One hundred women aged 20 to 50 were asked to compare their sexual experience before diagnosis and following treatment for benign and malignant cervical disease. The subjects were divided into five groups: three groups had definite cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN), (Class II or III). Two groups were treated with cryotherapy, and one with hysterectomy. One group had a provisional diagnosis of CIN I, but received no treatment. Subjects in the last group had microinvasive cervical carcinoma and were also treated with hysterectomy. All subjects had ovarian function; all were sexually active at the time of treatment. They were interviewed at least six months post-cryotherapy and 15 months post-hysterectomy. All subjects completed a variant version of the Derogatis Sexual Function Inventory (DSFI).

The purpose of this descriptive study was to determine the existence of a relationship between perceptions of global self-esteem and stress incontinence episodes in a group of older women participating in a bladder retraining protocol. A convenience sample of fifteen older women was obtained. The participants constituted a group of well older women who ranged in age from 63 years to 82 years. All participants were living in the community and experiencing urinary incontinence. The University of British Columbia Model for Nursing was the conceptual framework which guided the focus of the study. The model views the individual as a behavioural system composed of nine interrelated and interdependent subsystems. This study focused on the interrelationship of the excretory and ego-valuative subsystems. The theory of self-efficacy, as outlined by Bandura provided the method by which this study was operationalized. Self-efficacy is the product of personal efficacy—an individual's judgement of the effectiveness of an executed course of action in achieving a desired outcome. The enactive, persuasive, and emotive modes of influence were utilized to provide efficacy information. Data were collected on three occasions using four instruments. The first instrument involved collection of selected demographic variables and was completed during the initial interview. A continence assessment and the Rosenberg self-esteem scale were completed during the initial and final interviews. An interview guide was used during a telephone contact. The telephone contact occurred four days following the first interview; the final interview occurred fourteen days after the first. The data were summarized, compared and described using measures of central tendency and frequency distributions. Paired t-tests were performed on selected variables to determine if there was a difference between pre and post intervention interview score. These tests demonstrated no significant differences in scores. Study findings indicated that at the end of the two week trial 53% of the women were able to identify a change in their voiding habits. Four of the participants (26.7%) stated that they were completely continent at the completion of the two week trial and four other participants (26.7%) indicated that $ some type of positive change had occurred. Three women (20%) identified a negative change in their continence status. Global self-esteem scores, as measured by the Rosenberg self-esteem scale, remained relatively stable during the two week trial period. Scores appeared to be unaffected by a change in continence status. This may be due to the many successful normalizing strategies subjects had developed to hide the evidence of the symptom of urinary incontinence. / Applied Science, Faculty of / Nursing, School of / Graduate

Cardiovascular disease is one of the leading causes of death in industrialized nations. Research indicates that job strain may be significantly related to cardiovascular disease in employees with little to no social support. Using the JDC-S model developed by Karasek (1979) and elaborated upon by Johnson and Hall (1988), the family-supportive supervisory behaviors (FSSB) measure created by Hammer et al., (2009), and the blood pressure wrist monitor device Omron317T, this study examined FSSB as a moderator of the relationship between job strain, job demands, job control and workers' blood pressure on work and non-work days. Sixty-nine grocery store workers from a Midwest grocery store chain participated in this study, fifty-six of which were included in the analyses. Though none of the interactions were significant at the .05 level, results indicate that FSSB is significantly related to a number of blood pressure readings at the grand centered mean of job strain, job control, and job demands.

Xu Liying. / "April 2004." / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-175) / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest Information and Learning Company, [200-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Mode of access: World Wide Web. / Abstracts in English and Chinese.

