{"title":"Effectiveness of a Patient Safety Incident Disclosure Education Program: A Quasi-Experimental Study.","authors":"Mi Young Kim, Yujeong Kim","doi":"10.1097/jnr.0000000000000614","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/jnr.0000000000000614","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The accurate disclosure of patient safety incidents is necessary to minimize patient safety incidents and medical disputes. As prospective healthcare providers, nursing students need to possess the ability to disclose patient safety incidents.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This study was designed to investigate the effect of a patient safety incident disclosure education program for undergraduate nursing students on participants' knowledge and perception of disclosure of these incidents, attitudes toward patient safety, and self-efficacy regarding disclosure of these incidents.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A quasi-experimental study with a nonequivalent pretest-posttest design was conducted on fourth-year undergraduate nursing students recruited between September 6 and October 22, 2021, through convenience sampling from two universities in South Korea. The experimental group (n = 25) received the education program. The control group (n = 25) received educational materials on the disclosure of patient safety incidents only. Knowledge and perceptions of patient safety incident disclosure, attitudes toward patient safety, and self-efficacy regarding incident disclosure were measured. Data were analyzed using descriptive analysis, t test, χ2 test, Fisher's exact test, Mann-Whitney U test, Wilcoxon signed-rank test, and ranked analysis of covariance.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Posttest results revealed knowledge (p < .001), perceptions (p = .031), and self-efficacy (p < .001) with regard to the disclosure of patient safety incidents were all significantly higher in the experimental group than in the control group. Posttest attitudes toward patient safety were not significantly different between the two groups (p = .908).</p><p><strong>Conclusions/implications for practice: </strong>The patient safety incident disclosure education program effectively enhances the knowledge, perception, and self-efficacy of nursing students with regard to safety incidents. The findings may be used to improve training and educational programs in nursing colleges and hospitals to improve the knowledge, perception, and self-efficacy of nursing students with regard to disclosing patient safety incidents in clinical settings.</p>","PeriodicalId":94242,"journal":{"name":"The journal of nursing research : JNR","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141181783","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 Acupressure for Fatigue Alleviation in Patients Receiving Hemodialysis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.","authors":"Kai-Mei Chang, Debby Syahru Romadlon, Pin-Yuan Chen, Faizul Hasan, Shu-Liu Guo, Hsiao-Yean Chiu","doi":"10.1097/jnr.0000000000000613","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/jnr.0000000000000613","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Fatigue, a major health concern among patients receiving hemodialysis, is associated with poor quality of life, negative emotions, and cognitive dysfunction. Acupressure is a low-cost and noninvasive traditional Chinese therapy that has been widely used in community and clinic settings. However, the beneficial effects of acupressure on various aspects of fatigue among these patients have not been systematically investigated.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This study was designed to determine the effects of acupressure on fatigue in patients receiving hemodialysis. The moderating influences of bio-sociodemographic characteristics and methodology on the association between acupressure and posthemodialysis fatigue were also examined.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Four electronic databases were searched for qualified articles published between database inception and November 2, 2022. Only randomized controlled trials designed to investigate the effects of acupressure on fatigue in patients receiving hemodialysis were qualified for consideration. A random-effects model was used for data analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Eight randomized controlled trials with 11 effect sizes and 725 participants were included in this study. In these studies, acupressure was found to have a significantly higher alleviation effect on general fatigue (g = -0.78; 95% confidence interval [-1.09, -0.48]) and the behavioral, emotional, sensory, and cognitive domains of fatigue (g = -0.51, -0.51, -0.72, and -0.41, respectively) among patients receiving hemodialysis than those in the control groups. Furthermore, the stimulation of the Shenmen acupoint was found to increase the effects (p < .01) of acupressure on fatigue reduction significantly. Notably, the use of special equipment to perform the acupressure was not found to significantly improve outcomes (p = .99).</p><p><strong>Conclusions/implications for practice: </strong>Acupressure is effective in alleviating fatigue in patients receiving hemodialysis, particularly when the Shenmen acupoint is used together with other acupoints, and is effective without the application of special equipment. Acupressure may be adopted as a complementary therapy for fatigue alleviation in patients receiving hemodialysis. Based on the findings, healthcare providers should coach patients receiving hemodialysis with fatigue on how to use acupressure therapy appropriately to alleviate this health concern.