Self-care is often lacking in nursing students worldwide. The objectives for this study were to discover the current self-care practices of one group of entry level undergraduate nursing students, the students’ understanding of self-care, and the students’ preferences for self-care interventions aimed at improving self-care. Quantitative and quantitative measures were used to measure the students’ current self-care practices, needs, and recommendations for interventions to be used in future semesters to improve nursing student self-care. The students were found to generally be deficient in areas related to nutrition, obtaining healthcare information or guidance, pacing themselves to avoid exhaustion, and performing relaxation exercises. They scored well on areas related to psychosocial self-care, such as believing their life has meaning or having meaningful relationships. Several suggestions were made by the students for encouraging nursing student self-care. Nursing students are often lacking in self-care. It is important for nursing programs worldwide to develop and encourage student self-care.
{"title":"Exploring the Self-care Practices and Needs of Entry-Level Nursing Students: A Pilot Project","authors":"Nancy Armstrong, Kristin Reid, Dana M. Todd","doi":"10.20849/ijsn.v7i3.1234","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20849/ijsn.v7i3.1234","url":null,"abstract":"Self-care is often lacking in nursing students worldwide. The objectives for this study were to discover the current self-care practices of one group of entry level undergraduate nursing students, the students’ understanding of self-care, and the students’ preferences for self-care interventions aimed at improving self-care. Quantitative and quantitative measures were used to measure the students’ current self-care practices, needs, and recommendations for interventions to be used in future semesters to improve nursing student self-care. The students were found to generally be deficient in areas related to nutrition, obtaining healthcare information or guidance, pacing themselves to avoid exhaustion, and performing relaxation exercises. They scored well on areas related to psychosocial self-care, such as believing their life has meaning or having meaningful relationships. Several suggestions were made by the students for encouraging nursing student self-care. Nursing students are often lacking in self-care. It is important for nursing programs worldwide to develop and encourage student self-care.","PeriodicalId":93573,"journal":{"name":"International journal of studies in nursing","volume":"60 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72369305","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}
Ruo-Yu Ji, Chen-Yun Su, Shin-Jean Lin, Jung-Fen Li, Jin-Lain Ming, Hsiao-Hui Chiu
Background: Nursing preceptor are under the pressure of clinical and teaching work. The impact of pressure on physical and mental health includes depression, anxiety, sleep disorders, and even mental exhaustion and exhaustion. If they fail to get relief from work, it will cause negative emotions, and will be physically and mentally exhausted for a long time.Aims: To understand the workplace stress, sleep, and resilience of nursing preceptor.Methods: The study used a cross-sectional study design. The enrollment setting was the Nursing Department of a teaching hospital. A total of 35 nursing preceptors.Results: A total of 54.29% of situational anxiety were moderate, 80.0% of trait anxiety was moderate, 57.1% had difficulty falling asleep, 65.7% were unable to maintain a long sleep, and 71.4% had trouble waking up too early, and 91.4% expressed dissatisfaction with sleep. 80.0% have sleep disturbance, and the resilience is low (below 121 points), accounting for 42.8%. Resilience and situational anxiety (p=.003), trait anxiety (p=.001), sleep disturbance (p<.001), physiological stimulation of sleep physical and mental state (p=.003), and cognitive stimulation of sleep physical and mental state (p< .001) are all negative correlations. Trait anxiety is positively correlated with sleep disorders (p<.001).Conclusion: The score of resilience is low, and the various distress states are higher; the higher the distress states, the higher the sleep disturbance. Therefore, for the stress and sleep problems of clinical nursing instructors, caring services should be provided in the future, or through group activities that provide resilience enhance face stress, and reduce sleep disturbance.Recommendations: Clinics can routinely arrange resilience groups to help nurses increase their ability to face stress and improve their quality of life.
