OBJECTIVE To identify predictors and outcomes of postpartum mothers' perceptions of their readiness for hospital discharge. DESIGN A correlational design with path analyses was used to explore predictive relationships among transition theory-related variables. SETTING Midwestern tertiary perinatal center. PARTICIPANTS One hundred and forty-one mixed-parity postpartum mothers who had exper...

This longitudinal study investigates whether finding benefits in cancer can be predicted by assimilative and accommodative coping strategies, general self-efficacy, and received social support. Self-efficacy and social support were measured 1 month after cancer surgery, coping strategies 6 months after surgery, and benefit finding 12 months after surgery. Ninety-seven patients with cancer compl...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Measures of specific knowledge of coping with pre-hospital stroke symptoms can help educate high-risk patients and family caregivers. This study aimed to develop and validate the Pre-hospital Stroke Symptoms Coping Test (PSSCT). MATERIALS AND METHODS Reliability and validity were analyzed using multiple data sources. The Delphi expert consultation method was applied to ...

Hükümlülük olgusu, yalnızca işlediği suçun ardından mahkemece hakkında hapis cezasına karar verilen bireyi değil bireyin ailesini de yakından etkilemektedir. Bireyin yokluğu ya da “hükümlü” olması sebebi ile çeşitli sorunlar yaşayan aileler, yaşadıkları baş edebilme amacı stratejiler geliştirmektedir. Bu çalışmada, hükümlü ailelerinin hükümlülük sonrasında etme stratejilerinin ortaya konulması ...

BACKGROUND Quality end-of-life care depends on understanding patients' end-of-life choices. Individuals and cultures may hold end-of-life priorities at different hierarchy. Forced ranking rather than independent rating, and by-person factor analysis rather than averaging may reveal otherwise masked typologies. METHODS We explored Saudi males' forced-ranked, end-of-life priorities and dis-prio...

The present study used a Double-ABCX model to explore parental stress in 48 British families with children with developmental disabilities and behaviour problems in relation to certain child characteristics, resources, parents' perceptions and coping styles. Results indicated that the strongest predictors of parental stress were family coping style and parental internal locus of control. Parent...

Care of the body after death is an important nursing function that occurs in a wide variety of contexts. After a patient dies, nursing care continues as physical care of the body as well as care of the family members. In this descriptive, qualitative study, the authors explored nurse perceptions of what it means to care for the body after death. Narratives describing this care were collected an...