Browsing by Author Affiliations "University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA"
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Behavioral intervention with maternal participatory guidance improves preterm infant outcomes
(2017-07-25)Purpose: This completed randomized controlled trial of 198 premature infants born at 29-34 weeks gestation and their mothers examined the impact of the H-HOPE (Hospital to Home: Optimizing the Preterm ... -
Blood pressure and restorative sleep intensity are altered by chronic daytime sleep disruption in rats
There is a serious need to develop preventative strategies reducing night-shift workers' risk of cardiovascular disease and stroke. I developed an animal model of disrupted sleep and found when rats had abnormal sleep ... -
Building a research career focused on a stigmatized and marginalized population group: Alcohol use among sexual minority women
(2016-03-17)Session presented on Saturday, July 25, 2015: Substantial health disparities related to sexual orientation are now well documented, e.g., in major reports from the U.S. including Healthy People 2020 and the Institute of ... -
Building global nursing research capacity from efficacy to implementation in Malawi: Sustaining a 20-year collaboration
This presentation describes a 20-year collaboration between two colleges of nursing in the USA and Malawi. We have had continuous research funding throughout. Our experiences in building research capacity and promoting ... -
Health literacy-based heart failure self-care intervention (H2Lit)
The purpose of the project was to develop the web-based H2Lit intervention and test the usability of the H2Lit intervention using an iterative user-centered approach. -
Help-seeking behaviors for counseling and psychological services among Hispanic lesbians and bisexual women
(2016-03-17)Session presented on Saturday, July 25, 2015: Purpose: The purpose of the study was to examine the effect of acculturation on the relationships among predisposing characteristics, enabling characteristics, and use of ... -
Improving clinician behaviors and patient safety outcomes through standardization of a pediatric vaccine administration process
While significant research has focused on the safety of childhood vaccines' intrinsic properties, little attention has been given to the complex and error-prone vaccine administration process. The purpose of this quality ... -
In-home internet use increases as the number of internet users in the household increases
(2017-09-25)In a cross-sectional study of 240 pre- and post-kidney transplant patients at an urban transplant center in the United States we found that Internet use increased as the number of Internet users in the household increased. ... -
Lipid profiles and associated symptoms and outcomes in acute ischemic stroke patients
The purpose of this study was to determine the feasibility of a 1-month protocol and to describe self-reported symptoms and their association to cognitive and functional outcomes in persons with acute ischemic stroke (AIS) ... -
Novel barriers to exercise for patients with chronic kidney disease
(2017-07-25)The aim of this integrative review is to investigate the barriers that adult patients with CKD throughout the world report that prevent them from regularly exercising. Identification of these barriers will enable nurses ... -
Symptom cluster experiences in patients with oral cancer using mixed methods
Aims: 1. Identify distinct patient subgroups based on severity of symptoms using hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA) and latent profile analysis (LPA) and assess concordance between the two methods. 2. Examine if selected ... -
Symptom clusters in patients with acute coronary syndrome: Comparison of person-centered and variable-centered cluster analyses
(2018-06-07)The objective of this study was to identify symptom clusters and compare cluster results in a cohort of 474 patients with acute coronary syndrome using two variable-centered and three person-centered analytic approaches. ...
