Symptom Clusters and Their Impact on Spiritual Well-Being Among Women with Breast Cancer.

Purpose: To explore symptom experience and symptom clusters among Jordanian women with breast cancer and investigate whether these clusters predict patients' spiritual well-being.

Patients And Methods: A sample of 142 Jordanian women with breast cancer were asked to complete the Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale (MSAS), Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy- Spiritual Well-being (FACIT-Sp) scale, and socio-demographic questionnaire. Exploratory factor analysis was used to group symptoms into clusters, and multiple linear regression was used to explore the symptom clusters that predict spiritual well-being.

Nurses' beliefs and perceptions regarding family-centered care services in acute pediatric healthcare settings.

Objectives: To describe pediatrics nurses' beliefs about family-centered services (FCS) as a model of providing healthcare to children in acute care settings in Jordan.

Design And Methods: This is a cross-sectional descriptive study. Nurses who provide direct acute care to children (n = 246) completed the 'Measure of Beliefs about Participation in Family-Centered Service' questionnaire.

Nurses' Attitudes Concerning Analgesia Administration for Pediatric Patients with Sickle Cell Disease in Jordan: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Background: Pain management of vaso-occlusive crises is a fundamental priority in the lifelong care of children and adolescents with sickle cell disease.

Aim: This study examined nurses' attitudes towards caring for children with sickle cell disease (SCD) and SCD pain management in those with vaso-occlusive pain.

Method: A structured, self-reporting survey was provided to a convenience sample of 298 nurses across 10 hospitals serving Jordan's northern and middle regions.

Mothers' knowledge and attitudes about newborn screening in Jordan.

Newborn screening is an important public health program that helps save the lives of many infants worldwide. The aim of this cross-sectional descriptive study was to examine the knowledge and attitudes of mothers regarding the newborn screening test in Jordan. A convenient sample of 301 mothers of newborns was interviewed to collect data, using structured questionnaires about their knowledge and attitudes regarding the newborn screening.

Nurses' Perceptions and Attitudes toward Family-Centered Care in Acute Pediatric Care Settings in Jordan.

Purpose: Perceptions and attitudes toward working with parents may influence nurses' family-centered clinical care practices. There is a paucity of research measuring family-centered care among nurses working with children and their parents in Jordan. The purpose of this study was to explore nurses' perceptions of family-centered care by examining nurses' attitudes toward working with children and their parents, as well as toward family-centeredness.

Informing mothers of neonatal death and the need for family-centered bereavement care: A phenomenological qualitative study.

Purpose: To understand the lived experience of mothers surrounding the time of being informed of neonatal deaths in intensive care units.

Design: A phenomenological qualitative approach was employed.

Methods: Twelve mothers (age 24-41 years) were identified from the neonatal mortality records of two large neonatal intensive care units with high neonate turnover rates in Amman, Jordan.

Communicating prognostic information and hope to families of dying patients in intensive care units: A descriptive qualitative study.

Aims And Objectives: To understand how prognostic information is communicated by Jordanian doctors and nurses to the families of dying patients in intensive care units, with an emphasis on exploring how hope and truth telling about patients' poor prognosis are managed.

Background: Improving end-of-life care requires a focus on adequate family-professionals prognostic communication, while maintaining a realistic level of hope and family support.

Design: A descriptive qualitative approach was applied.

Clinicians' Self-Reported Practices Related to End-of-Life Care for Infants in NICUs in Jordan.

Objective: To examine how clinical decisions are made at the end of life for infants born with specific fatal and disabling conditions in NICUs in Jordan from the perspectives of neonatal health care providers.

Design: A cross-sectional survey of neonatal nurses and physicians.

Setting: Twenty-four NICUs in Jordan.

Predictors of breakfast skipping among 14 to 16 years old adolescents in Jordan: The influential role of mothers.

Aim: To assess the prevalence and identify the predictors of breakfast skipping among 14- to 16-year-old adolescents in Jordan, focusing on mother-related variables.

Background: Breakfast is an essential meal across one's entire lifespan and especially important during the adolescent years. The practice of skipping breakfast has become so prevalent among adolescents that it is now a well-documented nutritional problem.

Physicians' standpoints on end-of-life decisions at the neonatal intensive care units in Jordan.

