Receiving inconclusive genetic test results: an interpretive description of the BRCA1/2 experience.

abstract：:Many new mothers discontinue breastfeeding prematurely because of difficulties encountered rather than maternal choice. Research has shown that a significant predictor of breastfeeding duration is a mother's confidence in her ability to breastfeed. To measure breastfeeding confidence, the Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy S...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Creedy DK,Dennis CL,Blyth R,Moyle W,Pratt J,De Vries SM

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differences in distress within couples who have experienced the sudden death of a child were examined. Results from two independent samples (N = 50 couples and N = 60 couples) were compared. The SCL-90-R and the BSI were used to measure global psychological distress and distress in nine symptom dimensions. Paired t te...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Moriarty HJ,Carroll R,Cotroneo M

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adequate physical activity is associated with improved sleep in adults. Such associations, however, vary greatly across studies in pediatric populations, with no studies involving infants found in the literature. This prospective observational study was designed, therefore, to examine the association between physical ...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Wang YC,Chen LC,Tung YC,Lee CC,Tsai SY

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As many as 50% of end-stage cancer patients will develop ascites and associated symptoms, including pain, tiredness, nausea, depression, anxiety, drowsiness, loss of appetite, dyspnea, perceived abdominal bloating, and immobility. Abdominal massage may stimulate lymph return to the venous system and reduce ascites-rel...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Wang TJ,Wang HM,Yang TS,Jane SW,Huang TH,Wang CH,Lin YH

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to develop and validate an instrument, the Preferences for Care near the End of Life (PCEOL) scale. Following a literature review and using the domain-referenced approach and a test grid, a large pool of items was generated to reflect five dimensions of preferences for care near the end o...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Gauthier DM,Froman RD

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purposes of this study were to compare pulmonary artery, oral, axillary, and two tympanic temperatures and test agreement between measures of pulmonary artery and tympanic temperatures in a convenience sample of 32 Intensive Care Unit patients. The correlation coefficients for pulmonary artery and oral, axillary, ...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Lattavo K,Britt J,Dobal M

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A meta-analysis was conducted to quantify the impact of exercise interventions on the functional status of older adults. Searches of Medline and CINAHL databases revealed 19 randomized controlled trials reporting 30 interventions (n = 2,201). Fixed- and random-effects models were used to estimate overall mean effect s...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Gu MO,Conn VS

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality for adults in the US, regardless of ethnicity. A cross-sectional correlational design was used to describe and compare CVD risk and cardiac mortality in White Hispanic and non-Hispanic women and men. Data from 3,317 individuals (1,523 women and 1,794 men) ...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Cohn T,Miller A,Fogg L,Braun LT,Coke L

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to describe and examine the lifestyle physical activity behaviors (household, leisure, occupational) of older rural women. Background characteristics included demographics, environment, social support, and health. Intrapersonal characteristics included motivation and self-efficacy. The ma...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Plonczynski DJ,Wilbur J,Larson JL,Thiede K

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although coronary heart disease (CHD) requires a significant amount of self-care, there are no instruments available to measure self-care in this population. The purpose of this study was to test the psychometric properties of the Self-Care of Coronary Heart Disease Inventory (SC-CHDI). Using the Self-Care of Chronic ...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Vaughan Dickson V,Lee CS,Yehle KS,Mola A,Faulkner KM,Riegel B

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Specification of variables that reflect organizational processes can add an important dimension to the investigation of outcomes. However, many contextual variables are conceptualized at a macro unit of analysis and may not be amenable to direct measurement. In these situations, proxy measurement is obtained by treati...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Hughes LC,Preski S

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anger expression modes were examined in a diverse sample of mid-life men and women (N = 139) participating in the third phase of a longitudinal study of health that began in 1982 at the World's Fair and a metropolitan general hospital in Tennessee. Contrary to previous studies, men and women did not differ in the like...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Thomas SP

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reports the use of higher-order factor analysis to examine the underlying dimensions of an instrument designed to measure community acceptance of nurse practitioners/physician's assistants. The instrument consisted of both dichotomous and Likert scale items. Use of factor analysis with dichotomous data is...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Baldwin KA,Grinslade MS,Baer LC,Watts P,Dinger MK,McCubbin J

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this article is to show that Collins and Fielder (1981) misinterpreted Beckstrand's (1978a, 1978b, 1980) thesis, and to criticize their argument against the idea that theory in nursing can be borrowed from the existing body of scientific and ethical knowledge. Collins and Fielder employed a question-beg...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Beckstrand J

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is widely thought that low staffing levels are associated with higher risk of psychiatric inpatient violence. The purpose of this study was to determine whether odds of an injurious assault are higher in months in which unit staffing levels are higher or lower relative to unit average, using a design allowing each ...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Staggs VS

