Exploring the clinical usefulness of an electronic diary in fibromyalgia patients: A pilot study

This study examines the usefulness of an electronic diary (ED) in the monitoring of clinical manifestations of fibromyalgia (FM), compared to traditional pencil-and-paper self-reports. Fourteen women with FM completed an interview, several questionnaires, and an ED for a week (several times a day) recording pain, fatigue, sleep, difficulty in thinking, emotional distress, difficulty in daily functioning, and coping with the disease, and stress. There were no differences in the symptoms throughout the moments of the day, observing a sleep latency of 45.36 minutes and sleep duration of 6.25 hours. Significant correlations were found between ED measures depending on the time of day, and between ED measures and questionnaires. The ED showed to be useful for the evaluation of FM symptomatology, and can be a key component in psychological intervention programs.

Download Full-text

Positive psychology interventions in patients with breast cancer

Journal of Basic and Applied Psychology Research ◽

10.29057/jbapr.v3i6.6804 ◽

2022 ◽

Vol 3 (6) ◽

pp. 22-28

Author(s):

Guadalupe Gutiérrez-Leal ◽

Diana Laura Mendoza-Madero ◽

Alberto Gómez-Zarco ◽

Alejandra Lima-Quezada ◽

Ana Yareli Escudero-Castelán

Keyword(s):

Breast Cancer ◽

Positive Psychology ◽

Psychological Intervention ◽

Disease Process ◽

Intervention Programs ◽

Exclusion Criteria ◽

Cell Reproduction ◽

Bibliographic Search ◽

And Coping ◽

Made In

Cancer can be defined by both accelerated cell reproduction and the damage it causes to people's health regardless of type. Breast cancer is not specifically exclusive to women, it also affects men but is less frequent, in 2018 it was reported that in Mexico two out of every 10 deaths in women were due to corresponding breast cancer in the period 2011 to 2016. The goal of this review is to publicize the effectiveness of some of the psychological intervention programs since positive psychology in patients with breast cancer. The bibliographic search was made in databases such as Redalyc, SciELO, Dialnet, PubMed and Google Academia, as inclusion criteria it was taken into account that the bibliography had a period of age not more than 10 years. and as exclusion criteria, all interventions involving girls, boys and adolescents were ruled out. The results found that interventions from positive psychology applied in patients with breast cancer mainly work on both positive and negative emotions, welfare, optimism and self-concept trying from women living in that situation, providing as results the improvement of problem solving and coping with the disease and its consequences. It was concluded by noting that cognitive behavioral psychological intervention from positive psychology effectively helps to cope with changes in an adaptive way and has adapted to the new lifestyle caused by breast cancer. It was considered important that future interventions also work with the population of men even though the sample was small because the diagnoses in them are uncommon, however it is important to know the effects of psychological intervention on them from positive psychology, and the factors that usually affect mainly during and after the disease process.

Download Full-text

Assessing vigilance through a brief pencil and paper letter cancellation task (LCT): effects of one night of sleep deprivation and of the time of day

Ergonomics ◽

10.1080/001401397187919 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 40 (6) ◽

pp. 613-630 ◽

Cited By ~ 48

Author(s):

MARIA CASAGRANDE ◽

CRISTIANO VIOLANI ◽

GIUSEPPE CURCIO ◽

MARIO BERTINI

Keyword(s):

Sleep Deprivation ◽

Time Of Day ◽

Cancellation Task ◽

Pencil And Paper

Download Full-text

The Impact of Psychological Interventions on the Quality of Life of Diabetes Mellitus Patient

Romanian Journal of Diabetes Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases ◽

10.2478/rjdnmd-2014-0037 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 21 (4) ◽

pp. 301-311

Author(s):

Dana Sonia Oieru ◽

Amorin Remus Popa ◽

Ionuţ Vlad

Keyword(s):

Diabetes Mellitus ◽

Psychological Intervention ◽

Coping Styles ◽

Diabetes Mellitus Patient ◽

Psychological Interventions ◽

Etiologic Agents ◽

Before And After ◽

Somatic Diseases ◽

And Coping ◽

The Impact

AbstractBackground and aims: The theory regarding the psychological factors as etiologic agents that trigger the somatic diseases has gained more and more ground in the past few years, successfully repeating that the human being is a bio-psycho-social entity. In order to render the psychological interventions more efficient in the management of the psychosomatic diseases, this research aims to detect and modify, even treat throught psychological interventions those configurations of the early maladaptive schemes and coping styles that stick form together in the so-called acquired vulnerability which makes the person liable to an inappropriate reaction against stress, and also to track the effects of these changes on somatic indicators of diabetes mellitus. Material and methods: Analysis of variance (ANOVA) and paired T-test were used for analysing subjects` responses at three psychological instruments, evolution of blood pressure, body mass index, drug units, hospitalisation days, medical leave days, depressive symptoms before and after 10-12 psychological interventions sessions. Results: Results draw the attention once again upon the multiple directions of intervention and especially of prevention in case of the psychosomatic disease, in particular diabetes mellitus. Conclusions: Psychological intervention in the early stages of diabetes is a major contributor to the management of this disease.

