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Joyce, Kelly; Staples, Margaret; Beauchamp, Alison; Jessup, Rebecca; Buchbinder, Rachelle – Rehabilitation Research, Policy, and Education, 2020
Purpose: This study aimed to explore the health literacy profile of individuals attending a metropolitan community rehabilitation center in Victoria, Australia. Methods: 295 consecutive attendees of a community rehabilitation program between January and August 2015 were invited to complete the Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ), a 44-item…
Descriptors: Health, Knowledge Level, Profiles, Rehabilitation Programs
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Sloots, Maurits; Scheppers, Emmanuel F.; van de Weg, Frans B.; Dekker, Jos H.; Bartels, Edien A.; Geertzen, Jan H.; Dekker, Joost – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 2009
Dropout from a rehabilitation programme often occurs in patients with chronic nonspecific low back pain of non-native origin. However, the exact dropout rate is not known. The objective of this study was to determine the difference in dropout rate between native and non-native patients with chronic nonspecific low back pain participating in a…
Descriptors: Pain, Dropout Rate, Hospitals, Dropouts
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Ham, Ok Kyung; Lee, Young Ja – Journal of School Health, 2007
Background: Smoking is popular among Korean male high school adolescents, with the prevalence of 20.7% differing markedly with the type of school, being 16.3% and 27.6% in academic and vocational technical high schools, respectively. The purpose of this study was to identify significant variables that predict stages of smoking cessation among…
Descriptors: Vocational High Schools, Smoking, Metropolitan Areas, Predictor Variables
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Clark, M. S.; Smith, D. S. – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 1998
A study that investigated the satisfaction of 60 Australian stroke survivors with their rehabilitative progress over 12 months found satisfaction with progress improved with time and was influenced by the return to previous lifestyle activities, depression, family functioning, understanding of stroke, and clarity of expectations on admission to…
Descriptors: Adults, Daily Living Skills, Expectation, Family Influence