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Olynick, Janna; Iliopulos, Alexandra; Li, Han Z. – Health Education, 2017
Purpose: The patient healthcare experience is a complex phenomenon, as is encouraging patient compliance with medical advice. To address this multifaceted relationship, the purpose of this paper is to explore the ways resident physicians verbally encourage patient compliance and the relationship between these compliance-seeking strategies and…
Descriptors: Physician Patient Relationship, Compliance (Psychology), Gender Differences, Medical Evaluation
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Deif, Hala I. Abo; Elsawi, Khiria; Selim, Mohga; NasrAllah, Mohamed M. – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
The burden of chronic disease on health care services worldwide is growing and the increased development of educational interventions which help patients to better manage their conditions is evident internationally. It has been recognized that poor adherence can be a serious risk to the health and wellbeing of patients. Adherence to fluid…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Human Body, Therapy, Chronic Illness
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Musa, Sarbast Ismail; Hanary, Salah Mohammad – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
Background: Nodular thyroid disease is relatively common although thyroid cancer is rare. The aim of this study is to evaluate the advantage and reliability of conventional ultrasound in correlating sonographic characteristics of thyroid nodule with US-FNAC guided result as a diagnostic aid in thyroid nodule. Method: 111 patients were examined by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Clinical Diagnosis, Medical Evaluation, Diagnostic Tests
ElMessiry, Adel Magdi – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Complaining is a fundamental human characteristic that has prevailed throughout the ages. We normally complain about something that went wrong. Patient complaints are no exception; they focus on problems that occurred during the episode of care. The Institute of Medicine estimated that each year thousands of patients die due to medical errors. The…
Descriptors: Patients, Health Services, Medical Services, Hospitals
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Barnes, Laura L. B.; Khojasteh, Jam J.; Wheeler, Denna – Health Education Journal, 2017
Objective: This study aimed to identify predominant search patterns in a recent search for health information and a potential search for strongly needed cancer information, to identify the commonly scanned sources of information that may represent stable elements of the information fields characteristic of these patterns, and to evaluate whether…
Descriptors: Cancer, Information Seeking, Correlation, Search Strategies
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Tsv?tkova, Nadezhda A.; Aleksandrova, Marina I.; Rybakova, Anna Igorevna; Starovoitova, Larisa I.; Kononova, Tatiana B. – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
The article presents the results of searching for answers to the following questions: Which are the characteristics of socio-psychological adaptation and self-regulation behavior in patients with diabetes mellitus type II? What is the nature of the relationship between these personal characteristics? In particular, it contains results of…
Descriptors: Self Management, Patients, Diabetes, Correlation
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Van Hoof, Joris J.; Klerk, Frouktje Ade; Van der Lely, Nicolaas – Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 2018
This study examines the effects of acute alcohol intoxication on adolescents' school performance. In the 2007-2015 period, 3,317 adolescents (ages 12 to 17 years) were treated for acute alcohol intoxication, and 37 adolescents were admitted to the hospital twice. Alcohol intoxication has an overrepresentation in "low" school levels. The…
Descriptors: Drinking, Academic Achievement, Hospitals, Alcohol Abuse
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Katavic, Snježana Stanarevic; Tanackovic, Sanjica Faletar; Badurina, Boris – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2016
Introduction: This study examined possible correlations between health information behaviour and illness perception among patients with rare chronic diseases. Illness perception is related to coping strategies used by patients, and some health information behaviour practices may be associated with better coping and more positive perception of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Patients, Chronic Illness, Health Behavior
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Alvelo, Jaime; Cancio-Gonzalez, Rafael E.; Collazo, Andrés – Research on Social Work Practice, 2018
Purpose: This study was intended to adapt into Spanish and validate the short form of the Marwit-Meuser Caregiver Grief Inventory (MMCGI), an instrument for the assessment of levels of grief in caregivers of patients with dementia. Method: The adaptation was based on the cross-cultural equivalence model that included forward and backward…
Descriptors: Validity, Semantics, Factor Structure, Puerto Ricans
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Edge, Daniel; Oyefeso, Adenekan; Evans, Carys; Evans, Amber – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2016
Objective: To determine the psychometric properties of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) in patients with a learning disability and examine it's utility for conducting mental capacity assessment. Method: This study was a cross-sectional, instrument validation study in an inpatient hospital setting, located in the East of England. The sample…
Descriptors: Patients, Learning Disabilities, Psychometrics, Case Studies
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Spellman, Claire; Craike, Melinda; Livingston, Patricia M. – Health Education Journal, 2014
Objectives: This study examined the knowledge, attitudes and practices of clinicians in promoting physical activity to prostate cancer survivors. Design: A purposeful sample was used and cross-sectional data were collected using an anonymous, self-reported online questionnaire or an identical paper-based questionnaire. Settings: Health services…
Descriptors: Cancer, Physical Activities, Health Services, Questionnaires
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Kaimal, Girija; Ray, Kendra; Muniz, Juan – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2016
This quasi-experimental study investigated the impact of visual art making on the cortisol levels of 39 healthy adults. Participants provided saliva samples to assess cortisol levels before and after 45 minutes of art making. Participants also provided written responses about the experience at the end of the session. Results indicate that art…
Descriptors: Pretests Posttests, Quasiexperimental Design, Experiential Learning, Prior Learning
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George, Christine Marie; Biswas, Shwapon; Jung, Danielle; Perin, Jamie; Parvin, Tahmina; Monira, Shirajum; Saif-Ur-Rahman, K. M.; Rashid, Mahamud-ur; Bhuyian, Sazzadul Islam; Thomas, Elizabeth D.; Dreibelbis, Robert; Begum, Farzana; Zohura, Fatema; Zhang, Xiaotong; Sack, David A.; Alam, Munirul; Sack, R. Bradley; Leontsini, Elli; Winch, Peter J. – Health Education & Behavior, 2017
Inadequate hand hygiene is estimated to result in nearly 300,000 deaths annually, with the majority of deaths being among children younger than 5 years. In an effort to promote handwashing with soap and water treatment behaviors among highly susceptible household members of cholera patients, we recently developed the Cholera-Hospital-Based…
Descriptors: Hygiene, Health Promotion, Health Behavior, Intervention
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Aly, Nagah Abd El-Fattah Mohamed; Ghanem, Maha; El-Shanawany, Safaa – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
For many decades, the attitude of nurses has been an area of interest for researchers. The major reason for this interest is the profound impact of nurse's attitude like organizational cynicism on many organizational outcomes. The present study is aimed to describe organizational cynicism, level of perceived organizational support, and the…
Descriptors: Toxicology, Nurses, Employee Attitudes, Negative Attitudes
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Burton, Amy M.; Brezausek, Carl M.; Hendricks, Peter S.; Agne, April A.; Hankins, Shirley L.; Cherrington, Andrea L. – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2015
Physicians report a number of barriers to obesity counseling, among them low perceived competence in the ability to counsel. While there is increasing recognition of the need for resident training on counseling, implementation requires residency programs to have the necessary curricula and tools to evaluate training effectiveness. This study's…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Graduate Students, Medical Students, Barriers
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