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Volunteering for a Lifetime? Volunteers’ Intention to Stay in Portuguese Hospitals [PDF]

VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 2014
The current study aims to study Hospital volunteers’ intention to stay in an organization through understanding motivation, management factors, and satisfaction. A total of 304 Hospital volunteers, mainly women, completed a questionnaire measuring motivations, management factors, satisfaction, and intention to stay.
Ferreira, Marisa R., Proença, Teresa, Proença, João F.   +2 more
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Hospital Volunteers - Are They Satisfied? [PDF]

, 2010
We examine satisfaction with HRM practices, namely recruitment, training and rewarding in NPO’s and attitudes regarding the appropriateness of these practices. The participants in this study are 76 volunteers, affiliated to 4 different NPO’s, which work in hospitals and have direct contact with patients and their families.
Ferreira, Marisa R., Proença, Teresa, Proença, João F.   +2 more
openaire   +4 more sources

A qualitative formative evaluation of a patient-centred patient safety intervention delivered in collaboration with hospital volunteers. [PDF]

Health Expect, 2017
Background: Evidence suggests that patients can meaningfully feed back to healthcare providers about the safety of their care. The PRASE (Patient Reporting and Action for a Safe Environment) intervention provides a way to systematically collect feedback
Louch G, O'Hara J, Mohammed MA.
europepmc   +4 more sources

Developing and implementing an integrated delirium prevention system of care:a theory driven, participatory research study [PDF]

, 2013
Background: Delirium is a common complication for older people in hospital. Evidence suggests that delirium incidence in hospital may be reduced by about a third through a multi-component intervention targeted at known modifiable risk factors.
A Edlund, A McIntyre, AE Powell, C May, C May, CV Lukas, DK Kiely, DL Fixsen, DL Leslie, DL Leslie, E Marcantonio, EH Bradley, EM Eeles, ER Marcantonio, ER Marcantonio, ER Marcantonio, FH Rubin, Francine Cheater, GK SteelFisher, GS Duppils, HC Kaplan, J Corbin, J Day, J McCusker, J Ovretveit, J Witlox, JA Rizzo, Jane Smith, John B Young, John Green, K Milisen, K Milisen, KH Pitkala, LJ Damschroder, LJ Young, Mary Godfrey, MG Cole, P Bate, P Galanakis, P Hawe, P Hawe, P Pronovost, P Williams-Russo, R Grol, Royal College of Psychiatrists, S Dahlke, Sharon K Inouye, SK Inouye, SK Inouye, SK Inouye, SK Inouye, SK Inouye, ST O'Keeffe, T Greenhalgh, Y Gustafson   +54 more
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Frail2Fit study protocol: a feasibility and acceptability study of a virtual multimodal intervention delivered by volunteers to improve functional outcomes in older adults with frailty after discharge from hospital

BMJ Open, 2023
Introduction Physical activity (PA) and replete nutritional status are key to maintaining independence and improving frailty status among frail older adults.
Michael P W Grocott, Helen Roberts, Andrew Bates, Jane Murphy, Sandy Jack, Judit Varkonyi-Sepp, Stephen Eu Ruen Lim, Samantha Jane Meredith   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

The use of trained volunteers in the response to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest – the GoodSAM Experience [PDF]

, 2017
In England, fewer than 1 in 10 out-of-hospital cardiac arrest victims survive to hospital discharge. This could be substantially improved by increasing bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation and Automated External Defibrillator use.
Ali Ghorbangholi, Bridget Dicker, Carl Gwinnutt, Christopher Hartley-Sharpe, Christopher M. Smith, Gavin D. Perkins, Mark H. Wilson   +6 more
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Ceftazidime: pharmacokinetics in young volunteers versus elderly patients and therapeutic efficacy with complicated urinary tract infections [PDF]

, 1983
Thirty-six urological patients (21 male, 15 female) aged 21 to 83 years with complicated and/or hospital-acquired urinary tract infections due to sensitive bacteria were treated with ceftazidime intravenously with a daily dose of 2 g bd over 5 to 17 days.
Grobecker, H., Kees, Frieder K., Naber, K. G.   +2 more
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Process of implementing and delivering the Prevention of Delirium system of care: a mixed method preliminary study

BMC Geriatrics, 2019
Background Delirium is a frequent complication of hospital admission among older people. Multicomponent interventions which can reduce incident delirium by ≈one-third are recommended by the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence.
Mary Godfrey, John Green, Jane Smith, Francine Cheater, Sharon K. Inouye, Keith Hurst, John Young   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Establishment of the Normal Reference Range of Thrombelastogram among the Healthy Population and Pregnants in China

Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2019
Background: We aimed to establish the reference range of thrombelastogram (TEG) for Chinese healthy volunteers and pregnant women and analyze the influence factors.
Rong GUI, Xueyuan HUANG, Ming ZHOU, Shujuan OUYANG, Yunfeng FU, Hao TANG, Fengxia LIU, Rong HUANG, Meng GAO, Hang DONG, Yongjun WANG   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of Atypical Antipsychotic Usage at Therapeutic Doses on Daytime Sleepiness

Journal of Advanced Research in Natural and Applied Sciences, 2023
The aim of this study is to determine the effect of using atypical antipsychotic drug usage at therapeutic doses on daytime sleepiness. One hundred twenty volunteers who met the inclusion-exclusion criteria were divided into two equal groups.
Birol Topcu, Meltem Alan, Tuğba Nurcan Yüksel   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source