Benefits of sustained physical activity from middle age to early old age on quality of life in early old age.

This study aimed to examine changes in physical activity (PA) over time (2009-2017) in the same participants and to determine an association between changes in PA and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in early older adults (n = 994) using data from the Korea Health Panel Survey. HRQoL was measured using the EuroQol system, and the amount of PA was grouped into four activity levels: remained inactive, became inactive, became active, and remained active. The association of changes in PA over 8 years with HRQoL was examined using logistic regression analysis while controlling for socioeconomic and behavioral factors.

Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Korean modified version of the QUAlity of Life Assessment in Spina bifida for Young Adults (QAULAS-YA-Km).

Purpose: The QUAlity of Life Assessment in Spina bifida (QUALAS) for adults (QUALAS-A) evaluates the health-related quality of life (HRQOL), reflecting the condition specificity of adults with spina bifida (SB). The study's purpose was to translate and cross-culturally adapt the QUALAS-A into Korean and validate a Korean-modified version of the QUALAS for Young Adults (QUALAS-YA-Km).

Method: Face and content validity were evaluated in the pilot study.

What we need to know about uncertainty in illness among people with primary malignant brain tumours: A mixed-methods systematic review.

Aims And Objectives: To identify the characteristics of uncertainty in illness (UI) among people with primary malignant brain tumours (PMBT).

Background: High recurrence rates and complex symptoms cause uncertainty in people with PMBT. Given the characteristics of PMBT, reviewing UI among people with PMBT will benefit future research and clinical intervention development.

Unmet needs in palliative care for patients with common non-cancer diseases: a cross-sectional study.

Background: Non-cancer patients experience the chronic process of disease that increases the patients' suffering as well as families' care burden. Although two-thirds of deaths are caused by non-cancer diseases, there is a lack of studies on palliative care for non-cancer patients. This study identified the palliative care needs and satisfaction, anxiety and depression, and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of non-cancer patients and identified the factors influencing their HRQOL.

Frailty and its associated factors among older adults with cancer undergoing chemotherapy as outpatients: A cross-sectional study.

Purpose: Frailty can affect cancer treatment decisions and outcomes. Depression, fatigue, and cognitive impairment often experienced by patients with cancer are expected to be associated with frailty. We aimed to identify frailty and its related factors in older adults with cancer undergoing chemotherapy.

Nurse-led eHealth transition care program for adolescents with spina bifida: A feasibility and acceptability study.

Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of a nurse-led eHealth transition care program for adolescents with spina bifida.

Design And Methods: This study used a single-arm, pretest-posttest intervention study. Adolescents with spina bifida, aged 12-15 years, and their parents participated in the program.

Mobile health platform based on user-centered design to promote exercise for patients with peripheral artery disease.

Background: Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a cardiovascular disease that can be improved by risk factor modification. Mobile health (mHealth) intervention is an effective method of healthcare delivery to promote behavior changes. An mHealth platform can encourage consistent involvement of participants and healthcare providers for health promotion.

Cancer treatment-related cardiac dysfunction in breast cancer survivors: A retrospective descriptive study using electronic health records from a Korean tertiary hospital.

Purpose: The population overlap of breast cancer and cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) has increased due to early breast cancer detection and treatment and aging population trends. Moreover, breast cancer patients are at an increased risk for CVDs consequent to cancer treatments. We aimed to understand the characteristics of breast cancer patients with pre-existing CVDs and of those diagnosed with CVDs after receiving chemotherapy, and cancer treatment-related cardiac dysfunction's occurrence among Korean breast cancer patients with CVDs.

"It's a part of the patient": The experiences of patients with cancer undergoing home-based chemotherapy from patients' and nurses' perspectives.

Objective: Home-based chemotherapy is widely used and offers advantages in terms of patient-centeredness, hospital capacity, and cost-effectiveness. However, in practice, patients experience difficulties with self-management and handling the elastomeric infuser. In this study, we aimed to explore the experiences of patients undergoing home-based chemotherapy based on patients' and nurses' perspectives.

Quality of life patterns and its association with predictors among non-muscle invasive bladder cancer survivors: A latent profile analysis.

Objective: This study identified group patterns in the quality of life (QOL), as well as examining factors associated with group membership, among non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) survivors.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional study involving 278 participating NMIBC survivors. Mplus version 7.

Information and communication technology for physical activity in persons living with dementia: A systematic review with implications for evidence-based practice.

Background: Persons living with dementia often encounter many difficulties in their community due to functional limitations. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) could be useful to monitor changes in their physical function. However, there is a lack of systematic reviews about using ICT for physical activity.

Comparing workplace violence among nurses and other professionals using online articles: A social network analysis.

Aim: To investigate workplace violence in online articles and compare workplace violence-related words characteristics of nurses and other professionals using social network analysis.

Background: Workplace violence is a widespread problem across nursing practice. Online articles are useful for the timely identification and management of nurse violence problems.

Fear of cancer recurrence and its predictors and outcomes among cancer survivors: A descriptive correlational study.

Purpose: Fear of cancer recurrence (FCR) is a major issue in the context of survivorship. The identification of predictors and outcomes of FCR is a top research priority. The purpose of this study was to understand FCR as a process and to identify predictors and outcomes of FCR among Korean cancer survivors.

