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：: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：:The purpose of the study was to investigate the separate and joint influences of sociodemographic, social situational (social support and interpersonal functioning), and symptom variables on the appropriateness of self-care responses to symptoms among elderly people. A cross-sectional face-to-face structured interview...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Edwardson SR,Dean KJ

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical judgment of psychiatric nurses was investigated using judgment analysis within the framework of social judgment theory. Nine nurses at a short-term psychiatric care facility made recommendations concerning restraint and seclusion for 80 patients described on paper in terms of 17 characteristics (cues). Nurses...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Holzworth RJ,Wills CE

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The twofold purpose of this study was to compare motor function in preschool children born with varying degrees of medical risk and to determine the independent contribution to motor function of three domains of ecological influence. One hundred and eighty-four 4-year-old children and their mothers participated. Three...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： McGrath MM,Sullivan MC

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purposes of this study were to describe: (a) the frequency and correlates of behavior problems among a sample of 2- and 3-year-old children from low-income families as seen by their parents and day care teachers, (b) the degree to which parents and teachers agree about the children's behavior problems in their res...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Gross D,Sambrook A,Fogg L

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) is a powerful analytic tool, but there continue to be abuses of the method. We review assumptions and illustrate legitimate uses of ANCOVA, and summarize statistical packages' approach to the method. Finally, we consider how ANCOVA is used in contemporary nursing research. ...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Owen SV,Froman RD

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of Australian nurses' (n=285) awareness of a "Do Not Resuscitate" (DNR) policy and various practice settings on the DNR decision were examined. A questionnaire, developed by the investigator, was used to gauge nurses' experiences and attitudes in DNR practice. Decision making was not significantly affected...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Manias E

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to examine hospital patients' perceptions of service quality in relation to four independent variables: (a) nurses' perceptions of human resource practices, (b) nurses' perceptions of autonomy in practice, (c) patient satisfaction with nursing care, and (d) patients' perceptions of organi...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Niedz BA

更新日期：1998-08-01 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：: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：: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：:Reliability of nursing observations often is estimated using Cohen's kappa, a chance-adjusted measure of agreement between observer RNs. However, use of kappa as an omnibus measure sometimes can be misleading. In a study partly designed to describe the frequency and reliability of nursing diagnoses in long-term care f...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Banerjee M,Fielding J

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Work redesign initiatives have transformed approaches to patient care that will require increased control of nurses over both the content and context of their practice. A secondary analysis of two studies linking perceived work empowerment with two aspects of staff nurse decisional involvement using Kanter's (1977, 19...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Laschinger HK,Sabiston JA,Kutszcher L

更新日期：1997-08-01 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：:The theory of planned behavior guided this exploration of postoperative analgesic use among adults (N = 137) undergoing elective orthopedic surgery. Patients who had a more positive attitude toward taking pain medication and had positive subjective norms intended to take more medication than those who had a negative a...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Pellino TA

更新日期：1997-04-01 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：: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：: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：: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：:Knowledge of sexually transmitted disease (STD) prevention, perceived risk for STDs, and self-efficacy for STD prevention were investigated as predictors of behavioral risk for STDs in 308 female college students. Perceived risk and self-efficacy predicted 19% of behavioral risk for STD; knowledge was not a predictor....

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Hale PJ,Trumbetta SL

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To test the hypotheses that pessimists might benefit from concrete objective information based on self-regulation theory and that optimists might benefit from instruction in self-care and coping based on self-care theory, 62 patients receiving radiation therapy (RT) for prostate cancer were studied. The two experiment...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Johnson JE

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effectiveness of a parent training program for promoting positive parent-child relationships was examined among families of 2-year-olds. Forty-six mothers and fathers and their toddlers were assigned to either an intervention or comparison group. Intervention group parents participated in a 10-week program that fo...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Gross D,Fogg L,Tucker S

更新日期：1995-12-01 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：:To determine the extent to which social support from the spouse and a health care provider (HCP) is associated with short- and long-term recovery outcomes in individuals after a cardiac illness, 93 patients were interviewed 2 months (short-term) after their event; 73 (78%) subjects responded to a follow-up questionnai...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Yates BC

更新日期：1995-06-01 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：: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：: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：:Coping behaviors in individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS) or a spinal cord injury (SCI) were compared. Data were collected on 433 subjects with MS and 257 with SCI. Coping and illness uncertainty were measured by the Ways of Coping Checklist (revised) and the Mishel Uncertainty in Illness Scale. Results of the mult...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Wineman NM,Durand EJ,Steiner RP

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intergenerational attachment relationships between the pregnant woman and her mother, her husband, and her fetus were examined. Self-completed instruments were used to measure the attachment variables for a convenience sample of 115 middle-class mothers who attended urban prenatal classes. Results supported the hypoth...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Zachariah R

更新日期：1994-02-01 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：:The purpose of this naturalistic study was to compare values held by 36 white and 31 black women related to body size, and to identify factors that influence these values and linkages between body size values and weight management activities. Black women of lower SES were significantly different from black women of hi...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Allan JD,Mayo K,Michel Y

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and twenty-three Ohio employers were surveyed about expectations for occupational health nurse performance of 20 current and desired future activities. Employers identified activities that (a) the nurse was currently performing, or (b) would be desired in the future, or (c) were not appropriate for the nur...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Martin KJ,Shortridge LA,Dyehouse JM,Migliozzi AN

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study purpose was to provide an in-depth description of experiences associated with loss and dying among AIDS family caregivers. Grounded theory provided the methodological framework for data collection and analysis. In-depth interviews were conducted with 53 family caregivers of persons with AIDS and included ind...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Brown MA,Powell-Cope G

更新日期：1993-06-01 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：:A proposed multiyear plan of funding mechanisms by the National Center for Nursing Research (NCNR) to increase the use of biological theory and measurements in nursing research has been developed for both research training and research programs. The objectives of the research training programs are (a) to develop a cad...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Cowan MJ,Heinrich J,Lucas M,Sigmon H,Hinshaw AS

更新日期：1993-02-01 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：:Fifty adult coronary artery bypass graft surgery patients were randomly assigned to preadmission self-instruction or posthospital admission instruction of therapeutic exercises (e.g., coughing). Self-instructed subjects reported higher positive mood scores, performed correctly significantly more exercise behaviors, an...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Rice VH,Mullin MH,Jarosz P

更新日期：1992-08-01 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：:With improvement in survival of patients treated with heart transplant, evaluation of recovery with respect to psychosocial function has become an important issue. In this study, psychosocial functioning of 44 heart transplant recipients pretransplant was compared to their functioning 6 months posttransplant. Before t...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Bohachick P,Anton BB,Wooldridge PJ,Kormos RL,Armitage JM,Hardesty RL,Griffith BP

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00