Carol Blixen
Biographic Data
| ID | 136561 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Carol Blixen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Carol |
| FAMILY NAME | Blixen |
| SIGNATURE | BLIXEN C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Case Western Reserve University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7738-4557 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Patients’ perceptions of barriers to self-managing bipolar disorder: A qualitative study
BACKGROUND: Self-management of bipolar disorder (BD) is challenging for many individuals. MATERIAL: Interviews were used to assess perceived barriers to disease self-management among 21 high-risk patients with BD. Content analysis, with an emphasis on dominant themes, was used to analyze the data. RESULTS: Three major domains of barriers emerged: individual barriers (psychological, knowledge, behavioral and physical health); family/community-leve…
Barriers to Self-management of Serious Mental Illness and Diabetes
Care approaches that provide social support, help in managing stress, optimize communication with providers, and reduce compartmentalization of medical and psychiatric care are needed to help these vulnerable individuals avoid health complications and premature mortality
Informing Policy for Reducing Stroke Health Disparities from the Experience of African-American Male Stroke Survivors
Playing the numbers: How hepatitis C patients create meaning and make healthcare decisions from medical test results
In this article we describe how patients assign meanings to medical test results and use these meanings to justify their actions. Evidence is presented from lay interpretations of medical tests for monitoring hepatitis C viral infection (HCV) to show how numeracy becomes embodied in the absence of physical symptoms. Illness narratives from 307 individuals infected with HCV were collected from the internet and analysed qualitatively. As part of st…
Alcohol Consumption Decisions Among Nonabusing Drinkers Diagnosed with Hepatitis C: An Exploratory Sequential Mixed Methods Study
Most studies of decisions to curtail alcohol consumption reflect experiences of abusing drinkers. We employ an exploratory sequential research design to explore the applicability of this research to the experience of nonabusing drinkers advised to curtail alcohol consumption after a Hepatitis C diagnosis. A qualitative component identified 17 new decision factors not reflected in an inventory of factors based on synthesis of existing scales. We t…
Values and Beliefs About Obesity and Weight Reduction Among African American and Caucasian Women
Designing culturally relevant weight-reduction programs requires understanding of ethnic variations and illness beliefs. Preliminary data on the values and beliefs about obesity and weight reduction were obtained from women of different ethnic/racial backgrounds. Purposive sampling was used to recruit African American (AA) and Caucasian (C) women with a body mass index (BMI)[.greaterequal] 30 from the general internal medicine clinics of a large …
Informing Policy for Reducing Stroke Health Disparities from the Experience of African-American Male Stroke Survivors
Alcohol Consumption Decisions Among Nonabusing Drinkers Diagnosed with Hepatitis C: An Exploratory Sequential Mixed Methods Study
Most studies of decisions to curtail alcohol consumption reflect experiences of abusing drinkers. We employ an exploratory sequential research design to explore the applicability of this research to the experience of nonabusing drinkers advised to curtail alcohol consumption after a Hepatitis C diagnosis. A qualitative component identified 17 new decision factors not reflected in an inventory of factors based on synthesis of existing scales. We t…
Playing the numbers: How hepatitis C patients create meaning and make healthcare decisions from medical test results
In this article we describe how patients assign meanings to medical test results and use these meanings to justify their actions. Evidence is presented from lay interpretations of medical tests for monitoring hepatitis C viral infection (HCV) to show how numeracy becomes embodied in the absence of physical symptoms. Illness narratives from 307 individuals infected with HCV were collected from the internet and analysed qualitatively. As part of st…
Values and Beliefs About Obesity and Weight Reduction Among African American and Caucasian Women
Designing culturally relevant weight-reduction programs requires understanding of ethnic variations and illness beliefs. Preliminary data on the values and beliefs about obesity and weight reduction were obtained from women of different ethnic/racial backgrounds. Purposive sampling was used to recruit African American (AA) and Caucasian (C) women with a body mass index (BMI)[.greaterequal] 30 from the general internal medicine clinics of a large …
Alcohol Consumption Decisions Among Nonabusing Drinkers Diagnosed with Hepatitis C: An Exploratory Sequential Mixed Methods Study
Most studies of decisions to curtail alcohol consumption reflect experiences of abusing drinkers. We employ an exploratory sequential research design to explore the applicability of this research to the experience of nonabusing drinkers advised to curtail alcohol consumption after a Hepatitis C diagnosis. A qualitative component identified 17 new decision factors not reflected in an inventory of factors based on synthesis of existing scales. We t…
Playing the numbers: How hepatitis C patients create meaning and make healthcare decisions from medical test results
In this article we describe how patients assign meanings to medical test results and use these meanings to justify their actions. Evidence is presented from lay interpretations of medical tests for monitoring hepatitis C viral infection (HCV) to show how numeracy becomes embodied in the absence of physical symptoms. Illness narratives from 307 individuals infected with HCV were collected from the internet and analysed qualitatively. As part of st…
Patients’ perceptions of barriers to self-managing bipolar disorder: A qualitative study
BACKGROUND: Self-management of bipolar disorder (BD) is challenging for many individuals. MATERIAL: Interviews were used to assess perceived barriers to disease self-management among 21 high-risk patients with BD. Content analysis, with an emphasis on dominant themes, was used to analyze the data. RESULTS: Three major domains of barriers emerged: individual barriers (psychological, knowledge, behavioral and physical health); family/community-leve…
Barriers to Self-management of Serious Mental Illness and Diabetes
Care approaches that provide social support, help in managing stress, optimize communication with providers, and reduce compartmentalization of medical and psychiatric care are needed to help these vulnerable individuals avoid health complications and premature mortality
Informing Policy for Reducing Stroke Health Disparities from the Experience of African-American Male Stroke Survivors
Medicine (6 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works) · Environmental health (3 works) · Health care (3 works) · Psychiatry (3 works) · Bipolar disorder (2 works) · Cognition (2 works) · Ethnic group (2 works)