{"title":"Dysphagia and daily oral fluids among cerebrovascular stroke patients: an theory-based nursing intervention protocol","authors":"Z. Ali, Marwa Abd-Elaziz, A. Abdrbo","doi":"10.2478/fon-2023-0022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2023-0022","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Objective To evaluate the improvement of dysphagia and the daily amounts of oral fluids served among people who had recently experienced a cerebrovascular stroke (CVS) after applying a nursing intervention protocol. Methods A quasi-experimental design was used to examine 60 stroke patients who were randomly and alternatively divided equally into a study group and a control group. Gugging Swallowing Screen (GUSS) and fluid balance chart were used. Within the first 24 h of a patient’s admission, expert nurses were trained in nursing intervention protocol to manage dysphagia and daily oral fluids. Results Post-nursing intervention, the severity of dysphagia decreased among the study group more than in the control group. Additionally, the study group began taking greater amounts of fluids by the oral route than before the nursing intervention. Conclusions A standardized nursing intervention protocol is needed to decrease the severity of dysphagia after CVS and increase the amount of daily oral fluids. The presence of a structured theory-based nursing intervention protocol for dysphagia management will greatly contribute to decreasing the consequences of dysphagia after CVS, and can also be expected to attenuate the effects of aspiration pneumonia, dehydration, and malnutrition; further, it also increases adherence to the protocol by both nurses and patients.","PeriodicalId":52206,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers of Nursing","volume":"10 1","pages":"213 - 222"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45295132","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}
Muayyad M. Ahmad, S. Hani, Mohammad Abu Sabra, Omar H. Almahmoud
{"title":"Big data can help prepare nurses and improve patient outcomes by improving quality, safety, and outcomes","authors":"Muayyad M. Ahmad, S. Hani, Mohammad Abu Sabra, Omar H. Almahmoud","doi":"10.2478/fon-2023-0026","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2023-0026","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Objectives Big data has revolutionized nursing and health care and raised concerns. This research aims to help nurses understand big data sets to provide better patient care. Methods This study used big data in nursing to improve patient care. Big data in nursing has sparked a global revolution and raised concerns, but few studies have focused on helping nurses understand big data to provide the best patient care. This systematic review was conducted based on PRISMA guidelines. PubMed, MEDLINE, CINAHL, Google Scholar, and ResearchGate were used for 2010–2020 studies. Results The most common use of big data in nursing was investigated in eight papers between 2015 and 2018. All research showed improvements in patient outcomes and healthcare delivery when big data was used in the medical-surgical, emergency department, critical care unit, community, systems biology, and leadership applications. Big data is not taught to nurses. Conclusions Big data applications in nursing and health care improve early intervention and decision-making. Big data provides a comprehensive view of a patient’s status and social determinants of health, allowing treatment using all metaparadigms and avoiding a singular focus. Big data can help prepare nurses and improve patient outcomes by improving quality, safety, and outcomes.","PeriodicalId":52206,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers of Nursing","volume":"10 1","pages":"241 - 248"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47132400","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}
{"title":"Open visitation in the NICU: nurses’ perspectives on barriers and facilitators","authors":"Fatemeh Ghorbani","doi":"10.2478/fon-2023-0019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2023-0019","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Objective This study aimed to investigate the nurses’ perspectives on open family visitation and its barriers and facilitators in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). Methods This is a descriptive, cross-sectional study. A total of 113 nurses employed in 3 main NICUs of Tabriz participated in the study through the census sampling method. Nurses’ perspectives on open visitation and its facilitators and barriers were assessed and analyzed using the Beliefs and Attitudes toward Visitation in NICU Questionnaire (BAVNIQ) and descriptive and analytical statistics, respectively. Results Approximately 74% of the nurses who participating in the study had a moderate perspective on open visitation. From the nurses’ viewpoint, “Parents’ low awareness of sensitivity and hygienic principles of the NICU” was the first (90.3%) barrier, and the 2 factors, namely, “physical structure of the ward/lack of sufficient space” and “far distance between family’s residence and the hospital/having another child,” were the second (86.8%) barrier with an equal percentage. Among the facilitating factors, “Supporting employed parents during the neonate’s hospitalization” and “providing facilities for family accommodation in the hospital” were the first (82.3%) and the second (79.6%) facilitators, respectively, for open visitation. Conclusions The majority of NICU nurses had a moderate perspective on the family open visitation. This reluctance seems to be originated mainly from the factors inhibiting open visitation, making its implementation challenging for nurses. The perspective of the frontline staff in caring for vulnerable infants on facilitators and barriers to open visitation may help policymakers, managers, and relevant officials in decision-making and implementing new visiting policies in the NICUs.","PeriodicalId":52206,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers of Nursing","volume":"10 1","pages":"183 - 191"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45013522","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}
Lilis Setyowati, A. D. Kurnia, Windi Lestari, Sirikul Karuncharernpanit
