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In Mexico, colorectal cancer ranks first in mortality and is considered the third most frequent type of cancer. Colorectal cancer patients face challenges in adjusting to their daily lives and activities as symptoms increase significantly from onset, during, and after treatment. Physical and emotional problems resulting from cancer diagnosis and treatment generate support needs throughout the cancer trajectory, which may be associated with decreased quality of life. Currently in Mexico there are few qualitative studies on the needs of patients with colorectal cancer. A phenomenological analysis helps us study experiences as they occur and how people experience them, and could help us understand patients' reactions, feelings, and experiences to changes in cancer diagnosis and treatment, and thus way to provide specific care to the needs they present. The study aimed to investigate the experiences faced by colorectal cancer patients during the diagnosis and treatment process and to identify the support needs required. Qualitative research was carried out with a phenomenological approach which tries to describe the experience without trying to give causal explanations. From this model, people are considered as active, thinking, and responsible for their actions, it considers that people are naturally good and that they seek to achieve positive goals. This model considers that the person cannot be understood unless he perceives the world through her eyes. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 16 patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer. The interviews lasted 30 to 50 minutes, were audio recorded and transcribed verbatim by a collaborator. The transcripts were analyzed using interpretive phenomenological analysis involving content analysis by categories. The study was approved by the Local Committee for Research and Ethics in Health Research of the Hospital de Alta Especialidad (R-2016-1901-89), which provides tertiary care to patients diagnosed with cancer in which patients receive the cancer treatment of surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy. The results show two main themes that emerged in the analysis: changes and support needs during diagnosis and treatment. The changes experienced by patients during diagnosis and treatment are mainly emotional, such as sadness and fear, for which they used different coping strategies such as thinking about their family and spiritual aspects; social and family as adjustments in their activities of daily living, physical related to surgery, stoma and chemotherapy as treatment received, which were accompanied by psychological discomfort. A restructuring of the cancer process was also noted as a positive experience. Other support needs were the lack of information on psychological and family care and on the effects of diagnosis and treatment. The study has limitations, the design was descriptive and exploratory, so it is recommended to carry out a follow-up that allows reviewing the experiences of the patients over time and during the trajectory of the cancer. It is also important to explore the experiences of family members and professionals to obtain a broader view of the phenomenon of the cancer process in its different actors. However, the study is considered valuable due to the information obtained directly from the patient's experience, showing that the changes they experience are emotional, social, family, coping and physical in relation to surgery, stoma and chemotherapy, as well as, the restructuring of the cancer process. Unsatisfied support needs are also shown, such as the lack of information on psychological and family care and on diagnosis, treatment and its side effects. Psychosocial interventions are suggested according to the specific changes that occur in patients, the unmet support needs and the different moments of the disease. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This article presents an integrated analysis of the quality of life and support needs of adults with intellectual disabilities in Chile. Convenience sampling was used, consisting of 93 participants with intellectual disabilities between 18 and 39 years old. The results showed that people with intellectual disabilities have greater support needs in the dimension of health and safety activities, and lower needs in the dimension of lifelong learning activities. Additionally, it was observed that quality of life indicators are diminished compared to expected values. [Extracted from the article]

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In Quebec, studies on the teacher induction do not enlighten the special situation of those working in the field of special education. Constituting a significant portion of the teaching staff (gouvernement du Québec, 2016) and working with vulnerable and exclusively troubled students, these teachers face relatively different challenges from those of their colleagues working in regular classes. Our goal is to describe and understand the challenges they face and their support needs. An existing database based on a multidimensional approach of teacher induction has been used for secondary analysis. Semi-structured interviews were also realized. The results reveal the diversity of the difficulties encountered and the plural nature of the support needs of beginning teachers in special education some of which are inherent to their particular working contexts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the recent years, the work of different entities to increase the quality of life of people with intellectual disabilities has increased awareness of administrations about the many mental health care needs of this population. This eagerness has fostered since 2005 the establishment of specific centers that assist people with mild intellectual disability or borderline intelligence with associated behavioral and/or mental health disorders. However, there was scarce data on the profile of the assisted people, beyond the generic labels of intellectual disability/borderline intelligence and behavioral disorders. A systematic data collection was conducted, taking into account numerous variables in three dual centers (intellectual disability and severe behavioral disorders), i.e. two day-care centers and one residential center. Altogether, data have been gathered from 122 people, aged 18 to 40, who have had a place in one of these devices from 2006 to 2013. The results offer a global view of the users´ profile as well as their psychopathological characteristics and need of support. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The objective of this study is to apply the Kidslife Scale (Gómez et al., 2016) in children and adolescents with a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder and disability, and to analyze the influence of personal variables such as age, sex, degree of disability and support needs on their quality of life. Materials and methods. A quantitative methodology is used with an intentional sample of 35 participants, belonging to a "special education center". Staff of this center completed the scale. Results. The Kidslife Scale is useful for studying the quality of life in this population, with the personal variables being significant among the dimensions of social inclusion, physical well-being, material well-being, emotional well-being and interpersonal relationships of quality of life. Conclusions. There is a difference in the score between direct care staff such as auxiliaries and professionals such as educators, psychologists, etc. Recommendations. The need for scales that can be self-fulfilling by the participants themselves is suggested. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Active support, despite being used for more than 20 years in other places, it is still an unknown methodology in services that support people with intellectual disabilities and high support needs, in our country. This article aims to make an approach to the philosophy and strategies promulgated by the active support, through a documental review of scientific studies. Results of 24 articles about the life of residents and the direct support professionals' work following the implementation of this methodology in different resources are analyzed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]