Cognitive impairment in women newly diagnosed with thyroid cancer before treatment.

Purpose: The study aims to assess cognitive function in women newly diagnosed with non-metastatic thyroid cancer before any treatment and to identify factors associated with cognitive problems.

Methods: Korean women newly diagnosed with thyroid cancer awaiting initial surgical treatment (n = 130) completed neuropsychological tests and self-report questionnaires on symptom distress and psychological distress. Additionally, information on thyroid function was obtained through a medical chart audit.

Assessing Physical and Cognitive Function in Individuals With Head and Neck Cancer: A Feasibility Study.

Background: Head and neck cancer (HNC) and associated treatments have significant long-term and late adverse effects that can impair function. Therefore, there is a need for reliable common metrics to assess function in HNC that limit participant burden and are cost-effective and easy to use in clinical settings.

Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility of using the Fitbit Zip, NIH Toolbox, and REDCap electronic data collection tool to measure function and symptoms in individuals with HNC and to explore preliminary findings.

Impact of changes in perceived attentional function on postsurgical health-related quality of life in breast cancer patients awaiting adjuvant treatment.

Purpose: Few studies have assessed pre-surgery cognitive impairment or the impact of pre-surgery cognitive impairment on quality of life. The purpose of this study was to assess changes in perceived cognitive function from pre-surgery to 1 month post-surgery and to determine whether cognitive function predicted health-related quality of life in women who awaited adjuvant treatment for breast cancer.

Methods: This study used a descriptive pre-post design to assess women newly diagnosed with breast cancer prior to any treatment (N = 132).

Yoga for Cancer-Related Fatigue in Survivors of Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation: A Feasibility Study.

Context: Cancer-related fatigue (CRF) is one of the most common symptoms experienced by cancer patients after hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT). Yoga is an approach with supportive evidence to improve CRF in different cancer populations, but to our knowledge, it has not been tested in an adult HCT population.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of a yoga intervention offered to adult HCT survivors with moderate-to-severe CRF.

Effectiveness of implementing a dyadic psychoeducational intervention for cancer patients and family caregivers.

Purpose: This study examined the effectiveness, feasibility, and satisfaction with implementation of the FOCUS program in two US Cancer Support Community affiliates in Ohio and California as well as the cost to deliver the program. FOCUS is an evidence-based psychoeducational intervention for dyads (cancer patients and caregivers).

Methods: A pre-post-intervention design was employed.

Career Cartography: From Stories to Science and Scholarship.

Purpose: To present four case scenarios reflecting the process of research career development using career cartography.

Organizing Constructs: Career cartography is a novel approach that enables nurses, from all clinical and academic settings, to actively engage in a process that maximizes their clinical, teaching, research, and policy contributions that can improve patient outcomes and the health of the public.

Methods: Four early-career nurse researchers applied the career cartography framework to describe their iterative process of research career development.

Post-treatment cognitive dysfunction in women treated with thyroidectomy for papillary thyroid carcinoma.

Purpose: The purpose of the study is to assess cognitive function in papillary thyroid cancer, one type of differentiated thyroid cancer, and to identify factors associated with cognitive dysfunction.

Methods: Korean women treated with papillary thyroid cancer post thyroidectomy (n = 90) and healthy women similar in age and educational level (n = 90) performed attention and working memory tests and completed self-report questionnaires on cognitive complaints, psychological distress, symptom distress, and cultural characteristics. Comparative and multivariable regression analyses were performed to determine differences in cognitive function and possible predictors of neurocognitive performance and cognitive complaints.

Assessment of Cognitive Impairment and Complaints in Individuals With Colorectal Cancer.

Purpose/objectives: To assess cognitive function in individuals with colorectal cancer (CRC) and identify factors associated with cognitive effects.


Design: Cross-sectional, comparative design.
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The Attentional Function Index--a self-report cognitive measure.

Objective: Cognitive assessment in individuals with cancer requires both measured performance on neuropsychological tests and self-report of effectiveness in functioning. Few instruments are available to assess the perceived impact of cognitive alterations on daily functioning in individuals treated for cancer. In this study, we investigated the psychometric properties of a theoretically based instrument, and the Attentional Function Index (AFI), designed to measure perceived effectiveness in common activities requiring attention and working memory, particularly the ability to formulate plans, carry out tasks, and function effectively in daily life.