{"title":"My experience with having ablation for atrial fibrillation.","authors":"Frederik Nilsson","doi":"10.1093/eurjcn/zvae039","DOIUrl":"10.1093/eurjcn/zvae039","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93997,"journal":{"name":"European journal of cardiovascular nursing","volume":" ","pages":"6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141322180","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}
Ximiao Li, Jie Zhang, Jinliang Li, Wenjie Fang, Xiuting Zhang, Xiuzhen Fan
{"title":"Determinants of preparedness in family caregivers of patients with heart failure.","authors":"Ximiao Li, Jie Zhang, Jinliang Li, Wenjie Fang, Xiuting Zhang, Xiuzhen Fan","doi":"10.1093/eurjcn/zvae107","DOIUrl":"10.1093/eurjcn/zvae107","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aims: </strong>Inadequate preparedness of family caregivers contributes to adverse outcomes of patients with heart failure (HF). However, evidence on caregiver preparedness is limited. This study aims to examine the determinants and potential mechanisms of preparedness in family caregivers of patients with HF.</p><p><strong>Methods and results: </strong>In the cross-sectional study, 298 HF patient-caregiver dyads were recruited from 4 tertiary hospitals in China. Preparedness, uncertainty in illness, family relational quality, social support, and positive aspects of caregiving (PAC) were assessed in family caregivers using self-reported questionnaires. In the path analysis model, uncertainty in illness had an indirect negative effect on preparedness via reduced PAC [indirect effect = -0.020; 95% confidence interval (CI) -0.050 to -0.002]. Whereas, family relational quality had direct (β = 0.266; P < 0.001) and indirect positive effects on preparedness through increased PAC (indirect effect = 0.027; 95% CI, 0.003-0.067). Similarly, social support also had direct (β = 0.184; P = 0.004) and indirect positive effects on preparedness through increased PAC (indirect effect = 0.027; 95% CI, 0.004-0.065).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study highlights that diminishing uncertainty in illness may indirectly improve caregiver preparedness through the enhancement of PAC, while raising family relational quality and social support may improve caregiver preparedness both directly and indirectly by augmenting PAC. These findings provide insightful implications for healthcare professionals in developing tailored interventions to ameliorate preparedness in family caregivers of patients with HF.</p>","PeriodicalId":93997,"journal":{"name":"European journal of cardiovascular nursing","volume":" ","pages":"35-43"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141918394","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":"Sharing research results with research participants: experiences from the TeleYoga study.","authors":"Tiny Jaarsma, Anna Strömberg","doi":"10.1093/eurjcn/zvae137","DOIUrl":"10.1093/eurjcn/zvae137","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93997,"journal":{"name":"European journal of cardiovascular nursing","volume":" ","pages":"176-177"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142985778","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":"Patient-reported outcomes highlight the need for interventions addressing the body image concerns of patients with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator.","authors":"Mitchell Nicmanis","doi":"10.1093/eurjcn/zvae133","DOIUrl":"10.1093/eurjcn/zvae133","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93997,"journal":{"name":"European journal of cardiovascular nursing","volume":" ","pages":"102-103"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142396270","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}
Karen Bouchard, Alexandra Chiarelli, Sophie Dozois, Jennifer Reed, Sarah Visintini, Heather Tulloch
{"title":"Caregiving for patients with atrial fibrillation: a systematic review of the scientific literature.","authors":"Karen Bouchard, Alexandra Chiarelli, Sophie Dozois, Jennifer Reed, Sarah Visintini, Heather Tulloch","doi":"10.1093/eurjcn/zvae105","DOIUrl":"10.1093/eurjcn/zvae105","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aims: </strong>Caregiving processes and outcomes have been increasingly articulated in the cardiovascular literature, particularly in heart failure and coronary artery disease, but there has been no synthesis on caregiving for a patient with atrial fibrillation (AF). This review synthesizes scientific evidence that describes caregiving in the context of AF, with the aim of informing future research priorities for AF caregiving or clinical approaches that may support caregivers.</p><p><strong>Methods and results: </strong>Informed by PRISMA guidelines, we conducted a mixed-methods systematic review with a data-based convergence design using a thematic synthesis approach. All studies that examined factors related to caregiving for patients with AF, as either a descriptive, predictor, or outcome variable, were included. After the search, data from 13 studies were abstracted; half of the studies (53%) were of low-to-moderate quality. Changes to the family unit and feelings of uncertainty are common post-AF; a subset of caregivers struggle with mental health challenges, particularly those who are unwell themselves or those who provide several hours of care to patients with more advanced symptoms or limitations. Informational support for caregivers appears to be lacking but is desired to better adapt to the changes or consequences incurred from AF.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This review complements findings from previous reviews conducted in other cardiovascular disease subgroups. As there is still limited high-quality research on caregiving in an AF context, additional research is required to adequately inform supportive programming for caregivers of patients with AF, if indicated.</p><p><strong>Registration: </strong>PROSPERO: CRD4202339778.</p>","PeriodicalId":93997,"journal":{"name":"European journal of cardiovascular nursing","volume":" ","pages":"22-32"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141861920","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":"Accelerating the translation of evidence into practice: same day discharge following percutaneous coronary intervention.","authors":"Sarah E Slone, Kurt G Barringhaus","doi":"10.1093/eurjcn/zvae173","DOIUrl":"10.1093/eurjcn/zvae173","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93997,"journal":{"name":"European journal of cardiovascular nursing","volume":" ","pages":"114-115"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142808918","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}
