Achieving consensus on the key elements of a nurse-led multidisciplinary chronic heart failure service in Thailand: An e-Delphi study.

Aims: To describe the outcomes of an e(electronic)-Delphi survey used to achieve consensus on the essential elements that should be included in a multidisciplinary, nurse-led service for patients with chronic heart failure (CHF).

Design: The study design was based on a three-round e-Delphi survey.

Methods: A series of three survey rounds were used to gather expert opinions and achieve consensus on the key elements that should be included in a CHF disease management program from a sample of healthcare professionals and organizational leaders with expertise in existing CHF services.

Illness perceptions of people living with chronic heart failure and limited community disease management.

Aim: To explore the cognitive representations and emotional responses to living with chronic heart failure of people receiving limited community disease management.

Background: Individuals living with heart failure face self-care and emotional challenges due to the overwhelming nature of adapting to lifestyle changes, particularly in subtropical areas.

Design: Qualitative descriptive.

Narrative synthesis of the effectiveness and characteristics of heart failure disease self-management support programmes.

A deeper understanding of the key elements that should be included in heart failure (HF) disease self-management support (DSMS) programmes is crucial to enhance programme effectiveness and applicability to diverse settings. We investigated the characteristics and effectiveness of DSMS programmes designed to improve survival and decrease acute care readmissions for people with HF and determine the generalizability and applicability of the evidence to low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). A narrative meta-synthesis approach was used, and systematic reviews of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of DSMS programmes were included.

"I am afraid that others will feel scared and disgusted with me. So, I will keep it a secret until I die": A qualitative study among patients with tuberculosis receiving DOTS regimen in Thailand.

Background: Tuberculosis (TB) has become a significant public health problem leading to a top ten morality. Directly Observed Therapy, Short-course (DOTS) is recommended as a critical element for curing and preventing TB. However, patients who have been living with TB often receive barriers and challenges, which may lead them to discontinue the DOTS treatment.

Healthcare Workers' Burdens During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Systematic Review.

Background: The global healthcare system is continuing to confront major challenges during the current COVID-19 pandemic, with the second wave the deadliest one to date. This study aimed to identify and explore the challenges and burdens of frontline healthcare workers during the current pandemic, and to help prepare workforce support plans for them now and in the future.

Methods: A qualitative systematic review method involving thematic synthesis without meta-analysis was used to analyze relevant studies from five databases from November 2020 to February 2021: MEDLINE via PubMed, CINAHL Complete, Embase through Ovid, Scopus, and Web of Science.

Early Enteral Nutrition Met Calories Goals Led by Nurse on Improve Clinical Outcome: A Systematic Scoping Review.

Background: Critically ill patients face challenges in hypercatabolism due to crisis states, as it may lead to malnutrition. An early Enteral Nutrition (EN) within 24-48 h is recommended to use in order to improve clinical outcomes. This systematic scoping review is examined recently with the evidence of the early EN protocol led by nurses to drive and achieve the daily calorie target and improve clinical outcomes.

Assessment of the Health-Promoting Behaviors of Hospitalized Patients with Non-Communicable Diseases During the Second Wave of COVID-19.

Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has affected the health-related behaviors of patients with non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Thus, the factors predicting the health-promoting behaviors (HPBs) of hospitalized patients with NCDs during the second wave of COVID-19 should be examined.

Objective: The aims of this study were to determine the relationships among the patients' characteristics, perceived self-efficacy, social support, perception of the benefits of and barriers, and HPBs, and to determine the predictive factors of HPBs among hospitalized patients with NCDs during the second wave of COVID-19.

Optimal Nutritional Factors Influencing the Duration of Mechanical Ventilation Among Adult Patients with Critical Illnesses in an Intensive Care Unit.

Objective: This study aims to identify the impact of nutritional factors on mechanical ventilation duration for critical patients.

Patients And Methods: The current study was a single-center, prospective observational design which enrolled one-hundred critically ill patients who were admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU). It demonstrates purposive sampling and also performs the descriptive nutritional factors influencing the mechanical ventilation duration.

Predictors of Health Behaviors Among Undergraduate Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Predictive Study.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the health behaviors of university students. Thus, factors influencing students' health behaviors during the COVID-19 outbreak should be examined.

Purpose: To our knowledge, little is known about stress, adversity quotient, and health behaviors of university students in Thailand.

Effect of a Clinical Nursing Practice Guideline of Enteral Nutrition Care on the Duration of Mechanical Ventilator for Critically Ill Patients.

Purpose: Early enteral nutrition (EN) can improve clinical outcomes in critically ill patients. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of this clinical nursing practice guideline (CNPG) of EN care on the duration of mechanical ventilator in critically ill patients to investigate whether it was able to improve clinical outcomes.

Methods: This study compares a pretest-posttest design for the two groups, which was done before and after to determine the effects of a CNPG of EN care on the duration of a mechanical ventilator in critically ill patients.