{"title":"Correlation Survey of Workplace Stress, Sleep, and Resilience of Nursing Preceptor in Teaching Hospital","authors":"Ruo-Yu Ji, Chen-Yun Su, Shin-Jean Lin, Jung-Fen Li, Jin-Lain Ming, Hsiao-Hui Chiu","doi":"10.20849/ijsn.v7i3.1153","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20849/ijsn.v7i3.1153","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Nursing preceptor are under the pressure of clinical and teaching work. The impact of pressure on physical and mental health includes depression, anxiety, sleep disorders, and even mental exhaustion and exhaustion. If they fail to get relief from work, it will cause negative emotions, and will be physically and mentally exhausted for a long time.Aims: To understand the workplace stress, sleep, and resilience of nursing preceptor.Methods: The study used a cross-sectional study design. The enrollment setting was the Nursing Department of a teaching hospital. A total of 35 nursing preceptors.Results: A total of 54.29% of situational anxiety were moderate, 80.0% of trait anxiety was moderate, 57.1% had difficulty falling asleep, 65.7% were unable to maintain a long sleep, and 71.4% had trouble waking up too early, and 91.4% expressed dissatisfaction with sleep. 80.0% have sleep disturbance, and the resilience is low (below 121 points), accounting for 42.8%. Resilience and situational anxiety (p=.003), trait anxiety (p=.001), sleep disturbance (p<.001), physiological stimulation of sleep physical and mental state (p=.003), and cognitive stimulation of sleep physical and mental state (p< .001) are all negative correlations. Trait anxiety is positively correlated with sleep disorders (p<.001).Conclusion: The score of resilience is low, and the various distress states are higher; the higher the distress states, the higher the sleep disturbance. Therefore, for the stress and sleep problems of clinical nursing instructors, caring services should be provided in the future, or through group activities that provide resilience enhance face stress, and reduce sleep disturbance.Recommendations: Clinics can routinely arrange resilience groups to help nurses increase their ability to face stress and improve their quality of life.","PeriodicalId":93573,"journal":{"name":"International journal of studies in nursing","volume":"37 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84768410","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}
D. Zhao, Siwei Guo, Wenjie Du, Nuo Zhang, Zhiyuan Shen, Q. Ji, Wei Yang, X. Mu
COVID-19 broke out in Wuhan in 2019, and spread rapidly around the world. More than 80% of COVID-19 patients are asymptomatic and non-severe, which may be an important source of infection. Therefore, the infectivity, clinical characteristics and outcome of such patients should be studied. The epidemiological data of 108 COVID-19 patients, as well as the clinical characteristics and treatment conditions of 100 asymptomatic and non-severe patients in Bozhou City, Anhui Province were collected. A retrospective analysis of the infectivity of asymptomatic patients was carried out, and a comparative study on clinical characteristics between asymptomatic patients and non-severe patients was also conducted. Eighty-six non-severe patients mainly had a cough (81.4%) and fever (70.9%), and only a few had the symptoms of upper respiratory tract infection such as sore throat (9.3%) and running nose (4.7%). Lymphopenia (20.9%) and elevated C-reaction protein (57.0%) were more frequent in non-severe patients compared with asymptomatic patients which were 0% and 14.3%, respectively. Among 100 asymptomatic and non-severe patients, 84 patients showed abnormal findings on the first chest CT, but meanwhile, 19 patients showed negative results on the viral RNA test. In 14 asymptomatic patients, five had lung abnormalities, which were all pure ground glass opacity. Eleven patients were infected by two asymptomatic patients; in the whole course of the disease, the two patients remained asymptomatic, but chest CT showed multifocal GGO. The time for clearance of SARS-CoV-2 in 12 patients taking methylprednisolone was longer than in other patients (21.2 d vs. 16.4 d). During follow-up, lung lesions found by chest CT in 58.3% of patients completely disappeared. Asymptomatic patients with abnormal chest CT were highly infectious, so SARS-CoV-2 RNA test, combined with a chest CT scan, could discover asymptomatic patients with strong infectivity. The application of glucocorticoids might lengthen the clearance time for SARS-CoV-2 RNA. Both asymptomatic and non-severe COVID-19 patients showed a better prognosis.