Zhiwei Liu, Zhenxiang Zhang, Wenru Wang, Zhiguang Ping, Suyan Chen, Yan Yuan, Weihong Zhang, Xin Li, Yongxia Mei
{"title":"Association between communication patterns, benefit finding, and relationship satisfaction in stroke couples: an actor-partner interdependence mediation model.","authors":"Zhiwei Liu, Zhenxiang Zhang, Wenru Wang, Zhiguang Ping, Suyan Chen, Yan Yuan, Weihong Zhang, Xin Li, Yongxia Mei","doi":"10.1093/eurjcn/zvae130","DOIUrl":"10.1093/eurjcn/zvae130","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aims: </strong>To explore the mediating role of relationship satisfaction between communication patterns and benefit findings in stroke couples using the actor-partner interdependence mediation model.</p><p><strong>Methods and results: </strong>A cross-sectional study was conducted from October 2022 to April 2023 in China. Based on the actor-partner interdependence mediation model, we used structural equation modelling to explore the mediating role of relationship satisfaction of stroke patients and their spouses in communication patterns and benefit findings. A total of 381 stroke couples (patients, 61.4% male, mean age 54.06; caregivers, mean age 53.58) were included in the data analysis. Actor effects showed that stroke couples' relationship satisfaction mediated each of their own three communication patterns (constructive communication, demand/withdraw communication, and mutual avoidance) and benefit findings. In addition, patients' relationship satisfaction mediated patient demand-spouse withdraw and spouses' benefit findings. Partner effect showed that patients' relationship satisfaction mediated the association between their own three communication patterns and spouses' benefit findings. Patients' relationship satisfaction mediated the association between patient demand-spouse withdraw and patients' benefit findings. Moreover, spouses' relationship satisfaction mediated the association between the two communication avoidance patterns exhibited by patients (spouse demand-patient withdraw and mutual avoidance) and the spouses' benefit findings.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The results have demonstrated a reciprocal influence on benefit findings between stroke patients and their spouses. The communication patterns within these couples have impacted not only their own benefit findings but also those of their spouses, with relationship satisfaction playing a mediating role.</p>","PeriodicalId":93997,"journal":{"name":"European journal of cardiovascular nursing","volume":" ","pages":"128-138"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142376475","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":"My heart, my choice? how to improve the patient engagement in decision-making for catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation.","authors":"Alba Cano-Valls, Eduard Guasch","doi":"10.1093/eurjcn/zvae171","DOIUrl":"10.1093/eurjcn/zvae171","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93997,"journal":{"name":"European journal of cardiovascular nursing","volume":" ","pages":"158-159"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142815316","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}
Fengwei Dong, Yaping Wu, Qing Wang, Yan Huang, Qing Wu
{"title":"Factors influencing patient engagement in decision-making for catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: a cross-sectional survey.","authors":"Fengwei Dong, Yaping Wu, Qing Wang, Yan Huang, Qing Wu","doi":"10.1093/eurjcn/zvae141","DOIUrl":"10.1093/eurjcn/zvae141","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aims: </strong>Patient engagement in decision-making could improve healthcare quality and health outcome, which has been emphasized in atrial fibrillation (AF) management guidelines. However, patients report relatively low level of engagement in decision-making for catheter ablation (CA). Therefore, this study aims to explore the influencing factors of AF patient engagement in decision-making for CA.</p><p><strong>Methods and results: </strong>A cross-sectional study was conducted. A total of 836 patients were recruited from six tertiary hospitals in Shanghai. Adapted version of the Control Preferences Scale, Chinese version of the All Aspects of Health Literacy Scale, Chinese version of the Facilitation of Patient Involvement Scale, and the Atrial Fibrillation Knowledge Questionnaire were used to measure patient engagement in decision-making, health literacy, perception of physician facilitation, and AF knowledge, respectively. Of the 750 patients who returned valid questionnaires, 20.2% of the patients reported active engagement in decision-making, 39.5% reported collaborative engagement, and 40.3% reported passive engagement. Compared with patients perceiving passive engagement, those with collaborative or active engagement were more likely to be female and have higher income, moderate European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) class (II and III), higher perception of physician facilitation, higher health literacy, and higher AF knowledge (P < 0.05 for all). The collaborative engagement group exhibited a shorter AF duration.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The degree of patient engagement in CA decision-making varied, with most perceiving passive engagement. Patient engagement in decision-making was influenced by gender, income, duration of AF, EHRA class, perception of physician facilitation, health literacy, and AF knowledge.</p>","PeriodicalId":93997,"journal":{"name":"European journal of cardiovascular nursing","volume":" ","pages":"150-157"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142484039","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}