Articles: caregivers.
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Our aim is to determine the caregiver burden of chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD) patient's caregivers, and to determine whether there is a workday loss. ⋯ In COPD increases caregiving burden. This burden is greater in symptomatic patients and when comorbidities are present. Psychosocial and legal regulations should be investigated and solutions should be produced for the caregivers of COPD patients.
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Dtsch. Med. Wochenschr. · Apr 2022
[Functional somatic symptoms: Clinical varieties, diagnostic challenges, therapeutic principles].
Functional somatic symptoms are common and multiform. They occur in all genders and age groups, with and without somatic or mental comorbidity. Dysfunctional illness behaviour on the patients' (e. g., excessive attention or anxiety) and also on the caregivers' side (e. g., nocebo messages, redundant investigations or risky treatments) can promote chronification. Empathy, well balanced diagnostics, comprehensible information within individual multifactorial explanatory models, refocussing, activation, and - in more severe forms - additional measures such as psychotherapy are recommended.