Nursing Research

BACKGROUND: Missed care is defined as the omission or delay of necessary patient care and is internationally reported by nurses as a significant safety risk. Nurses working at night also report high levels of occupational fatigue that, coupled with inadequate staffing and practice environment support, may impede a nurse's ability to carry out the nursing process and lead to more missed care. OBJECTIVE: The study's objective was to examine the interrelationships among organizational and nurse characteristics, occupational fatigue, and missed care among nurses working at night...

BACKGROUND: People with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) occasionally develop acute exacerbation of COPD-a potentially fatal condition. Psychological distress was associated with acute exacerbation of COPD. However, the evidence on the effect of psychological distress on acute exacerbation of COPD remains unclear. OBJECTIVE: To explore the influence of psychological distress on acute exacerbation of COPD and its consequences. METHODS: The current review was conducted in accordance with Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines using three databases (PubMed, CINAHL, and PsyINFO) that were searched to identify relevant articles...

BACKGROUND: Electronic nicotine delivery systems, also known as e-cigarettes, are the most commonly used tobacco products among young adults in the United States. Young adults in rural areas have a higher prevalence of ENDS use compared to their urban counterparts yet there is limited evidence regarding the in-depth understanding of experiences and perspectives directly from young adults. OBJECTIVES: To explore individual experiences and perspectives about use and cessation of electronic nicotine delivery systems from young adults in rural areas...

BACKGROUND: Readmissions following hospitalization for common surgical procedures are prevalent among older adults and are disproportionally experienced by Hispanic patients. One potential explanation for these disparities is that Hispanic patients may receive care in hospitals with lower-quality nursing care. OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to evaluate the relationship between the hospital-level work environment of nurses and hospital readmissions among older Hispanic patients...

BACKGROUND: Substantial effort has been invested to combat childhood obesity, but overall effects are disappointing, especially in low-income racial minority children. One possible reason is a lack of focus on the important stress-eating connection. Stress can negatively influence eating behaviors, leading to an increased appetite for high-fat and energy-dense foods. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to evaluate the preliminary effects of a healthy eating and stress management program targeting multiple theoretical variables on improving eating behavior (dyads' fruit/vegetable intake, emotional eating), food insecurity, anthropometric characteristics (dyads' BMI, % body fat), cardiovascular health (dyads' blood pressure), and mental well-being (parental stress)...

BACKGROUND: Early palliative care (PC) has received more attention for improving health-related outcomes for advanced cancer patients in recent years, but the results of previous studies are inconsistent. OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to use meta-analysis and trial sequence analysis to evaluate the effect of early PC on health-related outcomes of advanced cancer patients. METHODS: All English publications were searched in PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, and the Cochrane Library from inception to March 2023, with a restriction that the study type was a randomized controlled trial...

BACKGROUND: The prevalence of short sleep duration is rising and is linked to chronic comorbidities, such as metabolic syndrome (MetS). Sleep extension interventions in adults with MetS comorbidities and short sleep duration are limited and vary widely in terms of approach and duration. OBJECTIVES: This pilot study aimed to test the feasibility and acceptability of a personalized 12-week systematic sleep time extension intervention on post-intervention sleep outcomes in middle-aged adults at risk for MetS with actigraphy-estimated short sleep duration...

BACKGROUND: While a multitude of studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of noninvasive ventilation (NIV) for treatment of respiratory insufficiency, there have been few investigations of patients' experiences while receiving this common treatment. Identification of the presence, intensity, and distress of symptoms during NIV will inform the development and testing of interventions to best manage them and improve patients' intensive care unit (ICU) experiences. OBJECTIVE: The objectives of this study were to (a) identify the presence, intensity, and distress of symptoms in patients receiving NIV in the ICU using a modified version of the Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale (MESAS) and (b) describe the most common and distressing symptoms experienced by patients...

BACKGROUND: Online surveys in nursing research have both advantages and disadvantages. Reaching a sample and attaining an appropriate response rate is an ongoing challenge and necessitates careful consideration when designing a nursing research study using an online survey approach. OBJECTIVE: In this study, we aimed to explore response rates and survey characteristics of studies by nurse researchers that used online methodologies to survey nurses, nursing students, and nursing faculty...

