Development and validation of the self-report symptom inventory of immune-related adverse events in patients with lung cancer.

Objective: This study aims to develop and validate the Self-Report Symptom Inventory of immune-related Adverse Events in Patients with Lung Cancer (SRSI-irAEs-LC) to allow for systematic assessment of symptomatic irAEs in patients with lung cancer treated with programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1)/programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs).

Methods: A sequential two-phase mixed-methods study was conducted. In phase I, a draft version of the SRSI-irAEs-LC was constructed through item generation and draft inventory construction.

Social cognition interventions for patients with first-episode psychosis: A scoping review.

This scoping review seeks to identify existing evidence of social cognition interventions for patients with first-episode psychosis. This review followed the five steps of Arksey and O'Malley's scoping review framework. Studies published between October 2002 and June 2023 were examined in the following six databases: PsycArticles, PsycINFO, CINAHL, EMBASE, Medline, and Scopus.

Navigating Uncertainty with Compassion: Healthcare Assistants' Reflections on Balancing COVID-19 and Routine Care through Adversity.

The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic created unprecedented challenges for healthcare systems around the world. Healthcare assistants played a vital role in the provision of frontline patient care during this crisis. Despite their important contribution, there exists limited research that specifically examines the healthcare assistant's experiences and perspectives of care provision during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Quality of life profiles and its association with predictors amongst Chinese older adults in nursing homes: a latent profile analysis.

Background: Recently developments in the field of positive psychology have provided new perspectives for understanding the connection between individual variation in Quality of life (QoL) and positive aspects of human potential, strengths, and resources, commanding increasing attention. This study aimed to examine self-reported quality of life (QoL) profiles and the association of QoL profiles with positive psychosocial characteristics in Chinese older adults.

Methods: A convenient sample of 354 older adults in nursing homes was recruited from Guangdong Province, China, between November 2020 and January 2021.

Navigating changes: A qualitative study exploring the health-related quality of life of breast cancer survivors during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.

Aims: To explore the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of breast cancer survivors.

Design: We utilized a qualitative descriptive approach to facilitate interviews among 25 participants, all of whom are survivors of breast cancer and have received treatment in Hong Kong within the preceding 3 years.

Methods: Content analysis was performed to understand how patients' HRQoL views and experiences changed during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.

Dementia literacy in an ageing world.

Aims: This discursive article aims to capture and explore the most pertinent nursing aspects of dementia literacy (DL).

Background: Older people constitute a rapidly increasing proportion of the global population, experiencing higher risk of developing chronic disease, including dementia. It is important that older adults receive and understand reliable health-related information, as age-related changes may affect the level of health literacy in an older person.

A discursive paper on the importance of health literacy among foreign domestic workers during outbreaks of communicable diseases.

Aim: Using an integrated model of health literacy, we discuss the importance of health literacy among foreign domestic workers in the provision of informal caregiving during outbreaks of communicable diseases. COVID-19 pandemic is used as an example.

Background: Adequate health literacy in the population is known to be important for the prevention of communicable diseases.

Effects of a self-management education program on self-efficacy in patients with COPD: a mixed-methods sequential explanatory designed study.

Background: Self-management education programs (SMEPs) are potentially effective in the symptomatic management of COPD. Little is presently known about the effectiveness of these programs in Chinese COPD patients. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a specifically designed SMEP on levels of self-efficacy in Chinese patients with COPD.

Health value & perceived control over health: behavioural constructs to support Type 2 diabetes self-management in clinical practice.

Aims And Objectives: To explore health value and perceived control over health in relation to self-management behaviours in adults with Type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Background: Helping people to modify health related behaviour in diabetes is complex due to a multitude of factors. Exploring the meaning of the constructs of Modified Social Learning Theory could be beneficial to identifying people at risk of poor diabetes self-management.