The needs for digital health and eHeath literacy of cancer patients, caregivers, and healthcare providers: A multicenter, descriptive correlational study.

Purpose: Digital health is an indispensable tool, but its use depends on the eHealth literacy (eHL) of end-users. This study aimed to understand the need for digital health and eHL among cancer patients, caregivers, and healthcare providers and to identify differences in digital health needs related to the eHL of cancer patients.

Methods: A multicenter, descriptive correlational study was conducted and included a total of 209 patients, 150 caregivers and 150 healthcare providers.

Exploring nurses' experiences in pressure sore care in long-term care facilities.

Background: This study uses an interpretive description approach to explore nurses' experiences with pressure sore care in long-term care facilities, highlighting the complexity of their encounters.

Methods: 10 experienced nurses from South Korean small to medium-sized hospitals were chosen via purposive sampling for interviews. Data analysis utilized Braun and Clarke's reflexive thematic analysis.

Effects of digital self-management symptom interventions on symptom outcomes in adult cancer patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Purpose: Digital self-management (SM) interventions targeting symptom relief have demonstrated positive as well as null outcomes, whereas no study has synthesized the effect of the interventions. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of digital SM symptom interventions on symptom outcomes in adult cancer patients.

Methods: A systematic review and meta-analysis based on the previous scoping review was conducted.

Digital Health Interventions for Adult Patients With Cancer Evaluated in Randomized Controlled Trials: Scoping Review.

Background: Digital care has become an essential component of health care. Interventions for patients with cancer need to be effective and safe, and digital health interventions must adhere to the same requirements.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to identify currently available digital health interventions developed and evaluated in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) targeting adult patients with cancer.

Predictors of long-term medication adherence in stroke survivors: A multicentre, prospective, longitudinal study.

Background: Although the optimal use of prescribed medications for stroke survivors is critical for preventing secondary stroke, longitudinal observations of the natural course of medication persistence and adherence in Korean stroke survivors are rare. Furthermore, studies are needed to identify strong predictors influencing medication adherence and to determine whether these predictors change over time.

Aims And Objectives: To evaluate the longitudinal medication persistence and adherence at 3 months and 1 year after discharge in all stroke patients and to identify predictors of long-term medication adherence in patients who can self-medicate.

Factors Related to Beliefs about Medication in Ischemic Stroke Patients.

Background: Medication beliefs are known as predictors of medication adherence. However, understanding of the relevance of these beliefs is lacking. Therefore, this study aimed to identify medication beliefs, and their influencing factors, in stroke survivors.

Factors affecting the occurrence of pressure injuries among patients receiving targeted temperature management after cardiac arrest.

Background: Pressure injuries (PIs) are a well-known complication of critically ill patients admitted to the intensive care unit with targeted temperature management (TTM) after cardiac arrest (CA). However, little is known about the factors that impact the occurrence of PIs among these patients.

Objectives: This study aimed to examine factors related to the occurrence of PIs among patients after CA treated with TTM.

Predictive Model for Quality of Life in Patients 1 Year After First Stroke.

Background: Because the recurrence rate of stroke increases 1 year after its initial occurrence, it is important to predict quality of life at this stage, although most functions are likely recovered.

Objectives: We aimed to construct and verify a model of quality of life in patients 1 year post stroke by considering their characteristics at the time of the stroke based on the Wilson and Cleary model and previous literature.

Methods: Participants comprised 288 patients who had experienced their first ischemic stroke and were enrolled in 3 regional stroke centers in South Korea.

Factors Influencing 1-Year Medication Adherence of Korean Ischemic Stroke Survivors.

Background: Medication adherence is important for secondary stroke prevention. However, suboptimal adherence to medication among patients after stroke or transient ischemic attack is reportedly 30.9%.

Performance and Influencing Factors of Evidence-Based Pressure Ulcer Care Among Acute Care Hospital Nurses.

Background: In previous studies about performance or factors affecting pressure ulcer (PU) care, old tools with nonupdated contents about the prevention and intervention of PU have been mainly used. Thus, there is little known how well evidence-based PU care is performed and what its' influencing factors are recently.

Aims: This study aimed to evaluate the PU care performance, based on evidence-based practice guidelines, and identify factors affecting it while considering nurses' individual and institutional characteristics.

The Reliability and Validity of the Korean Short Version of the Stroke-Specific Quality of Life Scale.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to assess the reliability and validity of the Korean short version of the Stroke-Specific Quality of Life Scale (SS-QoL-12K).

Design: A descriptive, cross-sectional design was used.

Methods: We recruited 233 outpatients with ischemic stroke.

Relationships among Lifestyle, Depression, Anxiety, and Reproductive Health in Female University Students.

Purpose: To identify relationships among lifestyle, psychological distress, and reproductive health in female university students.

Methods: We used a descriptive cross-sectional design. A total of 275 subjects were enrolled.

The Validity and Reliability of the Korean Version of the Stigma Scale for Chronic Illness 8-Items (SSCI-8) in Patients with Neurological Disorders.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to develop a Korean version of the Stigma Scale for Chronic Illness 8-items (SSCI-8) and then assess its reliability and construct validity among patients with neurological conditions.

Method: Patients diagnosed with stroke, Parkinson's disease, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, myasthenia gravis, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis were recruited. Reliability was assessed for internal consistency with Cronbach's alpha coefficient.

Differences in Type Composition of Symptom Clusters as Predictors of Quality of Life in Patients with Meningioma and Glioma.

Objective: Objectives of this study were to identify and compare symptom clusters in patients with meningioma and glioma and to assess and compare predictors of quality of life (QoL) in both patient groups.

