"Spouses" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Married persons, i.e., husbands and wives, or partners. Domestic partners, or spousal equivalents, are two adults who have chosen to share their lives in an intimate and committed relationship, reside together, and share a mutual obligation of support for the basic necessities of life.
| Descriptor ID |
D018454
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.829.263.500.660 I01.880.853.150.500.670 M01.816
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| Concept/Terms |
Spouses- Spouses
- Spouse
- Married Persons
- Married Person
- Person, Married
- Persons, Married
Domestic Partners- Domestic Partners
- Domestic Partner
- Partner, Domestic
- Partners, Domestic
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Spouses" by people in Profiles.
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Spouse and Patient Beliefs and Perceptions About Chronic Pain: Effects on Couple Interactions and Patient Pain Behavior. J Pain. 2019 10; 20(10):1176-1186.
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Spouse Criticism/Hostility Toward Partners With Chronic Pain: The Role of Spouse Attributions for Patient Control Over Pain Behaviors. J Pain. 2018 11; 19(11):1308-1317.
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The Communal Coping Model of Pain Catastrophizing in Daily Life: A Within-Couples Daily Diary Study. J Pain. 2015 Nov; 16(11):1163-75.
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Family Caregivers Define and Manage the Nursing Home Placement Process. J Fam Nurs. 2015 Aug; 21(3):469-93.
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Anger arousal and behavioral anger regulation in everyday life among patients with chronic low back pain: Relationships to patient pain and function. Health Psychol. 2015 May; 34(5):547-55.
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The partners for life program: a couples approach to cardiac risk reduction. Fam Process. 2014 Mar; 53(1):131-49.
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Older women caring for spouses with Alzheimer's disease at home: making sense of the situation. Health Care Women Int. 2003 Apr; 24(4):292-312.
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Partners for Life: a theoretical approach to developing an intervention for cardiac risk reduction. Health Educ Res. 2002 Oct; 17(5):597-605.
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Do persons with dementia vote? Neurology. 2002 Apr 09; 58(7):1100-2.
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Race, finding meaning, and caregiver distress. J Aging Health. 1997 Aug; 9(3):316-33.