Effectiveness of psychoeducation interventions for pregnant women with gestational diabetes mellitus: an integrative review.

Background: Gestational diabetes mellitus occurs in approximately 15-17% of pregnant women worldwide and causes high mortality and morbidity for mothers and infants. Pregnant women who are newly diagnosed with gestational diabetes mellitus experience higher levels of stress and anxiety than pregnant women without this condition. Thus, it is important to identify effective interventions to help pregnant women cope with the additional stress and anxiety associated with pregnancy-related complications.

Patient Engagement in a Mobile App-Based Rehabilitation Program for Total Hip or Knee Arthroplasty: Secondary Data Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial.

Background: Health care professionals use mobile apps to support patients' rehabilitation after total hip or knee arthroplasty. Understanding patient engagement in such mobile health interventions can help tailor these interventions to better support patients.

Objective: This study aimed to investigate patient engagement in a mobile app-based arthroplasty rehabilitation program and to investigate the association between patient engagement and their characteristics.

5-EPIFAT trial protocol: a multi-center, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of the efficacy of pharmacotherapy for fatigue using methylphenidate, bupropion, ginseng, and amantadine in advanced cancer patients on active treatment.

Background: Cancer-related fatigue (CRF) is still undertreated in most patients, as evidence for pharmacological treatments is limited and conflicting. Also, the efficacy of the pharmacological agents relative to each other is still unclear. Therefore, medications that may potentially contribute to improving CRF will be investigated in this head-to-head trial.

Acupressure Intervention Program for Older Adults in Australian Residential Aged Care Facilities: A Qualitative Evaluation.

The current study explored participants' experiences and perceptions of receiving acupressure within an Australian aged care context. Participants were older adults living in three residential aged care facilities who had received an acupressure intervention. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews and analyzed using a thematic approach.

Decision-making experiences related to mastectomy: A descriptive qualitative study.

Aim: To obtain an in-depth understanding of women's decision-making experiences related to mastectomy.

Design: A descriptive qualitative interview study.

Methods: Individual semi-structured interviews were conducted face-to-face with 27 Chinese women with breast cancer who underwent mastectomy at two tertiary hospitals in mainland China between September 2020 and December 2021 after obtaining the appropriate ethical approvals.

"I use salt. However, I also use soy sauce, oyster sauce, sometimes chili sauce and….": interviews with Australians of Chinese ancestry regarding reducing salt consumption for hypertension prevention.

Background: High dietary salt consumption is a significant health issue in Chinese populations. This study identified the facilitators for and barriers to salt reduction for prevention of hypertension among Chinese Australians.

Methods: An inductive qualitative study with semi-structured interviews (n = 8) was conducted with convenience samples recruited from social media.

Patients' experiences of using a mobile application-based rehabilitation programme after total hip or knee arthroplasty: a qualitative descriptive study.

Background: An increasing number of patients are discharged from a total hip or knee arthroplasty with a short length of hospital stay. Technologies, such as mobile applications, are used to provide remote support to patients' postoperative rehabilitation. Patients' experiences of receiving mobile application-based rehabilitation after total hip or knee arthroplasty have not been investigated extensively.

Decisional Conflict, Patient Involvement, and the Associated Psychological Factors Relating to Mastectomy Decisions Among Women With Breast Cancer: A Cross-sectional Study.

Background: Most women with breast cancer in China have received a mastectomy despite emerging breast-conserving alternatives. Their decision-making relating to mastectomy is unclear.

Objective: To investigate decisional conflict, women's involvement, and psychological factors relating to mastectomy decisions.

The effectiveness of a mobile application-based programme for rehabilitation after total hip or knee arthroplasty: A randomised controlled trial.

Background: Total hip arthroplasty and total knee arthroplasty are widely performed worldwide. Patients undergoing total hip or knee arthroplasty are often discharged after a short hospital stay. Using information and communication technologies, such as mobile applications, to provide rehabilitation services remotely may be a strategy to support patients' postoperative recovery.

Psychometric testing of the Determinants of Salt-Restriction Behaviour Questionnaire in people of Chinese ancestry: a methodological study.

Purpose: Nurses play a key role in educating people about a salt-reduced diet to prevent or manage hypertension or cardiac failure. Assessment tools such as the Chinese Determinants of Salt-Restriction Behaviour Questionnaire (DSRBQ) can provide essential evidence to inform education strategies. This study aimed to translate the DSRBQ into English and evaluate the psychometric properties of the Chinese and English versions for people of Chinese ethnicity in Australia.

An integrative review of supportive relationships between child-bearing women and midwives.

Aims: To review and evaluate the literature on the factors related to developing supportive relationships between women and midwives, including facilitators and barriers.

Design: An integrative review.

Method: The search used CINAHL, MEDLINE, Embase, EMcare, Maternity and Infant Care, PsycINFO, and Google Scholar from January 2009-June 2020.

Mobile rehabilitation support versus usual care in patients after total hip or knee arthroplasty: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

Background: The global increase in total hip or knee arthroplasty has led to concern about the provision of postoperative rehabilitation. Telerehabilitation may be a strategy to meet the patients' requirements for rehabilitation after arthroplasty. This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of a telerehabilitation programme delivered via the mobile application WeChat in patients after total hip or knee arthroplasty on the following outcomes: self-efficacy, physical function, pain, depression, anxiety and health-related quality of life.

