Journal of Advanced Nursing
November 7, 2025
Yingying Qin, Ying Zhou, Wenjing Wang et al.
To explore the abnormal experiences of time and space among transitional-age youth with major depressive disorder. A descriptive phenomenological qualitative study. The study was conducted at a psychiatric hospital in China. Purposive sampling was used to recruit transitional-age youth with major depressive disorder. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and analysed using...
Journal of Advanced Nursing
April 7, 2025
Ken Hok Man Ho, D. Cheung, Sharon L. Bourke et al.
ABSTRACT Aim To discuss reflexivity for conducting hermeneutic phenomenology and to present the hermeneutic phenomenological circle. Design Discussion paper. Methods We employed data on the lived experience of loneliness of older adults in residential care homes during the COVID‐19 pandemic to demonstrate the reflexivity required for hermeneutic phenomenology. We showcased a reflective process...
Journal of Advanced Nursing
May 29, 2023
Yihong Leow, Nur Lidiya Binte Abdul Rashid, Piyanee Klainin‐Yobas et al.
Aims: To evaluate the effectiveness of mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) on mental and cognitive outcomes including, anxiety, depression, attention, memory, global cognition and neuroplastic changes in older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Design: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Data source: A three-step search strategy was conducted on eight electronic databases, grey...
Journal of Advanced Nursing
January 31, 2023
Mohammed Al-Sheikh Hassan
AIMS To discuss how Husserl's descriptive phenomenology, as a philosophy and approach, has been used and reported in researching the experiences of others, using the topic of foreign-trained nurses. DESIGN Discussion paper. DATA SOURCES A systematic search of MEDLINE (PubMed), CINAHL, SCOPUS, British Nursing Database and PsycInfo was carried out in December 2021. The inclusion criteria were...
Journal of Advanced Nursing
February 5, 2020
Nora Suleiman-Martos, J. Gómez-Urquiza, Raimundo Aguayo-Estremera et al.
AIM To analyse the effect of mindfulness training on levels of burnout among nurses. BACKGROUND Burnout syndrome is a common occupational hazard for nursing staff. Mindfulness training has been proposed as a valid intervention for burnout. DESIGN Systematic review and meta-analysis. DATA SOURCES The CINAHL, LILACS, Medline, ProQuest, PsycINFO, Scielo and Scopus databases were consulted, using...
Journal of Advanced Nursing
July 1, 2019
Huei-Lih Hwang, C. Tu, Hui-Shan Chan
AIMS To examine the relationship between nursing staffs' self-transcendence and well-being in long-term care facilities and to investigate the mediating role of caring behaviours in the aforementioned relationship. BACKGROUND Factors associated with the well-being of healthcare providers influence the quality of care delivered. Although an increasing number of studies have shed light on the...
Journal of Advanced Nursing
October 2018
Stephanie Daigle, France Talbot, Douglas J French
This pilot study aims to further document mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR)'s effect on well-being while exploring its impact on errors among hospital nurses. The concept of mindfulness has been found to be highly relevant to holistic nursing practices but remains understudied and underused. Preliminary evidence suggests that MBSR can reduce stress among nurses. As stress and mental...
Journal of Advanced Nursing
November 2016
Hsin-Mei Ho, Ying-Hua Tseng, Yu-Mei Hsin et al.
The aim of this study was to explore the lived experiences of patients afflicted with spinal muscular atrophy. Existing research studies on spinal muscular atrophy address the physical and psychological effects and complications of the disease; they also provide suggestions for how to improve the current management of this disease. However, information is limited on the disease process and the...
Journal of Advanced Nursing
May 12, 2016
Jaqui Long, Michelle Briggs, Andrew Long et al.
11 citations
AIM: To explore how practising mindfulness affects people's experiences of living with a long-term condition. BACKGROUND: Increasing evidence suggest that mindfulness meditation-based interventions benefit people with long-term conditions, particularly in terms of psychological well-being. Most evidence, however, relates to short-term outcomes and limited information exists about how people use...
Journal of Advanced Nursing
August 1, 2013
Ellen Birx
To report an analysis and comparison of the concepts centring and opening meditation processes in health care. Centring and opening meditation processes are included in nursing theories and frequently recommended in health care for stress management. These meditation processes are integrated into emerging psychotherapy approaches and there is a rapidly expanding body of neuroscience research...
Journal of Advanced Nursing
May 1, 2013
AbstractAimThis article reports an empirical study of self‐transcendence in cognitively intact nursing‐home patients. The aim was to investigate the interrelationships between self‐transcendence and nursing‐home patients' physical, social, emotional and functional well‐being.BackgroundFinding new and alternative approaches to increase well‐being among nursing‐home patients is highly warranted....
Journal of Advanced Nursing
September 29, 2005
Joanna E. Smith, Janet Richardson, Caroline Hoffman et al.
274 citations
AIM: This paper reports a systematic review and critical appraisal of the evidence on the effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for cancer supportive care. BACKGROUND: The experience of cancer can have a negative impact on both psychological and physical health and on quality of life. Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction is a therapy package that has been used with patients with a...
Journal of Advanced Nursing
May 2000
J Sayer, S Ritter, K Gournay
Cognitive behavioural techniques are increasingly used as adjuncts to medication in the treatment of auditory hallucinations for people with schizophrenia. There are now literally hundreds of nurses trained in the use of cognitive behavioural interventions for psychosis. However, there is still disagreement about the nature of the cognitive processes that lead to deficits or biases in patients'...