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View article: Exploring Factors Associated with Sleep Quality After Lung Transplantation
Exploring Factors Associated with Sleep Quality After Lung Transplantation Open
Introduction: Sleep quality after lung transplant is important for recovery, overall health, and performance of healthy behaviors, such as exercise. Research Aim: The purpose of this study was to explore the associations between sleep qual…
View article: Participants’ Experiences with a Telerehabilitation Behavioral Exercise Intervention to Improve Physical Function and Physical Activity After Lung Transplantation: A Multi-Method Study
Participants’ Experiences with a Telerehabilitation Behavioral Exercise Intervention to Improve Physical Function and Physical Activity After Lung Transplantation: A Multi-Method Study Open
Few studies have examined the factors influencing participant acceptability and engagement of telerehabilitation-based interventions. The study purpose was to describe the experiences of participants who were randomly assigned to the Lung …
View article: Associations Among Self-Advocacy, Patient-Centered Communication, Pain Intensity, and Opioid Stigma in Older Adult Female Breast Cancer Survivors
Associations Among Self-Advocacy, Patient-Centered Communication, Pain Intensity, and Opioid Stigma in Older Adult Female Breast Cancer Survivors Open
Nurses can empower patients with the necessary skills to self-advocate for their needs and facilitate a patient-centered clinical environment to improve outcomes.
View article: Exploring Patient Factors, Engagement, and Symptom Outcomes in a Provider-Guided Online Symptom Management Intervention: A Mixed Methods Study (Preprint)
Exploring Patient Factors, Engagement, and Symptom Outcomes in a Provider-Guided Online Symptom Management Intervention: A Mixed Methods Study (Preprint) Open
BACKGROUND Cancer survivors often experience declining engagement in digital health interventions (DHIs). However, predictors of engagement with provider-guided DHIs remain unclear. Nurse WRITE, an effective 8-week nurse-directed symptom …
View article: Perspectives on Conducting Behavioral Intervention With Adolescents Using a Virtual Platform—A Thematic Analysis From the Viewpoint of Study Coordinators
Perspectives on Conducting Behavioral Intervention With Adolescents Using a Virtual Platform—A Thematic Analysis From the Viewpoint of Study Coordinators Open
Background The COVID‐19 pandemic led to widespread adoption of virtual communication platforms. Virtual study visits were implemented in the pilot cluster randomized trial (CRT) stage of Teen Adherence in KidnEy transplant Improving Tracki…
View article: Measuring Engagement in Provider-Guided Digital Health Interventions With a Conceptual and Analytical Framework Using Nurse WRITE as an Exemplar: Exploratory Study With an Iterative Approach
Measuring Engagement in Provider-Guided Digital Health Interventions With a Conceptual and Analytical Framework Using Nurse WRITE as an Exemplar: Exploratory Study With an Iterative Approach Open
Background Limited guidance exists for analyzing participant engagement in provider-guided digital health interventions (DHIs). System usage is commonly assessed, with acknowledged limitations in measuring socio-affective and cognitive asp…
View article: Measuring Engagement in Provider-Guided Digital Health Interventions With a Conceptual and Analytical Framework Using Nurse WRITE as an Exemplar: Exploratory Study With an Iterative Approach (Preprint)
Measuring Engagement in Provider-Guided Digital Health Interventions With a Conceptual and Analytical Framework Using Nurse WRITE as an Exemplar: Exploratory Study With an Iterative Approach (Preprint) Open
BACKGROUND Limited guidance exists for analyzing participant engagement in provider-guided digital health interventions (DHIs). System usage is commonly assessed, with acknowledged limitations in measuring socio-affective and cognitive as…
View article: Mixed-Methods Assessment of Maternal Anxiety During the First 8 Weeks After Birth
Mixed-Methods Assessment of Maternal Anxiety During the First 8 Weeks After Birth Open
View article: Developing a Comprehensive List of Criteria to Evaluate the Characteristics and Quality of eHealth Smartphone Apps: Systematic Review
Developing a Comprehensive List of Criteria to Evaluate the Characteristics and Quality of eHealth Smartphone Apps: Systematic Review Open
Background The field of eHealth is growing rapidly and chaotically. Health care professionals need guidance on reviewing and assessing health-related smartphone apps to propose appropriate ones to their patients. However, to date, no frame…
View article: Developing a Comprehensive List of Criteria to Evaluate the Characteristics and Quality of eHealth Smartphone Apps: Systematic Review (Preprint)
Developing a Comprehensive List of Criteria to Evaluate the Characteristics and Quality of eHealth Smartphone Apps: Systematic Review (Preprint) Open
