Browsing Sigma Theta Tau International (Sigma) by Level of Evidence "Observational"
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Caregiver activation: Cancer communication in home hospice
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Monday, November 9, 2015: Background: Current research demonstrates that activated patients have the skills, knowledge, and confidence to manage their care, resulting in positive outcomes such as lower ... -
Electrical cardiometry and near-infrared spectroscopy during transfusion: A prospective observational study
This presentation reviews a single center prospective observational study investigating cardiovascular hemodynamics and perfusion in anemic and non-anemic premature infants during the transfusion. Topics include the use ... -
Finger food: Intervention for persons with eating difficulties
(2016-03-21)Background: Finger food is a way of offering food to people with eating difficulties, for example patients with dementia, stroke or Parkinson disease. Eating is one of the most important activities in human life and the ... -
Geriatric rehabilitation after stroke: Is condition on admission indicative for discharge destination?
(2016-07-13)Session presented on Sunday, July 24, 2016: Purpose: In the past decade, there has been increasing interest in stroke rehabilitation. Worldwide, every year more than 15 million people suffer a stroke. The expectation is ... -
Healthcare team interventions in ICU for patients with acquired-brain-injury: A pilot study using participant observation
The neurocritical patients care include interventions made with the intention to benefit, bed-bathing, suctioning of respiratory secretions and repositioning in bed are some examples. The aim of this study was to develop ... -
Hemoglobin F impacts physiologic variables and perinatal events
(2012-01-04)Objectives: The objectives were 1) to explore the effect of hemoglobin F with obesity and gestational weight gain on heart period, respiratory sinus arrhythmia, oxy-hemoglobin, peripheral oxygenation, hemoglobin A1c , and ... -
Intervention fidelity monitoring of multi-component complementary therapy: Urban Zen Integrative Therapy (UZIT) for persons with pulmonary hypertension
(Elsevier, 2019-08)Background: Systematic and consistent dose delivery is critical in intervention research. Few studies testing complementary health approach (CHA) interventions describe intervention fidelity monitoring (IFM) and measurement. ... -
Nurses' compliance with bar-code medication administration technology: Results of direct observation of Jordanian nurses' practice
This Project was conducted in Jordan, data was collected using direct observation of direct care nurses during medication administration process. The aim of the study was to evaluate nurses' compliance with Bar Code ... -
Nursing workload and its relationship to patient care error in the paediatric critical care setting
(2016-09-26)Session presented on Sunday, September 18, 2016: Patient care error, a leading cause of death and disability in the critical care setting, contributes to suffering of the patient and family; can precipitate an emotional ... -
Resistiveness in dementia: Nurse communication in acute care
Persons living with dementia (PLWD) are twice as likely to be hospitalized compared to cognitively intact older adults and while hospitalized PWD often exhibit behavioral symptoms of dementia such as aggression. Challenging ... -
Uncertainty and depression as mediators of quality of life in patients with heart failure
(2017-07-18)Purpose: Based on the Mishel’s uncertainty in illness theory (UIT), this study is to investigate the mutual relationships among uncertainty in illness, depressive status (DS) and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) ...