Perception, knowledge, and factors influencing Saudi nursing students toward practicing testicular self-examination: A cross-sectional study.

Background: Testicular cancer poses a substantial health burden globally, and early detection through testicular self-examination (TSE) is vital for improving prognosis. The study aims to assess the perception, awareness, knowledge, and factors associated with TSE among Saudi nursing students.

Materials And Methods: A structured questionnaire was distributed to 418 participants.

Assessing the impact of a respiratory care bundle on health status and quality of life of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients in Jordan: A quasi-experimental study.

Background: This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a respiratory care bundle, including deep breathing exercises, incentive spirometry, and airway clearance techniques, on the quality of life (QoL) of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients in Jordan.

Materials And Methods: A quasi-experimental study design and convenience sampling method was used to recruit 120 COPD patients, with 54 in the intervention group and 66 in the control group. The intervention group received additional respiratory care bundle training, while the control group received only discharge instructions and an education program.

Addressing the effectiveness of health literacy programs within the Gulf Corporation Council: an integrative review.

Health literacy is an increasingly required need to help individuals, families and communities manage their health and health conditions. It is linked with better self-adherence to treatments, use of resources, access to care and overall reduced costs in healthcare. In the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), which comprises Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, various health literacy programs are implemented across states to address people's unique and complex healthcare needs.

Factors influencing self-care management in adult hemodialysis patients: An integrative review.

End-stage renal disease (ESRD) poses a significant health challenge, with hemodialysis (HD) being the most prevalent therapy. Patients undergoing HD must comply with a strict therapeutic regimen, including dietary control, fluid restriction, and medication adherence. Successful disease management and improved outcomes rely on patients' involvement and participation in their care.

Fear and stress related to COVID-19 and associated factors among undergraduate nursing students in Qatar.

Background: The emergence of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has had an impact on nearly every human being with millions of related infections and deaths. The negative impact of the pandemic on individuals' mental health such as fear and stress, particularly among university students, have been reported. While the switch to online teaching and learning played an important mitigating role, it also had presented additional challenges to students' mental health.

Job satisfaction among expatriate nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study.

Aim: To investigate the association between job resources, job satisfaction, and moderating effect of COVID-19 anxiety and practice setting among expatriate acute care nurses in Qatar.

Background: Expatriate nurses are more vulnerable to reduced job satisfaction. Increased COVID-19 anxiety and reduced perceived job resources among acute care nurses impact their job satisfaction more than that of general ward nurses.

Psychometric evaluation of the acute care nurses' job satisfaction scale-revised.

Aim: The aim of this study was to validate a job satisfaction scale among acute care nurses in the context of Qatar.

Design: Cross-sectional correlational survey.

Methods: A convenience sampling technique was used to recruit 295 acute care nurses between June 2021-September 2021.

Arabic translation, cultural adaptation, and pilot-testing of multimorbidity self-management self-efficacy scales.

Objective: This study aimed to translate to Arabic language and culturally adapt the Self-Efficacy for Managing Chronic Diseases Scale (SEMCD) and The Perceived Medical Condition Self-Management Scale (PMCSMS).

Design: The translation of the two scales was conducted according to the framework by Beaton et al. Then, these scales were tested in a cross-sectional correlational study with 85 Arabic-speaking participants with multimorbidities in Qatar.

The association between hope and quality of life in haemodialysis patients.

Background: Hope is important for patients with end-stage renal disease receiving haemodialysis (HD) and hope is associated with quality of life (QoL). Studies examining hope among the HD population are limited and, as far as the authors know, have not been undertaken in Jordan.

Aims: To examine levels of hope and QoL and to examine the association between hope and QoL in HD patients in Jordan.

A Novel Non-Invasive Assessment of Cardiac Hemodynamics in Patients With Heart Failure and Atrial Fibrillation.

Background: Heart failure (HF) and atrial fibrillation (AF) often coexist. The hemodynamic alterations induced by AF in patients with HF are well studied; however we lack reliable and non-invasive means to study these hemodynamic alterations in ambulatory patients. We sought to evaluate the clinical utility of impedance cardiography (ICG) as a novel and non-invasive tool to evaluate cardiac hemodynamics in ambulatory patients with HF and AF.

Arterial Stiffness Is Associated With QTc Interval Prolongation in Patients With Heart Failure.

Background: A prolonged corrected QT (QTc) interval is a known risk factor for adverse cardiac events. Understanding the determinants and physiologic correlates of QTc is necessary for selecting proper strategies to reduce the risk of adverse events in high-risk patients. We sought to evaluate the role of arterial stiffness in heart failure as a determinant of QTc prolongation.

Impedance Cardiography-Guided Treatment of Hypertension: A Review of the Literature.

Background: Hypertension occurs when regulatory mechanisms fail, resulting in increased cardiac output (CO) and/or increased systemic vascular resistance (SVR). Impedance cardiography (ICG) is a non-invasive technology that measures CO and SVR.

Objective: To assess the literature related to the use of ICG in guiding the selection of anti-hypertensive medications in individuals with hypertension.

Patient-surrogate agreement of predictors of decision delay among patients with acute myocardial infarction: a questionnaire survey.

Background: Studies that assessed predictors of patient delay to seek healthcare for acute myocardial infarction lack generalization to all patient population as it investigated patients who survived coronary events.

Objectives: To evaluate utility of using surrogates to proxy patients who cannot be interviewed and to examine patients-surrogate agreement.

Design: A cross-sectional descriptive survey study.

Predictors of decision delay to seeking health care among Jordanians with acute myocardial infarction.

Purpose: To identify predictors of decision delay time for health care seeking among Jordanians with acute myocardial infarction (AMI).

Design: The study was a cross-sectional descriptive survey. A convenience sample of Jordanians with AMI were interviewed at the coronary care units of two teaching hospitals in Jordan.

Predictors of pre-hospital delay among patients with acute myocardial infarction.

Objective: To evaluate current literature on predictors of pre-hospital delay among patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI).

Methods: Medline, CINHAL, and Psych Info databases were searched using keywords: attitude to illness/health, health beliefs, help/health seeking behavior, health behavior, psychosocial factors, treatment delay, socioeconomic factors, time factors, pre-hospital delay, and symptoms. These keywords were combined with AMI to identify literature published during 1995-2008.

The wider scope of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.

In the past, rudimentary devices were used to look closely into the chest; currently, advanced video technology, computers, and high-tech electronics are being used to perform many surgical procedures that formerly required a large, open incision. The goal of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) is the same as for comparable open procedures, but it is accomplished with less pain, less patient morbidity, and a shorter hospital stay. In addition to evaluating and treating thoracic injuries, VATS has demonstrated effectiveness in detecting and managing many other conditions, such as pleural disease, interstitial lung disease, and thoracic malignancies.