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A fibromialgia pode ser conceituada como uma enfermidade reumatológica caracterizada pela presença de pontos dolorosos anatomicamente definidos, dor crônica, fadiga, distúrbio do sono e depressão entre outros achados. Controvérsias cercam a etiologia e os fatores desencadeantes e agravantes dessa síndrome que acomete preferencialmente mulheres entre 30 e 60 anos. O presente estudo se propõe aprofundar a análise dos sintomas fibromiálgicos e sua relação com a unidade do corpo psicossomático, sob um ponto de vista transdisciplinar. Trata-se de uma pesquisa psicanalítica, na qual analisamos diários de campo e histórias de vida de três pacientes do sexo feminino atendidas no ambulatório de fisioterapia do Hospital da Polícia Militar de Pernambuco. Buscamos, através do arsenal teórico freudiano, distinguir um corpo próprio da psicanálise. Para nos auxiliar nessa empreitada contamos com as contribuições de outros autores contemporâneos com trabalhos relevantes tais como: Paul-Laurent Assoun, Didier Anzieu, Juan-David Nasio e Maria Helena Fernandes. Nossa pesquisa está vinculada ao Projeto de Pesquisa sobre O Social e as Psicopatologias do corpo, desenvolvido na Linha de Pesquisa Psicopathologia Fundamental e Psicanálise do Programa de Pós-graduação em Psicologia Clínica da Universidade Católica de Pernambuco, que se propõe a analisar o circuito pulsional nas psicopatologias do corpo, configuradas no contexto social contemporâneo / Fibromyalgia may be considered to be a rheumatic syndrome characterized by chronic pain, fatigue, sleep disorders, depression and painful, anatomically defined sites. Although the etiology and etiological factors are controversial, this syndrome affects preferentially women between 30 and 60 years old. The purpose for this study was to analyze the symptoms of the fibromyalgia and their correlation with the psychosomatic body unit, from an interdisciplinary point of view. It was a psychoanalytical study in which we have analyzed field diary and life history of three female patients from the Physical Therapy Clinic of the Military Police of Pernambuco Hospital. The Freudian literature helped us to distinguish our own psychoanalytic study line. In addition, we have used literary works from other contemporary authors, such as Paul-Laurent Assoun, Didier Anzieu, Juan-David Nasio and Maria Helena Fernandes. This study is part of the research called The Social and the Body Psychopathology, in which the goal is to analyze the circuit of the drive in the psycho diseases of the body related to a social-contemporary context; and it is linked to the Fundamental Psychopathological and Psychoanalysis Research Group of the Psychological Post-Graduation Program of the Catholic University of Pernambuco

