Pub Date : 2025-11-29DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2025.112479
Patrick Sheehan , Yongjia Deng , Holly E. Phelps , Nicholas Jasinski , Kierstan Pyle , Michelle M. Coleman , Danielle Sblendorio , Delanie Talkington , Ann Murray , Adeel A. Memon , Maria C. Moreno-Escobar , Jessica Frey
Background
Patients with Parkinson's Disease (PD) frequently experience depression and anxiety, while those with Essential Tremor (ET) report anxiety and embarrassment related to their tremor. The emotional burden of functional tremor (FT) is less well understood.
Objective
To examine distress tolerance and related psychological symptoms across tremor subtypes.
Methods
Patients with FT (n = 20), ET (n = 21), and PD (n = 20) completed the Distress Tolerance Scale, Beck's Depression Inventory, and Essential Tremor Embarrassment Assessment. Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), tremor-related disability, and tremor severity were also assessed.
Results
Patients with FT reported significantly higher depression than both PD and ET groups (overall: F(2,54) = 6.85, p = .002; FT vs. PD: p = .005; FT vs. ET: p = .005), and lower distress tolerance than the PD group (F(2,54) = 3.54, p = .036). No significant differences were found between groups in embarrassment, ACEs, nor disability.
Conclusion
This distinct psychological profile in patients with FT highlights the need for integrated biopsychosocial care, and the development of targeted, comprehensive interventions.
Tremor is the most common symptom in movement disorder clinics (Sharma and Pandey, 2016 [1]). Essential Tremor (ET) affects ∼5.8 % of people over 65 (Louis and McCreary, 2021 [2]), while Parkinson's Disease (PD) affects ∼1 % of people over 60 (Tysnes and Storstein, 2017 [3]). Functional tremors (FT), the most common functional movement disorder (FMD), comprise 55 % of FMD diagnoses (Bhatia and Schneider, 2007 [4]).
帕金森氏病(PD)患者经常经历抑郁和焦虑,而原发性震颤(ET)患者则报告与震颤相关的焦虑和尴尬。功能性震颤(FT)的情绪负担尚不清楚。目的探讨不同震颤亚型患者的痛苦耐受性及相关心理症状。方法FT (n = 20)、ET (n = 21)、PD (n = 20)患者分别完成痛苦耐受量表、贝克抑郁量表和特发性震颤困窘评定。不良童年经历(ace)、震颤相关残疾和震颤严重程度也被评估。结果FT患者的抑郁程度明显高于PD组和ET组(总体:F(2,54) = 6.85, p = 0.002;FT vs. PD: p = 0.005;FT组与ET组:p = 0.005),且痛苦耐受力低于PD组(F(2,54) = 3.54, p = 0.036)。在尴尬、ace和残疾方面,两组之间没有发现显著差异。结论:FT患者的这种独特的心理特征强调了综合生物心理社会护理的必要性,以及有针对性的综合干预措施的发展。震颤是运动障碍诊所中最常见的症状(Sharma and Pandey, 2016[1])。特发性震颤(ET)影响约5.8%的65岁以上人群(Louis and McCreary, 2021[3]),而帕金森病(PD)影响约1%的60岁以上人群(Tysnes and Storstein, 2017[3])。功能性震颤(FT)是最常见的功能性运动障碍(FMD),占FMD诊断的55% (Bhatia和Schneider, 2007[4])。
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Pub Date : 2025-11-25DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2025.112470
Jiaxin Fang , Liu Han , Xiaohong Lin , Keke Lin , Xiangru Li , Yingtian Jia , Xinran Yang , Hongxia Liu , Rongmei Zhang
Background
Self-management among kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) is crucial for preventing postoperative complications and improving health outcomes. However, challenges such as a lack of physical activity and the frequent consumption of high-calorie foods persist. Therefore, targeted interventions for enhancing post-transplant self-management behaviors are essential. Currently, scientific evidence on effective strategies to improve self-management among KTRs is lacking. Enhancing social support and promoting self-efficacy may be significant approaches.
Design and methods
This study employs a meta-analytic structural equation modeling (MASEM) approach to examine the mediating role of self-efficacy in the relationship between social support and self-management behaviors in KTRs. A comprehensive search was conducted across multiple databases, including PubMed, Embase, APA PsycInfo, Cochrane Library, CINAHL, Web of Science, ERIC, Springer, CNKI, VIP, and Wanfang, from the inception of each database until August 9, 2024. Statistical analyses were performed using Comprehensive Meta-Analysis software, Mplus for Mac, and R Studio for Mac.
