OBJECTIVE To verify the presence of stress among undergraduate nursing students in different stages of hospital practice. METHOD Descriptive, cross-sectional study addressing 86 nursing students in their 6th, 7th, and 9th semesters in 2011. An instrument developed by Costa and Polak for the Assessment of Stress Among Nursing Students was used. It is composed of six domains: performance of pra...

Aging and chronic exercise training influence leg venous compliance. Venous compliance affects responses to an orthostatic stress. The extent to which exercise training in a previously sedentary older population will affect venous compliance and tolerance to the simulated orthostatic stress of maximal lower body negative pressure (LBNP) is unknown. The purpose of this investigation is to determ...

A 10-week, group therapeutic-oriented community-based intervention, the Moms' Empowerment Program (MEP), was tested with 181 children and their mothers exposed to intimate partner violence (IPV) during the past year. Women's experiences of intimate partner violence and traumatic stress were assessed with standardized measures. A sequential assignment procedure allocated participants to three co...

Athletes improve performance when an optimal balance between training stress and recovery exists. If out of proportion, overtraining syndrome (OTS) can ensue. Currently several biomarkers are used to detect OTS, but none meets all prespecified criteria for definite diagnosis. The purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of eight week endurance running training program on biochemical,...

OBJECTIVE To test the efficacy of a Stress Management and Resiliency Training (SMART) program for decreasing stress and anxiety and improving resilience and quality of life among Department of Radiology physicians. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study was approved by the institutional review board. A total of 26 Department of Radiology physicians were randomized in a single-blind trial to either t...

The evidence on the cost and cost-effectiveness of global training programs is sparse. This manager's guide to cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) is for professionals who want to recognize and support high quality CEA. It focuses on CEA of training in the context of program implementation or rapid program expansion. Cost analysis provides cost per output and CEA provides cost per outcome. The di...

During the period from 1970 to 1990, there was a dramatic improvement in survival and impairment rates for high-risk newborns thanks to major advances in neonatal physiology, technology and the organization of regionalized neonatal intensive care. The primary focus of intensive care remained medical and physiological, with patients subjected to prolonged periods of repeated medically necessary ...

introduction with the increase in women's employment and change in attitudes towards father’s role in family, father involvement in infant care can indirectly influence the physical health and well being of infant and mother. materials and methods this randomized clinical trial was performed on 150 qualified pregnant women and husbands. during the 35-37 weeks of pregnancy, fathers in fathe...