Pub Date : 2021-04-14DOI: 10.15344/2394-4978/2021/336
Mayumi Uno, Shin Fujinaga, Yukari Nishio
{"title":"An Effective Card Game for Conflict Resolution Between Nurses and Patients","authors":"Mayumi Uno, Shin Fujinaga, Yukari Nishio","doi":"10.15344/2394-4978/2021/336","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15344/2394-4978/2021/336","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":91514,"journal":{"name":"International journal of nursing & clinical practices","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42501159","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-02-13DOI: 10.15344/2394-4978/2021/335
H. Setoguchi
{"title":"Development of the \"Scale of Identity Adaptation (SIA)\" for People with Schizophrenia","authors":"H. Setoguchi","doi":"10.15344/2394-4978/2021/335","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15344/2394-4978/2021/335","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":91514,"journal":{"name":"International journal of nursing & clinical practices","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41785440","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-02-08DOI: 10.15344/2394-4978/2021/334
Deundra Hearne
{"title":"Perceived Motivators and Barriers that Influence Early Career Nurses’ Consideration or Pursuit of Doctoral Education","authors":"Deundra Hearne","doi":"10.15344/2394-4978/2021/334","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15344/2394-4978/2021/334","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":91514,"journal":{"name":"International journal of nursing & clinical practices","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43238195","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-11-27DOI: 10.15344/2394-4978/2020/332
Feni Betriana, C. Kawai, Rian Adi Pamungkas, Yueren Zhao, T. Tanioka, R. Locsin
Background: The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are not limited to physical aspects among infected people, but also include psychological aspects among uninfected people, such as community people and health care workers. The study aimed to describe the current mental health conditions prevalent among communities and health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: An integrative review was conducted following the steps and framework of Whittemore and Knafl. Relevant articles were obtained from electronic databases, such as Science Direct, Scopus, PubMed, and Google Scholar using the keywords: “mental health”, “Stress”, “Depression”, “COVID-19”, “SARS-CoV-2”, “health care workers”, and “community people”. Eighteen articles were selected that met the inclusion criteria: full text, written in English, published in 2020, original research and review articles discussing mental health conditions among health care workers and the community during the COVID-19 pandemic. Results: Mental health conditions among community people included lower psychological well-being, anxiety, depression/depressive symptoms, fear, stress including acute stress reaction; psychological distress; COVID-19 related stress; and stress symptoms, and grief among patients’ family members. Among health care workers, mental health conditions were identified as anxiety, depression/depressive symptoms, fear, insomnia, poor sleep quality, isolation, emotional disturbances, moral injury, post-traumatic disorder, burnout, and secondary traumatization. Conclusion: Findings of this integrative review were expected to provide evidence of the mental health conditions among groups of uninfected persons and describe how they managed their health during the pandemic. Identifying mental health conditions among community people and health care workers is essential to prevent adverse psychological conditions. Mental health support practices should be made accessible to at risk persons and discriminatory actions toward frontline workers should be eliminated. Various strategies are proposed to manage mental health conditions such as rapid access to counseling, accessing information from reliable sources, maintaining healthy lifestyle and strengthening adequate coping patterns.
{"title":"Mental Health Conditions of Persons in the Community and of Health Care Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Integrative Review","authors":"Feni Betriana, C. Kawai, Rian Adi Pamungkas, Yueren Zhao, T. Tanioka, R. Locsin","doi":"10.15344/2394-4978/2020/332","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15344/2394-4978/2020/332","url":null,"abstract":"Background: The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are not limited to physical aspects among infected people, but also include psychological aspects among uninfected people, such as community people and health care workers. The study aimed to describe the current mental health conditions prevalent among communities and health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: An integrative review was conducted following the steps and framework of Whittemore and Knafl. Relevant articles were obtained from electronic databases, such as Science Direct, Scopus, PubMed, and Google Scholar using the keywords: “mental health”, “Stress”, “Depression”, “COVID-19”, “SARS-CoV-2”, “health care workers”, and “community people”. Eighteen articles were selected that met the inclusion criteria: full text, written in English, published in 2020, original research and review articles discussing mental health conditions among health care workers and the community during the COVID-19 pandemic. Results: Mental health conditions among community people included lower psychological well-being, anxiety, depression/depressive symptoms, fear, stress including acute stress reaction; psychological distress; COVID-19 related stress; and stress symptoms, and grief among patients’ family members. Among health care workers, mental health conditions were identified as anxiety, depression/depressive symptoms, fear, insomnia, poor sleep quality, isolation, emotional disturbances, moral injury, post-traumatic disorder, burnout, and secondary traumatization. Conclusion: Findings of this integrative review were expected to provide evidence of the mental health conditions among groups of uninfected persons and describe how they managed their health during the pandemic. Identifying mental health conditions among community people and health care workers is essential to prevent adverse psychological conditions. Mental health support practices should be made accessible to at risk persons and discriminatory actions toward frontline workers should be eliminated. Various strategies are proposed to manage mental health conditions such as rapid access to counseling, accessing information from reliable sources, maintaining healthy lifestyle and strengthening adequate coping patterns.","PeriodicalId":91514,"journal":{"name":"International journal of nursing & clinical practices","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44369634","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-10-21DOI: 10.15344/2394-4978/2020/331
