[Perceived stress in Mexican patients newly diagnosed with breast cancer].

Background: Cancer diagnosis has been described as a significant factor causing psychological stress, which may increase a vulnerability to develop psychological disorders, decrease quality of life levels and affect the response to cancer treatment.

Objective: To validate the Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer Stress Scale (NDBCSS) and to explore the differences concerning clinical and sociodemographic variables.

Material And Methods: Cross-sectional study.

Social and mental health characteristics of adolescents living with HIV in Mexico: Implications for adherence to antiretroviral treatment.

Mexico is the third Latin American country with the most children and adolescents living with human immunodeficiency virus (ALHIV). There is a lack of information on the characteristics of this population. We aimed to describe the social and mental health characteristics of Mexican ALHIV.

[Unmet needs in caregivers of patients with breast cancer: dyadic perception].

Objective: To analyze the unmet needs of informal caregivers of women with breast cancer (CaMa) from a dyadic perspective.

Method: An exploratory, cross-sectional and qualitative study was carried out through in-depth interviews, completed in the Department of Breast Tumors of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico. Three dyads (informal primary caregivers and patients, respectively) were included.

Unmet Needs Among Breast Cancer Patients in a Developing Country and Supportive Care Needs Survey Validation.

Background: Identifying and addressing breast cancer (BC) patients' unmet needs (UN) are crucial due to their possible contribution to higher levels of morbidity, particularly in vulnerable underserved populations, such as Latinas with BC.

Objective: This study aimed to (1) identify and describe the most frequently reported items of moderate-high UN among Mexican women with BC covered by public healthcare insurance; (2) analyze the differences in UN domains according to participants' sociodemographic and clinical characteristics; and (3) validate the Supportive Care Needs Survey-Short Form-34 (SCNS-SF34).

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with 396 consecutive BC patients.

Young Women With Breast Cancer in Mexico: Results of the Pilot Phase of the Joven & Fuerte Prospective Cohort.

Purpose: The pilot-phase report of the Joven & Fuerte prospective cohort broadly characterizes and assesses the needs of Mexican young women with breast cancer (YWBC).

Patients And Methods: Women age ≤ 40 years with nonmetastatic primary breast cancer were consecutively accrued from 2 hospitals. Data were collected at the first/baseline oncology visit and 2 years later using a sociodemographic survey, European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality-of-Life (QOL) Questionnaire Core 30 (QLQ-C30) and Breast Cancer-Specific QOL Questionnaire (QLQ-BR23), Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), Female Sexual Functioning Index (FSFI), Sexual Satisfaction Inventory, and patients' medical records.

Patients' satisfaction with a supportive care program for young breast cancer patients in Mexico: Joven & Fuerte supports patients' needs and eases their illness process.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate patients' outlook and satisfaction with "Joven & Fuerte: Program for Young Women with Breast Cancer (YWBC) in Mexico" (J&F) and to determine its strengths and areas of improvement to better fulfill patients' information and supportive care needs.

Methods: Patients enrolled in J&F for ≥ 6 months at three cancer referral centers were invited via a messaging application to anonymously complete an online survey exploring their perspectives of the program's information delivery, support services, and research component. Descriptive statistics, chi test, Student t, and ANOVA were used for analysis.

Medical and information needs among young women with breast cancer in Mexico.

Objective: To describe clinical and information needs, identify unmet support services and guide interventions for young breast cancer (BC) patients in Mexico.

Methods: Cross-sectional, qualitative study, using interpretive description methodology. Patients with initial BC diagnosis within 6-12 months prior to enrolment, ≤40 years old and literate were included in focus groups.

Special Needs of Young Women with Breast Cancer in Limited Resource Settings.

Background: Young women with breast cancer (YWBC) comprise a group of patients with unique biopsychosocial characteristics with a special perception of needs throughout their disease and survivorship. Contexts marked by restricted allocations and economic constraints might further aggravate the struggle of these patients living within limited resource settings and can demand added requirements for them and their families.

Objective: To analytically explore the existing knowledge regarding the needs of YWBC in low- and middle- income countries (LMICs).

[Biofeedback treatment for acute whiplash patients].

Background: The aim of this study is to evaluate the physiological and psychological effect after an electromyographic biofeedback treatment in combination with progressive muscular relaxation training in patients with acute whiplash.

Methods: Twelve patients with acute whiplash volunteered to participate in a quasi-experimental design and a control group.

Inclusion Criteria: Two months maximum after car accident, severity levels II and I.