background medication error in hospitals is a major cause of errors, which may cause disruptions in the workflow of the health care systems. the aim of this study was to assess medication errors made by nurses and the relationship of such errors with job and demographic characteristics. material and methods this was a descriptive study on 225 nurses in various hospitals, selected through multis...

Method for error analysis of aerosol parameter estimation with assumed noises which are included in the measured solar direct and diffuse irradiance is proposed. The noises included in the measured solar direct and diffuse irradiance are assumed to be Chi-Square probability density function due to the fact that the measured irradiance is represented as output power which is square of output vol...

background: low birth weight (lbw) is considered as an  important outcome of birth and pregnancy, which is associated with long-term consequences and health-care problems. maternal lifestyle and health care during pregnancy are powerful predictors of bw of infants. the purpose of this study was to assess the effect of a self-care educational program based on the health belief model (hbm) on red...

This cross-sectional epidemiological study was carried out at three public hospitals in Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. It aimed at analyzing the association between social support and cervical and breast cancer early detection practices among nurses. Data were collected through a multidimensional questionnaire focusing on socio-demographic and occupational variables, the performance of the breast ...

Methods Retrospective analysis of clinical data. Early-onset (EO) was defined as the start of SJIA prior to age 18 months. Variables included: demographic and clinical features at onset and outcome variables during disease course (pattern of course, presence of clinical joint damage [using the Juvenile Arthritis Damage Index or JADI], radiographic joint damage [erosions], destructive hip diseas...