Adolescents with moyamoya disease can experience unexpected transient ischemic attacks, significantly impacting their daily lives. This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of the Moyamoya Healthy Youth application for adolescents with moyamoya disease. The research employed a parallel, two-group randomized controlled trial with a repeated measures design.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Disease-specific interventions for management and health behavior implementation are needed to improve the health and quality of life of adolescents with moyamoya disease.
Objective: This study aimed to develop a program for adolescents with moyamoya disease based on the salutogenesis theory, which focuses on the process of enhancing health through successful adaptation to external stressors, and to evaluate its effectiveness.
Methods: A randomized controlled trial was performed according to the CONSORT guidelines.
Understanding the factors influencing infection management behavior related to Emerging Respiratory Infectious Diseases (ERIDs) among nursing students is important because nursing students play a vital role in preventing the spread of ERIDs. This study aimed to determine factors influencing infection management behavior related to ERIDs among nursing students in Korea. In this cross-sectional survey study, data were collected from May 3 to June 30, 2022, using a questionnaire.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: To propose educational strategies to prevent delirium in older adults.
Design: Integrative review.
Methods: This review followed the methodology of Whittemore and Knafl (J Adv Nurs 52(5):546-553, 2005.
The contribution of caregivers to self-care for chronically ill patients is important for improving patient outcomes. The Caregiver Contribution to Self-Care Chronic Illness Inventory (CC-SC-CII) has been used to assess caregivers' contributions to three distinct aspects of self-care (maintenance, monitoring, and management) globally. This study aimed to examine the psychometrics of the Korean version of the CC-SC-CII with 230 family caregivers (mean age = 49.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe mediating role of fatigue in the relationship between the quality of sleep and quality of life of shift-working nurses has been predicted in previous studies. Interventions that focus on improving the quality of life of a nurse, who works 24 h shifts in close proximity to patients, should take the mediating role of fatigue into account. This study investigates the mediation of fatigue in the relationship between sleep quality and quality of life for shift-working nurses.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMoyamoya disease is a cerebrovascular disorder and a significant chronic health concern requiring regular monitoring to control the disease and its related complications. We examined a hypothetical model by integrating the concepts of a structural health-related quality-of-life model based on the salutogenesis theory, and to identify how social support, sense of coherence, and stress contribute to health behaviors, subjective health status, and quality of life in adolescents with moyamoya disease among 239 adolescents in Korea. A structural equation model was used to analyze the data.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: For cancer survivors, self-care is an important factor that can improve health and quality of life. Cultures known to inform human behavior can influence self-care, such as prioritizing various self-care practices or utilizing other resources. The impact of culture on cancer survivors' self-care has not been adequately investigated to date.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To identify the risk and protective factors affecting a salutogenic sense of health in adolescents with Moyamoya disease based on Antonovsky's salutogenesis theory.
Methods: This study used a qualitative descriptive design. We interviewed adolescents diagnosed with Moyamoya disease and their parents and experts with experience in treating them from 4 July 2019 to 10 October 2019.
JMIR Mhealth Uhealth
January 2022
Background: Self-care is essential for people with Parkinson disease (PD) to minimize their disability and adapt to alterations in physical abilities due to this progressive neurodegenerative disorder. With rapid developments in mobile technology, many health-related mobile apps for PD have been developed and used. However, research on mobile app-based self-care in PD is insufficient.
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April 2021
Clinical practitioners treating moyamoya disease recognize the need for a systematic approach to better manage the disease in adolescent patients with the disease. : This study aimed to develop and evaluate the validity and reliability of a disease scale which measures the health-related behaviors of adolescents with moyamoya disease. : The final 12-item Moyamoya-HB Scale for adolescents was categorized by three sub-domains: implementation of treatment for moyamoya disease (four items); health promoting behavior for moyamoya disease (four items); and health coping behavior for moyamoya disease (four items).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAims: The purpose of this study is to explore the symptoms experienced by adolescents with moyamoya disease and to identify the characteristics of each symptom cluster associated with moyamoya disease.
Design: A retrospective and descriptive design, which is a secondary data analysis study based on electronic medical record data from hospitals.
Methods: To assess the symptoms associated with moyamoya disease, a qualitative study was conducted on 12 adolescents, 12 caregivers and 12 experts on moyamoya disease.
Background: Moyamoya disease (MMD) is a known progressive obstructive cerebrovascular disorder. Monitoring and managing mood and stress are critical for patients with MMD, as they affect clinical outcomes. The ecological momentary assessment (EMA) method is a longitudinal study design by which multiple variable assessments can be performed over time to detect momentary fluctuations and changes in psychological dimensions such as mood and stress over time.
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September 2020
Moyamoya disease in adults is a chronic, progressive disorder characterized by fine collateral vessel networks in the brain. The disorder can lead to negative mood and stress, which, left unresolved, may increase adverse health outcomes. We conducted a cross-sectional survey to examine stress and mood of adults with moyamoya disease.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFProblem: Human emotions come from relationships with others, and emotional states can be transferred to others through emotional transfer, leading people to experience identical emotions unconsciously. Emotional transference is not a new concept; however, no concept analysis has been performed on emotional transference from parents to children.
Eligibility Criteria: A literature search was conducted of terms related to 'emotional transference', (e.
Background: Cranial surgical site infection is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in hospitals. Preoperative hair shaving for cranial neurosurgical procedures is performed traditionally in an attempt to protect patients against complications from infections at cranial surgical sites. However, preoperative shaving of surgical incision sites using traditional surgical blades without properly washing the head after surgery can cause infections at surgical sites.
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