{"title":"Epidemiology, Clinical Characteristics and Short-term Follow-up of Asymptomatic and Non-severe COVID-19 Patients","authors":"D. Zhao, Siwei Guo, Wenjie Du, Nuo Zhang, Zhiyuan Shen, Q. Ji, Wei Yang, X. Mu","doi":"10.20849/ijsn.v7i3.1288","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20849/ijsn.v7i3.1288","url":null,"abstract":"COVID-19 broke out in Wuhan in 2019, and spread rapidly around the world. More than 80% of COVID-19 patients are asymptomatic and non-severe, which may be an important source of infection. Therefore, the infectivity, clinical characteristics and outcome of such patients should be studied. The epidemiological data of 108 COVID-19 patients, as well as the clinical characteristics and treatment conditions of 100 asymptomatic and non-severe patients in Bozhou City, Anhui Province were collected. A retrospective analysis of the infectivity of asymptomatic patients was carried out, and a comparative study on clinical characteristics between asymptomatic patients and non-severe patients was also conducted. Eighty-six non-severe patients mainly had a cough (81.4%) and fever (70.9%), and only a few had the symptoms of upper respiratory tract infection such as sore throat (9.3%) and running nose (4.7%). Lymphopenia (20.9%) and elevated C-reaction protein (57.0%) were more frequent in non-severe patients compared with asymptomatic patients which were 0% and 14.3%, respectively. Among 100 asymptomatic and non-severe patients, 84 patients showed abnormal findings on the first chest CT, but meanwhile, 19 patients showed negative results on the viral RNA test. In 14 asymptomatic patients, five had lung abnormalities, which were all pure ground glass opacity. Eleven patients were infected by two asymptomatic patients; in the whole course of the disease, the two patients remained asymptomatic, but chest CT showed multifocal GGO. The time for clearance of SARS-CoV-2 in 12 patients taking methylprednisolone was longer than in other patients (21.2 d vs. 16.4 d). During follow-up, lung lesions found by chest CT in 58.3% of patients completely disappeared. Asymptomatic patients with abnormal chest CT were highly infectious, so SARS-CoV-2 RNA test, combined with a chest CT scan, could discover asymptomatic patients with strong infectivity. The application of glucocorticoids might lengthen the clearance time for SARS-CoV-2 RNA. Both asymptomatic and non-severe COVID-19 patients showed a better prognosis.","PeriodicalId":93573,"journal":{"name":"International journal of studies in nursing","volume":"21 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76085042","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}
Jasintha T. Mtengezo, Haeok Lee, M. Cooley, Ling Shi, M. Makin
Worldwide, cervical cancer (CC) is the fourth most common cancer among women. Approximately 90% of cervical cancer cases occur in resource limited countries. Malawi is one of the developing countries with the highest incidence (ASR 67.9 per 100,000) of cc and the highest number of deaths (ASR 51.5 per 100,000) from cervical cancer in the world. More than 80% of Malawian women diagnosed with CC are at the inoperable cancer stage and suffer from co-infection with HIV. The purpose of this situation-specific theory guided study was to examine the cervical cancer screening status and factors affecting the screening status among Malawian women living with HIV infection aged 18-50 from HIV support groups in Malawi. A two stage proportionate stratified cluster random sampling method was used to select 291 respondents. The findings indicated that the prevalence of cervical cancer screening rate was 27.8%; and women had a high knowledge level and had a positive attitude towards cervical cancer screening. Despite a high knowledge level and positive attitude regarding screening, the cervical cancer screening rate was still low. The factors independently associated with cervical cancer screening in HIV positive women were: employment, OR = 6.37 (95% CI: 1.32, 30.80), knowledge OR =1.11 (95% CI: 1.03, 1.20), attitude, OR = 1.43 (95% CI: 1.04, 1.97) and social support networks OR =6.8 (95% CI: 1.41, 32.76). Community-based interventions and culturally tailored health education messages which include common myths about cervical cancer, HIV, and screening are critical when designing interventions to promote cervical cancer screening uptake in Malawi.
