Publications by authors named "Kaina Zhou"
Rationale, Aims And Objectives: Psychometrics of the Chinese Life Attitude Self-rating Questionnaire for Breast Cancer (LASQ-BC) has not yet been conducted in a larger sample of women with breast cancer. This study aimed to examine the reliability, validity, and sensitivity of the LASQ-BC in Chinese mainland female breast cancer patients.
Method: This is a cross-sectional study.
Objectives: Women with breast cancer have different needs that are various in perceived importance and satisfaction. This study aimed to examine the relationship among perceived needs satisfaction, perceived needs importance with health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in women with breast cancer and determine the intermediary role of perceived needs importance in the relationship between perceived needs satisfaction and HRQoL.
Design: Cross-sectional design.
Background: Breast cancer may impair health-related quality of life (HRQoL). We examined the mediating roles of perceived social support (PSS) and coping style (CS) in the relationship between resilience and HRQoL in newly diagnosed breast cancer patients.
Methods: Following a cross-sectional design, 431 patients completed a survey at two hospitals in Shaanxi Province, China.
Background: Breast cancer survivors experience altered body image and quality of life (QoL) due to the disease and its treatment. The multidimensional nature of body image and QoL makes their relationships complex. This study aimed to examine the associations between the two concepts in Chinese breast cancer survivors and test whether these associations are moderated by rural-urban residence.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Although many psychological factors have been associated with health-related quality of life (HRQoL), the mediator role of resilience between psychological predictors (i.e., coping styles and perceived social support) and HRQoL has rarely been explored in breast cancer survivors (BCSs).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: In many low resource settings, the provision of government mental health care services is limited to specialized psychiatry units in urban hospital care facilities, where the most common treatment for common mental disorders (CMDs) is pharmacotherapy, occasionally with adjunct nonspecific psychological support. We aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of adding a low intensity, psychological intervention, Problem Management Plus (PM+) for CMDs into routine care in a specialized mental health care facility in Pakistan.
Methods: A two arm, single-blind individual randomized controlled trial (RCT) was carried out with adults (N = 192), referred for psychological support by psychiatrists.
Background: Although body image (BI) disturbance is a common problem that often contributes to poor health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among women with breast cancer following surgery, the mediating role of BI (as a self-perceptive factor) in the relationship between needs and HRQoL after controlling for socio-demographic factors remains unclear. The purpose of this study was to identify the mediating role of BI between post-surgery needs and HRQoL after controlling for socio-demographic factors among women with breast cancer.
Methods: In this cross-sectional study, the primary outcome was HRQoL (as measured with the 36-item Short-Form Health Survey version 2 [SF-36v2] and Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Breast version 4.
Background: Primary treatments for early-stage breast cancer can cause adverse effects, such as pain, fatigue, and sleep disturbance, that can markedly affect the patients' health-related quality of life.
Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the benefits of a WeChat-based multimodal nursing program on early rehabilitation in postoperative women with breast cancer.
Design: Clinical randomized controlled trial.
Purpose: Psychological resilience is an important ability for women with breast cancer to cope effectively with depression and anxiety. However, the demands of long-term hospital-based psychological rehabilitation interventions are not met in mainland China, where shorter hospital stays and longer home rehabilitation are common. This study examines whether a cyclic adjustment training (CAT) intervention delivered via a mobile device can improve psychological resilience, and reduce depression and anxiety symptoms, in a population of post-surgical women with breast cancer.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The aim of this study was to examine the effects of progressive upper limb exercises and muscle relaxation training (PULE-MRT) on upper limb function and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) following surgery in Chinese mainland women with breast cancer (BC).
Methods: Overall, 102 patients following surgery (i.e.
Rationale, Aims, And Objectives: A needs assessment tool considering the cultural background of mainland China has not been reported. This study developed a Needs Self-rating Questionnaire for Breast Cancer (NSQ-BC) based on Maslow's hierarchy of needs for mainland Chinese patients.
Methods: The Delphi technique and pilot cross-sectional surveys (two rounds) were performed for item selection.
Rationale, Aims, And Objectives: The psychometrics of the Short-Form 36 Health Survey version 2 (SF-36v2) in female breast cancer patients remains unknown. This study aimed to test the reliability, validity, and sensitivity of the Chinese SF-36v2 in women with breast cancer.
Methods: The sample included 326 eligible participants.
