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| H A TindleSummaryAffiliation: University of Pittsburgh Country: USA Publications
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Optimism, response to treatment of depression, and rehospitalization after coronary artery bypass graft surgeryHilary Tindle
Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, 230 McKee Pl, Suite 600, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Psychosom Med 74:200-7. 2012..Optimism has been associated with a lower risk of rehospitalization after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, but little is known about how optimism affects treatment of depression in post-CABG patients...
Smoking cessation behavior among intermittent smokers versus daily smokersHilary A Tindle
University of Pittsburgh, Center for Research on Health Care, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Am J Public Health 101:e1-3. 2011..34, 95% CI = 1.07, 1.67; converted-ITS AOR = 2.36, 95% CI = 2.01, 2.78), but the low cessation rates of ITS challenge their nonaddicted status...
Risk of suicide after long-term follow-up from bariatric surgeryHilary A Tindle
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Am J Med 123:1036-42. 2010..We examined postbariatric surgery suicides by time since operation, sex, age, and suicide death rates as compared with US suicide rates...
Attitudes and cardiovascular diseaseHilary Tindle
Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, 230 McKee Place, Suite 600, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Maturitas 67:108-13. 2010..This overview focuses on attitudes and CVD, but has broader implications for understanding how psychological factors relate to chronic diseases of adulthood...
Switching to "lighter" cigarettes and quitting smokingH A Tindle
Center for Research on Health Care, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Tob Control 18:485-90. 2009..We assessed factors associated with switching and the association between switching and (1) making a quit attempt, and (2) recent quitting, yielding a measure of net quitting (attempts x recent quitting)...
Optimism, cynical hostility, and incident coronary heart disease and mortality in the Women's Health InitiativeHilary A Tindle
University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Circulation 120:656-62. 2009..Trait optimism (positive future expectations) and cynical, hostile attitudes toward others have not been studied together in relation to incident coronary heart disease (CHD) and mortality in postmenopausal women...
Cessation among smokers of "light" cigarettes: results from the 2000 national health interview surveyHilary A Tindle
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
Am J Public Health 96:1498-504. 2006..However, the availability of light cigarettes may deter smoking cessation...
"I felt like a new person." the effects of mindfulness meditation on older adults with chronic pain: qualitative narrative analysis of diary entriesNatalia E Morone
Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
J Pain 9:841-8. 2008..Additional research is needed to determine how mindfulness meditation works and how it might help with other chronic illnesses...
Health characteristics of postmenopausal women with breast implantsJ Peter Rubin
Division of Plastic Surgery and Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Plast Reconstr Surg 125:799-810. 2010..Long-term health characteristics and quality of life in patients with breast implants are important issues in plastic surgery...
Factors associated with the use of mind body therapies among United States adults with musculoskeletal painHilary A Tindle
Division for Research and Education in Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Complement Ther Med 13:155-64. 2005..To determine the prevalence of mind body therapy use and correlates of use among adults with prolonged musculoskeletal pain, a group for whom mind body therapies are recommended...
Trends in use of complementary and alternative medicine by US adults: 1997-2002Hilary A Tindle
Division for Research and Education in Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies, Osher Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Altern Ther Health Med 11:42-9. 2005..9% to 7.4%, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of CAM use has remained stable from 1997 to 2002. Over one in three respondents used CAM in the past year, representing about 72 million US adults...
The fallacy of "light" cigarettesNancy A Rigotti
BMJ 328:E278-9. 2004
Research Grants
- Connect to Quit: Coordinated Care for Smoking Cessation among Low Income VeteransHilary A Tindle; Fiscal Year: 2010..The results of this project will improve our understanding of how to help low income veterans successfully quit smoking. ..