Results
A total of 1990 titles and abstracts were screened in this study, resulting in the inclusion of 19 studies. The MASEM was constructed using a two-stage structural equation modeling approach. The analysis revealed that self-efficacy partially mediated the relationship between social support and self-management behaviors (direct effect: 0.140; indirect effect: 0.299; 95 % CI: 0.268, 0.331).
Conclusions
This study highlights the importance of clinical interventions aimed at enhancing social support and self-efficacy to improve self-management behaviors in KTRs.
背景肾移植受者的自我管理对于预防术后并发症和改善健康结果至关重要。然而,缺乏体育活动和频繁食用高热量食物等挑战依然存在。因此,加强移植后自我管理行为的针对性干预至关重要。目前,缺乏有效的策略来提高ktr自我管理的科学证据。加强社会支持和提高自我效能感可能是重要的途径。设计与方法本研究采用元分析结构方程模型(MASEM)方法,探讨自我效能感在社会支持与自我管理行为之间的中介作用。我们对PubMed、Embase、APA PsycInfo、Cochrane Library、CINAHL、Web of Science、ERIC、施普林格、CNKI、VIP、万方等多个数据库进行了全面检索,检索时间从每个数据库建立到2024年8月9日。采用综合meta分析软件Mplus for Mac和R Studio for Mac进行统计分析。结果本研究共筛选了1990篇论文和摘要,纳入了19篇研究。MASEM采用两阶段结构方程建模方法构建。分析发现,自我效能感在社会支持与自我管理行为的关系中起部分中介作用(直接效应:0.140;间接效应:0.299;95% CI: 0.268, 0.331)。结论加强社会支持和自我效能感的临床干预对改善ktrs患者的自我管理行为具有重要意义[j] . registrationhttp://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/MXBZY(https://osf.io/。
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Pub Date : 2025-11-25DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2025.112474
Mariel Nöhre , Felix Klewitz , Maximilian Bauer-Hohmann , Eva Kyaw Tha Tun , Marietta Lieb , Yesim Erim , Uwe Tegtbur , Lena Schiffer , Lars Pape , Mario Schiffer , Martina de Zwaan
Objective
Non-adherence to immunosuppressive medication (ISM) is a common and preventable cause of graft loss after kidney transplantation (KTx). Adherence is a multifaceted construct influenced by various factors. Despite frequent reports linking non-adherence with multiple variables, results often seem contradictory. The lack of patient registers in Germany to encompass psychosocial aspects limits data to smaller, selective studies. The aim was to evaluate the frequency and correlates of non-adherence in a large sample of adult KTx patients.
Methods
This cross-sectional substudy was embedded within the structured follow-up program KTx360°. It took place at the transplant centers of Hannover Medical School, Hann. Münden and Erlangen in Germany between May 2017 and October 2020. 838 adult KTx patients participated in this substudy. Adherence was assessed using the Basel Assessment of Adherence to Immunosuppressive Medications Scale (BAASIS) alongside other sociodemographic, psychosocial, and medical variables.
Results
Participants had an average age of 52.3 years (SD = 13.5), with 58.7 % male. According to the BAASIS interview, 22.1 % reported non-adherence, mainly due to timing (13.0 %) and taking (11.7 %) non-adherence, with only 0.5 % ceasing at least one ISM. Factors linked to non-adherence in regression analysis included younger age, male gender, longer post-transplant time, and perceived medication overuse. The effect sizes were small. The informative value is limited by the design and the sample size.
Conclusion
In our cross-sectional analysis, nearly a quarter of the participants reported suboptimal adherence, mainly associated with primarily non-modifiable risk factors. Routine adherence assessments and targeted interventions are essential to improving long-term outcomes.
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Pub Date : 2025-11-24DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2025.112473
Anna Mammì , Kathryn Harper , Cordelia Gray , Markus Reuber , Richard J. Brown
Background
Functional Neurological Disorders (FND) are characterised by distressing neurological symptoms arising from altered brain network functioning rather than structural damage. FND were traditionally conceptualised as homogeneous (conversion) disorders despite the apparent heterogeneity of the condition.
Objective
In order to aid our understanding of the clinical spectrum of FND, this systematic review explores empirical evidence for psychological patient sub-groups.
Methods
OVID Medline/Embase/PsycINFO, Scopus and WoS were searched from 1980 to September 2025. We used the SURE quality appraisal process and an analytic process involving four steps of narrative synthesis.
