Trust is widely acknowledged as an essential ingredient in patient-physician relationships. Given a dearth of situation-specific measures designed to quantify patients' trust in their physicians, we… (More)
OBJECTIVES
To determine whether older adults have thought about aging and aging successfully and to compare their perceptions of successful aging with attributes of successful aging identified in the… (More)
There is evidence from observational studies that increasing physical activity may reduce the risk of cognitive decline in older adults. Exercise intervention trials have found conflicting results. A… (More)
BACKGROUND
Despite the potential benefits of weight loss, the factors associated with weight loss behavior are only beginning to be identified. We examined the association between sociodemographic… (More)
OBJECTIVES
To assess the psychometric properties of the Trust in Physician Scale and to identify variables associated with patients' trust in their rheumatologist.
METHODS
Analyses of self reported… (More)
To examine preventive health practices in older women, we conducted computer-assisted telephone interviews with 1082 women aged 50-80 who were enrollees of Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound… (More)
BACKGROUND
Current, ongoing national surveys do not include questions about end-of-life (EOL) issues. In particular, population-based data are lacking regarding the factors associated with advance… (More)
The present review assesses the public's perceptions about cognitive health and Alzheimer's disease among adults in the United States. We searched the published literature and Internet, and contacted… (More)
OBJECTIVE
We sought to synthesize the findings of studies examining interventions to enhance the communication behaviors of physicians and patients during outpatient encounters.
METHODS
We… (More)
OBJECTIVE
To describe self-reported prevalence of the use of alternative therapies for menopause symptoms and subject characteristics associated with their use.
METHODS
A telephone survey of 886… (More)