Parents providing palliative care for children with cancer.

Parents of children with cancer provide paediatric palliative care (PPC). However, the activities they perform remain underexplored, especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) where the care heavily relies on family involvement. The aim of this study is to identify parental PPC tasks and intentions to perform PPC tasks and to determine their associated factors.

Pain Self-Management in Individuals With Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain During Lebanon's Overlapping Crises.

Objectives: With Lebanon facing multiple crises simultaneously, it is important to understand how Lebanese adults with chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMP) are self-managing their pain amidst challenging circumstances. This study aimed to describe the pain self-management strategies Lebanese adults with CMP are using, as measured by the Arthritis Pain Self-Management Inventory (APSI), and to determine how helpful they perceive these strategies to be for pain relief. A secondary aim was to translate, culturally adapt, and validate the APSI in Lebanese adults with CMP.

Experiences and Health Outcomes of Emerging Adults with Type 1 Diabetes: A Mixed Methods Study.

Background: Emerging adults with type 1 diabetes are at risk of poorer diabetes-related health outcomes than other age groups. Several factors affecting the health and experiences of the emerging adults are culture and healthcare specific.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to explore the experience of emerging adults living with type 1 diabetes in Lebanon, describe their diabetes self-care and diabetes-related health outcomes (HbA1c and diabetes distress), and identify the predictors of these outcomes.

Psychometric Properties of the Arabic Version of the Pain Resilience Scale among Lebanese Adults with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain.

Background: The Pain Resilience Scale (PRS), which measures behavioral perseverance and the ability to regulate emotions and cognition despite ongoing pain, lacks an Arabic version.

Objectives: This study aimed to translate, culturally adapt, and validate an Arabic version of the Pain Resilience Scale (PRS-A) among Lebanese adults.

Methods: Phase 1 involved translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the PRS into Arabic.

Psychometric Evaluation of the Heart Failure Somatic Perception Scale in a Middle Eastern Heart Failure Population.

Background: The Heart Failure Somatic Perception Scale (HFSPS) is an 18-item instrument used to assess how bothersome are common signs and symptoms of heart failure (HF). To date, the psychometric properties of the HFSPS have been tested in American, Italian, and Japanese samples.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the validity and reliability of the HFSPS in a population of Lebanese patients living with HF.

Unfolding parental knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs toward palliative care for children with cancer.

Background: Parents' views toward pediatric palliative care (PPC) remain underexplored, especially in low/middle-income countries where care relies heavily on families. A better understanding of parents' perspectives would inform strategies to support PPC integration into the care of children with cancer. This multicenter study aimed to examine knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs toward PPC among parents of children with cancer in Lebanon to uncover areas for improvement and determine associated factors.

Pediatric palliative care through the eyes of healthcare professionals, parents and communities: a narrative review.

Background And Objective: Pediatric palliative care is a holistic approach that aims to enhance the quality of life of seriously ill children and their families. Despite the documented benefits, many barriers challenge early integration of such care. The lack of knowledge and negative attitudes and beliefs toward pediatric palliative care are often cited among these barriers.

A Survey on the Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Lebanese Physicians Regarding Air Pollution.

Introduction: Air pollution imposes a significant burden on public health. It is emerging as a modifiable risk factor for cancer, diabetes, and respiratory and cardiovascular diseases. This study aims to assess the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of Lebanese physicians regarding air pollution.

Towards better out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation: A survey of nurses.

Objectives: To examine the knowledge, attitude and practice of nurses in Lebanon regarding out-of-hospital resuscitation, compare hospital nurses to those who work in community settings on the variables of interest, determine the nurses' willingness to attempt resuscitation in the community and identify predictors of their willingness.

Background: Only 5.5% of victims survive out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Lebanon.

A single educational intervention on heart failure self-care: Extended follow-up from a multisite randomized controlled trial.

Background: Heart failure outcomes remain poor, and little is known about the causes and predictors of these outcomes in Lebanon.

Aim: The purpose of this article is to report the causes and predictors of the 6- and 12-month readmission and mortality of previously recruited patients to the Family focused Approach to iMprove Heart Failure care In LebanonQualitY intervention (FAMILY) study.

Methods: A multi-site block randomized controlled trial in three tertiary medical centers in Beirut.

Potentially inappropriate medications in elderly patients with heart failure: Beers Criteria-based study.

Objectives: Primary objectives were to evaluate the use of potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) use in elderly heart failure (HF) patients and the factors associated with the number of PIMs. Secondary objectives were to test for the correlation between PIMs and quality of life (QOL) and depression.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 125 elderly Lebanese HF patients with left ventricular ejection fraction <50%.

