R McCorkle

..A model of advanced oncology practice needs to be developed that will empower APPs to provide high-quality patient care at the fullest extent of their knowledge and competence...

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..The importance of screening for psychological distress is emphasized...

..Families are increasingly replacing skilled health care workers in the delivery of unfamiliar complex care to their relatives with cancer, despite other obligations and responsibilities that characterize their lives...

..Contributing to these increased utilization rates are the multiple modalities used to treat ovarian cancer and the complications and side effects from those treatments...

..Drawing on her substantial research experience in oncology and nursing, the 2009 Fox Award winner, Dr McCorkle, describes ways to advance the science of psychosocial oncology through collaboration...

..There are no studies reporting interventions addressing these needs post-hospital discharge in this population...

..A need exists for educational programs in pain management for healthcare providers, especially for those who do not routinely care for patients with cancer...

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..Spouses reported significantly higher levels of depressive symptoms and significantly more marital interaction distress compared to patients. Patients reported significantly more distress pertaining to sexual function than their spouses...

..To determine characteristics of patients undergoing cancer surgery who do and do not receive homecare referral after hospitalization, relative to poor discharge outcomes...

..While studies have documented the beneficial effect of home care for cancer patients, the actual interventions implemented during these studies have not been well described...

..However, many report having limited training and substantial gaps in knowledge about hospice among this group of nurses, suggesting greater attention to palliative care and hospice may be warranted in nursing educational programs...

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..To examine experiences of older persons and their clinicians with shared decision making (SDM) and their willingness to use an SDM instrument...

..Findings provide insight into the role of unlicensed staff, and have implications for the educational preparation of this group as well as the nature of their participation in the care delivery system...

..To explore patterns of symptoms over time and the relationships between selected demographic and clinical characteristics...

..To enhance participation, we sought to understand how older adults consider and discuss their life and health goals during the clinical encounter...

..The benefit obtained from incorporating both the intensity and bothersome nature of a longer list of symptoms may outweigh the potential increase in respondent burden...

..To describe characteristics, attitudes, and communications of nurses regarding hospice and caring for terminally ill patients...

..Hospices are now mandated to perform routine quality assessment under the final Medicare Hospice Conditions of Participation, creating an opportunity to explore standardized approaches to monitoring hospice quality...

..Providing information over the Internet addresses common barriers to learning, including schedule and time constraints...

..The purpose of this study was to describe demographic, clinical, and other risk factors associated with compromised QOL among women who have undergone surgery for ovarian malignancies...

..This analysis is undertaken to clarify the dimensions involved in a good death of a child with cancer and to examine them from 3 perspectives: the dying child, the child's family, and the health care providers...

..A selection of literature from between 1980 and 2003 was reviewed. Additional articles were identified through the bibliography of relevant articles...

..Symptoms are a central component of health status; however, little is known about the full range and trajectory of symptoms experienced by persons with chronic diseases other than cancer...

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..However, little is known about place of death for people of Southern Africa. This study describes place of death (home or hospital) and potential influencing factors (cause of death, age, gender, occupation, and district of residence)...

..Increasing numbers of cancer patients are using the Internet, but little is known about their attitudes toward online health care...

..Additional research in large populations is also needed to determine if other characteristics are associated with identifying modifiable causal attributions and asking "why me."..

..To describe couples' experiences of postprostatectomy incontinence and impotence...

..Responding to information needs during the transition to home is important for helping patients and families to appropriately manage illness...

..We estimated the prevalence of dietary supplement use in a population-based sample of cancer survivors of the 10 most common cancers and examined potential correlates of use...

..CONCLUSIONS: The combination of meditation and massage has a significantly favorable influence on overall and spiritual QOL in late-stage disease relative to standard care, or either intervention component alone...

..Fixed effects involving general linear models can be included as well. Example analyses were conducted to demonstrate the use of the spatial autoregressive approach for modeling intra-familial correlation...

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..We intend to build on our work by using the survey platform in other modalities while ensuring that the patient's preferences are considered at all times...

..Findings from this study warrant additional research with this potentially vulnerable group of women...

..Only one controlled intervention study was found that attempted to address these concerns. Further controlled studies are needed to address spousal distress...

..To identify factors associated with recovery in a sample of urban residential fire survivors...

..The purpose of this article is to describe the models of research collaboration that have emerged from the Yale-Howard Partnership Center on Reducing Health Disparities by Self and Family Management...

..Although TGCT treatment directly affects gonadal tissues, it remains unclear whether there are long-term effects on fertility...

..Hysterectomy and oophorectomy, two widespread interventions in invasive cervical cancer, have potentially important effects on a woman's self-image and sexuality...

..The cognitive behavioral intervention was key to decreasing symptom limitations. Findings also suggest that nursing interventions may be particularly helpful to younger individuals in managing cancer-related symptom limitations...

..The resulting cut-points summarize severity ratings into clinically significant and useful categories that clinicians can use to assess symptoms in their practices...

..This research begins to specify the clinical conditions under which CBIs are effective in lowering symptom severity...

..This finding lends support to the notion that multidimensional biopsychosocial factors contribute to the dynamics of nutritional health...

..However, the factors associated with death in an inpatient hospice have not been examined in previous studies...

..The focus groups further evaluated barriers, concerns, and adaptation methods and skills...

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..Health professionals should inform cervical cancer patients about remedies that women have found valuable in promoting recovery, as well as share information about how survivors have grown personally through the disease experience...

..This highlighted the need to illuminate this process as a foundation for development of nursing interventions...

..Several suggestions for future research are provided to better understand the influencing factors of agreement between patients and family assessments and to enhance the quality of statistical analyses on this topic...

..This paper is a discussion of the use of the Levine Conservation Model to guide the investigation of an exercise intervention to mitigate cancer-related fatigue...

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..Oral health contributes significantly to overall health. Finding a single item that can be used by primary care providers to screen elders who are in need of oral care is important...

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..Clinical interventions and health policies need to be developed to assist terminally ill cancer patients who may not be able to achieve their preference for place of end-of-life care and death...

..Adherence to a home-based moderate-intensity walking exercise program may effectively mitigate the high levels of fatigue prevalent during cancer treatment...

..6% for the SDS to 78.5% for the SF-36, and 80% completion rates ranged from 98.7% for the SDS to 94.9% for the SF-36. Administration of standardized HR-QOL questionnaires is feasible in the clinical setting...

..Previous research suggests an ostomy worsens health-related quality of life (HR-QOL), but comorbidities also can affect HR-QOL...

..Nurses' work is often viewed simplistically, and the complexity of simple tasks is hidden. Work examples of nurses in hospice are discussed, and the previously unseen yet central parts of nurses' work are highlighted...

..The NASM may be more effective than ATSM in retaining lung cancer patients in the intervention. Further testing of ATSM supplemented by NASM for patients with severe symptoms is warranted...

..Evaluating the reliability, validity, and sensitivity of two of these instruments provides evidence concerning their readiness for use in research and clinical settings...

..Symptoms with an affective component are relatively unaffected by the intervention which was independent of the presence of psychotropic medications...

..Data analysis will include: mean difference analyses, individual difference analyses, and outcome analyses. The primary analysis will be a multivariate analysis of covariance with repeated measures. ..

..Abstracts accepted for presentation will be published in a supplement to the journal Psycho-Oncology, and presentations will be posted on the APOS website. ..

..The intervention will jump start patients' introduction to palliative care at the beginning of their diagnosis and treatment in order to maximize their journey throughout the illness trajectory. ..

..The intervention will jump start patients'introduction to palliative care at the beginning of their diagnosis and treatment in order to maximize their journey throughout the illness trajectory. ..