Effectiveness of Dyadic Psychoeducational Intervention on Cancer Patients and Their Caregivers: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Background: Dyadic psychoeducational intervention targets the dyads of cancer patients and caregivers as active participants in partnership, which can potentially address the needs and challenges faced by patients with cancer and their caregivers. However, there is insufficient evidence on the effectiveness of the intervention on psychological health and illness-related outcomes among the dyads.

Objective: To systematically examine the dyadic psychoeducational intervention of cancer patients and their caregivers on psychological health and illness-related outcomes.

Impaired Skeletal Muscle in Patients with Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Compared with Non-COPD Patients.

Purpose: This study was designed to investigate the differences in skeletal-muscle atrophy between patients with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and healthy controls; associated factors were also considered. The study comprised selected residents of communities near the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University in Suzhou City, East China.

Patients And Methods: Included in this study were 123 COPD patients and 60 controls.

Association Between Anthropometric Indices and Skeletal-Muscle Atrophy in Chinese Patients with Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Purpose: Anthropometric indices are simple indicators of patient nutritional status. However, the association between these indices and skeletal-muscle atrophy in patients with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has not been fully investigated. In this study, we evaluated this association.

Factors Influencing Compliance with Auricular Acupressure Therapy in Patients with Cancer-Related Fatigue.

Background: Patient compliance can influence the effect of auricular acupressure used to manage cancer-related fatigue (CRF).

Objective: To explore the barriers and facilitators affecting patients' compliance with treatment.

Methods: The maximum difference sampling method was used to conduct qualitative interviews with 11 CRF patients undergoing auricular acupressure therapy.

Factors associated with appendicular skeletal muscle mass among male Chinese patients with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A hospital-based cross-sectional study.

Limbs muscle wasting is a common disorder in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that limits daily activities and exercise intolerance, especially in males. The present study aimed to estimate the prevalence of appendicular skeletal muscle mass (ASM) in male patients with stable COPD. In addition, factors associated with parameters of ASM were also investigated.

Effects of home-based lower limb resistance training on muscle strength and functional status in stable Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients.

Aims And Objectives: This study aimed to determine the effect of home-based lower limb resistance training (LLRT) in patients with stable COPD.

Background: Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) in COPD patients has been substantially investigated, but the rehabilitation components differ among studies. Few works have focused on home-based LLRT.

Pulmonary tuberculosis with false-positive F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography mimicking recurrent lung cancer: A case report.

Recurrent lung cancer is a common clinical condition. F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) is currently the predominant non-invasive imaging technique used for the detection of tumor recurrence. In the present study, the case of a 67-year-old male suspected to have postoperative recurrence of primary lung cancer was examined.

Sudden and rapid progression of lung affectation but stability in kidney function: a case report of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis.

We report the case of a patient with anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) who exhibited sudden progression of lung infiltration while maintaining stable kidney function. The 69-year-old man was diagnosed with AAV and renal insufficiency 4 years ago. Pulmonic affectation was detected in the right lower lobe of lung by a computed tomography (CT) scan.