Is arm span an accurate measure of height in young and middle-age adults?

abstract：:The addition of wheat fiber in the diet of post-surgical orthopedic patients as a means of preventing constipation was studied using a quasi-experimental design. It was hypothesized that a 20 gm supplement of All Bran and natural bran would promote spontaneous bowel movements, reduce the incidence of constipation, and...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： Ouellet LL,Turner TR,Pond S,McLaughlin H,Knorr S

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effective parenting is vital for intellectual, physical, social, and emotional development of a child. This study examined the differences between the parenting dimensions of deaf children and healthy ones. The sample of the study consisted of 292 children and their parents (146 of them deaf children and 146 of them h...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： Ekim A,Ocakci AF

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our goal was to reduce the number of modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) through providing lifestyle adjustment training and counseling to patients with type 2 diabetes. In this pre-post intervention study, 139 patients with diabetes were provided with training to reduce the modifiable risks of CV...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： Bayındır Çevik A,Özcan Ş,Satman İ

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Positive social and care interactions are vital to understand and successfully accomplish the daily care needs of the residents in assisted living (AL) and optimize their quality of life. The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the staff-resident interactions in AL. This descriptive analysis utilized bas...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： Paudel A,Galik E,Resnick B,Doran K,Boltz M,Zhu S

更新日期：2020-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Self-management decision making places significant cognitive demands on individuals with heart failure (HF). Before theoretically valid decision supports can be developed, a better understanding of underlying decision characteristics is needed. The purpose of this preliminary study was to describe sources of self-mana...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： Hicks FD,Holm K

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:People with cognitive impairment often require assistance with activities of daily living. It is when providing assistance with these activities that many caregivers experience behaviors that have been categorized as disruptive or problematic and called resistiveness to care. These behaviors are considered to be a sou...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： Spigelmyer PC,Hupcey J,Kitko L

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a need to develop nonpharmacological treatments and methods which can serve as alternatives or complements to medications in dementia care. Previous research indicates that animal-assisted intervention (AAI) can be beneficial. The purpose of the present pilot project was to evaluate effects of AAI on quality ...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： Nordgren L,Engström G

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patient falls cause economic loss in hospitals, as well as patient injuries. This study aimed to calculate the additional hospital cost and length of stay (LOS) due to fall-related serious injuries and to identify the determining factors for both outcomes. A matched case-control design was used in the study. It was co...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： Baris VK,Intepeler SS,Yeginboy EY

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to describe patients' experience during and after coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention. Data were collected by interviews with 14 patients. A qualitative content analysis approach was used. Four main categories were identified that describe patients' experience of t...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： Lundén MH,Bengtson A,Lundgren SM

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study presents an integrative review of published research articles on positive health practices (PHP) as defined by Muhlenkamp and Brown. Using Cooper's guidelines for accomplishing an integrative review, 29 relevant studies concerning PHP were located, reviewed, and critiqued; theoretical and methodological iss...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： Cannella BL,Scoloveno MA

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this prospective study was to investigate the predictors of choosing mode of delivery (MOD) among Iranian urban women applying the socio-ecological model. In 2015, a convenient sample of 530 pregnant women in urban regions of Urmia, Iran, was recruited to complete a socio-ecological approach-based questionn...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： Bakhtari F,Nadrian H,Matlabi H,Sarbakhsh P,Bidar M

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Women frequently fail to recognize that coronary heart disease (CHD), not breast cancer, is the primary cause of female mortality. CHD mortality among U.S. mainland Puerto Rican (PR) women is second only to African American women. It is unknown what PR women understand about their risk, what factors they believe contr...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： Lange J,Evans-Benard S,Cooper J,Fahey E,Kalapos M,Tice D,Wang-D'Amato N,Watsky N

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An experimental study was done to determine whether subjects placed on boomerang pillows would have lower vital capacities than subjects placed on straight pillows after 30 minutes. A sample of 42 subjects took part in the study in a nursing laboratory. A crossover design was used in which subjects were measured in bo...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： Roberts KL,Brittin M,Cook MA,deClifford J

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this qualitative study was to develop a pro-active psycho-educational intervention program for Alzheimer's family caregivers following diagnostic disclosure. Based on a theoretical model of role transitions and a participatory approach, the study comprised four steps: (a) exploring caregiver needs; (b) ...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： Ducharme F,Beaudet L,Legault A,Kergoat MJ,Lévesque L,Caron C

