Psychological assessment.

Abstract

hronicity relative to a medical condition typically comes about C when medical science is unable to definitively treat or resolve the pathophysiology underlying the disorder. In such instances, medical science is often capable of offering patients therapeutic interventions that slow or impede the progress of the disease, ameliorate its symptoms, and maintain health and functional status at levels notably higher than would be found in an untreated course of the disease. Variability in the levels of disability associated with chronic illnesses, even within the same disease state, is great, however, and chronic medical conditions often have pervasively degrading effects on people's well-being and quality of life.Because definitive medical resolution of these conditions is impossible, if they are sufficiently distressing and debilitating chronic medical illnesses can overwhelm coping styles oriented toward more acute 59

Factors influencing peritoneal dialysis patients' psychosocial adjustment

“…Psychosocial adjustment to illness refers to the management of intrapsychic and social demands in response to physical disease (Derogatis et al . ). People who are younger, female, unemployed, of lower economic status, lower educational status, poor perceived health and greater comorbidities have been associated with poor psychosocial adjustment or a poor quality of life in haemodialysis populations (Sesso et al .…”

Predictors of psychosocial adjustment in people with physical disease

“…Adjustment to physical illness has many dimensions, involving interactions between individuals and the physical and social environments as well as intrapsychic processes (Mayou et al. 1978, Moos & Schaefer 1984, Derogatis et al. 1995).…”

Influences of facial disfigurement and social support for psychosocial adjustment among patients with oral cancer in Taiwan: a cross-sectional study

“…Psychosocial adjustment to illness was defined as the management of intrapsychic and social demands in response to physical disease. 27 The Chinese version of the Psychosocial Adjustment to Illness Scale-Self Report (PAIS-SR) 28 was used to measure psychosocial adjustment. The 46-item scale covers the following seven domains of psychosocial adjustment to illness: healthcare orientation, vocational rehabilitation, domestic environment, sexual relationships, extended family relationships, social environment and psychological distress.…”