abstract：BACKGROUND:With improved survival and the transformation in the course of cystic fibrosis (CF), there is a need to develop interventions to help children balance the physiologic and functional health demands of CF with psychosocial and developmental needs before the downward trajectory of CF intensifies in adolescence....

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Christian BJ,D'Auria JP

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tobacco use continues to be the leading cause of preventable death in the United States, causing approximately 440,000 deaths a year. Even with significant progress in the last decades, there are over 45 million smokers in the United States. Despite the efficacy of nurses in providing tobacco cessation interventions, ...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Sarna L,Bialous SA

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Measurement of health-related quality of life (QOL) over time often yields results that may be difficult to understand. Patients may change their internal standards of QOL as a result of adaptation to deteriorating health, a phenomenon referred to as response shift. OBJECTIVES:To examine changes in internal...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Broberger E,Sprangers M,Tishelman C

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Individuals with cancer receiving chemotherapy suffer deterioration in physical functioning due to symptoms arising from the cancer disease process and its treatment. OBJECTIVES:To determine if age, chronic health conditions (comorbidity), stage of cancer, depressive symptomatology, symptom limitations, sex...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Doorenbos A,Given B,Given C,Verbitsky N

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Nursing Work Index (NWI) provided the foundation for three published instruments, each presented as a valid measure of the nursing practice environment. Aiken and Patrician [Aiken, L. H., & Patrician, P. A. (2000). Measuring organizational traits of hospitals: The Revised Nursing Work Index. Nursing Rese...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Cummings GG,Hayduk L,Estabrooks CA

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:No research was found that compared quality of life (QOL) outcomes of prostate cancer patients receiving intensity-modulated radiation therapies with prostate cancer patients receiving radical prostatectomy. OBJECTIVES:To (a) describe differences in QOL before and after three types of treatment for prostate...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Eller LS,Lev EL,Gejerman G,Colella J,Esposito M,Lanteri V,Scheuch J,Munver R,Lane P,Junchaya C,Alves L,Galli B,Watson R,Sawczuk I

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is no rigorously developed and empirically validated screening tool to identify, early in the hospital stay, those adults who will use specialized hospital discharge planning services. OBJECTIVES:To develop and validate a screen using hospital admission clinical data that discriminates between adults ...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Holland DE,Harris MR,Leibson CL,Pankratz VS,Krichbaum KE

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Incidence of vascular complications (VCs) after sheath removal following a percutaneous coronary intervention procedure (PCIP) vary widely by the compression method used to achieve femoral artery hemostasis. OBJECTIVE:To determine if one groin compression method causes the least discomfort and distress for ...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Chlan LL,Sabo J,Savik K

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The association between elevated levels of triglycerides and insulin may be weaker in African American women (AAW) than in women of other groups, leading to under diagnosis of the metabolic syndrome (MetS) in AAW when using the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) criteria, as those criteria do not ...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Appel SJ,Floyd NA,Giger JN,Weaver MT,Luo H,Hannah T,Ovalle F

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Injury severity indices are numerical scores that are utilized to predict nosocomial bloodstream infections (BSI) in critically ill patients. However, surrogate markers of injury severity (SMIS) may be more clinically meaningful than these commonly used numerical injury severity indices with respect to the c...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： El-Masri MM,Hammad TA,Fox-Wasylyshyn SM

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although there are two methods of caring for women with epidural anesthesia during second-stage labor (coached closed-glottis pushing immediately at 10-cm cervical dilation or delayed pushing until the woman feels the urge to push, passive fetal descent, and encouragement of open-glottis pushing when the wom...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Simpson KR,James DC

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health promotion among those with chronic illness has been proposed as a strategy to contain health care cost and enhance quality of life (QOL), but little research has been done in Korea on QOL focused on health promotion of patients with chronic cardiovascular disease (CCVD). OBJECTIVES:This study was des...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Han KS,Lee SJ,Park ES,Park YJ,Cheol KH