{"title":"Association between social media addiction and sleep quality among undergraduate nursing students: a cross-sectional study","authors":"Lilis Setyowati, A. D. Kurnia, Windi Lestari, Sirikul Karuncharernpanit","doi":"10.2478/fon-2023-0025","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2023-0025","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Objectives To examine the association between social media addiction and sleep quality among undergraduate nursing students. Methods This research is an analytical observational study with a cross-sectional approach. The sampling technique was purposive sampling of 150 nursing students at a private university in Malang, Indonesia. Respondents filled out a questionnaire about self-identity, a sleep quality questionnaire from the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), and social media addiction from Social Media Addiction Scale (SMAS). This was a bivariate analysis which was conducted using the Pearson Product Moment Correlation test. Results The results of this study reported that most nursing students were addicted to social media (76%). As for the parameter of the quality variable, most respondents had poor sleep quality, which were about 106 people (70.3%). The result of the Pearson Product Moment Correlation test obtained a P value of 0.000. The Pearson correlation coefficient was 0.358. Social media addiction (adjusted odds ratio [OR] 4.80, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 2.08–11.02), gender (adjusted OR 3.79, 95% CI = 1.58–9.12), and using social media for a long time (adjusted OR 4.21, 95% CI = 1.97–10.48) were associated with sleep quality. Conclusions We found that there is an association between social media addiction and sleep quality among nursing students. Furthermore, we might be educating nursing students to manage their time to improve their quality of sleep to avoid any health problems.","PeriodicalId":52206,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers of Nursing","volume":"10 1","pages":"233 - 239"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48683285","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}
{"title":"Effectiveness of family psychosocial intervention on mental health and family function of caregivers of children with cancer: a meta-analysis","authors":"Lillian Ren, Yuxin Wang, Hao Jiang, Meijia Chen, Chaoqun Dong","doi":"10.2478/fon-2023-0015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2023-0015","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Objective To evaluate the effect of family psychosocial intervention on the mental health and family function of caregivers of children with cancer. Methods A comprehensive literature search of CNKI, Wanfang, VIP, CMB, PubMed, Web of Science, MEDLINE, Embase, Cochrane Library, and PsycARTICLES was conducted to retrieve randomized controlled trials of family psychosocial intervention from database inception until 19 September 2021. RevMan (version 5.4.1) was used to analyze the data. Results A total of 894 caregivers participated in 11 studies. The analysis showed that anxiety (standardized mean difference [SMD] = −0.22, 95% confidence interval [CI] = −0.37 to -0.07, P = 0.004) and depression (SMD = −0.33, 95% CI = −0.57 to -0.08, P = 0.01) were significantly reduced, while family function (SMD = −0.86, 95% CI = −1.28 to -0.45, P < 0.001) was significantly improved by the family psychosocial intervention compared with the controls. According to subgroup analysis, family psychosocial interventions were found to reduce posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms when the follow-up time was >1 month (SMD = −0.48, 95% CI = 0.68 to -0.27, P < 0.00001). Conclusions Current evidence supports the use of family psychological intervention to reduce depression and anxiety and improve family function. However, its effect on PTSD symptoms requires further study. Future studies should further identify the role of specific family psychosocial interventions on families and caregivers of children with cancer.","PeriodicalId":52206,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers of Nursing","volume":"10 1","pages":"135 - 144"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43977805","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}
{"title":"Comprehensive prevention strategies for retinopathy of prematurity: a literature review","authors":"Zi Zeng","doi":"10.2478/fon-2023-0018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2023-0018","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a kind of disease that can be seen in premature infants. It may cause a series of short- and long-term complications such as poor vision in premature infants, causing irreversible damage to them. Therefore, if we can prevent this disease, we can solve the above problems. This study summarized some factors that influence ROP, such as low gestational age, low birth weight, irrational oxygen use, anemia, blood transfusion, and thrombocytopenia; and also summarized a series of interventions that can prevent or delay the progression of ROP, such as reducing blood transfusion, the application of antenatal corticosteroids, and delaying clip umbilical cord, which can provide some reference for better clinical practice of preventing ROP.","PeriodicalId":52206,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers of Nursing","volume":"10 1","pages":"175 - 181"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43140910","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}
{"title":"Psychometric evaluation of Iranian version of nursing faculty’s incivility questionnaire","authors":"Zahra Abedini, S. Khanjari, Sima Hashemi","doi":"10.2478/fon-2023-0028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2023-0028","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Objective Faculty incivility is a growing problem in nursing schools that disrupts the learning process and affects nursing care of patients. Fostering and managing faculty incivility requires knowing this problem using a valid and reliable instrument. The purpose of this research was to evaluate the validity and reliability of the faculty’s perceived incivility questionnaire in the Iranian community. Methods In this methodological study, the participants involved were 357 nursing students. They were selected between October and December 2019. The faculty’s perceived incivility questionnaire was evaluated in terms of content and construct validity. McDonald’s omega and Cronbach’s alpha coefficients were calculated. