Exploring health-related quality of life of Spanish domestic adult adoptees: sociodemographic characteristics, chronic medical conditions, and gender differences

Sánchez‐Sandoval, Yolanda; Melero, Sandra; Jiménez-Luque, Natalia

doi:10.1007/s11136-019-02262-1

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“…This assumption was refuted, as adoptees had similar scores to those of nonadoptees on all measures relating to parenthood experience. These results are consistent with the above cited studies which have pointed out that there was no difference between adoptees and nonadoptees for some psychological variables (Del Pozo de Bolger et al, 2018; Sánchez-Sandoval et al, 2019; Ter Meulen et al, 2019). Our finding that adoptees and nonadoptees had similar amotivation scores was not consistent with the results of Horowitz (2011) and Sherr et al (2018), who found that adoptees had less of a desire to have children.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 93%

“…However, as pointed out in the literature review by Palacios and Brodzinsky (2010), recent studies have also highlighted adoptees' resilience and protective factors, thereby nuancing the deficit-centered approach on this population. Some studies show for example a lack of difference in life satisfaction (Ter Meulen, Smeets, & Juffer, 2019), perceived physical health and mental health (Sánchez-Sandoval, Melero, & Jiménez-Luque, 2019) or an absence of difference in psychological adjustment between adoptees and nonadoptees (Del Pozo de Bolger, Dunstan, & Kaltner, 2018). It suggests that the adoption can have some benefits and some risks on the developmental trajectory of the individual.…”

Section: Adopted Adults' Outcomesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Comparison of adoptees’ and nonadoptees’ experience of parenthood and mediating role of dyadic coping

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Bouteyre

Guiller

2020

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

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As most adoption studies have focused on adopted children and their vulnerability, with scant research on adult adoptees’ outcomes, the aim of the present study was to compare adult adoptees and nonadoptees on their experiences as parents and to explore more deeply the question of the role among adoptees of the conjugal relationship in the context of parenthood. A total of 268 adoptees matched one to one with 268 nonadoptees responded to several standardized scales (attachment, mental health, resilience, motivations for parenthood, parental stress, dyadic coping, and coparenting). The groups did not differ on the experience of parenthood, thus contradicting most previous studies. They did, however, differ on attachment, mental health and dyadic coping, with adoptees achieving lower scores. Only in the case of adoptees was dyadic coping found to have a mediating role on the relations between psychological characteristics and parental stress. Thanks to our efforts to make our samples as representative as possible, this study sheds new light on adoptees’ experience of parenthood, especially after the birth of their first child. Moreover, it presents adoptees from the perspective of resilience and offers new insights into their functioning as parents. It opens up both theoretical and clinical perspectives.

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confidence: 93%

Section: Adopted Adults' Outcomesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Comparison of adoptees’ and nonadoptees’ experience of parenthood and mediating role of dyadic coping

Despax

Bouteyre

Guiller

2020

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

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“…Old age is negatively correlated with HRQoL, which is consistent with previous studies (45). This may be related to women's physical fitness and physical strength, and their own pain tolerance is weaker than that of men (46,47).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 90%

Do Drug Accessibility and OOP Burden Affect Health-Related Quality of Life of Patients With Chronic Diseases? — EQ-5D-5L Evaluation Evidence From Five Districts in China

Tang

Gong

Liu

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Front. Public Health

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Purpose: The dependence of patients with chronic diseases on drugs may affect their health-related quality of life (HRQoL). This study aims to assess the relationship between the direct economic burden caused by out-of-pocket (OOP) payments, drug accessibility, sociodemographic characteristics, and health-related quality of life.Methods: 1,055 patients with chronic diseases from Gansu, Hebei, Sichuan, Zhejiang, and Tianjin were investigated. Data collection included basic conditions and economic and health insurance conditions of patients with chronic diseases. The CLAD and Tobit regression models were used to analyze and compare the health-related quality of life and influencing factors of patients with chronic diseases in five districts. Differentiated analysis was conducted through sub-sample regression to explore the variable health effects of patients with single and multiple diseases.Results: A total of 1,055 patients with chronic diseases participated in the study, 54.4% of whom were women. The overall average utility score was 0.727, of which Sichuan Province was the highest with 0.751. Participants reported the highest proportion of pain/discomfort problems, while patients reported the least problems with self-care. The improvement of drug accessibility and the reduction of the burden of out-of-pocket expenses have significant positive effects on HRQoL. Various sociodemographic factors such as age and gender also have significant impact on HRQoL of patients with chronic diseases. HRQoL of patients with multiple chronic diseases is more affected by various influencing factors than that of patients with single disease.Conclusion: In order to improve the quality of life of patients with chronic diseases, it is of great importance to ensure the accessibility of drugs and reduce patients' medication burden. Future focus should shift from preventing and controlling chronic diseases as individual diseases to meeting the comprehensive health needs of people suffering from multiple diseases.

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“…They only showed gender differences in the Psychological Well-being dimension, so our hypothesis in this regard is only partially ful lled. These ndings coincide in general with other research conducted in Spain [19-32-33] and other European countries [20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34], where girls show worse HRQoL in the dimensions Physical activity and Psychological Well-being. These differences could be related to the earlier and more intense physical changes that girls experience compared to boys, and to the hormonal uctuations that can disrupt psychological well-being.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 90%

Health-Related Quality of Life of Chilean Students from Risky Contexts

Ortiz-Bermúdez¹,

Sánchez‐Sandoval²

2021

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Background. The study of Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) is receiving increasing attention, thus facilitating the use of well-being indicators to establish public policies and health programs in contexts of high social risk. It is a subjective assessment that the person makes of their life concerning the cultural context and the normative standards of the person’s society. In contexts where violence, neglect, and abuse exist, a decrease in physical and mental well-being is more likely to be observed in adolescents. The aims of this paper are to evaluate the HRQoL of vulnerable Chilean students and analyze its relationship with socio-family variables, and to compare their HRQoL with the Chilean and European standards of adolescent population. Methods. 246 adolescents (9 to 16 years) from public schools of with a high School Vulnerability Index (SVI) of the Commune of Quilpué (Chile) completed the KIDSCREEN-27 (Physical Well-being, Psychological Well-being, Autonomy and Parent Relation, Social Support and Peers, School Environment, and their parents provided sociodemographic data. Results. The Chilean students of the study showed a significantly lower HRQoL than the comparison European and Chilean populations. Girls and older participants had worse HRQoL. Concerning family characteristics, children of mothers with higher educational levels had greater well-being. Other socio-family characteristics are described in depth in the work. Conclusion. These findings could be considered for the planning of psychoeducational programs in schools with high SVI.

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Exploring health-related quality of life of Spanish domestic adult adoptees: sociodemographic characteristics, chronic medical conditions, and gender differences

Cited by 6 publications

References 43 publications

Comparison of adoptees’ and nonadoptees’ experience of parenthood and mediating role of dyadic coping

Comparison of adoptees’ and nonadoptees’ experience of parenthood and mediating role of dyadic coping

Do Drug Accessibility and OOP Burden Affect Health-Related Quality of Life of Patients With Chronic Diseases? — EQ-5D-5L Evaluation Evidence From Five Districts in China

Health-Related Quality of Life of Chilean Students from Risky Contexts

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