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Partners' support has been associated with both patients' increased and decreased inclination toward health-promoting behaviors. Our hypothesis for understanding this enigma is that it is the interplay between partners' manner of care provision and patients' ability to accept these care efforts that may best predict pa…

BACKGROUND: Discrepancies observed between clinical findings and a weightbearing foot X-ray might be caused by a patients' positioning. This study's main objective was to determine the effect of a subjects' posture on the osseous relations of the foot. METHODS: Anatomical markers were placed on the skin of the foot of…

BACKGROUND: To enable nurses to lead in health care transformation, nursing education must include opportunities for developing leadership, as well as clinical competencies. Dedicated education units (DEUs) provide supportive environments for competency development in undergraduate students. This study's aim was to exp…

PURPOSE: In 2 experiments, we examined the influence of prior knowledge and interest on 4th- and 5th-grade students' passage comprehension scores on the Qualitative Reading Inventory-4 (QRI-4) and 2 experimenter-constructed passages. METHOD: In Experiment 1, 4th- and 5th-grade students were administered 4 Level 4 pass…

This research used the Integrative Model of Behavioral Prediction (IMBP) to examine cognitive predictors of intentions to engage in healthy sleep behavior among a population of college students. In doing so, we identify promising message strategies to increase healthy sleep behavior during college. In Phase 1, members…

The sense of pleasure that arises from engagement in activities is a fundamental factor for wellbeing in the elderly. Brazil lacks an instrument to evaluate older people's involvement in pleasant activities. An American instrument was located in the international literature (The California Older Person's Pleasant Event…

The expression of early delusion and hallucination-like symptoms, known as positive schizotypy (PS), holds predictive power for later development of psychotic disorders. However, little is known about the psychological and emotional processes promoting the expression of PS during adolescent development. Our study's obj…

OBJECTIVES: This study's purpose was to identify the elements of a definition of evidence-based patient-centered care (EBPCC), the barriers to using EBPCC, and strategies for overcoming these barriers. METHODS: This research project used focus group methodology with participants drawn from Society of Teachers of Famil…

A self-reported alcohol inventory measured prevalence and frequency of lifetime, recent, and current alcohol use by an opportunity sample of 3226 young people aged 11-18 in Welsh secondary schools in 2005 comparing findings to extant U.K. and European levels. A risk factor-based questionnaire enabled comprehensive, sen…

The effect of nursing professionals (i.e., nurse aid/orderly, licensed practical nurse, registered nurse) pay structures and pay levels on hospitals risk-adjusted heart attack outcomes was determined. Operationalizing hospitals' heart attack outcomes as their thirty-day risk-adjusted mortality rates, a positive curvili…

PROBLEM STATEMENT: Residency programs have changed to comply with resident duty hour regulations. This study's purpose was to determine if there are differences in medicine clerkship students' activities, associations, and perceptions of educational value before and after duty hour reform. METHOD: Medicine clerkship s…

OBJECTIVE: This study's objective was to introduce research concepts and skills in family medicine residency through a problem-based course. METHODS: Eight third-year residents per year in 3 academic years participated. Groups of two-three were presented with the task of developing, executing, and reporting on a small…

This study's objectives were: (1) to describe and explore the ethical dilemmas surrounding the HIV-positive person in the workplace in South Africa; and (2) to describe the Rational Interaction for Moral Sensitivity (RIMS) approach as a possible mechanism for solving these ethical dilemmas. A qualitative, exploratory a…

This study's objective was to measure variation in physicians' practice styles and policies. Family physicians and general internists were surveyed about evidence-based medicine in the areas of asthma, congestive heart failure, and diabetes mellitus. They were asked about clinical recommendations where standards of pra…

Authors aimed to evaluate the yield and effectiveness of recruiting community schizophrenia spectrum personality (SSP) subjects via targeted newspaper advertisements listing SSP traits. Eight newspaper advertisements listing SSP traits were placed in regional newspapers over a 3-year period. Respondents (n = 209) were…

AIM: The short wavelength sensitive (S) cone electroretinograms (ERGs) were examined in two patients with Oguchi's disease to study S cone function. METHODS: Ganzfeld colour flashes under bright white background illumination were used to elicit S cone, and mixed long (L) and middle (M) wavelength sensitive cone ERGs.…

This study's purpose was to develop a clinical instrument designed to evaluate user satisfaction with assistive technology devices. This paper describes the methodology used to develop the instrument entitled the Quebec User Evaluation of Satisfaction with assistive Technology (QUEST). Based on the theoretical and prac…

Functional instability is a common complication following an acute ankle sprain. Three potential contributing factors underlying the ankle which chronically gives way are proprioceptive deficits, muscle weakness, and ligamentous laxity. This study's purpose was to document the presence or absence of these concerns in a…

This study's objective was to assess the prevalence of dental caries in five-year-olds and twelve-year-olds in Jerusalem, Israel. A total of 166 children comprised the younger group; and 147 children represented the twelve- to thirteen-year-olds. Examinations took place in the classrooms under natural lighting, using a…

Twenty male schizophrenic patients were given a test dose of chlorpromazine and their subjective response, graded on a syntonic-dysphoric continuum, was recorded at 4, 24, and 48 hours following the test dose. All patients were subsequently treated with an optimal dose of chlorpromazine or thioridazine plus either soci…