Experience of women with breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy: a systematic review of qualitative research.

Purpose: Chemotherapy exerts adverse effects on physical, psychological and social functioning in women with breast cancer, which may trigger adaptive activities. For a better understanding of the experience of symptoms associated with chemotherapy and the development of targeted interventions, this study aimed to (a) explore the patient experience of chemotherapy, (b) identify patients' strategies to cope with the side effects and distress and (c) explore the link between their experience and coping strategies.

Methods: Qualitative studies were included if they explored the experience or coping strategies of women with breast cancer receiving chemotherapy.

Ethical considerations referred to in child health research published in leading nursing journals: 2015-2019.

Background: Child health research comprises complex ethical considerations. Understanding the extent to which the ethical process is reported in child health research is needed to improve reporting.

Aims: To identify reportage of ethical considerations in child health research in leading nursing and paediatric journals.

Statistical Reporting in Nursing Research: Addressing a Common Error in Reporting of p Values (p = .000).

Purpose: The confidence in a study will be reduced due to the incorrect representation of statistical results. However, it is unknown to what extent p values are incorrectly represented in published nursing journals. The study aims to evaluate the articles in 30 nursing journals in terms of the error in reporting of p values (p = .

Development and validation of the Chinese version of the evidence-based practice profile questionnaire (EBPQ).

Background: Evidence-based practice (EBP) education or training are considered fundamental to building and strengthening an EBP culture, as well as to encouraging evidence-based academic and clinical practice in the nursing community. However, few valid and reliable instruments are available for the assessment of EBP teaching and learning in clinical nurses in China. Translation, reliability, and validity testing of the English Evidence-Based Practice Profile Questionnaire (EBPQ), which has strong psychometric properties, may encourage evaluation and promote the implementation of EBP in Mainland China.

Pre-treatment assessment for patients with breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy: a best practice implementation project.

Objectives: This project aimed to conduct an audit of pre-treatment assessment for patients with breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy and to assess the impact of these changes in improving the compliance with evidence-based best practice criteria in a large tertiary hospital.

Introduction: Pre-treatment assessment before cancer chemotherapy is paramount in order for patients to receive effective and safe treatment. Numerous guidelines and consensus-based standards for safe chemotherapy administration have been developed, which state that nurses should conduct and document comprehensive health assessments for patients prior to administration of chemotherapy.

A Chinese version of the chemotherapy-induced alopecia distress scale based on reliability and validity assessment in breast cancer patients.

Purpose: Chemotherapy-induced alopecia is a common and emotionally traumatic side effect on breast cancer patients. In order to make up for the deficiency of measuring tools in China, our study aims at translating the chemotherapy-induced alopecia distress scale (CADS) into Chinese and evaluating the psychometric properties of the Chinese version of CADS (CADS-C) in breast cancer patients.

Methods: The validity and reliability of CADS-C were measured by a questionnaire survey among 301 breast cancer patients from Chinese mainland.

Reporting of ethical approval and informed consent in clinical research published in leading nursing journals: a retrospective observational study.

Background: Ethical considerations play a prominent role in the protection of human subjects in clinical research. To date the disclosure of ethical protection in clinical research published in the international nursing journals has not been explored. Our research objective was to investigate the reporting of ethical approval and informed consent in clinical research published in leading international nursing journals.