The purpose of this cross-sectional descriptive study is to explore pediatricians' and neonatologists' attitudes and standpoints on end-of-life (EOL) decision-making in neonates. Seventy-five physicians, employed fulltime to care for newborns in 23 hospitals in Jordan, completed internationally accepted questionnaires. Most physicians (75%) were supportive of using life-sustaining interventions, irrespective of the severity of the newborns' prognosis and the potential burden of the neonates' disabilities on their families.

End-of-life Decisions at Neonatal Intensive Care Units: Jordanian Nurses Attitudes and Viewpoints of Who, When, and How.

Purpose: To explore factors predicting neonatal nurses' attitude towards end-of-life decisions in neonates, and to describe the nurses' viewpoints on end-of-life decisions; barriers to end-of-life decision making; parents', nurses', and ethical committees' involvement in the process of end-of-life decision making; and who should regulate end-of-life decisions regarding neonates.

Design And Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive correlational design was applied. Sample included 279 neonatal nurses working in 24 neonatal intensive care units across Jordan.

The Association Between Maternal Factors and Preadolescent Breakfast Skipping: The Mediating Role of Preadolescent Attitudes Toward Breakfast.

Background: Although skipping breakfast is common among children and adolescents, daily breakfast consumption is a healthy habit that is particularly important in childhood. There is a link between children's attitudes toward breakfast, breakfast-skipping behaviors, and maternal factors. Evidence demonstrating a clear relationship between maternal factors and preadolescent attitudes and behaviors toward breakfast skipping is scarce.

Maternal Bereavement: Mothers' Lived Experience of Losing a Newborn Infant in Jordan.

The death of a newborn infant is one of the most devastating situations a mother could experience. The aim of this study was to understand bereavement and its associated meanings as lived and experienced by the mothers who lost their newborn infants in the intensive care units of hospitals in Jordan. Data were generated using semistructured face-to-face interviews with 12 mothers who had the experience.

Displaced Syrian children's reported physical and mental wellbeing.

Background: Surviving a warzone inflicts harmful consequences on the physical health and the psychosocial wellbeing of children. This study aimed at exploring the physical and psychosocial perceived state of health of displaced Syrian refugee children in Jordan.

Methods: A cross-sectional explorative design was applied.

The incidence, risk factors, and mortality of preterm neonates: A prospective study from Jordan (2012-2013).

Objective: To explore the incidence of preterm delivery, maternal risk factors for having a preterm neonate, and preterm neonates' mortality in Jordan.

Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional population-based design was applied. Socio-demographic, perinatal, delivery risk factors, and survival information were gathered in pre- and post-hospital discharge interviews with 21075 women who gave birth to live neonates at ≥20 weeks of gestation in 18 hospitals in Jordan.

Maternal Sociodemographic Characteristics and Behaviors as Correlates of Preadolescent's Breakfast Habits.

Purpose: To explore factors affecting skipping breakfast rate, and to identify its perceived reasons among preadolescent students and their mothers in Jordan.

Design And Methods: Using cluster stratified sampling, preadolescent (10-11years) students (N=1915) and their mothers (N=1299) from 26 public and private schools completed a self-reported questionnaire. Breakfast skipping and its related habits were described.

Status of Neonatal Pain Assessment and Management in Jordan.

Current pain assessment and management in neonates need to be fully described before neonatal pain care can be optimized. This study's purpose was to report neonatal nurses' knowledge, existing pain assessment practice, and pharmacological pain management of neonates in Jordan. A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted.

Barriers That Impede the Provision of Pain Care to Neonates by Nurses in Jordan.

Objective: To describe perceived barriers to neonatal pain care and suggest strategies to overcome these barriers among NICU nurses in Jordan.

Design: Descriptive study.

Setting: Eighteen NICUs in Jordan.

Experience of Menarche Among Jordanian Adolescent Girls: An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis.

Study Objective: Menarche is a significant physical and emotional experience for adolescent girls, especially in certain cultures, where it is viewed as a rite of passage, affecting the meaning of lived experiences. The purpose of the study was to explore the menarche experience among Jordanian adolescent girls when they reach menarche.

Design: Interpretive phenomenological analysis.