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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"patient psychology"”.
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Perceived Needs of Frontier Midwestern Adults with Multiple Sclerosis
The purpose of this descriptive replication study was to describe the medical, psychologic, social, and vocational needs of adult persons with multiple sclerosis (MS) living in a midwestem frontier area and to compare them to the perceived needs of individuals with MS living in western Washington …
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An Identification of Hope Level and Frequency of Coping Response Among Hospitalized Post-myocardial Infarction Patients
… of hope and positive coping methods in other patient populations. Nurses as facilitators of hope have been interested in understanding the impact of hope and coping responses and the effects on patients.<br> The purpose of the study was to identify the level of hope and its relationship to …
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Patients' Psychological Adjustment to an Implanted Cardioverter Defibrillator
… time since implantation, and shocks predicted patients' psychological adjustment to an implanted cardioverter defibrillator (ICD). The holistic model of cardiovascular health (depicting how psychological factors, including anxiety and depression, can lead to physiological effects) was used as …
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Perception of Control Over Daily Activities and Hopelessness in Elderly Rural Nursing Home Residents
<p>The purposes of this study are:<br> 1. To determine the relationship of perceived control of daily activities with levels of hopelessness in nursing home residents residing in two rural Minnesota nursing homes.<br> 2. To explore the impact of differing staffing patterns in the two facilities as …
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Comparison of Differences Between Smoking and Nonsmoking Postoperative Gynecology Patients in their Satisfaction with Pain Management
… with pain management in postoperative gynecology patients. A nonprobability sample of 74 postoperative women who had undergone an abdominal (n = 41), a vaginal (n = 22), or a laparoscopy-assisted vaginal hysterectomy (n= 11) were recruited for the study. Forty-five (60.8%) respondents had no …
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Trichotomous therapy : a proposed pastoral paradigm
The relationship between Psychology and Theology has become an issue of increasing concern in recent years for the Christian community. With the growing complexities of cultural differences, the moral decline of society and its drift away from a Christian worldview, the pastoral ministry seems to …