Submitted by Biblioteca Central (biblioteca@unicap.br) on 2018-08-15T18:51:28Z No. of bitstreams: 2 vanessa_nazario_cordeiro.pdf: 1199389 bytes, checksum: 6ffcb12d46a17e7953d5288681ebf457 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-15T18:51:28Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 vanessa_nazario_cordeiro.pdf: 1199389 bytes, checksum: 6ffcb12d46a17e7953d5288681ebf457 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-07-09 / From centuries past to the present, pain and its symbolic value have not lost their vigor in scientific discussions. Chronic pain, here represented by fibromyalgia, is characterized by the prolongation of painful sensation in the body for more than six months. Fibromyalgia is known for the sensation of pain, without there being an organic substrate to back up its clinical / biomedical diagnosis. In the scientific literature, the tendency to approach fibromyalgia within positivist parameters is perceived in the scientific literature, which, in this case, has as main objective to attenuate the symptom aiming at the control of pain. What are the possible effects of this tendency that supposedly pervades the subject of pain, about what refers to their meanings and their relations? This research aimed to understand the experience of pain, from the perspective of patients in the treatment of fibromyalgia, based on the Systemic Theory reference. Specifically, we sought to understand conceptions and feelings about pain in patients diagnosed and treated with fibromyalgia; to understand the conditions of possibility to the experience with the pain, in the reconstruction of the process of discovery and diagnosis; to identify the perception of the subjects about the ways in which pain has been approached by health professionals; to analyze the ways in which the family is organizing in the face of pain, based on the understanding of family structure and its interrelation with pain and treatment. In this qualitative research, five women were diagnosed with fibromyalgia for at least one year. The in-depth interview was used as the main technique, contextualized by field diary, aiming at records of intersubjective aspects arising from interviews. The content analysis of Minayo in its thematic aspect aided in the understanding of the material constructed in the field. In the first theme emotional components related to / influencing the experience of pain were perceived; the presence of traumatic events (with regard to losses, for example) in the first manifestations of pain; adopted behaviors of suppression to the pain, at the same time that occurred movement of resistance to the change and a search to the homeostasis. In the second theme, it was observed the maintenance of beliefs that the disease manifests itself in an exclusively emotional and / or physical instance; medication as the main therapy offered to silence the pain; difficulty in dealing with subjective issues; little demand for space that aims at a treatment beyond physical pain. None of the participants showed interest in a psychotherapeutic space. Finally, in the third theme it was observed that, in general, women occupy a central position in their families; they feel little understood. It was also observed family relations that were negatively feedbacks, facilitating the maintenance of the symptom, the families adopt behaviors that reverberate in a maintenance of dysfunctional homeostasis. This dysfunctional pattern is characterized as a movement of continuous rigidity, with few opportunities for change and consequently few transitions within the systems, leaving the conditions of possibility to the true experience. With this research it is estimated to contribute to an integral assistance, reflecting on the nuances involved in the complexity of the pain experience and family relationships that permeate the context of fibromyalgia and its treatment. / Desde séculos passados até hoje a dor e seu valor simbólico não perderam vigor nas discussões científicas. A dor crônica, aqui representada pela fibromialgia, é caracterizada pelo prolongamento da sensação dolorosa no corpo por mais de seis meses. A fibromialgia é conhecida pela sensação de dor, sem que haja um substrato orgânico para respaldar o seu diagnóstico clínico/biomédico. Percebe-se na literatura científica a tendência em abordar a fibromialgia dentro de parâmetros positivistas que, neste caso, têm como principal objetivo atenuar o sintoma visando ao controle da dor. Quais os possíveis efeitos dessa tendência que supostamente perpassa o sujeito da dor, sobre o que remete aos seus significados e às suas relações? Nesta pesquisa buscou-se compreender a experiência da dor, na perspectiva de pacientes em tratamento de fibromialgia, com base no referencial da Teoria Sistêmica. De forma específica, buscou-se conhecer concepções e sentimentos sobre dor, em pacientes diagnosticados e em tratamento com fibromialgia; compreender as condições de possibilidade à experiência com a dor, na reconstrução do processo de descoberta e diagnóstico; identificar a percepção dos sujeitos sobre os modos como a dor vem sendo abordada pelos profissionais de saúde; analisar os modos como a família vem se organizando perante a dor, com base na compreensão da estrutura familiar e sua inter-relação com a dor e o tratamento. Nesta pesquisa de natureza qualitativa participaram cinco mulheres diagnosticadas com fibromialgia há pelo menos um ano. Utilizou-se a entrevista em profundidade como técnica principal, contextualizada por diário de campo visando registros de aspectos intersubjetivos advindos das entrevistas. A análise de conteúdo de Minayo em sua vertente temática auxiliou na compreensão do material construído em campo. No primeiro tema perceberam-se componentes emocionais relacionados a/influenciando a experiência da dor; a presença de eventos traumáticos (no que concerne a perdas, por exemplo) nas primeiras manifestações de dores; condutas adotadas de supressão à dor, ao mesmo tempo em que ocorria movimento de resistência à mudança e uma busca à homeostase. No segundo tema percebeu-se a manutenção de crenças de que a doença manifesta-se em uma instância exclusivamente emocional e/ou física; a medicação como principal terapêutica ofertada para silenciar a dor; dificuldade de profissionais em lidar com questões de ordem subjetiva; pouca procura por espaço que vise um tratamento para além da dor física. Nenhuma das participantes demonstrou interesse por um espaço psicoterápico. Por fim, no terceiro tema foi observado que, de modo geral, as mulheres ocupam uma posição central em suas famílias; sentem-se pouco compreendidas. Também foi observado relações familiares que se retroalimentavam negativamente, facilitando a manutenção do sintoma, as famílias adotam condutas que repercutem numa manutenção de homeostase disfuncional. Esse padrão disfuncional caracteriza-se como um movimento de rigidez contínuo, com poucas oportunidades de mudança e consequentemente de poucas transições dentro dos sistemas, afastando as condições de possibilidade à verdadeira experiência Com esta pesquisa estima-se contribuir para uma assistência integral, refletindo sobre as nuances envolvidas na complexidade da experiência da dor e as relações com a família que perpassam o contexto da fibromialgia e seu tratamento.

