This research consists of 35 people (91.4% were female) with a mean age 51.00 years diagnosed with chronic pain and its purpose is to characterize the participants socio-demographic and clinically, to evaluate throughout an exploratory analysis, the family function concerning their adaptability and cohesion, considering the Circumplex Model and, finally, to identify what factors cause a higher level of adaptability, family cohesion and a more functional family. To this end, the "Questionnaire Socio-demographic and Clinical" and the "Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scale (FACES II)” have been applied (Cronbach Alph= .80). Concerning the exploratory analysis, it was concluded that most of the sample present a rigid family adaptability (extremely low adaptability), a dismembered family cohesion (cohesion extremely low), which causes an extreme type of family, reflecting into a weak family functionality. It was also verify, by Mann Witney Test and Kruskal-Wallis Test, that the patients who characterized the pain as a bodily sensation of cutting present a higher family adaptability (x2=-2.099; p=.038), people with a high level of education have higher family cohesion (x2=9.479; p=.009) and, finally, people with a marital relationship didn’t modify due to the presence of chronic pain of the spouses present higher family adaptability (x2=8.37; p=.039) and a more functional type of family (x2=8.009; p=.046).
Date of Award | 27 Apr 2011 |
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Original language | Portuguese |
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Awarding Institution | - Universidade Católica Portuguesa
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Supervisor | Eleonora C. V. Costa (Supervisor) |
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- Chronic pain
- Family adaptability
- Family cohesion
Dor crónica: adaptabilidade e coesão familiar
Fernandes, D. M. A. (Student). 27 Apr 2011
Student thesis: Master's Thesis