Download Full-text

Making Mistakes: Emotional Adaptation and Classroom Learning

Teachers College Record ◽

10.1177/016146811611800205 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 118 (2) ◽

pp. 1-46

Author(s):

Mary Mccaslin ◽

Christine C. Vriesema ◽

Susan Burggraf

Keyword(s):

Cognitive Appraisals ◽

Sixth Grade ◽

Classroom Learning ◽

Instructional Format ◽

School Year ◽

Emotional Adaptation ◽

School Poverty ◽

Readiness To Learn ◽

Pencil And Paper ◽

And Coping

Background We studied how students in Grades 4–6 participate in and emotionally adapt to the give-and-take of learning in classrooms, particularly when making mistakes. Our approach is consistent with researchers who (a) include cognitive appraisals in the study of emotional experiences, (b) consider how personal concerns might mediate situational experiences, and/ or, (c) examine the interplay of emotion generation and regulation in emotional adaptation. Purpose of Study Our aim was to better understand how students think, feel, and cope— their emotional adaptation—when making mistakes in the pursuit of classroom learning and how this might impact their relationships with peers. We explored the possibility of individual and contextual differences in students’ emotional adaptation dynamics and considered how they might uniquely coregulate students’ coping with making mistakes in classrooms. Participants Participants were fourth- through sixth-grade students who attended one of five schools within a single district. Schools were labeled as relatively high or moderate in poverty density, defined by the percentage students receiving free or reduced lunch support. Research Design Students’ self-conscious emotions and coping strategies were measured with the School Situations (SS) inventory, a pencil-and-paper measure of children's self-conscious emotions in three classroom social/instructional contexts: private, small group, and whole class. SS assesses how students experience (generate) and cope with (regulate) self-conscious emotions (guilt, pride, shame) in response to situations they commonly encounter or witness in classrooms. SS was administered in November and again in May after students completed a mathematics pretest and posttest, respectively. Findings Findings revealed the importance of context—cultural (poverty density), social (classroom social/instructional format), and personal (readiness)—in the coregulation of students’ self-conscious emotions and coping. It is difficult for students with fewer resources (due to school poverty density or readiness to learn) to cope with negative emotions when making mistakes and to realize pride upon success. Further, an exploratory factor analysis based on students who participated at both pretest and posttest revealed five unique emotional adaptation subscales—Distance and Displace, Regret and Repair, Inadequate and Exposed, Proud and Modest, and Minimize and Move On—that are relatively stable across the school year and linked with readiness and learning. Conclusions The stability of students’ emotional adaptation profiles suggests that students develop characteristic emotional adaptations to classroom learning demands. Further, the modest strength of these relationships supports the conclusion that students’ emotional adaptations are malleable and open to intervention.

Download Full-text

Interventions available to adolescents and young adults bereaved by familial cancer: a systematic literature review

BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care ◽

10.1136/bmjspcare-2019-001959 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. bmjspcare-2019-001959 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Veronica Ing ◽

Pandora Patterson ◽

Marianna Szabo ◽

Kimberley R Allison

Keyword(s):

Young Adults ◽

Young People ◽

Familial Cancer ◽

Well Being ◽

Adolescents And Young Adults ◽

Positive Effects ◽

Online Databases ◽

Self Reports ◽

And Coping ◽

Further Development

ObjectivesTo assess the availability and efficacy of interventions open to adolescents and young adults (AYAs; 15-25 years) bereaved by a parent’s or sibling’s cancer.MethodsA systematic review of peer-reviewed literature on interventions available to AYAs bereaved by a parent’s or sibling’s cancer was conducted through searches of six online databases (PsycINFO, Medline, Scopus, Embase, SWAB and Web of Science Core Collection).ResultsDatabase and reference searches yielded 2985 articles, 40 of which were included in the review. Twenty-two interventions were identified that were available for bereaved young people. However, only three were specific to young people bereaved by familial cancer, and none were specific to AYAs. Interventions primarily provided opportunities for participants to have fun, share their experiences and/or memorialise the deceased; psychoeducation about bereavement, grief and coping was less common. Only six interventions had been satisfactorily evaluated, and no intervention targeted or analysed data for AYAs separately. Overall, some evidence suggested that interventions (especially those that were theoretically grounded) had positive effects for bereaved young people. However, benefits were inconsistently evidenced in participants’ self-reports and often only applied to subgroups of participants (eg, older youths and those with better psychological well-being at baseline).ConclusionsConsidering the very limited number of interventions specific to bereavement by familial cancer and the lack of interventions targeting AYAs specifically, it is unclear whether currently available interventions would benefit this population. The population of AYAs bereaved by familial cancer is clearly under-serviced; further development and evaluation of interventions is needed.

