Depression, performance status, and discontinued treatment mediate an association of curability belief with prognosis in advanced cancer patients.

Individuals diagnosed with advanced cancer often experience stress and depression, factors linked to worse survival. Curability belief-defined as the hope and expectation of cure through treatment, based on affective forecasting-may differ from the patient's actual life expectancy (i.e.

Early Integrated Palliative Care in Patients With Advanced Cancer: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Importance: Limited data suggest that early palliative care (EPC) improves quality of life (QOL) and survival in patients with advanced cancer.

Objective: To evaluate whether comprehensive EPC improves QOL; relieves mental, social, and existential burdens; increases survival rates; and helps patients develop coping skills.

Design, Setting, And Participants: This nonblinded randomized clinical trial (RCT) recruited patients from 12 hospitals in South Korea from September 2017 to October 2018.

Health-promoting behavior to enhance perceived meaning and control of life in chronic disease patients with role limitations and depressive symptoms: a network approach.

The association between health-related role limitations in the mental and physical subdomains and clinical status (i.e., chronic disease and comorbid depressive symptoms) is mediated by health-promoting behaviors.

Different effects between the current capability of and changes in self-management strategies on improving health behavior and psychological health after 6 months: evidence from a prospective cohort study of patients with cancer.

Purpose: We aimed to examine different effects of the current capability of and changes in self-management strategies on improving health behavior and psychological health (satisfaction of life, depression, and anxiety) after 6 months in cancer patients.

Methods: A prospective cohort study was conducted, including 540 cancer patients. We measured cancer patients' self-management strategies' capability with Smart Management Strategies for Health (SMASH) Assessment Tool (SAT) baseline scores and changes with SMASH change scores based on a clinically meaningful 10% change of the scores.

Association of health asset value with subjective well-being, depression, health management strategy and habits in South Korea.

This study aims to measure the monetary value of health asset based on the self-reported health status and rate of health asset value (HAV), and to evaluate its application to the subjective well-being and health competency of a representative sample of South Korea. From March to April 2021, 1000 participants were randomly sampled nationwide in South Korea and administered questionnaires including self-reported rate of health asset value and health status, the Subjective Well-Being Index (SWBI), Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), Smart Management Strategy for Health Assessment Tool (SAT), and 11 health habits. In multiple stepwise logistic regression model adjusted for basic demographic variables (age, sex, region, monthly income level, and comorbidity), current HAV was independently associated positively with SWBI (adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 4.

Self-Management Strategy Clustering, Quality of Life, and Health Status in Cancer Patients Considering Cancer Stages.

Background: In the cancer-care continuum, self-management can help cancer patients regardless of their treatment plan or cancer stage. However, research examining self-management strategy clusters considering cancer stages is lacking. Thus, we examined self-management strategy clusters considering cancer stages and the effects of self-management strategy clusters on quality of life (QoL) and overall health status.

Stronger association of perceived health with socio-economic inequality during COVID-19 pandemic than pre-pandemic era.

Objective: The COVID-19 pandemic has changed peoples' routine of daily living and posed major risks to global health and economy. Few studies have examined differential impacts of economic factors on health during pandemic compared to pre-pandemic. We aimed to compare the strength of associations between perceived health and socioeconomic position (household income, educational attainment, and employment) estimated before and during the pandemic.

The Association of the Health Management Strategy with Subjective Health and Well-being Outcomes in General Population.

Background: People face many obstacles to overcoming crisis in life and proactively manage life crises. This study aimed to evaluate the association of self-management strategy with subjective health and well-being for the general South Korean population.

Methods: We recruited 1,200 respondents using an equal-probability sampling method from March to May 2018.

Development and Validity Testing of the Workplace Parent Index: Assessment of Family-Friendly Practice.

Objective: We aimed to develop the Workplace Parent Index (WPI) as an assessment tool of family-friendly practice in the workplace and validate its psychometric properties.

Methods: The development of the WPI included three phases: item generation, scale construction, and field testing. Participants were 1000 parents, aged 18 or more years old, who completed the WPI online and measures of competency of parentship, life satisfaction, and positive growth after experiencing a traumatic event.

Comparison of eating habits and inappropriate weight control efforts of secondary school students enrolled in a weight control program.

Background/objectives: Numerous school-based weight control programs have been initiated for weight loss among adolescents. However, the relationship between these programs and inappropriate weight control efforts, dietary habits and behavior of students, have not been investigated sufficiently. This study was undertaken to investigate the association between body mass index (BMI) of adolescents, and their health status and inappropriate weight-control efforts.

Association between BMI variability and risk of fracture among Korean men and women: a population based study.

