Publications by authors named "Jiling Qu"

Introduction: In previous studies on thyroid hormones and frailty, most of the target population were elderly, and there were relatively few studies on elderly patients with coronary heart disease (CHD). Inflammation, oxidative stress, and haemodynamic instability in cardiovascular disease (CVD) can influence fluctuations in thyroid hormone (TH) levels and increase the incidence of frailty. The purpose of the present study was to explore the effect of TH on the risk of frailty in elderly patients with CHD.

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Aims: To investigate the association between professionalism and social media competence among Chinese mainland nursing undergraduates.

Design: This study employed a cross-sectional descriptive correlation design.

Participants: From June to July 2021, 797 nursing students from four nursing colleges in Jiangsu Province, China, were chosen using stratified cluster sampling.

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Background: Statistics indicate that the morbidity of breast cancer is increasing globally, and its (overall figures) incidence has now surpassed that of lung cancer for the first time. The relation between a whole dietary pattern, rather than of a single food or nutrient, and breast cancer (BC) should be examined for findings to capture the complexities of diet and the potential for synergism between dietary components. Hence, the effects of dietary patterns on breast cancer have recently attracted increasing attention.

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Nurses often face a variety of work-related and life-related stresses that make them more prone to symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), yet the underlying mechanism of this association is poorly understood. To address this research gap, we investigated the mediating role of maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies in the relationship between perceived stress and PTSD symptoms, and explored whether psychological capital could moderate the direct or indirect effects between perceived stress and PTSD symptoms. Nurses ( = 723) completed a questionnaire about perceived stress, PTSD symptoms, maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies and psychological capital.

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Background: With the popularization of the Internet, it has become possible to widely disseminate health information social media. Medical staff's health communication through social media can improve the public's health literacy, and improving the intention of health communication among nursing undergraduates is of great significance for them to actively carry out health communication after entering clinical practice.

Objective: To explore the relationship among eHealth literacy, social media self-efficacy, and health communication intention and to determine the mediating role of social media self-efficacy in the relationship between eHealth literacy and health communication intention.

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Background: A great proportion of college students experience various sleep problems, which damage their health and study performance. College students' sleep problems, which are caused by several factors, have been easily ignored before. In the past decade, more research has been published to expand our understanding of undergraduates' sleep.

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Background: Patients with chronic heart failure and their family caregivers may experience adverse emotional problems, such as depression. Mutuality, which refers to the relationship between caregivers and those they care for, is an important factor affecting depression in the dyads. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between mutuality and depression in patients with CHF and their caregivers in China.

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Nurses often face a variety of nursing-related stresses, making them more prone to symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). We aimed to explore symptom characteristics, influencing factors, and their predictive value for PTSD in nurses, so as to prevent the occurrence of PTSD in nurses. This was a cross-sectional study conducted in two tertiary hospitals in Yangzhou.

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Patients with dementia experience a variety of neuropsychiatric symptoms and behavioral disturbances. The Montessori method is a type of non-pharmacological intervention to care for people with dementia. However, there are few bibliometric studies on the application of Montessori methods.

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Coronary heart disease (CHD) is a common chronic disease in the elderly. Frailty can accelerate the development of CHD and lead to adverse health outcomes. Risk prediction and decision-making for frailty are crucial.

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Mastering medication literacy may be related to medication safety, and the identification of frailty is very important for the prognosis of coronary heart disease (CHD). Few studies have examined the relationship between medication literacy and frailty in patients with CHD. The aim of this study was to investigate the state of medication literacy and frailty in patients with CHD and to explore the relationship between medication literacy and frailty.

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Aim: To explore the relationships among innovative atmosphere, innovative behavior, professional self-efficacy, professional identity, and professionalism of undergraduate nursing students in China.

Background: In lieu of the global shortage of nurses and low professional willingness of nursing students, innovative qualities are closely related to the professionalism of nurses.

Methods: The participants of this cross-sectional study consisted of 320 nursing students recruited from the Nursing College of a comprehensive university in Jiangsu Province, China who voluntarily completed an anonymous questionnaire from May to October 2019.

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