PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to analyze and identify recent trends of published research in Asian Oncology Nursing (AON). METHODS: A total of 140 studies were analyzed using a tool developed by the researchers, focusing on research design, research subject, research themes, and type of interventions and outcome variables of experimental studies. RESULTS: AON lacked studies which were supported by research funds (27.9%), or used an experimental study design (10.0%). In particular, there were only 2 studies (1.4%) conducted with randomized controlled trials (RCT). Research subjects were various, including patients with cancer, family care givers, healthy population, and oncology nurses. Based on a framework of cancer control continuum, most studies addressed issues of the treatment phase, whereas few studies addressed issues of diagnosis, survivorship, or the end-of-life (EOL) phase. Regarding research themes, psychosocial nursing including quality of life, anxiety, and depression was most frequently reported. In the experimental studies, an education program was most frequently applied and psycho-social-spiritual variables and symptoms were most frequently used to evaluate the effects of the intervention. CONCLUSION: The results suggest that further expansion of RCT and studies regarding diagnosis, survivorship, and EOL phases are needed. Also, our findings may contribute toward the development of a Korean oncology nursing research agenda.
Anxiety ; Asian Continental Ancestry Group* ; Caregivers ; Depression ; Diagnosis ; Education ; Financial Management ; Humans ; Nursing ; Nursing Research ; Oncology Nursing* ; Quality of Life ; Research Design ; Research Subjects ; Survival Rate

PURPOSE: This study is aimed at identifying the effects of telephone counseling as nursing support on distress, anxiety, depression, and adverse events in cancer patients undergoing their first chemotherapy. METHODS: This was a randomized controlled trial (pretest-posttest design). A total of 70 patients who showed 4 or higher distress scores were selected from the screening process. Four patients dropped out; therefore, 66 patients participated in this research. Thirty-two and 34 patients were randomly assigned to the experimental and the control group, respectively. After a preliminary survey, telephone counseling support was given to the experimental group at three time points. The post survey was done before the second cycle of chemotherapy. RESULTS: Regarding distress, both groups showed a statistically significant decrease in the scores: 3.4 for the experimental group and 1.8 for the control group (p=.002). Furthermore, the experimental group demonstrated a statistically significant decrease relative to the control group. Anxiety and depression showed no statistically significant difference between the two groups. CONCLUSION: This study concludes that nursing support through phone counseling is effective in decreasing distress in patients undergoing chemotherapy for the first time.
Anxiety* ; Counseling* ; Depression* ; Drug Therapy* ; Humans ; Mass Screening ; Nursing ; Telephone*

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Arteries ; Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee ; Hemorrhage ; Humans ; Inflation, Economic ; Tourniquets ; Transplants

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to compare the accuracy of measured cardiac output using the newly developed esophageal doppler device with that of the thermodilution method using a pulmonary artery catheter. METHODS: In 15 patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery, cardiac outputs were measured at four episodes of surgery; (1) after induction of anesthesia, (2) during dissection of the internal mammary artery, (3) during anastomosis of the left anterior descending artery, and (4) after closure of the pericardium. RESULTS: The bias between the two methods was 0.52 +/- 1.09 L/min. Analysis of the changes in cardiac output from sample episode 1 to 2, from sample episode 2 to 3 and from sample episode 3 to 4, expressed as percent change values, shows no significant differences between the two methods (P > 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: The esophageal doppler accurately reflects changes in cardiac output with time when compared with that of the thermodilution.
Anesthesia ; Arteries ; Bias (Epidemiology) ; Cardiac Output* ; Catheters ; Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump* ; Humans ; Mammary Arteries ; Pericardium ; Pulmonary Artery ; Thermodilution* ; Thoracic Surgery

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BACKGROUND: Human diet and eating habits are formed in childhood so that eating habits in this period have a great impact on the nutritional status of children. Eating behaviors of children are formed by those of family members at home or their diet at preschool and mass media. The purpose of this study was to develop a program to build healthy dietary habits in preschoolers based on Social Cognitive Theory, which emphasizes the dynamic interaction among an action, an individual and its environment, and to explore the effects of the program. METHODS: A non-equivalent control group, pretest-posttest design was be used in this study. All participants were dyads of preschoolers and one of their parents collected from two day care centers, 18 for the experimental group and 16 for the control group. The program was evaluated by their Knowledge about Nutrition and Dietary Habits among Preschoolers and Parents Perception of Preschoolers' Dietary Habits. The program was conducted between March and June, 2015. RESULTS: At follow-up, knowledge related to nutrition (t=-2.74, p=0.010) and dietary habits (t=-3.67, p<0.001) among the preschoolers were significantly higher in the experimental group than in the control group. However, the perception of parents on the change of their children's eating habit didn't show significant difference (t=1.13, p=0.265). CONCLUSIONS: The results of this study is able to be used in dietary education of preschool children as one of the evidence, and be applied as an example of children's health promotion to help them have ideal eating habits, through cooperation with a university in community and day care centers.
Child ; Child, Preschool ; Day Care, Medical ; Diet ; Eating* ; Education ; Feeding Behavior ; Follow-Up Studies ; Food Habits ; Health Promotion ; Humans ; Mass Media ; Nutritional Status ; Parents