The Effect of Acupressure on Sleep Quality of Older People in Australian Residential Aged Care Facilities: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.

This study investigated the effects of acupressure on sleep quality, anxiety, depression, and quality of life among older people in Australia. Acupressure improved overall subjective sleep quality and anxiety but no differences in depression and quality of life. Future studies with larger sample sizes are required to generate good evidence.

Decision-making about mastectomy among Chinese women with breast cancer: a mixed-methods study protocol.

Introduction: The prevalence of mastectomy in China is higher than its Western counterparts. Little is known about whether Chinese women with breast cancer have been involved in the decision-making process of mastectomy, the level of decisional conflict, their perceptions of mastectomy and the factors that influence them to undergo a mastectomy. This protocol describes a mixed-methods study that aims to provide an in-depth understanding of decision-making about mastectomy among Chinese women with breast cancer.

A cross-sectional examination of the relationship between nurses' experiences of skin lesions and anxiety and depression during the COVID-19 pandemic: Exploring the mediating role of fear and resilience.

Aim: To explore the mediating role of fear and resilience on the relationship between clinical nurses' reporting of skin lesions and their anxiety and depression during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

Background: Prolonged personal protective equipment wearing may cause severe skin lesions among clinical nurses. The possible relationship between clinical nurses' reporting of skin lesions and their anxiety and depression remains unknown.

Factors associated with COVID-19 vaccination intent in Singapore, Australia and Hong Kong.

Background: COVID-19 pandemic has caused significant morbidity and mortality globally. As vaccines have been developed under expedited conditions, their safety and efficacy are being questioned by some populations leading to vaccine hesitancy, resulting in delayed vaccine uptake and herd immunity. This study aims to adopt a combination of Health Belief Model and other independent risk factors associated with high vaccine acceptance.

Effects of decisional conflict, decision regret and self-stigma on quality of life for breast cancer survivors: A cross-sectional, multisite study in China.

Aims: To examine the differences in decisional conflict, decision regret, self-stigma and quality of life among breast cancer survivors who chose different surgeries, as well as the effects of decisional conflict, decision regret and self-stigma on quality of life.

Design: Observational study.

Methods: Paper and online surveys were used to collect data from March to September 2020.

Factors affecting reductions in dietary salt consumption in people of Chinese descent: An integrative review.

Aims: To identify and synthesize the evidence on the perceptions of the health effects of dietary salt consumption and barriers to sustaining a salt-reduced diet for hypertension in Chinese people.

Design: A systematic integrated review integrating quantitative and qualitative studies using the PRISMA guidelines.

Data Sources: Three databases, MEDLINE, PubMed and CINAHL, were systematically searched for articles published between January 2001 and July 2020.

Decision regret regarding treatments among women with early-stage breast cancer: a systematic review protocol.

Introduction: Women with early-stage breast cancer (EBC) are commonly required to make treatment decisions. Decision regret regarding treatments is an adverse outcome that negatively affects women's psychological well-being and quality of life. A systematic review will be conducted to synthesise evidence about decision regret among women regarding treatments for EBC.

Cost-effectiveness of Web-Based and Home-Based Postnatal Psychoeducational Interventions for First-time Mothers: Economic Evaluation Alongside Randomized Controlled Trial.

Background: The cost-effectiveness of interventions has attracted increasing interest among researchers. Although web-based and home-based psychoeducational interventions have been developed to improve first-time mothers' postnatal health outcomes, very limited studies have reported their cost-effectiveness.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of web-based and home-based postnatal psychoeducational interventions for first-time mothers during the early postpartum period.

Development of a Prognostic App (iCanPredict) to Predict Survival for Chinese Women With Breast Cancer: Retrospective Study.

Background: Accurate prediction of survival is crucial for both physicians and women with breast cancer to enable clinical decision making on appropriate treatments. The currently available survival prediction tools were developed based on demographic and clinical data obtained from specific populations and may underestimate or overestimate the survival of women with breast cancer in China.

Objective: This study aims to develop and validate a prognostic app to predict the overall survival of women with breast cancer in China.

Patients' needs regarding rehabilitation services delivered via mobile applications after arthroplasty: A qualitative study.

Aims And Objectives: To obtain an in-depth understanding of the specific needs of patients for rehabilitation services delivered via mobile applications after total hip or knee arthroplasty.

Background: Due to increased demand for arthroplasty, the provision of face-to-face rehabilitation services for patients is becoming challenging. New approaches using digital technologies are being developed, such as mobile applications to deliver rehabilitation services.

Effect of Benson and progressive muscle relaxation techniques on sleep quality after coronary artery bypass graft: A randomized controlled trial.

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the effect of Benson relaxation (BR) and progressive muscle relaxation (PMR) techniques on the sleep quality of patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery.

Method: This study was a three-arm, parallel, randomized controlled trial. 120 patients who underwent CABG surgery at two academic hospitals in an urban area of Iran were randomly allocated into three groups (40 per group): the BR, PMR, and control groups.