The Potential Mediating Effect of Symptom Burden on Demoralization Through Locus of Control and Coping Strategies in Chinese Patients With Cancer.

Background: Demoralization is a psychological syndrome that is highly prevalent in patients with cancer and detrimental to individuals' physical and mental health. To explore effective intervention, we first determined the relationships between locus of control, coping strategies, symptom burden, and demoralization.

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between symptom burden, locus of control, coping strategies, and demoralization in patients with cancer.

Nurse Life-and-Death Education From the Perspective of Chinese Traditional Culture.

This quasi-experimental study investigated the impact of traditional Chinese culture-based life-and-death education on 38 ICU nurses. Participants underwent 14 hours of training, and data were collected before and after the intervention using various questionnaires. Frequency and percentage were used for categorical data; mean and standard deviation for measurement data; and paired-sample test for comparison of teaching effects before and after the intervention of life-and-death education programs.

Corrigendum: Work engagement and associated factors among healthcare professionals in the post-pandemic era: a cross-sectional study.

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Work engagement and associated factors among healthcare professionals in the post-pandemic era: a cross-sectional study.

Background: With the shift of strategy in fighting COVID-19, the post-pandemic era is approaching. However, the "hard times" for healthcare systems worldwide are not yet ending. Healthcare professionals suffer negative impacts caused by the epidemic, which may seriously threaten their work motivation, concentration, and patient safety.

The prediction model for intraoperatively acquired pressure injuries in orthopedics based on the new risk factors: a real-world prospective observational, cross-sectional study.

Orthopedic patients are at high risk for intraoperatively acquired pressure injuries (IAPI), which cause a serious issue and lead to high-expense burden in patient care. However, there are currently no clinically available scales or models to assess IAPI associated with orthopedic surgery. In this real-world, prospective observational, cross-sectional study, we identified pressure injuries (PI)-related risk factors using a systematic review approach and clinical practice experience.

Use and Acceptance of Smart Elderly Care Apps Among Chinese Medical Staff and Older Individuals: Web-Based Hybrid Survey Study.

Background: With the advent of China's aging population and the popularization of smartphones, there is a huge demand for smart elderly care apps. Along with older adults and their dependents, medical staff also need to use a health management platform to manage the health of patients. However, the development of health apps and the large and growing app market pose a problem of declining quality; in fact, important differences can be observed between apps, and patients currently do not have adequate information and formal evidence to discriminate among them.

Development of a Clinical Decision Support System to Predict Unplanned Cancer Readmissions.

Unplanned 30-day cancer readmissions are an important outcome of cancer hospitalization and can significantly raise mortality rates and costs for both the patient and the hospital. This paper aimed to develop a predictive model using machine learning and electronic health records to predict unplanned 30-day cancer readmissions and further develop it as a clinical decision support system. The three-stage study design followed the 2022 AMIA Artificial Intelligence Evaluation Showcase.

Effects of empowerment education on the self-management and self-efficacy of liver transplant patients: a randomized controlled trial.

Background: Despite the increasing survival rates, liver transplant patients experience numerous postoperative complications and encounter significant challenges in long-term self-management. This study aims to examine the effectiveness of empowerment education in enhancing self-management skills and self-efficacy among liver transplant recipients.

Methods: A randomized, single-blind, single-center trial was conducted in China between August 2019 and September 2020, involving liver transplant recipients.

The mediating effects of attitude toward death and meaning of life on the relationship between perception of death and coping with death competence among Chinese nurses: a cross-sectional study.

Background: It is important to understand how the perception of death affects the competence to cope with death.

Objectives: To explore whether the perception of death has an indirect effect on competence to cope with death through the mediation of attitude toward death and meaning of life.

Methods: A total of 786 nurses from Hunan Province, China, selected by random sampling method and asked to complete an online electronic questionnaire between October and November 2021 were included in the study.

Relationship between Death Coping and Death Cognition and Meaning in Life among Nurses: A Cross-Sectional Study.

To explore nurses' ability to cope with death and its relationship with death cognition and meaning in life in the context of Chinese traditional culture. 1146 nurses from six tertiary hospitals were recruited. Participants completed the Coping with Death Scale, the Meaning in Life Questionnaire, and the self-made Death Cognition Questionnaire.

Psychological stress and associated factors in caring for patients with delirium among intensive care unit nurses: A cross-sectional study.

Background: Caring for patients with delirium is challenging and overwhelming for intensive care unit (ICU) nurses. Investigating the psychological impact of delirium care on ICU nurses is crucial to maintaining their psychological health and improving the quality of care.

Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate the psychological stress of ICU nurses in caring for patients with delirium and potential factors.

Effectiveness of a perioperative support programme to reduce psychological distress for family caregivers of patients with early-stage lung cancer: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

Introduction: Family caregivers play a key role in providing ongoing long-term care and assistance to their loved ones during cancer treatment. However, family caregivers of patients with lung cancer are frequently unprepared for their roles and they may undergo psychological distress, thus reducing their own quality of life while affecting patients' health outcomes. Interventions that specifically target this population are lacking.

