Stroke can have consequences in all areas of a person's life. If not coped with optimally, this life event will have a deleterious effect on the quality of life. The aim of this study was to improve understanding of appraisal and coping, post-stroke. Ten individuals were purposely recruited upon admission for a first stroke to participate in this qualitative study. Participants were asked to sh...

BACKGROUND Prolonging the living-dying process with inappropriate treatment is a profoundly disturbing ethical issue for nurses in many practice areas, including the intensive care unit. Despite the frequent occurrence of such distressing events, research suggests that critical care nurses assume a limited role in end-of-life decision making and care planning. OBJECTIVES To explore the practi...

As a res­ult of the Coronavirus pan­demic, our lives changed. It af­fects how we work, in­ter­act with oth­ers, and cope stress­ful situ­ations. We ex­am­ine re­la­tion­ship between di­git­al­iz­a­tion resig­na­tion in Hun­garian hos­pit­al­ity in­dustry this study. Re­view­ing lit­er­at­ure on link these vari­ables forms first part re­search. Part two will present ac­tual data sup­port find­in...

BACKGROUND Increasing evidence show that Type D personality is a risk factor for morbidity, mortality, and quality of life of patients with coronary vascular disease. Few studies examined coping as a potential behavioral mechanism to explain the harmful effect of Type D personality. PURPOSE This study examined the association between Type D personality, coping, and perceived health among Chin...

This study had a twofold goal: to define differences in psychological aspects between cancer patients and a control group and to explore the predictive value of such aspects for the evolution of the disease two years later. Firstly, personality, anxiety, anger and depression were assessed in both groups. Results of t-analyses revealed significant group differences. In personality, cancer patien...