Objectives: To compare fatigue and quality of life (QOL) between individuals with pancreatogenic diabetes after total pancreatectomy (TP) and pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD). Sample & Setting: 50 individuals (14 after TP and 36 after PD) were recruited from a pancreatic surgical outpatient...
Purpose: To identify how oncology nurses address mental health distress and suicidality in patients, what strategies they employ in treating this distress, and the barriers they face in addressing distress and suicidality in patients with cancer. Participants & Setting: 20 oncology nurses at...
A recent post on The Scholarly Kitchen website got me thinking about the role of social media in my professional life. I have young adult children who keep me in the loop about social trends to some extent. They instructed me to join Facebook many years ago and, since then, I have remembered...
Purpose: To explore built and natural environment barriers and facilitators to walking for exercise in cancer survivors. Participants & Setting: Cancer survivors (N = 7) living in rural, suburban, and small urban neighborhoods in central Virginia. Methodologic Approach: The authors used a...
Nursing research relies heavily on the use of latent constructs to describe and understand phenomena that cannot be measured through direct observation. In statistical models, variables representing these constructs, often operationalized and represented as scores on self-report measures, stand in...
Objectives: To evaluate an interactive electronic Cancer Survivorship Patient Engagement Toolkit (CaS-PET) using a single-group pre-/post-test design. Sample & Setting: 30 cancer survivors with a mean age of 56.5 years (SD = 13.6) were recruited from the University of Maryland Medical Center in...
Purpose: To explore caregivers’ writings about their experiences caring for adult individuals with cancer on a social media health communication website. Participants & Setting: Journal entries (N = 392) were analyzed for 37 adult caregivers who were posting on behalf of 20 individuals with...
Purpose: To evaluate the use of individualized piano instruction (IPI) for improving cognition among breast cancer survivors. Participants & Setting: Six participants were included in an eight-week piano program with three data collection time points at baseline, midpoint, and postintervention...
Purpose: To understand how rural residents with advanced cancer experience and manage their symptoms. Participants & Setting: 16 adult patients with a diagnosis of advanced cancer, who were receiving antineoplastic treatment and living in rural areas of southeastern Iowa, participated in the...
Purpose: To describe the cancer care process as it is perceived by women with ovarian cancer. Participants & Setting: 18 English-speaking adult women with ovarian cancer were recruited from an advocacy organization for patients with ovarian cancer and the gynecologic oncology clinic at a...
