Lesbian and bisexual couples experiencing dual motherhood: (dis)encounters in the provision of healthcare.

The bond with healthcare services is a crucial dimension in facilitating the maternal journey of lesbian and bisexual women couples. This study aimed to analyze the culturally constructed meanings regarding the bond with healthcare services and professionals by lesbian and bisexual women who experienced dual motherhood. It is a qualitative investigation grounded in interpretative anthropology.

Changing face-to-face psychological care to remote mode: facilitators and obstacles in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Objective: to verify associations between sociodemographic variables and factors that facilitate and hinder the transition from face-to-face psychological care to remote mode in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Method: this is an analytical, quantitative, cross-sectional study. After approval by the Research Ethics Committee, data collection was performed by applying an online form consisting of 55 questions.

Family grief during the COVID-19 pandemic: a meta-synthesis of qualitative studies.

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a public health crisis, with increases in the number of deaths. As a result, the number of bereaved people has increased significantly. In addition, the measures adopted to control the spread of virus have triggered changes in the subjective and collective bereavement experiences.

Pre-death grief in patients requiring hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

This study aimed to understand the pre-death grief experienced by patients requiring Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. The sample consisted of nine adult patients. A semi-structured interview was applied individually, and audio was recorded and analyzed qualitatively using thematic analysis.

Body image experience of women with breast cancer: A meta-synthesis.

Background: Body image is a multidimensional concept that involves the mental image of the human body and the feeling of being oneself throughout existence. Treatment for breast cancer causes several bodily changes that affect women's body image.

Aims: This meta-synthesis aims to synthesise and interpret primary qualitative studies on the experience of body image in women undergoing treatment for breast cancer.

Spirituality in Brazilian family caregivers of patients with cancer from the end-of-life care to bereavement.

Although spirituality can be a source of support during end-of-life and engage a transformative experience after loss, few studies report family members' spiritual and existential needs considering their experiences over time. We conducted a longitudinal interpretative phenomenological analysis from audio-recorded interviews of 10 family caregivers while providing end-of-life care for cancer patients and during bereavement. Participants' spirituality experiences were presented in three superordinate themes: connectedness with religious beliefs and the deceased; re-signifying relationships, life, and loss; suffering and the family caregiver's needs.

"You begin to give more value in life, in minutes, in seconds": spiritual and existential experiences of family caregivers of patients with advanced cancer receiving end-of-life care in Brazil.

Purpose: Facing the end of life may trigger significant distress in family caregivers of patients with advanced cancer. However, few studies have addressed the spiritual and existential concerns of these family caregivers in their end-of-life care journey. This study aimed to understand the spiritual and existential experience of family caregivers of patients with advanced cancer facing the end of life in Brazil.

The effect of suppressing funeral rituals during the COVID-19 pandemic on bereaved families.

Objective: amidst the greatest health crisis in history triggered by COVID-19, this documental study was intended to understand the meanings individuals who have lost loved ones in this context assign to the phenomenon of suppressed funeral rituals.

Method: based on the theory of grief, the corpus of this study was composed of documents published in digital media containing personal writings and reports of experiences freely and easily available to the public. Two researchers with expertise in the field used inductive thematic analysis to interpret data.

Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Improves Functional Outcomes of Systemic Sclerosis Patients.

Background/objective: We sought to evaluate if autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (AHSCT) influences the functional status of systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients.

Methods: From 2014 to 2018, a cohort of 27 SSc patients was assessed before, and at 6 and 12 months after AHSCT for modified Rodnan's skin score (mRSS), mouth opening, hand grip strength, range of motion (ROM), functional ability of upper limbs (DASH questionnaire and Cochin hand function scale-CHFS), 6-minute walk test (6MWT), and quality of life (SF-36 questionnaire). Linear regression models with random effects and Spearman's test were used for statistical analysis.

[The significance of death for doctors faced with end-of-life care of patients undergoing bone marrow transplants].

This study sought to investigate the significance of death for doctors who work with terminally ill patients in the Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) context. The research was based on a qualitative, methodological and collective case study approach, and used Dejours' psychodynamics of work as a theoretical framework. Five practitioners linked to a Bone Marrow Transplant Unit in a university hospital in São Paulo, Brazil, participated in the research.

[Anticipated grieving in patients requiring Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation].

The scope of this study was to understand how the process of anticipated grieving is imbued in patients undergoing Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT). A cross-sectional clinical-qualitative study was conducted on a sample of 17 patients, mostly women, married, aged between 20 and 42 years and diagnosed with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia. Data was collected by semi-structured interviews applied individually and subjected to thematic content analysis.

Bone marrow donation from the perspective of sibling donors.

This study aimed to characterize the sociodemographic profile of sibling bone marrow donors and to describe how they perceive the donation. This was a descriptive, exploratory and longitudinal study. Participants were 20 related bone marrow donors, between 18 and 42 years of age (mean=30.

Impact of autologous hematopoetic stem cell transplantation on the quality of life of patients with multiple sclerosis.

Objective: To evaluate the impact of autologous hematopoetic stem cell transplantation (autoHSCT) in the health related quality of life (HRQL) in patients with multiple sclerosis.

Method: The sample consisted of 34 patients, over 18 years old, treated at a University Hospital in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. For data collection MOS SF-36 and EDSS scales were applied at three time points: admission of the patient, hospital discharge and 1 year posttransplantation.