BACKGROUND The field of eHealth is growing rapidly and chaotically. Health care professionals need guidance on reviewing and assessing health-related smartphone apps to propose appropriate ones to their patients. However, to date, no fram…
View article: The Effectiveness of Smartphone App–Based Interventions for Assisting Smoking Cessation: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
The Effectiveness of Smartphone App–Based Interventions for Assisting Smoking Cessation: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Open
Background Smoking is a leading cause of premature death globally. Quitting smoking reduces the risk of all-cause mortality by 11%-34%. Smartphone app–based smoking cessation (SASC) interventions have been developed and are widely used. Ho…
View article: Design of Lung Transplant Go (LTGO): A randomized controlled trial evaluating the efficacy of a telerehabilitation behavioral exercise intervention to improve physical activity, physical function, and blood pressure control after lung transplantation
Design of Lung Transplant Go (LTGO): A randomized controlled trial evaluating the efficacy of a telerehabilitation behavioral exercise intervention to improve physical activity, physical function, and blood pressure control after lung transplantation Open
If efficacious, this fully scalable and replicable telerehab intervention could be efficiently translated to reach large numbers of lung recipients to improve and sustain self-management of exercise habits by overcoming barriers to partici…
View article: Descriptive Exploratory Study to Understand Postpartum Anxiety Using Multiple Measures
Descriptive Exploratory Study to Understand Postpartum Anxiety Using Multiple Measures Open
View article: The Effectiveness of Smartphone App–Based Interventions for Assisting Smoking Cessation: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis (Preprint)
The Effectiveness of Smartphone App–Based Interventions for Assisting Smoking Cessation: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis (Preprint) Open
BACKGROUND Smoking is a leading cause of premature death globally. Quitting smoking reduces the risk of all-cause mortality by 11%-34%. Smartphone app–based smoking cessation (SASC) interventions have been developed and are widely used. H…
View article: Health‐related quality of life and psychological indicators of thriving 15–19 years after heart or lung transplantation
Health‐related quality of life and psychological indicators of thriving 15–19 years after heart or lung transplantation Open
Background Survival into the second decade after cardiothoracic transplantation (CTX) is no longer uncommon. Few data exist on any health‐related quality of life (HRQOL) impairments survivors face, or whether they may even experience posit…
View article: Exercise Progression Protocol for Lung Transplant GO: A Multicomponent Telerehab Exercise Intervention for Patients After Lung Transplantation
Exercise Progression Protocol for Lung Transplant GO: A Multicomponent Telerehab Exercise Intervention for Patients After Lung Transplantation Open
Lung transplantation is one of the fastest growing solid organ transplant procedures in the United States. After transplantation, lung function typically returns to near normal levels; however, reduced physical function and an inactive lif…
View article: Considerations for assessing physical function and physical activity in clinical trials during the COVID-19 pandemic
Considerations for assessing physical function and physical activity in clinical trials during the COVID-19 pandemic Open
View article: COVID-19 Related Stress among Lung Transplant Recipients
COVID-19 Related Stress among Lung Transplant Recipients Open
View article: Daily Burdens of Recipients and Family Caregivers after Lung Transplant
Daily Burdens of Recipients and Family Caregivers after Lung Transplant Open
Lung transplant recipients are prescribed a complex medical regimen that is thought to be-burdensome and to interfere with daily activities of recipients and family caregivers. Yet empirical studies describing the activities that lung tran…
View article: Clinical trials of health information technology interventions intended for patient use: Unique issues and considerations
Clinical trials of health information technology interventions intended for patient use: Unique issues and considerations Open
BACKGROUND: Despite the proliferation of health information technology (IT) interventions, descriptions of the unique considerations for conducting randomized trials of health IT interventions intended for patient use are lacking. PURPOSE:…
View article: An Intervention Fidelity Framework for Technology-Based Behavioral Interventions
An Intervention Fidelity Framework for Technology-Based Behavioral Interventions Open
Despite the proliferation of health technologies, descriptions of the unique considerations and practical guidance for evaluating intervention fidelity of technology-based behavioral interventions are lacking.
