Social capital for carers of patients with advanced organ failure: a qualitative exploration of stakeholders' perspectives.

Background: Carers of patients with advanced organ failure (AOF) experience a tremendous caregiving burden. Social capital utilizes the internal strength of a community to support its members and may provide carers with comprehensive support. This study aimed to identify the different sources of social capital that can support carers of patients with AOF from the perspectives of stakeholders.

A Mobile Instant Messaging-Delivered Psychoeducational Intervention for Cancer Caregivers: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Importance: Psychoeducational interventions (PEIs), which provide both information and emotional and psychosocial support, may address the unmet needs of the caregivers of adolescent and young adult patients with cancer.

Objective: To explore the effects of an instant messaging-delivered PEI on anxiety, depression, quality of life (QOL), and coping and determine whether the intervention reduces caregivers' unmet needs.

Design, Setting, And Participants: This randomized clinical trial using an intention-to-treat protocol was conducted from April 1 to September 14, 2022, in a tertiary cancer hospital in China and included caregivers of patients diagnosed with cancer at age 15 to 39 years recruited using convenience sampling.

Impacts of ethical climate and ethical sensitivity on caring efficacy.

Background: Caring practice begins with awareness of the suffering of patients in a given context. Understanding the interrelationship between the perceived ethical climate of the clinical environment and the ethical sensitivity and caring efficacy of nurses is crucial for strengthening the caring competency of nurses.

Research Aim: This study aimed to examine the associations between the ethical climate of the clinical environment and the ethical sensitivity and caring efficacy of nurses and to investigate the mediating effect of ethical sensitivity on the association between ethical climate and caring efficacy.

Translation and validation of the Chinese version of the acceptance and action questionnaire for cancer in patients with advanced lung cancer.

Objective: This study aimed to examine the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire for Cancer (C-AAQ-Cancer) in patients with advanced lung cancer.

Methods: In Phase I, the AAQ-Cancer was translated from English to Chinese. In Phase II, an expert panel was invited to examine the content validity of the translated instrument, and pilot testing was performed.

Literature review and development of pictorial action plan to promote self-management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Objective: This study aimed to review relevant literature and develop a pictorial action plan (PAP) to enhance self-management among older patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Methods: In Stage 1, an integrative review was conducted to identify key elements of respiratory self-management action plans. In Stage 2, cartoon pictograms with plain descriptions were designed.

'Life became slow down': A descriptive qualitative study of the experiences of cancer-related fatigue amongst people with advanced lung cancer.

Background: Cancer-related fatigue is a complex multidimensional concept. However, little is known about the experience of cancer-related fatigue in people with advanced lung cancer. How they emotionally react to and cope with the experience of cancer-related fatigue according to cultural influences has not been extensively explored.

Health inequity associated with financial hardship among patients with kidney failure.

Financial hardship is a common challenge among patients with kidney failure and may have negative health consequences. Therefore, financial status is regarded as an important determinant of health, and its impact needs to be investigated. This cross-sectional study aimed to identify the differences in patient-reported and clinical outcomes among kidney failure patients with different financial status.

Financial well-being as a mediator of the relationship between multimorbidity and health-related quality of life in people with cancer.

Background: It is unknown whether financial well-being mediates the impact of multimorbidity on the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of cancer patients.

Methods: Participants were recruited from three outpatient oncology clinics of Hong Kong public hospitals. Multimorbidity was assessed using the Charlson Comorbidity Index.

The Feasibility and Acceptability of a Needs-Oriented Psychoeducational Intervention Among Caregivers of Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Patients: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.

Background: Little is known about the psychoeducational interventions for caregivers of adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer patients.

Objective: To evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of a needs-oriented psychoeducational intervention among caregivers of AYA cancer patients.

Methods: In this 2-arm (parallel-group), pilot randomized controlled trial, participants were randomized to the intervention or control group.

Retraining programme for older patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis: A randomised controlled trial.

Background: Peritonitis is a common cause of hospitalisation and death among patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis. Periodic retraining is recommended to prevent peritonitis, especially in older adults.

Objectives: We evaluated the effectiveness of a retraining programme for reducing peritonitis and exit site infection rates in older adults on peritoneal dialysis.

Unmet needs, anxiety, depression, and quality of life among caregivers of adolescents and young adults with cancer: A cross-sectional study.

Objective: To assess unmet needs, anxiety, depression, and quality of life of caregivers of adolescents and young adults with cancer and examine their associations.

Methods: A total of 282 caregivers of adolescents and young adults with cancer were recruited by convenience sampling at a tertiary cancer hospital in Chinese Mainland. The participants' unmet needs, anxiety, depression, and quality of life were assessed using self-reported questionnaires.

Effects of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on fatigue interference and health-related quality of life among patients with advanced lung cancer: A pilot randomized controlled trial.

Objective: The present study aimed to examine the feasibility and preliminary effects of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) on fatigue interference and health-related quality of life in patients with advanced lung cancer.

