The use of refusal postcards in recruiting older adultsAnnals of Behavioral Medicine - Tập 22 - Trang 330-333 - 2013
Carol J. Verboncoeur, Anita L. Stewart, Abby C. King, Stephanie Rush, Barbara Y. McLellan, Kris Mills
This article examines whether a refusal postcard makes recruitment more efficient or instead reduces response rates to a telephone survey of older adults. Medicare health maintenance organization (HMO) members were randomly sampled in sequential phases. All samples received an initial contact letter from a HMO geriatrician. A refusal postcard was included in the first sample (N=178); however, the ...... hiện toàn bộ
Approaches for Informing Optimal Dose of Behavioral InterventionsAnnals of Behavioral Medicine - Tập 48 - Trang 392-401 - 2014
Corrine I. Voils, Heather A. King, Matthew L. Maciejewski, Kelli D. Allen, William S. Yancy, Jonathan A. Shaffer
There is little guidance about to how select dose parameter values when designing behavioral interventions. The purpose of this study is to present approaches to inform intervention duration, frequency, and amount when (1) the investigator has no a priori expectation and is seeking a descriptive approach for identifying and narrowing the universe of dose values or (2) the investigator has an a pri...... hiện toàn bộ
Barriers to psychotherapy among depressed and nondepressed primary care patientsAnnals of Behavioral Medicine - Tập 32 - Trang 254-258 - 2006
David C. Mohr, Stacey L. Hart, Isa Howard, Laura Julian, Lea Vella, Claudine Catledge, Mitchell D. Feldman
Background: Most primary care patients who experience depression state that they would prefer psychotherapy over antidepressant medications. However, when referrals for psychotherapy are made, only 20% ever follow up, and of these, half drop out of treatment. This suggests that there are substantial barriers to accessing psychotherapy.Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate perceived bar...... hiện toàn bộ
A heuristics approach to understanding cancer risk perception: Contributions from judgment and decision-making researchAnnals of Behavioral Medicine - - 2006
Ellen Peters, Kevin D. McCaul, Michael Stefanek, Wendy Nelson
Background: The likelihood judgments that people make about their risks for cancer have important implications. At the individual level, risk estimates guide protective actions, such as cancer screening. However, at the extremes, exaggerated risk judgments can also lead to anxiety that degrades quality of life or to aggressive self-protective actions that are unwarranted g...... hiện toàn bộ