Interpersonal sensitivity predicts slower change and less change in anxiety symptoms in cognitive behavioural therapy.

OBJECTIVES: Patients in cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) who are high in interpersonal sensitivity may have difficulty fully engaging in treatment because therapy sessions require intimate interpersonal interactions that are especially uncomfortable for these individuals. The current study tests the hypotheses that patients who are high in interpersonal sensitivity benefit less from CBT for symptoms of depression and anxiety, show a slower rate of change in those symptoms, and are more likely to drop out of treatment. METHODS: Participants were 832 outpatients who received naturalistic CBT. We assessed interpersonal sensitivity before treatment began and depression and anxiety symptoms at every therapy session. We assessed early, premature, and uncollaborative termination after treatment ended. We constructed multilevel linear regression models and logistic regression models to assess the effects of baseline interpersonal sensitivity on the treatment outcome, the slope of change in depression and anxiety symptoms, and each type of dropout. RESULTS: Higher baseline interpersonal sensitivity was associated with a slower rate of change and less overall change in anxiety but not depressive symptoms. Baseline interpersonal sensitivity was not a predictor of dropout. CONCLUSIONS: Interpersonal sensitivity at baseline predicts less change and a slower rate of change in anxiety symptoms. Early detection of elevated interpersonal sensitivity can help therapists take action to address these barriers to successful treatment and help scientists build decision support tools that accurately predict the trajectory of change in anxiety symptoms for these patients.

Changes in Exercise Capacity and Health-Related Quality of Life at Four and Eight Weeks of a Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program in People with COPD.

Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PR) is a key intervention in the management of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), though few studies have assessed where changes in outcomes occur during a PR program. The aim of this study was to determine the changes in exercise capacity and health-related quality of life at four and eight weeks during a twice-weekly supervised PR program in people with COPD. Fifty participants with COPD were recruited and attended PR twice-weekly for eight weeks. The outcome measures were the endurance shuttle walk test (ESWT), six-minute walk distance (6MWD), St George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ), COPD Assessment Test (CAT) and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) which were measured at baseline, four and eight weeks. Compared to baseline, at week four there were significant improvements in ESWT (mean difference [95%CI] 197 [89 to 305] seconds), 6MWD (22 [8 to 36] metres), SGRQ symptom score (-6 [-12 to -1] points) and SGRQ total score (-4 [-7 to -1] points). Between week four and eight there were further significant improvements in ESWT (94 [8 to 181] seconds) only. By week eight, ESWT, 6MWD, SGRQ symptoms and total score, and CAT had all improved significantly compared to baseline measures. This study demonstrated that participants with moderate to very severe COPD who participated in a twice weekly, eight-week PR program (16 sessions) had significant improvement in ESWT, 6MWD, SGRQ, and CAT score with the greatest improvements occurring in the first four weeks of the program.Supplemental data for this article is available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/15412555.2021.2013793 .

Association between serum albumin concentration change trajectory and risk of hypertension: a cohort study in China.

Background: We sought to assess the risk of hypertension based on the trajectory of changes in serum albumin concentrations. Methods: A total of 11,946 nonhypertension adults aged 30-60 years who underwent at least 3 medical examinations between 2009 and 2016 were included in this study. Group-based trajectory models were obtained for 4 category groups, and logistic regression models were used to estimate odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for each category group of serum albumin concentration and the risk of hypertension. Results: During a mean follow-up period of 4.30 years, 1,537 hypertension events occurred in 11,946 subjects without hypertension. A high stable trajectory of serum albumin concentrations (OR, 0.70, 95% CI, 0.51-0.96) was associated with a significantly lower risk of developing hypertension. The results of the sensitivity analysis of the high stable trajectory (OR, 0.64, 95% CI, 0.43-0.96) remained statistically significant. Subjects with normal weight and those ≥45 years of age had a significantly lower risk of hypertension at moderate increase (P = 0.053 or 0.026) and high stable trajectories (P = 0.011 or 0.016). In males and overweight subjects, the risk of hypertension was significantly lower in the high stable trajectory (P = 0.038 or 0.044). Conclusion: In this study, we found that moderate increase in serum albumin concentrations and a high stable trajectory were significantly associated with a reduced risk of hypertension in subjects aged ≥45 years and those with normal weight and that high stable serum albumin concentrations were significantly associated with a reduced risk of hypertension in males and overweight subjects.

Analysis of the trajectory and influencing factors of kinesiophobia in elderly patients during the rehabilitation phase of limb fractures.