Methods: Data were collected using the MD Anderson Symptom Inventory-Brain Tumor Module, Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General, and Karnofsky Performance Sale. Of 158 participating patients, 77 had meningioma, and 81 had glioma.

Influence of undernutrition at admission on clinical outcomes in patients with acute myocardial infarction.

Background: Although the effect of overweight or obesity on clinical outcomes in patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI) has been reported, the effect of undernutrition is not as well understood. Therefore, we investigated whether acute MI patients frequently present with undernutrition, and whether this influences poor clinical outcomes.

Methods And Results: Using the Korea Acute Myocardial Infarction Registry database, we screened initial data on acute MI patients admitted within 48h of symptom onset to a tertiary university hospital between November 1, 2011 and May 31, 2015.

A prediction model of falls for patients with neurological disorder in acute care hospital.

For the prevention of falls, individual fall risk assessment is the necessary first step. Thus, we attempted to identify independent risk factors for falls and develop a prediction model using a scoring system for patients with neurological disorders in acute hospital settings. This study was a secondary analysis of a previous study performed to compare the reliability and validity of three well-known fall assessment tools in patients with neurological disorders.

Factors contributing to malnutrition in patients with Parkinson's disease.

Our objective in this study was to evaluate the nutritional status and to identify clinical, psychosocial, and nutritional factors contributing to malnutrition in Korean patients with Parkinson's disease. We used a descriptive, cross-sectional study design. Of 102 enrolled patients, 26 (25.

Current trend of acute myocardial infarction in Korea (from the Korea Acute Myocardial Infarction Registry from 2006 to 2013).

Although the incidence of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in Korea has been rapidly changed because of westernization of diet, lifestyle, and aging of the population, the recent trend of the myocardial infarction have not been reported by classification. We investigated recent trends in the incidence and mortality associated with the 2 major types of AMI. We reviewed 39,978 patients registered in the Korea Acute Myocardial Infarction Registry for either ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction (STEMI) or non-ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) from 2006 to 2013.

Changes in suprarenal and infrarenal aortic angles after endovascular aneurysm repair.

Purpose: We investigated whether suprarenal and infrarenal aortic angles change after the endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) procedure and during follow-up, and investigated the correlation between infrarenal aortic angle after EVAR and type Ia endoleaks.

Methods: Data collected on 70 EVAR procedures for a fusiform infrarenal aortic aneurysm performed between May 2006 and December 2012 were supplemented with a retrospective review of charts and radiographs.

Results: The greater the preoperative infrarenal aortic angle, the greater the suprarenal aortic angle (r = 0.

[Development and evaluation of an enteral nutrition protocol for dysphagia in patients with acute stroke].

Purpose: The study was done to develop an evidence-based enteral nutrition (EN) protocol for effective nutritional support for dysphagia in patients with acute stroke, and to evaluate effects of this protocol on clinical outcomes.

Methods: A methodological study was used to develop the EN protocol and a quasi-experimental study to verify the effectiveness of the protocol. The preliminary EN protocol was drawn by selecting recommendations from previous well-designed EN guidelines, and then developing additional recommendations based on high-quality evidence.

MRI findings may predict early neurologic deterioration in acute minor stroke or transient ischemic attack due to intracranial atherosclerosis.

Background: Patients with intracranial atherosclerosis (ICAS) are at high risk of early recurrence or neurologic deterioration. Although minor stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA) seem benign, their occurrence in patients with ICAS may lead to early neurological deterioration (END). We aimed to identify factors associated with END in ICAS patients presenting with acute minor stroke or TIA, with a focus on early MRI findings.

Comparison between MRI screening and CT-plus-MRI screening for thrombolysis within 3 h of ischemic stroke.

Background And Purpose: Although MRI may provide much information on brain pathology to aid in patient selection for thrombolysis, the concern remains that MRI screening may increase time-to-treatment. We hypothesized that CT-plus-MRI screening might be a valuable time-efficient alternative for selection of patients requiring thrombolysis.

Methods: We reviewed acute stroke patients who received intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) (with or without intra-arterial urokinase) initiated within 3 h of stroke between March 2004 and March 2007.

Inflammatory and hemostatic biomarkers associated with early recurrent ischemic lesions in acute ischemic stroke.

Background And Purpose: Early recurrent ischemic lesions (ERILs) on diffusion-weighted imaging after acute ischemic stroke have been suggested as a potential marker of early recurrent stroke. We hypothesized that biomarkers of inflammation or coagulation may be associated with the pathogenesis of ERILs and sought to investigate whether these biomarkers provide prognostic information on the risk of development of ERILs independently of clinical and imaging variables.

Methods: This prospective study enrolled 153 consecutive patients with acute ischemic stroke who underwent diffusion-weighted imaging within 24 hours and subsequently at 5 days after onset and whose plasma or serum for biomarkers (C-reactive protein, fibrinogen, d-dimer, tissue plasminogen activator, and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1) were collected within 24 hours of onset.

Undernutrition as a predictor of poor clinical outcomes in acute ischemic stroke patients.

Objective: To determine whether changes in nutritional status in the first week after acute ischemic stroke and undernutrition predicts poor clinical outcomes.

Design: Prospective observational study.

Setting: Tertiary university hospital.

Early recurrent ischemic lesions on diffusion-weighted imaging in symptomatic intracranial atherosclerosis.

Background: Prior observations have shown that early recurrent ischemic lesions (ERILs) on diffusion-weighted imaging occur frequently within the first week after an index stroke.

Objective: To investigate differential patterns of ERILs among stroke subtypes, particularly intracranial large-artery atherosclerosis (IC-LAA).

Design: Retrospective study.