Objective To investigate whether different dimensions of patient centred care (PCC) were directly associated with wellbeing or indirectly, via lower concerns about medical procedures and/or increased tolerability of treatment. Methods Cross-sectional study with 322 women and 111 men undergoing fertility diagnosis or treatment recruited online and in clinical setting. Participants completed questionnaires that ...
Few studies were dedicated to study the role of contextual factors, such as the socioeconomic status and urban or rural residence in emotional distress of infertile couples. This study aimed to explore the impact of contextual factors on emotional distress, either directly or by affecting the importance of parenthood in one's life, which in turn affects emotional distress. In this cross-sectional study, 70 coup...
Background: Research has documented that fertility problems can negatively affect infertile patients life, by imposing an obstacle to one important life goal: the achievement of parenthood. The Fertility Problem Inventory (FPI) proposes a comprehensive approach in assessing infertility stress, by measuring the impact on social, marital and sexual life dimensions and the importance of parenthood in infertile pa...
Na década de 90, a Organização Mundial de Saúde (OMS) desenvolveu dois instrumentos genéricos, de essência transcultural, para avaliação da qualidade de vida (WHOQOL-100 e WHOQOL-Bref). Em 2003, procurando responder à necessidade de desenvolver uma medida de avaliação mais breve, para uso em estudos de larga dimensão e com múltiplos indicadores ou para qualquer situação em que seja necessário um indicador de qu...
The aim of the present study was to investigate psychosocial adjustment and infertility related stress of infertile couples and couples undergoing Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART). In a cross sectional study, 148 couples were recruited: 79 couples undergoing ART, 25 infertile couples in their first medical appointment in an infertility centre and no previous ART treatments and 44 childless couples in re...
Introduction: Voluntary termination of pregnancy has for a long time been a controversial theme. Few studies have been conducted in this context and they are frequently contaminated by methodological, theorical, ideological and legal biases, and no consensus exists regarding its psychological impact. This study aimed to evaluate the psychological adjustment to decision-making and to the experience of voluntary ...
The aim of the present study was to investigate psychosocial adjustment and infertility related stress of infertile couples and couples undergoing Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART). In a cross sectional study, 148 couples were recruited: 79 couples undergoing ART, 25 infertile couples in their first medical appointment in an infertility centre and no previous ART treatments and 44 childless couples in re...
Introduction: The literature has highlighted the birth of a first child as a crisis moment that implies change and reorganisation. None the less, the specificities of maternal adjustment to the birth of another child are not yet completely known. Goals: To understand differences in adjusting to the birth of a child, in primiparous and multiparous mothers. Specifically: (1) identify and describe differences in a...
O diagnóstico de cancro, a própria doença e os seus tratamentos têm associadas implicações físicas, psicológicas e sociais que acarretam uma redução significativa da qualidade de vida dos doentes. Este estudo exploratório teve como objectivo avaliar o impacto de uma doença crónica específica – a patologia tumoral do aparelho locomotor – na qualidade de vida. Para o efeito, o WHOQOL-100 foi administrado a uma am...
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