Results
Of 10,414 articles screened, 13 papers met our inclusion criteria. Six non-exclusive and potentially interacting psychological themes were identified: “emotional dysregulation associated with high distress”, “constricted affect with low overt distress”, “presence of comorbid mental disorders”, “overt traumatisation”, “dissociation” and “lower intellectual abilities”.
Conclusions
This review confirms that there is an empirical basis for the perception of FND as aetiologically heterogeneous disorders. Six recurring psychological themes, often overlapping and interconnected, were identified. These findings emphasize the necessity of adopting a multidimensional framework for understanding FND. Further empirical validation may allow for FND treatment to be tailored to the specific psychological needs of this diverse patient group.
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Pub Date : 2025-11-24DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2025.112472
Abebaw Mengistu Yohannes , Mark T. Dransfield , Richard Casaburi , Nicola A. Hanania
Background
Over 40 % of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) suffer from mood and anxiety disorders. However, little is known about the impact of age on the prevalence of anxiety, depression and stress in patients with COPD. We examined the prevalence of depression, anxiety and stress in patients with COPD aged 65 years and older compared to less than 65 years old and their relation to quality of life (QoL), dyspnea, lung function and exercise capacity.
Methods
From our research database, we examined 993 clinically stable COPD patients recruited from 2013 to 2019, before entering pulmonary rehabilitation (PR). At baseline, COPD patients completed: dyspnea measured by modified Medical Research Council (mMRC) scale, exercise capacity by incremental shuttle walk test (ISWT), QoL by St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ), and psychological distress by Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS).
Results
Seven-hundred-sixty-seven patients with COPD ≥65 years with mean age (SD) 75 (6) years were compared to 226 patients with COPD <65 years with mean age 58 (6) years. Patients <65 years compared to patients ≥65 years with COPD had higher scores for DASS-depression ≥10, (61 % vs. 38 %), DASS-anxiety ≥8 (73 % vs 51 %) and DASS-stress ≥15 (45 % vs. 25 %) all (p < 0.001). Younger patients with COPD had poorer QoL, elevated dyspnea, and lower FEV1 percentage predicted, (all p < 0.001). No significant difference in exercise capacity was seen between the two groups (p = 0.58).
Conclusion
Younger COPD patients exhibited higher levels of depression, anxiety and stress, with poorer QoL and elevated symptoms of dyspnea compared to older patients.
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Pub Date : 2025-11-22DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2025.112471
Gilbert Kanyinda Kayombo , Tatiana Witjas , Camille Comet , Valentin Mira , Eve Benchetrit , Nelson Monteiro-Dias , Etienne Fortanier , Adil Maarouf , Alexandre Eusebio , Jean-Philippe Azulay , Frédérique Fluchère , Stephan Grimaldi
Background
Functional neurological disorders (FND) represent a significant public health challenge due to their prevalence and impact on quality of life. Functional movement disorders (FMD) and functional gait disorders (FGD) represent a large part of the broad phenotype spectrum of FND.
Objective
This study aimed to describe the clinical profiles and associated characteristics of FMD and FGD, with particular attention to age-related symptoms.
Methods
A retrospective review of medical records with standardized collection of data of FND and FMD patients from three Neurological Referral Centers was conducted from 2016 to 2024. Data collected included demographic information and clinical outcomes.
Results
Sixty-eight patients were included with a female predominance (75.53 %). Thirty-seven had FMD (mean age 47.19 ± 18.66 years), 14 had FGD (63.0 ± 11.50), and 17 had both (49.53 ± 20.90 years). FGD were more frequent in older patients compared with FMD patients (p = 0.0046) and with patients with the mixed phenotype (p = 0.043). Tremors were the most common FMD subtype (70.3 %), while astasia-abasia was the predominant FGD phenotype (57.1 %). Fifty-three percent of patients were lost to follow-up, 20.6 % improved, and 26.5 % remained stable. Lack of physical and psychological rehabilitation was predominant in lost-to-follow-up subjects.
Conclusion
FND age of onset was significantly associated with phenotype, with older patients being more affected by FGD. This association may be partially influenced by societal perceptions of aging and mobility.
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Pub Date : 2025-11-21DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2025.112469
Le Zhao , Yan Lou , Yun Zou
Objectives
Accumulating evidence links depressive symptoms to later diabetes risk, yet most studies assess depression at a single time point. This study examined the association between long-term depressive symptom trajectories and incident diabetes among middle-aged and older adults in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Methods
Data were derived from two nationally representative cohorts: the Health and Retirement Study (HRS, waves 4–7 for exposure, 8–12 for outcome; 1998–2014) and the English Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSA, waves 1–4 for exposure, 5–9 for outcome; 2002–2018). Participants aged ≥50 years and free of diabetes at baseline were included. Depressive symptoms were measured using the 8-item Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CESD). Total, somatic, and cognitive-affective symptom domains were classified into five trajectories: consistently low, decreasing, fluctuating, increasing, and consistently high. Incident diabetes was identified via self-reported physician diagnosis. Cox proportional hazards models were used to estimate hazard ratios (HRs) and 95 % confidence intervals (CIs).
