Publications by authors named "Armadans-Tremolosa I"

Article Synopsis
  • Myositis is a rare disease that negatively affects patients' quality of life, and the study investigates an intervention aimed at improving this aspect.
  • A total of 34 myositis patients were divided into an experimental group that received psychoeducational sessions and a control group, with quality of life measures taken before and after the intervention.
  • Results showed significant improvements in the experimental group for quality of life, well-being, and self-efficacy, particularly in reducing sedentariness and enhancing social relationship satisfaction compared to the control group.
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Intimate partner violence (IPV) among women is an understudied topic in Hispanic Americans; therefore, we aim to describe this phenomenon and its associated risk factors in comparison with other sexual orientations and practices. A scoping review was carried out using the following databases: Scopus, Web of Science, Redalyc, Scielo.org, and Dialnet.

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Article Synopsis
  • Patients with myositis experience worse health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and wellbeing compared to the general population, which negatively impacts their disease course.
  • The text explores the importance of positive wellbeing in various areas—physical, environmental, psychological, and social—and its potential to lessen the severity of myositis and related organ damage.
  • It emphasizes the need for targeted strategies to enhance HRQoL and wellbeing in adults with myositis to improve their overall disease outcome.
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Objective: Health-related quality of life is impaired in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies. This study aimed to identify the main areas of the health-related quality of life environment domain that are affected in patients with myositis.

Methods: A qualitative study was performed using focus groups and applying the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health.

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Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and well-being are concepts that attempt to objectively capture a person's subjective perceptions of vitality and energy. Our objectives were to determine HRQoL and well-being in adult patients diagnosed with inflammatory myopathy who attended at our outpatient clinic and to investigate clinical and biological correlations with these concepts. Sixty-two patients (52 women), with a mean age of 50.

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The aim of the present study is to elaborate an instrument (CSM-P), valid for victims and aggressors, to assess satisfaction of individuals participating in a penal mediation program (VOM). The instrument was administered to a sample of 213 subjects, randomly chosen from the pool of participants in a VOM program of Catalonian Justice Department. Data analysis of the questionnaire shows an internal consistency of .

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