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Effect of illness uncertainty on alanine transaminase levels and aspartate aminotransferase levels in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease [PDF]

, 2022
Patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) have illness uncertainty. The purpose of this longitudinal study was to investigate the effect of the degree of illness uncertainty in patients with NAFLD on liver function values.
Ishikawa, Tetsuya, Sugimura, Ayumi, Ito, Takanori, Honda, Takashi, Tanaka, Taku, Ozawa, Naoki, Maki, Shigeyoshi, Yamamoto, Kenta, Fujishiro, Mitsuhiro, Sato, Kazuki, Ishigami, Masatoshi, Ishizu, Yoji, Kuzuya, Teiji, Ando, Shoko   +13 more
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The relationship between anticipatory grief and illness uncertainty among Chinese family caregivers of patients with advanced lung cancer: a cross-sectional study

BMC Palliative Care, 2022
Background Anticipatory grief has been shown to be highly prevalent among family caregivers of patients with advanced illness. Qualitative study suggests that illness uncertainty may be one of the core characteristics of anticipatory grief, but it has ...
Jiaojiao Li, Di Sun, Xu Zhang, Lihua Zhao, Yanling Zhang, Hongmei Wang, Ni Ni, Guichun Jiang   +7 more
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Russian Adaptation of “Mishel Uncertainty in Illness Scale” (MUIS-A)

Теоретическая и экспериментальная психология
Background. Uncertainty in illness is a perceptual and cognitive state ranging from feelings of insecurity to complete ambiguity, characterized by its dynamic nature and accompanied by both positive and negative emotions.
Bronislav A. Fetisov, Natalia A. Sirota
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A survey of uncertainty in illness state and its influencing factors in patients with Brucellosis (布鲁氏菌病患者疾病不确定感现状及影响因素分析)

中西医结合护理
Objective To investigate the current status of uncertainty in illness state among brucellosis patients in Urumqi, Xinjiang, and analyze its influencing factors.
KANG Junting (康俊婷), YANG Fengqin (杨风勤), CHEN Jingjing (陈晶晶), QIN Jingya (秦靖雅), CHANG Xuemei (常雪梅), LI Li (李丽)   +5 more
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Central Nervous System Tumors Among Infants in Canada: A Report From CYP‐C

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Central nervous system (CNS) tumors in infants are rare, pose unique clinical challenges, and lack large‐scale evidence‐based data to guide management. This study seeks to describe CNS tumors in Canadian infants and to compare their outcomes with those of older children.
Samuel Sassine, Hallie Coltin, Sylvia Cheng, Lucie Lafay‐Cousin, Vanan Issai Magimairajan, Craig Erker, Stéphanie Vairy, Lynette Bowes, Adam Fleming, Donna Johnston, Sarah McKillop, Roona Sinha, Julie Bennett, Christina Coleman, Laura Wheaton, Shayna Zelcer, Samuele Renzi, Thai Hoa Tran   +17 more
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Uncertainty and depressive symptoms as mediators of quality of life in patients with heart failure. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2018
Uncertainty in illness is regarded as a source of stress in many chronic diseases and is negatively related to health-related quality of life (HRQoL). However, studies on the relationship between uncertainty and HRQoL in patients with heart failure are ...
Ting-Yu Chen, Chi-Wen Kao, Shu-Meng Cheng, Yue-Cune Chang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Language, Culture, and Cancer: Qualitative Insights Into Communication Disparities Among Spanish‐Speaking Caregivers of Children With Cancer

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Latino children are projected to make up nearly one‐third of United States (US) children by 2060, and many of their caregivers speak Spanish. Prior survey research has documented communication difficulties for Spanish‐speaking caregivers of children with cancer, but contemporary qualitative data are limited.
Jenny Ruiz, Alejandra Curbelo‐Paz, Sonia Morales, Elizabeth Contreras, Amy Houtrow, Scott H. Maurer, Judy C. Chang   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Further explorations of illness uncertainty: Carer’s experiences of Parkinson’s disease [PDF]

, 2017
Objective: Dominant models of illness uncertainty define uncertainty as ‘an inability to determine the meaning of illness-related events’. Recent research has shown patient uncertainty to be multidimensional encompassing personal issues indirectly ...
Cleanthous, S., Stanton P. Newman, Sophie Cleanthous, Hurt, C. S., Catherine S. Hurt, Newman, S. P.   +5 more
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The impacts of resilience on the association between illness uncertainty and sleep quality among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Journal of Integrative Nursing, 2021
Objective: The objective was to investigate the relationship between resilience, illness uncertainty, and sleep quality in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted from September 2019 to August 2020
Xin-Ge Wang, Yu-Qiong Wen, Hui-Bing Kuang, Li-Xia Lin, Hong Cui   +4 more
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“We Cannot Talk as a Family”: Complexities of Survivorship Communication Among Hispanic/Latino Young Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer, Parents, and Clinicians

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Young adult childhood cancer survivors (YA‐CCS) have an increased risk of treatment‐related health complications throughout their lives. Lifelong survivorship care is recommended, yet many YA‐CCS experience disruptions in care during pediatric‐to‐adult transitions and do not receive recommended survivorship care.
Kevin Shanchen Pu, Nicole Fernández‐Viña, Briana C. Martin‐Villa, Daniela Ramirez, Rebecca M. Lewinsohn, Mary Smith, Heidi Boynton, Lidia Schapira, Stephanie M. Smith   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source