An educational design and development project for pediatric heart transplant recipients and their families.

Purpose: The purpose of this project is to systematically derive and develop educational content for children who have undergone heart transplants and their families to improve the families' and caregivers' ability to manage child health in South Korea.

Design And Methods: This project developed educational content through the first three steps: "Analysis," "Design," and "Development" of the five steps outlined in the ADDIE (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation) model. The educational contents were derived from an analysis of six literature reviews and six studies, seven websites, and interviews with six caregivers of children who have undergone a heart transplant.

Self-efficacy for coping with cancer and quality of life in advanced gastric cancer patients.

Purpose: Coping is one of the most frequently addressed topics in palliative care. Beliefs and expectations about one's own capacity to cope with cancer will lead to actual coping, which is known to contribute to quality of life (QoL). The current study aimed to describe self-efficacy (SE) for coping with cancer and to evaluate its relationship with QoL in advanced gastric cancer (AGC) patients.

Improvement in obstructive sleep apnea in a child with Down syndrome with rapid palatal expansion.

Unlabelled: Children with Down syndrome (DS) have distinct orofacial structures that predispose them to sleep-disordered breathing. The management options for obstructive sleep apnea include continuous positive airway pressure, adenotonsillectomy, mandibular advancement, and maxillary expansion. However, most of these treatment options are less effective or less viable for children with DS.

Physician-Customized Strategies for Reducing Outpatient Waiting Time in South Korea Using Queueing Theory and Probabilistic Metamodels.

The time a patient spends waiting to be seen by a healthcare professional is an important determinant of patient satisfaction in outpatient care. Hence, it is crucial to identify parameters that affect the waiting time and optimize it accordingly. First, statistical analysis was used to validate the effective parameters.

Sensorial saturation improves infants' procedure-related pain behaviour in the cardiac intensive care unit: A quasi-experimental study.

Background: Painful procedures are unavoidable when providing critical care to infants in intensive care units. These adverse experiences during infancy can lead to later hyperalgesia and poor neurodevelopmental outcomes. Thus, appropriate interventions are required to relieve infant pain during these procedures.

Life-Sustaining Treatment Decision in Palliative Care Based on Electronic Health Records Analysis.

Aims And Objectives: This study sought to explore the present status of life-sustaining treatment decisions in a tertiary hospital to improve the life-sustaining treatment decision-making process.

Background: Life-sustaining treatment decisions are crucial for palliative care because they encompass decisions to withdraw treatments when patients cannot articulate their values and preferences. However, surrogate decisions have settled many life-sustaining treatment cases in South Korea, and this trend is prevalent.

Development of Home-Based Exercise Mobile Application for Patients with Peripheral Artery Disease.

This study aimed to develop a home-based exercise application to improve the exercising performance in patients with peripheral artery disease. This application is based on a theoretical framework and is paired with a wearable device, Fitbit Charge4. The application comprised five main categories with 30 screens: login, a record of exercise, goal achievement, information, and motivation.

Associations between childhood psychological trauma, posttraumatic stress symptoms, and mental health in female college students: Mediation of coping styles.

Purpose: To investigate the associations between childhood psychological trauma, posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS), and mental health in adulthood and to identify the mediation of active and passive coping on these associations in Korean female undergraduates.

Conclusions: Childhood psychological trauma had a direct association with current mental health in adulthood (β = 0.15, p < 0.

Incorporating a real-time automatic alerting system based on electronic medical records could improve rapid response systems: a retrospective cohort study.

Background: Rapid response systems (RRSs) are essential components of patient safety systems; however, limited evidence exists regarding their effectiveness and optimal structures. We aimed to assess the activation patterns and outcomes of RRS implementation with/without a real-time automatic alerting system (AAS) based on electronic medical records (EMRs).

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed clinical data of patients for whom the RRS was activated in the surgical wards of a tertiary university hospital.

Family resilience factors affecting family adaptation of children with cancer: A cross-sectional study.

Purpose: Pediatric cancer impacts all family members, including parents and siblings, who strive to adjust to a multitude of changes brought about by the illness. Family resilience is an important factor in the successful adaptation of families of children with cancer. Therefore, we aimed to identify risk and protective factors for family resilience at the child, family, and community levels that affect the adaptation of families of children with cancer.

Development and Pilot Testing of a Smartphone-Based Self-Care Program for Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B.

The purpose of this study is to develop a smartphone-based self-care program (Hep B Care) for patients with the chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV). To pilot test the feasibility of Hep B Care, 63 participants with chronic HBV were recruited from an outpatient clinic at S hospital, Seoul, South Korea (experimental group [EG]: = 30, control group [CG]: = 33) between February and July 2016. Hep B Care was developed based on the theory of self-care whilst having a chronic illness.

Functional Status and Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Peripheral Artery Disease: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a progressive atherosclerotic disease that negatively affects individuals' functional status and health-related quality of life (HRQOL). This study aimed to investigate the HRQOL and associated factors in patients with PAD in Korea. We conducted a cross-sectional study using self-administered questionnaires in a tertiary hospital in Seoul.