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Use of ultraviolet-fluorescence-based simulation in evaluation of personal protective equipment worn for first assessment and care of a patient with suspected high-consequence infectious disease [PDF]

, 2018
Background: Variations currently exist across the UK in the choice of personal protective equipment (PPE) used by healthcare workers when caring for patients with suspected high-consequence infectious diseases (HCIDs).
Bailey, C., Clark, Richard, Crook, B., Evans, C., Gregory, S., Hall, S., Poller, B., Poran, V., Roberts, P., Tunbridge, A.   +9 more
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Psychological Factors and Treatment Adherence Behavior in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure [PDF]

, 2007
Background: Chronic heart failure adversely affects 300,000 Australians. Symptom stabilization and prognosis are partially determined by patients following medical and lifestyle recommendations.
Dwyer, Jonathan, Head, Kathryn, Schweitzer, Robert   +2 more
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Hospital volunteerism as human resource solution: Motivation for both volunteers and the public health sector

SA Journal of Human Resource Management, 2017
Background: A volunteer programme with 50 registered volunteers was established in 2007 at a secondary-level public, semi-rural regional hospital in the Cape Winelands, South Africa.
Guinevere M. Lourens, Danielle K. Daniels-Felix   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sitting

Journal of Patient-Centered Research and Reviews, 2022
A family physician volunteers for a hospital shift as a patient sitter and reflects on the experience in this creative writing article. Freed from clinical responsibilities in a hospital setting, sitting and observing the patient’s interactions with ...
John Brill
doaj   +1 more source

Transient Elastographic Values of Healthy Volunteers in a Tertiary Care Hospital

Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2014
Introduction:Transient elastography is a very promising non invasive procedure to determine liver stiffness for diagnosis of fibrosis in various chronic liver diseases.
Bhupendra Kumar Basnet, Sudhamshu KC, Dilip Sharma, Dinesh Shrestha   +3 more
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The role of volunteers in improving rehabilitation patients' experiences and outcomes

International Journal of Integrated Care, 2019
Introduction: Volunteers are an essential part of the Canadian health care system. In 2013, 12.7 million Canadians or 44% of people aged 15 years and older participated in some form of volunteer work, and 12% of those individuals donated time to health ...
Rachel Thombs, Michelle Nelson
doaj   +1 more source

Playful strategies to foster the well-being of pediatric cancer patients in the Brazilian Unified Health System: a design thinking approach

BMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background Cancer care can negatively impact children’s subjective well-being. In this research, well-being refers to patients’ self-perception and encompasses their hospital and care delivery assessment.
Leandro Miletto Tonetto, Valentina Marques da Rosa, Priscila Brust-Renck, Megan Denham, Pedro Marques da Rosa, Craig Zimring, Irini Albanti, Leslie Lehmann   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Can volunteer companions prevent falls among inpatients? A feasibility study using a pre-post comparative design

BMC Geriatrics, 2006
Background Falls in hospital are frequent and their consequences place an increased burden on health services. We evaluated a falls prevention strategy consisting of the introduction of volunteers to 'sit' with patients identified as being at high risk ...
Whitehead Craig H, McErlean Beth, Rouvray Robyn, Bolch Denise, Giles Lynne C, Phillips Paddy A, Crotty Maria   +6 more
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Trained volunteers to support chronically ill, multimorbid elderly between hospital and domesticity – a systematic review of one-on-one-intervention types, effects, and underlying training concepts

BMC Geriatrics, 2019
Background New approaches are needed to address the challenges of demographic change, staff shortages, and societal change in the care of the elderly. While volunteering has barely been established as a pillar of the welfare state in several countries ...
Anne Goehner, Cornelia Kricheldorff, Eva Maria Bitzer   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Compassionate Communities Connectors model for end-of-life care: a community and health service partnership in Western Australia

Palliative Care and Social Practice, 2020
Background: There is an international drive towards increasing provision of community-led models of social and practical support for people living with advanced illness.
Samar M. Aoun, Julian Abel, Bruce Rumbold, Kate Cross, Jo Moore, Piari Skeers, Luc Deliens   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source