Development and preliminary validation of Cancer-related Psychological Flexibility Questionnaire.

The Cancer-related Psychological Flexibility Questionnaire (CPFQ) was developed and validated for assessing cancer patients' psychological flexibility, including attitudes and behavior toward cancer. In a systematic process, the CPFQ identified four factors through principal component analysis and confirmatory factor analysis: Cancer Acceptance, Cancer Avoidance, Activity Engagement, and Valued Action. The results of this study reveal that the CPFQ has a clear factor structure and good psychometric properties.

Chinese Version of the Psychological Inflexibility in Pain Scale for Cancer Patients Reporting Chronic Pain.

Background: Cancer-related chronic pain is reported by many patients during treatment. There are very few Chinese tools for measuring psychological inflexibility caused by cancer pain, particularly with regard to psychological processes that might influence pain severity and function disorder during cancer treatment.

Objective: To culturally adapt the Psychological Inflexibility in Pain Scale (PIPS) to Chinese cancer patients experiencing chronic pain, including the determination of psychometric properties of the translated PIPS.

The association between mean platelet volume and chronic atrial fibrillation and the presence of thrombotic events.

Mean platelet volume (MPV), a marker of platelet activation, is a surrogate marker of platelet function and a potential mediator of the association between inflammation and thrombosis. The present retrospective study sought to investigate the association between MPV and the presence of thrombotic events (TEs) in patients with chronic atrial fibrillation (AF). A total of 114 consecutive patients with chronic AF were enrolled from a Chinese hospital.