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The knowledge explosion in health care coupled with recent evidence-based practice initiatives has increased both the need for and the production of reviews of past research. The proliferation of such reviews has contributed to inconsistency in methods and terminology. Differing methods for integrative revie...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Whittemore R

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although pessimism and optimism are associated with health-related outcomes, the long-term effects of pessimism and optimism in the caregiving process are understudied, and little is known about their role in health changes over time. OBJECTIVE:To determine whether pessimism and optimism can be used as earl...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Lyons KS,Stewart BJ,Archbold PG,Carter JH,Perrin NA

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Urinary incontinence (UI) affects large numbers of adults, especially older adults, with an estimated 200 million adults worldwide having this life-altering condition. OBJECTIVES:To identify key populations at risk for urinary incontinence and propose population-based strategies to promote continence with a...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Sampselle CM,Palmer MH,Boyington AR,O'Dell KK,Wooldridge L

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Self-care is one of the challenges that people with HIV/AIDS face in the long-term symptom management of the disease. OBJECTIVE:To identify the category schemes of self-care strategies and sources of information for symptom management reported by HIV-positive individuals. METHODS:A secondary analysis was c...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Chou FY,Holzemer WL,Portillo CJ,Slaughter R

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Childbirth qualifies as an extreme traumatic stressor that can result in post-traumatic stress disorder. The reported prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder after childbirth ranges from 1.5% to 6%. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this phenomenologic study was to describe the essence of mothers' experiences of po...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Beck CT

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although data transformation is generally recommended, its benefits of have not been widely studied. This report reviews evidence regarding the costs and benefits of transforming skewed data with respect to two statistics commonly used in psychometric analyses: the Cronbach alpha and the Pearson product-mome...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Norris AE,Aroian KJ

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Homeless adolescents are vulnerable to poor health outcomes owing to the dangerous and stressful environments in which they live. Despite their vulnerability, many of them are motivated to engage in self-care behaviors. OBJECTIVE:The specific aim of this study was to explore self-care attitudes and behavior...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Rew L

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Since the 1950s, children and adolescents have been defined as a vulnerable group for research participation. In 1998, federal mandates were issued to include children in clinical research. OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this qualitative study was to describe children and adolescents' understanding of research a...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Broome ME,Richards DJ

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory (STAXI), a self-report questionnaire, is designed to measure the experience and expression of anger. Reliability and validity of the STAXI have been well established among African and European Americans aged 13 years and older. However, little is known of the use of...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Reyes LR,Meininger JC,Liehr P,Chan W,Mueller WH

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Braden Scale for Predicting Pressure Sore Risk (Braden Scale) has been tested for predictive validity, but the cut-off scores for Blacks has not been compared to White populations. OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this brief report is to determine if the Braden Scale predicts pressure ulcer risk similarly for ...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Bergstrom N,Braden BJ

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Agitated behavior is a widespread problem that adversely affects the health of nursing home residents and increases the cost of their care. OBJECTIVE:To examine whether modifying environmental stimuli by the use of calming music and hand massage affects agitated behavior in persons with dementia. METHOD:A ...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Remington R

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Event history calendars are used to collect retrospective data about events and life transitions over short and long periods of time. Event history calendars are highly structured, but flexible, approaches to interviewing respondents about past events that use their own past experiences as cues to rememberin...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Martyn KK,Belli RF

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mexican American workers are vulnerable to noise-induced hearing loss, the most common occupational disease in the United States. OBJECTIVES:The purpose was to test the applicability of the Health Promotion Model to Mexican American workers' use of hearing protection devices. METHOD:A correlational descrip...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Kerr MJ,Lusk SL,Ronis DL

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are limitations of inter-class correlation (usually, the Pearson's product-moment correlation) in evaluating reliability of an instrument. An intra-class correlation approach would be appropriate to examine the test-retest reliability of an instrument. OBJECTIVES:To introduce an intra-class correlatio...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Yen M,Lo LH

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Effective interventions to increase physical activity levels are critical in a nation where inactivity is a national public health problem. OBJECTIVE:This pilot study examined whether a minimal intervention (daily records of physical activity) increased activity levels in a community sample of working women...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Speck BJ,Looney SW

