Browsing Sigma Foundation for Nursing Research Grant Reports by Title
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Parent perceptions of sexual education needs of children with autism spectrum disorders
(2014-10-02)This study aimed to 1) describe parent perceptions of sexual education needs of their children aged 10-20 with an ASD diagnosis and 2) determine parent-preferred mechanisms of delivery for tailored educational intervention ... -
Parenting stress in parents of infants with congenital heart disease and parents of healthy infants: The first year of life
(2017-09-12)Background: While we know that the parents of infants with congenital heart disease (CHD), the most prevalent group of congenital anomalies, experience increased parenting stress, the stress levels throughout infancy have ... -
Parents/caregiver's health, stress, and perceived caregiver burden in the difficult first 3 months after their infant/child with special health care needs is discharged home
The purpose of this exploratory study with three time points will examine the physical health, mental health, stress using biomarker levels (salivary cortisol), and perceived caregiver burden of Hispanic, Black, and White ... -
Patient and family participation in medication communication at discharge
Patient and family engagement is advocated internationally as a strategy to enhance medication safety at transitions of care. Enhancing communication is a major means of enabling patient and family engagement. The aim of ... -
Person-centred caring towards improvement of diabetic foot care compliance in rural primary health care, KwaZulu-Natal
This study aims to identify how registered nurses could achieve person-centred caring to improve diabetic foot care compliance in the rural primary healthcare context in KwaZulu-Natal. -
Polygenic risk score distributions suggest that treatment resistance in schizophrenia is unlikely to be driven by schizophrenia associated common variations
This work will extend the current approach in the field and has the potential to decode the etiopathogenesis of schizophrenia by focusing on symptom domains which not only have important and direct clinical outcomes but ... -
Predicting aminoglycoside-induced hearing loss among MDR-TB infected individuals in South Africa
Problem Statement Individuals treated for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) with aminoglycosides (AGs) in resource-limited settings often experience permanent hearing loss, but there is no practical, cost-effective ... -
Predicting NCLEX failures using standardized assessments
(2017-12-04)The purpose of this quantitative, non-experimental cross sectional study was to explore the use of Principal Components Analysis (PCA) to recognize redundancy and correlations in the variables – standardized Content ... -
Predictors and mediators of postpartum depression (PPD) and experiences of accessing mental health treatment for PPD among Syrian refugee women settling in Turkey: A mixed methods study
The purposes of this study of female Syrian refugees are to: (a) identify subtypes of PPD, (b) examine predictors and mediators of PPD, and (c) describe the experiences of mothers with PPD symptoms in accessing mental ... -
Prevalence, severity, and risk factors of delirium in critically ill stroke patients
To determine the prevalence and severity of delirium among adults admitted to a neurocritical care unit who are diagnosed with acute ischemic stroke, intracerebral hemorrhage, and aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage and to ... -
Promotion of evidence-based communication strategies focused on health literacy in the advanced nursing practice curriculum
The study was an educational intervention with master’s nursing students to teach health literacy strategies focused on the individual receiving care and the organization in which care was provided. An online module was ... -
Psychosocial factors and prevention of HIV/AIDS related risky sexual behaviors among college students
Aims: The purpose of this study was to investigate HIV/AIDS preventive self-efficacy, depression, spiritual well-being, and risky sexual behaviors among college students in the United States, to examine the relationships ... -
Psychosocial predictors of risky sexual behaviors for HIV/AIDS prevention among African American college students
This research project was to investigate the relationships between HIV/AIDS preventive self-efficacy, spiritual well-being, depression, and risky sexual behaviors and to examine the predictive role of HIV/AIDS preventive ... -
Quantifying responsive feeding of infants and young children: An analysis from three countries: Peru, Nicaragua and Indonesia
Introduction: Responsive feeding, the age and developmentally appropriate interactions between caregivers and infants and young children (IYC) 6-23 months, represents a critical component of complementary feeding to promote ... -
Reach, implementation, and effectiveness of a tuberculosis preventive therapy intervention in rural South Africa
In this study, we will assess the reach, implementation, and effectiveness of a nurse-led home based intervention designed to deliver tuberculosis (TB) preventive therapy. -
The relationship between duration of tube feeding and oral feeding success
(2017-09-22)Objective. To identify the potential relationships between duration of tube feeding and (1) oral feeding success in preterm infants; (2) alert behavioral states, orally-directed behaviors, and nutritive sucking. Design. ... -
Relationship between individual and environmental factors on sleep outcomes and symptoms in individuals with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
The purpose of this study was to understand the relationship between individual and environmental factors with sleep and IBD-related symptoms. -
Relationships among strong Black womanhood belief, coping behaviors, social support, and psychological distress for Black mothers after stillbirth
The purpose of this study is to examine the relationships among strong Black woman belief, coping behaviors, social support, and psychological distress (symptoms of depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress) for Black ... -
Resilience among nursing students in clinical placement
(2020-01)Purpose: To understand the mechanism of coping with resilience and its implications for the well-being of nursing students in the context of clinical placement. Design and Methods: Twenty-nine final year baccalaureate ... -
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 ...