Lesley Stafford

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Country: Australia

Publications

  1. ncbi Comorbid depression and health-related quality of life in patients with coronary artery disease
    Lesley Stafford
    Department of Psychology, School of Behavioural Science, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    J Psychosom Res 62:401-10. 2007
  2. ncbi Validity of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale and Patient Health Questionnaire-9 to screen for depression in patients with coronary artery disease
    Lesley Stafford
    Department of Psychology, School of Behavioural Science, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
    Gen Hosp Psychiatry 29:417-24. 2007
  3. ncbi Are illness perceptions about coronary artery disease predictive of depression and quality of life outcomes?
    Lesley Stafford
    Department of Psychology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
    J Psychosom Res 66:211-20. 2009
  4. ncbi Illness beliefs about heart disease and adherence to secondary prevention regimens
    Lesley Stafford
    Department of Psychology, School of Behavioural Science, University of Melbourne, Australia
    Psychosom Med 70:942-8. 2008
  5. ncbi Cognitive-personality style as vulnerability to depression in patients with coronary artery disease: roles of sociotropy and autonomy
    Lesley Stafford
    Department of Psychology, School of Behavioural Science, University of Melbourne, Australia
    Psychosom Med 71:63-9. 2009
  6. ncbi Psychometric properties of a scale to measure investment in the sick role: the Illness Cognitions Scale
    Michael Berk
    Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences Barwon Health, University of Melbourne, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
    J Eval Clin Pract 18:360-4. 2012
  7. ncbi The use of statins after a cardiac intervention is associated with reduced risk of subsequent depression: proof of concept for the inflammatory and oxidative hypotheses of depression?
    Lesley Stafford
    Centre for Women s Mental Health, Royal Women s Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
    J Clin Psychiatry 72:1229-35. 2011
  8. ncbi Partners of long-term gynaecologic cancer survivors: psychiatric morbidity, psychosexual outcomes and supportive care needs
    Lesley Stafford
    Centre for Women s Mental Health, Royal Women s Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
    Gynecol Oncol 118:268-73. 2010
  9. ncbi Psychiatric morbidity in gynecological outpatients
    Fiona Judd
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    J Obstet Gynaecol Res 38:905-11. 2012
  10. ncbi Long-term quality of life in Australian women previously diagnosed with gynaecologic cancer
    Lesley Stafford
    Centre for Women s Mental Health, Royal Women s Hospital, Locked Bag 300, Parkville, 3052 Parkville, Victoria, Australia
    Support Care Cancer 19:2047-56. 2011

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Publications13

  1. ncbi Comorbid depression and health-related quality of life in patients with coronary artery disease
    Lesley Stafford
    Department of Psychology, School of Behavioural Science, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    J Psychosom Res 62:401-10. 2007
    ..This article reviews recent studies relating to the impact of depression and its treatment on the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of patients with coronary artery disease (CAD)...
  2. ncbi Validity of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale and Patient Health Questionnaire-9 to screen for depression in patients with coronary artery disease
    Lesley Stafford
    Department of Psychology, School of Behavioural Science, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
    Gen Hosp Psychiatry 29:417-24. 2007
    ..We investigated the validity of these instruments relative to a referent diagnostic standard in recently hospitalized patients with CAD...
  3. ncbi Are illness perceptions about coronary artery disease predictive of depression and quality of life outcomes?
    Lesley Stafford
    Department of Psychology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
    J Psychosom Res 66:211-20. 2009
    ..We also examined the association between these beliefs and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and socio-demographic variations in illness beliefs...
  4. ncbi Illness beliefs about heart disease and adherence to secondary prevention regimens
    Lesley Stafford
    Department of Psychology, School of Behavioural Science, University of Melbourne, Australia
    Psychosom Med 70:942-8. 2008
    ..Causal attributions of CAD and their concordance with actual patient risk profiles were also examined...
  5. ncbi Cognitive-personality style as vulnerability to depression in patients with coronary artery disease: roles of sociotropy and autonomy
    Lesley Stafford
    Department of Psychology, School of Behavioural Science, University of Melbourne, Australia
    Psychosom Med 71:63-9. 2009
    ..Depression occurs commonly in patients with CAD and is associated with substantial disability...
  6. ncbi Psychometric properties of a scale to measure investment in the sick role: the Illness Cognitions Scale
    Michael Berk
    Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences Barwon Health, University of Melbourne, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
    J Eval Clin Pract 18:360-4. 2012
    ..We describe the psychometric properties of a new scale, the Illness Cognitions Scale (ICS), a metric of investment in the sick role...
  7. ncbi The use of statins after a cardiac intervention is associated with reduced risk of subsequent depression: proof of concept for the inflammatory and oxidative hypotheses of depression?
    Lesley Stafford
    Centre for Women s Mental Health, Royal Women s Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
    J Clin Psychiatry 72:1229-35. 2011
    ..We prospectively investigated whether the use of statins was associated with a reduced risk of development of depression in individuals who have had a cardiac event or intervention...
  8. ncbi Partners of long-term gynaecologic cancer survivors: psychiatric morbidity, psychosexual outcomes and supportive care needs
    Lesley Stafford
    Centre for Women s Mental Health, Royal Women s Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
    Gynecol Oncol 118:268-73. 2010
    ..To describe long-term psychological morbidity, unmet supportive care needs, positive changes, sexual outcomes and relationship satisfaction in partners of gynaecologic cancer survivors, as compared with respective survivors...
  9. ncbi Psychiatric morbidity in gynecological outpatients
    Fiona Judd
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    J Obstet Gynaecol Res 38:905-11. 2012
    ..To assess the prevalence of depression and anxiety in women presenting with gynecological symptoms, to determine how many women with these disorders were receiving treatment for them, and to investigate risk factors for these disorders...
  10. ncbi Long-term quality of life in Australian women previously diagnosed with gynaecologic cancer
    Lesley Stafford
    Centre for Women s Mental Health, Royal Women s Hospital, Locked Bag 300, Parkville, 3052 Parkville, Victoria, Australia
    Support Care Cancer 19:2047-56. 2011
    ..Indices of QOL investigated were anxiety, depression, sexual morbidity, body image and supportive care needs. Findings are to inform service planning and research priorities...
  11. ncbi What do women with gestational trophoblastic disease understand about the condition?
    Lesley Stafford
    Department of Psychology, University of Melbourne, Centre for Women s Mental Health, Royal Women s Hospital, Victoria, Australia
    Int J Gynecol Cancer 21:161-6. 2011
    ..Clinical observation suggests that such health literacy is limited. We report on the perceptions of causes and treatment of GTD and its impact on fertility and reproductive outcomes...
  12. ncbi Mental health and occupational wellbeing of Australian gynaecologic oncologists
    Lesley Stafford
    Centre for Women s Mental Health, Royal Women s Hospital, Locked Bag 300, Victoria, Australia
    Gynecol Oncol 116:526-32. 2010
    ..To investigate the prevalence of psychiatric morbidity and occupational burnout among Australian gynaecologic oncologists and to assess job stress and job satisfaction in this group...
  13. ncbi The Early Motherhood Service: an acceptable and accessible perinatal mental health service
    Fiona Judd
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Vic, Australia
    Australas Psychiatry 19:240-6. 2011
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