abstract：:Sleep disturbance is a common and disturbing symptom in military personnel, with many individuals progressing to the development of insomnia, which is characterized by increased arousals, wakefulness after sleep onset, and distorted sleep architecture. The molecular mechanisms underlying insomnia remain elusive, limit...

journal_title：Biological research for nursing

authors： Gill JM,Lee H,Baxter T,Reddy SY,Barr T,Kim HS,Wang D,Mysliwiec V

更新日期：2015-07-01 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：OBJECTIVES:The objectives of this study were to determine the change in gene expression between two time points following stroke and to identify biomarkers of stroke recovery through gene expression profiling and pathway analysis. METHODS:Peripheral blood was collected from 34 ischemic stroke patients (confirmed by ma...

journal_title：Biological research for nursing

authors： Barr TL,VanGilder R,Rellick S,Brooks SD,Doll DN,Lucke-Wold AN,Chen D,Denvir J,Warach S,Singleton A,Matarin M

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to evaluate for differences in variations in pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokine genes between participants who were classified as having low and high levels of morning and evening fatigue and to evaluate for differences in phenotypic characteristics between these two groups. In a sample ...

journal_title：Biological research for nursing

authors： Dhruva A,Aouizerat BE,Cooper B,Paul SM,Dodd M,West C,Wara W,Lee K,Dunn LB,Langford DJ,Merriman JD,Baggott C,Cataldo J,Ritchie C,Kober KM,Leutwyler H,Miaskowski C

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Variations in sex hormones influence bone health in men. Aging in men is associated with a decrease in testosterone (T) levels. We examined the relationship between T levels and changes in bone health status as measured by quantitative ultrasound (QUS) at the phalanges and the os calcis and by peripheral bone mineral ...

journal_title：Biological research for nursing

authors： Moran JM,Martin RR,Pedrera-Canal M,Alonso-Terron J,Rodriguez-Velasco FJ,Pedrera-Zamorano JD

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Society has a rapidly growing accumulative sleep debt due to employment obligations and lifestyle choices that limit sleep opportunities. The degree to which poor sleep may set the stage for adverse symptom outcomes among more than 1.7 million persons who will be diagnosed with cancer is not entirely understood. Pacli...

journal_title：Biological research for nursing

authors： Kozachik SL,Opp MR,Page GG

更新日期：2015-03-01 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：:African American (AA) women are nearly twice as likely as non-Hispanic White (NHW) women to develop atherosclerosis associated with cardiovascular disease. Compelling evidence demonstrates that stress-related biomarkers, such as heat shock protein-70 (HSP70), are associated with increased atherosclerosis risk. Yet lit...

journal_title：Biological research for nursing

authors： Saban KL,Hoppensteadt D,Bryant FB,DeVon HA

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Night-shift workers are prone to sleep deprivation, misalignment of circadian rhythms, and subsequent sleepiness and sleep-related performance deficits. The purpose of this narrative systematic review is to critically review and synthesize the scientific literature regarding improvements in sleepiness and sleep-relate...

journal_title：Biological research for nursing

authors： Ruggiero JS,Redeker NS

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The Finnmarksløpet dogsled race lasts up to 7 days. Helpers, who keep time, coach, and transport equipment, have to be alert though they have little and fragmented sleep. This study investigated disruptions of the rest-activity rhythm among helpers. METHODS:10 helpers were monitored by actigraph a week befor...

journal_title：Biological research for nursing

authors： Calogiuri G,Weydahl A

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Approximately half of the Canadian adults have sedentary lifestyles that increase their risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD). Women are 10 times more likely to die from CVD than from any other disease. Their risk almost doubles with the onset of menopause, which may result in increased body iron burden and ...

journal_title：Biological research for nursing

authors： Bartfay W,Bartfay E

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study examined adherence to a personalized, community-based exercise intervention by sedentary adolescents with type 1 or type 2 diabetes or those with obesity. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS:We conducted a pretest-posttest investigation to explore the application of an individualized exercise prescription...

journal_title：Biological research for nursing

authors： Faulkner MS,Michaliszyn SF,Hepworth JT,Wheeler MD

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sickness behavior is a cluster of symptoms that occur as a response to an infection and alterations in the inflammatory response. Under normal circumstances, sickness behavior is fully reversible once the pathogen has been cleared. Aging and chronic illness such as heart failure are associated with enhanced inflammato...

journal_title：Biological research for nursing

authors： Johansson P,Riegel B,Svensson E,Broström A,Alehagen U,Dahlström U,Jaarsma T

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：PURPOSE:Activity restriction (AR), one of the most common interventions used in high-risk pregnancies, may exacerbate loss of bone mass. The purpose of this study was to determine changes over time in bone resorption in hospitalized AR women during late pregnancy. METHODS:This was a short-term prospective study conduc...

journal_title：Biological research for nursing

authors： Vanderspank D,Bernier SM,Sopper MM,Watson P,Mottola MF

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of a 12-week low-intensity exercise conditioning program (walking) on blood pressure (BP), heart rate (HR), rate-pressure product (RPP), and cardiac autonomic function were measured in 40 sedentary women with hypertension. Women were assigned to either an exercise group (n = 20) or a control group (n = 20)...

journal_title：Biological research for nursing

authors： Goldie CL,Brown CA,Hains SM,Parlow JL,Birtwhistle R

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Sleep deficit affects neurobehavioral functioning, reduces attention and cognitive function, and negatively impacts occupational safety. This study investigated selective attention levels of nursing staff on different shifts. METHODS:Using a prospective, randomized parallel group study, selective attention was...

