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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the knowledge, attitudes, and educational needs for gerontological nursing in cancer hospital nurses.
Methods: Participants included 208 nurses who had been working...
Purpose: This paper aimed to clarify the meaning of personhood communication with persons with dementia, by identifying its attributes.
Methods: Walker and Avant’s concept analysis method was employed. A literature review...
Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate hearing handicaps, instrumental activities of daily living, and hearing-handicap-related quality of life among community-dwelling older adults and identify factors that influence...
Purpose: This study examined the effect of marital communication on cancer coping, health promoting behavior, and subjective happiness in elderly cancer patients.
Methods: The participants were 88 older patients with cancer...
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to understand experiences in safety accidents and coping among family caregivers of persons living with dementia.
Methods: Data were collected through face-to-face interviews with...
Purpose: This longitudinal study aimed to investigate which types of perceived social support are associated with changes in subjective health over time among Korean older adults. We further explored whether...
Purpose: This study was conducted to analyze and synthesize the findings of qualitative studies related to the decision-making experience of older patients with cancer in choosing treatment.
Methods: We used the...
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore non-compliant health behaviors among urban-dwelling elderly and identify related environmental factors.
Methods: This study analyzed integrated data from the 2017 Korean National...
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the factors associated with the fear of falling after discharge in older adults who had surgery for fall fractures.
Methods: The participants...
Purpose: This study aimed to identify the status of drug use and analyze the effects of drug use on falls among older people.
Methods: The data were collected from 285 community-dwelling...