OBJECTIVES: To explore the trajectory and influencing factors of kinetophobia in elderly patients with limb fracture during the rehabilitation period. METHODS: In this retrospective study, we retrieved the follow-up records of 150 elderly patients with limb fractures from our hospital's electronic medical record system. We collected the demographic data and Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia (TSK) scores of patients at postoperative day 1 (T0), 1 week (T1), 3 weeks (T2), 6 weeks (T3), and 12 weeks (T4) to track changes in kinesiophobia over time. We used Mplus 8.3 software to fit the development trajectory types of kinesiophobia based on TSK scores at time points T0 to T4 using a Latent Class Growth Model (LCGM). After selecting the best fitting model, logistic regression analysis was performed to identify the risk factors for kinesiophobia in different types. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve and area under the curve (AUC) were used to compare the predictive value of relevant influencing factors for kinetophobia in elderly patients recovering from limb fracture. RESULTS: The TSK scores decreased steadily from T0 to T4 [(46.03±7.88) at T0, (41.14±8.89) at T1, (34.61±5.64) at T2, (29.95±6.79) at T3, and (26.71±5.03) at T4], [F (4, 745) = 193.1, P < 0.001]. We identified the trajectory of changes in kinesiophobia symptoms through LCGM, gradually establishing models with 1 to 5 categories. By integrating the results of relevant fit indices, we ultimately selected the best fitting model with 2 categories. Among them, 119 patients in Class 1 (79.3%) showed a slow and continuous decline in kinesiophobia symptoms from T0 to T4, while 31 patients in Class 2 (20.7%) exhibited rapid decline followed by rebound in kinesiophobia symptoms. Logistic regression showed that older the age (OR = 1.219), per capita monthly income < 3000 yuan (OR = 12.657), numeric rating scale (NRS), patients with higher NRS (OR = 2.401) and higher self-efficacy (OR = 1.212) were more likely to be in Class 1. The ROC curve results show that the combined above indicators have a higher predictive value for the changes in fear of movement in elderly patients with lower limb fractures during the rehabilitation period (AUC = 0.934), compared to age (AUC = 0.694), per capita monthly income (AUC = 0.654), NRS score (AUC = 0.812), and self-efficacy (AUC = 0.811) as individual indicators. CONCLUSION: As the recovery time progresses for elderly patients with limb fractures, the overall trend of kinesiophobia scores decreases. Kinesiophobia presents with two different trajectories, with age, average monthly income, NRS score, and self-efficacy being important factors influencing the trajectory categories of kinesiophobia changes.

Emotional Responses of Hospital Staff to the DASS-21 Survey During Mass COVID-19 Testing After the Relaxation of Prevention and Control Measures in Zhejiang, China, and Their Change Trajectory.

Aim: To investigate the emotional response of hospital staff to the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21) over the COVID-19 pandemic and after the relaxation of prevention and control measures in Zhejiang Province, China, and identify influencing factors. Design: Multicenter online cross-sectional design. Methods: From January 10, 2023, to January 20, 2023, 1054 hospital employees in Zhejiang, China, were recruited using WeChat. Data was gathered via online, self-administered surveys. T-tests and one-way analyses of variance, Pearson's correlation analysis, and multiple linear stepwise regression analyses were used to examine the data. Results: More than 90% of hospital employees were infected with COVID-19. Through regression analysis, the following variables were found to be independent predictors of emotional response to DASS-21: resilience (-13.346, P < 0.0001), sleep (14.689, P < 0.0001), friend support (-4.278, P < 0.0001), education level (2.699, P = 0.007), and marriage (-2.214, P = 0.027). The emotional responses were not as severe as predicted, but they were still well above the Chinese norm. A longitudinal comparison of DASS-21 emotional responses with similar studies showed a parabolic downward trend over time. Conclusion: Our results identified education level, marriage, friend support, resilience, and sleep as independent predictors of emotional responses to the DASS-21 among hospital workers in this outbreak. Improving the mental resilience and sleep status of staff is a key target. Unmarried medical personnel with higher education should be given greater attention and support by management. In addition, there is still room for further improvement in the government and societal responses to similar outbreaks. The study also found a parabolic downward trend in DASS-21 emotional responses among hospital workers during the COVID-19 outbreak over time.

Learning Processes and Trajectories for the Reduction of Antibiotic Use in Pig Farming: A Qualitative Approach.

Since 2011, French public policy has been encouraging a reduction in the use of antibiotics in animal farming. The aim of this article is to look at how some farms have already managed to lower their consumption of antibiotics, and to highlight the levers of change in farming health practices. Our research uses a qualitative study based on 21 semi-structured interviews with farmers and veterinarians in the French pig-farming sector. We use the notion of "trajectory of change" to examine, over time, the intersection of the technical, economic, social and organisational determinants which affect the reduced use of antibiotics. The "learning process" concept makes it possible to take account of the way in which the actors assimilate, appropriate and implement new health practices. We have identified three interdependent levels of learning: technical learning, cognitive learning and organisational learning.

Trajectories of change in emotion regulation and social anxiety during cognitive-behavioral therapy for social anxiety disorder.

Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for social anxiety disorder (SAD) may decrease social anxiety by training emotion regulation skills. This randomized controlled trial of CBT for SAD examined changes in weekly frequency and success of cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression, as well as weekly intensity of social anxiety among patients receiving 16 weekly sessions of individual CBT. We expected these variables to (1) differ from pre-to-post-CBT vs. Waitlist, (2) have differential trajectories during CBT, and (3) covary during CBT. We also expected that weekly changes in emotion regulation would predict (4) subsequent weekly changes in social anxiety, and (5) changes in social anxiety both during and post-CBT. Compared to Waitlist, CBT increased cognitive reappraisal frequency and success, decreased social anxiety, but had no impact on expressive suppression. During CBT, weekly cognitive reappraisal frequency and success increased, whereas weekly expressive suppression frequency and social anxiety decreased. Weekly decreases in social anxiety were associated with concurrent increases in reappraisal success and decreases in suppression frequency. Granger causality analysis showed that only reappraisal success increases predicted decreases in subsequent social anxiety during CBT. Reappraisal success increases pre-to-post-CBT predicted reductions in social anxiety symptom severity post-CBT. The trajectory of weekly changes in emotion regulation strategies may help clinicians understand whether CBT is effective and predict decreases in social anxiety. CLINICALTRIALSGOV IDENTIFIER: NCT00380731; http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00380731?term=social+anxiety+cognitive+behavioral+therapy+Stanford&rank=1.