Healthcare professionals' experiences of perinatal loss: A systematic review
Abortion; Adult; Female; Health Personnel/*psychology; healthcare professionals; Humans; Infant; Maternal Health Services/*manpower; neonatal units; Newborn; Perinatal Death; Perinatal loss; Pregnancy; psychological experiences; Spontaneous/*psychology; Stillbirth; Stillbirth/*psychology
Healthcare professionals' psychological involvement in perinatal loss is a largely overlooked subject by healthcare systems, scientific research and prevention policies. A systematic scientific review has been carried out about emotional experiences, attributed meanings and needs conveyed by healthcare professionals in relation to perinatal loss. We identified 213 studies between 1985 and 2015, 20 of which were included in the present study for qualitative analysis. Our results point out the need for a targeted vocational training in perinatal loss, enabling healthcare professionals to achieve a proper management of their own internal states.
Gandino G; Bernaudo A; Di Fini G; Vanni I; Veglia F
Journal of Health Psychology
2019
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Development and validation of the Communicating with Family about Brain Death Scale
Communication; Family; Tissue and Organ Procurement; adolescent; Adult; Attitudes; brain-dead organ donation; Brain Death/ diagnosis; communicating with family about brain death; Cross-Sectional Studies; decision making; end-of-life decision making; FACTOR analysis; Female; first-person organ donation consent laws; Health Knowledge; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; misconceptions about brain death; Practice; Reproducibility of Results; statistical; Young Adult
This study reports development of a scale assessing communication with family about brain-dead organ donation. Two cross-sectional studies demonstrated scale validity. Tests of internal, external, and predictive validity were conducted using confirmatory factor analysis. In both studies, the same 6 items were shown to be unidimensional with acceptable reliability. Parallelism was shown between the Brain Death Scale and a measure of communication with family. Predictive validity was exhibited between participants' donor status and the Brain Death Scale. The scale was associated with knowledge about brain death confirming misconceptions about brain-dead organ donation.
2016-07
Bresnahan M; Zhuang J
Journal Of Health Psychology
2016
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The Role of Social Support in Coping with Daily Pain among Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Female; Humans; Male; Adult; Questionnaires; Aged; Middle Aged; social support; Chronic Pain; 80 and over; Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support; Adaptation; Psychological; Arthritis; social support; Social Support and Chronic Pain; coping; Pain/etiology/psychology/therapy; Rheumatoid/complications
Using a daily process methodology, the current study examined the role of social support in coping and pain severity among patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Seventy-three adults with RA completed a structured record twice daily for one week on pain severity, pain coping, satisfaction with support and disappointment in support. Findings suggested that support influenced pain indirectly, by encouraging the use of specific coping strategies, as well as impacting coping effectiveness. Satisfaction with support was associated with adaptive and maladaptive coping, while disappointment was associated with maladaptive coping. Findings highlight the importance of close others in promoting adaptive coping strategies.
2004-09
Holtzman S; Newth S; DeLongis A
Journal Of Health Psychology
2004
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Journal Article
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Spirituality in patients with advanced illness: The role of symptom control, resilience and social network
psychological resilience; psychology; Religion; Social Support; adolescent; Adult; Aged; clinical trial; Cross-Sectional Studies; cross sectional study; emotion; Female; Human; Male; Middle Aged; multicenter study; Palliative therapy; social support; Terminal Care; terminally ill patient; very elderly; Young Adult
In this study, we analyzed the relationships among clinical, emotional, social, and spiritual dimensions of patients with advanced illness. It was a cross-sectional study, with a sample of 108 patients in an advanced illness situation attended by palliative care teams. Statistically significant correlations were found between some dimensions of spirituality and poor symptomatic control, resiliency, and social support. In the structural model, three variables predicted spirituality: having physical symptoms as the main source of discomfort, resiliency, and social support. This work highlights the relevance of the relationships among spirituality and other aspects of the patient at the end of life.
Fombuena M; Galiana L; Barreto P; Oliver A; Pascual A; Soto-Rubio A
Journal Of Health Psychology
2016
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