OBJECTIVE The ventilator bundle is being promoted to prevent adverse events in ventilated patients including ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). We aimed to: (i) examine adoption of the ventilator bundle elements; (ii) determine effectiveness of individual elements and setting characteristics in reducing VAP; (iii) determine effectiveness of two infection-specific elements on reducing VAP; a...

Hypertension is an important condition among adults, affecting nearly one billion people worldwide. Treatment with appropriate medication is a key factor in the control of hypertension and reduction in associated risk of complications. However, compliance with treatment is often sub-optimal, especially in developing countries. The present study investigated the factors associated with self-repo...

OBJECTIVE To assess continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) compliance and factors associated with CPAP compliance among Chinese patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). DESIGN A prospective study of 112 consecutive patients with newly diagnosed OSA commencing CPAP treatment. SETTING A university teaching hospital. MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS The following factors were evaluated for a...

purpose: this study aimed to assess the relationship between religious orientation (internal / external) of library users and their tendency to safekeeping and protect the information resources and heeding library rules. method: the research method was survey and the data gathered using the alport questionnaire of religious orientation and a questionnaire for assessing the tendency of the users...

introduction: although significant development in the field of medicine is achieved, sepsis is still a major issue threatening humans’ lives. this study was aimed to audit the management of severe sepsis and septic shock patients in emergency department (ed) according to the present standard guidelines. method: this is a prospective audit on approaching adult septic patients who were admitted t...

Compliance is often used to describe a situation in which a child completes instructions from adults, and low levels of compliance are a common teacher concern. We conducted a descriptive assessment that showed that compliance was relatively stable for individual children, variable across children, and positively correlated with age. The impact of six antecedent variables (proximity, position, ...

OBJECTIVE To determine if a high compliance rate for wearing external hip protectors could be achieved and sustained in a long-term care population. STUDY DESIGN A 13-month prospective study of daytime use of external hip protectors in an at-risk long-term care population. SETTING One hundred-bed not-for-profit long-term care facility. PARTICIPANTS Thirty-eight ambulatory residents having...

What kind of phenomenon is it when ordinary people in the United Kingdom unexpectedly abide by government advice on social distancing response to COVID-19 pandemic, even anticipating constraints their activities? These happenings demand that we engage anthropologically with compliance – acts or activities conform, submit adapt rules demands others. At present, there no ‘anthropology compliance’...

UNLABELLED Little is known about whether patients with chronic pain treated with opioids experience craving for their medications, whether contextual cues may influence craving, or if there is a relationship between craving and medication compliance. We hypothesized that craving for prescription opioids would be significantly correlated with the urge for more medication, preoccupation with the ...