Psychosocial Influences on Acceptability and Feasibility of Salivary Cortisol Collection From Community Samples of Children
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Salivary cortisol is considered to be a safe and noninvasive measure of hypothalamic‐pituitary‐adrenal axis functioning, and is a commonly measured biomarker of the human stress response in pediatric research. However, cortisol is highly variable and sensitive to a wide range of factors, creating a challenge for reliable salivary cortisol collection in the community setting. Furthermore, the acceptability of salivary cortisol collection in community samples of children is largely unknown. The purpose of this integrative review was to investigate current evidence on the acceptability and feasibility of salivary...
Source: Research in Nursing and Health - September 30, 2016 Category: Nursing Authors: Eileen M. Condon Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Role of the Internet in Care Initiation by People Living With HIV
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People frequently use the internet to obtain information, including information about health, but we lack understanding of how people living with HIV (PLHIV) use the internet in their care and treatment decisions. In this secondary analysis, interviews with 23 individuals who initiated HIV care at an urban, Midwestern medical center and mentioned internet use were analyzed using qualitative content analysis to explore how they used the internet during the process of initiating HIV care. HIV care had been initiated by this sample from less than one month to three years post‐diagnosis. Participants discussed the i...
Source: Research in Nursing and Health - September 29, 2016 Category: Nursing Authors: Joseph Perazzo, Stephen Haas, Allison Webel, Joachim Voss Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Association of Calf Muscle Pump Stimulation With Sleep Quality in Adults
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Prevention of lower extremity fluid pooling (LEFP) is associated with improved sleep quality. Physical activity and compression stockings are non‐invasive methods used to manage LEFP, but both are associated with low adherence. Calf muscle pump (CMP) stimulation is an alternative and more convenient approach. Convenience sampling was used to recruit 11 participants between ages 45 and 65 with poor sleep quality. A within‐person single‐group pre‐test–post‐test design was used to evaluate changes in sleep quality, daytime sleepiness, and functional outcomes sensitive to impaired sleep as measured by the ...
Source: Research in Nursing and Health - September 29, 2016 Category: Nursing Authors: Lynn M. Baniak, Carolyn S. Pierce, Kenneth J. McLeod, Eileen R. Chasens Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Can Nursing Units With High Fall Rates Be Identified Using One Year of Data? Reliability of Fall Rates As a Function of the Number of Quarters on Which They Are Based
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Reliability—the extent to which multiple measurements of a target yield similar results—is critical in comparing healthcare provider quality. Hospital unit fall rates are widely tracked and used for benchmarking, but their reliability is not well‐studied. Our twofold purpose was to estimate fall rate reliability, both in terms of signal (between‐unit variability) relative to noise (within‐unit variability) and in terms of the accuracy with which units can be classified as high‐fall units; and to assess reliability as a function of the number of quarters of data used to compute fall rates. Using year 20...
Source: Research in Nursing and Health - September 29, 2016 Category: Nursing Authors: Vincent S. Staggs, Emily Cramer Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Characteristics of Qualitative Descriptive Studies: A Systematic Review
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Qualitative description (QD) is a term that is widely used to describe qualitative studies of health care and nursing‐related phenomena. However, limited discussions regarding QD are found in the existing literature. In this systematic review, we identified characteristics of methods and findings reported in research articles published in 2014 whose authors identified the work as QD. After searching and screening, data were extracted from the sample of 55 QD articles and examined to characterize research objectives, design justification, theoretical/philosophical frameworks, sampling and sample size, data collec...
Source: Research in Nursing and Health - September 29, 2016 Category: Nursing Authors: Hyejin Kim, Justine S. Sefcik, Christine Bradway Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Psychometric Testing of the Self ‐Care of Coronary Heart Disease Inventory (SC‐CHDI)
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Although coronary heart disease (CHD) requires a significant amount of self‐care, there are no instruments available to measure self‐care in this population. The purpose of this study was to test the psychometric properties of the Self‐Care of Coronary Heart Disease Inventory (SC‐CHDI). Using the Self‐Care of Chronic Illness theory, we developed a 22‐item measure of maintenance, management, and confidence appropriate for persons with stable CHD and tested it in a convenience sample of 392 adults (62% male, mean age 61.4 ± 9.6 years). Factorial validity was tested with confirmatory factor analysis....
