(1) The aim of the study was to analyze nurses’ attitudes toward a patient’s death, taking into account the emotions they experience and the general perception of death. (2) The study involved 516 nurses from the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland. The research was carried out using the diagnostic survey method using The Death Attitudes Profile Revisited (DAP-R-PL), the Scale of Fear and Fascination with Death, and a demographic questionnaire. (3) Research has shown that nurses accept the phenomenon of death as a natural process of human life; however, they adopt the attitude of fear of death. Most of the respondents experienced: sadness (73.4%), helplessness (58.5%), and regret (43.6%) due to the patient’s death. (4) Both age, sex, marital status, and place of residence significantly influenced the attitudes of nurses toward the patient’s death. Therefore, it is important to provide psychological support or special education in the case of dealing with the fear of death.

(1) The aim of this study was to estimate the scale of mobile phone addiction among young adults as well as to establish whether the low level of perceived social support is related to problematic smartphone use, and whether an addictive pattern of mobile phone use is related to the prevalence of depressiveness and excessive daytime sleepiness. (2) The study was carried out using the diagnostic poll method via the questionnaire technique. Both the author’s own questionnaire and the following standardized research tools were used: the Mobile Phone Problem Use Scale for Adolescents (MPPUSA), the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS), and the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS). (3) Perceived social support was significantly lower in the group of respondents who problematically used their mobile phones in comparison with the ones who used them in a proper way. Severity of depressive symptoms and daytime sleepiness was significantly higher in respondents addicted to their mobiles compared to nonaddicted ones. (4) Conclusions: An important correlation between phone addiction and the prevalence of depressive symptoms and excessive daytime sleepiness exists. Problematic mobile phone use concerns individuals with low levels of perceived social support.

Background: Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a progressive, chronic eye disease with no permanent cure currently available. Symptoms of the disease, including distorted and blurred vision and gradual loss of central vision, significantly aggravate patients’ daily functioning. The purpose of this study was to assess the acceptance of the disease among patients diagnosed with neovascular age-related macular degeneration before treatment and after receiving seven intravitreal injections and to determine how it was related to the values of visual parameters. Methods: This survey-based study was carried out using the author’s questionnaire and a standardized research tool, the Acceptance of Illness Scale (AIS). It also involved the analysis of the patients’ medical records. Results: The study included 121 patients (121 eyes), including 60 women and 61 men. The age range of the participants was 51–90 years. The mean and median age of the participants was 75 years. After undergoing a series of intravitreal injections, statistically significant improvements were observed in the degree of illness acceptance according to the AIS score. Data analysis revealed that the degree of disease acceptance was significantly related to visual acuity and contrast sensitivity. Conclusions: The acceptance of the disease among the study participants from the beginning of the therapy until receiving a series of seven intravitreal injections was at an average level. Acceptance of the disease was better before the beginning of the therapy, due to higher values of corrected visual acuity, and after the therapy, because of higher values of contrast sensitivity and corrected visual acuity.

Background: Prostate cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers in men. Robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) is one of the recommended surgical treatment options; however, knowledge regarding changes in illness acceptance, psychological adjustment, and quality of life after surgery remains limited. Objective: To evaluate changes in illness acceptance, psychological adjustment, and quality of life in patients undergoing RARP. Materials and Methods: A total of 150 patients diagnosed with prostate cancer and scheduled for RARP were enrolled. Longitudinal analysis was performed in 93 patients who completed both study assessments. Evaluations were conducted before surgery and 3–4 months postoperatively using a self-developed questionnaire, the Acceptance of Illness Scale (AIS), the Mini-Mental Adjustment to Cancer (Mini-MAC), the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire Core 30 (EORTC QLQ-C30), and the prostate cancer-specific module (EORTC QLQ-PR25). Results: Following RARP, illness acceptance did not change significantly after Holm adjustment (p_Holm = 0.465). Psychological adjustment showed an adverse postoperative pattern, characterised by increased anxious preoccupation, helplessness–hopelessness, and destructive style, together with reduced fighting spirit and constructive style. After adjustment across 25 paired outcome comparisons, significant increases remained in emotional and cognitive functioning scores, while constipation and diarrhoea decreased significantly. Sexual activity also decreased significantly after surgery. Among participants who completed both assessments, incontinence-aid use increased from 15/93 (16.1%) before surgery to 38/93 (40.9%) at follow-up (exact two-sided McNemar test, p < 0.001). Conclusions: During the early postoperative period following RARP, favourable changes were observed in selected quality-of-life scores, whereas illness acceptance did not change significantly after adjustment for multiple comparisons. At the same time, psychological adjustment showed an adverse pattern, characterised by reduced fighting spirit and constructive style together with increased anxious preoccupation, helplessness–hopelessness, and destructive style. Decreased sexual activity and increased incontinence-aid use further illustrate the multidimensional nature of early postoperative recovery. These exploratory findings indicate that favourable changes in selected quality-of-life outcomes do not necessarily coincide with improved psychological adaptation and support the inclusion of psycho-oncological assessment and support in postoperative care.