</p>","PeriodicalId":94242,"journal":{"name":"The journal of nursing research : JNR","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141181784","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":"Nursing Competences and Person-Centered Care.","authors":"Yea-Ing Lotus Shyu","doi":"10.1097/jnr.0000000000000618","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/jnr.0000000000000618","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94242,"journal":{"name":"The journal of nursing research : JNR","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141181778","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":"Relationship Between Unit Characteristics and Fall Incidence: A Cross-Sectional Survey Using Administrative Data in Japan.","authors":"Mutsuko Moriwaki, Michiko Tanaka, Mikayo Toba, Yuka Ozasa, Yasuko Ogata, Satoshi Obayashi","doi":"10.1097/jnr.0000000000000615","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/jnr.0000000000000615","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Falls are the most frequent accident experienced by inpatients in hospitals. As falls affect patient outcomes, high fall risk factors should be studied to prevent falls and improve patient safety. However, the relationship between hospital unit characteristics and fall risk has never been assessed.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This study was designed to identify the unit characteristics significantly related to fall risk.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A cross-sectional study was conducted on the medical records of patients hospitalized in a Japanese academic hospital between 2018 and 2019. This study quantified unit activities and utilized Diagnosis Procedure Combination data to examine unit characteristics related to falls based on unit day.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Data on 16,307 patients were included in the analysis, and 355 unit days were certified as fall events. Based on patient condition and medical treatment, the results identified antineoplastic injections, radiation therapy, aseptic treatment room, and functional status of partly assisted transfers, meals, and oral care as unit characteristics associated with increased fall events. Decreased nursing time per patient at night (odds ratio [OR] = 0.75, p = .04) and higher numbers of partially assisted transfer patients were also identified as unit characteristics associated with higher fall incidence rates (OR = 5.56, p = .01).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The results of this study are expected to assist nurses to predict falls based on unit characteristics; reducing nursing time in the units was found to be a factor associated with higher fall risk. Nurse managers must understand the unit-related fall risk factors, appropriately assign nurse staffing numbers, and demonstrate nursing leadership to prevent falls in their units.</p>","PeriodicalId":94242,"journal":{"name":"The journal of nursing research : JNR","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141181779","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":"Willingness of Patients With End-Stage Renal Disease to Accept a Kidney Transplant and Related Factors.","authors":"Yin Cheng, Hsiang-Ru Lai, I-Hui Chen, Yen-Ling Chiu, Pei-I Lee, Kath Peters, Pi-Hsia Lee","doi":"10.1097/jnr.0000000000000616","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/jnr.0000000000000616","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The prevalence of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in Taiwan is among the highest in the world. Although kidney transplant is the most effective treatment for ESRD, the willingness of patients with ESRD to undergo kidney transplantation is low in Taiwan. The factors associated with willingness to accept kidney transplantation remain unclear, and studies on kidney transplant willingness and associated factors among Taiwanese patients with ESRD are scarce.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The aim of this study was to assess willingness to undergo a kidney transplant and related factors among patients with ESRD in Taiwan.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A cross-sectional design was employed. Two hundred fourteen participants from a single medical center in Taiwan were recruited, and 209 valid questionnaires were collected (valid response rate: 97.7%). The study instruments included a kidney transplant knowledge scale, a kidney transplant attitude scale, and a kidney transplant willingness scale. Data were analyzed using Pearson's product-moment correlations, t tests, one-way analyses of variance, and multiple regressions.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The mean kidney transplant willingness in the sample was 13.23 (out of 20). Being male, younger, married, or employed; having a college education or above; and having a shorter dialysis duration were all associated with higher kidney transplant willingness. Sociodemographics, dialysis duration, knowledge, and attitudes explained 45.4% of the variance in kidney transplant willingness, with two of these, kidney transplant attitudes (β = .61, p < .001) and dialysis duration (β = -.11, p = .041), identified as significant.</p><p><strong>Conclusions/implications for practice: </strong>The findings support the important role of cultivating positive attitudes in patients with ESRD to increasing willingness to undergo kidney transplantation interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":94242,"journal":{"name":"The journal of nursing research : JNR","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141181780","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":"Supportive Care Needs of Patients With Temporary Ostomy in Enhanced Recovery After Surgery: A Mixed-Methods Study.","authors":"Jieman Hu, Xiuling Zhang, Jianan Sun, Haiyan Hu, Chulei Tang, Lei Ba, Qin Xu","doi":"10.1097/jnr.0000000000000610","DOIUrl":"10.1097/jnr.0000000000000610","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS), a global surgical quality improvement initiative, reduces the length of stay in the hospital. Temporary stoma care for rectal cancer is complex, and patients require prolonged care services to adjust to the stoma. The shorter stay durations in the new model challenge the conventional care pathways and create new patient needs.