Asian Nursing Research

PURPOSE: Phenomenological methods are used to capture human experience, and nursing research has long attempted phenomenological approaches in many studies. This study explored the 22-year trends (2001 to 2022) in phenomenological research within Korean nursing science and identified the types of journals where research is published, common phenomenological data analysis methods, phenomena of interest, and standards of rigor applied to phenomenological studies. METHODS: This scoping review followed the six stages recommended by Arksey and O'Malley's (2005) and utilized the PRISMA Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) for reporting guidance...

PURPOSE: During the COVID-19 pandemic, nurses have faced many professional and ethical dilemmas and challenges along with bearing physical, mental, and emotional stress resulting from worrying about themselves or their family being infected and stigmatised. This stress can potentially lead to burnout and resignation. Professional resilience is crucial for nurses to cope with these adverse situations. This study aimed to investigate the process by which nurses adapt, change, and overcome challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic and ultimately demonstrate professional resilience...

PURPOSE: This study examined online gambling patterns among Korean adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic and identified predictors of problem gambling based on a socio-ecological model. METHODS: It used nationally representative data from the 2020 National Survey on Youth Gambling Problems conducted by the Korea Center on Gambling Problems. This study selected a sample of 780 adolescents aged 13-18 years who reported having gambled online at least once in the last three months from the raw data of respondents...

PURPOSES: The purpose of this study was to develop a scale to measure stigma during epidemics among adults in nursing care and validate its psychometric properties. METHODS: The preliminary items of the TSEDS scale were developed through a literature review, the delphi technique, and content validity analysis. A total of 723 adults living in Turkey responded to the questionnaire from June to December 2021. The collected data were analyzed by exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmative factor analysis (CFA) using SPSS and AMOS programs...

PURPOSE: Even in the absence of extravasation, some patients develop induration at the peripheral intravenous catheterization site prior to the next day's treatment. Infusion site induration commonly affects patients who undergo repeated chemotherapy administrations. Vessel health is crucial for the continuation of chemotherapy. However, there is no effective method to prevent induration. Hence, this study aimed to investigate the factors that could cause induration for preventing its occurrence...

PURPOSE: Anxiety, depression, and poor quality of life (QOL) were considered important concerns that hindered the rehabilitation of breast cancer survivors. A number of studies have investigated the effects of physical activity, but they have not reached the same conclusions. This review aimed to identify the effects of physical activity on QOL, anxiety, and depression in breast cancer survivors. METHODS: PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), PsycINFO, SinoMed, CNKI, Vip, and WanFang databases were searched for the time period between January 1, 2012, and April 30, 2022...

PURPOSE: Preventing diabetic complications involves regular outpatient follow-up and maintaining low variability in HbA1c levels. This study investigated the factors associated with diabetic complications, with a specific focus on the impact of regular outpatient follow-up and HbA1c variability, among patients with type 2 diabetes. METHODS: The study design was secondary data analysis of electronic medical records from a university hospital in Korea. It included patients aged 40-79 with type 2 diabetes, who were prescribed diabetes medication within three months of their first HbA1c test by an endocrinologist, and followed up for at least five years...

PURPOSE: Heart failure (HF) is a highly recurrent disease with a high sudden death rate and a substantial influence on disease-related quality of life (QOL). Social support, symptom distress, care needs, and meaning in life all have significant impacts on QOL. We hypothesized that meaning in life plays a mediating role in the relationship of social support, symptom distress, and care needs with QOL among patients with chronic HF. METHODS: Based on cross-sectional analysis, we recruited 186 HF outpatients who completed structured questionnaires for social support, symptom distress, care needs, meaning in life, and QOL...

PURPOSE: This study aimed to investigate reproductive concerns among breast cancer patients of reproductive age, analyze the influencing factors, explore the relationship between coping styles, fear of progression (FOP), and reproductive concerns, and identify the multiple effects of coping styles on the relationship between FOP and reproductive concerns among Chinese breast cancer patients. METHODS: A cross-sectional, descriptive study was conducted among breast cancer patients in four tertiary grade A hospitals in Fujian, China, from January 2022 to September 2022...

PURPOSE: Although the medical decision-making process can be overwhelming for some surrogates, there is a lack of understanding regarding their experiences. The objectives of this study were to examine the decision self-efficacy and decisional conflict experienced by surrogates in intensive care units (ICUs)when faced with the decision of whether to reintubate patients with respiratory failure after planned extubation. In addition, predictors and mediators influencing these decision-making processes were identified...

