Vulnerability and physical well-being of caregivers: what relationship?

Salvatore, Silvia; Frisone, Fabio; Alibrandi, Angela; Merlo, Emanuele Maria

doi:10.22543/7674.61.p95102

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“…Our experience was referred to participants in their early pathological manifestations and to the reasons for symptom formation, all conflicts, defenses and previous traumatic experiences (Wolf et al, 2018). The main scope of this research was to highlight directly and undirectly related phenomena, in order to prevent the typical loss of an adaptive Self (Marchini et al, 2018) and psychological manifestations whose mechanisms can predict the serious incoming pathological realities, their complex denial (Livneh, 2009) and subsequent decreasing quality of life and body satisfaction (Guicciardi et al, 2014; Catalano et al, 2018; Martino et al, 2018) for both patients and caregivers (Ferrario et al, 2017; Settineri et al, 2019b).…”

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Emotional Suppression and Oneiric Expression in Psychosomatic Disorders: Early Manifestations in Emerging Adulthood and Young Patients

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Background The function of emotions, beginning from the proto-emotions, is the adaptation to the environment. This is based on the Homeorhesis , the equilibrium due to the adaptive operation of excitement and the dissipation of emotions. The object relations of the participants foresee the practice of defense mechanisms in a continuum that goes from the consciousness to the oneiric activities. The predominant and maladaptive use of defense mechanisms in the psychosomatic phenomenology, can be identified with deficits in emotional awareness, with the impossibility to manage excitement and dissipation of emotions foreseen by the oneiric phenomena. Methods The observation group is composed by 140 participants, 56 males (43%) and 84 females (57%),with pathological-functional disorders of psychosomatic domain. The study had been conducted with the use of measures related to the conscious defense of suppression (Suppression Mental Questionnaire), to the emotional awareness linked to the psychosomatic phenomena (Diagnostic Criteria for Psychosomatic Research Structured Interview-DCPR-SI) and to the states of perturbation and conservation of oneiric activities (The Manheim Dream Questionnaire-MADRE). Results Significant inverse correlations emerged among rationalization, repressive function and illness Denial, as for the suppression mental questionnaire factors and irritable mood, but for Regression in the service of the Ego; inverse and significant correlations emerged among suppression, repressive function, rationalization and gastrointestinal psychosomatic outcomes and among suppression, repression and cardiological psychosomatic outcomes. Regarding alexithymia, a positive correlation emerged with rationalization and inverse with Regression in the service of the Ego. Positive correlations emerged between illness denial and overall emotional tone, for disease phobia and meaningfulness and for cardiological psychosomatic outcomes and nightmare distress and recurring nightmares. Conclusion The study of such outcomes due to a prevalent defensive style based on suppression, suggest the identification of a key phenomenon, which translates into maladjustment that goes from functional disorders to parasomnia. The bridge established by the obfuscation of conscious contents until the manifestations of disturbance of ancient activities such as oneiric ones, expresses the need to transform an emotional maladaptive style, in line with classic literature and the current state of art.

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Emotional Suppression and Oneiric Expression in Psychosomatic Disorders: Early Manifestations in Emerging Adulthood and Young Patients

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“…The ZBI-22, validated in various populations, measures subjective burden, with higher scores indicating greater burden (range: 0-88). 9 The original ZBI, which has 29 items on a four-point Likert scale, was later changed to the ZBI-22, which has 22 items on a five-point Likert scale. With the exception of item 22 (0=not at all, 1=a little, 2=moderately, 3=quite a bit, 4=extremely), each item of the ZBI-22 asks, "Do you feel or do you wish."…”

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Caring for the caregivers: A cross-sectional study of the burden experienced by family caregivers of children with cancer in South Gujarat

