Research Interests

Specialized nursing for aging people: Parkinson's Disease;

Symptom management: cognitive decline, sleep disorder

Chronic nursing management: patient journey and AI nursing

Bio

Qiu Xian, RN, has focused her research on Chronic disease nursing, especially on neuroscience nursing, including Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Rehabilitation nursing. She holds the position of Nurse Supervisor, Major in Neuroscience, Department of Nursing, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine.

Since 2015, Qiu Xian has been committed to the research of anti-cancer supportive care: symptom management and quality of life for brain metastases patients. She has the project on the symptom clusters of the brain metastases patients after the Gamma knife treatment. She is also the member of Pain Nursing Committee of Shanghai Nursing Society.

Since 2018, Qiu Xian has the project of the chronic disease management, especially on the Parkinson’s Disease Nursing for the DBS treatment, focus on the case management model, smart health care, and non-motor symptom management area.

Major Research Funding（5 years）

On the current status and risk prediction model of sleep disorders in Parkinson's disease patients using brain computer interface（PI: 2024-2026 Shanghai Nursing Society Project）

Smart Nursing Services for Postoperative Patients with Parkinson's Disease (PI: 2021-2022 Shanghai Shenkang Center Clinical Technology Innovation Project)

The impact of non-motor symptoms and their quality of life on Parkinson's Disease patients (PI: 2022-2024 Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Nursing Project)

Publications

Qiu X, Zhang N, Pan SJ, Zhao P, Wu BW. Sense of Coherence and Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients With Brain Metastases. Front Psychol. 2020,11:1516.

Qiu X，Tingting Peng，Zhengyu Lin，Kaiwen Zhu，Yuhan Wang，Bomin Sun，Keyoumars Ashkan，Chencheng Zhang，Dianyou Li.  Fixed-Life or Rechargeable Battery for Deep Brain Stimulation: Preference and Satisfaction in Chinese Patients with Parkinson’s Disease. Frontiers Media SA, 2021.

Qiu X, Wang Y, Lin Z, et al. Fixed-Life or Rechargeable Batteries for Deep Brain Stimulation: Preference and Satisfaction Among Patients With Hyperkinetic Movement Disorders[J]. Frontiers in Neurology, 2021, 12:811-.

Zhang C , Zhang J , Qiu X, et al. Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Disease During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Patient Perspective[J]. Frontiers in human neuroscience, 2021, 15:628105. (Role: Correspondence)

Qiu X， Zhu WY， Zhao P，et al. Cross-cultural adaptation, reliability and validity testing of the Chinese version of Brain Metastases Symptom Checklist. Journal of Shanghai Jiaotong University: Medical Science, 2021, 41(12):7.

Wang J, Huang R, Li D, Qiu X，et al. The health education needs of family caregivers of patients with Parkinson’s disease after DBS surgery，Journal of Nurses Training, 2019, 34(19):4. (Role: Correspondence)

Gao Y, Wang J, Wang LB, Li D, Sun BM, Qiu X. Preoperative Attention/Memory Problem Affects the Quality of Life of Parkinson’s Disease Patients after Deep Brain Stimulation: A Cohort Study[J]. Parkinson’s Disease. 2024,3651705.(Role: Correspondence)

Gao Y, You H, Wang J, Yao MD, Li D, Sun BM, Qiu X. Nonmotor Symptom Changes and Their Association With Falls Among Parkinson's Disease Patients Undergoing Deep Brain Stimulation: A 1-Year Cohort Study[J]. CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics. 2025, 31: e70310. (Role: Correspondence)