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The aim of the study was to assess the success of an adaption of the Students' Attitudes Towards Addressing Sexual Health Extended Questionnaire (SA-SH-Ext) in meeting Polish linguistic and cultural norms, as well as to ascertain the nursing and midwifery students' attitudes towards addressing sexual health using the SA-SH-Ext questionnaire. The sample size of the cross-sectional validation study consisted of 570 Polish nursing and midwifery students. The collected data was used to examine the internal consistency reliability and construct validity using exploratory factor analysis (EFA). Internal consistency reliability showed a Cronbach's alpha value of 0.91, and construct validity measured by exploratory factor analysis (EFA) demonstrated good results. The Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin measure of sampling adequacy (KMO) was high and amounted to 0.923, and the Bartlett's test of sphericity was significant (p = 0.000). The analysis of construct validity demonstrated five major factors: "Present feelings of comfortableness" (Factor 1), "Future working environment" (Factor 2), "Fear of negative influence on future patient relation" (Factor 3), "Educational needs—Awareness of knowledge gap" (Factor 4), "Educational needs—Awareness of the needs for competences" (Factor 5). The SA-SH-Ext v.PL questionnaire is a reliable and valuable instrument for assessing the level of perceived preparedness among nursing and midwifery students in addressing patient sexual health, a field often neglected in health and holistic care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background. Epidemiological reports show a systematic growth of incidences of ovarian cancer. The treatment for this type of cancer is associated with substantial physical and psychological burden on the patients. Objectives. The aim of the current study was to compare the quality of life of patients treated for ovarian cancer and to evaluate the impact of selected quantitative variables. Material and methods. A questionnaire study was carried out among 101 patients of the Oncological Gynaecology Ward of Maria Sklodowska-Curie Oncology Centre in Białystok. The control group was 100 healthy women undergoing routine periodic health examinations. In order to evaluate the women's quality of life, we used the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EOR TC) questionnaires: Quality of Life Questionnaire Core 30 QLQ-C30, module for ovarian cancer QLQ-OV28 and an original questionnaire concerning the respondents' sociodemographic data. Results. The evaluation of the respondents' overall quality of life showed that the quality of life of women with ovarian cancer is much lower than that of healthy women. Only in the area of gastrointestinal complaints and cognitive functions were there no statistically significant differences, and the p-factor was as follows: cognitive functions - 0.066, constipation - 0.212, diarrhoea - 0.287. Regarding sociodemographic factors, it was shown that BMI of women ranged from 18.07 to 44.64. The study showed that women with a higher body mass index had more intensive peripheral neuropathy symptoms and side effects from chemotherapy. The time from the diagnosis of the disease to the implementation of the treatment in most cases did not exceed 10 years. A longer time lapse from the diagnosis to the beginning of treatment was associated with more intensive side effects of chemotherapy. Conclusions. The study showed that patients undergoing treatment for ovarian cancer had reduced quality of life in terms of both physical and mental state as compared to healthy women. Sociodemographic factors have an important effect on patients' quality of life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Background: The growing presence of digital technologies in health care requires the health workforce to have proficiency in subjects such as informatics. This has implications in the education of nursing students, as their preparedness to use these technologies in clinical situations is something that course administrators need to consider. Thus, students' attitudes toward technology could be investigated to assess their needs regarding this proficiency., Objective: This study aims to investigate attitudes (enthusiasm and anxiety) toward technology among nursing students and to identify factors associated with those attitudes., Methods: Nursing students at 2 universities in Sweden and 1 university in Poland were invited to answer a questionnaire. Data about attitudes (anxiety and enthusiasm) toward technology, eHealth literacy, electronic device skills, and frequency of using electronic devices and sociodemographic data were collected. Descriptive statistics were used to characterize the data. The Spearman rank correlation coefficient and Mann-Whitney U test were used for statistical inferences., Results: In total, 646 students answered the questionnaire-342 (52.9%) from the Swedish sites and 304 (47.1%) from the Polish site. It was observed that the students' technology enthusiasm (techEnthusiasm) was on the higher end of the Technophilia instrument (score range 1-5): 3.83 (SD 0.90), 3.62 (SD 0.94), and 4.04 (SD 0.78) for the whole sample, Swedish students, and Polish students, respectively. Technology anxiety (techAnxiety) was on the midrange of the Technophilia instrument: 2.48 (SD 0.96), 2.37 (SD 1), and 2.60 (SD 0.89) for the whole sample, Swedish students, and Polish students, respectively. Regarding techEnthusiasm among the nursing students, a negative correlation with age was found for the Swedish sample (P<.001; ρ Swedish =-0.201) who were generally older than the Polish sample, and positive correlations with the eHealth Literacy Scale score (P<.001; ρ all =0.265; ρ Swedish =0.190; ρ Polish =0.352) and with the perceived skill in using computer devices (P<.001; ρ all =0.360; ρ Swedish =0.341; ρ Polish =0.309) were found for the Swedish, Polish, and total samples. Regarding techAnxiety among the nursing students, a positive correlation with age was found in the Swedish sample (P<.001; ρ Swedish =0.184), and negative correlations with eHealth Literacy Scale score (P<.001; ρ all =-0.196; ρ Swedish =-0.262; ρ Polish =-0.133) and with the perceived skill in using computer devices (P<.001; ρ all =-0.209; ρ Swedish =-0.347; ρ Polish =-0.134) were found for the Swedish, Polish, and total samples and with the semester only for the Swedish sample (P<.001; ρ Swedish =-0.124). Gender differences were found regarding techAnxiety in the Swedish sample, with women exhibiting a higher mean score than men (2.451, SD 1.014 and 1.987, SD 0.854, respectively)., Conclusions: This study highlights nursing students' techEnthusiasm and techAnxiety, emphasizing correlations with various factors. With health care's increasing reliance on technology, integrating health technology-related topics into education is crucial for future professionals to address health care challenges effectively., International Registered Report Identifier (irrid): RR2-10.2196/14643., (©Ana Luiza Dallora, Ewa Kazimiera Andersson, Bruna Gregory Palm, Doris Bohman, Gunilla Björling, Ludmiła Marcinowicz, Louise Stjernberg, Peter Anderberg. Originally published in JMIR Medical Education (https://mededu.jmir.org), 29.04.2024.)