Felt stigma as a determinant of health-related quality of life among community-dwelling stroke survivors in China: A cross-sectional study.

Objectives: To assess the role of felt stigma versus enacted stigma in the health-related quality of life of community--dwelling stroke survivors in China.

Materials And Methods: A sample of 189 community--dwelling stroke survivors were investigated with the Stigma Scale for Chronic Illness (SSCI), 12-item Short Form-12 Health Survey (SF-12), modified Barthel index (MBI), Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale (ZSDS), and demographic and disease-related characteristics. Hierarchical multiple regression analysis was used to estimate the influence of felt stigma and enacted stigma on quality of life after controlling for depression, activities of daily living, and patient characteristics.

Global analysis of the COVID-19 research landscape and scientific impact.

Objectives: To consider a 1-year time window of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis to integrate qualitative and quantitative data and provide an in-depth analysis of all COVID-19 publications from geographical, epidemiological and chronological perspectives.

Methods: Publications on COVID-19 from December 1, 2019, to December 31, 2020 without document type limitations were extracted from the Web of Science database. Microsoft Excel 2016, GraphPad Prism 9, VOSviewer 1.

The effect of stigma on social participation in community-dwelling Chinese patients with stroke sequelae: A cross-sectional study.

Objective: To explore the effect of stigma on social participation in community-dwelling Chinese patients with stroke sequelae.

Design: A cross-sectional survey study.

Setting: The study was conducted in two community centres in Tianjin, China.

Evaluation of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures in Intermittent Self-Catheterization Users: A Systematic Review.

Objective: To identify patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) for intermittent self-catheterization (ISC) users, critically assess and summarize the quality of the measurement properties, and describe the application scenarios on each instrument.

Data Sources: PubMed, EMBASE, Medline, PsycINFO, and relevant reference lists were systematically searched through December 2019 (updated May 2020).

Study Selection: Two reviewers independently identified original English language publications that evaluated the psychometric properties of specific PROMs used in ISC patients.

Global publications on stigma between 1998-2018: A bibliometric analysis.

Objectives: To describe the development process and structural relationships of scientific achievements on stigma over the past two decades and to provide insights for researchers and policy makers to drive policy decisions and identify future research needs.

Methods: Quantitative analysis of publications was directly interpreted and graphed through Web of Science and ORIGIN 2017. The co-occurrence and collaboration analysis between authors, countries and keywords were conducted through VOSviewer.

Factors associated with stigma in community-dwelling stroke survivors in China: A cross-sectional study.

Background: Although stigma is considered to be present in stroke patients, the factors that influence its level are ambiguous. The aim of this study was to investigate whether certain demographic, clinical, and psychosocial characteristics are related to higher levels of stigma among stroke patients in China.

Methods: A total of 200 stroke patients in the community were investigated using the Stigma Scale for Chronic Illness (SSCI), Barthel Index, Self-Rating Depression Scale, Medical Moping Questionnaire, and Social Support Rating Scale.

Reliability and validity of a Chinese version of the Stigma Scale for Chronic Illness (SSCI) in patients with stroke.

Objectives The aim of this study was to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the Stigma Scale for Chronic Illness (SSCI) in patients with stroke. Methods In total, 220 patients with stroke were recruited to complete the scale. The reliability of the SSCI was evaluated using internal consistency and test-retest methods.

Stroke and food groups: an overview of systematic reviews and meta-analyses.

Objective: Numerous systematic reviews of prospective studies on the association of stroke risk with the consumption of various food groups have been published. A review of the evidence across the existing systematic reviews and meta-analyses of prospective studies was conducted to provide an overview of the range and validity of the reported associations of food groups with stroke risk.

Design: The PubMed, EMBASE and Cochrane Library databases were searched for articles published up to September 2015 to identify systematic reviews of prospective studies.

Predictors for severe acute esophagitis in lung cancer patients treated with chemoradiotherapy: a systematic review.

Purpose: To identify the risk factors for severe acute esophagitis (AE) in lung cancer patients undergoing chemoradiotherapy (CRT).

Methods: Articles from PubMed, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Library were searched in August 2015. Articles reporting studies of the predictors for severe AE in lung cancer patients after CRT were included.