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Reflections of nurses and primary healthcare managers on integrating hospital at home into public primary healthcare services: a Norwegian focus group study

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care
Background Hospital at home (HaH) is an innovative approach to healthcare delivery that brings specialized services to patients’ homes. HaH services are typically available in urban areas where hospitals can easily reach nearby patients.
Lillian Karlsen, Bente Prytz Mjølstad, Bjarte Bye Løfaldli, Anne-Sofie Helvik   +3 more
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Nurses’ Patient Safety Competencies in Aceh Province, Indonesia

Nurse Media: Journal of Nursing, 2014
Purpose: To determine the level of nurses‟ patient safety competencies in Aceh, Indonesia.Methods: A descriptive study was conducted to randomly recruit 207 nurses in a hospital in Banda Aceh, Indonesia.
Rahmad Julianto, Pratyanan Thiangchanya, Nongnut Boonyoung   +2 more
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Utilization of traditional Chinese medicine in the intensive care unit

Chinese Medicine, 2021
Previous studies showed that traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) may be effective for patients with critical conditions. However, the extent to which TCM is used in intensive care units (ICUs) remains less investigated. This study aimed to investigate the
Xia Zhang, Mingqi Wang, Wen Wang, Ling Li, Xin Sun   +4 more
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Reframing dementia care in Maltese Hospitals [PDF]

, 2016
This commentary addresses the urgent need to improve the care of patients with dementia and cognitive impairment in Maltese hospitals by proposing a number of dementia-friendly hospital-based initiatives.
Scerri, Anthony, Scerri, Charles
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Survival of Esophageal Cancer in China: A Pooled Analysis on Hospital-Based Studies From 2000 to 2018

Frontiers in Oncology, 2019
Background: Esophageal cancer (EC) causes more than 400 thousand deaths per year, and half of them occur in China. There are discrepancies regarding the survival of EC patients between population-based surveillance studies and hospital-based studies ...
Haifeng Hou, Zixiu Meng, Xuan Zhao, G. Ding, Ming Sun, Wei Wang, Youxin Wang   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Quality of life of caregivers and impact on the nuclear family of children with leukaemia in the National Cancer Institute of Sri Lanka [PDF]

, 2015
Childhood leukaemia is the commonest cancer in children aged below 15 years. A diagnosis of childhood leukaemia is a devastating experience for any parent. This hospital-based descriptive cross sectional study aimed to assess the quality of life (QOL) of
Goonawardena, C S E, Pathirana, Thanya I., Wijesiriwardane, I   +2 more
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Oral health-related quality of life and depressive symptoms in adults: longitudinal associations of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA)

BMC Oral Health, 2023
Background Little is known about the relationship between oral health status and depressive symptoms in adults in England. The aim of this study was to examine the longitudinal association between oral health parameters and depressive symptoms in adults ...
Luisa Zwick, Norbert Schmitz, Mahdieh Shojaa   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hypoalbuminemia: a Hospital Based Study [PDF]

, 2012
Hypoalbuminemia occurs in a variety of disease states and is associated with an increased rate of complications during hospitalization, resulting in an increased length of stay.
H, S. A. (Siddiqui), P, S. (Singh), S, K. (Khan)   +2 more
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A Quality Improvement Initiative to Standardize Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia Prophylaxis in Pediatric Patients With Solid Tumors

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Pediatric patients with extracranial solid tumors (ST) receiving chemotherapy are at an increased risk for Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP). However, evidence guiding prophylaxis practices in this population is limited. A PJP‐related fatality at our institution highlighted inconsistent prescribing approaches and concerns about
Kriti Kumar, Denise M. Connolly, Ellen Kellington, Elyse Zelunka, Karla Kerrigan, Furqan Shaikh, Paul C. Nathan, Meredith S. Irwin, Sarah Cohen‐Gogo   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Methodological quality (risk of bias) assessment tools for primary and secondary medical studies: what are they and which is better?

Military Medical Research, 2020
Methodological quality (risk of bias) assessment is an important step before study initiation usage. Therefore, accurately judging study type is the first priority, and the choosing proper tool is also important.
Lin-Lu Ma, Yun-Yun Wang, Zhi-Hua Yang, Di Huang, Hong Weng, Xian-Tao Zeng   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source