Family-oriented care and health-related quality of life for women with gynaecological cancer: A cross-sectional mixed-method study.

Aims: This study aims to describe the experiences of women with gynaecological cancer regarding family-oriented care (FOC) and how they rated their health-related quality of life (HRQoL) using a 15D instrument (15D©).

Design: A cross-sectional mixed-method study.

Methods: The data were collected by electronic surveys of two Finnish cancer associations from gynaecological cancer patients (n = 53).

The Effectiveness of Mind-Body Therapies for Women With Gynecological Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Background: Mind-body therapies (MBTs) have gained popularity among patients with cancer as a supportive therapy. To date, no systematic reviews have assessed the effect of MBTs on the health outcomes in women with gynecological cancer.

Objective: This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to synthesize the effectiveness of MBTs on quality of life, anxiety, depression, cancer-related pain, and fatigue among women with gynecological cancer.

Effect of Pain Education Interventions on Registered Nurses' Pain Management: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Objectives: This review and meta-analysis aims to reveal how pain education interventions affect registered nurses' pain management.

Design: A systematic review and meta-analysis DATA SOURCES: PubMed, Scopus, CINAHL (EBSCOhost), and ERIC REVIEW METHODS: A systematic search of four electronic databases was conducted to identify relevant peer-reviewed English or Finnish-language articles published between 2008 and 2021. The review included a quality appraisal and a meta-analysis of articles providing group-level data before and after the intervention (n = 12).

A participatory arts programme - Shared experience for family caregivers and care recipients.

Aim: This study aimed to describe family caregivers of older people's experiences of participatory art interventions, including music, dance and visual arts.

Design: A descriptive qualitative study.

Methods: Thematic interviews were conducted with 12 family caregivers.

Systematic education has a positive impact on nurses' evidence-based practice: Intervention study results.

Aims: To evaluate how an education program on evidence-based practice (EBP) affected nurses´ knowledge, practices, and attitudes related to EBPs in patient care.

Methods: Nurses of one Finnish university hospital participated in two separate EBP education programs in 2016-2017 and 2018-2019. Data was collected by a questionnaire given before and after each program.

Art intervention among Finnish older people and their caregivers: Experiences of art pedagogies.

The benefits of art therapies on older people's health have been well documented. However, studies into the perspectives of pedagogues on conducting arts interventions are scarce and no empirical evidence of the views of professional pedagogues views have been published to date. In this study, seven professional art pedagogues were interviewed using a thematic interview approach focusing on the pedagogues' experiences of conducting arts interventions with a family caregiver and care recipient dyads.

The simulation method in learning interpersonal communication competence--experiences of masters' degree students of health sciences.

Background: This article describes the experiences of master students of nursing science in learning interpersonal communication competence through the simulation method. The exercises reflected challenging interactive situations in the field of health care. Few studies have been published on using the simulation method in the communication education of teachers, managers, and experts in this field.

Music intervention study in abdominal surgery patients: challenges of an intervention study in clinical practice.

Evidence-based nursing requires carefully designed interventions. This paper discusses methodological issues and explores practical solutions in the use of music intervention in pain management among adults after major abdominal surgery. There is a need to study nursing interventions that develop and test the effects of interventions to advanced clinical nursing knowledge and practice.

The impact of listening to music on analgesic use and length of hospital stay while recovering from laparotomy.

Postoperative pain management is based on the use of analgesics; however, music may alleviate pain either by direct analgesic effects or by relaxing and distracting the mind from pain and unpleasant feelings. Conflicting results have been presented about how listening to music affects analgesic use and length of hospital stay after surgery. We assessed the effect of music listening on analgesic use, length of hospital stay, and adverse effects in adult patients having laparotomy, using a prospective design with two parallel groups.

Music as a nursing intervention: effects of music listening on blood pressure, heart rate, and respiratory rate in abdominal surgery patients.

Contradictory results have been presented on how music listening affects patients' blood pressure, heart rate, and respiratory rate. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of music listening on blood pressure, heart rate, and respiratory rate on operation day, and on the first, second, and third postoperative days in abdominal surgery patients. Using a quasi-experimental pretest-post-test design, 168 abdominal surgery patients were assigned every second week to the music group (n=83) or to the control group (n=85) for 25 months.

Effects of listening to music on pain intensity and pain distress after surgery: an intervention.

Aims: To evaluate the effects of music listening on pain intensity and pain distress on the first and second postoperative days in abdominal surgery patients and the long-term effects of music on the third postoperative day.

Background: Music has been found to relieve pain intensity in surgery patients. There are only a few studies on music intervention in abdominal surgery.