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The study has implications for research, practice and education. Health-care providers need to play a more visible and instrumental role in continuously assessing menopausal women's needs as well as to implement appropriate health educational programs. Further research addressing women's health needs is also essential for improving the quality of life of menopausal women in Jordan.

This research aimed to determine the depression level and its correlation experienced by post-coronary artery bypass graft patients after being discharged from cardiac intensive care units. A cross-sectional design was employed for assessing variables. The Self-rating Depression Scale, as proposed by Zung, was used by the researchers on a convenience sample of Jordanian patients ( N = 143) who were approached soon after their discharge from the targeted units. The results suggested that the level of depression among Jordanian patients was relatively high ( M = 62.7, SD = 5.6). Moreover, depression was significantly higher among female, unmarried and unemployed patients. Patients who received their information about coronary artery bypass graft surgery from nurses had a lower level of depression. Age, length of stay in the cardiac intensive care unit and hospital type significantly predicted the level of depression. The research concluded that the post-coronary artery bypass graft patients who experienced an early onset depression required more attention to highlight the importance of supportive interventions.

Introduction: Despitecardiac cachexia being a prevalent health problem among heart failure (HF) patients, it has been given little attention by nursing researchers.Therefore, this study aims to conduct a systematic review that investigates cardiac cachexia among patients with HF.Methodology: A systematic review will be performed according to the PRISMA guidelines to assess the findings of twelve selected studies which meet the inclusion criteria of the systematic review research. The selected articles were published between 2000 and 2020 across three databases: PubMed, CINAHL, and MEDLINE. Results:In comparison to cancer cachexia, cardiac cachexia has been insufficiently studied and is poorly understood. No definitive diagnostic method for cardiac cachexia has been identified in the literature. Age, smoking, and hypertension have been reported to be risk factors for cardiac cachexia. Cardiac cachexia has been significantly associated with lethal structural changes in the heart and has been measured using anthropometric measures and laboratory biomarkers. A combination of pharmacological and nonpharmacological treatments has been effectively implemented to manage cardiac cachexia. Conclusion:A focused multidisciplinary approachthat takes culture into consideration is required to set a variety of assessment and interventional strategies for the early detection and proper management of cardiac cachexia.

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Fear of infection and measures taken to mitigate infection, such as social distancing, lockdown and isolation can lead to anxiety and depression across the life course, but especially in pregnancy. We set out to identify the prevalence of depression in pregnancy, using Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) during national quarantine and to examine women’s knowledge, attitude, and practices (KAP) in regard to potential COVID-19-related depression. Following ethical approval, an observational design, with an online questionnaire and snowball sampling was used to recruit 546 pregnant women (231 primi and 315 multiparous) in Jordan via common social media platforms (facebook, WhatsApp). Over one third (36.7%) reported depressive symptoms. There were significantly lower depression scores among pregnant women who exhibited more knowledge about COVID-19 (in high [vs low] knowledge groups, mean EPDS = 10.8 [vs 12.2]; p = 0.007). Depression scores were not significantly associated with attitude nor with practice. This suggests that enhanced knowledge levels may protect pregnant women against depression. Our findings contribute to understanding of the experience of pregnant women in developing countries during the COVID-19 pandemic. Healthcare Professionals should provide health education to all pregnant women and timely services to pregnant women with depressive symptoms. This may lead to the prevention of serious symptoms and reduce negative consequences on the next generation, not only in Jordan, but worldwide.

Perioperative poor glycemic control in diabetic patients undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) surgery has been associated with infectious complications, particularly surgical site infections that are linked with adverse health surgical outcomes. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of two different intraoperative glycemic control protocol, tight and conventional, on thirty-day postoperative surgical site infection (SSI) rates among diabetic patients undergoing CABG surgery. Design: A randomized controlled trial (RCT) design was employed in the study, with a convenience sample of 144 adult patients who were scheduled to undergo coronary artery bypass grafting surgery. Setting: A main referral heart institute in Amman, Jordan. Participants: Subjects were randomly assigned to either the tight glycemic control group (n ¼ 72), which maintained an intraoperative blood glucose level of 110-149 mg/dl via continuous intravenous insulin infusion, or the conventional glycemic control group (n ¼ 72), which maintained an intraoperative blood glucose level of 150-180 mg/dl via continuous intravenous insulin infusion. The postoperative SSIs among both groups were evaluated and compared by independent blinded physicians. Results: The primary findings of this study indicated no statistically significant difference between the two treatment groups in terms of SSI rates and their potential adverse surgical outcomes (p ¼ 0.512). Conclusion: Nurses should consider the glycemic stability and glycemic control approach to minimize adverse surgical outcomes post CABG surgery. Healthcare providers should also carefully consider diabetic patients who have undergone CABG surgery and are at risk of developing postoperative SSIs. Clinicaltrials.gov identifier: NCT04451655 was retrospectively registered in 30/06/2020.

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