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Aims: This study aims to describe the experiences of women with gynaecological cancer regarding family‐oriented care (FOC) and how they rated their health‐related quality of life (HRQoL) using a 15D instrument (15D©). Design: A cross‐sectional mixed‐method study. Methods: The data were collected by electronic surveys of two Finnish cancer associations from gynaecological cancer patients (n = 53). The qualitative data were analysed using thematic analysis. The HRQoL answers were analysed statistically using IBM SPSS Statistics (Version 27). Results: The results emphasized that FOC is not yet part of the care process. Furthermore, comprehensive encounters are lacking, and the experience of being a woman is forgotten during the care process. The results of the HRQoL analysis suggest that distress and the discomfort and symptoms of cancer patients are perceived as significant factors affecting their quality of life during different phases of treatment. Family status also has an impact on perceived quality of life, whereby those living alone gave worse ratings for the depression and vitality dimensions. Conclusion: In part, the quantitative and qualitative data supported each other, but the descriptions provided a more comprehensive view of issues that affect women in a more multidimensional way, such as sexual health issues. More research on the effectiveness of FOC is needed to develop the capacity for effective healthcare. Implications for the Profession and/or Patient Care: This study was able to identify important areas for improvement in clinical practice from the perspective of patients and their families. Reporting Method: This study was prepared and reported according to the STROBE checklist. Patient or Public Contribution: No patient or public contribution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Registered nurses (RN) play a vital role in patients' postoperative pain management. Therefore, it is important for RNs to have adequate knowledge and documentation skills when it comes to postoperative pain care. Objectives: To develop and test a brief educational intervention based on Finnish acute postoperative pain nursing practice guidelines. This intervention sought to improve RNs' knowledge of pain management and improve their postoperative documentation skills. We used a randomized controlled trial with a pre-, post-, and retention-tests design. Methodology: The CONSORT guidelines have been used to describe the methods. The participants were randomized and divided into intervention (26) and control (24) groups. Thirty-two surgical RNs completed the knowledge test and documentation audit frame in one of Finland's central hospitals. Results: The results indicated statistically non-significant changes in RNs' knowledge of pain management and postoperative documentation skills. In the intervention group, the mean knowledge score increased from pre- to post-intervention; however, the retention test showed no difference between the intervention and control groups. The results indicate that the intervention had no effect on RNs' documentation skills. Conclusions: A brief lecture-based educational intervention therefore appears ineffective in improving RNs' knowledge of pain management and documentation skills. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Aims. To evaluate the effects of music listening on pain intensity and pain distress on the first and second postoperative days in abdominal surgery patients and the long-term effects of music on the third postoperative day. Background. Music has been found to relieve pain intensity in surgery patients. There are only a few studies on music intervention in abdominal surgery. Music intervention studies assessing multidimensional pain such as pain intensity and pain distress are also scarce. Design. Prospective clinical study with two parallel groups. Methods. Patients undergoing elective abdominal surgery ( n = 168) were divided into either a music group ( n = 83) or a control group ( n = 85). Patients assessed pain intensity and pain distress in bed rest, during deep breathing and in shifting position once in the evening of the operation day and on the first and second postoperative days in the morning, at noon and in the evening. On the third postoperative day, the patients assessed their pain intensity and pain distress only once. Results. In the music group, the patients' pain intensity and pain distress in bed rest, during deep breathing and in shifting position were significantly lower on the second postoperative day compared with control group of patients. On the third postoperative day, when long-term effects of music on pain intensity and pain distress were assessed, there were no significant differences between music and control groups. Conclusion. This study demonstrates that the use of music alleviates pain intensity and pain distress in bed rest, during deep breathing and in shifting position after abdominal surgery on the second postoperative day. Music intervention is safe, inexpensive and easily used to improve the healing environment for abdominal surgery patients. Relevance to clinical practice. Music intervention should be offered as an adjunct alternative to pharmacological pain relief after abdominal surgery in nursing practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Contradictory results have been presented on how music listening affects patients' blood pressure, heart rate, and respiratory rate. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of music listening on blood pressure, heart rate, and respiratory rate on operation day, and on the first, second, and third postoperative days in abdominal surgery patients. Using a quasi-experimental pretest-post-test design, 168 abdominal surgery patients were assigned every second week to the music group ( n = 83) or to the control group ( n = 85) for 25 months. In the music group, the respiratory rate was significantly lower after intervention on both the first and second postoperative days compared with the control group. A significant reduction in systolic blood pressure was demonstrated in the group that received music compared with the control group on both the first and second postoperative days. Evaluation of the long-term effects of music on physiological factors showed that the respiratory rate in the music group was significantly lower compared with the control group. Nurses should offer music listening to surgery patients because of its potential benefit. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]