{"title":"Cervical Cancer Screening Status Among Women Living With HIV/AIDs in Malawi: A Cross-Sectional Study","authors":"Jasintha T. Mtengezo, Haeok Lee, M. Cooley, Ling Shi, M. Makin","doi":"10.20849/ijsn.v7i3.1286","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20849/ijsn.v7i3.1286","url":null,"abstract":"Worldwide, cervical cancer (CC) is the fourth most common cancer among women. Approximately 90% of cervical cancer cases occur in resource limited countries. Malawi is one of the developing countries with the highest incidence (ASR 67.9 per 100,000) of cc and the highest number of deaths (ASR 51.5 per 100,000) from cervical cancer in the world. More than 80% of Malawian women diagnosed with CC are at the inoperable cancer stage and suffer from co-infection with HIV. The purpose of this situation-specific theory guided study was to examine the cervical cancer screening status and factors affecting the screening status among Malawian women living with HIV infection aged 18-50 from HIV support groups in Malawi. A two stage proportionate stratified cluster random sampling method was used to select 291 respondents. The findings indicated that the prevalence of cervical cancer screening rate was 27.8%; and women had a high knowledge level and had a positive attitude towards cervical cancer screening. Despite a high knowledge level and positive attitude regarding screening, the cervical cancer screening rate was still low. The factors independently associated with cervical cancer screening in HIV positive women were: employment, OR = 6.37 (95% CI: 1.32, 30.80), knowledge OR =1.11 (95% CI: 1.03, 1.20), attitude, OR = 1.43 (95% CI: 1.04, 1.97) and social support networks OR =6.8 (95% CI: 1.41, 32.76). Community-based interventions and culturally tailored health education messages which include common myths about cervical cancer, HIV, and screening are critical when designing interventions to promote cervical cancer screening uptake in Malawi.","PeriodicalId":93573,"journal":{"name":"International journal of studies in nursing","volume":"66 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90625930","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}
In order to equip practitioner midwives and nurses, I find ‘Empowering Midwives and Obstetric Nurses’ a book to be treasured. This is more especially when it comes to supporting learning and preparing readers for the challenges faced in contemporary healthcare. This book with 192pages and twelve chapters is a treasure.
{"title":"Ray, A. (Ed.). (2021). Empowering Midwives and Obstetric Nurses. London: IntechOpen","authors":"Omona Kizito","doi":"10.20849/ijsn.v7i2.1195","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20849/ijsn.v7i2.1195","url":null,"abstract":"In order to equip practitioner midwives and nurses, I find ‘Empowering Midwives and Obstetric Nurses’ a book to be treasured. This is more especially when it comes to supporting learning and preparing readers for the challenges faced in contemporary healthcare. This book with 192pages and twelve chapters is a treasure.","PeriodicalId":93573,"journal":{"name":"International journal of studies in nursing","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81380630","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}
The aims of this study were twofold: 1. exploring the relationships of perceived stress (includes three types of emotions: stress, depression, and anxiety), emotional intelligence, and interpersonal relationships among nursing students, and 2. examining the mediating effect of emotional intelligence in perceived stress (stress, depression, and anxiety) on the interpersonal relationships of nursing students. The study was a cross-sectional design. There were 313nursing students participating in the study and they were recruited from a university in northern Taiwan. The data were self-administrated by participants and collected from four scales: the Emotional Intelligence Scale, the Social Relationship Scale, the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale, and the demographic instrument. The main findings of this study were as follows: (1) Stress perception was significantly positively correlated with depression and anxiety. Emotional intelligence was positively correlated with interpersonal relationships. All the perceived stress, anxiety, and depression significantly negatively correlated with emotional intelligence and interpersonal relationships. (2) The results concluded that the impact of perceived stress on interpersonal relationships was significantly mediated by emotional intelligence. In conclusion, this study confirmed that emotional intelligence is one of the most important mediators, which can mediate the negative impacts from perceived stress to interpersonal relationships. For nursing education, the result provides a new direction in improving the emotional intelligence and ability of nursing students to help students manage stress and build interpersonal and professional relationships.