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this paper is to describe the approaches and recruitment strategies of a study focused on the impact of coal fly ash on neurobehavioral performance among children living in proximity to coal-burning power plants. Challenges encountered with each recruitment approach are highlighted as well as solutions ...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Odoh C,Sears CG,Tompkins LK,Hagemeyer AN,Pfeiffer JA,Polivka BJ,Sears L,Brock GN,Zhang C,Zierold KM

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purposes of this study were to discover the essences of the experience of waiting, to provide new knowledge about what it is like to wait, and to contribute to nursing knowledge. Participants were 12 persons who were family members or friends of persons in an adult critical care unit. The Parse research method was...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Bournes DA,Mitchell GJ

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Morbidity and mortality associated with smoking are major health problems. Nurses play an instrumental role in tobacco reduction, but their own smoking often interferes with this clinical opportunity. We conducted a grounded theory study with 23 nurses who smoked to describe how they managed the contradictions encount...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Radsma J,Bottorff JL

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-1 (IL-1) and tumor necrosis factor (TNF) are immunoregulatory cytokines that mediate many aspects of the acute phase response to infection and injury. It has been hypothesized that these cytokines mediate the onset of the cachexia-anorexia syndrome with tumor growth. The anorexigenic effects of IL-1 are me...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： McCarthy DO

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Telehealth distance health care is a significant resource for young, chronically ill patient populations given their numerous medical complexities and their concomitant depression and/or suicide ideation experiences. This manuscript shares the telehealth methods used to prepare for a larger study of interventions for ...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Wright S,Thompson N,Yadrich D,Bruce A,Bonar JRM,Spaulding R,Smith CE

更新日期：2020-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of intensity controlled exercise on the aerobic capacity of overweight, middle-aged women. Thirty-eight moderately overweight women, ages 35-57, participated in a 16-week dance-exercise program. Random assignment was made to an experimental group (n = 20) in which ...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Gillett PA,Eisenman PA

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we examined the association between job demands (JD), job resources (JR), and serum levels of a possible biomarker of stress, the pro-inflammatory cytokine interleukin-6 (IL-6). According to the buffer hypothesis of the Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) model, we expected that job resources-defined as job aut...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Falco A,Dal Corso L,Girardi D,De Carlo A,Comar M

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on a theory of care seeking, the influences of psychosocial variables (anxiety, utility beliefs, norm, and habit) and facilitators (e.g., an identified practitioner) on care-seeking behavior with a breast cancer symptom were examined. Also, the influences of variables not identified by the theory (e.g., optimism...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Lauver D

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nurses caring for elderly patients often need to select support surfaces that reduce the likelihood of pressure ulcers, but there is little information about the effectiveness of different support surfaces. This randomized trial compared two support surfaces and investigated patient attributes related to the risk of d...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Kemp MG,Kopanke D,Tordecilla L,Fogg L,Shott S,Matthiesen V,Johnson B

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this quasi-experimental pilot study was to compare the effect of patient-controlled (PCAE) and nurse administered (NCAE) antiemetic therapy for controlling chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in patients receiving moderate emetogenic chemotherapy. Twenty subjects were randomly assigned to either th...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Edwards JN,Herman JA,Wallace BK,Pavy MD,Harrison-Pavy J

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interviews were conducted with 100 adults (27 men, 73 women) enrolled in a prepaid medical health plan to investigate their use of botanical remedies. They were asked which of 50 listed herbs they or members of their families had used for health purposes and with what effect; which of 60 listed health problems they ha...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Brown JS,Marcy SA

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) is an overlooked problem in full-term infants with birth weights greater than 2,500 g. Birth weight less than the 10th percentile underestimates the presence of IUGR. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of IUGR in full-term infants and to identify sociodemog...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Steward DK,Moser DK

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the relationships among functional performance and three symptoms--dyspnea, fatigue, and sleep difficulty--in a sample of 100 people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). All participants had an FEV(1) 60% or less of the predicted level for age, sex, and height. Consistent with the Theory of Un...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Reishtein JL

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Researchers across disciplines have recognized considerable individual variation among caregivers in their response to the experiences of caregiving. One explanation for individual variation is that caregivers make different meanings from caregiving even under externally similar circumstances. This paper describes fin...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Ayres L

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although several definitions and categorizations of home environmental modification strategies exist, previous researchers have not addressed whether the conceptualizations developed by clinicians and researchers match the way families think about how they modify the home environment in order to provide care to frail ...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Messecar DC,Archbold PG,Stewart BJ,Kirschling J

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00