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Showing 1 to 20 of 30 for “"functional health"”.
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Dialogue Experiences in a Cross-Functional Health Care Team
The study results might offer awareness to health care professionals who work with and make decisions related to quality improvement initiatives and who participate in and/or facilitate team meetings, and to human resource development professionals with an interest in human process interventions …
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Online learning and the effects on functional health: a pilot study
… a major risk on our emotional and physical health, otherwise known as functional health which results in a trend away from active leisure pursuits and recreational sports and leading us towards a sedentary lifestyle (Wang, Luo, Gao, & Kong, 2012). Sedentary behavior leads to many health …
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The Effect of Social Support upon Compliance as Measured by Functional Health Patterns
… social support and compliance as measured by functional health patterns in the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Client (COPD) ( cx = 0.05).</p> <p>A convenience sample of 38 subjects from the outpatient Pulmonary Clinic at a Southern California Veterans' Administration Hospital were …
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Exploring Psychosocial Factors as Proxies for Attachment: Associations with Functional Health Outcomes in Older Adults
… biological determinants of physical and functional health in the aging process; however, much of this research focuses on their impact on aging. Little attention has been devoted to identifying moderating variables that may influence functional health trajectories. The identification of …
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Modelling of risk factors, case-fatalities, survival and functional health status for stroke in Kelantan, Malaysia
Stroke is an important public health problem worldwide. It is a non-communicable disease of increasing importance in the ageing population. There are four major types of stroke: a) ischaemic stroke, b) primary intracerebral haemorrhage, c) subarachnoid haemorrhage and d) undetermined stroke (no …
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Congregate mealsite participants’ self-reported and functional health, participation in activities and attitudes toward aging in Wisconsin
… in activities is essential for maintaining health and functional independence, preventing or delaying chronic diseases and improving quality of life. Generally, as older adults age, prevalence of regular activity declines. Many older adults are not engaging in activities and are not …
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The relationship between functional health literacy of African American veterans and nonveterans and their ability to read and comprehend medical information for a chronic illness
… part of the United States. The Short Test of Health Literacy Assessment (STOFHLA), a knowledge questionnaire, and a short demographic survey were used as the data collection tools. Four research questions were developed for the study. Each of these questions were addressed using inferential …
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Residential satisfaction of the elderly: the effect of management
… style and b) the direct and indirect effects of functional health, morale, and social activity on residential satisfaction using a path model. The sample for this study consisted of residents of government subsidized housing for the elderly in Virginia. The majority of the respondents were …
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Factors affecting the relationship between trauma and illness behavior
… traumatic events and illness behaviors such as health complaints and healthcare use are reported in recent studies. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms and diagnosis have been found to mediate this trauma-illness relationship. Differences in health behaviors have additionally been …
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ETHNO-RACIAL DISPARITIES IN HEALTH OUTCOMES: EVIDENCE FROM THE AGING POPULATION
… assesses racial and ethnic disparities in health outcomes of the aging population, with focus on improving functional health, health status and quality of life at both individual and community levels. Chapter 2 examines racial and ethnic disparities in willingness to pay (WTP) for improved …
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Health literacy in Toronto : applying the TOFHLA to identify the gap between physician and patient
… using a snowball sampling method. The Test of Functional Health Literacy Assessment (TOFHLA) is used to assess a patient’s level of comprehension of health-related material. The TOFHLA was validated by researchers Baker and Parker et al. in two separate studies in 1995 and 1999. This study has …
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Health Literacy and Health Promotion Behaviors among Samoans
Limited health literacy is associated with failure to engage in health promotion behaviors. Few studies examine this relationship among Samoans. This study used a cross-sectional correlational design to determine health literacy levels and their relationship to health promoting behaviors in a …
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Subjective Definitions of Leisure by Older Women
… Advanced age, race, depressive symptoms, poor functional health, cognitive impairment, and living alone were assumed to have a potentially confounding influence upon subjective descriptions of enjoyment and were therefore controlled. Eighty, non-minority women from the ages of sixty through …
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Evaluation of health textbooks for seventh and eighth grades
<p>The problem was to determine whether health textbooks include content and material that make them valuable and important tools for a functional health instruction course. The area of this investigation was limited to sixteen health texts designed for use in the seventh and eighth …
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Exploration of the Evidence to Support Clinical Practice to Decrease Hospital Readmission Rates For Patients With Chronic Pancreatitis
… of life and costs related to high utilization of health care resources, practice guidelines do not exist for management of this chronic population. In order to improve quality, cost, and care outcomes, it is important to develop more effective clinical interventions to decrease readmission rates …
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Physical Function and Body Composition in Obese Women in a Clinical Weight Loss Program
… to society, having a major impact on both public health and the economy. Impaired physical function and mobility impairments, although normally associated with older adults has been increasing in younger individuals, particularly in obese women, as obesity is the leading modifiable risk factor for …
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Exploring the Role of Health Literacy in Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Mixed Methods Approach
… to have considerable physical and psychosocial health benefits, uptake, attendance, and adherence is low. Little is known about the role of health literacy in cardiac rehabilitation, yet it has been shown that health literacy is lower in patients with cardiovascular disease. This thesis explores …
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Life and work: the health-related quality of life and employment outcomes of rental transplant recipients
… following kidney transplantation in terms of health-related quality of life and employment status. In addition it was designed to identify, in terms of relative contribution, the main factors or characteristics that are associated with employment from the perspective of the renal transplant …
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