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The Relationship Among Spirituality, Self-efficacy, And Quality Of Life In Adults With Sickle Cell Disease
(Nursing, 2008-04-22)
For the individual with sickle cell disease (SCD), the lifespan is increasing but adults report decreased quality of life (QOL), low self-efficacy, and ineffective coping skills. The care of adult patients with SCD requires ...
Pain Management in Nursing Homes
(2020)
Background: Pain is a leading cause of disability and a major contributor to health care costs.
Over 85% of patients in nursing homes report pain on a daily basis (CDC, 2016). The rescheduling
of hydrocodone to schedule ...
Sleep Experiences Of Hospitalized Antepartum Patients
(Nursing, 2013-10-22)
For many women, pregnancy can be a time of sleep disturbance. Physiological, hormonal, and emotional changes associated with pregnancy often lead to sleep disturbance. Women who develop antepartum complications frequently ...
Mediating Effect of Cognitive Function on Health-Related Quality of Life Among Older Adults with Cardiovascular Disease in the United States
(2021-09-02)
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are related to disorders of the heart and blood vessels. They may become serious problems, especially in older adults. They could also negatively affect the health-related quality of life ...
Hypertension Self-Management Intervention: Text Messages to Improve Blood Pressure and Medication Adherence Among African American Older Adults
(2019-12-02)
The most widely used form of mobile health technology has been text messaging. Because of the wide use, acceptability, and cost effectiveness of text messaging it may be a useful tool to develop hypertension self-management ...
The Lived Experiences of Breathlessness In Adults With Chronic Heart Failure
(2020-05-22)
Heart failure (HF) is a significant disease condition affecting 6.5 million Americans. Breathlessness is the hallmark symptom of HF impacting affected individual’s functional capacity and quality of life. It is a subjective ...
THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN CAFFEINE INTAKE AND CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY: AN ANALYSIS OF THE NATIONAL HEALTH AND NUTRITION EXAMINATION SURVEY (NHANES) 1999-2014 DATABASE
(2020-12-09)
Sixty-four percent of adults in America drink coffee daily and 71% of caffeine intake comes from coffee in the United States (US) diet. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the number one cause of death in the US. The purpose ...
SMOKING CESSATION WITHIN THE FEDERAL EMPLOYEE POPULATION
(2020-11-16)
This article-based dissertation consists of two complete manuscripts related to smoking cessation within the federal employee population. In the first manuscript, the self-determination theory was described and evaluated ...
HEALTH LITERACY, ILLNESS PERCEPTION, AND DIABETES SELF-MANAGEMENT IN KOREAN-SPEAKING IMMIGRANTS WITH DIABETES
(2020-12-07)
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) is becoming an increasingly common disease with aging. As the prevalence of DM increases, the need for self-management is emphasized as a way to control DM and prevent its complications. ...