Addressing the Needs of Culturally Diverse Populations in Community-Based Health Research: Cultural Variables and Research into Chronically Ill Populations: Examples from a Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research Study

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Torres-Harding ◽  
Leonard Jason ◽  
Renee Taylor ◽  
Radhika Chimata ◽  
Danielle Johnson
2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renee Taylor ◽  
Gary Harper ◽  
Audrey Bangi ◽  
Radhika Chimata ◽  
Danielle Johnson

2006 ◽  
Vol 13 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 75-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen M. Jordan ◽  
Cheng-Fang Huang ◽  
Leonard A. Jason ◽  
Judith Richman ◽  
Cynthia J. Mears ◽  
...  

2003 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 459-464 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonard A. Jason ◽  
Audrius V. Plioplys ◽  
Susan Torres-Harding ◽  
Karina Corradi

1997 ◽  
Vol 80 (2) ◽  
pp. 643-658 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stuart W. Twemlow ◽  
Lolafaye Coyne ◽  
Samuel L. Bradshaw ◽  
Barbara H. Lerma

To what extent do personal constructs affect the relationship between doctor and patient when the ill patient does not readily recover with treatment? Questionnaires were returned anonymously by 609 patients with a self-reported diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome, who were considered chronically ill. Findings were compared with those of an earlier study of a population of 397 general medical patients. The chronically ill patients lost an average of 65 days of work per year due to illness compared to general medical patients who missed six or fewer days per year because they were ill. The chronically ill patients also reported a 66% higher frequency of iatrogenic illness, spent more money on health care, took more medication, saw more specialists, and were more litigious than the general medical population. Research suggested several patterns of relationships between doctors and patients, and attitudes to health and illness, which may alert doctors to patients' perceptions, beliefs, encoded constructs, and patterns of relating that affect responses to treatment. More attention by doctors to patients who are experiencing the stress of chronic illness is indicated.


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