Methods: In a single-blinded, parallel-group randomized controlled trial, 40 patients with advanced lung cancer were randomized to either the intervention group, which received the four-session individual ACT in 4 weeks, or the control group, which received usual care. The outcomes were evaluated at baseline and one week postintervention.

Effects of a 16-week dance intervention on the symptom cluster of fatigue-sleep disturbance-depression and quality of life among patients with breast cancer undergoing adjuvant chemotherapy: A randomized controlled trial.

Background: Fatigue, sleep disturbance, and depression are frequent concurrent symptoms in patients with breast cancer. Exercise is a promising strategy for symptom management, but the effect of dance as an exercise modality for managing the fatigue-sleep disturbance-depression symptom cluster has not been evaluated yet.

Objectives: This study examined the effects of a 16-week dance program on reducing symptoms and improving the quality of life of patients with breast cancer who underwent adjuvant chemotherapy.

Exploring social capital for family caregivers of patients with chronic organ failure: study protocol for a concept mapping study.

Introduction: Many family caregivers experience significant burdens, especially those who take care of patients with chronic organ failure. Although the social welfare system offers some material assistance, a more sustainable approach to supporting caregivers is warranted. This study aims to explore the social capital (ie, the internal strengths of a community that facilitate different social roles) available for these family caregivers.

Needs assessment instruments for family caregivers of cancer patients receiving palliative care: a systematic review.

Purpose: Family caregivers of palliative cancer patients experience various supportive care needs. Appropriate self-reported instruments with robust psychological properties are required to identify these needs of family caregivers. Therefore, we conducted a systematic review to identify self-reported supportive care needs assessment instruments for family caregivers of palliative cancer patients and assess their contents, psychometric properties, and applicability.

Psychometric validation of the Chinese version of the M. D. Anderson Symptom Inventory-Head and Neck Module in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

Objective: The Chinese version of the M. D. Anderson Symptom Inventory-Head and Neck Module (MDASI-HN-C) has been linguistically validated.

Psychological Wellbeing and Associated Factors Among Ethnic Minorities During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

This study assessed the psychological wellbeing and its associated factors amongst ethnic minorities during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. A total of 310 Hong Kong South Asians aged 41.3 (SD 13.

A review of the prevalence, associated factors and interventions of psychological symptoms among cancer patients in the Chinese Mainland during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has placed tremendous pressure on public health systems across the world. Compared with the healthy population, cancer patients are more prone to developing psychological problems, including depression and anxiety, because of worries about cancer recurrence, cancer symptoms, treatment-related discomfort, a lack of social interaction and the impact on their financial well-being. This paper aimed to identify existing evidence on psychological symptoms and their associated factors among cancer patients in the Chinese Mainland during the COVID-19 pandemic, and on interventions to effectively manage these symptoms.

Effectiveness of psychoeducational interventions among caregivers of patients with cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: Many of the needs of caregivers of patients with cancer are unmet, particularly their informational and psychological needs. Psychoeducational interventions that focus on providing caregivers with information, and on meeting their emotional and psychosocial needs, may therefore be effective.

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of psychoeducational interventions on the outcomes of caregivers of patients with cancer and identify characteristics of effective psychoeducational interventions.

Association between Financial Hardship and Symptom Burden in Patients Receiving Maintenance Dialysis: A Systematic Review.

Background: Many patients on maintenance dialysis experience financial hardship. Existing studies are mainly cost analyses that quantify financial hardship in monetary terms, but an evaluation of its impact is also warranted. This review aims to explore the definition of financial hardship and its relationship with symptom burden among patients on dialysis.

Discrepancies between nurses' current and perceived necessary practices of family-centred care for hospitalised children and their families: A cross-sectional study.

Purpose: This study investigated (1) the discrepancies between the nurses' current and perceived necessary practices of family-centred care (FCC), and (2) the nurses' demographic characteristics associated with current and perceived necessary practices of FCC for hospitalised children and their families in Malawi.

Design And Methods: A cross-sectional study involving 444 nurses was conducted. The Family-Centred Care Questionnaire-Revised was used to examine the discrepancies between the nurses' current and perceived necessary practices of FCC.

Association of single nucleotide polymorphisms of cytochrome P450 enzymes with experience of vasomotor, vaginal and musculoskeletal symptoms among breast cancer patients: a systematic review.

Background: Adjuvant endocrine therapies are known to induce undesirable adverse effects such as vasomotor, vaginal and musculoskeletal symptoms among breast cancer patients. Drugs used in these therapies are often metabolised by cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes, in which their metabolising activities can be modified by single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) in CYP genes and CYP genotypes. This review aims to explore whether SNPs or genotypes of CYP are associated with the occurrence, frequency and severity of vasomotor, vaginal and musculoskeletal symptoms in breast cancer patients on adjuvant endocrine therapies.

The cross-lagged association between depressive symptoms and health-related quality of life in patients receiving maintenance hemodialysis: a three-wave longitudinal study.

Purpose: To examine the cross-lagged relationship between depressive symptoms and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients receiving maintenance hemodialysis.

Methods: A longitudinal, observational study was conducted in two public hospitals in Shanghai, China. The sample consisted of 204 patients at baseline (T1).