E. Catangui, Elizabeth C. Baua, Jesús Pizarro, A. Almutairi
Background: Thrombolysis treatment is a licensed therapy for acute ischemic stroke within 4.5 hours of stroke onset. The International Guideline sets the door-to-needle (DTN) time is
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Background: We previously showed that vitamin D supplementation might ameliorate typical clinical symptoms in children with autism spectrum disorder. In this study we examined the effects of maternal vitamin D status during pregnancy on the development of the fetus. Methods: Seventy-eight healthy Japanese women with uncomplicated pregnancies were enrolled in the study. Urine 25-hydroxy vitamin D (25OHD) and creatinine were measured. 25OHD concentrations were normalized for creatinine (ng/mg creatinine). Newborn anthropometry (height (cm), head circumference (cm), chest circumference (cm) and birth weight (kg)) of babies delivered naturally were measured and the relationship with the urinary vitamin D concentration of the mother at less than 90 days (third trimester) to delivery and more than 90 days to delivery (late first to second trimester) was examined. PC12 cells with various neurobiological processes were cultured and differentiation induced by 25OHD enhanced nerve growth factor was assessed. Results: Maternal and newborn characteristics were not significantly different between the late first and third trimesters. The associations between newborn length, chest circumference, birth weight and the urinary 25OHD concentration of mother in the late first and second trimester and the third trimester were not significant. As lightly positive association between urinary 25OHD and head circumference was observed in the late first and second trimester (r= 0.309), but not in the third trimester. Six nmol/L of 25OHD (=1/5 of serum level) enhanced nerve growth factor induced differentiation in PC12 cells. Conclusion: These findings show that vitamin D supplementation in the late first and second trimester beneficial for the healthy development of the fetal head circumference and neural system.
{"title":"Maternal Vitamin D in the Late First and Second Trimester is Beneficial for Healthy Development of Fetal Head Circumference","authors":"Noboru Hasegawa, Emiko Manabe, Mie Izumi, Miyako Mochizuki","doi":"10.15344/2394-4978/2020/330","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15344/2394-4978/2020/330","url":null,"abstract":"Background: We previously showed that vitamin D supplementation might ameliorate typical clinical symptoms in children with autism spectrum disorder. In this study we examined the effects of maternal vitamin D status during pregnancy on the development of the fetus. Methods: Seventy-eight healthy Japanese women with uncomplicated pregnancies were enrolled in the study. Urine 25-hydroxy vitamin D (25OHD) and creatinine were measured. 25OHD concentrations were normalized for creatinine (ng/mg creatinine). Newborn anthropometry (height (cm), head circumference (cm), chest circumference (cm) and birth weight (kg)) of babies delivered naturally were measured and the relationship with the urinary vitamin D concentration of the mother at less than 90 days (third trimester) to delivery and more than 90 days to delivery (late first to second trimester) was examined. PC12 cells with various neurobiological processes were cultured and differentiation induced by 25OHD enhanced nerve growth factor was assessed. Results: Maternal and newborn characteristics were not significantly different between the late first and third trimesters. The associations between newborn length, chest circumference, birth weight and the urinary 25OHD concentration of mother in the late first and second trimester and the third trimester were not significant. As lightly positive association between urinary 25OHD and head circumference was observed in the late first and second trimester (r= 0.309), but not in the third trimester. Six nmol/L of 25OHD (=1/5 of serum level) enhanced nerve growth factor induced differentiation in PC12 cells. Conclusion: These findings show that vitamin D supplementation in the late first and second trimester beneficial for the healthy development of the fetal head circumference and neural system.","PeriodicalId":91514,"journal":{"name":"International journal of nursing & clinical practices","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43864111","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-09-25DOI: 10.15344/2394-4978/2020/329
M. Tada, Reiko Okahisa, Y. Matsushita, Saori Nakano
Background: This study sought to clarify the contentment of mothers of infants with parenting advice, judgment regarding credibility of parenting advice, and the relationship between such contentment and judgment. Methods: We conducted an anonymous, self-reported questionnaire-based survey from April to June 2016, targeting 1,118 mothers of infants in Prefecture A. The questions covered basic attributes, contentment with parenting advice, and judging the credibility of such advice. Descriptive statistics were compiled for each factor. A t-test was performed to examine the relationship between contentment with parenting advice and judging the credibility of parenting advice. This study was conducted with the approval of the Ethics Committee of Tokushima University Hospital. Results: The questionnaires were returned by 272 subjects (collection rate of 24.3%), with 265 determined as valid (valid response rate of 23.7%). The mean score for contentment concerning parenting advice was 6.17 (standard deviation: ±1.69). More than 80% of the subjects indicated being able to select credible parenting advice, and more than 70% had sought professional consultation about childrearing. However, among subjects who had not sought professional consultation, some had wanted to seek professional consultation but had not been able to do so. Relating contentment to judging the credibility of parenting advice, the mean contentment scores of the subjects who felt able to select credible parenting advice were significantly higher than the scores of those who did not (p < 0.01). Conclusion: Although study participants’ contentment relating to parenting advice seemed higher than that of teenage mothers, their levels of contentment appeared insufficient. Additionally, some subjects wanted to seek professional consultation about childrearing but could not. Furthermore, mothers who reported being able to select credible parenting advice were found to obtain and apply sufficient parenting advice, compared to those who did not feel the same confidence.