Out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation: a position statement of the Lebanese Society of Cardiology and the Lebanese Society of Emergency Medicine.

Out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is a leading cause of death worldwide. Early cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and early defibrillation are key to improving outcomes of patients with OHCA including return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) and survival to hospital discharge with good neurologic outcomes. Lebanon like other developing countries, suffers from absence of organized prehospital cardiac arrest care bundle and from absence of a legal framework for community involvement in cardiac arrest care.

Validation of the Arabic Version of the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire.

Background: The Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire (MLHFQ) is commonly used to measure quality of life (QOL) in patients with heart failure (HF). We examined the psychometric properties and cultural validity of an Arabic version of the MLHFQ.

Methods: An observational cross-sectional study was conducted with 210 adult HF outpatients.

Patients' knowledge and attitudes about myocardial infarction.

Delay in seeking emergency care contributes significantly to the mortality associated with myocardial infarction. The aims of this descriptive study were to determine Lebanese patients' knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about heart disease following their hospitalization for acute myocardial infarction, the factors associated, and to investigate the education they receive about heart disease. The study targeted 50 participants diagnosed with myocardial infarction who were interviewed about their knowledge, attitudes, and perceived control related to heart disease in their home 1 month after being discharged from hospital using the Acute Coronary Syndrome Response Index and the Control Attitude Scale-Revised.

A mapping of nursing and midwifery research in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, 2006-2016.

Background: Nurses and midwives constitute the largest group of health care professionals globally. Challenges to these professions make it difficult to set regional priorities for policies and research development.

Aims: The purpose of this study was to map current nursing and midwifery research in the Eastern Mediterranean Region.

Resuscitation of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Victims in Lebanon: The Experience and Views of Prehospital Providers.

Background: The survival rate of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) victims in Lebanon is much lower than those seen internationally. In this study, we examined the attitudes and practices of prehospital providers in resuscitation.

Methods: We devised a cross-sectional survey with questions adopted from the literature including a study out of Lebanon.

Symptom prevalence and management in older adult patients in Lebanon.

Objective: The purpose of this study is to explore symptoms and the effectiveness of their management in older adult palliative care candidates in Lebanon. The aims of this study were to: (1) determine symptom prevalence in Lebanese older adults who qualify for palliative care; (2) identify the severity and distress of symptoms; (3) identify the prevalence of symptom management and its efficacy; and (4) explore the relationship between overall symptom burden and its correlates.

Method: This study uses an observational cross-sectional design using convenience sampling (N = 203) to recruit older adults qualifying for palliative care from three major medical centers in Lebanon.

Prevalence of depression and anxiety in end-stage renal disease: A survey of patients undergoing hemodialysis.

Background: Dialysis is a lifelong treatment required by end stage renal disease patients who are not able to undergo renal transplantation. Dialysis impacts the patients' quality of life drastically, increasing the risk of mortality. Depression and anxiety are commonly reported among dialysis patients, but their prevalence and correlates vary by sociocultural context.

Factors Associated With Continued Smoking in Lebanese Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome.

Background: Smoking in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) increases their risk for recurrent events and death.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to describe the smoking trajectory among patients hospitalized with ACS and associated factors.

Methods: Forty patients with ACS who were smokers were interviewed in the hospital about smoking history, nicotine dependence, depression, self-efficacy, and social support.

Medical students' knowledge, attitudes and behaviours related to substance use in Lebanon: a cross-sectional survey.

The study aims were to explore the knowledge, attitudes and behaviours of Lebanese medical students related to substance use and to determine prevalence and psychosocial predictors. A cross-sectional survey of 231 medical students (48.6% male; 53.

An evaluation of involving family caregivers in the self-care of heart failure patients on hospital readmission: Randomised controlled trial (the FAMILY study).

Background: The prevalence of heart failure is increasing in Lebanon but to date there is no systematic evaluation of a disease management intervention.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of involving family caregivers in the self-care of patients with heart failure on the risk of hospital readmission.

Design: A multi-site, block randomised controlled trial.

The prognostic value of a new left bundle branch block in patients with acute myocardial infarction: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objective: To assess the prognostic value of new left bundle branch block (LBBB) in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI).

Background: LBBB develops in many cardiac conditions, including AMI. The empirical evidence for the contribution of LBBB to mortality in AMI is not consistent.

Translation and validation of the Arabic version of the Self-care of Heart Failure Index.

Background Heart failure is a complex clinical syndrome with high demands for self-care. The Self-care of Heart Failure Index (SCHFI) was developed to measure self-care and has demonstrated robust psychometric properties across populations. Aim To assess the psychometric properties of the Arabic version of the SCHFI (A-SCHFI).