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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"self-care behaviors"”.
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Hope and Self-care Behaviors in Hemodialysis Patients
본 연구는 혈액투석환자의 희망과 자가간호행위를 파악하고, 희망과 자가간호행위의 관계를 파악하여, 자가간호행위 증진을 위한 희망의 중요성을 제시하여 간호의 질을 높이는데 기초자료로 사용하고자 시도되었다. 연구대상자는 경기도에 위치한 일 대학병원 인공신장실에서 정기적으로 혈액투석치료를 받고 있는 외래환자를 대상으로 하였다. 그 중에서 혈액투석을 시작한지 3개월 이상이며, 주 2회 이상 혈액투석을 받고 있으며, 거동이 가능하고, 의사소통이 가능하고 인지기능이 정상이며 설문지의 내용을 이해하고 응답할 수 있으며, 항우울제를 복용하지 않는 …
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Memory Matters II: Predictors of Self-care Behaviors in Young Adults with Type 1 Diabetes
… yet the role of memory in daily diabetes self-care has not been evaluated for young adults. Subtests from two well-standardized memory measures were administered to 34 young adults with type 1 diabetes, aged 18-29, in this pilot study. Self-care behaviors were assessed through 24-hour …
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A Longitudinal Investigation of Cognitive Predictors of Self-care Behaviors in Youth with Type I Diabetes
… (mean interval = 2.07 years). Diabetes care behaviors were assessed through the 24-hour Diabetes Interview. This study was the first to document longitudinal prediction of BGM by rote memory and fat consumption by working memory. Extant cross-sectional literature was replicated; rote …
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The Application of the Transtheoretical Model of Change to Self-care Behaviors in Type 2 Diabetics
… as it relates to the full-spectrum of diabetes self-care behaviors.</p> <p><strong>Purpose.</strong> The purpose of this study was to compare the pattern of stages of change across four self-care behaviors between intervention and control groups, and examine psychosocial and health outcome …
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A Qualitative Exploration of Self-Care Behaviors for Disease and Symptom Management Among College Students with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
… conditions, and early mortality. Therefore, T1DM self-care behaviors (e.g., administering insulin, monitoring blood glucose) must be performed to minimize disease exacerbations. Previous research has shown that college students with T1DM are improperly administering insulin and infrequently …
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An Examination of Factors Affecting Hemoglobin A1c Levels and Self-Care Behaviors among Type 2 Diabetic Patients in the Primary Care Setting
… still many people who do not receive adequate care, education, and support in managing their diabetes (Barnard, Peyrot, & Holt, 2012; Rossi et al., 2015). This cross-sectional, descriptive, study examined the effects of the components of the Chronic Care Model on the outcomes of self-care …
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The Effects of Diabetic Foot Care Education on Assessments and Behaviors among Adults with Diabetes Mellitus Experiencing Homelessness
… risk factors such as the lack of routine healthcare, insurance, nutritious meals, and access to diabetic foot self-care education, impact the individual’s risk for developing diabetic foot ulcers which may lead to non-traumatic lower extremity amputations. The purpose of the study was to measure …
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When the goal is to be less stressed: a naturalistic investigation of academic and self-care goal completion
… and posing a challenge for academic goals and self-care behaviors. Individual difference factors such as resilience and need for cognition may impact this stress experience as well as academic and self-care behaviors. Prior to the current study, self-care had yet to be studied in the same …
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Improving Blood Pressure Control In Esrd Through A Supportive Educative Nursing Intervention
… Studies have indicated that adherence rates to self-care behaviors related to salt and fluid intake and medication regimens are very poor in the HD population. Traditional hypertension management strategies have been found to be largely ineffective. There is modest evidence indicating that …
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The Effectiveness of a Structured Telephone Support Program for Rural Patients with Heart Failure
… and economic environment. Limited access to care has been cited as a reason why the Appalachian region of Kentucky has one of the highest rates of cardiovascular disease in the developed world. Kentucky ranked seventh in the nation for heart failure (HF) death rates 2007-2009. The objectives …
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Health literacy and older adults' comprehension of multimedia health information
… health literacy is an important barrier to self-care, having been linked to various poor self-care behaviors and health outcomes. Low levels of health literacy likely compromise self-care by impacting patients’ ability to comprehend health-related texts that could otherwise inform self-care …
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“Do you think I should be worried?” Building a Call Structure for HIV(-) Callers to the Nightline
… to promote health maintenance and mental health self-care behaviors. Until now, there has been no process to assess whether callers had disproportionate anxiety about HIV given their actual risk level. Consequently, HIV(-) anxious callers could receive inconsistent information. The goal of this …
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Increasing Participation of Diabetes Patients in Diabetes Self-Management by Identifying Barriers Hindering the Achievement of Diabetes Self-Management Behaviors in a Medical-Surgical Unit
… participation of diabetic patients in diabetes self-management education (DSME) by at least 20%, by identifying and addressing barriers and obstacles hindering the achievement or maintenance of diabetes self-management behaviors in a medical-surgical unit. A total of 20 diabetic patients …
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Exploring the Experience of Embodiment of Diverse Leaders
… certain physical acts, an attunement to self-care behaviors, a connection to desire, and inhabiting the body as a subjective site (Piran, 2016). This can be a complicated experience for leaders who hold multiple intersecting identities (Hill et al., 2016). As new medical therapies promise …
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An outcomes study of diabetes education
… of a twelve-hour diabetic education program on self-care behaviors and level of integration of diabetes in patients with type 1 & type 2 diabetes. Using the Theory of Integration (Hernandez, 1995) as the study's conceptual framework, an outcomes study was conducted. Thirty-five questionnaires …
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African Americans with Diabetes: Couples’ Support Program Development Project
… the couple dyad. Participant couples identified behaviors as supportive or non-supportive and shared their experience of enacting and perceiving support related to diabetes. The four support themes that emerged from the data were awareness support, relational support, regimen support, and …
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Role of Cultural and Psychological Factors Influencing Diabetes Treatment Adherence
… both cultural and psychological factors with behaviors central to diabetes control among culturally diverse populations (Betancourt & López, 1993; Betancourt, Flynn, Riggs, & Garberoglio, 2010). Based on Bandura’s theory of self-efficacy (1977a; 2004), it was expected that self-efficacy would …
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Barriers and Facilitators to Diabetes Self-Management in a Primary Care Setting – Patient and Physician Perspectives
… patient- and physician-perceived barriers to self-management of type-2 diabetes (T2DM) and explore the challenges physicians face in managing these patients. METHODS: This cross-sectional study of T2DM patients and their physicians used a mixed-methods approach (combination of patient survey …
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Utilizing the Technology Acceptance Model to Predict System Use of an Interactive Behavior Change Technology to Deliver Virtual Diabetes Health Education
… in the health services delivery model to improve self-care management practices among patients with multiple chronic conditions (Davis, Hitch, Salaam, Herman, Zimmer-Galler, & Mayer-Davis, 2010; Eng, Gustafson, Henderson, Jimison, & Patrick, 1999; Fitzner & Moss, 2013; Gruman, 2011; Lin, 1999; …
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