Caregiver burden for informal caregivers of patients after surgical treatment of early-stage lung cancer.

Background: Caregivers of lung cancer patients frequently experience psychological distress and high caregiver burden. Previous studies have focused on caregiver burden for patients with advanced lung cancer, while few studies focused on the caregiver burden among informal caregivers of postoperative patients with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Objectives: This study aimed to (a) examine caregiver burden for caregivers of patients with early-stage NSCLC after surgical treatment and (b) identify predictive factors related to caregiver burden of patients with early-stage NSCLC.

Gender Comparison of Psychological Reaction Between Breast Cancer Survivors and Their Spouses.

Scant evidence exists among the different psychological issues between patients with breast cancer and their spouses. The objective of our study was to develop the measuring instrument testing psychological reaction and compare the difference in psychological reaction between patients with breast cancer and their spouses during the period of diagnosis and treatment. The semi-structured interview guideline was guided by the psychological stress model.

Effect of Linc-POU3F3 on radiotherapy resistance and cancer stem cell markers of esophageal cancer cells.

Objectives: Long non-coding RNA (LncRNA) is an important transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulatory molecule in the body. In recent years, relationship between LncRNA and malignant phenotype of tumor cells has been revealed gradually. This study aims to investigate the expression characteristics of pit-oct-unc class 3 homeobox 3 related long non-coding RNA (Linc-POU3F3) in esophageal cancer and its relationship with radiation resistance (IR) as well as the expressions of cancer stem cell (CSC) markers in esophageal cancer cells.

Association between self-care agency and depression and anxiety in patients with diabetic retinopathy.

Background: This study aimed at investigating: 1) the relationship between self-care agency and depression and anxiety; 2) the sociodemographic and clinical factors associated with depression and anxiety in patients with diabetic retinopathy (DR) in China.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted. One-hundred and five patients with DR were recruited.

Manual lymphatic drainage for lymphedema in patients after breast cancer surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Background: Studies have shown that manual lymphatic drainage (MLD) has a beneficial effect on lymphedema related to breast cancer surgery. However, whether MLD reduces the risk of lymphedema is still debated. The purpose of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to summarize the current evidence to assess the effectiveness of MLD in preventing and treating lymphedema in patients after breast cancer surgery.

Demands of experiential training for ICU nurses in Hunan of China.

Objective: To assess intensive care unit (ICU) nurses' demands for specialized experiential training and to provide inputs for developing an experiential training program for ICU nurses.

Methods: A questionnaire for assessing ICU nurses' demands for experiential specialty training was distributed to 360 ICU nurses, selected through purposive sampling from two secondary hospitals and six tertiary hospitals in Hunan Province, China.

Results: Of the survey participants, 63.

Effect of long noncoding RNA long stressinduced noncoding transcript 5 on erlotinib resistance to lung cancer cells and the underlying mechanisms.

Objectives: To explore the relationship between long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) long stress-induced noncoding transcript 5 (LSINCT5) and erotinib resistance to lung cancer cells and the potential mechanisms.

Methods: Human lung cancer cell line A549, H520, H358, H1299, SPCA1, and PC9 were collected and cultured. Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutant lung cancer cell line PC9 was divided into a control group, a resistance group, a interference group I and II.

Status of social avoidance and distress in emerging adults with Type 1 diabetes mellitus and its association with self-management and glycemic control.

: Emerging adult patients with Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) appear to have a reduced opportunities on learning and exercise, a decreased skill in learning and work, a lower degree of social support due to fear and avoidance of social interaction. This study aimed to assess the level of social avoidance and distress in emerging adults with T1DM, and to explore the correlation between social avoidance and distress and self-management or glycemic control. : A total of 342 T1DM patients aged 18-30 years old were recruited from 8 tertiary hospitals in Hunan Province from September 2014 to February 2019.

Development and validation of a self-management scale of type 1 diabetes for Chinese adults.

Objective: Self-management is beneficial for improving health outcomes in adults with type 1 diabetes. However, there are no validated instruments to assess self-management in Chinese adults with type 1 diabetes. The aim of this study was to develop and validate the Self-Management of Type 1 Diabetes for Chinese Adults (SMOD-CA) scale.

Resilience process and its protective factors in long-term survivors after lung cancer surgery: a qualitative study.

Background: Resilience was correlated with psychological outcomes and quality of life in lung cancer patients. But the resilience process and its protective factors remained uncertain.

Purpose: To investigate and analyze resilience process and its protective factors in long-term survivors after lung cancer surgery.

Different Effects of Structured Education on Glycemic Control and Psychological Outcomes in Adolescent and Adult Patients with Type 1 Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Aim: This systematic review aimed at investigating the effectiveness of structured education (SE) in improving glycemic control and psychological outcomes in adolescent and adult patients with type 1 diabetes.

Methods: Electronic databases (EMBASE, Medline, PubMed, and the Cochrane Library) and the reference lists of included studies were searched from the beginning of the database through April 2019. Randomized controlled trials comparing SE with a control condition and reporting a change in glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) level were included.