Pub Date : 2024-05-01Epub Date: 2024-01-29DOI: 10.3928/02793695-20240122-01
Xiuyan Lan, Bilan Yi, Zijuan Wang
Purpose: Frailty is a complex age-related clinical condition among older adults. Quality of life (QOL) among older adults with frailty is an important topic of interest. The current cross-sectional study aimed to develop a structural equation model to identify factors affecting QOL.
Method: A total of 180 older adults with frailty were recruited from general units in two hospitals in Fuzhou, China. Data were collected using the World Health Organization Quality of Life Brief Version, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, Geriatric Depression Scale-15, and Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire. Structural equation modeling was used to analyze data.
Results: The final model exhibited a good fit. Poor sleep quality was associated with depression, passive coping style, and poor QOL. Depression was also associated with poor QOL. Passive coping style was associated with better QOL.
Conclusion: This study demonstrated that sleep quality has direct and indirect effects on QOL of older adults with frailty through depression and passive coping style. Recommendations are that care providers pay attention to biological and physiological variables, symptom status, and functional status of older adults with frailty. This study also provides a theoretical basis for developing interventions that may lead to improvements in QOL among older adults with frailty. [Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 62(5), 49-55.].
目的:虚弱是老年人中一种复杂的与年龄相关的临床症状。患有虚弱症的老年人的生活质量(QOL)是一个重要的研究课题。本横断面研究旨在建立一个结构方程模型,以确定影响 QOL 的因素:方法:从中国福州两家医院的综合科室共招募了 180 名体弱老年人。采用世界卫生组织生活质量简明版、匹兹堡睡眠质量指数、老年抑郁量表-15和简化应对方式问卷收集数据。采用结构方程模型对数据进行分析:结果:最终模型的拟合效果良好。睡眠质量差与抑郁、消极应对方式和 QOL 差有关。抑郁也与 QOL 差有关。结论:这项研究表明,睡眠质量与患者的生活质量息息相关:本研究表明,睡眠质量通过抑郁和被动应对方式对体弱老年人的 QOL 有直接和间接的影响。建议护理人员关注体弱老年人的生物和生理变量、症状状态和功能状态。这项研究还为制定干预措施提供了理论依据,这些干预措施可能会改善体弱老年人的 QOL。[社会心理护理与心理健康服务期刊》,xx(xx),xx-xx]。
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Pub Date : 2024-05-01DOI: 10.3928/02793695-20240417-03
Stacey M Carroll, Barbara Shaw
{"title":"Dismantling Ableism: Promoting a Culture of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility for Nurses With Disabilities.","authors":"Stacey M Carroll, Barbara Shaw","doi":"10.3928/02793695-20240417-03","DOIUrl":"10.3928/02793695-20240417-03","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50071,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140867191","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-05-01Epub Date: 2023-11-13DOI: 10.3928/02793695-20231025-02
Latife Utas-Akhan, Dilek Avci, Ilkay Basak
The aim of the current study was to determine the effects of group art therapy on clinical symptoms, alexithymia, and quality of life among people with schizophrenia. This single-blinded, randomized controlled trial was performed with 66 individuals with schizophrenia from a community mental health center in western Turkey between September 2021 and February 2022. Following art therapy, the intervention group had lower severity of positive, negative, and general psycho-pathology symptoms; lower levels of alexithymia; and higher levels of psychological health, social relationships, and total quality of life than the control group; and the difference between groups was statistically significant (p < 0.05). Results reveal that art therapy combined with pharmacological therapy contributes to good clinical outcomes among individuals with schizophrenia. This evidence can guide psychiatric nurses to use art therapy to reduce psychopathology severity and increase functionality and quality of life among individuals with schizophrenia. [Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 62(5), 29-38.].
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Pub Date : 2024-05-01DOI: 10.3928/02793695-20240326-01
Peggie Hackling
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Pub Date : 2024-05-01Epub Date: 2023-10-27DOI: 10.3928/02793695-20231017-01
Frankie B Hale, Holly B Fontenot, James W Davis, Cheryl L Albright
The World Health Organization adopted happiness as an indicator of societal progress in addressing conditions that directly affect psychological well-being and recommended communities address the determinants and obstacles to subjective well-being. Therefore, we conducted an online survey, informed by the Sustainable Happiness Model, among university employees that measured life circumstances (sociodemographics) and intentional leisure-time moderate-to-vigorous physical activity as potential predictors of subjective happiness (assessed using the Subjective Happiness Scale [SHS]). The multiethnic sample (N = 85) primarily included those who identified as White (44%), Asian (33%), and Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander (16%). The most prevalent age range was 41 to 50 years (31%), and 55% of the sample identified as female, 78% as faculty, and 22% as staff. Reporting a current mental health condition had significantly lower SHS scores compared to all other factors. Future research should explore interventions to support and improve university employee's mental health and overall well-being. [Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 62(5), 39-48.].
