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Factors Associated With Depression Among Family Caregivers of Patients With Stroke in Indonesia: A Cross-Sectional Study
Conclusions/Implications for Practice Caregivers' gender, presence of back pain, sufficient respite time, and time since stroke occurrence should be considered when providing knowledge, skills, and coping strategies to caregivers to help them adapt to their caregiving role, maintain their quality of life, and prevent the onset of depression. Understanding the factors influencing caregiver depression may help nursing professionals identify individuals at a higher risk of depression early on and provide critical follow-up and early access to supportive counseling.
Source: Journal of Nursing Research - October 1, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLES Source Type: research

Prevalence of Chronic Health Conditions in Australian Adults with Depression and/or Anxiety.
Authors: Stanton R, Rosenbaum S, Rebar A, Happell B Abstract The association between psychotic illness and poor physical health is now clearly articulated in the literature. By contrast the impact of depression and/or anxiety on physical health is considerably less understood, despite depression being the leading cause of disability worldwide and is associated with significantly higher prevalence of physical comorbidities than found in the general population. An Australia national cross-sectional population-based survey was conducted to ascertain the prevalence of chronic physical health conditions in persons with,...
Source: Issues in Mental Health Nursing - July 10, 2019 Category: Nursing Tags: Issues Ment Health Nurs Source Type: research

3E.1. A Multimodal Approach to Postoperative Pain Management after Spine Surgery: The Back-Up Plan
Life is not without pain. In fact, 100 million Americans suffer from chronic pain (National Institute of Health, 2011). Back pain ranks high among the offenders. According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (2014), approximately 80 percent of adults will have some form of back pain. Although many may recover, others must undergo various medical treatments before surgical intervention becomes a viable solution for relief. Surgical interventions however, are not without risk.
Source: Pain Management Nursing - March 31, 2019 Category: Nursing Authors: Donna M. Mangruen Source Type: research

Self ‐care agency, lifestyle, and physical condition predict future frailty in community‐dwelling older people
Abstract The purpose of this 2 year longitudinal study was to identify the relationship between self‐care agency, lifestyle, physical condition, and frailty among community‐dwelling older people in a rural area of Japan. The participants were 133 older individuals aged 65 years or above. Data collection was conducted via face‐to‐face interviews using self‐administered questionnaires. Background information, such as age, sex, current employment status, family structure, medication use, comorbidities, and knee and lower back pain, were assessed. The definition of frailty was based on the Frailty Checklist. Self...
Source: Nursing and Health Sciences - September 1, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Chika Tanimura, Hiromi Matsumoto, Yasuko Tokushima, Junko Yoshimura, Shinji Tanishima, Hiroshi Hagino Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research

Effects of Slow-Stroke Back Massage on Symptom Cluster in Adult Patients With Acute Leukemia: Supportive Care in Cancer Nursing
Conclusions: Slow-stroke back massage, as a simple, noninvasive, and cost-effective approach, along with routine nursing care, can be used to improve the symptom cluster of pain, fatigue, and sleep disorders in leukemia patients. Implications for Practice: Oncology nurses can increase their knowledge regarding this symptom cluster and work to diminish the cluster components by using SSBM in adult leukemia patients.
Source: Cancer Nursing - December 6, 2016 Category: Nursing Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Optimizing Acute Pain Management in the Obese Patient: Treatment and Monitoring Considerations
THE CHALLENGES OF PROVIDING SAFE AND EFFECTIVE pain management for patients with obesity are present throughout the perioperative setting. Obesity is associated with chronic medical comorbidities, such as coronary artery disease, stroke, chronic kidney disease, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, and type 2 diabetes.1 Other obesity-associated comorbidities include breast, endometrial, ovarian, colorectal, esophageal, kidney, pancreatic, and prostate cancers, chronic back pain, and osteoarthritis.1 The demand for bariatric surgery has risen markedly in recent years with the total number of surgeries performed in the United St...
Source: Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing - February 27, 2016 Category: Nursing Authors: Maureen F. Cooney Tags: Pain Care Source Type: research

The effects of slow-stroke back massage on anxiety and shoulder pain in elderly stroke patients
This study explores the effect of slow-stroke back massages on anxiety and shoulder pain in hospitalized elderly patients with stroke. An experimental quantitative design was conducted, comparing the scores for self-reported pain, anxiety, blood pressure, heart rate and pain of two groups of patients before and immediately after, and three days after the intervention. The intervention consisted of ten minutes of slow-stroke back massage (SSBM) for seven consecutive evenings. One hundred and two patients participated in the entire study and were randomly assigned to a massage group or a control group. The results revealed t...
Source: Complementary Therapies in Nursing and Midwifery - November 3, 2004 Category: Nursing Authors: Esther Mok Chin Pang Woo Source Type: research