Search results for "Distre"

Emotional suppression and breast cancer: validation research on the Spanish Adaptation of the Courtauld Emotional Control Scale (CECS).

2010

Emotional suppression has played an important role in the research on psychosocial factors related to cancer. It has been argued to be an important psychological factor predicting worse psychosocial adjustment in people with cancer and it may mediate health outcomes. The reference instrument in the research on emotional suppression is the Courtauld Emotional Control Scale (CECS). The present study analysed construct validity of a new Spanish adaptation of the CECS in a sample of 175 breast cancer patients. The results confirmed the proposal by Watson and Greer claiming that the CECS is composed of three subscales that measure different dimensions, but not independent, from emotional control…

Psychological experience of patients 3 months after a stay in the intensive care unit: A descriptive and qualitative study.

2015

Abstract Purpose The purpose was to describe psychological experiences of patients 3 months after a stay in the intensive care unit (ICU) using qualitative methods. Methods Twenty patients underwent clinical interview lasting 1 hour and completed the Impact of Event Scale—Revised and Hospital Anxiety and Depression questionnaires. All interviews were recorded and coded using thematic analysis. Results All patients (100%) reported that they could not remember their ICU stay; half reported confused memories (50%) or disorientation (50%). Negatives memories were also reported (20%-45%), namely, pain, distress, sleep difficulties, noise, fear, feeling of abandonment; 20% reported positive memor…

Olfaction in the fetal and premature infant: functional status and clinical implications.

2004

This article considers olfaction as a functioning source of information for the fetus and the neonate, born on term or prematurely. It aims to present how odors are involved in the sensory continuity between the prenatal and postnatal environments and how they influence the earliest adaptive responses of newborns in the realms of self-regulation, emotional balance, feeding, and social interactions.Finally, it evaluates odors as sensory means to ameliorate the physiologic and behavioral responses of preterm infants to the adverse impacts of separation from mother, nonoral feeding, or iatrogenic distress.

Saistības starp pozitīvas seksuālās identitātes aspektiem, atklāšanās pakāpi un psiholoģisko distresu lesbietēm, gejiem un biseksuāliem cilvēkiem

2020

Pētījuma mērķis bija noskaidrot saistības starp pozitīvu seksuālo identitāti, atklāšanās pakāpi un psiholoģisko distresu lesbiešu, geju un biseksuālu (LGB) cilvēku vidū. 246 personas vecumā no 18 līdz 62 gadiem, kas identificējās ar savu bioloģisko dzimumu un LGB identitāti, tiešsaistē aizpildīja Lesbiešu, geju un biseksuālu cilvēku pozitīvās identitātes aptauju, Atklāšanās aptauju un Keslera psiholoģiskā distresa skalu. Pētījuma rezultāti parāda, ka biseksuāliem respondentiem bija zemāka atklāšanās pakāpe un mazāk pozitīva attieksme pret savu seksuālo identitāti nekā homoseksuāliem respondentiem. No pozitīviem LGB identitātes aspektiem tikai autentiskums un sociālais taisnīgums nozīmīgi pr…

Patients Suffering from a Chronic, Irreversible Illness: A Novel Study on the Psychological Intervention out of the Hospital

2020

Objective: Patients with chronic, untreatable diseases have emotional needs that are often unaddressed by conventional care services within the healthcare systems. The situation of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is paradigmatic as there are few, if any, studies focusing on psychological interventions for these patients. This chapter describes a study that identifies and quantifies emotional distress, quality of life, spirituality, and key dimensions of health-related well-being after brief psychotherapy treatments at an outpatient clinic.

Novel technologies to detect atelectotrauma in the injured lung

2010

ABSTRACTCyclical recruitment and derecruitment of lung parenchyma (R/D) remains a serious problem in ALI/ARDS patients, defined as atelectotrauma. Detection of cyclical R/D to titrate the optimal respiratory settings is of high clinical importance. Image-based technologies that are capable of detecting changes of lung ventilation within a respiratory cycle include dynamic computed tomography (dCT), synchrotron radiation computed tomography (SRCT), and electrical impedance tomography (EIT). Time-dependent intra-arterial oxygen tension monitoring represents an alternative approach to detect cyclical R/D, as cyclical R/D can result in oscillations of PaO2 within a respiratory cycle. Continuous…

Systemic PaO2 oscillations cause mild brain injury in a pig model

2016

OBJECTIVE: Systemic PaO2 oscillations occur during cyclic recruitment and derecruitment of atelectasis in acute respiratory failure and might harm brain tissue integrity. DESIGN: Controlled animal study. SETTING: University research laboratory. SUBJECTS: Adult anesthetized pigs. INTERVENTIONS: Pigs were randomized to a control group (anesthesia and extracorporeal circulation for 20 hr with constant PaO2, n = 10) or an oscillation group (anesthesia and extracorporeal circulation for 20 hr with artificial PaO2 oscillations [3 cycles min⁻¹], n = 10). Five additional animals served as native group (n = 5). MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Outcome following exposure to artificial PaO2 oscillations…

Distretti culturali e turismo. Il caso dei distretti culturali siciliani.

2012

Implementazione di funzioni aggiuntive per la rappresentazione e la gestione ottimizzata di risorse energetiche distribuite in un distretto energetic…

2013

Il presente Rapporto descrive le attività svolte dal personale del DEIM dell’Università degli Studi Palermo nell’ambito della prima fase delle attività di ricerca dal titolo: “Implementazione di funzioni aggiuntive per la rappresentazione e la gestione ottimizzata di risorse energetiche distribuite in un distretto energetico. Simulazione di scenari in ambiente integrato”, oggetto dell’Accordo di Collaborazione tra ENEA e DEIM sottoscritto in data 25 marzo 2013. Scopo del presente accordo di collaborazione è la definizione di funzioni aggiuntive per i vari componenti del distretto energetico già descritti e modellati in un apposito software nella scorsa annualità. Le simulazioni sono state s…

Factors predicting distress among parents/caregivers of children with neurological disease and home enteral nutrition

2013

Background & aims Caregivers of children with chronic diseases included in a home enteral nutrition (HEN) programme are at risk of experiencing a feeling of burden, high level of anxiety and psychological distress. The aims of this study were: first, to examine the prevalence of symptoms of anxiety–depression in caregivers of children with neurological diseases requiring HEN by gastrostomy tube (GT); second, to compare the characteristics of caregivers with high or low risk of exhibiting symptoms of anxiety–depression; and third, to investigate possible associations to child disease severity and nutrition support mode. Methods A cross-sectional observational study was performed in 58 caregi…