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Are Older Adults Receiving Evidence-Based Advice to Prevent Falls Post-Discharge from Hospital?
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Lee, Den-Ching A.; Brown, Ted; Stolwyk, Rene; O'Connor, Daniel W.; Haines, Terry P. – Health Education Journal, 2016
Background: Older adults experience a high rate of falls when they transition to community-living following discharge from hospital. Objectives: To describe the proportion of older adults who could recall having discussed falls and falls prevention strategies with a health professional within 6 months following discharge from hospital. To describe…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Older Adults, Evidence Based Practice, Accidents
Emotional Labour, Training Stress, Burnout, and Depressive Symptoms in Junior Doctors
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Rogers, Mary E.; Creed, Peter A.; Searle, Judy – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2014
Junior doctors are at risk of work-related burnout and mental health problems due to training workload demands and responsibilities. This study investigated the predictors of work-related burnout and depressive symptoms in junior doctors. Participants were 349 Australian doctors in postgraduate years 1-4, who completed a web-based survey assessing…
Descriptors: Physicians, Burnout, Work Environment, Mental Disorders
Stroke Patients Communicating Their Healthcare Needs in Hospital: A Study within the ICF Framework
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O'Halloran, Robyn; Worrall, Linda; Hickson, Louise – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2012
Background: Previous research has identified that many patients admitted into acute hospital stroke units have communication-related impairments such as hearing, vision, speech, language and/or cognitive communicative impairment. However, no research has identified how many patients in acute hospital stroke units have difficulty actually…
Descriptors: Communication Disorders, Foreign Countries, Vision, Patients
Learning about Health
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Geertshuis, Susan; Cooper-Thomas, Helena – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2011
This paper examines the extent of patients' health-related learning from a range of sources and aims to identify psycho-cognitive variables that predict learning. Using a survey design, we found that people higher in perceived health competence were lower in anxiety and took a more logical approach to decision making. Low perceived health…
Descriptors: Patients, Decision Making, Anxiety, Predictor Variables
Predicting the Outcome of Spouse-Aided Therapy for Persisting Psychiatric Disorders.
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Badenoch, Andrew; And Others – American Journal of Family Therapy, 1984
Studied predictor variables related to the outcome of spouse-aided therapy in 28 married patients with persisting psychiatric disorders. Results showed significant, sustained improvement in couples' ratings of personal and target problems after therapy. Poor response was linked to extrapunitiveness, denial, and adherence to an illness model of…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Emotional Disturbances, Foreign Countries, Marital Instability
Predictors of Service Disengagement in First-Admitted Adolescents with Psychosis
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Schimmelmann, Benno Graf; Conus, Philippe; Schacht, Melanie; McGorry, Patrick; Lambert, Martin – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2006
Objective: To assess the risk and predictors of service disengagement in adolescents with first-episode psychosis (FEP) receiving their first treatment in a long-standing early intervention and prevention centre. Method: The Early Psychosis Prevention and Intervention Centre (EPPIC) in Australia admitted 157 adolescents, ages 15 to 18, with FEP…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Family Involvement, Psychosis, Prevention