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Disparities and Factors Associated With Unmet Needs in Families of Children With Special Healthcare Needs
One in five US households has a child with a special healthcare need. Quality medical and supportive services can help facilitate family self-management, yet little is known about why these needs are often unmet. This study ... -
Correlates of Frailty in Late Middle-Aged Patients With Schizophrenia
Patients with schizophrenia have accelerated physical decline with age coupled with risk factors linked with frailty development. Our results show that poor endurance was the most prevalent frailty component and was closely ... -
Short Sleep Duration and Obesity Among Children: A Meta-Analysis
This meta-analytical study examined whether there is an association between lesser sleep duration and risk of childhood obesity and to determine which gender is more common in childhood obesity. -
Health-Related Quality of Life of Parental Caregivers of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder
The purpose of this presentation is to delineate the state of the science of health-related QOL of parents of individuals with ASD and discuss implications for future research, clinical practice, and policy. -
Evidence-Based Curriculum and Its Impact on Risky Behaviors and Stress Among Hispanic College Students
To present the results of an evidence-based intervention on the risky behaviors and perceived stress among young Hispanic residents in a US southern border city. -
Screening for Latent Tuberculosis Infection by Tuberculin Skin Test Among Nursing Students in Thailand
One-third of the world's population is infected with Tuberculosis. Healthcare workers are high risk group to infect with TB. Moreover, the progression from LTBI to active TB is between five to 10 percent during five years. ... -
Pain and Quality of Life of Chinese Patients With Lumbar Spine Degenerative Diseases
1.The prevalence of LDD is commonly in the Chinese patients who were female, employed as laborer, suffered from pre-surgery back and legs pain, and had hypertension. 2.LDD patients had suffered from high levels of pain ... -
Age, Arrhythmia Perception, and Knowledge as Predictors of Self-Care Ability in Patients With Permanent Pacemakers
1. Five predictors, age, self-care knowledge, arrhythmias perception, duration of pacemaker implantation, and frequency of PPM, explained 48.7% of the variance in self-care ability. 2.The older the pacemaker patients, the ... -
Nurse-Led Interventions for Hypertension Management in General Practice: A Systematic Review
Due to the increased demand for chronic disease management and lifestyle risk factor reduction the nursing workforce in primary care has grown significantly. This review synthesizes the international evidence on the impact ... -
Effects of a Home-Based Breathing Training on Menopausal Symptoms Among Community Postmenopausal Women
This is a prospective, triple-blinded and randomized controlled trial with a crossover design. Our results confirm that this four-week home-based breathing training assisted with biofeedback has a beneficial impact on ... -
Evaluating Knowledge, Use, and Skills After Attending Mental Health First Aid Training
EBP Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training provides participants with the tools to assess individuals for risk of suicide/harm, listen nonjudgmentally, give reassurance/information, encourage appropriate professional help ... -
A Family Experience of Decision-Making Home Care for the Cancer Elderly With In-Home Medical Care
The learner will be able to identify the process of home care decision-making of a family for the cancer elderly with in-home medical care at the discharge from an acute care hospital. -
Assessing the Impact of an RMN Supporting Healthcare Professionals in Dementia Care in Acute Settings
The focus of this research is the use of expertise in Dementia Care. This work looks particularly at a Quality Improvement role to improve innovations, support staff and develop education. -
Extended Care Activities for Nursing Support Workers in Mental Health Inpatient Settings: A Delphi Study
Generic scopes of practice for nursing support workers provide limited guidance in mental health environments, with role ambiguity and under-utilisation reported. This study reports on context specific care activities for ... -
Delivering Primary Healthcare to Refugees in New Zealand: A Critical Interpretive Synthesis
Providing responsive primary health care (PHC) to refugees is a pressing issue in New Zealand (NZ) and internationally. Evidence on best practice PHC for refugees is limited. We reviewed NZ refugee health literature/policies ... -
Caregiver Barriers to HPV Vaccination in the African American and Afro-Caribbean Population
This systematic review explores caregiver barriers to HPV vaccination in the African-American and Afro-Caribbean population in order to guide health promotion strategies to counteract existing obstacles to HPV vaccination, ... -
Social Support and Intimate Partner Violence Interaction Effects on Quality of Life Among Thai Women
Intimate partner violence (IPV) can impact women's quality of life (QOL). Family and friend support was found to alleviate the adverse effect of IPV. However, little is known about the interaction effects of such support ... -
Prevalence and Risk Factors of Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Korean College Students
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common functional gastrointestinal disorder in the West. But information on the prevalence of IBS in Asia is still lacking, especially in Korea. The purpose of this study was to determine ... -
Facilitators and Barriers to Confidence Development in the Clinical Teaching Role
This abstract addresses an important aspect in nursing education literature about clinical nurse educator confidence. Evidence about facilitators and barriers to the development of confidence in clinical teaching in a ... -
To Write, Right? That Is the Scholarly Question
As educators, we want our students to thrive and incorporate research. However, with the influx of informal written communication, scholarly writing has been pushed from the forefront of academia. Though collaboration the ...
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