Coming out of the Integrative Oncology Comfort Zone: Addressing Healthcare Providers' Wartime‐Related Concerns DOI Creative Commons

Shiyana Eliyas,

Orit Gressel, Eran Ben‐Arye

et al.

Psycho-Oncology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 33(12)

Published: Dec. 1, 2024

ABSTRACT Study objective To assess the impact of a personalized integrative medicine (IM) intervention on healthcare providers (HCPs) expressing war‐related emotional/spiritual and physical concerns. Methods Physicians, nurses, para‐medical other HCPs from 5 hospital departments in northern Israel underwent IM treatments provided by IM‐trained practitioners working oncology (IO) care settings. The two main HCP‐reported concerns were scored (from 0 to 6) before following using Measure Yourself Concerns Wellbeing questionnaire. Post‐intervention narratives examined for keywords (ESKs). Results Of 190 participating HCPs, 121 (63.7%) expressed ESKs post‐treatment (ESK group), with 69 not (nESK group). Both groups had similar demographic professional backgrounds, reported improved measure yourself well‐being (MYCAW) QoL‐related immediately post‐intervention. However, between‐group analysis found significantly greater improvement ESK group first ( p < 0.001) second = 0.01) MYCAW concerns, as well 0.001). Pain‐related similarly both groups, scores continuing 24‐h post‐treatment. Conclusions showed significant intervention. This was more among those reporting their major pain improving groups. Future research needs explore specific non‐specific effects IO outside “comfort zone”, fostering collaboration between mental health address HCP wellbeing resilience during time national crisis.

Language: Английский

Understanding intergroup violence justification: the role of ethnicity and perceived threat in Israeli society DOI Creative Commons
Nir Rozmann

Frontiers in Psychology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 16

Published: Feb. 18, 2025

Research has shown that perceived realistic and symbolic threats are linked with negative attitudes prejudice toward out-group members. Additionally, levels of group threat regarding out-groups can affect intergroup violence justification. Based on the Integrated Threat Theory (ITT), current study aimed to expand existing knowledge by examining a conceptual model in which mediates relationship between ethnicity justification among Jews Arabs Israel. The involved 324 Israeli-Jewish 325 Israeli-Arabs, who answered questions Findings revealed (a) were more likely justify than Arabs, (b) ethnic affiliation only Jews. These results underscore importance understanding conflicts field criminology.

Language: Английский

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Crisis, Displacement, and Resilience: The Impact of the October 7th War on Recipients of Community Mental Health Rehabilitation in Israel DOI
Itamar Grotto,

Mindy Greenstein,

Hedva Shavitt

et al.

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Assessing a Training Program for Integrative Medicine Practitioners in the Treatment of Acute Stress Disorder DOI Creative Commons
Eran Ben‐Arye, Dori Rubinstein,

Gali Stoffman

et al.

Psycho-Oncology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 33(11)

Published: Nov. 1, 2024

The study examined a training program for integrative medicine (IM) providers, teaching clinical skills treating acute stress disorder (ASD).

Language: Английский

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Psychosocial Challenges of Ukrainian Healthcare Professionals in Wartime: Addressing the Need for Management Support DOI Creative Commons
Anastasiia Yuriivna Sydorenko, Lennart Kiel, Helle Spindler

et al.

Social Science & Medicine, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 364, P. 117504 - 117504

Published: Nov. 14, 2024

The Russian-Ukrainian war has placed healthcare professionals (HPs) in Ukraine a position of heightened responsibility and vulnerability. This study aimed to evaluate HPs' perceptions the war's impact on their work, expectations regarding management recognition situation, assess levels psychological safety incidents bullying within teams.

Language: Английский

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Resilience, psychosomatic health, and support needs of Ukrainian healthcare professionals in wartime: A cross-sectional study DOI Creative Commons
Anastasiia Yuriivna Sydorenko, Lennart Kiel, Helle Spindler

et al.

Journal of Psychosomatic Research, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 188, P. 111995 - 111995

Published: Nov. 20, 2024

Language: Английский

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Coming out of the Integrative Oncology Comfort Zone: Addressing Healthcare Providers' Wartime‐Related Concerns DOI Creative Commons

Shiyana Eliyas,

Orit Gressel, Eran Ben‐Arye

et al.

Psycho-Oncology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 33(12)

Published: Dec. 1, 2024

ABSTRACT Study objective To assess the impact of a personalized integrative medicine (IM) intervention on healthcare providers (HCPs) expressing war‐related emotional/spiritual and physical concerns. Methods Physicians, nurses, para‐medical other HCPs from 5 hospital departments in northern Israel underwent IM treatments provided by IM‐trained practitioners working oncology (IO) care settings. The two main HCP‐reported concerns were scored (from 0 to 6) before following using Measure Yourself Concerns Wellbeing questionnaire. Post‐intervention narratives examined for keywords (ESKs). Results Of 190 participating HCPs, 121 (63.7%) expressed ESKs post‐treatment (ESK group), with 69 not (nESK group). Both groups had similar demographic professional backgrounds, reported improved measure yourself well‐being (MYCAW) QoL‐related immediately post‐intervention. However, between‐group analysis found significantly greater improvement ESK group first ( p < 0.001) second = 0.01) MYCAW concerns, as well 0.001). Pain‐related similarly both groups, scores continuing 24‐h post‐treatment. Conclusions showed significant intervention. This was more among those reporting their major pain improving groups. Future research needs explore specific non‐specific effects IO outside “comfort zone”, fostering collaboration between mental health address HCP wellbeing resilience during time national crisis.

Language: Английский

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