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Association between developmental coordination disorder or low motor competence, and risk of impaired bone health across the lifespan: protocol for a…
2020
OBJECTIVE: This systematic review will assess the association between developmental coordination disorder and low motor competence, and impairments in bone health across the lifespan. INTRODUCTION: Individuals with developmental coordination disorder tend to have a pattern of physical activity associated with bone health impairments. Preliminary studies have found impairments in bone health measures, including fractures, throughout the lifespan with potential public health ramifications. As studies in this area are of small samples across wide age ranges no comprehensive picture of bone health in this group has been formed, hindering action. A systematic review is needed to determine the po…
Tools to identify nutritional risk for older people in the home
2012
Author's version of an article in the journal: British Journal of Community Nursing. Community nurses are in an ideal position to identify older home-dwelling people at nutritional risk and thereby to prevent undernutrition. The aim of this paper is to present some nutritional screening instruments for older home-dwelling people and to discuss nutritional issues of importance for community nurses in order to assess nutritional risk and prevent undernutrition. The screening instruments Nutritional Form For the Elderly (NUFFE) and Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) are especially developed for screening older people. The Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST) is recommended for screening…
Psychometric testing of the Norwegian version of the Nutritional Form For the Elderly among older home-dwelling people
2012
Ulrika Söderhamn, Bjørg Dale, Kari Sundsli, Solveig T Tomstad, Olle SöderhamnCenter for Caring Research, Southern Norway, Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Agder, Grimstad, NorwayBackground: Nutritional screening instruments need to be evaluated in terms of reliability and validity and being able to demonstrate sensitivity and specificity for use in clinical practice and research. The aims of this study were to test the reliability and validity of the Norwegian version of the Nutritional Form For the Elderly (NUFFE-NO) in a sample of older home-dwelling people, and to use the short form of the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA-SF) as a standard.…
Quality management in patients associations. Diagnosis in the Spanish Federation of Cystic Fibrosis
2020
La Federación Española de Fibrosis Quística tiene como misión agrupar a las Asociaciones de Fibrosis Quística para mejorar la calidad de vida de las personas con Fibrosis Quística y sus familias. El despliegue de este movimiento en los últimos 20 años no ha sido igual en todas las asociaciones que lo componen. Este artículo, expone el diagnóstico de la cuestión. Con una metodología cuantitativa y cualitativa, se ha triangulando la información procedente de: análisis documental, entrevistas semiestructuradas y encuestas. Los resultados obtenidos plantean la gestión con calidad como elemento favorecedor del fortalecimiento asociativo y la figura del profesional de trabajo social como impulsor…
Primary stroke prevention worldwide:translating evidence into action
2021
Abstract: Stroke is the second leading cause of death and the third leading cause of disability worldwide and its burden is increasing rapidly in low-income and middle-income countries, many of which are unable to face the challenges it imposes. In this Health Policy paper on primary stroke prevention, we provide an overview of the current situation regarding primary prevention services, estimate the cost of stroke and stroke prevention, and identify deficiencies in existing guidelines and gaps in primary prevention. We also offer a set of pragmatic solutions for implementation of primary stroke prevention, with an emphasis on the role of governments and population-wide strategies, includin…
Predictors of Job Satisfaction among Staff in Residential Settings for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities: A Comparison between Three Residential…
2010
Background This cross-sectional study aims to assess whether there are differences in staff job satisfaction, including organizational and individual characteristics, between three residential models for adults with intellectual disabilities (small residential home, group home and institution) and to investigate the organizational and individual variables associated with staff job satisfaction. Methods A standardized self-administered questionnaire (Job Satisfaction Survey) was distributed together with demographic questions between April 2007 and June 2007. In total, 1301 staff members completed the questionnaire. Results We found that staff working at small homes had a significantly hi…
Tablet as a digital tool in supervision of student teachers’ practical training
2016
Published version. Source at http://doi.org/10.18261/issn.1891-943x-2016-04-02. License CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. In the project “Tablets in Practicum Supervision”, the tablet has been tested as a tool for observation and supervision in Norwegian teacher education. The study incorporates 14 practicum supervision groups and focuses on how the use of tablets can influence the quality of the supervision and the coherence between teaching, observation and supervision. Throughout the supervision process, the groups have used tablets to produce and share texts, pictures and video recordings. The use of tablets has resulted in eight aspects of quality improvement: improved observations, stronger motivation…
Die Definitionen der Schockformen
2001
Der hypovolamische Schock ist ein Zustand unzureichender Durchblutung vitaler Organe mit konsekutivem Missverhaltnis von Sauerstoff-Angebot und -Verbrauch infolge intravasalen Volumenmangels mit kritisch verminderter kardialer Vorlast; er wird in vier spezielle Formen unterteilt (hamorrhagischer Schock, hypovolamischer Schock im engeren Sinne, traumatisch-hamorrhagischer Schock und traumatisch-hypovolamischer Schock). Der kardiogene Schock ist durch eine primare, kritische Verminderung der kardialen Pumpleistung mit konsekutiver inadaquater Sauerstoff-Versorgung der Organe bedingt. Der anaphylaktische Schock ist eine akute Verteilungstorung des Blutvolumens im Sinn des distributiven Schocks…
Prevención de úlceras por presión en neonatos con ventilación mecánica no invasiva
2020
espanolRESUMEN Objetivo: Determinar el aposito con mayor efectividad (hidrocoloide o espuma de poliuretano) en neonatos ingresados en las unidades de cuidados intensivos neonatal y pediatrica del Hospital Clinico Universitario de Valencia, sometidos a ventilacion mecanica no invasiva para la prevencion de ulceras por presion nasales y/o faciales. Material y metodos: Proyecto de investigacion de tipo observacional, prospectivo y analitico cuya muestra estaba formada por 13 neonatos con ventilacion mecanica no invasiva, hospitalizados en la unidad de cuidados intensivos neonatales y pediatrica. Los neonatos fueron divididos en dos grupos: en el grupo A (7 pacientes) se empleo el aposito de es…
Birthing Support for Midwives and Mothers - ErgonomicTesting and Product Development
2012
Purpose: To further develop an ergonomic birthing support for increasing comfortable postures for midwives and mothers during deliveries. Methods and Results: First, the prototype of the birthing support and six birthing postures were tested with 8 midwives, 2 physicians, and 10 pregnant women in the last month of their pregnancy using visual analogue scales (VASs) and the System Usability Scale (SUS). According to the midwives and mothers, the best birthing postures were those with the mother sitting on the birthing support with the bed crosswise or the mother laying on her side on the bed with her leg on the birthing support. In the second stage of the study, 4 experts carried out an expe…