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Psychooncology
January 2025
Department of Nursing, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.
Background: Receiving a child's cancer diagnosis is a highly traumatic experience for parents, often leading to significant psychological distress, including symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The way healthcare professionals deliver this news can affect the severity of parents' reactions. While some research examines communication style's impact on patients, few studies focus on its effects on parents.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWound Manag Prev
December 2024
Background: Cancerous wounds are a significant challenge in cancer care, reducing the quality of life and affecting psychological well-being.
Purpose: This case report describes a 59-year-old female who developed a severe cancerous wound. The report presents comprehensive nursing measures for patients with cancerous wounds and discusses key nursing factors that promote wound healing.
JMIR Public Health Surveill
January 2025
Laboratoire AGEIS, Université Grenoble Alpes, La Tronche Cedex, France.
Background: Although agricultural health has gained importance, to date, much of the existing research relies on traditional epidemiological approaches that often face limitations related to sample size, geographic scope, temporal coverage, and the range of health events examined. To address these challenges, a complementary approach involves leveraging and reusing data beyond its original purpose. Administrative health databases (AHDs) are increasingly reused in population-based research and digital public health, especially for populations such as farmers, who face distinct environmental risks.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFClin Orthop Relat Res
December 2024
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Background: Opioid use disorder (OUD) has been implicated as a potential risk factor for adverse outcomes and readmissions in various surgical procedures. Patients admitted with an open fracture of the lower extremity often have multifarious pain needs, require surgical procedures, and have prolonged rehabilitation; previous OUD complicates this process. Our goal was to describe at a national level how OUD is associated with readmission, complications, and healthcare expenditure for patients admitted with open lower extremity fractures.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPsychol Trauma
January 2025
Department of Psychology, University of Turin.
Objective: This exploratory prospective cohort study aimed to investigate the trajectory of psychological distress and posttraumatic growth (PTG) in rectal cancer patients from diagnosis to follow-up and to explore factors that could predict PTG and psychological distress at follow-up.
Method: We assessed psychological distress (anxiety and depression), PTG, physical symptoms, quality of life, cancer-related coping, state and trait affectivity, resilience, and alexithymia in 43 rectal cancer patients, ) age: 61.6 (12.
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