PURPOSE: This phenomenological study explored and revealed the mothers' lived experiences of caring for pubescent children with developmental disabilities (DDs) in Korea. METHODS: Data were collected from semi-structured individual in-depth interviews with nine mothers. This study adopted Giorgi's phenomenological analysis, through which a general structure of mothers' caregiving experiences with their pubescent adolescents with DD was formulated. RESULTS: The lived experiences of mothers caring for pubescent children with DD were clustered into four themes and nine subthemes from 19 meaning units: 1) Not being allowed to take delight in child's growth due to unbalanced growth pace; 2) Feeling marginalized along with the disabled child; 3) Feeling like being kicked out of society slowly and permanently; 4) Rearrangement of care direction and purpose...

PURPOSE: Nursing is traditionally considered a female profession, and male nursing students face gender stereotype barriers. Most studies of male nursing students in Japan focus on their learning experiences in maternal nursing, and little is known about the experiences of male nursing students in their usual learning environment. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to explore the barriers and coping strategies of Japanese male nursing students in nursing education, including classroom and practical training...

PURPOSE: This study aims to explore the expectations and acceptability of a smart nursing home model among Chinese older adults and their family members based on a scoping review that defines the concept of smart nursing homes. METHODS: A qualitative case study was employed for this research. Semi-structured in-depth interviews and focus group discussions were conducted on WeChat. Participants were purposively sampled through snowball sampling in Hainan and Dalian, China...

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to develop the Career Growth Scale for Nurses (CGSN) and to evaluate its psychometric properties. METHODS: This study was conducted in four phases: (1) creating a pool of potential items through a qualitative design, (2) developing a preliminary scale using a modified two-round Delphi process, (3) refining the preliminary scale to finalize the scale using a cross-sectional survey, and (4) evaluating the psychometric properties of the final scale using another cross-sectional survey...

PURPOSE: The prevalence of frailty among patients with heart failure is about 45%. Frailty may result in patients' functional decline, falls, disability, and decreased quality of life. Qualitative studies can explore older patients' perceptions of frailty and help patients cope with it. However, a qualitative approach that explores the experience of frailty in older patients living with heart failure is lacking. This study aimed to explore the lived experience of frailty in older patients with heart failure...

PURPOSE: Pediatric cancer is a serious problem and still becomes a global challenge today. Various complex stressors due to diagnosis, disease symptoms, and various side effects from the treatment that children with cancer undergo will cause problems in the child's psychoneuroimmunological aspects. Psychological interventions designed to modulate the stress response include psychoneuroimmunological markers. Unfortunately, there is little evidence to support the effect of psychological interventions on psychoneuroimmunological markers...

PURPOSE: Trauma has significant impacts on the livelihoods and well-being of patients. Prompt emergency medical and nursing care is the key to reducing mortality rates. Digital platforms have become important for patient care. This research aimed to evaluate patient outcomes after implementing a novel web application operating system in trauma care. METHODS: A descriptive comparative study was conducted on trauma patients. The patients were divided into two groups: those that used the developed application (n = 70) and those that did not (n = 70)...

PURPOSE: To assess the feasibility of a technology-assisted intervention in a hybrid cardiac rehabilitation program among patients with coronary heart disease. METHODS: This study was a two-armed parallel randomized controlled trial. Twenty-eight patients with coronary heart disease were randomly assigned to either the intervention group, receiving a 12-week technology-assisted intervention (n = 14) or the control group (n = 14), receiving usual care. Guided by the Health Belief Model, the intervention group received three center-based, supervised exercise training sessions, a fitness watch that served as a cue to action, six educational videos and a weekly video call...

PURPOSE: Controlling blood pressure minimizes the risk of cardiovascular events among patients with hypertension. Despite regular follow-ups, the hypertension management for patients aged ≥ 45 years is limited as evident from a decreased control rate. This pilot study aimed to test a theory-guided educational program for community-dwelling patients with hypertension. METHODS: Sixty-nine patients with hypertension aged ≥ 45 years and having high blood pressure (> 130/80 mmHg) were recruited in this two-arm pilot randomized controlled trial...

PURPOSE: Our study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the nursing care program on the incidence and rate of 28-day hospital readmissions among pulmonary TB patients. METHODS: We conducted a quasi-experimental study using a historical control group. Patients diagnosed with pulmonary TB who received nursing interventions between 28th January 2021 and 31st May 2021 were categorized as an intervention group, whereas historical controls (usual care) were selected from 1st January 2020 to 31st December 2020...