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PubMed1999

Forced exercise blocks learned helplessness in the cockroach (Periplaneta americana).

For three consecutive days, two groups of adult female cockroaches (Periplaneta americana) (ns = 10) received inescapable shock. 24 hr. later one group was exposed to 10 min. of forced exercise on a treadmill while the other group received no exercise. Both groups were then run in a shuttlebox escape task. The cockroaches exposed to forced exercise did not become helpless in the shuttlebox escape task.

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PubMed1994

Learned helplessness and its correlation to impairment, pain, anxiety and depression in rheumatoid arthritis.

A Swedish version of the self-report instrument Arthritis Helplessness Index (AHI) is presented. Validity and reliability of the translation has been analyzed. 100 consecutive patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were studied, 78 of which completed 2 self-administered questionnaires with AHI, impairment, pain, anxiety and depression. Furthermore 20 of the patients were interviewed with regard to AHI. Forty-two other patients with RA were analyzed for correlation between AHI and biochemical activity and Signals of Functional Impairment (SOFI). We conclude that the Swedish version of AHI has satisfactory validity and reliability. It correlates with age, physical impairment, pain, anxiety and depression but not with sex or disease activity. Five of the original 15 items could for various reasons be omitted, leaving a 10 statement instrument. AHI is promising as a variable in future outcome studies of RA.

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PubMed1988

Further analysis of learned helplessness in rheumatoid arthritis using a "Rheumatology Attitudes Index".

A Rheumatology Attitudes Index (RAI) has been modified from the Arthritis Helplessness Index to assess the psychological construct of learned helplessness. The validity of the RAI was established in comparisons to the Arthritis Helplessness Index. The external criterion validity of the RAI was established by identification of statistically significant correlations between RAI scores and physical measures of disease status, including joint count, grip strength, walking time, and button test, as well as with questionnaire self-report scores for difficulty, dissatisfaction and pain in activities of daily living (ADL). Any variation in RAI scores which could be explained by available disease status measures was explained entirely by ADL self-report scores, with no additional explanation by traditional physical measures. Responses to individual RAI statements were significantly correlated with either questionnaire or physical measures of disease status for only 6 of the 15 RAI statements.

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