Perspectives of persons with mild cognitive impairment, caregivers and healthcare professionals on computer-assisted cognitive training: A multi-perspective qualitative study.

Objective: To explore the perspectives and perceptions of persons with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), their caregivers, and healthcare professionals on computerized cognitive training (CCT).

Material And Methods: Utilizing phenomenological research methods, 12 MCI patients, 11 caregivers, and 15 healthcare professionals were recruited. Data were collected through four focus group interviews and six semi-structured in-depth interviews conducted between March 2023 and June 2023.

Application of virtual reality in nursing communication education: A systematic review.

Background: Communication skills are very important for nursing students. As a developing teaching technology, virtual reality is used in nursing communication education. However, the teaching effect and the effective teaching elements are not clear.

The Importance of Knowledge on Dementia Risk Factors in the General Public: A Cross-Sectional Study.

The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of knowledge and beliefs on beneficial behaviors and dementia risk scores. A online survey was conducted among Chinese community residents over 18 years old. Multivariate logistic regression was used to identify the impact of knowledge and beliefs on dementia risk scores and beneficial behaviors.

Virtual reality-based dementia educational programmes for formal and informal caregivers of people with dementia: A scoping review.

Aim: To map evidence of the existing virtual reality-based dementia educational programmes and the effects of these educational programmes on dementia formal and informal caregivers.

Design: A scoping review.

Methods: A comprehensive search of nine databases was conducted to find studies from the inception of the databases to October 2023.

Life experience and identity of spousal caregivers of people with dementia: A qualitative systematic review.

Background: The number of people with dementia is on the rise worldwide, and dementia care has become the focus of global health services. People with dementia are primarily cared for by informal caregivers, with spouses seen as a particularly vulnerable group. Focusing on the spousal caregiving experience and having a good caregiver identity contributes to group bonding and enhanced social support.

Effect of thickened water swallow training in tube-feeding and dysphagia patients in the acute and early subacute phases of stroke: A quasi-experimental study.

Background: Thickened water has been widely used in patients with dysphagia who receive oral feeding, but there is little evidence for tube-feeding patients.

Objective: To explore the effects of thickened water swallow training in tube-feeding and dysphagia patients in the acute and early subacute phases of stroke.

Methods: A quasi-experimental study.

Genetic testing decision-making experiences within families of colorectal cancer patients: A qualitative study.

Purpose: Genetic testing is the gold standard for the diagnosis of hereditary colorectal cancer syndromes but is currently inadequate and nonideal. The decision-making processes regarding genetic testing are even less well known. The present study aims to explore the decision-making experience of genetic testing for colorectal cancer patients and their family members.

The influence of web-based decision aids on informal caregivers of people with dementia: A systematic mixed-methods review.

Caring for people with dementia is considered one of the most stressful and difficult forms of care. Informal caregivers constantly face high physical and emotional burdens. Therefore, it is essential to provide them with effective and practical support.

Gaps in awareness and practice of healthy lifestyles among individuals at high risk of colorectal cancer: A qualitative evidence synthesis.

Aims: To systematically examine and review relevant qualitative studies exploring the current lifestyle among individuals at high risk of colorectal cancer (CRC), and their awareness of the role of a healthy lifestyle in CRC prevention.

Background: The increasing incidence and mortality of CRC have presented a serious threat against the health and life of people. As the major population affected by CRC, the lifestyle of individuals at a high risk of CRC is attracting increasing attention.

How tablets/applications enhance social connections and social support in people with dementia: A qualitative systematic review.

The 2020 Lancet issue identified social isolation as one of 12 modifiable risk factors for dementia and revealed that enhanced social connections and social support can effectively reduce the incidence of social isolation. During the COVID-19 pandemic, technology attracted an increasing amount of attention, and it is necessary to synthesize ideas from existing evidence. First, we explored how people with dementia experienced changes in social connection and social support due to tablet/app use.

Exploring the role of communication in missed nursing care: A systematic review.

Aims: To systematically review the literature on relationships between communication issues and missed nursing care.

Design: Systematic review was conducted according to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses 2020 Statement.

Data Sources: EMBASE, Web of Science, CINAHL, PubMed and Cochrane databases were comprehensively searched from inception to December 2021.

'It is my turn to raise her' - Decision-making regarding physical restraint in home care in China: A descriptive qualitative study.

Background: The phenomenon of physical restraint applied to people with dementia in home care is receiving increasing interest from nursing scholars. Although family caregivers play key roles in caring for people with dementia, little is known regarding the ways in which family caregivers make decisions with respect to physical restraint.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to explore Chinese family caregivers' decision-making regarding physical restraint in home care for persons living with dementia.

The influence path of caregivers' positive aspects, expressed emotion and coping style on behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia.

Objectives: To analyze the correlation and mechanism of action among caregivers' expressed emotion, positive aspects, coping style and the behavioral and psychological symptoms of people with dementia by using the theory of planned behavior as a framework.

Methods: We investigated 193 pairs of people with dementia and caregivers to assess patients' behavioral and psychological symptoms, as well as caregivers' expressed emotion, positive aspects and coping style. Regression analysis and structural equation modeling were used.