current Cigarette

BACKGROUND Use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) among adolescents has increased since their introduction into the US market in 2007. Little is known about the role of e-cigarette psychosocial factors on risk of e-cigarette or cigarette use in adolescence. METHODS Information on e-cigarette and cigarette psychosocial factors (use and attitudes about use in the home and among friends) was collected from 11th- and 12th-grade participants in the Southern California Children’s Health Study during the spring of 2014. RESULTS Of 2084 participants, 499 (24.0%) had used an e-cigarette, including 200 (9.6%) current users (past 30 days); 390 participants (18.7%) had smoked a combustible cigarette, and 119 (5.7%) were current cigarette smokers. Cigarette and e-cigarette use were correlated. Nevertheless, 40.5% (n = 81) of current e-cigarette users had never smoked a cigarette. Psychosocial factors (home use of each product, friends’ use of and positive attitudes toward e-cigarettes and cigarettes) and participant perception of the harm of e-cigarettes were strongly positively associated both with e-cigarette and cigarette use. Most youth who reported e-cigarette use had friends who used e-cigarettes, and almost half of current users reported that they did not believe there were health risks associated with e-cigarette use. CONCLUSIONS Longitudinal studies of adolescents are needed to determine whether the strong association of e-cigarette psychosocial factors with both e-cigarette and cigarette use will lead to increased cigarette use or dual use of cigarettes and e-cigarettes, or whether e-cigarettes will serve as a gateway to cigarette use.

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Pain Sensation and Long-term Suffering due to Chronic Pain in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Mediating Role of Self-efficacy

ranian Journal of Health Education and Health Promotion ◽

10.29252/ijhehp.8.1.10 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 10-22

Author(s):

Amin Nejati ◽

Hasan Ahadi ◽

Farahnaz Meschi ◽

Mohammad reza Seirafi ◽

Adis kraskian mojembari ◽

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Keyword(s):

Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽

Chronic Pain ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Pain Sensation ◽

Mediating Role

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Socioeconomic status and adolescent e-cigarette use: The mediating role of e-cigarette advertisement exposure

Preventive Medicine ◽

10.1016/j.ypmed.2018.04.019 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 112 ◽

pp. 193-198 ◽

Cited By ~ 20

Author(s):

Patricia Simon ◽

Deepa R. Camenga ◽

Meghan E. Morean ◽

Grace Kong ◽

Krysten W. Bold ◽

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Keyword(s):

Socioeconomic Status ◽

Cigarette Use ◽

Mediating Role

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Depression and pain in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: Mediating role of illness perception

The Egyptian Rheumatologist ◽

10.1016/j.ejr.2013.12.007 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 36 (2) ◽

pp. 57-64 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

Fatemeh Rezaei ◽

Hamid Taher Neshat Doost ◽

Hossein Molavi ◽

Mohammad Reza Abedi ◽

Mansoor Karimifar

Keyword(s):

Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽

Illness Perception ◽

Mediating Role

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The Mediating Role of Fatigue Between Mental Health and Its Associated Factors: Evidence From Chinese Healthcare Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Frontiers in Psychiatry ◽

10.3389/fpsyt.2021.665992 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 ◽

Author(s):

Rong Peng ◽

Wensu Zhou ◽

Dexin Zhou ◽

Muyang Chu ◽

Li Ling

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Social Support ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Healthcare Workers ◽

Associated Factors ◽

Mental Health Problems ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Mediating Role

The aim of this study was to explore the mediating role of fatigue between mental health and its associated factors, including workload, social support, and occupational protection, among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in China. A national cross-sectional survey was performed to collect data from healthcare workers who have attended to patients with COVID-19. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was conducted to test the mediating effect of fatigue. The results indicated that fatigue was a significant mediator of mental health. The proportion of indirect effect with regards to the total effect of workload on mental health was 54.2%, significantly greater than other factors such as social support (19.7%) and occupational protection (23.4%). The findings confirmed that workload, social support, and occupational protection both had indirect and direct effects on mental health status through fatigue. To some extent, potential interventions designed to alleviate fatigue would reduce mental health problems among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Lower education and living in countries with lower wealth are associated with higher disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis: results from the multinational COMORA study

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases ◽

10.1136/annrheumdis-2014-206737 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 75 (3) ◽

pp. 540-546 ◽

Cited By ~ 33

Author(s):

Polina Putrik ◽

Sofia Ramiro ◽

Andras P Keszei ◽

Ihsane Hmamouchi ◽

Maxime Dougados ◽

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Keyword(s):

Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽

Disease Activity ◽

Female Gender ◽

Mediation Effect ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Individual Level ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Country Level ◽

The Relationship

ObjectivesTo investigate the relationship of socioeconomic status (SES) on an individual and country level with disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and explore the mediating role of uptake of costly biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) in this relationship.MethodsData from a cross-sectional multinational study (COMOrbidities in RA) were used. Contribution of individual socioeconomic factors and country of residence to disease activity score with 28-joint assessment (DAS28) was explored in regression models, adjusting for relevant clinical confounders. Next, country of residence was replaced by gross domestic product (GDP) (low vs high) to investigate the contribution of SES by comparing R2 (model fit). The mediating role of uptake of bDMARDs in the relationship between education or GDP and DAS28 was explored by testing indirect effects.ResultsIn total, 3920 patients with RA were included (mean age 56 (SD 13) years, 82% women, mean DAS28 3.7 (1.6)). After adjustment, women (vs men) and low-educated (vs university) patients had 0.35 higher DAS28. Adjusted country differences in DAS28, compared with the Netherlands (lowest DAS28), varied from +0.2 (France) to +2.4 (Egypt). Patients from low GDP countries had 0.98 higher DAS28. No interactions between individual-level and country-level variables were observed. A small mediation effect of uptake of bDMARDs in the relationship between education and DAS28 (7.7%) and between GDP and DAS28 (6.7%) was observed.ConclusionsFemale gender and lower individual or country SES were independently associated with DAS28, but did not reinforce each other. The association between lower individual SES (education) or lower country welfare (GDP) with higher DAS28 was partially mediated by uptake of bDMARDs.

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The More You Say, the Less They Hear

Journal of Media Psychology Theories Methods and Applications ◽

10.1027/1864-1105/a000135 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 27 (4) ◽

pp. 159-169 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Elsbeth D. Asbeek Brusse ◽

Marieke L. Fransen ◽

Edith G. Smit

Keyword(s):

Hearing Protection ◽

Entertainment Education ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Attitude Measures ◽

Underlying Mechanisms

Abstract. This study examined the effects of disclosure messages in entertainment-education (E-E) on attitudes toward hearing protection and attitude toward the source. In addition, the (mediating) role of the underlying mechanisms (i.e., transportation, identification, and counterarguing) was studied. In an experiment (N = 336), three different disclosure messages were compared with a no-disclosure condition. The results show that more explicit disclosure messages negatively affect transportation and identification and stimulate the generation of counterarguments. In addition, the more explicit disclosure messages affect both attitude measures via two of these processes (i.e., transportation and counterarguing). Less explicit disclosure messages do not have this effect. Implications of the findings are discussed.

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