Validation of the Expressions of Moral Injury Scale‐Military version‐Short Form

Military personnel may encounter morally injurious events that lead to emotional, social, and spiritual suffering that transcend and/or overlap with mental health diagnoses (e.g., post‐traumatic stress disorder [PTSD]). Advancement of scientific research and potential clinical innovation for moral injury (MI) requires a diversity of measurement approaches. Drawing on results from the bifactor model in Currier et al.'s (2017) psychometric evaluation of the Expressions of Moral Injury Scale‐Military version (EMIS‐M), this study validated a four‐item short form of the instrument with two samples of veterans with a history of war‐zone service. Namely, despite the reduced number of items, the EMIS‐M‐Short Form (SF) yielded favourable internal consistency and comparable levels of convergent validity with theoretically related constructs (e.g., PTSD and struggles with morality and ultimate meaning) as the full‐length version. Notwithstanding the possible utility of distinguishing between self‐ and other‐directed forms of MI, factor analytic results further revealed that the EMIS‐M‐SF was best conceptualized with a unidimensional factorial model that might allow for a general assessment of MI‐related outcomes. Overall, these initial results suggest that the EMIS‐M‐SF may hold promise as a short, reliable, and valid assessment of overall outcomes related to a possible MI.     

Prospective evolution of cardiac arrhythmia care: 2030 vision

Main innovations impacting the care of patients with cardiac rhythm disorders by 2030. AI: artificial intelligence.

     

The design and psychometric evaluation of the emergency medical services resilience scale (EMSRS)

IntroductionThe nature of pre-hospital emergency medical care can expose healthcare workers to significant stresses that might lead to psychological problems such as job burnout and impaired resilience. A valid and reliable tool is, therefore, needed to investigate resilience in emergency medical services (EMS) personnel. This study was conducted to design a tool for assessing the resilience of emergency medical personnel in Iran and to examine the psychometric properties of the designed tool.MethodsThis methodological study was conducted in two phases: A qualitative stage with individual interviews and a review of literature to generate items, and a quantitative stage of psychometric evaluations that assessed the face, content, and construct validity of the tool. The reliability of the tool was also assessed using the internal consistency and test-retest methods.ResultsExploratory factor analysis was used to design a 31-item scale with a six-factor structure. These six factors, i.e. job motivation, communication challenges, social support, remaining calm, self-management, and consequences of stress, explained 51.8% of the variance. The scale’s Cronbach's alpha coefficient and intraclass correlation coefficient were calculated as 0.91 and 0.85, respectively.ConclusionThe scale developed on the resilience of EMS personnel can be used as a valid and reliable tool for assessing resilience in EMS personnel. It can also assist emergency service managers to plan courses to improve their staff’s resilience.     

国外家庭医生签约服务及其对我国的启示

本研究在总结英国、美国、德国、澳大利亚等国家的家庭医生签约服务现状及其经验的基础上,结合我国在家庭医生签约过程中存在的问题,提出针对性的解决措施或建议。鉴于缺乏相关制度保障、财政支持不到位、家庭医生能力不足,未建立良好医患关系等问题,本研究指出应强化相关政策倾斜力度、增加相关经费投入、加强家庭医生队伍建设、建立良好医患关系等,探索适合中国特色的家庭医生签约服务模式。     

我国延续性护理的概念分析

目的 通过文献对延续性护理的发展、概念应用、属性、案例、前因、后果等进行系统分析，从护理实践的角度厘清我国延续性护理的概念内涵。方法 收集2009~2019年中国知网、万方、维普、中国生物医学数据库、PubMed、CINAHL、Embase、PsycINFO等数据库中延续性护理相关文献，采用Walker和Avant的概念分析法进行分析。 结果 通过分析相关文献并结合我国护理发展新形势特点，归纳出我国延续性护理的概念属性：患者发生不同医疗机构转移或不同照护层次转变；提供连续性、协调性、整体性的照护服务；目的是维护患者健康或满足其健康需求；存在信息、关系和管理三方面的延续。结论 我国延续性护理的概念属性从护理实践角度出发，结合新形势下护理发展特点，可为我国具体开展延续性护理服务实践或研究提供清晰的概念支持，并为各级医院和社区开展相关延续性护理工作提供一定的理论和实践指导。     

我国延续性护理在癌痛居家患者中的研究进展

延续性护理对居家癌痛患者的生活质量具有重要作用,本文通过对国内癌痛居家患者开展延续性护理的必要性、具体形式和内容,及其干预后效果评价三方面内容进行综述,以期为构建和完善我国癌痛居家患者的延续性护理模式提供借鉴。