Download Full-text

Compliance with oral drug therapy in patients with hematologic malignancy.

Journal of Clinical Oncology ◽

10.1200/jco.1987.5.9.1469 ◽

1987 ◽

Vol 5 (9) ◽

pp. 1469-1476 ◽

Cited By ~ 69

Author(s):

A M Levine ◽

J L Richardson ◽

G Marks ◽

K Chan ◽

J Graham ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Hematologic Malignancy ◽

Drug Analysis ◽

Intervention Programs ◽

Oral Drug ◽

Control Group ◽

Serum Samples ◽

Oral Medications ◽

Full Compliance ◽

Self Reports ◽

And Training

Compliance with oral self-administered allopurinol (daily medication) and prednisone (intermittent medication) as well as compliance with monthly scheduled clinic appointments, were examined in 108 patients with newly diagnosed hematologic malignancy. Baseline levels of compliance (control group) were compared to results obtained after implementation of three intervention packages, whose aim was to increase compliance. The packages included combinations of education, home psychologic support and restructuring, and training in pill taking. A 24-hour profile of the two drugs and their metabolites was first determined. Serum samples were then obtained monthly over 6 months and analyzed for presence of the drugs. Control patients were fully compliant with allopurinol only 16.8% of the time. This rate increased significantly (44% to 48% of the time) for those who received any one of the intervention programs. With respect to prednisone, control patients were compliant 26.8% of the time, with no real improvement after interventions. Finally, self reports overestimated compliance by a factor of two when compared to drug analysis. The results indicated that full compliance with oral medications was remarkably low among our patients who have treatable and in some cases curable hematologic malignancy. However, compliance can be significantly improved by the use of various intervention packages.

Download Full-text

Procrastination in Daily Living

Psychological Reports ◽

10.2466/pr0.1988.63.3.752 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 63 (3) ◽

pp. 752-754 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Noach Milgram

Keyword(s):

Life Satisfaction ◽

Adverse Events ◽

Daily Living ◽

Emotional Adjustment ◽

Minor Importance ◽

Self Reports ◽

Routine Tasks ◽

Efficient Planning ◽

And Coping

Two aspects of procrastinating on tasks of daily living—(a) the failure to plan when and how to perform a given task in advance and (b) the failure to perform the task well and when scheduled—were investigated by obtaining self-reports of the converse behavior. Efficient planning-scheduling of three kinds of tasks (routine tasks of minor importance, discretionary important tasks, and coping with stressful, largely adverse events) and executing these tasks well and on schedule were highly intercorrelated. People are more likely to apply these behaviors to tasks they regard as important, regardless of the normative importance assigned to these tasks. People who plan and schedule efficiently report greater life satisfaction and emotional adjustment than those who do not.

Download Full-text

Experiences of the COVID-19 infected persons during isolation in Nepal

Journal of Health Promotion ◽

10.3126/jhp.v9i01.40960 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (01) ◽

pp. 32-41

Author(s):

Sudha Ghimire ◽

Govinda Prasad Devkota ◽

Madhavi Gautam Ghimire ◽

Sushil Sharma ◽

Bhagawati Sharma ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Sampling Method ◽

Psychological Intervention ◽

Coping Mechanism ◽

Short Term ◽

Term Outcome ◽

Infected People ◽

Environmental Attributes ◽

Lack Of Sleep ◽

Loss Of Appetite ◽

And Coping

Isolation is the separation and restriction of movement of people diagnosed with COVID-19 positive. Isolation is one of the best measures for preventing and controlling pandemics; however, it might be stressful. This study intends to explore the perceptions of COVID-19 infected people towards the COVID-19 pandemic and their experiences at Nepal's isolation centers with the broad theoretical frame of the transactional theory of stress and coping by Lazarus & Folkman (1986). This qualitative study was conducted in institutional isolation centers in Nepal's Morang, Rautahat, Sindhupalchowk, Tanahun, Banke, Surkhet, and Kailali districts. Thirty-five participants, five from every seven provinces, were selected using a purposive-convenient sampling method. Data were collected through interviews in the period of October to December 2020. The findings of the study have been presented in four different themes: personal and environmental attributes, perception of COVID-19 as a stressor, short-term outcome based on situation, and adoption of coping mechanism. There were individual differences in perceiving the COVID-19 as a stressor. Environment and available facilities acted as another source of stress. Similarly, anxiety, irritation, lack of sleep, loss of appetite resulted from stress while staying in isolation. Regarding the coping mechanism of the stress, most participants were found to use mobile phones, play games, watch movies, and talk to family members. We recommend emphasizing psychological intervention comprising meditation, outdoor games, yoga, and counseling in institutional isolation based on this study.

Download Full-text