Posttraumatic stress symptoms and PTG were assessed in 182 breast cancer survivors by using the Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist and Post-traumatic Growth Inventory questionnaires.
The aim of the present study was to establish whether in people struggling with cancer there is an association between the degree of PTG and the level of deliberate and intrusive ruminations, occurring soon after the diagnosis of disease and currently, and whether deliberate ruminations play a mediating role between intrusive ruminations and PTG.
The aim of the present study was to establish whether in people struggling with cancer there is an association between the degree of PTG and the level of deliberate and intrusive ruminations, occurring soon after the diagnosis of disease and currently, and whether deliberate ruminations play a mediating role between intrusive ruminations and PTG.
Posttraumatic stress symptoms and PTG show relationships with the amount of time spent online, the type of information accessed online, and the psychological impact of Internet use.
In a consecutive case series, cross-sectional study of 401 women referred for hyperlipidemia therapy, (110 [27%] on estrogen replacement therapy [ERT]), we assessed whether ERT-mediated thrombophilia and heritable thrombophilia (20210 G-->A prothrombin gene [PTG], Factor V Leiden gene mutation [FV]) interacted as risk factors for atherothrombotic cardiovascular disease (ATCVD).