Orthorexia nervosa (ON), a condition in which people restrict their diet according to the quality of food, means an intense obsession with healthy eating (Bratman, 1997a). Due limitations measurement tools used measure ON, 3 have been developed recently. The aim this study is evaluate psychometric properties Eating Habits Questionnaire (EHQ), Barcelona Scale (BOS) and Nervosa (ONS), were concep...

AIMS The UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) is increasingly being used to investigate suicide-related adverse drug reactions. No studies have comprehensively validated the recording of suicide and nonfatal self-harm in the CPRD. We validated general practitioners' recording of these outcomes using linked Office for National Statistics (ONS) mortality and Hospital Episode Statistics (...

BACKGROUND & AIMS There is limited information about the economic impact of nutritional support despite its known clinical benefits. This systematic review examined the cost and cost effectiveness of using standard (non-disease specific) oral nutritional supplements (ONS) administered in the hospital setting only. METHODS A systematic literature search of multiple databases, data synthesis an...

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The 36th Annual Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) Congress will be held April 28 through May 1, 2011, in Boston, MA. New regulations have changed how healthcare organizations and professional societies such as ONS may run conferences. Conference participants probably will notice the changes.

To raise awareness about the need to recognize and celebrate the unique gifts and qualities nurses bring to oncology, the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) Nominating Committee thought that discussing the many contributions of oncology nurses would be enlightening and empowering. This article originally was offered by the authors as a presentation at the ONS 29th Annual Congress in May 2004.