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Pub Date : 2020-09-04DOI: 10.15344/2394-4978/2020/328
H. Shimizu
This study compared nurses’ and care workers’ scores on the Dialogue Preference Scales for Elderly (DPSE) created from data from nursing students in Japan. For this forward-looking, quantitative, questionnairebased study, data collection was conducted from 2010 to 2012 with care seminar participants in Japan. Participants were nurses (n = 277; 36.96 ± 10.33 years old, males; 4.33% females; 95.66%) and care workers (n = 83; 40.52 ± 11.68 years old, males; 25.30% females; 74.69). The samples varied significantly in mean age (p < 0.05) and gender (p < 0.001). The number of years of experience was 139.94 for nurses with SD = 10.99 and 90.99 for care workers with SD = 45.44 (p < 0.001). Data were gathered using the 15-item Dialogue Preference Scales for Elderly (DPSE or Shimizu scale), which assesses nurses’ negative cognition and attitude tendencies during their conversations with elderly individuals [1]. The DPSE measures attributes and the four sub-concepts of bewilderment, anxiety, cognitive bias, and communication difficulty. Higher scores indicate more negative cognitions or attitudes (maximum score: 28). Data were descriptively analyzed using Pearson’s χ2 test and student’s t test of confirmatory factors. Nurses’ total scores (mean; 57.31, SD = 11.84) were not significantly different than care worker’s scores (mean; 57.58, SD = 12.25), indicating that nurses, and care workers had a similar view of communicating with older people. However, the sub-concept of cognitive bias was significantly lower for nurses, as they likely had higher levels of ageism (p < 0.10). Additionally, the communication difficulty sub-concept also was significantly higher for nurses, possibly because they had been caring for much older patients with more severe illnesses (p < 0.01).
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Pub Date : 2020-08-22DOI: 10.15344/2394-4978/2020/327
J. Nelson, V. Manokore, Chris Carvalho, Cindy Boucher, Sheldon Kallio
Background: Students at a community college in Alberta were invited to participate in this project that offered access to virtual healthcare. Prior to inception of this project, the government medical insurance did not cover virtual healthcare for its members. However, at the end of this project, virtual healthcare was considered for coverage due to challenges created by COVID-19 pandemic. The main purpose of this study was to explore the affordances and constraints of a virtual healthcare platform as reported by the students who used the online primary healthcare services. Methods: Students enrolled in the fall 2019 and winter 2020 term at the community college were invited to enrol in the project and given access to the virtual healthcare services provided by a Canadian company. Over 15,000 emails were send to the students at the college. Students who consented and volunteered to participate were enrolled to access the online physicians through the virtual healthcare company’s platform. 430 participants registered to be enrolled for the project. A total of 142 consultations were made. Participants completed a survey on their experiences soon after their consultations. Results: The findings from the survey show that the students found the platform to be convenient, especially given the circumstances created by the COVID-19 pandemic. The students’ average satisfaction with the virtual healthcare services was 4.8 out of 5 stars. Students found the platform to be user friendly, convenient to students in rural areas and newcomers to Canada, and better than visiting clinics. However, students indicated that they will only access online physicians outside the project if insurance providers cover the services. Conclusions: Findings suggest that virtual healthcare is convenient to patients especially given the healthcare access challenges that were a result of COVID-19 pandemic. The virtual healthcare will also reduce inequalities in health access of people who reside in rural and remote areas where clinics are at a distance.
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