{"title":"Exploring the Mediating Effect of Emotional Intelligence on Perceived Stress and Interpersonal Relationships Among Nursing Students","authors":"Chun-Ping Tung, J. Rong","doi":"10.20849/ijsn.v7i2.1079","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20849/ijsn.v7i2.1079","url":null,"abstract":"The aims of this study were twofold: 1. exploring the relationships of perceived stress (includes three types of emotions: stress, depression, and anxiety), emotional intelligence, and interpersonal relationships among nursing students, and 2. examining the mediating effect of emotional intelligence in perceived stress (stress, depression, and anxiety) on the interpersonal relationships of nursing students. The study was a cross-sectional design. There were 313nursing students participating in the study and they were recruited from a university in northern Taiwan. The data were self-administrated by participants and collected from four scales: the Emotional Intelligence Scale, the Social Relationship Scale, the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale, and the demographic instrument. The main findings of this study were as follows: (1) Stress perception was significantly positively correlated with depression and anxiety. Emotional intelligence was positively correlated with interpersonal relationships. All the perceived stress, anxiety, and depression significantly negatively correlated with emotional intelligence and interpersonal relationships. (2) The results concluded that the impact of perceived stress on interpersonal relationships was significantly mediated by emotional intelligence. In conclusion, this study confirmed that emotional intelligence is one of the most important mediators, which can mediate the negative impacts from perceived stress to interpersonal relationships. For nursing education, the result provides a new direction in improving the emotional intelligence and ability of nursing students to help students manage stress and build interpersonal and professional relationships.","PeriodicalId":93573,"journal":{"name":"International journal of studies in nursing","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88107875","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}
Objective: To apply hardware equipment to elderly hospitalized patients and analyze its effect.Methods: Convenience sampling method was adopted, and 116 patients admitted to the geriatrics department of a tertiary hospital in Chifeng City from October 2021 to February 2022 were included in the study. Grouping by random number table method, the final experimental group and control group included 58 cases each. The patients in the control group were given routine care, and the patients in the experimental group were given hospital hardware equipment on this basis. The incidence of falls and nursing satisfaction in the two groups of patients during hospitalization were analyzed.Results: After applying hardware equipment to elderly inpatients, the difference was not statistically significant (P>0.05), but the incidence of falls in the experimental group was lower than that in the control group; the nursing satisfaction of the patients in the experimental group was higher than that in the control group, and the difference was statistically significant Significance (P<0.05).Conclusion: In view of the particularity of the elderly hospitalized patients, in the process of nursing them, the application of hardware equipment can reduce the incidence of falls and improve the nursing satisfaction of patients, which is worthy of popularization and application in clinical practice.
{"title":"Application of Hardware Equipment in Preventing Falls in Elderly Hospitalized Patients","authors":"Lina Jiang, Fenghua Tian","doi":"10.20849/ijsn.v7i2.1216","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20849/ijsn.v7i2.1216","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: To apply hardware equipment to elderly hospitalized patients and analyze its effect.Methods: Convenience sampling method was adopted, and 116 patients admitted to the geriatrics department of a tertiary hospital in Chifeng City from October 2021 to February 2022 were included in the study. Grouping by random number table method, the final experimental group and control group included 58 cases each. The patients in the control group were given routine care, and the patients in the experimental group were given hospital hardware equipment on this basis. The incidence of falls and nursing satisfaction in the two groups of patients during hospitalization were analyzed.Results: After applying hardware equipment to elderly inpatients, the difference was not statistically significant (P>0.05), but the incidence of falls in the experimental group was lower than that in the control group; the nursing satisfaction of the patients in the experimental group was higher than that in the control group, and the difference was statistically significant Significance (P<0.05).Conclusion: In view of the particularity of the elderly hospitalized patients, in the process of nursing them, the application of hardware equipment can reduce the incidence of falls and improve the nursing satisfaction of patients, which is worthy of popularization and application in clinical practice.","PeriodicalId":93573,"journal":{"name":"International journal of studies in nursing","volume":"35 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83549518","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}
Globally, the World Health Organization recommends all women with uncomplicated pregnancies to attend up to four ANC visits during the course of the pregnancy. However, it has been reported elsewhere that the ANC 4th visit tends to be under-utilized in low-income settings. Among the 69 countries tracked by the countdown to 2015, the coverage rate of the 4th ANC visit is less than 50%. On average, only 16% of women in Uganda attend the 4th antenatal care visit, suggesting low utilization of the 4th antenatal care visit. The low attendances have persisted despite the efforts and awareness from government, policymakers and stakeholders. The purpose of this study was to determine the level of utilization ANC 4th visit and ascertain the factors affecting the utilization. An analytical cross-sectional design was used. Samples of 283 mothers were interviewed using questionnaires. Data were analyzed using SPSS. Quality controls and ethical considerations were taken care of. Only 59(20.8%) of the mothers utilized ANC 4th visit. Monthly income (p=0.003), knowledge about ANC 4th visit (p = 0.044), discussing ANC with Husband freely (p = 0.020) and husband providing financial support towards ANC visits (p=0.010) significantly influenced utilization of ANC 4th visit among mothers. Findings additionally showed cultural practices about ANC (p=0.000), mode of transport used during ANC visit (p =0.000) and instances of stockouts at health units (p=0.023) as having a significant bearing on utilization of ANC 4th visit among mothers (p values ≤ 0.05). The odds of attending 4th ANC visit were 3.44 times among mothers who discuss with their husbands freely about ANC compared to those who did not discuss it. Conclusively, the level of utilization 4th ANC visit in Rubirizi district health facilities is still unacceptably very low. Concerted efforts may be required by all stakeholders.
