Examining the associations between mental health, life balance, work-method autonomy, and perceived boundary control among postdoctoral fellows.

High mental health risks and life imbalance among postdoctoral fellows (postdocs) are persistent concerns in academia. However, little is known about the relationship between these two subjects and whether autonomy at work is linked to life balance among postdocs. Online survey responses from 117 postdocs (59% women; 49% non-Hispanic white) were assessed using multiple linear regression analysis to examine whether the work-method autonomy and perceived boundary control of postdocs were linked to life balance.

The Influence of Burnout, Resilience, and Resources to Support Clinical Practice Among Newly Licensed Nurses Intended Job Plans.

Objective: Survey newly licensed nurses (NLNs) with respect to burnout, resilience, perception of the work environment, and intended short- and long-term job plans.

Background: NLN retention is a significant contributing factor to the nursing shortage.

Methods: A 126-item survey measuring demographics, burnout, resilience, work environment, and job plans distributed via email, using Listservs to recruit nurses licensed for 5 years or less.

Validation of a brief food parenting measure for fathers: A test of factorial validity, measurement invariance, internal reliability, and concurrent validity.

Fathers are underrepresented in food parenting research partly due to the lack of succinct, theory-informed, and father-mother equivalent food parenting measurement tools. To address this, we 1) tested the factorial validity of a brief food parenting measure utilizing a subset of items from the Comprehensive Feeding Practices Questionnaire (CFPQ) to represent coercive control, structure, and autonomy support, 2) assessed the extent to which the brief tool works similarly in fathers and mothers (i.e.

Biobehavioral Efficacy of the Elevated Side-Lying Position for Feeding Preterm Infants: Study Protocol.

Aim: Present a study protocol investigating the biobehavioral efficacy of side-lying vs. supine positions on physiologic and behavioural responses of preterm infants during their transition from tube to full oral feeding, and identify associated infant characteristics.

Design: Within-subject cross-over design.

The Contribution of Cancer-Specific Psychosocial Factors to the Pain Experience in Cancer Survivors.

Palliative care teams are increasingly called up to manage chronic pain in cancer survivors. Chronic pain is common in cancer survivors and is heavily influenced by biopsychosocial factors. This study aimed to determine the relative contribution of unique cancer-specific psychosocial factors, pain catastrophizing, and multisite pain to the pain experience in 41 cancer survivors who completed curative cancer treatment.

"It Is So Easy For Them to Dismiss": A Phenomenological Study of Cancer Survivors With Chronic Cancer-Related Pain.

For many cancer survivors post-cure, chronic pain is a devastating complication of cancer treatment. The prevalence of chronic pain among cancer survivors is double that of the general population. However, little is known about the pain experience of cancer survivors who may have a different perspective than people with advanced cancer or people with noncancer pain.

The influence of relationship pattern labeling on intimacy, acceptance, and relationship satisfaction.

Relationship health has a strong influence on physical and emotional health, and with reported rates of divorce at 40-50%, relationship health is a critical public health issue. Thus, it is important to identify mechanisms that encourage healthy relationship functioning. This study measures the impact of engaging in discussions of challenging relationship patterns, or Relationship Pattern Labeling (RPL).

The associations between resilience and socio-demographic factors in parents who care for their children with congenital heart disease.

Objective: To examine the resilience of parents of children with congenital heart disease and to investigate socio-demographic factors that may influence parents' resilience.

Methods: This is a web-based survey study using a cross-sectional design. A purposive sampling method was utilized to recruit 515 parents who care for children with congenital heart disease.

Co-occurring Fatigue and Lymphatic Pain Incrementally Aggravate Their Negative Effects on Activities of Daily Living, Emotional Distress, and Overall Health of Breast Cancer Patients.

Background: Fatigue and lymphatic pain are the most common and debilitating long-term adverse effects of breast cancer treatment. Fatigue and pain independently have negative effects on quality of life, physical functions, and cancer recurrence-free survival. The interactions between fatigue and pain may aggravate their negative effects.

Lymphatic Pain in Breast Cancer Survivors.

Breast cancer survivors who report chronic pain in the affected ipsilateral upper limb or body are nearly twice as likely to develop lymphedema. Little is known about lymphatic pain, defined as co-occurring pain and swelling in the affected ipsilateral upper limb or body. The study aimed to examine the predictors and effects of lymphatic pain on breast cancer survivors' activities of daily living (ADLs).

A Web- and Mobile-Based Intervention for Women Treated for Breast Cancer to Manage Chronic Pain and Symptoms Related to Lymphedema: Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial.

Background: The-Optimal-Lymph-Flow (TOLF) is a patient-centered, web- and mobile-based mHealth system that delivers safe, easy, and feasible digital therapy of lymphatic exercises and limb mobility exercises.

Objective: The purpose of this randomized clinical trial (RCT) was to evaluate the effectiveness of the web- and mobile-based TOLF system for managing chronic pain and symptoms related to lymphedema. The primary outcome includes pain reduction, and the secondary outcomes focus on symptom relief, limb volume difference measured by infrared perometer, BMI, and quality of life (QOL) related to pain.

Development and Psychometric Properties of the Sleep Parenting Scale for Infants.

Although infants' sleep behaviors are shaped by their interactions with parents at bedtime, few tools exist to capture parents' sleep parenting practices. This study developed a Sleep Parenting Scale for Infants (SPS-I) and aimed to (1) explore and validate its factorial structure, (2) examine its measurement invariance across mothers and fathers, and (3) investigate its reliability and concurrent and convergent validity. SPS-I was developed via a combination of items modified from existing scales and the development of novel items.

The Effects of Obesity on Lymphatic Pain and Swelling in Breast Cancer Patients.

Lymphatic pain and swelling due to lymph fluid accumulation are the most common and debilitating long-term adverse effects of cancer treatment. This study aimed to quantify the effects of obesity on lymphatic pain, arm, and truncal swelling. A sample of 554 breast cancer patients were enrolled in the study.

The Effects of Kinect-Enhanced Lymphatic Exercise Intervention on Lymphatic Pain, Swelling, and Lymph Fluid Level.

Background: (TOLF) intervention aims to promote lymph flow through therapeutic lymphatic exercises to relieve lymphatic pain, swelling, lymphedema symptoms, and to decrease lymph fluid levels among breast cancer survivors. To enhance the efficacy of the TOLF intervention, an innovative, intelligent, Kinect-enhanced lymphatic exercise intervention (Kinect-TOLF) was developed to teach patients to perform the lymphatic exercises correctly.

Objectives: This feasibility trial aimed to determine the feasibility, usability, and effects of the Kinect-TOLF on lymphatic pain, swelling, lymphedema symptoms, and lymph fluid levels.

Two-part mixed-effects location scale models.

Longitudinal time use data afford the opportunity to study within- and between-individual differences, but can present challenges in data analysis. Often the response set includes a large number of zeros representing those who did not engage in the target behavior. Coupled with this is a continuous measure of time use for those who did engage.

A Comparison of Gender-Affirming Chest Surgery in Nonbinary Versus Transmasculine Patients.

Background: Increasingly more nonbinary patients are obtaining better access for gender-affirming chest surgery (top surgery), representing an important subset of patients who undergo such surgery.

Objective: We review our experience at gender-affirming chest surgery in nonbinary versus transmasculine patients in an integrated health care setting.

Methods: We performed a retrospective study of nonbinary and transmasculine patients who underwent gender-affirming chest surgery from May 1, 2012, to December 27, 2017.