Background Insufficient self-care behaviors, low self-efficacy, depression, and poor illness
perceptions are obstacles to the management of people with heart failure, leading to …

Aim To estimate the effects of nurse‐led self‐care interventions on people with heart failure
(HF). Background Research evidence of the effects of nurse‐led HF self‐care interventions …

Background Critical-illness survivors may experience post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
and quality-of-life impairments. Resilience may protect against psychological trauma but has …

Background Studies have identified that nurse‐led telephone health coaching benefited the
continuity of care in patients with heart failure. However, the effect of nurse‐led telephone …

The heart transplantation is a stressful event, and its waiting time is often associated with
worsening of clinical conditions and deterioration of the patient's quality of life. Spirituality …

Background Patients with intermittent claudication need lifelong treatment with secondary
prevention to prevent cardiovascular events and progression of atherosclerotic disease …

Objective: Advanced nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is associated with the highest
burden of mental and physical symptoms. Across illnesses, patients' subjective illness …

Purpose This study aimed to investigate the mediating role of fear of progression on illness
perception and social alienation among maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients …

Objectives To describe the illness perceptions of patients with RA over the first year of MTX
treatment, and the association between illness perceptions and outcomes. Methods Data …

Background Self-care practices among people with heart failure (HF) remain suboptimal.
Nurse-led self-care interventions hold promise in managing this condition. The Common …