Day 1 :
- Keynote Forum
Session Introduction
Yukako Sugano
Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan
Title: Development of a scale to measure nurses’ clinical foresight for elderly patients with cognitive decline
Time : 10:00-10:40
Biography:
Ms. Sugano has a passionate interested in dementia care for elderly in acute hospitals. She has development above scale after years of experience in research, concept development by using the hybrid model (Schwartz-Barcott & Kim, 2000).
Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to develop a scale to measure nurses’ clinical foresight for elderly patients with cognitive decline (hereinafter referred to as “scale”). Methods: First, the concept of nurses’ clinical foresight for elderly patients with cognitive decline was analyzed by using the hybrid model, which comprises three phases (theoretical, fieldwork, and final analytic). Second, based on the results of the above concept analysis, a conceptual framework was devised. A survey method was used to collect data from a total of 600 nurses at hospitals providing regional medical care in the provincial areas of Japan. To evaluate the scale’s internal consistency, Cronbach’s alpha was calculated. To evaluate the factor structure, exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were performed. To evaluate the discriminant validity, the difference in the scores between nurses and Certified Nurses in Dementia Nursing (CNDNs) were calculated.
Susan Ka Yee Chow
Tung Wah College, Hong Kong
Title: Is there any relationship between perceived stress and physical activities of undergraduate nursing students?
Biography:
Dr Chow is the Associate Dean and Associate Professor of Tung Wah College. Over the past years, she has gained vast experiences in nursing education and academic programme administration. She is the Associate Editor of BMC Nursing and the editorial board member of Open Nursing Research. She serves as a reviewer of various international nursing and health care journals. She has published widely in international referee journals and her research areas are nurse case management, care of patients with chronic diseases, teaching and learning of nursing students and instrument testing. Her teaching areas are community health nursing, health education and promotion and nursing research.
Abstract:
Aim: To examine the relationship between perceived level of stress and physical activity among junior and senior year nursing students in undergraduate programme.
Methods: Cross-sectional survey was used. The study included six universities and colleges that offer undergraduate nursing programme in Hong Kong. Convenient sampling was adopted to recruit second and final year nursing students. There were 308 students participated in the study. The self- administered questionnaire including demographic characteristics, perceived stress scale (PSS) and Godin-Shephard Leisure-Time Physical Activity Questionnaire (GSLTPAQ). Higher scores of PSS represented higher level of perceived stress. The GSLTPAQ classifies level of activity into active, moderately active and insufficiently active. The study was approved by the human subjects reseach ethics committee of the College. All of the participants signed informed consent forms.
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Session Introduction
Chunping Ni
The Fourth Military Medical University, China
Title: Longitudinal Study on Self-perceived Burden of Patients with Stroke
Biography:
Abstract:
The self-perceived burden plays an important role in the rehabilitation of stroke survivors. Stroke patients often experience a self-perceived burden that affects their quality of life. However, little is known about the self-perceived burden at different time after stroke.
Purpose: The purposes of this study were to evaluate dynamically the level of self-perceived burden of patients at different time after stroke and to explore characteristics of patients and caregivers associated with that burden.
Methods: A longitudinal descriptive and correlational study was conducted with a sample of 363 consecutive hospitalized acute stroke patients recruited from the neurology department of three general hospitals of China. The self-perceived burden was measured using Chinese versions of the Self-Perceived Burden Scale (SPBS) in the acute phase of stroke and at the end of 1st and 3rd month after stroke.
LIE SHIH HUNG et.al
Tung Wah College, Hong Kong
Title: The Relationship between Self-Rated Health and Health Promoting Behaviors among College Nursing Students
Biography:
Abstract:
Background: Nurses are expected to be the role model in health promotion and they should adopt healthy lifestyle to live a productive life. The unhealthy lifestyles developed in young age may continue into adulthood which could create an impact on the individual, family and community health. As a key member of the healthcare professional, nurses are required to be an advocate in health promotion and related activities.
Self-rated health is commonly used in health research to gauze the general health status of the participants. The single question is found valid and reliable to predict the morbidity and mortality. A complex relationship exists between self-rated health and health behaviours.
