Susan Sereika
Biographic Data
| ID | 6073944 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Susan Sereika |
| GIVEN NAMES | Susan |
| FAMILY NAME | Sereika |
| SIGNATURE | SEREIKA S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Pittsburgh |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Symptom Expression in Coronary Heart Disease and Revascularization Recommendations for Black and White Patients
Objectives. We examined whether symptoms of coronary heart disease vary between Black and White patients with coronary heart disease, whether presenting symptoms affect physicians’ revascularization recommendations, and whether the effect of symptoms upon recommendations differs in Black and White patients. Methods. We interviewed Black and White patients in Pittsburgh in 1997 to 1999 who were undergoing elective coronary catheterization. We inte…
Beliefs About Antidepressant Medications in Primary Care Patients: Relationship to Self-Reported Adherence
BACKGROUND: Adherence to medication is unacceptably low in both medical and psychiatric disorders. Explanatory models of illness beliefs and behaviors suggest that an individual's beliefs about a disorder and its treatment will influence their adherence. Given that beliefs about medications may influence adherence to antidepressants, we examined beliefs about medications in relation to antidepressant adherence in a primary care sample. OBJECTIVE:…
Do nurses avoid Aids patients? Avoidance behaviours and the quality of care of hospitalized Aids patients
To examine whether AIDS patients are stigmatized by nurses providing their care a study was conducted with 100 matched AIDS and general medical (GM) patients in two university and two community hospitals. Quality of care and avoidance behaviours were measured by direct, systematic observation during a concurrent 12-hour period. Stigmatizing attitudes of nurses were measured using standardized instruments of homophobia, fear of AIDS and attitudes …
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Do nurses avoid Aids patients? Avoidance behaviours and the quality of care of hospitalized Aids patients
To examine whether AIDS patients are stigmatized by nurses providing their care a study was conducted with 100 matched AIDS and general medical (GM) patients in two university and two community hospitals. Quality of care and avoidance behaviours were measured by direct, systematic observation during a concurrent 12-hour period. Stigmatizing attitudes of nurses were measured using standardized instruments of homophobia, fear of AIDS and attitudes …
Beliefs About Antidepressant Medications in Primary Care Patients: Relationship to Self-Reported Adherence
BACKGROUND: Adherence to medication is unacceptably low in both medical and psychiatric disorders. Explanatory models of illness beliefs and behaviors suggest that an individual's beliefs about a disorder and its treatment will influence their adherence. Given that beliefs about medications may influence adherence to antidepressants, we examined beliefs about medications in relation to antidepressant adherence in a primary care sample. OBJECTIVE:…
Symptom Expression in Coronary Heart Disease and Revascularization Recommendations for Black and White Patients
Objectives. We examined whether symptoms of coronary heart disease vary between Black and White patients with coronary heart disease, whether presenting symptoms affect physicians’ revascularization recommendations, and whether the effect of symptoms upon recommendations differs in Black and White patients. Methods. We interviewed Black and White patients in Pittsburgh in 1997 to 1999 who were undergoing elective coronary catheterization. We inte…
Medicine (3 works) · Family medicine (2 works) · Internal Medicine (2 works) · Internal Medicine (2 works) · Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (1 works) · Angina (1 works) · Antibiotic Use and Resistance (1 works) · Antidepressant (1 works) · Antidepressant medication (1 works) · Anxiety (1 works)