Browsing by Subjects (CINAHL) "Functional Status"
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Exploring older adults' perceptions of the utility and ease of the use of personal emergency response systems
Aim: The aim of this study was to explore and describe perceptions of the utility and ease of use of a personal emergency response system (PERS) among older adults who are aging in place. Research Question: “What is ... -
Functional Status of Older Adults After Hip Fracture
This dissertation is composed of three manuscripts addressing functional status of adults age 65 years and older after hip fracture. The first manuscript is a review of the literature on the impact of gender, age, ... -
Patterns of fatigue and factors influencing fatigue during adjuvant breast cancer chemotherapy
Women beginning adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer seek information from health professionals regarding fatigue, but knowledge regarding this distressing symptom is currently limited. The purposes of this study were ... -
The relationship between the abnormal electrophysiological features and the degeneration in cognition, behavior, daily functioning, and global presentation manifested by individuals with Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an increasingly prevalent neurologic disorder characterized by progressive degeneration in cognition, behavior, and daily functioning. Identification of methods designed to enhance the accuracy ... -
The relationship of stroke patients' functional and cognitive status and caregivers' resilience to caregiver burden
Currently it is estimated that 795,000 persons experience a stroke every year. Of that number up to one-third of survivors will be permanently disabled. It is neither financially feasible nor desirable to place these ... -
Self-management and self-management support on functional ablement in chronic low back pain
The pervasiveness of chronic low back pain and its subsequent disability are alarming in today's healthcare. Although literature is beginning to explicate the impact of self-management (SM) and self-management support (SMS) ...
