Leroi, Hermine Badot, Valérie De Keyser, Filip Devinck, Mieke Geusens, Piet Kleimberg, Sandra Swinnen, Carine Roggeman, Chantal
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Rheumatology and therapy
The main objective of this study was to assess the level of nursing support received by biologic-naïve rheumatological patients treated with golimumab during their first cycle. Adult patients (N = 119; aged 46.9 ± 13.4 years (mean ± standard deviation); 49.6% males), with rheumatoid arthritis (N = 40), ankylosing spondylitis (N = 58) or psoriatic a...
Lewis, Joanne
PURPOSE: The purpose of this feasibility study was to explore the use of an online video intervention to prepare surgical patients to properly dispose of unused opioids. SPECIFIC AIMS: Describe the feasibility of recruiting, enrolling, randomizing and retaining participants who recently had a general surgery into the study. Describe the differences...
Gathara, David Zosi, Mathias Serem, George Nzinga, Jacinta Murphy, Georgina A. V. Jackson, Debra Brownie, Sharon English, Mike
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Human Resources for Health
BackgroundThe use of appropriate and relevant nurse-sensitive indicators provides an opportunity to demonstrate the unique contributions of nurses to patient outcomes. The aim of this work was to develop relevant metrics to assess the quality of nursing care in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) where they are scarce.Main bodyWe conducted a s...
Huisman, Bregje A. A. Geijteman, Eric C. T. Dees, Marianne K. Schonewille, Noralie N. Wieles, Margriet van Zuylen, Lia Szadek, Karolina M. van der Heide, Agnes
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BMC Palliative Care
BackgroundPatients in the last phase of their lives often use many medications. Physicians tend to lack awareness that reviewing the usefulness of medication at the end of patients’ lives is important. The aim of this study is to gain insight into the perspectives of patients, informal caregivers, nurses and physicians on the role of nurses in medi...
Nolte, Karen
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Ntm
Dieser Beitrag ist Teil des Forums COVID-19: Perspektiven in den Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften. In der aktuellen COVID-19-Pandemie wird die Bedeutung von professioneller Krankenpflege weithin anerkannt. In der deutschsprachigen und internationalen Forschung ist die Geschichte der Krankenpflege bei Pandemien und Epidemien weitgehend ungeschriebe...
Molassiotis, Alex Wang, Tao Hoang, Huong Thi Xuan Tan, Jing-Yu Yamamoto-Mitani, Noriko Cheng, Karis F. Tuazon, Josefina A. Kunaviktikul, Wipada Suen, Lorna K. P.
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BMC Medical Education
BackgroundThe characteristics of nursing doctoral programs and the doctoral students’ experience have not been thoroughly investigated. Hence, this study aimed to describe the characteristics of nursing doctoral programs in East and South East Asian (ESEA) countries and regions from the views of doctoral program coordinators, and to explore the stu...
Haugan, Gørill Kuven, Britt Moene Eide, Wenche Mjanger Taasen, Siv Eriksen Rinnan, Eva Xi Wu, Vivien Drageset, Jorunn André, Beate
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BMC Geriatrics
BackgroundDue to the shift to an older population worldwide and an increased need for 24-h care, finding new and alternative approaches to increase wellbeing among nursing home (NH) residents is highly warranted. To guide clinical practice in boosting wellbeing among NH residents, knowledge about nurse-patient interaction (NPI), inter- (ST1) and in...
Scheepmans, Kristien Dierckx de Casterlé, Bernadette Paquay, Louis Van Gansbeke, Hendrik Milisen, Koen
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BMC Geriatrics
BackgroundRestraint use is a complex and challenging issue in home care. Due to socio-demographic trends, worldwide home healthcare providers are faced with an increasing demand for restraint use from informal caregivers, patients and healthcare providers, resulting in the use of various types of restraints in home care. Awareness and knowledge of ...
Taulaniemi, Annika Kankaanpää, Markku Rinne, Marjo Tokola, Kari Parkkari, Jari Suni, Jaana H.
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BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation
BackgroundExercise is recommended for the treatment and management of low back pain (LBP) and the prevention of chronicity. Exercise adherence has been only modest in intervention studies among people with musculoskeletal pain. Fear-avoidance beliefs (FABs) are known to affect exercise adherence.The purpose was twofold: to examine which bio-psycho-...
Rubtsova, Anna A Sabbag, Samir Sundermann, Erin Nguyen, Annie L Ellis, Ronald J Moore, David J Letendre, Scott Jeste, Dilip V Marquine, María J
Little is known about the effects of aging-related conditions on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among people living with HIV (PLWH). The purpose of our study was to examine the independent effects of neurocognitive impairment (NCI) and frailty and the interactive effects with HIV serostatus on HRQOL. Our sample consisted of 121 adults (63 P...
