Background Women's childbirth experience can have immediate as well as long-term
positive or negative effects on their life, well-being and health. When evaluating and drawing …

Introduction The coronavirus (COVID-19) disease has spread worldwide, generating intense
fear of infection and death that may lead to enduring anxiety. At the same time, quarantine …

Introduction Health emergencies, such as epidemics, have detrimental and long-lasting
consequences on people's mental health, which are higher during the implementation of …

OBJECTIVE Valid and reliable maternity patient-reported experience measures are critical
to understanding women's experiences of care. They can support clinical practice, health …

Introduction In times of economic crisis, the literature shows that young people have always
been in the high-risk category. The COVID-19 outbreak and the consequence on the …

Background: COVID-19 represents a threat both for the physical and psychological health of
oncological patients experiencing heightened distress levels to which the fear of the virus is …

Background Fear of childbirth has negative consequences for a woman's physical and
emotional wellbeing. The most commonly used measurement tool for childbirth fear is the …

In a statement to the press, Dr. Hans Henri P. Kluge, World Health Organization (WHO)
Regional Director for Europe, stressed that it is important not to lose sight of the mental …

Schizophrenia is arguably one of the most stigmatized psychiatric disorders, with patients
frequently seeing the burden of stigmatization as a “second illness.” Thus, the purpose of …

Background The main purpose of this study was to investigate the perception of
schizophrenia in different categories of persons (directly and/or indirectly) involved with it …