Source: Research in Nursing and Health - September 29, 2016 Category: Nursing Authors: Victoria Vaughan Dickson, Christopher S. Lee, Karen S. Yehle, Ana Mola, Kenneth M. Faulkner, Barbara Riegel Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
A Case Study of Engaging Hard ‐to‐Reach Participants in the Research Process: Community Advisors on Research Design and Strategies (CARDS)®
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Lack of diversity among study participants in clinical research limits progress in eliminating health disparities. The engagement of lay stakeholders, such as patient or community advisory boards (CABs), has the potential to increase recruitment and retention of underrepresented groups by providing a structure for gathering feedback on research plans and materials from this target population. However, many CABs intentionally recruit prominent stakeholders who are connected to or comfortable with research and academia and thus may not accurately represent the perspectives of underrepresented groups who have been la...
Source: Research in Nursing and Health - September 29, 2016 Category: Nursing Authors: Betty L. Kaiser, Gay R. Thomas, Barbara J. Bowers Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Sit ‐To‐Stand Lift: Effects of Lifted Height on Weight Borne and Upper Extremity Strength Requirements
The objectives of this study were to determine: (a) the percentage of body weight borne by the patient when lifted to different heights in the lift and (b) whether a patient needs upper extremity strength. Nineteen healthy normal‐weight volunteers (ages 19–39) were transferred from a hospital bed to a wheelchair using (a) a gait belt and (b) a sit‐to‐stand lift. With legs secured in the lift, participants were lifted to five different heights (knee angles 120–180 degrees) while holding and not holding the lift handles. Participants supported a greater percentage of body weight as they were lifted higher, increasi...
Source: Research in Nursing and Health - September 29, 2016 Category: Nursing Authors: Ruoliang Tang, Maggie Poklar, Hilary Domke, Stephanie Moore, Jay Kapellusch, Arun Garg Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Can Lay Community Advisors Improve the Clarity of Research Participant Recruitment Materials and Increase the Likelihood of Participation?
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Despite decades of effort, lower income people and ethnic minorities continue to be underrepresented as participants in health research. A group of racially and ethnically diverse, lower income community members (Community Advisors on Research Design and Strategies: CARDS®) was trained to review study designs and procedures and provide recommendations to researchers for increasing participation and making research materials more understandable to members of underrepresented communities. In this mixed methods study, one participant group (n = 55) was shown research materials (recruitment documents and a consen...
Source: Research in Nursing and Health - September 29, 2016 Category: Nursing Authors: Barbara Bowers, Nora Jacobson, Anna Krupp Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Research in Nursing & Health Author Guidelines
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Source: Research in Nursing and Health - September 11, 2016 Category: Nursing Tags: Author Guidelines Source Type: research
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Source: Research in Nursing and Health - September 11, 2016 Category: Nursing Tags: Issue Information ‐ TOC Source Type: research
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Source: Research in Nursing and Health - August 21, 2016 Category: Nursing Tags: Erratum Source Type: research
Research Interest Groups are Augmenting the Mission of SNRS: Message From the President
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Source: Research in Nursing and Health - August 21, 2016 Category: Nursing Authors: Nan Smith ‐Blair, Sheila P. Davis Tags: SNRS News Source Type: research
RINAH Editors as Mentors: A Resource for Authors
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Source: Research in Nursing and Health - August 21, 2016 Category: Nursing Authors: Margaret H. Kearney Tags: Editorial Source Type: research
Reliability and Validity of the 4 ‐Item Version of the Korean Perceived Stress Scale
In conclusion, the 4‐ and 10‐item Korean Perceived Stress Scale are similar in psychometric qualities. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. (Source: Research in Nursing and Health)
Source: Research in Nursing and Health - August 21, 2016 Category: Nursing Authors: Hee ‐Ju Kim Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