Results
This study included 8741 adults to examine the association between depressive symptom trajectories and diabetes risk over 10 years. Compared with the consistently low group, participants in the increasing trajectory showed a significantly higher risk of diabetes across the overall (HR = 1.48, 95 % CI: 1.01–2.17), somatic (HR = 1.56, 95 % CI: 1.01–2.50), and cognitive-affective domains (HR = 2.15, 95 % CI: 1.39–3.32).
Conclusions
Rising depressive symptom trajectories, particularly in the cognitive-affective domain, were associated with increased diabetes risk. Sustained depression monitoring and early interventions targeting evolving depressive patterns may help prevent diabetes onset.
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Pub Date : 2025-11-20DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2025.112468
Ronja Volz , Robert Philipp Kosilek , Carolin Haas , Patricia Dolp , Caroline Jung-Sievers , Tobias Teismann , Peter Henningsen , Peter Falkai , Jochen Gensichen , Karoline Lukaschek , for the POKAL Study Group
Background
Somatic symptoms are common in psychiatric and primary care populations, and their relationship with depression and suicidal ideation is complex. This study investigates the association between somatic symptoms and suicidal ideation, accounting for comorbid depressive symptoms.
Methods
This cross-sectional study included 521 in- and outpatient with PHQ-9 ≥ 6 or a positive response to item 9, indicative of suicidal thoughts. Somatic and depressive symptoms were assessed using the PHQ-15 and PHQ-2 or PHQ-9, respectively. Suicidal ideation was measured using the risk subscale of the SuPr-10; the protective subscale was included as a covariate. Associations were examined using correlation matrices and regression models.
Results
The sample was 68 % female with a mean age of 41 years; 52 % screened positive for suicidal ideation. PHQ-9 (mean = 14.8, SD = 5.0) and PHQ-15 scores (mean = 12.4, SD = 5.0) were moderately elevated. In a two-part regression model, higher depressive symptoms were associated with a reduced likelihood of reporting no suicidal ideation (OR = 0.50, 95 % CI: 0.41–0.62) and increased severity of suicidal ideation (IRR = 1.17, 95 % CI: 1.09–1.27). Somatic symptoms showed no meaningful direct effects but were indirectly associated with suicidal ideation via depressive symptoms (indirect effect OR = 1.05, 95 % CI: 1.03–1.07).
Conclusions
In individuals with somatic complaints, co-occurring depressive symptoms are strongly associated with suicidal ideation. Systematic depression screening is essential in somatically presenting patients.
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Pub Date : 2025-11-19DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2025.112467
Tanja A. Kuut , Mathilde G.E. Verdam , Annemarie M.J. Braamse , Chantal P. Rovers , Hans Knoop , Fabiola Müller
Objective
A previous randomized controlled trial (RCT) showed the efficacy of cognitive behavioural therapy for fatigue (CBT-F) in relieving severe fatigue in a subgroup of post-COVID-19 patients as compared to care as usual (CAU). The aim of this study, a secondary analysis of the RCT, was to investigate which cognitive behavioural variables mediate the fatigue-reducing effect of CBT and which variables predict a reduction in fatigue independent of the intervention condition.
Methods
A total of 114 patients (CBT-F = 57, CAU = 57) were included. The primary outcome was fatigue severity assessed with the Checklist Individual Strength, subscale fatigue. Assessments were conducted at baseline and directly post-CBT-F or CAU. Mediation analyses and linear regression analyses were performed with purposeful selection of variables based on statistical significance and relevance.
Results
The final parallel mediation model included increased self-reported activity and self-efficacy regarding fatigue as well as a reduction in anticipated adverse consequences of activity as mechanisms explaining the reduction in fatigue in CBT-F as compared to CAU. Across conditions, the same three variables predicted a decrease in fatigue; problems with sleep and sleep-wake pattern was retained in the model based on purposeful selection principles.
Conclusion
Perceptions and beliefs regarding activity and the controllability of fatigue seem to mediate the effect of CBT-F on fatigue as compared to CAU. Changes in these variables might be generic mechanisms explaining reductions in fatigue as they also seem to be related to the reduction in fatigue across intervention conditions.
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