Breakthrough pain is a significant contributor to much suffering by patients. The experience of intense pain may interfere with, and affect, daily life functioning and has major consequences on patients' well-being if it is not well managed. The area of breakthrough pain has not been fully understood. This study thus aimed to explore the experiences of breakthrough pain among palliative patient...

Similarities and differences in the (short-term) psychosocial development of children in foster care, family-style group care, and residential care were investigated in a sample of 121 Dutch children (M age = 8.78 years; SD = 2.34 years; 47% female; 59% Caucasian) one year after their initial placement. Pretest and posttest measurements were carried out at the substitute caregivers using the CB...

OBJECTIVE Many express concern that modern medicine fails to provide adequate psychosocial and mental health care. Our educational system has not trained the primary care providers who care for most of these patients. Our objective here is to propose a quantum change: prepare residents and students during all years of training so that they are as effective in treating psychosocial and mental he...

about whether patients experiencing greater psy-chosocial distress—including depression, anxiety, and poor sleep—are more likely to report greater self-perceived peripheral neurotoxicity or whether cipn leads to an increased frequency of psychosocial difficulties. The potential to understand causation is further affected by the inclusion of a self-report measure of cipn comprising only two item...

Abstract The objective was to analyze the structural characteristics, functions and attributes of bonds in social networks users a Psychosocial Care Center. For this purpose, qualitative study developed which 16 Center participated. In-depth semi-structured interviews were carried out based on Network Map diagram. Extensive identified, with concentration intimate relationships, limited family m...

Recognition of psychosocial distress as part of the cancer journey is one of the most significant developments in cancer control in the twenty-first century. For example, it has been .30 years since Weisman and Worden (Worden & Weisman, 1980; 1984) described the emotional distress of patients diagnosed with cancer, distress that they described as heightened during the days of diagnosis and earl...

  Background: The effect of psychosocial work environment on personal and organizational aspects of employees is well-known and it is of fundamental importance to have valid tools to evaluate them. This study aims to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Persian version of Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire (COPSOQ).   Methods : The questionnaire was translated into Persian and then b...

A retrospective, observational study of 3073 low income African American, Latina, and White women receiving comprehensive prenatal care at 26 provider sites was completed. The purpose of the study was to test three hypotheses. First, after adjustment for biomedical complications, the presence of maternal behavioral and psychosocial factors would be associated with an increased rate of low birth...

BACKGROUND Psychosocial interventions in long-term care have the potential to improve the quality of care and quality of life of persons with dementia. Our aim is to explore the evidence and consensus on psychosocial interventions for persons with dementia in long-term care. METHODS This study comprises an appraisal of research reviews and of European, U.S. and Canadian dementia guidelines. ...

BACKGROUND Studies examining psychosocial and depression assessment programs in maternity settings have not adequately considered the context in which psychosocial assessment occurs or how broader components of integrated care, including clinician decision-making aids, may optimise program delivery and its cost-effectiveness. There is also limited evidence relating to the diagnostic accuracy of...