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to describe the level of satisfaction with the role of Korean oncology advanced practice nurses (KOAPNs) among cancer patients, physicians, and nurses. METHODS: This study was conducted with 176 patients who had experienced KOPANs' care more than three times, as well as 82 physicians and 190 nurses who have worked with KOAPNs at four hospitals in Korea. RESULTS: The results indicate that 1) Overall satisfaction in the patient group was high (3.61) and they were most satisfied with the 'attentiveness' domain; 2) Overall satisfaction in the physician group was also high (3.61), however, that in the nurse group was relatively low (3.28); 'coordination & cooperation' showed the highest score for satisfaction in both groups, while 'research' domain showed the lowest score; 3) Cancer type in patients, working department in physicians or nurses, and duration working with KOAPNs in nurses showed significant association with satisfaction; and 4) The ratio of KOAPNs-to-patient, time since introduction of the KOAPNs policy, and incentive system were institutional factors showing significant association with it. CONCLUSION: These findings suggest the necessity for identification and standardization of the roles of KOAPNs, as well as promotion of awareness of KOAPNs' care.
Advanced Practice Nursing ; Humans ; Korea ; Motivation ; Oncology Nursing

PURPOSE: This study was done to clarify the effects of foot reflexology on peripheral neuropathy, symptom distress, anxiety and depression in cancer patients treated with oxaliplatin. METHODS: A quasi-experimental design was employed. Changes in the variables were evaluated to test the effects of foot reflexology. Participants were cancer patients treated with oxaliplatin (experimental group 14 and control group 17). Peripheral neuropathy, symptom distress, anxiety and depression were measured before and after reflexology. Data were collected from October, 2010 to April, 2011. chi2-test, Fisher's exact test, t-test, Wilcoxon signed rank test and the Mann-Whitney U test were used to analyze the data. RESULTS: The experimental group who received foot reflexology experienced less peripheral neuropathy and symptom distress than the control group. There was no difference in anxiety and depression between the experimental and control group. CONCLUSION: The foot reflexology program adopted in this study was found to be an effective method to reduce peripheral neuropathy and symptom distress. We recommend foot reflexology for patients with chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathy.
Anxiety* ; Depression* ; Drug Therapy ; Foot* ; Humans ; Massage* ; Peripheral Nervous System Diseases*

Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is considered to be an aberrant outcome of acute pulmonary thromboembolism, due to inadequate thrombus dissolution. However, the mechanism of thrombi dissolution failure remains unclear. With respect to inherited thrombophilia, the co-occurrence of natural anticoagulant deficiencies with CTEPH was found to be rare. Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy (PTE) is a potentially curative surgical procedure for CTEPH, but it is associated with considerable mortality due to postoperative complications, such as reperfusion pulmonary edema and right heart failure. The postoperative course after PTE poses a unique series of ventilatory care and hemodynamic management challenges. We present the case of a 42-year-old woman with unilateral CTEPH combined with thrombophilia (Protein S deficiency). Successful PTE was followed by independent lung ventilation with unilateral nitric oxide (NO) inhalation, which resulted in functional improvement without postoperative complications.
Adult ; Endarterectomy* ; Female ; Heart Failure ; Hemodynamics ; Humans ; Hypertension, Pulmonary* ; Inhalation ; Lung ; Mortality ; Nitric Oxide ; Postoperative Complications ; Protein S Deficiency ; Pulmonary Edema ; Pulmonary Embolism ; Reperfusion ; Thrombophilia ; Thrombosis ; Ventilation

Cerebral protection during aortic arch surgery is an anesthetic challenge, since the surgical procedures for aortic arch aneurysm involve an interruption of cerebral blood flow. We report a successfully managed case of aortic arch aneurysm repair with antegrade selective cerebral perfusion (SCP) during TCA (total circulatory arrest) using a transcranial oximeter, cerebral oxygenation was monitored during surgery. Although at the beginning of TCA a decrease in the regional cerebral oxygen saturation was observed, this was soon recovered by SCP. Except for the short period of TCA without SCP, regional cerebral oxygen saturation (rSO2) value were well maintained during surgery.
Aneurysm ; Aorta, Thoracic* ; Oxygen ; Perfusion*