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- Association between stress/anxiety, depression, pain and quality of life in people with chronic kidney diseasePublication . Sousa, Luís; Valentim, Olga; Marques-Vieira, Cristina; Antunes, Ana Vanessa; Severino, Sandy; José, HelenaBACKGROUND: Chronic kidney disease patients undergoing hemodialysis have a high symptom burden that contributes to increased suffering and diminishes their quality of life. Cardiovascular, musculoskeletal and psychosocial disorders affect their physical and functional capacity anxiety, stress and depression. AIM: To determine the prevalence of stress/anxiety and depression in people with chronic kidney disease and to verify the association between stress/anxiety and depression with pain and quality of life. METHODS: A cross-sectional, descriptive and correlational study; A random sample of 183 patients who underwent hemodialysis; application of the depression and stress anxiety scale (DASS-21), brief pain inventory (BPI), and Medical Outcomes Study Short-Form 12-Item Health Survey (SF-12). RESULTS: The sample consisted mostly of men (59.6%), married (53.8%), Portuguese nationality (78.7%), mean age 59.17 years (SD ± 14.64), hemodialysis treatment 70.9 months (SD ± 54.2). 76% were retired and 24% had a regular job. The prevalence of stress and anxiety was 24% and depression was 37.2%. CONCLUSIONS: Stress / anxiety and depression are prevalent in people with chronic kidney disease. Stress / anxiety and depression are associated with high levels of pain, which impacts on activities of daily living, presenting low levels of quality of life in the physical and mental components.
- Emotions and Coping: “What I Feel about It, Gives Me More Strategies to Deal with It?”Publication . Sousa, Cristina de; Vinagre, Helena; Viseu, João; Ferreira, João; José, Helena; Rabiais, Isabel; Almeida, António; Valido, Susana; Santos, Maria João; Severino, Sandy; Sousa, LuisBackground: Personal emotions and affects have been identified and studied in the context of pandemics, as well as coping strategies centered on emotional regulation or the balance between positive and negative emotions. Objectives: The objectives of this paper are to identify an emotion and affect structure in our sample and analyze the relationship of these dimensions with resilient coping in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: This study employed a cross-sectional design that involved a non-probabilistic sample with 598 participants over the age of 18, with 51.1% being female, and an average age of 40.73 years. First, the emotional structure was identified through principal component analysis (PCA). Secondly, a linear regression analysis was performed to investigate emotional dimensions as predictors of coping. Results: A valid and reliable emotional structure with four dimensions was identified. The regression model revealed that coping is positively associated with the active and positive dimension and negatively correlated with the negative and moral dimensions. Conclusions: Emotional dimensions are predictors of coping, with moral and negative dimensions having a negative effect, while active and positive dimensions have a positive effect. When designing interventions for coping strategies, multiple dimensions of emotions and affective states in people who are in vulnerable situations must be considered.