2024
HPV Status and Oral Health Symptom Patterning During Treatment and Survivorship in Patients With Head and Neck Cancer: A Longitudinal Analysis.
Dunnack Yackel H, Xu W, Wun Lee J, Cong X, Salner A, Duffy V, Judge M. HPV Status and Oral Health Symptom Patterning During Treatment and Survivorship in Patients With Head and Neck Cancer: A Longitudinal Analysis. Oncology Nursing Forum 2024, 51: 565-575. PMID: 39431692, DOI: 10.1188/24.onf.565-575.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHead and neck cancerOral health symptomsHuman papillomavirusNeck cancerHPV-negative head and neck cancersHealth symptomsHuman papillomavirus statusRetrospective longitudinal chart reviewSocial determinants of healthRegional cancer instituteDeterminants of healthLongitudinal chart reviewConcurrent chemotherapyHPV statusRadiation therapyLatent transition analysisChart reviewSymptom patternsSocial determinantsImprove outcomesCancer InstitutePatientsTime pointsEarly interventionLongitudinal analysis
2022
The association between psychological factors and self-care in patients with heart failure: an integrative review.
Wang Z, Tocchi C, Chyun D, Kim K, Cong X, Starkweather A. The association between psychological factors and self-care in patients with heart failure: an integrative review. European Journal Of Cardiovascular Nursing 2022, 22: 553-561. PMID: 36351041, DOI: 10.1093/eurjcn/zvac106.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAssociated with self-careType D personalityDepression/depressive symptomsSelf-carePsychological factorsIntegrative reviewAssociated with poorer self-carePoor self-careConfidence/self-efficacyInverse associationElectronic databasesEducation levelHeart failureAnxietyAssess stressDepressionObservational studySymptomsPersonsAssociationCardiac historyIndividualsAssessment methodsPatientsRelationshipSomatosensory Profiles Differentiate Pain and Psychophysiological Symptoms Among Young Adults With Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Chen J, Zhang Y, Barandouzi Z, Xu W, Feng B, Chon K, Santos M, Starkweather A, Cong X. Somatosensory Profiles Differentiate Pain and Psychophysiological Symptoms Among Young Adults With Irritable Bowel Syndrome. The Clinical Journal Of Pain 2022, 38: 492-501. PMID: 35686579, PMCID: PMC9205184, DOI: 10.1097/ajp.0000000000001046.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIrritable bowel syndromeIrritable bowel syndrome patientsHealthy controlsPain intensityPain thresholdBowel syndromeIBS-related painSomatic pain perceptionQuantitative sensory testingIncreased pain thresholdYoung adultsRandomized clinical trialsSelf-management interventionsSomatosensory profilesDifferentiate painPain perceptionPsychophysiological symptomsFollow-upClinical trialsPainNormal thresholdsIncreased thresholdSensory thresholdsSevere symptomsPatients
2021
Exploring Cancer Pain Self-Management Needs and Preferences: A Meta-Ethnography
Anderson A, Starkweather A, Cong X, Kyounghae K, Judge M, Schulman-Green D. Exploring Cancer Pain Self-Management Needs and Preferences: A Meta-Ethnography. Qualitative Health Research 2021, 31: 1609-1621. PMID: 33834931, DOI: 10.1177/1049732321998975.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSelf-management support needsCancer painMeta-synthesisSelf-management of cancer painSupport needsSelf-management of chronic diseasesSelf-management supportManagement of cancer painSelf-management knowledgeSelf-management needsHealth care practitionersQualitative research articlesMeta-ethnographyCare practitionersChronic diseasesContextual factorsDay-to-day basisPainNeedsIncreased understandingCancerNoblitPatientsResearch articlesHealth
2020
Using electrodermal activity to validate multilevel pain stimulation in healthy volunteers evoked by thermal grills
Posada-Quintero H, Kong Y, Nguyen K, Tran C, Beardslee L, Chen L, Guo T, Cong X, Feng B, Chon K. Using electrodermal activity to validate multilevel pain stimulation in healthy volunteers evoked by thermal grills. AJP Regulatory Integrative And Comparative Physiology 2020, 319: r366-r375. PMID: 32726157, PMCID: PMC7509251, DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00102.2020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVisual analog scaleThermal grillTg stimulationSelf-report pain scalesStimulation levelsLevel of painPain assessment researchAnalog scalePain scalePain studiesHealthy volunteersInduce painPainful stimulationPainCooperative patientGold standardWarm stimuliStimulationPotential harmStimuliSubjectsPhysiological measuresPatientsLevelsSex, Race, and Genomics of Pain
Cong X, Tan Z, Weidig T. Sex, Race, and Genomics of Pain. 2020, 181-191. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-21657-3_14.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPain sensitivityAssociated with higher pain sensitivityClinical pain assessmentHigher pain sensitivityRatings of painLower pain toleranceNon-Hispanic whitesAcute painPain differencePain managementPain assessmentPainPain experiencePain toleranceHormone treatmentTransgender populationPatientsEthnic minoritiesSexWomenSex differencesTreatmentVariable useGenesTolerance
2010
Supplementing Relaxation and Music for Pain After Surgery
Good M, Albert J, Anderson G, Wotman S, Cong X, Lane D, Ahn S. Supplementing Relaxation and Music for Pain After Surgery. Nursing Research 2010, 59: 259-269. PMID: 20585222, DOI: 10.1097/nnr.0b013e3181dbb2b3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAnalgesia, Patient-ControlledAttitude to HealthClinical Nursing ResearchCombined Modality TherapyFemaleHumansLaparotomyMaleMiddle AgedMidwestern United StatesMultivariate AnalysisMusic TherapyPain MeasurementPain, PostoperativePatient Education as TopicPostoperative CareRelaxation TherapyTreatment OutcomeConceptsPain managementPatient teachingPT reduces painPatient-controlled analgesiaMultivariate analysis of covarianceDistress ScaleAnalysis of covarianceUnrelieved painReduce painImmediate effectsPainPostoperative patientsMultivariate analysisNursesEffective modalityAnalgesiaDistressInterventionPostoperative painAnalgesicPatientsParticipantsMusicRM effectAbdominal surgery
2004
Obtaining Parotid Saliva Specimens after Major Surgery
Good M, Wotman S, Anderson G, Ahn S, Cong X. Obtaining Parotid Saliva Specimens after Major Surgery. Biological Research For Nursing 2004, 6: 110-116. PMID: 15388908, PMCID: PMC1201528, DOI: 10.1177/1099800404264735.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDry mouthPostoperative patientsParotid saliva specimensOpioid side effectsLength of surgeryPostoperative day 2Statistically significant correlationTrained research nursesAbdominal surgeryMajor surgeryParotid glandSaliva specimensAntihypertensive medicationsSaliva productionSide effectsDay 2Hospital dischargePatientsSurgeryBiological markersSalivaSaliva variablesTime pointsParotidOpioid