Unlabelled: In Korean adults aged 50 years and older, the overall risk of fractures increased with greater BMI variability among both men and women, specifically, spinal fractures for men and both spinal and hip fractures for women.

Purpose: The bone-health-related outcome, such as fractures due to BMI fluctuation, has been understudied within Asian populations. In this large-scale, population-based cohort study in Korea, we aimed to investigate the relationship between variability in body mass index (BMI) and the risk of fractures.

Efficacy of Health Coaching and an Electronic Health Management Program: Randomized Controlled Trial.

Background: For chronic disease management, self-management strategies are essential to achieve sustained improvement.

Objective: Our study evaluated the efficacy of health coaching and a self-management strategy-based electronic program on self-management strategies for patients with osteoporosis, chronic respiratory disease, or arthritis.

Design: Three-arm randomized controlled trial, pilot study PARTICIPANTS: Fifty-four participants INTERVENTIONS: The first intervention group (n = 53) received a self-management strategy-based electronic program and 12 weeks of health coaching (20 sessions).

Korean Version of the Patient Dignity Inventory: Translation and Validation in Patients With Advanced Cancer.

Context: The goal of palliative care is to maximize the quality of life and thus maintain the dignity of patients facing problems associated with a life-threatening illness. The Patient Dignity Inventory (PDI) is an instrument used to measure various sources of distress that can impact patients' sense of dignity at the end of life.

Objectives: We aimed to obtain a Korean translation of the PDI (PDI-K) and evaluate its psychometric properties in patients with advanced cancer.

The Attitudes of Physicians and the General Public toward Prognostic Disclosure of Different Serious Illnesses: a Korean Nationwide Study.

Background: Although international guidelines recommend palliative care approaches for many serious illnesses, the palliative needs of patients with serious illnesses other than cancer are often unmet, mainly due to insufficient prognosis-related discussion. We investigated physicians' and the general public's respective attitudes toward prognostic disclosure for several serious illnesses.

Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional survey of 928 physicians, sourced from 12 hospitals and the Korean Medical Association, and 1,005 members of the general public, sourced from all 17 administrative divisions in Korea.

Effect of Changes in Patient's Self-management Strategies on Clinical Outcomes: Evidence from a Cohort Study of Patients with Diabetes, Hypertension, and Hyperlipidemia.

Background: Self-management has become the dominant care model for chronic disease management. This study aimed to investigate the effect of changes in self-management strategies on the clinical outcomes of chronic diseases.

Methods: Two hundred ninety-seven patients with one or more chronic disease (diabetes, dyslipidemia, or hypertension) were registered and followed in this prospective cohort study.

Self-management strategies and comorbidities in chronic disease patients: associations with quality of life and depression.

Self-management strategies are essential for improving prognosis in chronic illnesses. This study aimed to investigate the association between comorbidity and self-management strategies. A total of 700 patients with one or more chronic diseases including diabetes, dyslipidemia, hypertension, osteoporosis, chronic lung disease, chronic kidney disease and arthritis were enrolled.

The major effects of health-related quality of life on 5-year survival prediction among lung cancer survivors: applications of machine learning.

The primary goal of this study was to evaluate the major roles of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in a 5-year lung cancer survival prediction model using machine learning techniques (MLTs). The predictive performances of the models were compared with data from 809 survivors who underwent lung cancer surgery. Each of the modeling technique was applied to two feature sets: feature set 1 included clinical and sociodemographic variables, and feature set 2 added HRQOL factors to the variables from feature set 1.

Consumers' consciousness of health-friendly products and services and its association with sociodemographic characteristics and health status: a cross-sectional survey of the South Korean population.

Objectives: To identify consumers' consciousness of health-friendly products and services (consumer reaction, purchase intention and willingness to pay more) and its association with sociodemographic characteristics and multidimensional health status.

Methods: From March to May 2018, we administered questionnaires to 1200 individuals from the general Korean population asking about their perception of health-friendly labels, and if they would purchase such labelled products (foods, pharmaceuticals, etc) and services (purifying water, preventing air pollution, etc) at extra cost.

Results: The participants placed a high value on the importance of mental, social, spiritual and physical health factors in terms of the company's products and services with a score of about 8 out of 10 (range, 7.

Impact of family caregivers' awareness of the prognosis on their quality of life/depression and those of patients with advanced cancer: a prospective cohort study.

Purpose: A caregiver's prognostic awareness can affect clinical decisions for the patient. The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of family caregivers' prognostic awareness on the quality of life (QOL) and emotional state of both patients with advanced cancer and their caregivers.

Methods: This prospective cohort study was conducted from December of 2016 to January of 2018.