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted to evaluate the construct validity of the questionnaire. Results The content validity index (CVI) was 0.86–0.91 for the items and 0.87 for the whole instrument. In factor analysis, two factors of violent and irresponsible behaviors were extracted. These factors explained >41.769% of the variance. Model fit indices (Parsimonious Comparative Fit Index [PCFI] = 0.783, Parsimonious Normed Fit Index [PNFI] = 0.756, root mean square error of approximation [RMSEA] = 0.051, Goodness-of-Fit Index [GFI] = 0.955, Adjusted Goodness-of-Fit Index [AGFI] = 0.932, Comparative Fit Index [CFI] = 0.955, χ2/df = 2.26) indicated the proportion of factors. Internal consistency was 0.87–0.93. Conclusions Faculty’s perceived incivility questionnaire is a valid and reliable tool with two factors that can be used to evaluate the incivility in Iranian faculty members.","PeriodicalId":52206,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers of Nursing","volume":"10 1","pages":"249 - 254"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48362450","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}
{"title":"Relation between sleep quality and glycemic control among type 2 diabetic patients","authors":"Asmaa Ali Elsayed Ali","doi":"10.2478/fon-2023-0012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2023-0012","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Objective: To investigate the relation between sleep quality and glycemic control among type 2 diabetic patients. Methods: Across sectional descriptive design was used; the study sample including 125 diabetic patients was recruited at diabetic clinics in Zagazig University hospitals. The interview questionnaire sheet consists of 4 parts: (1) demographic data, (2) medical history, (3) an Arabic version of the Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI), and (4) glycated hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) analysis test. Results: The mean of sleep duration was the highest score of PSQI components, 96.8% of diabetic patients had poor sleep quality, and 90.4% of diabetic patients had poor glycemic control. A highly statistically significant relationship was found between HbA1c and sleep quality. Moreover, income, duration of disease and smoking were independent positive predictors of HbA1c level, while the female gender was a statistically significant negative predictor. Additionally, female gender and income were statistically significant independent positive predictors of PSQI score. Conclusions: Poor sleep quality and poor glycemic control were very common among type 2 diabetic patients. There was a highly significant relation between sleep quality and glycemic control.","PeriodicalId":52206,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers of Nursing","volume":"10 1","pages":"115 - 124"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43080957","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}
Min Yang, Shuang Yang, Ronnell D. Dela Rosa, Lu-Hai Cui
{"title":"Development of family resilience models","authors":"Min Yang, Shuang Yang, Ronnell D. Dela Rosa, Lu-Hai Cui","doi":"10.2478/fon-2023-0001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2023-0001","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Family resilience is not the sum of the individual psychological resilience of each of the family members, but the family itself as a unit of resilience research. The representative models of family stress tolerance theory mainly include McCubbin’s series of family stress tolerance models and Walsh’s family stress tolerance framework, which are widely used in the practice of family therapy. In the future, empirical studies on family resilience should be strengthened, measurement tools with high reliability and validity should be established, and the combination of family resilience theory and community-based practice should be promoted.","PeriodicalId":52206,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers of Nursing","volume":"10 1","pages":"3 - 8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42253063","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}
C. Gu, Pornchai Jullamate, Sivasankari Nadarajan, N. Krungkraipetch, Chanandchidadussadee Toonsiri
{"title":"Factors related to successful aging among community-dwelling elderly in Wenzhou, China","authors":"C. Gu, Pornchai Jullamate, Sivasankari Nadarajan, N. Krungkraipetch, Chanandchidadussadee Toonsiri","doi":"10.2478/fon-2023-0007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2023-0007","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Objectives: To examine the level of successful aging and the relationship between successful aging and activities of daily living (ADL), life satisfaction, social support, income, and self-efficacy among community-dwelling elderly in Wenzhou, China. Methods: A descriptive correlational design was applied. Subjects were community-dwelling elderly in 4 districts of Wenzhou, China. Simple random sampling was used to recruit 83 participants. All participants were screened using the Mini-Cog tool. Data were collected using 6 questionnaires such as a demographic questionnaire, the Successful Aging Inventory (SAI), the Barthel Index for ADL, the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS), the Social Support Rating Scale (SSRS), and the General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES). Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation analysis. Results: The results showed that 53% of the participants had a higher level of successful aging and 43.4% had a moderate level of successful aging with a mean score of 56.76 (standard deviation [SD] = 12.31). Factors such as elderly income (r = 0.73, P < 0.001) and self-efficacy (r = 0.72, P < 0.001) had high correlations with successful aging, whereas ADL (r = 0.67, P < 0.001), life satisfaction (r = 0.63, P < 0.001), and social support (r = 0.36, P < 0.001) had moderate correlations with successful aging. Conclusions: There was a significant positive correlation between successful aging and ADL, life satisfaction, social support, income, and self-efficacy among community-dwelling elderly in Wenzhou, China. The findings may guide the formulation of more effective health education and intervention measures to improve successful aging among the elderly.","PeriodicalId":52206,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers of Nursing","volume":"10 1","pages":"65 - 71"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45962764","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}