{"title":"Factors Affecting the Utilization of Antenatal Care 4th Visit Among Mothers in Rubirizi District, Uganda","authors":"Katushabe Aidah, Omona Kizito","doi":"10.20849/ijsn.v7i2.1026","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20849/ijsn.v7i2.1026","url":null,"abstract":"Globally, the World Health Organization recommends all women with uncomplicated pregnancies to attend up to four ANC visits during the course of the pregnancy. However, it has been reported elsewhere that the ANC 4th visit tends to be under-utilized in low-income settings. Among the 69 countries tracked by the countdown to 2015, the coverage rate of the 4th ANC visit is less than 50%. On average, only 16% of women in Uganda attend the 4th antenatal care visit, suggesting low utilization of the 4th antenatal care visit. The low attendances have persisted despite the efforts and awareness from government, policymakers and stakeholders. The purpose of this study was to determine the level of utilization ANC 4th visit and ascertain the factors affecting the utilization. An analytical cross-sectional design was used. Samples of 283 mothers were interviewed using questionnaires. Data were analyzed using SPSS. Quality controls and ethical considerations were taken care of. Only 59(20.8%) of the mothers utilized ANC 4th visit. Monthly income (p=0.003), knowledge about ANC 4th visit (p = 0.044), discussing ANC with Husband freely (p = 0.020) and husband providing financial support towards ANC visits (p=0.010) significantly influenced utilization of ANC 4th visit among mothers. Findings additionally showed cultural practices about ANC (p=0.000), mode of transport used during ANC visit (p =0.000) and instances of stockouts at health units (p=0.023) as having a significant bearing on utilization of ANC 4th visit among mothers (p values ≤ 0.05). The odds of attending 4th ANC visit were 3.44 times among mothers who discuss with their husbands freely about ANC compared to those who did not discuss it. Conclusively, the level of utilization 4th ANC visit in Rubirizi district health facilities is still unacceptably very low. Concerted efforts may be required by all stakeholders.","PeriodicalId":93573,"journal":{"name":"International journal of studies in nursing","volume":"97 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78244868","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}
Objective: To apply nurse-led evidence-based nursing to newly diagnosed patients with type 2 diabetes, and to analyze its effect.Methods: Convenience sampling method was adopted, and 42 patients with initial diagnosis of T2DM who were admitted to the endocrinology department of a tertiary hospital in Chifeng City from September 2021 to February 2022 were included in the study. Grouping was done by random number table method, and finally 21 cases were included in each of the experimental group and the control group. The patients in the control group received routine nursing in the endocrinology department, and the patients in the experimental group received evidence-based nursing led by nurses on this basis. The glucose metabolism indexes and self-management behaviors of the two groups of patients were analyzed.Results: After routine nursing and nurse-led evidence-based nursing for newly diagnosed patients with type 2 diabetes, the blood sugar control of the experimental group was significantly better than that of the control group, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). The behavior was better than that of the control group, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). The nursing satisfaction of the patients in the experimental group was higher than that of the control group, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05).Conclusion: In view of the particularity of the newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes patients, in the process of nursing them, the nurse-led evidence-based nursing can effectively control the blood sugar level and improve the patients' self-esteem based on summarizing the best evidence. Management ability and nursing satisfaction are worthy of promotion and application in clinical practice.
