Endothelial Dysfunction Using Flow-mediated Dilatation Among Individuals with Pre-impaired Glucose Tolerance (Pre-IGT).

Objectives: Pre-impaired glucose tolerance (pre-IGT) is a prediabetes stage characterized by normoglycemia and compensatory hyperinsulinemia due to insulin resistance. Hyperinsulinemia increases cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk, especially, endothelial dysfunction (ED). However, there is paucity of studies on ED with hyperinsulinemia alone, particularly in individuals with pre-IGT.

The Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Family and Community Medicine Residency Training Program: The Philippine Experience.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic had a profound impact on medical education, particularly in Family and Community Medicine training programs. This study aimed to assess the impact in the Philippines by comparing the number of cases and procedures before and during the pandemic, as well as the adaptations made by these programs.

Objective: The objective of this study was to determine the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on Family and Community Medicine training in the Philippines by comparing the average number of cases and procedures done before and during the pandemic and the changes implemented by the different accredited training programs.

Social connectedness and health-related quality of life among patients with cancer undergoing chemotherapy: A mixed method approach using structural equation modelling and photo-elicitation.

Objective: To develop and test the model of association of social connectedness and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among patients with cancer undergoing chemotherapy and to describe their social connectedness through photo-elicitation.

Background: Social connectedness has been empirically associated with several well-being outcomes. However, little is known on the association of social connectedness among patients with cancer undergoing chemotherapy.

Adaptation of the pain management self-efficacy questionnaire into Turkish.

Objectives: The aim of this study is to examine the Turkish validity and reliability of the Pain Management Self-Efficacy Ques-tionnaire (PMSEQ).

Methods: The study was carried out descriptively and methodologically between September and December 2018 with 214 nurses and 248 nursing students. The data were collected using the descriptive characteristics form and the PMSEQ.

Psychometric Properties of the Filipino Version of Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS): A Cross-Cultural Validation Study.

Albeit the importance of patient experience, most questionnaires are only available in English. To understand the hospital experience of Filipino patients, a psychometrically sound instrument in Filipino is warranted. This study culturally adapted and validated the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) into Filipino.

Cross-Cultural Validation Into Filipino of the Consumer Assessment of Health-Care Providers and Systems Surgical Care Survey (S-CAHPS).

Surgical experience is increasingly being recognized; however, Consumer Assessment of Health-Care Providers and Systems Surgical Care Survey (S-CAHPS), the tool for surgical experience, is available in English and Spanish only. To measure surgical experience among Filipinos, a culturally appropriate version should be validated. This study culturally adapted the S-CAHPS into Filipino.

Social support from nurses and non-adherence with directly observed therapy (DOTS) maintenance phase among patients with tuberculosis in Metro Manila, Philippines.

Objective: To determine the influence of community health nurses' social support on non-adherence with the maintenance phase of directly observed therapy (DOTS) among patients with tuberculosis (TB).

Design: Prospective-cohort.

Sample: One hundred purposively selected patients with TB starting with DOTS maintenance phase.

Occupational determinants of compassion satisfaction and compassion fatigue among Filipino registered nurses.

Aims And Objectives: To determine the prevalence and to identify the occupational determinants of compassion satisfaction and compassion fatigue among general medical-surgical registered nurses.

Background: Compassion fatigue and compassion satisfaction are caring concepts that have been explored among nurses in specialised hospital units. However, there is paucity of studies exploring the occupational determinants among general medical-surgical registered nurses.

A conjoint analysis of the communication preferences of registered nurses towards mechanically ventilated patients.

Background: The nurse-patient communication is a dyadic process involving the transmission and recognition of information and feelings. However, communication difficulty is a common phenomenon among mechanically ventilated patients which causes distress among patients and may compromise the quality of patient care that nurses provide.

Aim: To explicate the communication preferences of registered nurses towards mechanically ventilated patients.

A conjoint analysis of the acute and critical care experiential learning preferences of Baccalaureate student nurses.

With the increasing need for competent nurses specializing in acute and critical care, educators must consider the needs and preferences of students in designing experiential learning programs. This cross-sectional, choice-based conjoint analysis determined the acute and critical care experiential learning preferences of student nurses. From March to July 2016, 213 randomly-selected student nurses from a higher education institution in Manila, Philippines were surveyed and ranked 20 choice bundles with 5 selected attributes of the experiential learning program.

Fluid distribution timetable on adherence to fluid restriction of patients with end-stage renal disease undergoing haemodialysis: Single-blind, Randomized-Controlled Pilot Study.

Aim: To determine the effects of a fluid distribution timetable on adherence to fluid restriction of patients with end-stage renal disease undergoing haemodialysis.

Background: Fluid restriction is necessary among patients with chronic kidney disease. However, treatment adherence remains a challenge.