Browsing by Subjects (CINAHL) "Health Status"
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A Peer Support Program for Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes
(2017-09-19)Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D) is a chronic condition impacting young children and subsequently follows them throughout life. The disease causes the body to lose the ability to produce insulin resulting in elevated blood ... -
Acculturation and health status among Hispanic American elders
Hispanic Americans are at risk for health-related problems. Disparities in diseases such as diabetes and obesity, access to health services and health insurance have placed Hispanic Americans at a disadvantage. Sociocultural ... -
Adolescent resilience following parental death in childhood and its relationship to parental attachment and coping
Adolescent resilience following loss has been linked with supportive social relationships and coping. Retrospective studies have found that parental death during childhood has been a risk factor for serious mental health ... -
Antecedents of three-year-old child health status
This study sought to assess a set of factors that were proposed to influence child health status at 3 years of age. The sample $(N=4940)$ was drawn from the 1988 National Maternal Infant Health Survey and the 1991 Longitudinal ... -
Down home: An ethnography about community process and health of older persons in a rural setting
The purpose of this study was to understand how rural-dwelling elderly people describe their health and to gain an understanding of rural community processes as they relate to the health of older residents. Although community ... -
Factors related to self-care agency and self-care practices of obese adolescents
Identification of factors that influence obese adolescents' health behaviors is necessary if obese adolescents are to benefit from therapeutic interventions. The purpose of this descriptive-correlational study was to ... -
Health status, health behavior, multidimensional health locus-of-control and factors in the development of personal control in individuals with rheumatoid arthritis
This study was designed to expand understanding of perceived personal control, its relationship to perceived health and health behavior, and the development of personal control in the individual with rheumatoid arthritis. ... -
Health-promoting behaviors of the rural well older adult
One of the greatest challenges facing nursing in the future will be promoting wellness among the increasing number of older adults, many of whom live in rural areas where they are isolated from access to medical facilities ... -
The impact of stress, coping, constructive thinking and hardiness on health and academic performance of female registered nurse students pursuing a baccalaureate degree in nursing
The purpose of this study was to test a theoretically-derived model of hardiness, constructive thinking, coping complexity and perceived stress level in predicting academic performance and perceived health status among ... -
Meaning-in-life, depression and suicide in older adults: A comparative survey study
This study compared meaning-in-life (MIL) and other related variables in two populations, those elderly who were and those who were not depressed. The model developed for this study assumed in older adults that spirituality, ... -
Predictors of Overall Perceived Health in Patients with Heart Failure
BACKGROUND: Overall perceived health (OPH) is a powerful and independent predictor of negative health outcomes and low health-related quality of life and is conspicuously low in patients with HF (HF). PURPOSE: The purpose ... -
Self-reported health status and health determinants in low income midlife women aged 40 to 64
The purpose of this descriptive longitudinal study was to describe (a) self-reported health status, (b) the relationship between self-reported health status and individual, environmental, and system health determinants, ... -
Therapeutic Strategies, Health Status and Quality of Life Among Persons with Asthma: A Meta-analysis
Asthma is a major health problem that affects approximately 17 million people in the United States. Unique circumstances associated with a patient's health status have made evaluations of the management of asthma difficult. ... -
Traumatic events, social support, and self-efficacy: Correlates of health perceptions among adolescents
The relationship between traumatic events and health perceptions among adolescents is poorly understood. While social support and self-efficacy protect adults from the adverse effects of trauma, the nature of this relationship ...
