Liu, Li-Ni Miaskowski, Christine Wang, Jong-Shyan Chen, Shin-Cheh Chen, Mei-Ling
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International journal of nursing studies
Obesity is common in women with breast cancer. The risk of obesity-induced metabolic syndrome is higher in Asians than in Caucasians. Excessive body fat accumulation has been associated with a worse prognosis. However, the most popular clinical indicator of obesity is not fat itself, but body mass index (BMI). The purposes of this study were to det...
Norman, Ian
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International journal of nursing studies
Gärtner, Fania R Nieuwenhuijsen, Karen van Dijk, Frank J H Sluiter, Judith K
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International journal of nursing studies
This study aims to inventory aspects of work functioning of nurses and allied health professionals that are affected by common mental disorders. A systematic review of psychological and occupational health literature was performed. A sensitive systematic literature search based on index terms and text words was conducted in four electronic database...
Taylor, Claire Richardson, Alison Cowley, Sarah
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International journal of nursing studies
This article presents the findings of a study about recovery following surgery for colorectal cancer. Most patients diagnosed with this cancer are treated with surgery. Few studies have employed a qualitative approach to examine their experiences and perceptions of recovering from this treatment. The purpose of this study was to discover the proces...
Grau-Alberola, Ester Gil-Monte, Pedro R García-Juesas, Juan Antonio Figueiredo-Ferraz, Hugo
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International journal of nursing studies
Burnout is a psychological response to chronic work-related stress of an interpersonal and emotional nature that appears in professionals in service organizations who work in direct contact with the clients or end-users of the organization. The purpose of this study was to examine the incidence of burnout in a sample of staff nurses. The study was ...
Davison, Colleen M Sochan, Anne Pretorius, Ronel
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International journal of nursing studies
Carroll, Sandra L Arthur, Heather M
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International journal of nursing studies
Increasingly, patients are receiving implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) for prevention of sudden cardiac death. ICDs are implanted for primary prevention (patients at risk for ventricular arrhythmia [PP]) and secondary prevention (patients who have had/survived a sustained ventricular arrhythmia or cardiac arrest [SP]). Few prospective ...
Kottner, Jan Streiner, David L
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Chan, C H Tiwari, A Fong, D Y T Ho, P C
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Post-traumatic stress disorder is one of the most prevalent mental health sequelae of intimate partner violence, and as a result, it has been extensively documented in Western literature. However, whether abused women from non-Western cultures experience similar post-traumatic responses to intimate partner violence is less documented. The objective...
Beckstead, Jason W
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