Priyanka C Chovatiya,

Mamta Rani Varma,

Kavita G Bodar

2024

Asian J Med Sci

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Background: In India, family members undertake the care of a considerable number of patients with chronic illnesses like cancer at home, yet despite the recognition of their pivotal role as caregivers, scant attention is given to the suffering they endure. Aims and Objectives: The aim of the study is to study the sociodemographic characteristics of caregivers and children/adolescents with cancer undergoing cancer treatment and assess the caregiver’s burden of children/adolescents suffering from cancer. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study involving caregivers of children having cancer who were availing services at Cancer Institute (Lions Cancer Detection Center), New Civil Hospital, Surat, to identify the burden among caregivers of children of 0–19 years of age group. A total of 237 participants were enrolled in the study from June 2019 to November 2019. Using a standardized, validated version of the Zarit Burden Interview was used for data collection. Data entry into Microsoft Excel and analysis was done by Epi Info. Univariate analysis was done to calculate mean and standard deviation while bivariate analysis by Chi-square test. Results: The study population consisted of 99 (41.8%) males and 138 (58.2%) female caregivers aged 18–58 years. One hundred and twenty-five (52.7%) caregivers reported no or minimal burden while 64 (27.0%) caregivers reported mild-to-moderate burden. Conclusion: In view of the substantial burden on family caregivers coupled with the lack of an adequate number of cancer hospitals, there is a public health imperative to recognize this important group. All levels of health staff in cancer hospitals in developing countries should be sensitized to the various burdens faced by family caregivers.

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“…The risks are well-known and well-presented in the literature; for 30 years, many classic studies considered the main variables of the subjects assisting patients with heterogeneous pathological conditions and adverse experiences (Provencher, 1996;Greenberg et al, 1997;Shdaifat and Manaf, 2012;Nikmanesh and Shahinfar, 2016;Di Giuseppe et al, 2018, Di Giuseppe et al, 2019bGuicciardi et al, 2019;Marchi et al, 2019). In a previous article, it was highlighted how health professionals could meet diametrically opposed dynamics presenting strengths and significant vulnerabilities (Settineri et al, 2019a, Settineri et al, 2019c. The relationships emerged among variables such as well-being, compassion, burnout, and emotional state, pointed out the possible adverse outcomes that caregivers face.…”

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Clinical Psychological Figures in Healthcare Professionals: Resilience and Maladjustment as the “Cost of Care”

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Background: The health professionals are involved in the paths of care for patients with different medical conditions. Their life is frequently characterized by psychopathological outcomes so that it is possible to identify consistent burdens. Besides the possibility to develop pathological outcomes, some protective factors such as resilience play a fundamental role in facilitating the adaptation process and the management of maladaptive patterns. Personal characteristics and specific indexes such as burdens and resilience are essential variables useful to study in-depth ongoing conditions and possible interventions. The study was aimed at highlighting the presence and the relations among factors as personal variables, burdens, and resilience, to understand health professionals' specific structure and functions.Methods: The observation group was composed of 210 participants, 55 males (26.2%), and 155 females (73.8%), aged from 18 to 30 years old with a mean age of 25.92 years old (SD = 3.33). The study considered personal characteristics of the subjects, such as age, gender, years of study, days of work per week, hours of work per week, and years of work. Our study had been conducted with the use of measures related to burdens (Caregivers Burden Inventory) and resilience (Resilience Scale for Adults).Results: The performed analyses consisted of descriptive statistics, correlations, and regressions among the considered variables. Several significant correlations emerged among personal characteristics, CBI, and RSA variables. Specifically, age and work commitment indexes appeared to be significantly related to the development of burdens, differently from the years of study. Significant correlations emerged among personal and RSA variables, indicating precise directions for both domains. Age and gender were identified as predictors to perform multivariate regression analyses concerning CBI factors. Significant dependence relations emerged with reference to all CBI variables.Conclusion: Pathological outcomes and resilience factors represent two sides of the health professionals' experiences, also known as “invisible patients.” Greater knowledge about present conditions and future possibilities is a well-known need in literature so that the current analyses considered fundamental factors. In line with state of the art, future studies are needed in order to deepen elusive phenomena underlying maladjustment.

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Vulnerability and physical well-being of caregivers: what relationship?

Cited by 7 publications

References 31 publications

Emotional Suppression and Oneiric Expression in Psychosomatic Disorders: Early Manifestations in Emerging Adulthood and Young Patients

Emotional Suppression and Oneiric Expression in Psychosomatic Disorders: Early Manifestations in Emerging Adulthood and Young Patients

Caring for the caregivers: A cross-sectional study of the burden experienced by family caregivers of children with cancer in South Gujarat

Clinical Psychological Figures in Healthcare Professionals: Resilience and Maladjustment as the “Cost of Care”

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