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article details two studies of the reliability and validity of three instruments to measure body image and suggestions for their use in interventions for weight control programs. Weight control programs often fail because there is no attempt to modify clients' negative body images; hence clients may regain weight...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： Popkess-Vawter S,Banks N

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Individuals with chronic renal failure generally have strict dietary guidelines. This descriptive study was designed to identify the relationship between sources of social support and dietary management by Japanese hemodialysis patients. A self-administered questionnaire was completed by a convenience sample of 325 ad...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： Oka M,Chaboyer W

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine whether drinks containing caffeine and theophylline cause more fluid loss than equivalent amounts of non-xanthine drinks, a convenience sample of 30 adults between the ages of 57 and 81 was selected. Subjects were picked for 2 groups: those who had developed tolerance to these xanthines and used them free...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： Martof MT,Knox DK

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite suggestions in the literature that depression has serious consequences, few studies have examined specific health and psychosocial outcomes of depression in Black single mothers. The purpose of this study was to estimate paths in a just-identified theoretical model of outcomes of depression for Black single mo...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： Atkins RL

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between social support and positive health practices in early adolescents and to test two variables, depression and optimism, that mediate this relationship. The final sample included 128 adolescents, ages 12 to 14, who responded to instruments measuring social...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： Mahon NE,Yarcheski A,Yarcheski TJ,Hanks MM

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Korea, delirium risk screening has not been routinely implemented in intensive care units (ICUs). The purpose of this study was to implement an Automatic Prediction of Delirium in Intensive Care Units (APREDEL-ICU) system to investigate its impact on nursing-sensitive outcomes and to assess nurse satisfaction with ...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： Cho HY,Song X,Piao J,Jin Y,Lee SM

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although researchers have identified the presence of resident abuse within long-term carefacilities, it has not come under the same scrutiny as have other aspects of abuse against older adults. This is due, in part, to the difficulty in defining the phenomenon. The purpose of this study was to articulate a definition ...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： Hirst SP

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of antenatal education on birth fear, depression, anxiety, stress, childbirth self-efficacy, and mode of delivery in primiparous pregnant women. This is a single-blind, prospective, randomized controlled trial, in which we applied the Consolidated Standards of R...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： Çankaya S,Şimşek B

更新日期：2020-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Evaluation of the Caring Assessment Tool (CAT) is essential for its use in the monitoring and ongoing improvement of patient-nurse relationships. This descriptive, prospective study evaluated the dimensionality and internal reliability of the instrument in a sample of hospitalized adults. In addition, reduction of ite...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： Duffy JR,Brewer BB,Weaver MT

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As the population is aging, strategies for helping older people to maintain and promote good health and well-being are needed. This study aims to assess whether depressive symptomatology and spirituality are associated with subjective well-being in older adults when controlled for sociodemographic variables. Furthermo...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： Soósová MS,Timková V,Dimunová L,Mauer B

更新日期：2021-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Although cognitive dysfunction is related to type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), the concept has not yet been well defined. The purpose of this study was to define the concept of cognitive dysfunction in persons with T2DM and examine its defining attributes, antecedents, and consequences. Literature was retrieved from 20...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： Liu T,Lee JE,Wang J,Ge S,Li C

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven children, with a variety of disabilities, who had experienced chronic constipation, participated in a study of the use of Fruitlax, a natural laxative. Using an AB single-subject design, data were collected for each child for a baseline period A (2 weeks) and for an intervention period B (minimum of 3 weeks), wh...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： Day RA,Monsma M

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this descriptive ethnography, a typology of consumers of institutional respite care and phases of respite care were formulated from the data collected over a 1-year period at a 24-bed hospital-based skilled nursing facility in the western United States. The sample was drawn from facility billing records, which veri...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： Smyer T,Chang BL

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary purpose of this quasi-experimental research is to observe health care workers' compliance with hand-hygiene guidelines during patient care in an intensive care unit in Ireland before (pretest) and after (posttest) implementation of a multifaceted hand-hygiene program. Health care workers' attitudes, belief...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： Creedon SA

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This ethnographic study examines the experiences of health care providers (HCPs) and advocates implementing intimate partner violence (IPV) screening and interventions in their health care organizations. Numerous policies and protocols have been developed to improve the response of HCPs to survivors of IPV. Typically ...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： D'Avolio DA

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A longitudinal study with a phenomenological approach revealed mismatched perceptions between caregivers and women in high-risk perinatal care. The participants were 27 women, 20 of which were recruited during a high-risk pregnancy and 7 who were recruited following the birth of a high-risk newborn. Interviews and dia...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： Stainton MC

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00