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nurses have always had an interest in the relationships among families, clinicians, and healthcare institutions. This case study of the Friends Asylum for the Insane in early 19th century Philadelphia examines the historical roots of these relationships. METHODS:Data sources are archival documents about the...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： D'antonio P

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Considerable debate has occurred concerning the utility of different methods of obtaining joint counts and their usefulness in predicting outcomes in persons with rheumatoid arthritis. OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to compare two methods of assessing disease activity in the joints (clinician joint...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Dwyer KA,Coty MB,Smith CA,Dulemba S,Wallston KA

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic iron-overload is a major cause of organ failure and mortality worldwide, but its pathogenesis remains to be elucidated. OBJECTIVES:To examine the relationship between various measures of body iron burden, selenium concentrations and glutathione peroxidase (GPx) activity in patients with beta-thalass...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Bartfay WJ,Bartfay E

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:With a national trend toward less aggressive treatment of hospitalized terminally ill patients, families increasingly participate in decisions to withdraw life-sustaining treatment. Although prior research indicates decision making is stressful for families, there have been no psychometric reports of actual ...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Tilden VP,Tolle SW,Nelson CA,Fields J

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:All infants exposed to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prenatally, even those who do not become infected, are at risk for developmental problems because of poverty, prenatal substance abuse, and maternal illness. OBJECTIVES:The purpose was to describe the development of infants of mothers with HIV and to...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Holditch-Davis D,Miles MS,Burchinal M,O'Donnell K,McKinney R,Lim W

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Limited data are available concerning determinants of health care service usage by low-income young children. OBJECTIVES:To explore predictors of hospitalization and emergency department (ED) use by young children of low-income families by using the Aday and Andersen Access Framework. METHODS:Low-income wo...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Polivka BJ,Nickel JT,Salsberry PJ,Kuthy R,Shapiro N,Slack C

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although nurses have the major responsibility for pain management, little is known about nurses' responses to patients in the process of managing acute pain. OBJECTIVE:To examine the relationship between nurses' empathic responses and their patients' pain intensity and analgesic administration after surgery...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Watt-Watson J,Garfinkel P,Gallop R,Stevens B,Streiner D

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The measure for self-efficacy barriers to exercise was developed for adults and revised on the basis of quantitative and qualitative research with older adults so it would be more appropriate for that age group. OBJECTIVES:To test the reliability and validity of the Self-Efficacy for Exercise (SEE) Scale. ...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Resnick B,Jenkins LS

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although there is evidence of the psychometric adequacy of the Interpersonal Relationships Inventory (IPRI), the scale was validated on urban North American samples and may function differently in populations that do not share urban United States attitudes toward the giving and receiving of social support. ...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Kane RT,Day C

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although the behavioral changes with progressive dementia are seen to increasingly depend on the environmental context until late stage disease, measurement has not reflected this interaction in real time to allow examination of antecedents to disruptive behavior. OBJECTIVES:To develop and evaluate the psyc...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Stewart NJ,Hiscock M,Morgan DG,Murphy PB,Yamamoto M

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Procedural pain management for very low birth weight (VLBW) neonates has been minimal or nonexistent in most neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). OBJECTIVES:To compare the efficacy of developmentally sensitive behavioral interventions (nonnutritive sucking via a pacifier, positioning) and sucrose for reli...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Stevens B,Johnston C,Franck L,Petryshen P,Jack A,Foster G

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known about racial differences in health status and health behaviors of older adults, especially among the oldest old. OBJECTIVES:To investigate racial differences in health status and health behaviors of African American and Caucasian older adults and to identify factors that influence health beh...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Kim JS,Bramlett MH,Wright LK,Poon LW

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Concerns have been raised about the effects of maternal employment on parent-child relations. Some researchers have concluded that maternal employment status has no effect on children's maternal attachments; others have found that full-time employment initiated in the first year of life is associated with in...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Broom BL

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00