Management of Conditions and Symptoms
Amy J. Litterini, Christopher M. Wilson in Physical Activity and Rehabilitation in Life-threatening Illness, 2021
Both chronic and life-threatening illnesses are frequently associated with various levels of distress. Distress is defined as feelings associated with extreme levels of anxiety, sorrow, and/or pain; distress can be manifested in physical, emotional, and/or spiritual domains, as well as a combination of distress symptoms occurring simultaneously. According to Morita et al.,15existential distress pertains to feelings of dependency and being a burden on others, lack of meaning in life, a sense of hopelessness, loss of social role functioning, and feeling emotionally irrelevant. According to a review of the prevalence of existential distress in cancer survivorship, Vehling and Phillip16 found 33–50% of individuals had existential fears associated with loss of control and identity, and uncertainties about their future.
Social Distancing and Quarantine as COVID-19 Control Remedy
Hanadi Talal Ahmedah, Muhammad Riaz, Sagheer Ahmed, Marius Alexandru Moga in The Covid-19 Pandemic, 2023
The workers who were quarantined was founded with irritability, poor concentration in their work and exhaustive. The post-traumatic stress was also observed even after three years in quarantined persons [42]. A study comparing the symptoms of mental retardation of quarantined parents and children with non-isolated [41] reported that the quarantined children had an average stress score of four times higher than that of non-quarantined. Liu et al. [40] reported that 9% (48 of 549) of hospital staff found with high depressive symptoms three years after quarantine. Studies have widely reported psychological symptoms [43], emotional distress, depression [37], exhaustive, irritability, insomnia [43], acute post-traumatic stress disorder [44], irritation [32] and feelings of weakness. People were suppressed because of their close association with people who may be affected by SARS [44]. Studies also reported a number of other mental issues with quarantine, like confusion [45, 46]. Anger, sadness [46, 47] and depression caused by confusion during pandemic [48]. A study of people quarantines for possible exposure to SARS [44] revealed that 54% of detainees (524 out of 1057) avoided coughing or sneeze people, with 26% (255 people) avoiding closed places, and 21% (204) avoiding public places within a few weeks after the quarantine period. A study [47] observed some people with described long-term behavioral changes after quarantined, such as vigilance in handwashing and avoided crowds, and in some cases, return to the routine that was delayed by several months.
Psychological well-being of children and young people with coeliac disease
Clarissa Martin, Terence Dovey, Angela Southall, Clarissa Martin in Paediatric Gastrointestinal Disorders, 2019
Having CD and eating a GFD can affect a child’s or young person’s psychological well-being. Psychological distress in the form of a range of emotional symptoms (including anxiety and depression) and behavioural difficulties has been reported, as have neurological and psychological disorders, including headaches, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (Niederhofer and Pittschieler, 2006), tic and learning disorders. The pre-diagnosis and pre-GFD treatment phases are possible times of increased risk when psychological difficulties can present, and where a higher lifetime prevalence of major depressive disorder (31% vs. 7%) and disruptive behaviour disorders (28% vs. 3%) have been identified relative to non-CD matched controls (Pynnönen et al., 2004). Concerns with regard to shape, weight, body image and eating behaviours have also been found in young women with CD (Karwautz et al., 2008). Interestingly, there is some indication that treatment with a GFD can improve depressive symptoms, behaviour and functioning (Pynnönen et al., 2005), including symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (Niederhofer, 2011; Niederhofer and Pittschieler, 2006).
Factors affecting the levels of distress during pregnancy, sexual relationship power and intimate partner violence
Published in Sexual and Relationship Therapy, 2023
Yasemin Erkal Aksoy, Bihter Akın, Sema Dereli Yılmaz
Distress is usually defined as anxiety, stress, or depression (Schuurmans & Kurrasch, 2013; Woods et al., 2010). Physiological, emotional and social changes such as changing body appearance during pregnancy, adaptation problems, the anxiety of being a mother, increased economic needs, and lack of social support can cause women to experience psychological problems (Furber et al., 2009; Yali & Lobel, 2002). During the pregnancy period, psychological distress is seen in one out of four women on the average (Van Bussel et al., 2006). Studies show that women exposed to physical violence during pregnancy have an increased risk of low birth weight baby, preterm birth, distress, depression and death (Lancaster et al., 2010; Rondó et al., 2003). Also increase in distress situation during pregnancy is one of these risks. Pregnant women’s being exposed to IPV can affect their distress levels (Rose et al., 2010). Determining pregnant women are exposed to violence during pregnancy and who have high distress levels is prominent for protecting mother’s and baby’s health.
The mediating role of psychological capital on the relation between distress and empathy of medical residents: a cross-sectional survey
Published in Medical Education Online, 2020
Jing Jin, Honghe Li, Wenwen Song, Nan Jiang, Weiyue Zhao, Deliang Wen
Distress is a psychological state in which a person is unable to completely adapt to stress and shows maladaptive behaviors [14]. For medical residents, distress is usually caused by the stress of medical liability, imbalance between personal and professional lives, and even potential negative effects of the hidden curriculum [15]. Distress (e.g. depression, burnout, reduced quality of life) in medical professionals can ultimately damage their level of empathy with patients [6]. Moreover, the distress caused by inevitable events such as the anxiety of first contact with patient, patient death, stress of role modeling, and work overload calls for strong mental and emotional capacities from medical students and residents. This necessitates research exploring psychological factors that may alleviate the negative effects of distress on empathy in health professionals and medical students.
A Critical Analysis and Applied Intersectionality Framework with Intercultural Queer Couples
Published in Journal of Homosexuality, 2018
Christian D. Chan, Adrienne N. Erby
Social stress theory (Pearlin, Menaghan, Lieberman, & Mullan, 1981) provides a useful framework for stress and its impact on individuals and multiple relational contexts. Social stress theory describes outcomes of stress, specifically causal effects on mental, physical, and relational health of individuals over time (LeBlanc, Frost, & Wight, 2015). Stress theory outlines multiple ways to examine stress; its types, sources, and impact, differentiating between the functional, adaptive experience of stress as a motivator for change in contrast to distress, that is, the dysfunctional, maladaptive experience of stress. Distress is often manifested in symptomology, including anxiety and depression. Stress theory has been explicitly applied to LGBTQ+ populations in terms of minority stress (Meyer, 2003).
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