ArticleOpen journal of preventive medicine2014
An Intervention to Reduce Psychosocial and Biological Indicators of Stress in African American Lupus Patients: The Balancing Lupus Experiences with Stress Strategies Study.
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28 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Efficacy of lifestyle interventions in the management of systemic lupus erythematosus: a systematic review of the literature.Rheumatology international · 2024Pooled it
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- Barriers, Facilitators, and Preferences for Mental Health Services Among Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Qualitative Study.Arthritis care & research · 2024Article
- Obesity-Preventive Behaviors and Improvements in Depression among Diverse Utah Women Receiving Coaching from Community Health Workers.Journal of health care for the poor and underserved · 2024Article
- Disparities in Lupus and the Role of Social Determinants of Health: Current State of Knowledge and Directions for Future Research.ACR open rheumatology · 2023Review
- A better self-efficacy is predictive of better health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: data from the Almenara Lupus Cohort.Lupus science & medicine · 2023Article
- Formative research to promote lupus awareness and early screening at Historically Black College and University (HBCU) communities in South Carolina.BMC rheumatology · 2022Article
- Predictors of stress in patients with Lupus.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Article
- Anticipatory racism stress, smoking and disease activity: the Black women's experiences living with lupus (BeWELL) study.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2021Article
- The Relationship of Lifestyle with Disease Activity among Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Descriptive-Correlational Study.Mediterranean journal of rheumatology · 2021Article
- Support Methodologies for African American Women With Lupus - Comparing Three Methods' Effects on Patient Activation and Coping.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
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- Peer-to-Peer Mentoring for African American Women With Lupus: A Feasibility Pilot.Arthritis care & research · 2018Article
- "We Would Still Find Things to Talk About": Assessment of Mentor Perspectives in a Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Intervention to Improve Disease Self-Management, Empowering SLE Patients.Journal of the National Medical Association · 2018Article
- Research Ethics in Behavioral Interventions Among Special Populations: Lessons From the Peer Approaches to Lupus Self-Management Study.The American journal of the medical sciences · 2018Article
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Abstract
objectiveVery little is known about the impact of psychosocial stress on African American lupus patients. Due to the exposure of African Americans to a unique trajectory of stressors throughout life, it may be critical to understand the relationship between psychosocial stress and underlying biological mechanisms that influence disease activity and pathology in this high risk group.
methodsThe Balancing Lupus Experiences with Stress Strategies (BLESS) study piloted the validated "Better Choices, Better Health" Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP) in 30 African-American lupus patients participating in the SLE Clinic Database Project at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC). Measures of psychosocial and biological indicators of stress were collected in all of the patients in each of the study conditions before and after intervention activities, as well as four months post-intervention, to assess the effectiveness of the program in reducing perceived and biological indicators of stress.
resultsParticipation in the workshops had large effects upon depression (
conclusionThe intervention workshops acted to reduce perceived stress and improve quality of life. Our findings imply that comparable, if not more significant gains in relevant health indicators are possible in African American patients when provided the opportunity to participate in CDSMP's.
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