OBJECTIVES To study the willingness of dental patients to donate biospecimens for research purpose and to examine factors that may influence such a decision. MATERIALS AND METHODS A face-to-face interview was conducted using a pretested structured survey instrument on 408 adult dental patients attending a university hospital for dental care. Descriptive statistics were generated, and the x03C...

BACKGROUND Little information is available on the degree of actual social functioning after successful kidney transplantation. Moreover, information on factors that influence participation in social activities is scarce. The aim of this study was to examine the influence of clinical factors on social outcome. METHODS A retrospective study was performed on a cohort of primary kidney transplant...

The purpose was to determine the effect of personal and professional factors, as well as motivational orientations, on the participation of nursing staff in continuing education at two health institutions, one public and another private. Descriptive, comparative, correlational design. Probabilistic sampling, random estimation, error limit 0.05, confidence level 95%. Participants were 105 subjec...

This study investigates gender differences in the barriers and incentives that are most influential in the coronary patient's decision to participate in cardiac rehabilitation programs (CRPs) and suggests strategies to counter these barriers. Patient surveys were administered to consecutive English-speaking attenders and referred nonattenders to a cardiac rehabilitation center at a university h...

This data article provides a data description on all subsamples related to the research article entitled "Don't change my towels please: Factors influencing participation in towel reuse programs" (E. Dimara, E. Manganari, D. Skuras, 2017) [1]. The dataset was compiled from a field questionnaire survey of 1304 tourists in Greece that captured key demographic, behavioral and psychographic charact...

Introduction: Professional Developmental Activities (PDA) are the means to update health care providers with new knowledge and help them provide quality better patient outcomes. This study aims determine factors that influence participation in professional development activities among nursing personnel. 
 Methods: A cross sectional was conducted nurses Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospita...