“…Weather-related disasters are increasing in frequency and severity, leaving survivors to cope with ensuing mental, financial, and physical hardships. This adversity can exacerbate existing morbidities, trigger new ones, and increase the risk of mortality—features that are also characteristic of advanced age—inviting the hypothesis that extreme weather events may accelerate aging. …”
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso

“…Four themes were identified: positive and negative experiences of their children's disease, going through hardships, perceived competence and perceived social support. …”
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso

“…Stakeholder boards were formed to hear from various communities about hardships and challenges that were and are being faced due to COVID-19. …”
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso

“…Study surveys include items about (a) the child’s cancer and clinical course, (b) parental socio-economic status, financial distress and financial coping behaviors, and (c) household material hardships. At least 15 parents will be invited to participate in an optional semi-structured interview. …”
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso

“…Thus, it is important to look for risk and protective factors that allow and help individuals to regulate these negative emotions and adapt to the hardships of the COVID-19 pandemic. OBJECTIVES: The main aims of the study were to (i) test how empathic dimensions (perspective taking, empathic concern and personal distress) and emotion regulation abilities were related to intensity of depressive symptoms during the COVID-19 lockdown in Poland, as well as to (ii) check if emotion regulation difficulties and personal distress predicted slower decrease in depressive symptoms over the two months in which the number of COVID-19 cases declined in Poland. …”
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso

“…Access was limited by demand and supply side barriers including transportation disruptions, financial hardships, limited resources and legal restrictions. …”
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso

“…Other effects of these worldwide hardships include poverty, malnutrition and starvation, also bringing with them other forms of trauma, including emotional harm, neglect and deliberate maltreatment. …”
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso

“…Natural hazards cause disruptions in access to critical facilities, such as grocery stores, impeding residents’ ability to prepare for and cope with hardships during the disaster and recovery; however, disrupted access to critical facilities is not equal for all residents of a community. …”
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso

“…We identified three themes, a) The experience of caregivers is characterized by unique challenges related to the complexity of VAI care including technology; b) Mentors and caregiver participants reciprocally share support; c) Despite hardships, there are things that make caregiving easier and joyful. …”
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso

“…Although alternative food networks address the majority of their problems, they can potentially generate new hardships. The aim of this study is to examine the situational and engagement-related work difficulties associated with the everyday world of Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farmers. …”
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso

“…Four major themes emerged: (1) low cancer health literacy including cancer diagnosis and treatment, cancer fatalism, navigating next steps after diagnosis, advance directives, and precision medicine; (2) challenges in communicating and receiving supportive services due to language barriers; (3) stress and anxiety regarding financial hardships related to job loss, insurance barriers, and the COVID-19 pandemic; (4) the need for supportive, bilingual, and bicultural personnel to assist in overcoming these challenges. …”
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso

“…However, NPIs can be very disruptive, and the socioeconomic and cultural hardships that come with their implementation interfere with both the ability and willingness of affected populations to adopt such interventions. …”
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso

“…It mostly identifies personal factors, including high initial symptomatology post-trauma and gratitude, related to the capacity for growth in spite of these accumulating hardships. As such, it advocates the need to investigate and bolster silver linings amidst unprecedented traumas.…”
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso

“…RESULTS: Many participants reported hardships due to CML and its treatment. The main impacts were on the ability to work (21%), engage in personal activities (e.g., hobbies, 28%), and to enjoy sexual relations (median=2.00, IQR=8.50). …”
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso

“…These conditions significantly impact a patient’s physical abilities and cause financial and social hardships. In order to address these challenges, this paper presents a groundbreaking solution—a wearable rehabilitation glove. …”
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso

“…The greatest burden the parents have is emotional breakdown, followed by economic hardships and physical fatigue. Depression, anxiety and hopelessness scores and age of affected child are negatively correlated. …”
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso

“…The 10-year Cultural Revolution from 1966 brought many hardships, but also clinical care and continuing public health programs to the masses through community-funded medical schemes and the establishment of community-based health workers. …”
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso

“…BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The care of children with complex congenital heart disease creates emotional and financial hardships for their families. We evaluated the social impact on families of patients with complex congenital heart disease (CHD) who underwent single ventricle repair. …”
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso

“…To pay for an unplanned health care expense that was not covered by insurance, many participants deferred paying monthly bills and borrowed money, which contributed to financial hardships and additional delays in care. CONCLUSIONS: Many Louisiana abortion patients' expectations and preferences for care are not being met across multiple dimensions of health care access assessed in this study, and the state's highly regulated policy environment may limit options for tailoring services to patients' needs. …”
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso

“…Each patient reacts differently to the hardships of the illness. Assessment of needs allows providing more effective support, relevant to every person’s individual experience, and is necessary for setting priorities for resource allocation, for planning and conducting holistic care, i.e., care designed to improve a patient’s quality of life in a significant way. (2) Patients and Methods: A population survey was conducted between 2018 and 2020. …”
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso
Enlace del recurso