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Pub Date : 2024-04-01DOI: 10.3928/02793695-20240228-79
{"title":"FDA-Approved Drugs to Treat Dementia.","authors":"","doi":"10.3928/02793695-20240228-79","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3928/02793695-20240228-79","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50071,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140786549","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-04-01Epub Date: 2023-09-27DOI: 10.3928/02793695-20230919-03
Deana Goldin, Deborah Salani
The prevalence of stress- and anxiety-related disorders is increasing along with widespread demand for anxiolytics. Due to drug supply shortages and access restrictions, nonprescription remedies have gained popularity. In addition, the marketing of herbals and botanicals as low-cost and all-natural products with fewer access restrictions has increased their use. The current article explores the evidence to provide an overview of the current understanding of Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera), an anxiolytic and apoptogenic herb with therapeutic and health-promoting potentials to help the body reduce stress and maintain a homeostatic state. Due to poor quality controls and diversity of Ashwagandha products, clinical trials on Ashwagandha's effectiveness in anxiety-related conditions reveal conflicting results, although many show favorable findings. Furthermore, health care professionals, such as nurses, advanced practice nurses, physicians, physician assistants, and pharmacists, need to be aware of variability in Ashwagandha products, quality controls, reported evidence regarding use, safety profile, and clinical implications in stress reduction. [Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 62(4), 33-40.].
{"title":"Let's Get to the Root of Ashwagandha: What Health Care Professionals Need to Know.","authors":"Deana Goldin, Deborah Salani","doi":"10.3928/02793695-20230919-03","DOIUrl":"10.3928/02793695-20230919-03","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The prevalence of stress- and anxiety-related disorders is increasing along with widespread demand for anxiolytics. Due to drug supply shortages and access restrictions, nonprescription remedies have gained popularity. In addition, the marketing of herbals and botanicals as low-cost and all-natural products with fewer access restrictions has increased their use. The current article explores the evidence to provide an overview of the current understanding of Ashwagandha (<i>Withania somnifera</i>), an anxiolytic and apoptogenic herb with therapeutic and health-promoting potentials to help the body reduce stress and maintain a homeostatic state. Due to poor quality controls and diversity of Ashwagandha products, clinical trials on Ashwagandha's effectiveness in anxiety-related conditions reveal conflicting results, although many show favorable findings. Furthermore, health care professionals, such as nurses, advanced practice nurses, physicians, physician assistants, and pharmacists, need to be aware of variability in Ashwagandha products, quality controls, reported evidence regarding use, safety profile, and clinical implications in stress reduction. [<i>Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 62</i>(4), 33-40.].</p>","PeriodicalId":50071,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41138615","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-04-01Epub Date: 2023-09-27DOI: 10.3928/02793695-20230919-05
Berna Bayir, Figen Türk Düdükcü, Zehra Koçak
The current cross-sectional descriptive study was performed to determine the effect of young adults' attitudes regarding social gender roles on perceived social support level in health behaviors. Participants comprised 209 young adults aged 18 to 21 years. Data collection tools included a sociodemographic characteristics form, the Gender Roles Attitude Scale, and Child and Adolescent Social Support Scale for Healthy Behaviors (CASSS-HB). Data were analyzed using percentile, correlation, and regression analysis. A significant positive correlation was found between total CASSS-HB score and the egalitarian gender role subdimension of the Gender Roles Attitude Scale. It was determined that participants with an egalitarian perspective toward gender roles had increased levels of social support in health behaviors. [Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 62(4), 17-23.].
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Pub Date : 2024-04-01DOI: 10.3928/02793695-20240307-02
Aranda Michaels
{"title":"NARSAD Artworks.","authors":"Aranda Michaels","doi":"10.3928/02793695-20240307-02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3928/02793695-20240307-02","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50071,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140784375","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-04-01Epub Date: 2023-09-27DOI: 10.3928/02793695-20230920-01
Hsing-I Chiang, Su-Chen Lo, Jason W Beckstead, Chiu-Yueh Yang
The current quasi-experimental study explored the effects of Baduanjin qigong on body mass index (BMI) and five metabolic indexes in people with schizophrenia. Inclusion criteria were body mass index >25 kg/m2 or metabolic syndrome. Twenty-two service users were recruited from a psychiatric center and were assigned to the experimental group (EG) or control group (CG) using blocked randomization. The EG performed Baduanjin qigong lasting 1 hour for 12 weeks three times per week, whereas the CG received routine care. Generalized estimating equations showed that the EG achieved a greater decrease in BMI and waist circumference (WC) than the CG post-intervention. Baduanjin qigong may provide an effective nonpharmacological approach to reducing BMI and WC in people with schizophrenia. This study showed that performing Baduanjin qigong for 12 weeks is a feasible and effective strategy for improving the body shape of individuals with chronic schizophrenia, thus providing results that can serve as a reference for health professionals working in psychiatry departments. [Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 62(4), 41-48.].
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