Background: Cancer represents a significant challenge not only for patients but also for their informal caregivers—family members or close friends who provide unpaid, ongoing support. These individuals often assume essential caregiving roles without formal training or adequate support, leading to high levels of distress and caregiver burden. This can affect both their well-being and the quality of care provided...
Introduction: Cancer treatments can affect male fertility. However, the reproductive concerns of this population remain little explored. There is a need to invest in understanding how concerns related to fertility and parenting affect psychosocial adjustment, in order to improve counseling in this context. To this end, it is a priority to provide reliable and valid measures for assessing this construct. Objecti...
Poster apresentado no EPA2024: 32nd European Congress of Psychiatry.
O impacto de uma doença oncológica na fertilidade masculina está bem estabelecido. No entanto, as preocupações reprodutivas desta população permanecem subexploradas, verificando-se a necessidade de investir na disponibilização de medidas de avaliação psicológica confiáveis e válidas. O presente estudo objetivou traduzir, adaptar e explorar preliminarmente as propriedades psicométricas da Escala de Preocupações ...
Purpose: This study aims to adapt and validate the Foot Health Status Questionnaire, developed by Bennett et al., in Portuguese patients with diabetic foot. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with 143 patients with diabetic foot. A principal component analysis with oblique rotation and a confirmatory factor analysis using structural equation modeling were performed. Results: The Portug...
Cancer is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity all over the world and the second major cause of death in Portugal. Dermatological side effects resulting from cancer treatment have a psychosocial impact on patients' lives, such as quality of life (QoL), body image, cognitive fusion and social inhibition. This systematic review aimed to explore and synthesize the psychosocial impact of dermatological side e...
BackgroundThe present study aimed to assess the perceptions of patients with chronic diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) and their family caregivers regarding the impact of two stress reduction interventions on DFU and psychological wellbeing. The intervention included progressive muscle relaxation and hypnosis sessions.MethodsThis study used a qualitative exploratory design and included individual interviews with eigh...
Background The present study aimed to assess the perceptions of patients with chronic diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) and their informal caregivers regarding the impact of two stress reduction interventions, such as a progressive muscle relaxation and hypnosis, on patients’ DFU and psychological wellbeing. Methods This multicenter study used a qualitative exploratory design and included individual interviews with e...
Cancer is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity all over the world and the second major cause of death in Portugal. Dermatological side effects resulting from cancer treatment have a psychosocial impact on patients’ lives, such as quality of life (QoL), body image, cognitive fusion and social inhibition. This systematic review aimed to explore and synthesize the psychosocial impact of dermatological side e...
Objective: to analyze the psychometric properties of the short form of the Portuguese version of the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule in people with schizophrenia. Methods: a Psychometric study was carried out, in a convenience sample, composed of 282 people with the diagnosis of schizophrenia. The psychometric properties were evaluated: validity (construct, criterion) and reliability (Cronbach's α) of the...