Identifying palliative home care needs of patients with advanced cancer: a cross-sectional study.

Background: Home-based palliative care is an ideal model for providing continuous, effective, and timely care at the patient's home. However, the timely recognition of palliative home care needs remains a clinical challenge, and few studies have described the characteristics of palliative care needs and quality of life at home.

Objectives: To identify the palliative home care needs of patients with advanced cancer and explore the influencing factors in addressing these needs.

Burden of esophageal cancer in global, regional and national regions from 1990 to 2021 and its projection until 2050: results from the GBD study 2021.

Background: Esophageal cancer (EC) is a major global health issue characterized by high morbidity and mortality rates, with a notably low five-year survival rate. Comprehensive analyses of the global burden of EC remain limited and outdated, despite its global significance. This study aimed to systematically assess the global burden and trends of esophageal cancer across diverse populations.

Exploring the barriers and facilitators of palliative care in the adult intensive care unit from nurses' perspectives in China: A qualitative study.

Background: Intensive care units (ICUs) in China primarily focus on active rescue efforts, and it is not common to provide palliative care services within the ICU. As nurses play a primary role as caregivers for end-of-life patients in the ICU, it is necessary to explore the factors that impede or facilitate palliative care from their perspective.

Aim: To explore the barriers and facilitators associated with implementing palliative care in Chinese adult ICUs from nurses' perspectives.

Comprehensive Need as a Mediator Between Psychological Stress and Quality of Life Among Caregivers of Patients With Cancer.

Background: Caregivers of patients with cancer are susceptible to profound psychological distress and low quality of life owing to the substantial demands of caregiving. The comprehensive needs of caregivers are closely linked to their quality of life. However, little is known about the relationship between these factors.

Risk factors for post-traumatic stress disorder in nurses from the regional medical alliance during the COVID-19 epidemic: A prospective cross-sectional study.

Mental health issues among nursing professionals have been increasingly reported during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. However, there is a paucity of research on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among nurses working in Medical Alliances. In this study, we aimed to investigate the risk factors associated with PTSD in the Regional Medical Alliance (MA) in Shantou (China) during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Death anxiety and its relationship with family function and meaning in life in patients with advanced cancer-A cross-sectional survey in China.

Objective: This study explores the factors influencing death anxiety in patients with advanced cancer, and to investigate the role of family function on death anxiety, and the correlation between meaning in life and death anxiety.

Methods: Patients with advanced cancer who were hospitalized in three institutions from November 2020 to May 2021 were recruited in this cross-sectional study. The Chinese version of the Death and Dying Distress Scale, Meaning in Life Scale For Advanced Cancer Patients and Family APGAR Index were used to assess death anxiety, meaning in life and family function.

Meaning in life and its relationship with family cohesion: A survey of patients with palliative care in China.

Objective: Meaning in life (MIL) and family cohesion are important concerns for the palliative care population; however, evidence of the relationship between MIL and family cohesion is scarce. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the relationship between MIL and family cohesion and explore the factors that influence MIL among the palliative care population.

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 205 patients with advanced cancer were recruited from two palliative care units in China.

Exploring the needs and experiences of palliative home care from the perspectives of patients with advanced cancer in China: a qualitative study.

Purpose: The needs and experiences of palliative home care for patients with advanced cancer have received little research attention. We aimed to explore the needs and experiences of palliative home care among patients with advanced cancer in China.

Methods: This qualitative study was conducted using semi-structured interviews with patients with advanced cancer.

Psychological symptoms in Chinese nurses may be associated with predisposition to chronic disease: a cross-sectional study of suboptimal health status.

Background: Suboptimal health status (SHS) is a reversible state between ideal health and illness and it can be effectively reversed by risk prediction, disease prevention, and personalized medicine under the global background of predictive, preventive, and personalized medicine (PPPM) concepts. More and more Chinese nurses have been troubled by psychological symptoms (PS). The correlation between PS and SHS is unclear in nurses.

Effects of meaning in life and individual characteristics on dignity in patients with advanced cancer in China: a cross-sectional study.

Purpose: This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of meaning in life and individual characteristics on dignity in patients with advanced cancer.

Methods: One hundred sixty-seven patients with advanced cancer participated in this study. Dignity was assessed with the Patient Dignity Inventory (PDI), meaning in life was assessed with the Meaning in Life Scale (MiLS), and performance status was defined as the Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS).