A walking program for outpatients in psychiatric rehabilitation: pilot study.

abstract：:Delirium is a serious complication of acute illness. Little is known, however, regarding the neurobiology of delirium, largely due to challenges in studying the complex inpatient population. Neuroimaging is one noninvasive method that can be used to study structural and functional brain abnormalities associated with d...

journal_title：Biological research for nursing

authors： Kalvas LB,Monroe TB

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to examine whether the hepatitis B seroconversion rates in a small sample of subjects reflected that of the published rates, regardless of HIV status, after a hepatitis B vaccination series was completed while following strict vaccine protocols. The study, which had a nonexperimental, cor...

journal_title：Biological research for nursing

authors： Lithgow D,Cole C

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Depression increases the risk of adverse cardiac events. Cardiovascular reactivity is defined as the pattern of cardiovascular responses to mental stress. An altered pattern of cardiovascular reactivity is an indicator of subsequent cardiovascular disease. Because depression and adverse cardiac events may have a dose-...

journal_title：Biological research for nursing

authors： Wang MY,Chiu CH,Lee HC,Su CT,Tsai PS

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Benefits of daily physical activity are well known, but there are limited data to describe physical activity in heart failure patients who receive cardiac resynchronization therapy devices. The purpose of this pilot study was to evaluate changes in physical activity (PA) levels before and 3 months after Cardiac Resync...

journal_title：Biological research for nursing

authors： Sherry D,Knight BP,Casey C,Larson J,Hacker ED,Quinn LT,Wang E,Collins EG

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study used a candidate gene approach to examine genomic variation associated with pain, anxiety, and distress in children undergoing a medical procedure. STUDY DESIGN:Children aged 4-10 years having an IV catheter insertion were recruited from three Midwestern children's hospitals. Self-report measures ...

journal_title：Biological research for nursing

authors： Ersig AL,Schutte DL,Standley J,Leslie E,Zimmerman B,Kleiber C,Hanrahan K,Murray JC,McCarthy AM

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For precision health care to be successful, an in-depth understanding of the biological mechanisms for symptom development and severity is essential. Omics-based research approaches facilitate identification of the biological underpinnings of symptoms. We reviewed literature for omics-based approaches and exemplar sym...

journal_title：Biological research for nursing

authors： McCall MK,Stanfill AG,Skrovanek E,Pforr JR,Wesmiller SW,Conley YP

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Larger veins are associated with a higher rate of success of peripheral intravenous cannulation. Although patient position affects venodilation during central venous cannulation, the association between patient position and vein size for peripheral intravenous cannulation remains unclear. PURPOSE:We examine...

journal_title：Biological research for nursing

authors： Yamagami Y,Inoue T

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Depression and inflammation are concomitantly elevated in patients with lung cancer and may have collective survival implications. However, the longitudinal relationship between depression and inflammation in patients with metastatic lung cancer is not fully appreciated. We hypothesized that longitudinal cha...

journal_title：Biological research for nursing

authors： McFarland DC,Miller AH,Nelson C

更新日期：2020-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Current medical technology permits the early detection of risk factors for coronary artery disease (CAD) in adults, and interventions are available to prevent CAD-related morbidity and mortality. The goal of this study was to determine the effectiveness of a Qigong exercise intervention in improving biomarker levels a...

journal_title：Biological research for nursing

authors： Hung HM,Yeh SH,Chen CH

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:People with schizophrenia have a higher prevalence of obesity than the general population. Many people with this illness struggle with weight gain, due, in part, to medications and other factors that act as obstacles to exercise and healthy eating. Several studies have shown the benefits of behavioral weight loss prog...

journal_title：Biological research for nursing

authors： Warren KR,Ball MP,Feldman S,Liu F,McMahon RP,Kelly DL

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Military personnel experience posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which is associated with differential DNA methylation across the whole genome. However, the relationship between these DNA methylation patterns and clinically relevant increases in PTSD severity is not yet clearly understood. The purpose of this study...

journal_title：Biological research for nursing

authors： Martin C,Cho YE,Kim H,Yun S,Kanefsky R,Lee H,Mysliwiec V,Cashion A,Gill J

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Postpartum depression (PPD) affects at least 10% to 15% of postpartum women, including more than 600,000 American mothers in 2003 alone. Dramatic changes in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) system in the transition from pregnancy to postpartum coupled with research on the psychobiology of depression provided t...

journal_title：Biological research for nursing

authors： Jolley SN,Elmore S,Barnard KE,Carr DB

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In recent years, researchers have noted an "obesity paradox," where individuals with obesity survive sepsis at higher rates than their nonobese counterparts. This systematic review summarizes the literature on studies examining the association between obesity and 1-year mortality among patients admitted with se...

journal_title：Biological research for nursing

authors： Robinson J,Swift-Scanlan T,Salyer J

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interpretation of changes in health and health care utilization patterns across the life span depends on an understanding of the effects of age, period, and cohort. The purpose of this article is to illustrate differences among three generations of women in demographic factors, health risk factors, and health status i...

journal_title：Biological research for nursing

authors： Lucke JC,Brown W,Tooth L,Loxton D,Byles J,Spallek M,Powers J,Hockey R,Pachana NA,Dobson A

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of obesity and obesity-related illnesses is higher among Hispanics (Latinos) than other racial and ethnic groups, and rates increase exponentially with the number of years living in the United States. Mounting evidence suggests that the origins of many chronic illnesses among disadvantaged minority grou...

journal_title：Biological research for nursing

authors： D'Alonzo KT,Johnson S,Fanfan D

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Although the roles of testosterone and cortisol in various health problems have been extensively investigated, little is known about their associations with health outcomes in mothers and their very-low-birthweight (VLBW) infants when maternal testosterone and cortisol are examined together during the postpar...

journal_title：Biological research for nursing

authors： Cho J,Su X,Holditch-Davis D

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite high efficacy rates, significant costs and logistical challenges associated with procuring stool from healthy donors for fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) have presented barriers to broader institutional adoption and limited the availability of this life-saving treatment. Published outcomes for donor scre...

journal_title：Biological research for nursing

authors： Dubois NE,Read CY,O'Brien K,Ling K

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Listening to soothing music has been used as a complementary therapy to improve sleep quality. However, there is no empirical evidence for the effects of music videos (MVs) on sleep quality in adults with insomnia as assessed by polysomnography (PSG). In this randomized crossover controlled trial, we compared the effe...

journal_title：Biological research for nursing

authors： Lai HL,Chang ET,Li YM,Huang CY,Lee LH,Wang HM

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The psychophysiological phenomenon of pain is of tremendous concern to nurses because of its potential to adversely affect the mental, emotional, and physical health of patients. Increasingly appreciated is the ability of pain to influence immune variables including enumerative and functional measures of leukocyte sub...

journal_title：Biological research for nursing

authors： Griffis CA,Compton P,Doering L

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preterm birth (PTB; spontaneous delivery prior to 37 weeks gestation) affects one out of eight infants born in the United States and is the most common cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality. Although the pathogenesis of PTB is multifactorial, a growing body of literature supports the hypothesis that one cause of P...

journal_title：Biological research for nursing

authors： Lyon D,Cheng CY,Howland L,Rattican D,Jallo N,Pickler R,Brown L,McGrath J

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scientists and clinicians frequently use immunological methods (IMs) to investigate complex biological phenomena. Commonly used IMs include immunocytochemistry (IC), enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) and flow cytometry. Each of these methodologies exploits a common principle in IMs -the binding of an antibody...

journal_title：Biological research for nursing

authors： Morrison HW,Downs CA

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the last 10 years, interest in the analysis of saliva as a biomarker for a variety of systemic diseases or for potential disease has soared. There are numerous advantages to using saliva as a biological fluid, particularly for nurse researchers working with vulnerable populations, such as frail older adults. Most...

journal_title：Biological research for nursing

authors： Woods DL,Mentes JC

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytokines such as angiogenin (ANG) and interleukin (IL-8) have been shown to be related to depressive symptoms and inflammatory diseases like coronary heart disease. They may thus be used as stress biomarkers to identify and prevent health problems. To investigate the relationship between cytokines and nurses' job-rel...

journal_title：Biological research for nursing

authors： Fukuda H,Ichinose T,Kusama T,Yoshidome A,Anndow K,Akiyoshi N,Shibamoto T

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fatigue is the most frequently reported symptom by cancer patients. Many of these patients perceive fatigue as the most distressing symptom associated with their illness because it imposes limitations on their physical activity level. Skeletal muscle wasting, which occurs as part of cancer cachexia, is one of the mech...

journal_title：Biological research for nursing

authors： al-Majid S,McCarthy DO

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The purpose of this paper is to review the techniques and implications of laser capture microdissection (LCM) to isolate tissue and DNA of interest using breast biopsy tissue as an example. BACKGROUND:Tissues are a heterogeneous mix of different cell types, and molecular alterations are often specific to a single ...

journal_title：Biological research for nursing

authors： Zanni KL,Chan GK

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this pilot study was to investigate selected stress, immune, and growth consequences of maternal separation and separation with supplemental stroking in neonatal BALB/c infant mice and their dams. Three groups of 5 litters each (7 pups per litter) were studied. Control litters were undisturbed. Separate...

journal_title：Biological research for nursing

authors： Groër MW,Hill J,Wilkinson JE,Stuart A

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research that uses a psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) framework seeks to determine whether valid associations exist among stress, immune function, and health. These associations are difficult to conclusively determine due to the fact that PNI research is fraught with methodological difficulties. These difficulties arise fr...

journal_title：Biological research for nursing

authors： Robinson FP,Mathews HL,Witek-Janusek L

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to compare physiological and psychological reactions among Taiwanese women with different degrees of severity of nausea and vomiting (NV) during pregnancy. Based on their scores on the Index of Nausea, Vomiting, and Retching (INVR), 59 pregnant women ≥ 18 years of age, with single gestati...

journal_title：Biological research for nursing

authors： Chou FH,Chan TF,Chin CC,Chen YL,Shen CJ,Kuo SH

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Insulin resistance plays a determinant role in the development of metabolic syndrome in adolescents. The objective of the present study was to determine the influence of factors commonly associated with insulin resistance in a sample of adolescents. METHODS:This cross-sectional study included 976 adolescent...

journal_title：Biological research for nursing

authors： González-Jiménez E,Schmidt-RioValle J,Montero-Alonso MA,Padez C,García-García CJ,Perona JS

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine the effects of exercise and vitamin E supplementation on oxidative stress in older adults, 59 participants, age 76.3 +/- 4.2 years, were randomly assigned to 1 of 4 groups: an exercise group taking placebos (EGP) or vitamin E (EGE) or a sedentary group taking placebos (SGP) or vitamin E (SGE). Measures incl...

journal_title：Biological research for nursing

authors： Jessup JV,Horne C,Yarandi H,Quindry J

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00