Browsing by Subjects (CINAHL) "Self Care"
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A bilingual diabetes self-management education program for Hispanic adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus
(2017-11-27)The aim of this intervention was to determine whether diabetes self-management education will help Hispanics/Latinos with type 2 diabetes mellitus change unhealthy behaviors and effectively manage their disease. Healthcare ... -
Development of a multidsiplinary team to prevent peristomal hernia
Topic: Peristomal hernia (PH) is a pervasive, costly, and distressing problem for persons living with permanent ostomies. Prevalence rates vary greatly ranging from 20% to 78% of patients. Persons with PH experience ... -
Dysmenorrhea and Related Factors in Taiwanese Adolescent Girls
The purpose of this cross-sectional, correlational study was to validate the factors that are related to dysmenorrhea in Taiwanese adolescents. The specific aims were to describe the perceived dysmenorrhea pain symptom ... -
The effect of social, family and individual conditioning factors on self-care agency and self-care of adult Mexican women
The purpose of this research was to test the theoretical relationships between the self-care agency (SCA) and self-care (SC); and the influence of selected basic conditioning factors (BCFs) on women's self-care agency, and ... -
The effectiveness of a promotora-led intervention for Mexican Americans with type 2 diabetes
Purpose. The purpose of this randomized control repeated measures trial was to determine the effectiveness of a self-management intervention led by community lay workers called promotoras on the health outcomes of Mexican ... -
Effectiveness of motivational interviewing-based telephone follow-up in diabetes management
(2017-11-27)Diabetes mellitus is a chronic complex disease requiring persistent self-management by patients and ongoing support from the providers. The outpatient diabetes clinic of a teaching hospital in the Midwest has 78.3% patients ... -
The effects of a self-efficacy enhancing Internet intervention on the dietary management of cholesterol
Cardiovascular disease continues to be the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States. Elevated serum cholesterol is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Diets high in saturated fat and cholesterol ... -
Evolving self-care among individuals with schizophrenia and diabetes mellitus
Diabetes mellitus is more common among individuals with schizophrenia compared to the general population, yet little is known about their diabetic self-care. This grounded theory study was conducted to identify the process ... -
Factors which influence adult African Americans' asthma self-management
(2018-05-07)There are approximately 22.2 million Americans’ who are living with asthma and of those 18.4 million are adults. African Americans’ are more likely to be diagnosed with asthma compared to Caucasians, ... -
Fatigue in Parkinson’s Disease: A Qualitative Descriptive Study Exploring the Individual’s Perspective
(2018-03-22)Fatigue in Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a major cause of disability and lower quality of life. It is often under-assessed by health care providers and under-recognized by individuals with PD as being part of their neurological ... -
Influence of belief system on adherence to diabetes self-care management: Pilot study
(4/17/2017)Background: The prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) has increased among the adult population in Saudi Arabia, as well as the development of secondary health problems. A major concern is that Saudis with T2DM fail ... -
Information retrieval of self-care and dependent-care agents using NetWellness, a consumer health information network
Since the earliest times a major focus of nursing has been to provide health care information to those in their care. The purpose of this exploratory study was to investigate information retrieval of consumers using ... -
Multipronged Approach to Improve Diabetes Care Management in the Home Health Setting
(2017-09-22)New care delivery models and approaches to integrated care have emerged across the country to reduce health disparity, improve outcomes, and address care delivery fragmentation. Home health agencies (HHAs) and the millions ... -
Nurse Resilience: Implications on Critical Care Nurse Shortage and Proposed Intervention
(2017-05-19)Critical care nursing is experiencing a high turnover and a global shortage crisis. The number of critical care nurses (CCNs) leaving the critical care environment is at an unprecedented high rate, negatively impacting the ... -
Preferences for information and self-care, stress and coping with outpatient surgery: A descriptive correlational study
Outpatient surgery is a rapidly growing phenomena in the health care field; however, little is known about the stressful aspects of the experience of how patients cope with this type of surgery. The purposes of this ... -
A Quality improvement project to improve medication adherence management in a clinic to increase medication adherence in a medically vulnerable group
This Quality Improvement Project (QIP) assessed the effect of a multi-component evidence-based (EB) Medication Adherence Intervention on adherence at a nurse-managed, student-run free clinic treating medically vulnerable ... -
Self efficacy, self reliance, adherence to self care, and glycemic control among Cherokee with type 2 diabetes
Background: Type 2 diabetes is responsible for disability and shortened life span among Native Americans. Adherence to recommendations for diet, exercise and medication is essential to optimizing outcomes. Few studies of ... -
Self-care management of African American men with Type 2 Diabetes
African American men are disproportionately affected by type 2 diabetes and have a 3 times higher rate of 3 serious complications of diabetes, including blindness, amputations, and end-stage renal disease, compared to other ... -
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) ... -
Self-management by adolescents and young adults following a stem cell transplant
(2017-01-23)Background: Stem cell transplant (SCT) is a major life event that affects not only the adolescents and young adults (AYA) receiving SCT but also the entire family. Patients are prescribed complex care regimens for disease ...