The present study sought to determine whether a dietary and multi-element psychological treatment (DMPT) approach in combination with standard medical treatment would offer a more efficacious therapeutic package to irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) patients than would standard medical treatment (SMT) employed alone. The DMPT group (N = 19) received a stress management training package for a 2 week period consisting of relaxation training, imagery, and bowel sound biofeedback training via a stethoscope, in addition to instructions to increase their daily consumption of dietary fiber. They also were to continue the implementation of whatever standard medical treatment they were currently receiving, be it a bulking agent, or anti-anxiety, anti-cholinergic, or anti-depressant medications, etc. The SMT group (N = 19) simply received whatever conventional medical treatment they had been prescribed.

M.A. / Irritable bowl syndrome (IBS) is one of the common conditions referred to gastroentorologists, but one of the least understood. Part of the reason for this is the real lack of consensus of opinion regarding the nature of the complaint. The problem is confounded by the absence of objective disease makers, as well as the variation in symptom presentation. The term (IBS) describes a cluster of symptoms which include chronic abdominal pain and altered bowel habits (diarrhoea, constipation, or alternating diarrhoea and constipation) in the absence of a known structural cause for the symptom (Toner, Garfinkel, Jeejeebhoy, Scher, Shulhan & Di Gasbarro, 1990). The symptoms of IBS mimic those of many other gastrointestinal diseases and the challenge to medical doctors is to establish a confident diagnosis based on the symptomatology of the individual, without the need to carry out multiple investigations to eliminate organic disease of the bowel. The pathogenesis of a condition remains a mystery. Most doctors would not consider IBS to a 'proper" disease at all, but view it as a physiological alteration in intestinal function brought about by psychological disturbance (Read, 1985).

Made available in DSpace on 2017-06-01T18:08:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 dissertacao_renata.pdf: 737556 bytes, checksum: 345a3710e089105d711c95a2ba520d11 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-11-27 / Fibromyalgia may be considered to be a rheumatic syndrome characterized by chronic pain, fatigue, sleep disorders, depression and painful, anatomically defined sites. Although the etiology and etiological factors are controversial, this syndrome affects preferentially women between 30 and 60 years old. The purpose for this study was to analyze the symptoms of the fibromyalgia and their correlation with the psychosomatic body unit, from an interdisciplinary point of view. It was a psychoanalytical study in which we have analyzed field diary and life history of three female patients from the Physical Therapy Clinic of the Military Police of Pernambuco Hospital. The Freudian literature helped us to distinguish our own psychoanalytic study line. In addition, we have used literary works from other contemporary authors, such as Paul-Laurent Assoun, Didier Anzieu, Juan-David Nasio and Maria Helena Fernandes. This study is part of the research called The Social and the Body Psychopathology , in which the goal is to analyze the circuit of the drive in the psycho diseases of the body related to a social-contemporary context; and it is linked to the Fundamental Psychopathological and Psychoanalysis Research Group of the Psychological Post-Graduation Program of the Catholic University of Pernambuco / A fibromialgia pode ser conceituada como uma enfermidade reumatológica caracterizada pela presença de pontos dolorosos anatomicamente definidos, dor crônica, fadiga, distúrbio do sono e depressão entre outros achados. Controvérsias cercam a etiologia e os fatores desencadeantes e agravantes dessa síndrome que acomete preferencialmente mulheres entre 30 e 60 anos. O presente estudo se propõe aprofundar a análise dos sintomas fibromiálgicos e sua relação com a unidade do corpo psicossomático, sob um ponto de vista transdisciplinar. Trata-se de uma pesquisa psicanalítica, na qual analisamos diários de campo e histórias de vida de três pacientes do sexo feminino atendidas no ambulatório de fisioterapia do Hospital da Polícia Militar de Pernambuco. Buscamos, através do arsenal teórico freudiano, distinguir um corpo próprio da psicanálise. Para nos auxiliar nessa empreitada contamos com as contribuições de outros autores contemporâneos com trabalhos relevantes tais como: Paul-Laurent Assoun, Didier Anzieu, Juan-David Nasio e Maria Helena Fernandes. Nossa pesquisa está vinculada ao Projeto de Pesquisa sobre O Social e as Psicopatologias do corpo, desenvolvido na Linha de Pesquisa Psicopathologia Fundamental e Psicanálise do Programa de Pós-graduação em Psicologia Clínica da Universidade Católica de Pernambuco, que se propõe a analisar o circuito pulsional nas psicopatologias do corpo, configuradas no contexto social contemporâneo