The self-concept of an individual is constantly in interaction with the environment, which often has a negative impact on it. A positive important condition for full functioning individual. manifests itself through person's attitude towards himself/herself, adequate self-esteem, sense his/her own integrity, and desire to realize potential. person formed characterized by stable psychological hea...

STUDY OBJECTIVES To develop and evaluate an observer-rated instrument, the Minnesota Sedation Assessment Tool (MSAT), which is a measure of arousability, spontaneous muscle activity, and global sedation quality of mechanically ventilated adults. DESIGN Paired raters assessment for reliability testing and observational design for validation testing. SETTING Medical and surgical ICUs at a uni...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effects of a change in water intake on mood and sensation in 22 habitual high-volume (HIGH; 2-4 L/d) and 30 low-volume (LOW; <1.2 L/d) drinkers who were asked to respectively decrease and increase their daily water intake. METHOD During baseline HIGH consumed 2.5 L and LOW 1 L of water/day. During 3 controlled intervention days HIGH's water intake was restricted to 1...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To compare the perceptions of women with breast cancer to an experimental therapeutic touch (TT) plus dialogue nursing intervention with perceptions of a control quiet time plus dialogue nursing intervention. DESIGN Qualitative study based on the Science of Unitary Human Beings. SETTING Data collected as part of a larger experimental study of the effects of TT on pre- and...

BACKGROUND Evidence suggests that older adults show positive affects after participating in exercise bouts. However, it is less clear, if and how physical activities in daily living enhance affective states, too. This is dissatisfying, as most of older adults' physical activities are part of their daily living. To answer these questions we used activity-triggered e-diaries to investigate the wi...

CONTEXT Observer-based sedation scales have been used to provide a measurable estimate of the comfort of nonalert patients in palliative sedation. However, their usefulness and appropriateness in this setting has not been demonstrated. OBJECTIVES To study the reliability and validity of observer-based sedation scales in palliative sedation. METHODS A prospective evaluation of 54 patients un...

Literature suggests a positive impact on children’s health and wellbeing from being in nature. This study explores primary teachers’ perceptions of their pupils’ (7–11 years) experiences contemplative approaches nature reserve settings. Nine teachers convenience sample eight different schools took part. After observing pupils undertake range activities, were interviewed individually. They perce...

Virtual Reality is the current media's epitome of Immersiveness, Presence and Suspension Disbelief. Both research gaming industry communities have been building on this in order to exhaustively explore feelings high-adrenaline, scariness, panic other visceral instinctive feelings. We take opposite approach try prove that Virtual can also be used induce relaxatio...