Factors influencing nursing undergraduates' motivation for postgraduate entrance: a qualitative inquiry.

Background: The demand for nursing professionals with advanced education and specialized knowledge is growing, which encourages nursing undergraduates to pursue postgraduate studies. Therefore, an in-depth investigation into the barriers and facilitators affecting the motivation of nursing undergraduates to take postgraduate entrance exams was necessary. This may provide more targeted recommendations for the formulation of relevant policies and the provision of student support.

The multiple mediation model of social support and postpartum anxiety symptomatology: the role of resilience, postpartum stress, and sleep problems.

Objective: This study aimed to assess the prevalence of postpartum anxiety and the factors influencing it, while also exploring the multiple mediating roles of related factors between social support and postpartum anxiety symptomatology among postpartum women in China.

Methods: Between April and August 2023, we recruited a total of 824 postpartum women through a convenience sampling method. These participants completed a series of general survey questionnaires and were evaluated using the depression anxiety stress scale, perceived social support scale, 10-item Connor-Davidson resilience scale, maternal postpartum stress scale, and Pittsburgh sleep quality index.

Path analysis of influencing factors for maternal antenatal depression in the third trimester.

Maternal antenatal depression (AD) is a nonpsychotic depressive episode during pregnancy that can harm both the pregnant woman and the fetus. This study aimed to investigate the intrinsic interrelationships between AD and its influencing factors by constructing a path model. This survey-based cross-sectional study included 1071 pregnant women who underwent pregnancy examinations in three hospitals in Nantong City, China, between February and June 2023.

The mediating role of social support and resilience between self-efficacy and prenatal stress: a mediational analysis.

Background: Prenatal stress is a highly prevalent mental disorder experienced by pregnant women. This study assessed the prevalence and influencing factors of prenatal stress and investigated the mediating role of social support and resilience between self-efficacy and prenatal stress among pregnant women in China.

Methods: A convenience sample comprising 1071 pregnant women from three hospitals in Nantong, Jiangsu Province, China, was recruited between February and June 2023.

Postpartum stress in the first 6 months after delivery: a longitudinal study in Nantong, China.

Objectives: The objective is to to explore the longitudinal change trajectories of postpartum stress and its related factors.

Design: A longitudinal study with follow-ups from 42 days to 6 months after delivery.

Settings And Participants: A total of 406 postpartum women were recruited at baseline (42 days after delivery) from 6 hospitals in Nantong, Jiangsu Province, China, and followed up at 3 and 6 months.

Translation and validation of the Chinese version of the maternal postpartum stress scale.

Objective: To translate the Maternal Postpartum Stress Scale (MPSS) into Chinese and validate its psychometric properties in postpartum women.

Methods: A total of 406 postpartum women were recruited from six hospitals in Nantong, Jiangsu Province, China. Cronbach's α co-efficient, split-half reliability, and test-retest reliability were used to evaluate the reliability of the translated scale.

The effect of perceived social support on postpartum stress: the mediating roles of marital satisfaction and maternal postnatal attachment.

Background: Multiple factors may be responsible for the development of postpartum stress, including perceived social support, marital satisfaction, and maternal postnatal attachment. However, the underlying mediation mechanisms remain unclear. This study examined the complex relationships between perceived social support and postpartum stress among Chinese women.

Status and influencing factors of disease uncertainty among family caregivers of patients with moderate and severe craniocerebral injury: a quantitative and qualitative study.

Background: Disease uncertainty widely exists among family caregivers of patients with moderate and severe craniocerebral injury. This negative emotional reaction will reduce the ability of family caregivers to make decisions during the critical stage of the patient, causing serious effects on the rescue and prognosis of patients with moderate and severe craniocerebral injury. Therefore, this article aims to understand the state of the uncertainty of the disease of family caregivers of patients with moderate and severe craniocerebral injury in China, to analyze the influencing factors, and to explore the specific resource of the uncertainty of the disease combined with qualitative study.

The clinical effect of WeChat-based MUST education model on patients with chronic heart failure.

Objective: To explore the effect of WeChat-based MUST nursing intervention on self-care ability and quality of life in patients with chronic heart failure.

Method: Convenient sampling was used to select CHF patients who received treatment in XX Hospital from January 1, 2020, to December 30, 2020, as the study subjects and was divided into the experimental group (n = 60) and the control group (n = 60) according to the random number table. The experimental group used the WeChat-based MUST nursing intervention, and the control group used the routine education and follow-up model.

Association of maternal diabetes during pregnancy with visual acuity development in offspring: a prospective cohort study.

Aims: We aimed to investigate the association between maternal diabetes before or during pregnancy and visual acuity development in offspring at 1 and 4 years old.