Background: Body image is a complex post-treatment concern among female patients with breast cancer, and various tools have been developed and applied to measure this multifaceted issue. However, these available tools were developed in other countries and only a few have been modified into Chinese versions. Furthermore, body-image evaluation instruments that are specific to Chinese mainland female patients with breast cancer have not been devised yet.
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- Social support, both received and perceived, plays a crucial role in health-related quality of life (HRQoL) for patients undergoing methadone maintenance treatment (MMT), though this relationship has been under-researched.
- A study conducted at MMT clinics in Xi'an used various assessments, such as the SF-36v2 and QOL-DAv2.0, to demonstrate that patients with stronger social support reported higher HRQoL scores.
- Key factors influencing HRQoL included good family relationships, regular communication, accessible services, reasonable treatment costs, and strong perceived social support, highlighting the need for these aspects in patient care strategies.
This study aimed to explore the bidirectional relationships between retention and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients from mainland China receiving methadone maintenance treatment (MMT). This prospective cohort study recruited 1,212 eligible MMT patients from the two largest MMT clinics (one privately and another publicly funded) in Xi'an. This study started in March 2012 with a 2-year follow-up until March 2014.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAfter validation of the widely used health-related quality of life (HRQOL) generic measure, the Short Form 36 version 2 (SF-36v2), we investigated the HRQOL and associated factors of frontline railway workers in China. Ground workers, conductors, and train drivers were selected from Ankang Precinct by using a stratified cluster sampling technique. A total of 784 frontline railway workers participated in the survey.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To identify medication adherence and its influencing factors among patients of 14 methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) clinics in Xi'an, China.
Methods: Data were obtained from the National AIDS Information System-Community Methadone Maintenance Treatment. All patients registered in the system were not permitted to take methadone at home without professionals' supervision.
Background: Breast cancer and its treatment-related adverse effects are harmful to physical, psychological, and social functioning, leading to health-related quality of life (HRQoL) impairment in patients. Many programs have been used with this population for HRQoL improvement; however, few studies have considered the physical, psychological, and social health domains comprehensively, and few have constructed multimodal standard nursing interventions based on specific theories. The purpose of this trial is to examine the effect of a health belief model (HBM)-based multimodal standard nursing program (MSNP) on HRQoL in female patients with breast cancer.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe study purpose was to explore relationships between perceived social support and retention in mainland Chinese patients receiving methadone maintenance treatment (MMT). Data collection included baseline information, perceived social support, and retention. A total of 1212 patients completed the cross-sectional survey; 809 (66.
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- The Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) is used to evaluate social support from family, friends, and significant others, but its reliability and validity among Chinese MMT (Methadone Maintenance Treatment) patients was not previously established.
- In a study involving 1,212 patients from two large MMT clinics in Xi'an, the MSPSS demonstrated strong reliability with a Cronbach's α of 0.92 and good convergent and discriminant validity through statistical analysis.
- The results suggest that while the MSPSS is a valid tool for this population, the original three-factor model is more fitting than a two-factor model, providing valuable insights into the psychometric properties of perceived social support in M
This study examined the mediator effect of sleep hygiene practices (SHP) on relationships between sleep quality and other sleep-related factors in Chinese mainland university students using structural equation modeling analysis. Of the 413 students, 41.4% had poor sleep quality.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To examine effects of music therapy and progressive muscle relaxation training on depression, anxiety and length of hospital stay in Chinese female breast cancer patients after radical mastectomy.
Methods: A total of 170 patients were randomly allocated to the intervention group (n = 85) receiving music therapy and progressive muscle relaxation training plus routine nursing care and the control group (n = 85) receiving routine nursing care. Music therapy and progressive muscle relaxation training were performed twice a day within 48 h after radical mastectomy, once in the early morning (6a.
Objective: Few studies have evaluated health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) in mainland China. We aimed at characterizing the impact of CHB on HRQoL in mainland Chinese and finding out factors associated with HRQoL.
Methods: 460 CHB patients (323 with CHB only, 54 with compensated cirrhosis and 83 with decompensated cirrhosis) and 460 pair-matched healthy controls were recruited in Xi'an city.
Objective: To test psychometrics of the Short Form 36 Health Survey version 2 (SF-36v2) and the Quality of Life Scale for Drug Addicts (QOL-DAv2.0) in Chinese mainland patients with methadone maintenance treatment (MMT).
Methods: A total of 1,212 patients were recruited from two MMT clinics in Xi'an, China.