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To (a) explore how the diary contributes to patient motivation for monitoring self-management and (b) explore the nurses’ experience of how the diary supports the patients’ self-management after lung transplantation.

A quantitative and qualitative study design.

Fifteen patients and four nurses participated. Data were analysed descriptively and thematically.

This pilot study shows that the diary strengthens patients’ self-management in the first postoperative period. Nurses were confident that the patients were structured about self-observation when using the diary.

This pilot study shows that the diary strengthens patients’ self-management in the first postoperative period. Nurses were confident that the patients were structured about self-observation when using the diary.

This study aimed to investigate changes in mental health among young adults participating in an integrated mental health and vocational support intervention according to the Södertälje Supported Employment and Education model.

A prospective longitudinal pre-post intervention study of 12months.

Instruments on depressive symptoms, quality of life, empowerment, engagement in activities and sociodemographic characteristics were administered to 42 young adults aged 19-28years with mood disorders. Wilcoxon signed rank tests were used to assess changes in mental health.

Statistically significant positive changes between baseline and 12months were noted for quality of life and engagement in activities. Difference in empowerment scores neared significance and a statistical trend towards lower depression scores was seen, corresponding to moderate depression at baseline and less severe depression at 12months.

Integrated mental health and vocational services may support young adults’ mental health and is suggested to be linked to their personal recovery and clinical recovery.

Integrated mental health and vocational services may support young adults’ mental health and is suggested to be linked to their personal recovery and clinical recovery.

To examine the quality of evidence used to inform health policies. Policies on peripheral intravenous cannulas were used as exemplars.

An organizational case study design was used, using the STROBE reporting guidelines.

Policy guidelines were sourced between June and September 2018 from health departments in Australia. Seven documents were compared regarding intravenous cannula dwell times and blood collection use. Evidence used in the documents was critiqued using assessment guideline from the Oxford Centre for Evidence Based Medicine.

Large variations exist between policies regarding blood sampling and dwell time. Evidence used a variety of sources. Few references received an A evidence rating and policies differed in their interpretation of evidence.

Large variations exist between policies regarding blood sampling and dwell time. Evidence used a variety of sources. Few references received an A evidence rating and policies differed in their interpretation of evidence.

Type 2 diabetes is a major global health concern, and its prevalence is rapidly increasing throughout the world. The present study was conducted to explore the experiences of patients and healthcare providers to identify the social barriers to patients’ adherence to their recommended diet and thus help the design of future interventions.

This study was conducted as a qualitative study with content analysis approach.

The present qualitative study was conducted from November 2016-July 2017. Data were collected through 38 unstructured in-depth interviews with 33 T2D patients and their treatment supervisors and field notes. The interview transcripts were coded using the MAXQDA 10 software. To extract categories and themes, the thematic analysis approach was used. read more We followed the COREQ Checklist to ensure rigour in our study.

The analysis of the study revealed the emergence of five categories of perceived barriers including social priorities and rivalries, family’s food habits, poor social support, social impasses and dominant food patterns.

The analysis of the study revealed the emergence of five categories of perceived barriers including social priorities and rivalries, family’s food habits, poor social support, social impasses and dominant food patterns.

To explore communication experiences between family caregivers of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) and healthcare personnel during hospitalization.

A qualitative descriptive study approach with interviews of family caregivers was used.

Face-to-face, semi-structured interviews were conducted from June-September 2015 with ten family caregivers of adults with I/DD. Participants were recruited through an advocacy organization in the north-eastern United States. Data were analysed by content analysis. The Standards for Reporting Qualitative Research was the chosen checklist.

The four overarching themes “Need for Advocacy”; “Need for Better Communication”; “Sense of Abandonment”; and “Lack of Confidence” along with 12 subthemes were identified. Overall, participants reported miscommunications leading to instances of mistrust in hospital staff’s competence to deliver quality patient care.

The four overarching themes “Need for Advocacy”; “Need for Better Communication”; “Sense of Abandonment”; and “Lack of Confidence” along with 12 subthemes were identified. Overall, participants reported miscommunications leading to instances of mistrust in hospital staff’s competence to deliver quality patient care.

To describe the family composition and living arrangements of persons diagnosed with coronary artery disease and those relationships to family involvement in self-managed rehabilitation.

A cross-sectional study.

Data were collected with postal questionnaire from persons diagnosed with coronary artery disease (CAD) by using the Family Involvement in Rehabilitation (FIRE) scale. It measures family members’ promotion of patients’ rehabilitation and issues encumbering rehabilitation in family. Statistical methods were used to analyse the data.

Patients’ gender and having children in the family were predictors of issues encumbering rehabilitation in the family. But when examining living arrangements, patients who lived with a spouse or underage children had a better environment for recovery than those who lived alone or with adult children. More attention should be paid to targeting appropriate support for persons with coronary artery disease and their family members during the rehabilitation phase.

Patients’ gender and having children in the family were predictors of issues encumbering rehabilitation in the family.