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Global analysis of critical care burden [PDF]

The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 2014
The care of critically-ill patients is a specialized task that demands high human and financial resources. As an example, in the United States, each day of critical care costs approximately USD 3500 and in total accounts for 13% of hospital costs, all of which amounts to 1% of the gross national product (1).
Giuliana, Cerro, William, Checkley
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Relationships between care burden, resilience, and depressive symptoms among the main family caregivers of stroke patients: A cross-sectional study

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2022
ObjectivesThis study aims to explore the potential mediating role of resilience between care burden and depressive symptoms in family caregivers of stroke patients.MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted with a convenience sample involving 245 main ...
Linlin Fang, Mengyuan Dong, Wenbo Fang, Jin Zheng   +3 more
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Care Burden and Life Satisfaction of Caregivers Who are Providing Home Health Care to Patients

Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, 2023
Isa Sezek,1 Mahcube Cubukcu,2 Secıl Muderrısoglu3 1Yesil Kent Family Health Center, Samsun, Turkey; 2Department of Family Medicine, Samsun University Faculty of Medicine, Samsun, Turkey; 3Department of Biochemistry, Ondokuz Mayis University,
Sezek I, Cubukcu M, Muderrısoglu S
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Bridging the Loneliness Gap: Depression, Connectivity, and Isolation in Pediatric Oncology Patients and Their Peers

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Loneliness is associated with adverse physical and mental health outcomes and remains understudied in children and adolescents undergoing cancer therapy. Pediatric oncology patients may be at increased risk due to medical isolation and disruption of social networks.
Charlotte N. Stahlfeld, Scott H. Maurer, Michelle D. Watkinson, John Nury, Elise Barberis, Molly C. Mack   +5 more
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Quality of life and burden of informal caregivers providing care for patients with low function agility in the home environment [PDF]

, 2019
Background. Providing care to patients with low function agility in the home environment becomes a burden and leads to the worsening of the informal caregiver’s quality of life. Objectives.
Katarzyna Piasecka, Grzegorz Nowicki, Edyta Gałęziowska, Domżał-Drzewiecka, Renata, Deluga, Alina, Barbara Ślusarska, Katarzyna Kocka, Gałęziowska, Edyta, Nowicki, Grzegorz, Ślusarska, Beata, Alina Deluga, Renata Domżał-Drzewicka, Bartoszek, Agnieszka, Kocka, Katarzyna, Kachaniuk, Hanna, Piasecka, Katarzyna, Agnieszka Bartoszek, Hanna Kachaniuk   +17 more
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The Development of a Care-giving Burden Scale [PDF]

Age and Ageing, 1994
A burden scale is described that is conceptually specific by concentrating on an assessment of different aspects of distress of care-giving burden and conceptually sensitive by distinguishing two dimensions: the relationship of the carer and the care-receiver and the limitations in the personal life of the carer.
GERRITSEN, J.C., VAN DER ENDE, P.C.
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Exploring the meanings of death and dying and the burden of living with HIV/AIDS in Soweto, a South African township [PDF]

, 2005
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 72-75).The main study purpose was to inform a proposed model of palliative care in Soweto, the N'doro model, to identify an acceptable approach for a palliative care service in Soweto, and find out which issues
Dinat, Natalya
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Early Body Mass Index z‐Score Change and Resolution of Severe Malnutrition in Children With Sickle Cell Anemia in a Low‐Income Setting: A Prospective Single‐Arm Extension Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Children with sickle cell anemia (SCA) in low‐income settings are at risk of severe malnutrition, but optimal nutritional management has not been established. We evaluated an intensified ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) regimen in children with persistent severe malnutrition after initial treatment and assessed whether early ...
Safiya Gambo, Shehu Umar Abdullahi, Hassan Adam Murtala, Halima Kabir, Khadija A. Shamsu, Sari A. Acra, Virginia A. Stallings, Mark Rodeghier, Michael R. DeBaun, Lauren J. Klein   +9 more
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Factors leading to excessive fatigue in nurses – a three-year follow-up study

BMC Nursing
Background Global nursing shortages necessitate the identification of mitigatable factors that may reduce nursing absence and turnover. Fatigue has been shown to be associated with these issues. This study aimed to identify factors leading to development
Stand Hiestand, Siri Waage, Ingeborg Forthun, Ståle Pallesen, Bjørn Bjorvatn   +4 more
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Central Nervous System Tumors Among Infants in Canada: A Report From CYP‐C

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Central nervous system (CNS) tumors in infants are rare, pose unique clinical challenges, and lack large‐scale evidence‐based data to guide management. This study seeks to describe CNS tumors in Canadian infants and to compare their outcomes with those of older children.
Samuel Sassine, Hallie Coltin, Sylvia Cheng, Lucie Lafay‐Cousin, Vanan Issai Magimairajan, Craig Erker, Stéphanie Vairy, Lynette Bowes, Adam Fleming, Donna Johnston, Sarah McKillop, Roona Sinha, Julie Bennett, Christina Coleman, Laura Wheaton, Shayna Zelcer, Samuele Renzi, Thai Hoa Tran   +17 more
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