OBJECTIVES This exploratory study is the first systematic outcome evaluation to examine the effects of an 8-week meditation-based program in mindfulness in a German sample. DESIGN Twenty-one (21) participants with chronic physical, psychologic, or psychosomatic illnesses were examined in a longitudinal pretest and post-treatment design with a 3-month follow-up. OUTCOME MEASURES Both quantit...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of psychologic support against preterm delivery in pregnant women with symptoms of preterm labor. STUDY DESIGN The study, which involved two cohorts of women identified during two successive periods in the same maternity ward, included 309 women in the experimental group and 323 in the control group. The women in the control grou...

OBJECTIVE The present study examined gender differences in the psychologic and physical symptom changes associated with written disclosure. METHODS Male (n = 48) and female (n = 46) college students were assigned to either a written disclosure condition or a control writing condition. Participants in each condition wrote on 3 consecutive days for 20 minutes each session. Heart rate was record...

Background Workplace violence (WPV) against healthcare workers (HCWs) employed in psychiatric inpatient wards is a serious occupational issue that involves both staff and patients; the consequences of WPV may include increased service costs and lower standards of care. The purpose of this review was to evaluate which topics have been focused on in the literature and which are new in approaching...

The article analyzes the individual personality as determinant of entrepreneurial action and foresight. They have been reviewed: psychologic-biological processes, cognitive procedures, creating a person – also entrepreneur. On behalf these not only recognition perception-object starts, but at same time its evaluation rating.

The author reviews anesthetic considerations for the pediatric patient requiring foot and lower leg surgery. He initially describes the physiologic and psychologic differences from adults. Preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative factors are then evaluated.

BACKGROUND Evidence-based guidelines exist to reduce health care-associated infections (HAIs). Leadership rounds are one tool leaders can use to ensure compliance with guidelines, but have not been studied specifically for the reduction of HAIs. This study examines HAI leadership rounds at one facility. METHODS We explored unit-based HAI leadership rounds led by 2 hospital leaders at a large ...