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Reserve-building activities attenuate treatment burden in chronic illness: The mediating role of appraisal and social support.

Carolyn E Schwartz, Jie Zhang, Wesley Michael, David T Eton, Bruce D Rapkin

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Article in Health psychology open. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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20citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Carolyn E SchwartzDeltaQuest Foundation, Inc., USA.
Jie ZhangDeltaQuest Foundation, Inc., USA.
Wesley MichaelRare Patient Voice LLC, USA.
David T EtonMayo Clinic, USA.
Bruce D RapkinAlbert Einstein College of Medicine, USA.
DeltaQuest Foundation (United States) · USAlbert Einstein College of Medicine · USWinnMed · US

Funding

Translational Research CoreP30DK020541 · NIDDK · ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, INC · PI STREAMSON C CHUA · 2015 to 2026
$27.7M
NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK020541
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study examines the importance of four psychosocial factors-personality, cognitive appraisal of quality of life, social support, and current reserve-building-in predicting treatment burden in chronically ill patients. Chronically ill patients (

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appraisalpersonalityreservesocial supporttreatment burden

Identifiers

PMID29785278
PMCPMC5954584
OpenAlexW2804416494

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