Background: Childhood cancer is a "stressful experience" for parents in their role as caregivers. The aim of this study is to analyze the needs of a group of parents who have children diagnosed with cancer. The assessment looks at all areas of their daily life using a qualitative content analysis approach.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Childhood cancer is a disease with a psychosocial impact on parents who experience health problems and distress. Their reactions depend on the relationship of multiple factors. The objective of this paper is to evaluate the interrelationships between flourishing and the variables linked to the health and wellbeing of parents of children with cancer.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe interest in the study of flourishing is due to the fact that it has been proven that it contributes to a good adjustment to the demands of the environment, relating to indicators of health and well-being. There are many researches that have tried to find out what dimensions make it up. The goal of this study is to validate the Spanish Version of The Flourishing Scale (FS), being the first time it is applied to Spanish parents of children with cancer.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Non-compliance with therapy is a problem in clinical practice in chronic diseases. Nevertheless, there are important gaps in our knowledge on this subject and its associated factors in patients with epilepsy. Moreover, failure to comply could lead to poor classification of the patients according to the definition of refractory epilepsy.
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