Lui Man Kwan et.al
Tung Wah College, Hong Kong
Title: To Explore the Working Experience of Newly Graduated Nurses in Hong Kong: A Descriptive Phenomenological Study
Biography:
Abstract:
Statement of the Problem: High turnover rate and shortage of nursing manpower are now critical problems all over the world. The workload of nursing staffs is significantly increased with this trend, especially in Hong Kong. The new graduated (NG) nurses are the precious resources to the medical system in order to provide good quality of nursing care and enhance public health. Working experience of the NG nurse is the crucial element in recruitment and retention of NG nurses. However, we discovered that there no related study has been done in Hong Kong yet which raised our interests and attention in this issue. This study aimed to describe the working experience of newly graduated nurses in Hong Kong, so to address the following research problem: “How is the working experience of the newly graduated nurses in Hong Kong?”. Methodology & Theoretical Orientation: The purpose of this descriptive phenomenology study is to acknowledge the reasons or personal characteristics of clinical maladaptation of NG nurses, and hence the hospitals can devise different strategies to help them with respect to the problems or difficulties identified. 3 in-depth focus group of interviews were conducted. Findings: The result suggested there are seven crucial working experience of NG nurses that affect their experiences, which includes knowledge, relationship, working environment, competency, emotional, adaptation and reasons for staying. Conclusion & Significance: We hope that the result can help the hospitals in Hong Kong to devise strategies or policies to help these nurses with respect to the problems or difficulties identified in the study. Hence, increase the retention rate and reduce the turnover rate of NG nurses.
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Session Introduction
QingTong Meng
Sichuan University, China
Title: Psychometric Properties of the Chinese Version of the Symptom Status Questionnaire-Heart Failure
Biography:
Meng is a fresh postgraduate in West China Hospital, Sichuan University, major in cardiovascular nursing. She devotes her energy to build a transitional care model in patient with chronic heart failure. She always treats it as her greatest responsibility to promote nursing development.
Abstract:
Background: Patients with heart failure (HF) experience physical symptoms and poor health-related quality of life (HRQOL). Physical symptoms are associated with QOL. A valid instrument to assess symptoms of patients with HF would be useful for comparison of groups and for illness assessment and intervention. The Symptom Status Questionnaire-Heart Failure (SSQ-HF), a convenient, reliable, and valid instrument for evaluating symptoms in patients with HF, has not been validated in China. Purpose: To examine the psychometric properties of the Symptom Status Questionnaire - Heart Failure (SSQ-HF) in Chinese with HF. Method: The Chinese version was translated using translation and back-translation. The cross-sectional study of 180 patients was designed to evaluate the validities and reliabilities. Participants were asked to complete 3 instruments including Chinese version of MSAS–HF, English version of the SSQ-HF and Chinese version of the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire (MLHFQ) as the criteria of criterion-related validity and factorial validity, internal consistency reliability. Results: The SSQ-HF demonstrated acceptable internal consistency (Cronbach's α of .70). The correlation (r=.43–.68) between items and the scale provided further evidence of internal consistency. There was acceptable criterion validity with significantly high correlations (varying from 0.70 to 0.82) between the SSQ-HF and the criteria. Principal component analysis revealed two factors which differs the original scale.
YanGai Zhang
Sichuan University, China
Title: The application of Huaxi Emotional-distress Index in the investigation of emotional disorder in patients with lung cancer
Biography:
I am studying on master in nursing at the age of 25 years from Sichuan University and my Undergraduate school is JiLin University.Now my teacher is the head-nurse of the thoracic oncology department of West China Hospital, the research direction of her is oncology care and intravenous therapy. She has published more than 100 papers.
Abstract:
Abstract Objective:To identify the prevalence and related factors of emotional disorder of inpatients with lung cancer. Then to provide the basis fo individual nursing,emotional intervention and management model. Method: The cross-sectional study and convenience sampling method were applied to patients who are treated in the thoracic oncology department of West China Hospital of Sichuan University in Chengdu from October 2017 to March 2018. The general information of the patients and Huaxi Emotional-distress Index(HEI) were included in the questionnaire to evaluate the states of emotional disorder. Result: The survey investigated a total of 257 patients, including 187male patients and 70 female patients.The prevalence of emotional disorder of patients was 27.2%(70/257). The HEI result of patients ranged between 0~20 with the average (4.35±4.71). Univariate analysis showed that the factors which are gender, marital status (spouse), pain could effect the HEI of patients(P<0.05).Logistic regression analysis showed that the gender and the degree of pain was the main factor of emotional disorder. Conclusions: Psychological status of patients with lung cancer is poor,and emotional disorder is related to gender and pain. Timely management model should to used in order to evalute and improve the level of emotion. And then the HEI is worth to apply in assessment of emotional disorder in patients with cancer.