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The authors conducted a cross-sectional study to determine the prevalence of chronic noncancer pain or disability in first-degree relatives of patients who had sustained a physically traumatic injury with resultant chronic pain. A control group of general internal medicine patients was also interviewed about existence…

Results of the ventilatory function measurements, consisting of Forced Expiratory Volume in the first second (FEV) and Forced Vital Capacity (FVC), in a study of 195 Malay female telephonists in Singapore are reported here. The analysis of the data confirmed that FEV1 and FVC are related to age and height but not weigh…

Exploring the attitudes of 185 respondents toward euthanasia, this 1990 cross-sectional pilot study utilized 12 survey questions addressing participants' demographic profiles and 18 focusing on: abortion; capital punishment; euthanasia; sterilization; and suicide. Cross-tabulation of structural, behavioral and attitudi…

The consultative study is one model of academic involvement in public mental health services. However, the effects of consultation and how it acts as a catalyst for change have been poorly documented. The authors describe a consultative study in which a team from a academic training center examined the system of mental…

Research examining the possible effects of deceptive research participation on participants' perceptions of psychology has yielded equivocal results. The present study's goal was to clarify the possible effects of participation in mildly deceptive research on participants' impressions of scientific and applied psycholo…

The questions raised by O'Keefe et al. challenge us to think clearly about the intent of incarceration generally and the objective of administrative segregation in particular. Our comments address several points: the study's methodology, the context of administrative segregation, several attendant pragmatic concerns li…

The study's purpose was that the nurses would understand self care theory and theoretical concepts in the background of nursing practice. At the beginning of the research the nurses set the clients' target and solved the clients' problems. As the research progressed the nurses let the clients set their targets. The nur…

In 1989, one hospital noted a high rate of puncture wounds among healthcare workers, many injuries considered preventable. Beginning in 1990, strategies were developed in conjunction with the hospital's Blood and Body Fluid Exposure Task Force. In 1991, the hospital instituted a needle-free system in addition to employ…

The relationship of measured residential magnetic fields and wire codes to pregnancy outcome was examined in data collected for a study of childhood cancer in Denver. Pregnancies in homes with measured fields above 0.2 microT or high wire codes were not more likely to end in miscarriage, low birth weight, or preterm de…

This exploratory study examines relations between socio-demographic, social, psychological, cognitive, variables and stressors, coping strategies and adaptation of individuals with schizophrenia. The study's design is correlational with two repeated measures (cross-sectional) with 153 subjects at a six-month interval.…

This study aims to understand the way that AI chatbot interaction affects customers' purchasing decisions. This is achieved through testing the dual mediating effects of customer digital intimacy and psychological ownership on this relationship. The study utilized a quasi-experimental design to test the causal relation…