This review aimed to analyze the trends and contributions of nursing doctoral theses produced in Hong Kong. A total of 56 nursing doctoral theses were included in this review. The most often studied topic was cardiovascular rehabilitation care (n = 9, 16%). More recently, the most often studied topics has been health technology advancements in nursing care (n = 6, 10.7%). The common trend of st...

BACKGROUND Although stroke is recognised as a major factor in admission to nursing home care, data is lacking on the extent and nature of the disabilities and dependency in nursing homes arising from stroke. A national study conducted in nursing homes can quantify the number of residents with stroke in nursing homes, their disability and levels of dependency. METHODS A cross-sectional survey ...

BACKGROUND Recovery-oriented care is a guiding principle for mental health services in Australia, and internationally. Recovery-oriented psychiatric rehabilitation supports people experiencing mental illness to pursue a meaningful life. In Australia, people with unremitting mental illness and psychosocial disability are often detained for months or years in secure extended care facilities. Psyc...

Although the aging inpatient population in state psychiatric hospitals is growing significantly, there are few examples of available training to improve staff knowledge and practice. The current article describes a 10-week training series developed through a university and psychiatric hospital collaboration. Training was attended by 135 direct care nursing and rehabilitation staff and focused o...

This paper describes a nursing protocol for patients treated with thrombolysis for acute ischaemic stroke developed during the Stroke Association phase of the Third International Stroke Trial (IST-3), a randomised controlled trial of recombinant tissue plasminogen activator for acute ischaemic stoke. The IST-3 Nurse collaborative group met three times over three years. The meetings consisted of...

The authors present a modular set of patient classification systems designed for medical rehabilitation that predict resource use and outcomes for clinically similar groups of individuals. The systems, based on the Functional Independence Measure, are referred to as Function-Related Groups (FIM-FRGs). Using data from 23,637 lower extremity fracture patients from 458 inpatient medical rehabilita...

Ischemic stroke (cerebral infarction) is a common clinical disease of ischemic necrosis or softening localized brain tissue, which belongs to in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). In recent years, its incidence rate has gradually increased, the age onset tends be younger, and seriously affects quality life patients with cerebral infarction. TCM rehabilitation one effective methods improve symp...