Status of natural disaster victims' health and recovery 1 and 3 years later.

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to explore ethnic and generational influences among Chinese, Filipino, and Euro American adolescents on emotional distress and risk behaviors. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses were conducted with 216 Chinese, 387 Filipino, and 400 Euro American adolescents from the National Longi...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Willgerodt MA,Thompson EA

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Content experts frequently are used in the judgment-quantification stage of content validation of instruments. However, errors in instrumentation may arise when important steps in selecting and using these experts are not carefully planned. The systematic process of choosing, orienting, and using content experts in th...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Grant JS,Davis LL

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Generalizability theory (GT), an approach to estimating measurement dependability, offers researchers the ability to assess comprehensively various sources of measurement error simultaneously. Application of GT identifies the conditions that contribute most substantially to error and offers remedies to enhance dependa...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Burns KJ

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this article, we illustrate a new method for random selection and random assignment that we developed in a pilot study for a randomized clinical trial. The randomization database is supported by a commonly available spreadsheet. Formulas were written for randomizing participants and for creating a "shadow" system t...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Padhye NS,Cron SG,Gusick GM,Hamlin SK,Hanneman SK

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this project was to compare characteristics and factors that distinguished those individuals (n = 101) who participated in a worksite wellness program from those who did not (n = 100). This project was unique in that the majority of subjects were bluecollar workers. Factor analysis of a 35-item questionnair...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Alexy BB

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our purpose in this study was to describe Black adolescent mothers' decisions regarding condom use and non-use with their male sex partners, including their children's fathers. Research on partner type and condom use has been insufficiently focused on understanding the specific influence that the biological father of ...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Nelson LE,Morrison-Beedy D,Kearney MH,Dozier A

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A self-regulation theory of how patients cope with events that occur during physical illness that has received substantial support from research is described. The theory challenges some traditional thinking about providing patients information and patients' emotional responses to threatening health care events. The us...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Johnson JE

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixth and seventh graders (N = 2,020) were surveyed to determine the prevalence of smokeless tobacco (SLT) use and peer and parental influences on SLT use. Nearly 34% of boys and 12% of girls had used SLT at some time, and 8% of boys and 1% of girls were current users. While most associations were significant, the str...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Hill ME,Harrell JS,McCormick LK

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Findings are reported from a prospective study of 20 persons on the experience of providing informal care to partners or family members with HIV syndrome. In-depth, focused interviews were completed. Data were initially coded using an inductive technique and thematically analyzed. The informal care providers were foun...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Reynolds NR,Alonzo AA

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nicotine dependence is a complex phenomenon involving behavioral, biological, and pharmacological components that influence smoking cessation rates. The purpose of this study was to characterize the multidimensional aspects of nicotine dependence and cigarette smoking topography behaviors among Black and White women s...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Ahijevych K,Gillespie J

更新日期：1997-12-01 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：:The development and testing of a multidimensional instrument to assess the reactions of family members caring for elderly persons with physical impairments, Alzheimer's disease, and cancer is reported. Forty items were administered to a sample of 377 caregivers of persons with physical impairments and Alzheimer's dise...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Given CW,Given B,Stommel M,Collins C,King S,Franklin S

更新日期：1992-08-01 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 Brazelton Neonatal Assessment Scale (BNAS) was administered to 19 newborns, and their fathers completed the Broussard Neonatal Perception Inventory (NPl-l); at 1 year of age, the infants' fathers and mothers completed the Perception of Baby Temperament (PBT) scale. The 19 infants were first born, full-term, and th...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Jones C,Parks P

更新日期：1983-12-01 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：:High-density lipoprotein (HDL) may decrease organ injury in sepsis. This study was designed using an animal model to mimic people who had a high HDL level and to test HDL effects on preventing organ damage in endotoxemia. Endotoxemia was induced by an infusion of lipopolysac-charide (LPS) after HDL or LDL administrati...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Lee RP,Lin NT,Chao YF,Lin CC,Harn HJ,Chen HI

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the NCAST Feeding, Teaching, and HOME Scales, we tested 37 high-risk infants matched with 37 healthy infants on gender, race, and socioeconomic status. All infants were 8 months old. A one-to-one matched case-control design was used to determine whether increased risk of impaired mother-infant interaction was as...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Farel AM,Freeman VA,Keenan NL,Huber CJ

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper three categories of variables were identified to predict spouses' reactions to caregiving roles: patient characteristics, the caregiving environment, and characteristics of the caregiver. Measures of these variables were administered to 159 spouse caregivers. Four domains of caregivers' responses were id...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Given B,Stommel M,Collins C,King S,Given CW

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In spite of extensive research on cancer and the family, little is known about the process of taking on the caregiving role when a family member is diagnosed with cancer. Family caregiver role acquisition was investigated in a grounded theory study of 19 family caregivers and 20 persons with cancer, interviewed across...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Schumacher KL

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Registered nurses (N = 323) working in a 500-bed tertiary care hospital in a large midwestern city were surveyed to determine what and how they initially learned about the medical devices they use, and the consequences of their use. The most frequently identified methods of initial learning were trial and error (taugh...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： McConnell EA

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A postpartum measure, What Being the Parent of a New Baby is Like, was administered to explore the development of maternal role for mothers (N = 76) at 1, 3, 4 1/2, and 6 months postpartum. Individual differences were relatively stable across time and accounted for much more variance than time effects. Mean scores on ...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Grace JT

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is an increasing awareness of the need to examine data distribution or assumptions prior to performing statistical analyses. If the data display evidence of violating assumption(s), the researcher can perform data transformation. This article focuses on explaining data transformations, discussing common transfor...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Ferketich S,Verran J

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Factors associated with the attempted length, disturbance, effectiveness, and nap supplementation of sleep were analyzed in 97 patients recovering from cardiac surgery a few days before hospital discharge. Patients rated sleep for the prior night and factors that impaired their sleep after transfer from the critical c...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Simpson T,Lee ER,Cameron C

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purposes of this study were to examine shift-related differences in chronic fatigue and the contributions of sleep quality, anxiety, and depression to chronic fatigue among a random nationwide sample (N = 142) of female critical care nurses. Twenty-three percent of this sample met criteria for clinical depression....

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Ruggiero JS

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this analysis was to identify the association between incontinence-associated dermatitis (IAD), its most important etiologic factors (incontinence and moisture), and pressure ulcers (PUs). A systematic review and meta-analysis were performed. We searched Medline, Embase, CINAHL, Web of Science, and the Coch...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Beeckman D,Van Lancker A,Van Hecke A,Verhaeghe S

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to test how patients' psychiatric diagnoses would affect nursing care for medical problems. Sixty nurses were randomly assigned to three groups in this posttest-only experiment. Control group nurses read a vignette describing a man admitted with a possible myocardial infarction (MI). Nonpsychot...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： McDonald DD,Frakes M,Apostolidis B,Armstrong B,Goldblatt S,Bernardo D

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perceptions and attitudes toward nursing impairment held by 1,047 registered nurses were examined. Factor analysis of the 32 Likert-type items in an original survey questionnaire revealed an underlying structure of nine dimensions characterizing attitudes toward impairment. Analyses of variance and covariance gave evi...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Hendrix MJ,Sabritt D,McDaniel A,Field B

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined African American women's representations/beliefs about mental illness, preferred coping behaviors if faced with mental illness, whether perceived stigma was associated with treatment-seeking, and if so, whether it was related to beliefs and coping preference, and whether these variables differed by age gro...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Ward EC,Heidrich SM

更新日期：2009-10-01 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：: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