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This study was designed to explore the supportive care needs of patients under the new surgical model to provide a reference for the design of ERAS nursing care plans.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A convergent parallel mixed-methods design was used in this study. Patients with temporary stomas for rectal cancer were recruited using a convenience sampling method in gastrointestinal surgery wards and wound & stoma clinics in two public tertiary care hospitals in China. Standardized questionnaires were administered to 140 patients to collect quantitative data, and semistructured interviews were conducted individually with 13 patients to collect qualitative data. The questionnaire data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, and the interview data were analyzed using thematic analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>\"Health system and information needs\" and \"care and support needs\" were identified in both the qualitative and quantitative analyses as the most significant unmet needs of the participants. In addition, the qualitative analysis identified receiving focused stoma care instructions and easily understandable information as essential to fulfilling health system and information needs. Care and support needs included access to continued postdischarge services and attention from medical professionals.</p><p><strong>Conclusion/implications for practice: </strong>The participants in this study experienced a variety of unmet supportive care needs under the ERAS protocol, with gaps particularly notable in two categories: \"health system and information needs\" and \"care and support needs.\" Increased perioperative care and shorter hospital stays under the ERAS protocol reduce opportunities for patients to receive targeted instruction and shift much of the ostomy education and care workload out of the hospital, requiring greater attention from clinical nurses to ensure quality of care.</p>","PeriodicalId":94242,"journal":{"name":"The journal of nursing research : JNR","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140900332","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}
Hong Liu, Hongai Wang, Mengyuan Dong, Juan Wang, Zhe Wang, Na Su, Di Shao, Naixue Cui, Fenglin Cao
{"title":"Clinimetric Properties of the Chinese Short Form of the Sarcopenia Quality of Life Questionnaire in Patients With Cancer.","authors":"Hong Liu, Hongai Wang, Mengyuan Dong, Juan Wang, Zhe Wang, Na Su, Di Shao, Naixue Cui, Fenglin Cao","doi":"10.1097/jnr.0000000000000612","DOIUrl":"10.1097/jnr.0000000000000612","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Sarcopenia, prevalent in patients with cancer, negatively affects quality of life. However, generic tools are unable to capture the minor effects of sarcopenia on quality of life. The short-form version of the Sarcopenia Quality of Life (SF-SarQoL) questionnaire was developed as an efficient tool to assess the impact of sarcopenia on quality of life in older adults. However, its clinimetric properties in patients with cancer remain unknown.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This study was designed to examine the clinimetric properties of the Chinese SF-SarQoL in patients with colorectal cancer, particularly with regard to its ability to detect changes in quality of life.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A longitudinal survey was conducted using the SF-SarQoL and other questionnaires on 408 patients with colorectal cancer planning to undergo surgery. Follow-up was subsequently conducted on 341 of these patients 1 month after surgery. The clinimetric properties of the SF-SarQoL were examined, including reliability (internal consistency), validity (construct validity, concurrent validity), sensitivity (ability to detect changes, discriminative ability), and floor and ceiling effects.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The internal consistency of the SF-SarQoL was found to be acceptable (Cronbach's alpha = .94 and McDonald's omega = .94). Strong scalability of the total score and each item was confirmed using Mokken analysis. Concurrent validity analyses indicate the SF-SarQoL is significantly correlated with muscle-related and health-related questionnaire scores. The SF-SarQoL showed adequate sensitivity due to its good ability to detect changes in quality of life with a moderate effect size (Cohen's d = 0.56) and discriminate between sarcopenic and nonsarcopenic patients (area under the curve = 0.73, 95% CI [0.66, 0.79]) using receiver operating characteristic curve analyses. No floor or ceiling effects were observed.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The Chinese SF-SarQoL exhibits good clinimetric properties in preoperative patients with colorectal cancer and is sufficiently sensitive to capture changes in quality of life after surgery.