The association of adverse reactions and depression in cervical cancer patients treated with radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy: moderated mediation models.

Objective: Several studies reported that adverse reactions to treatment, neuroticism, marital relations, and quality of life may impact the development of depression in cervical cancer patients treated with radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy, but the associations between them remained unclear. This study investigated the associations between these factors using moderated mediation models.

Methods: Data were extracted from a survey involving cervical cancer patients treated with radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy at five tertiary hospitals in Hubei Province, China, from June to December 2022.

The experiences of emergency hospital care among adolescents and young adults with self-harm: A systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative evidence.

Question: The incidence of self-injurious behavior in adolescents and young adults is on the rise. Seeking care in the emergency department after self-injurious behavior is one way they signal for help. The purpose of this systematic evaluation was to synthesize the best available qualitative research evidence on young people's experiences of emergency department visits following self-harm behaviors and their need for emergency medical services.

Negative and positive psychological experience of frontline nurses in combatting COVID-19: A qualitative study.

Aims: To qualitatively explore potential experience among frontline nurses who had been fighting against the COVID-19 infection since the outbreak.

Background: Disasters are often sudden and uncertain. Since the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan city, local frontline nurses had been responsible for treatment of COVID-19 for several months.

Post-traumatic Growth Level and Its Influencing Factors Among Frontline Nurses During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

To assess post-traumatic growth (PTG) level and explore its influence factors among frontline nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic. From April 11th to 12th, 2020, a cross sectional study was conducted on 116 frontline nurses who had participated in fight against the COVID-19 in Wuhan city, China. General information and psychological discomfort were collected.

Mental workload of frontline nurses aiding in the COVID-19 pandemic: A latent profile analysis.

Aims: To investigate the mental workload level of nurses aiding the most affected area during the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and explore the subtypes of nurses regarding their mental workload.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Methods: A sample of 446 frontline nurses participated from March 8 to 19, 2020.

Expert Consensus on Nurses' Human Caring for COVID-19 Patients in Different Sites.

This study aims to develop the expert consensus on nurse's human caring for Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients in different sites, and thus provide a guideline on providing whole process and systematic caring for COVID-19 patients. Based on the frontline experiences of human caring for COVID-19 patients and the review of literature, the initial draft of consensus was made and finalized after online meeting and revisions. The experts reached consensus on the following parts: terms and definitions, principles of human caring for COVID-19 patients, and human caring measures for COVID-19 patients in different sites.

Frontline nurses' burnout, anxiety, depression, and fear statuses and their associated factors during the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, China: A large-scale cross-sectional study.

Background: During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, frontline nurses face enormous mental health challenges. Epidemiological data on the mental health statuses of frontline nurses are still limited. The aim of this study was to examine mental health (burnout, anxiety, depression, and fear) and their associated factors among frontline nurses who were caring for COVID-19 patients in Wuhan, China.

Experiences of front-line nurses combating coronavirus disease-2019 in China: A qualitative analysis.

Objective: To explore the experiences of front-line nurses combating the coronavirus disease-2019 epidemic.

Design And Sample: Fifteen front-line nurses caring for COVID-19 patients were recruited from two hospitals in Wuhan, China from January 26 to February 5, 2020. Data were collected through semi-structured individual interviews and analyzed using standard qualitative methods.

Experiences of clinical first-line nurses treating patients with COVID-19: A qualitative study.

Aim: To explore the work experience of clinical first-line nurses treating patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

Background: COVID-19 has been listed as an international public health emergency. Clinical first-line nurses are at a high risk of infection, and they face a lack of experience and inadequate preparation for COVID-19, leading to physical and psychological disorders.

Effects of comfort care on symptoms, gastric motility, and mental state of patients with functional dyspepsia.

Functional dyspepsia (FD) is a common upper gastrointestinal disorder globally, but the current treatments for FD are still unsatisfactory. This study was aimed at investigating the effects of comfort care on symptoms, gastric motility, and mental state of patients with FD.One hundred consecutive patients with FD treated at the Wuhan Union Hospital (Wuhan, China) between 03/2016 and 02/2018 were randomized to routine nursing and comfort care on the basis of routine nursing (50 patients/group), all for 8 weeks.

Outpatient Experience of Human Caring Scale (OEHC-Scale): Improvement by Delphi Method.

Based on the outpatient interview and literature review, the initial framework of the outpatient experience of human caring scale was formed with 9 dimensions of outpatient process. The research aim was to improve the scale by Delphi method. Sixteen experts in medical management, human caring or medical education were invited to evaluate the importance of the dimensions and items of the scale and provided some expertise via filling out the Delphi consultation questionnaires twice in the consulting round.

Coping styles and social support among depressed Chinese family caregivers of patients with esophageal cancer.

Objectives: To determine the coping styles of family caregivers of patients with esophageal cancer and examine the relationships between depression, coping styles and social support.

Methods: A descriptive and correlational survey was conducted in three university-affiliated oncology and thoraco-cardiac surgery departments in Shiyan, China. A convenience sample of 301 Chinese family caregivers of hospitalized patients with esophageal cancer were asked to respond to a set of four questionnaires including: Socio-demographic questionnaire, Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression, Brief COPE Inventory, and Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support.