the effect of foot reflexology on anxiety in patients with coronary artery bypass surgery referred to seyed-al-shohada teaching hospital, urmia, 2012    rigi f [1] , feizi a [2] *, naseri m [3] , salehi ardabili sh [4] , bazdar p [5]     received: 16 jul , 2013 accepted: 14 sep , 2013     abstract   background & aims : one of the problems that patients with coronary artery bypass surgery encoun...

To explore the effect of clinical pharmacist intervention on treatment viral pneumonia with intravenous methyl prednisolone and others. The data 112 patients from July 2020 to September were categorized into observational group (n=56) random according randomized double blind method. control routine nursing was treated comprehensive intervention. Quality life, recovery time saturation levels ass...

This randomized controlled trial examined a discharge nursing intervention aimed at promoting self-regulation of care for early discharge interventional cardiology patients. The purpose of this study was to compare medication adherence, patient satisfaction, use of urgent care, and illness perception in patients with cardiovascular disease undergoing interventional revascularization procedures ...

OBJECTIVES To assess predictors of hip-protector use in nursing home residents under usual-care conditions and after intervention consisting of structured education of nurses and nursing home residents and provision of free hip protectors. DESIGN Nested cohort analyses within a cluster randomized, controlled trial with 18 months follow-up. SETTING Forty-nine nursing home clusters in Hamburg...

BACKGROUND Challenging behaviors exhibited by individuals with dementia might result from an unmet need that they cannot communicate directly due to cognitive restrictions. A dementia-specific case conference represents a promising means of analyzing and exploring these unmet needs. The ongoing FallDem study is a stepped-wedged, cluster-randomized trial evaluating the effects of two different t...

BACKGROUND Foot ulcers are a significant problem for people with diabetes. Comprehensive assessments of risk factors associated with diabetic foot ulcer are recommended in clinical guidelines to decrease complications such as prolonged healing, gangrene and amputations, and to promote effective management. However, the translation of clinical guidelines into nursing practice remains fragmented ...

the effect of tele-education by telephone and short message service on glycaemic control in patient with type 2 diabetes     hemmati maslakpak m [1] , parizad n [2] , khalkhali hr [3]     received: 4 may , 2012 accepted: 19 jun , 2012     abstract   background & aims : patient training has an important role in diabetes control. tele-education is effective, due to the elimination of­­ both space...

BACKGROUND Dementia-care mapping (DCM) is a cyclic intervention aiming at reducing neuropsychiatric symptoms in people with dementia in nursing homes. Alongside an 18-month cluster-randomized controlled trial in which we studied the effectiveness of DCM on residents and staff outcomes, we investigated differences in costs of care between DCM and usual care in nursing homes. METHODS Dementia s...