View article: Quality of recipient-caregiver relationship and psychological distress are correlates of self-care agency after lung transplantation
Quality of recipient-caregiver relationship and psychological distress are correlates of self-care agency after lung transplantation Open
Self-care behaviors are crucial for following the complex regimen after lung transplantation, yet little is known about recipients’ levels of self-care agency (the capability and willingness to engage in self-care behaviors) and its correl…
View article: A Portable System for Remote Rehabilitation Following a Total Knee Replacement: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Clinical Study
A Portable System for Remote Rehabilitation Following a Total Knee Replacement: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Clinical Study Open
Rehabilitation has been shown to improve functional outcomes following total knee replacement (TKR). However, its delivery and associated costs are highly variable. The authors have developed and previously validated the accuracy of a remo…
View article: Predictors of Patient Portal Use Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults
Predictors of Patient Portal Use Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults Open
Older adults lag behind their younger counterparts in the use of patient portals, which may limit their ability to engage in health care. A better understanding of the factors associated with portal use among older adults is needed. We exa…
View article: Promoting medication adherence from the perspective of adolescent and young adult kidney transplant recipients, parents, and health care professionals: A TAKE‐IT TOO study
Promoting medication adherence from the perspective of adolescent and young adult kidney transplant recipients, parents, and health care professionals: A TAKE‐IT TOO study Open
Medication non‐adherence is an important factor limiting allograft survival after kidney transplantation in AYA. Some interventions, including the TAKE‐IT, showed some success in promoting adherence but the potential for scalability and us…
View article: The Use of Technology to Support Precision Health in Nursing Science
The Use of Technology to Support Precision Health in Nursing Science Open
Purpose This article outlines how current nursing research can utilize technology to advance symptom and self‐management science for precision health and provides a roadmap for the development and use of technologies designed for this purp…
View article: Impact of a Mobile Health Intervention on Long-term Nonadherence After Lung Transplantation: Follow-up After a Randomized Controlled Trial
Impact of a Mobile Health Intervention on Long-term Nonadherence After Lung Transplantation: Follow-up After a Randomized Controlled Trial Open
Background. In a randomized controlled trial, lung transplant recipients (LTRs) using a mobile health intervention, Pocket Personal Assistant for Tracking Health (Pocket PATH), showed better adherence to the medical regimen than LTRs recei…
View article: Posttransplant Medical Adherence: What Have We Learned and Can We Do Better?
Posttransplant Medical Adherence: What Have We Learned and Can We Do Better? Open
View article: Exploratory pilot testing of the psychometric properties of the person engagement index instrument among older, community-dwelling adults
Exploratory pilot testing of the psychometric properties of the person engagement index instrument among older, community-dwelling adults Open
The objective of this paper was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Person Engagement Index with community dwelling older adults and determine the factors that impact this population’s capacity to engage in healthcare. This non-…
View article: Exploratory pilot testing of the psychometric properties of the person engagement index instrument among older, community-dwelling adults
Exploratory pilot testing of the psychometric properties of the person engagement index instrument among older, community-dwelling adults Open
The objective of this paper was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Person Engagement Index with community dwelling older adults and determine the factors that impact this population’s capacity to engage in hea…