BACKGROUND: Dietary behavior is a key component in the self-management of patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM), as it is essential for glycemic control and preventing diabetic complications. However, it is challenging for patients with diabetes to make sustainable dietary behavior changes and achieve long-term optimal glycemic control. OBJECTIVES: Dietary behavior changes involve present efforts to achieve future benefits. The primary aim of this study was to investigate the relationships among time perspective, dietary behaviors, and health outcomes in patients with T2DM...

BACKGROUND: Despite the effect of maternal breast cancer on many children, there is no valid or reliable quantitative measure of the concern that children attribute to their mothers' disease, which constrains both science and clinical practice. OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to develop and psychometrically evaluate the initial measures of child-reported, illness-related concerns associated with maternal cancer. METHODS: The study was conducted in three phases: scoping review, item extraction from a battery of items obtained from school-aged children about general issues related to their mothers' breast cancer, and testing of the three proposed structural models of these extracted items using confirmatory factor analysis...

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BACKGROUND: Depression affects one in three women with Type 2 diabetes, and this concurrence significantly increases the risks of diabetes complications, disability, and early mortality. Depression is underrecognized because of wide variation in presentation and the lack of diagnostic biomarkers. Converging evidence suggests inflammation is a shared biological pathway in diabetes and depression. Overlapping epigenetic associations and social determinants of diabetes and depression implicate inflammatory pathways as a common thread...

BACKGROUND: At-home self-collection of specimens has become more commonplace because of measures taken in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Self-collection of hair cortisol is important because chronic stress is present in many populations, such as older adults living with Alzheimer's disease and their family caregivers. For the evaluation of chronic stress, scalp hair can be used as a predictive biomarker because it examines the cumulative, retrospective stress from previous months...

BACKGROUND: Translation strategies are commonly used for qualitative interview data to bridge language barriers. Inconsistent translation of interviews can lead to conceptual inequivalence, where meanings of participants' experiences are distorted, threatening scientific rigor. OBJECTIVES: Our objective is to describe a systematic method developed to analyze multilingual, qualitative interview data while maintaining the original language of the transcripts. METHODS: A literature review of translation strategies, cross-language, and multilingual qualitative research was conducted...

BACKGROUND: The associative network method is a technique for studying social representations of a phenomenon. Although it is little known and used, it can be widely used in nursing research, particularly to understand the representations of a population on a disease or a professional practice. OBJECTIVES: This article aims to describe the associative network method, proposed by De Rosa in 1995, through a concrete example. METHODS: The associative network is a technique that allows us to identify the content, structure, and polarity of social representations of a phenomenon...

BACKGROUND: Online surveys have proven to be an efficient method to gather health information in studies of various populations, but these are accompanied by threats to data integrity and quality. We draw on our experience with a nefarious intrusion into an online survey and our efforts to protect data integrity and quality in a subsequent online survey. OBJECTIVES: We aim to share lessons learned regarding detecting and preventing threats to online survey data integrity and quality...

BACKGROUND: Multisite studies offer larger, more diverse samples to successfully capture populations and clinical practices of interest at the point of care. However, investigators face challenges with site recruitment and sampling, differences in clinical practices across sites, and data integrity. Addressing these issues a priori can improve the rigor and reproducibility of the research. OBJECTIVE: This article aims to describe a cascading approach to multisite research...

BACKGROUND: Investigations of chronic physiological stress measured by hair cortisol are rapidly expanding among community samples of adolescents and adults. However, research examining physiological stress among youth experiencing homelessness is nascent despite the youth's increased risk for adverse exposures and subsequent impaired mental health. OBJECTIVE: This article aimed to examine the feasibility of collecting hair for measuring cortisol among diverse youth experiencing homelessness and gain an understanding of variation in participation...

BACKGROUND: Aeromedical evacuation provides critical care during long-distance transport of injured victims between medical facilities. Often, these victims sustain muscle trauma related to mechanical insults, such as crush. Understanding the effects of flight on injured muscle is important because the aircraft cabin represents an external environment with mild hypoxia-the cabin's altitude is 2,438 m instead of sea level. Because mild hypobaric hypoxia can alter gene expression in normal muscle and affect recovery patterns, it is beneficial to examine whether this type of hypoxia may also alter injury-related genes...