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Nobuaki Mukoyama; Naoki Nishio; Hiroyuki Kimura; Tatsuya Tokura; Shinichi Kishi; Kazuyoshi Ogasawara; Hidenori Tsuzuki; Sayaka Yokoi; Akihisa Wada; Mayu Shigeyama; Norio Ozaki; Yasushi Fujimoto; Michihiko Sone – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2024
Background: This study aimed to assess anxiety, depression and quality of life (QoL) in patients with head and neck cancer undergoing laryngectomy using comprehensive self-reported questionnaires for a period of up to 5 years. Methods: This prospective observational study enrolled 150 consecutive patients with locally advanced head and neck cancer…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Depression (Psychology), Quality of Life, Patients
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Thuy Ho Hoang Nguyen – rEFLections, 2024
This study aims to investigate Vietnamese pain terms and pain descriptors with a focus on how the McGill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ) words are utilised by the Vietnamese patients. Semi-structured interviews were employed to collect data from twenty-six Vietnamese female cancer patients. The data were analysed using both quantitative and qualitative…
Descriptors: Vietnamese, Pain, Classification, Language Usage
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Shimmaa Moustafa – Child Care in Practice, 2024
Background: Relief of pain and suffering is an important responsibility of nurses caring for children, and intravenous cannula insertions is the most common sources of pain in hospitalized children. Distraction is recommended to help in minimizing the discomfort of painful procedures. The aim of the study is to examine the effects of pressing a…
Descriptors: Attention, Pain, Emotional Response, Child Behavior
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Ana Pinto; Mariely Lima; João Lindo Simões – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2024
Background: Few formal instruments exist to assess the communicative competence of patients hospitalized in intensive care units (ICUs). This can limit interventions by health professionals. Aims: To map the categories and instruments for assessing the communicative competence of adult patients with minimal response in ICUs. Methods &…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Adults, Patients, Hospitals