Maria Luigia Candela

Campus Bio-Medico University | unicampus · Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy Unit

Purpose Inpatients with cancer are likely to experience care dependency and would benefit from nurses' evaluation of such dependency. The Care Dependency Scale (CDS) is a 15-item instrument widely used to assess patients’ dependency in different populations and settings. This study aimed to test the psychometric properties of the proxy Italian vers...

Objective This multicentre study aimed to develop a measure of the perception of care dependence in patients diagnosed with cancer and to test its psychometric properties. Methods The questionnaire was developed based on findings emerged from a meta‐synthesis and from qualitative studies conducted in three hospitals in Italy. The draft questionnai...

Purpose Patients with advanced cancer are likely to face increasing levels of care dependence. Adult patients who become care dependent on others can experience this condition as one of suffering and humiliation. The nurse-patient relationship plays a key role in the experience of dependence. Understanding patients’ and nurses’ perceptions of care...

Background: Dependence is a common life experience and innate condition for human beings due to their bodily and relational essence, but in contemporary society, it has become a stressful condition. Care dependence is central to nursing, and patients with advanced cancer are often dependent on care. Understanding nurses' perceptions of care depend...

Background: There isn't a validated questionnaire in Italian language to evaluate the quality perceived by the patient in Digestive Endoscopy. Objective: validation of the translation of a questionnaire from English to Italian language to measure the level of patient satisfaction. Materials and methods: we conducted a prospective study on vali...