Methods: This prospective cohort study comprised 301 individuals born in 2015-2017. Those who had maternal diabetes during or before pregnancy (type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes and gestational diabetes) were investigated.

Construction and Evaluation of a Rat Model of Postpartum Fatigue.

Objectives: The aim of the study was to construct and evaluate a rat model of postpartum fatigue.

Design: This is an article about animal model building.

Methods: Sprague-Dawley rats on the 1st day after delivery were randomized into control group and fatigue group.

The effects of cognitive bias modification for attention and interpretation on the postoperative psychological resilience and quality of life of patients with pituitary adenoma: a randomized trial.

Background: Negative emotions such as anxiety and depression may have a bearing on patients' psychological resilience and quality of life (QoL) following surgery. Cognitive bias modification (CBM) for attention and interpretation has been confirmed to alleviate anxiety and depression. However, the psychological effects of CBM attention and interpretation on Chinese patients with pituitary adenoma have hardly received research attention.

The Prevalence of Depression and Its Association With Quality of Life Among Pregnant and Postnatal Women in China: A Multicenter Study.

This study examined the prevalence of depressive symptoms (depression hereafter) and its association with quality of life (QOL) among pregnant and postnatal women in China. In this multi-center, cross-sectional study, 1,060 pregnant and postnatal women from eight hospitals were assessed. Depression and QOL were measured using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale and the World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire - brief version, respectively.

Are Prolactin Levels Linked to Suction Pressure?

Background: Suction pressure has been reported to be a key driving force of lactation. An infant's sucking at its mother's breasts is the major stimulus to post-natal prolactin (PRL) secretion, and PRL is the essential hormone for lactation and milk production. It is unknown what role suction pressure has in PRL secretion and milk supply postnatally.

Anxiety and depression correlate with disease and quality-of-life parameters in Chinese patients with ankylosing spondylitis.

Aim: To evaluate the relationship between mental and physical health in Chinese patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and to identify the predictors of psychological status.

Methods: Patients with AS (n=103) and healthy controls (n=121) were surveyed between 2010 and 2011 (cross-sectional study). The Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index, Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index, Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Metrology Index, pain visual analog scale, Health Assessment Questionnaire, revised Self-Rating Anxiety Scale, revised Self-Rating Depression Scale, and Short-Form 36 questionnaire were administered.

EphA8 is a prognostic marker for epithelial ovarian cancer.

EphA8 is one of the Eph receptors in the Eph/ephrin receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) subfamily. During tumorigenesis, EphA8 is involved in angiogenesis, cell adhesion and migration. In this study, we determined the mRNA and protein expression levels of EphA8 in cancerous and normal ovarian tissue samples by quantitative reverse transcription PCR (qRT-PCR) (N = 60) and tissue microarray immunohistochemistry analysis (TMA-IHC) (N = 223) respectively.

Intraoral Vacuum of Breast-Feeding Newborns Within the First 24 Hr: Cesarean Section Versus Vaginal Delivery.

Objectives: To explore whether newborns born via Cesarean section have a weaker intraoral vacuum compared with those born vaginally and to determine whether a weaker intraoral vacuum is related to a delayed onset of lactation.

Methods: For this prospective cohort study, 71 mother-infant dyads were enrolled and divided into birthing groups, vaginal or Cesarean. The newborn intraoral vacuum was measured via a tube placed alongside the nipple and connected to a pressure sensor during a breast-feeding session within the first 24 hr after birth.

Investigating Factors Associated with Depression of Type 2 Diabetic Retinopathy Patients in China.

Aims And Objectives: To assess the depression status of type 2 diabetic retinopathy patients in Nantong China and to identify factors associated with depression.

Methods: Two hundred and ninety-four patients with type 2 diabetic retinopathy were recruited from the Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University. The severity of DR was measured in the worse eye.

Relationship of tidal volume to peak flow, breath rate, I: E and plateau time: mock study.

Background: The purpose of this study was to determine the functional relationship between tidal volume (VT) and 4 other ventilator parameters.

Methods: The following parameters were collected from an AVEA ventilator operating in the volume-controlled ventilation mode: VT (in L), peak flow (Vmax, in L/min), breath rate (f, in bpm), inspiratory-to-expiratory time ratio (I:E) and plateau time (TP, in s). The relationship between VT and each of the other variables was determined.

Relationship between the pH of enema solutions and intestinal damage in rabbits.

Mechanical enemas can lead to intestinal mucosal injuries and bowel barrier damage, presenting as electrolyte disturbances and functional intestinal disorders. Most researchers believe that the mechanism of injury is related to osmolality, volume and temperature of the solution, infusion pressure, and the composition of the enema tube. We hypothesized that the pH of the enema solution may also contribute to intestinal damage.