Meal preparation assessments conducted in clinical environments (such as rehabilitation settings) might not reflect frail patients' performance at home. In addition, factors that may explain differences in performance between settings remain unknown. The aim of this study was to compare home and clinic performance on meal preparation tasks in…

Differential sensitivity to change of three measures of men who participated in cardiac rehabilitation was measured to evaluate the hypothesis that measures that enhance subjective health and well-being are more appropriate to assess change than are measures of psychopathology. Rehabilitation subjects, but not control subjects, reported a decrease…

This study examined differences in the sense of coherence, anxiety, depression, hostility, behavior, and meaning in life among Israeli prisoners recovering from drug and alcohol addiction over various time periods (6-24 months), and without therapeutic intervention (natural recovery). Ninety-eight abstinent prisoners were divided into two groups:…