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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Comfort measures"”.
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Healthcare Systems : three studies of patient management and policy change
… and introduced new and interesting ''technology comfort" measures and a "Smartphone usage" scale, to evaluate if patients would be able to use smart technologies for their disease self-management. This paper not only suggests that patients with diabetes could potentially benefit from using …
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Comparative Study of Circadian Salivary Cortisol Levels in Colic and Noncolic Infants
… of colic infants also spent more time using comfort measures for their infants than parents of noncolic infants.<br> The following pages contain the problem and objective of the study, review of the literature, explanation of the methodology, and an analysis of the findings. Conclusions of …
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Ride and handling assessment of vehicles using four-post rig testing and simulation
… the roll mode of excitation. The BS 6841 [1] discomfort acceleration weightings are applied to the modal responses, with road input PSDs representative of standardised roads and driving cycles used to produce a comfort index value for a tested vehicle or setup. A novel performance index is …
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Development of an instrument to measure mothers' perceptions of professional labor support
… of PLS called the "5 Cs": caring, communication, comfort, competency, and concern. The sample (n = 256) consisted of mothers with non-complicated pregnancies who delivered healthy term infants by either vaginal delivery (91.1 %) or cesarean section ( 8.1 %), at five different birth centers. …
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Maternal posture for fetal malposition to improve labour and birth outcomes for mothers and their infants
… an RCT but half were unsure primarily related to comfort concerns, and half would consult their partner first. Conclusions: Further research is needed of hands and knees and lateral postures, including semi-prone and/or same-side-as-fetus postures. Labour interventions facilitating anterior fetal …
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POLST-Discordant Intensive Care Near the End of Life: A Retrospective Cohort Study
… 41% female), of whom 268 had POLST orders for “comfort measures only” (CMO) and 476 had orders for “limited additional interventions” (LAI). Among patients with treatment-limiting POLST orders, the incidence of POLST-discordant intensive care was 36% (95%CI 33-40%) [CMO: 28%, 95%CI 23-34%) ; …
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An Examination of the Influence of Socioeconomic Status and Race on End-of-Life Treatment Level Following a Palliative Intervention
… and education levels affecting code status, comfort status and discharge to hospice. Costs pre- and post-intervention were also examined using the t-test. Results demonstrated that the palliative intervention had a significant effect on costs and care level. Further, African Americans with …