journal_title：Biological research for nursing

authors： Niu SF,Chu H,Chen CH,Chung MH,Chang YS,Liao YM,Chou KR

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRs) are epigenetic regulators of messenger RNAs' (mRNA) expression of polypeptides. As such, miRs represent an intriguing mechanism by which gene-environment interactions are hypothesized to occur on the level of epigenetic control over gene expression. In addition to promising findings from in vitro stud...

journal_title：Biological research for nursing

authors： Flowers E,Froelicher ES,Aouizerat BE

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shift work schedules, intensive physical exercise late in the day, psychological stress, or a busy lifestyle might induce disorders of the circadian structure, which can affect health on both the physiological and neurobehavioral levels. Rest-activity rhythm is strongly connected with an organism's circadian structure...

journal_title：Biological research for nursing

authors： Calogiuri G,Weydahl A,Carandente F

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Self-management programs that include cognitive behavioral strategies have been shown to improve gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms, psychological distress, and quality of life (QoL) in persons with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). However, less is known about the physiological impact of such a change. As part of a randomi...

journal_title：Biological research for nursing

authors： Deechakawan W,Cain KC,Jarrett ME,Burr RL,Heitkemper MM

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The theoretical constructs of allostasis and allostatic load (AL) have contributed to our understanding of how constantly changing social and environmental factors impact physiological functioning and shape health and aging disparities, particularly along socioeconomic, gendered, racial, and ethnic lines. AL represent...

journal_title：Biological research for nursing

authors： Beckie TM

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Caring, a core tenet of nursing practice, grew out of a holistic approach. Nurse theorists often note the establishment of a therapeutic relationship as the beginning point of caring, with subsequent nursing interventions reliant upon this relationship for effectiveness. Relational exchange serves as a source of eithe...

journal_title：Biological research for nursing

authors： Zender R,Olshansky E

更新日期：2012-10-01 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：BACKGROUND:Drug addiction is a multifactorial disorder. Researchers have posited that an individual's inherited behavioral propensity or temperament contributes to the disorder by shaping a personality strongly linked with the risk of drug abuse. Further, they hypothesize that the polymorphism of dopamine D2 receptor i...

journal_title：Biological research for nursing

authors： Teh LK,Izuddin AF,M H FH,Zakaria ZA,Salleh MZ

更新日期：2012-04-01 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：: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：: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：: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：BACKGROUND:The most consistently replicated genetic variants associated with coronary heart disease (CHD) in populations of European descent have been found on chromosome 9p21. Yet there is little known about these associations in ethnic groups of African ancestry. These disease-associated variants are located in a gen...

journal_title：Biological research for nursing

authors： Beckie TM,Beckstead JW,Groer MW

更新日期：2011-07-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Proinflammatory activity has been suggested as one of the psychophysiological mechanisms responsible for the health risks associated with stress and mood disorders. There have been limited studies evaluating central immune and hypothalamic- pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis responses to experimental stress in heal...

journal_title：Biological research for nursing

authors： Fitzgerald L

更新日期：2011-04-01 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：:Postpartum depression (PPD) is a serious mood disorder that may carry life-long consequences for a woman and her family. Multiple risk factors for PPD have been identified, including psychosocial, situational, and biological stimuli, several of which are experienced by most, if not all, postpartum women. Given the com...

journal_title：Biological research for nursing

authors： Corwin EJ,Kohen R,Jarrett M,Stafford B

更新日期：2010-07-01 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：:The purpose of this study was to longitudinally describe changes in heart rate variability (HRV) from 28 to 34 weeks postmenstrual age (PMA). A convenience sample of 31 low-risk preterm infants participated. HRV was quantified using a spectral analysis of heart periods and recorded during seven weekly test sessions fr...

journal_title：Biological research for nursing

authors： Krueger C,van Oostrom JH,Shuster J

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current study was performed to evaluate the antinociceptive and antiedematogenic properties of andrographolide isolated from the leaves of Andrographis paniculata using two animal models. Antinociceptive activity was evaluated using the acetic acid- induced writhing and the hot-plate tests, while antiedematogenic ...

journal_title：Biological research for nursing

authors： Sulaiman MR,Zakaria ZA,Abdul Rahman A,Mohamad AS,Desa MN,Stanslas J,Moin S,Israf DA

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer-related fatigue (CRF) is a multifactorial, biobehavioral phenomenon experienced by the majority of persons with cancer. It has negative consequences on the individual's physical functioning and quality of life. An array of biological, psychobehavioral, and functional mechanisms contributes to its occurrence. A ...

journal_title：Biological research for nursing

authors： Al-Majid S,Gray DP

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) is a chronic condition prevalent in women; the symptoms are reproducible with repeated low-level chemical exposure. Evidence gathered through clinical observations suggests that women with MCS may be at risk for autonomic nervous system dysfunction as evidenced by abnormal heart rat...

journal_title：Biological research for nursing

authors： McFetridge-Durdle JA,Routledge FS,Sampalli T,Fox R,Livingston H,Adams B

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:There are documented associations between elevated maternal corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) levels and adverse pregnancy outcomes. However, reports of these findings often lack sufficient detail and rationale regarding the bioassay methodology. This shortcoming can be problematic for researchers who do...

journal_title：Biological research for nursing

authors： Latendresse G,Ruiz RJ

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00