</p>","PeriodicalId":94242,"journal":{"name":"The journal of nursing research : JNR","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141181782","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":"Coping With Chronic Health Conditions.","authors":"Sally Wai-Chi Chan","doi":"10.1097/jnr.0000000000000600","DOIUrl":"10.1097/jnr.0000000000000600","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94242,"journal":{"name":"The journal of nursing research : JNR","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139565486","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":"Effects of a Health Literacy Education Program on Mental Health and Renal Function in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease: A Randomized Controlled Trial.","authors":"Hsiao-Ling Huang, Ya-Hui Hsu, Chung-Wei Yang, Min-Fang Hsu, Yu-Chu Chung","doi":"10.1097/jnr.0000000000000595","DOIUrl":"10.1097/jnr.0000000000000595","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Chronic kidney disease (CKD) refers to permanent damage to the kidneys that occurs gradually over time. Further progression may be preventable depending on its stage.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This study was developed to evaluate the effect of a health literacy education program (HLEP) on mental health and renal functioning in patients with CKD.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A single-blind, randomized controlled trial study was conducted. Data were collected from March 25 to December 18, 2021. Participants were randomly assigned to either the experimental group (n = 42), which received multidisciplinary care and HLEP, or the control group (n = 42), which received multidisciplinary care only. Data were collected at baseline (T1), Month 3 (T2), and Month 6 (T3), and the data included patient characteristics, estimated glomerular filtration rate, and responses to the Mandarin Multidimensional Health Literacy Questionnaire and Beck Depression Inventory.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>After 6 months of the HLEP intervention, the results of generalized estimating equations analysis showed that, compared with the control group, the experimental group had significantly higher health literacy at Month 3 (β = -3.37, 95% CI [-5.68, -1.06]), significantly improved depression at Month 3 (β = -2.24, 95% CI [-4.11, -0.37]) and Month 6 (β = -4.36, 95% CI [-6.60, -2.12]), and a significantly higher estimated glomerular filtration rate at Month 6 (β = 5.87, 95% CI [1.35, 10.38]).</p><p><strong>Conclusions/implications for practice: </strong>The findings of this study may provide a reference for healthcare providers to educate patients with Stage 3-4 CKD using the HLEP. Positive effects on health literacy, depression, and renal function in patients with Stage 3-4 CKD were observed in the short term. Findings from this study may facilitate the implementation of multidisciplinary and nurse-led strategies in primary care to reinforce patients' health literacy, self-care ability, and adjustment to CKD as well as delay disease progression.</p>","PeriodicalId":94242,"journal":{"name":"The journal of nursing research : JNR","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139565487","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}
Tram Thi Bich Nguyen, Yu-Yun Hsu, Yanti Puspita Sari
{"title":"The Effect of Pelvic Floor Muscle Training on Health-Related Quality of Life in Postmenopausal Women With Genitourinary Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.","authors":"Tram Thi Bich Nguyen, Yu-Yun Hsu, Yanti Puspita Sari","doi":"10.1097/jnr.0000000000000597","DOIUrl":"10.1097/jnr.0000000000000597","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Genitourinary syndrome is commonly reported in postmenopausal women. Kegel's exercise is a noninvasive therapy that improves pelvic floor muscle parameters. However, the effect of Kegel's exercise on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in postmenopausal women with genitourinary syndrome has not been synthesized or shown.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This study was designed to systematically review and analyze the previous literature to determine whether Kegel's exercise enhances HRQoL in postmenopausal women with genitourinary syndrome of menopause.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials was conducted, and six databases were searched, including Embase, MEDLINE, Cochrane, CINAHL, Web of Science, and Scopus, from their dates of inception to November 2021. Eligible studies evaluated the effects of Kegel's exercise on HRQoL in postmenopausal women with urinary, sexual, or genital symptoms. Review Manager software was used to perform the meta-analysis using a random-effects model. Chi-square and I2 tests were used to evaluate heterogeneity among the studies. Meta-analysis was performed based on the symptoms (i.e., urinary, sexual, and genital) identified in the quality-of-life questionnaires.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>This systematic review covered five studies with 268 participants. The research appraisal found most of these studies had a low risk of bias. The intervention periods ranged from 4 to 12 weeks. Compared with non-Kegel's exercise or regular activity, Kegel's exercise was found to significantly improve HRQoL-related urinary symptoms (three studies, standardized mean difference = -0.95, 95% CI [-1.35, -0.54], I2 = 0%). However, the effect of this exercise on HRQoL-related sexual symptoms did not differ from non-Kegel's exercise or regular activity (two studies, standardized mean difference = 1.11, 95% CI [-0.25, 2.47], I2 = 94%). None of the covered studies examined the effect of Kegel's exercise on HRQoL-related genital symptoms.</p><p><strong>Conclusions/implications for practice: </strong>Kegel's exercise is an effective intervention for improving HRQoL-related urinary symptoms in postmenopausal women. However, there remains insufficient evidence to assess the effectiveness of Kegel's exercise on HRQoL-related genital symptoms in this population. The results support using Kegel's exercise as a useful intervention to manage urinary symptoms in postmenopausal women.</p>","PeriodicalId":94242,"journal":{"name":"The journal of nursing research : JNR","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139565488","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}