{"title":"Application of Nurse-Led Evidence-Based Nursing in Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes Patients","authors":"Lina Jiang, Fenghua Tian","doi":"10.20849/ijsn.v7i2.1155","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20849/ijsn.v7i2.1155","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: To apply nurse-led evidence-based nursing to newly diagnosed patients with type 2 diabetes, and to analyze its effect.Methods: Convenience sampling method was adopted, and 42 patients with initial diagnosis of T2DM who were admitted to the endocrinology department of a tertiary hospital in Chifeng City from September 2021 to February 2022 were included in the study. Grouping was done by random number table method, and finally 21 cases were included in each of the experimental group and the control group. The patients in the control group received routine nursing in the endocrinology department, and the patients in the experimental group received evidence-based nursing led by nurses on this basis. The glucose metabolism indexes and self-management behaviors of the two groups of patients were analyzed.Results: After routine nursing and nurse-led evidence-based nursing for newly diagnosed patients with type 2 diabetes, the blood sugar control of the experimental group was significantly better than that of the control group, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). The behavior was better than that of the control group, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). The nursing satisfaction of the patients in the experimental group was higher than that of the control group, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05).Conclusion: In view of the particularity of the newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes patients, in the process of nursing them, the nurse-led evidence-based nursing can effectively control the blood sugar level and improve the patients' self-esteem based on summarizing the best evidence. Management ability and nursing satisfaction are worthy of promotion and application in clinical practice.","PeriodicalId":93573,"journal":{"name":"International journal of studies in nursing","volume":"24 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85610628","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}
Background: The number of cancer survivors continues to increase worldwide. Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is important as a health-related outcome for cancer patients and cancer survivors. Patients with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer may face the stress of symptoms and treatment side effects. However, for survivors of this type of cancer, the impact of cancer or treatment-related stress perception, symptoms, and psychological distress on HRQoL remains to be explored.Purpose: To examine the impact of stress appraisal, symptoms distress, and psychological distress (anxiety and depression) on quality of life in early-stage lung cancer survivors.Method: A cross-sectional study design using convenience sampling. Early-stage non-small cell lung cancer patients who had completed treatment of lung cancer for at least one month were recruited after obtaining informed consent. Self-administered questionnaires were used to collect demographics and information on clinical characteristics, perceived stress, symptoms distress, psychological distress (anxiety and depression), and HRQoL. Multiple regression analysis was used to identify factors affecting HRQoL.Results: The study recruited 85 (30 male and 55 female) lung cancer survivors with mean age of 63.20 years old (SD= 9.01), 85.8 % of which were diagnosed with stage I non-small cell lung cancer. Mean time since diagnosis was 3.33 years (SD = 2.05). All participants underwent surgery. We found that 52.6% of the variance (F (4, 80) =24.28, p<.001) in HRQoL was explained by the variables of anxiety (β= -.34, t= -3.36, p=.001), depression (β= -.28, t= -3.21, p=.002), perceived stress (β= -.21, t= -2.30, p=.024), and symptom distress (β= -.13, t= -1.53, p=.13).Conclusion: Our results suggest that health professionals should pay more attention to the assessment of perceived stress, psychological distress, and symptom distress for promoting HRQoL and healthy functioning of non-small cell lung cancer survivors.
{"title":"The Impact of Symptoms and Psychological Distress on Quality of Life in Early-Stage Lung Cancer Survivors","authors":"Chwen-Mei Lin, J. Rong","doi":"10.20849/ijsn.v7i2.1080","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20849/ijsn.v7i2.1080","url":null,"abstract":"Background: The number of cancer survivors continues to increase worldwide. Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is important as a health-related outcome for cancer patients and cancer survivors. Patients with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer may face the stress of symptoms and treatment side effects. However, for survivors of this type of cancer, the impact of cancer or treatment-related stress perception, symptoms, and psychological distress on HRQoL remains to be explored.Purpose: To examine the impact of stress appraisal, symptoms distress, and psychological distress (anxiety and depression) on quality of life in early-stage lung cancer survivors.Method: A cross-sectional study design using convenience sampling. Early-stage non-small cell lung cancer patients who had completed treatment of lung cancer for at least one month were recruited after obtaining informed consent. Self-administered questionnaires were used to collect demographics and information on clinical characteristics, perceived stress, symptoms distress, psychological distress (anxiety and depression), and HRQoL. Multiple regression analysis was used to identify factors affecting HRQoL.Results: The study recruited 85 (30 male and 55 female) lung cancer survivors with mean age of 63.20 years old (SD= 9.01), 85.8 % of which were diagnosed with stage I non-small cell lung cancer. Mean time since diagnosis was 3.33 years (SD = 2.05). All participants underwent surgery. We found that 52.6% of the variance (F (4, 80) =24.28, p<.001) in HRQoL was explained by the variables of anxiety (β= -.34, t= -3.36, p=.001), depression (β= -.28, t= -3.21, p=.002), perceived stress (β= -.21, t= -2.30, p=.024), and symptom distress (β= -.13, t= -1.53, p=.13).Conclusion: Our results suggest that health professionals should pay more attention to the assessment of perceived stress, psychological distress, and symptom distress for promoting HRQoL and healthy functioning of non-small cell lung cancer survivors.","PeriodicalId":93573,"journal":{"name":"International journal of studies in nursing","volume":"90 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74335587","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}
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