Health Literacy in the Everyday Lives of Older Adults in Greece, Hungary, and the Netherlands [PDF]
Health literacy (HL) encompasses someone’s knowledge and abilities to access and use health information in order to make appropriate health decisions in life. HL is particularly valuable in later life when health challenges grow.
Csizmadia, Peter +6 more
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FIRE (facilitating implementation of research evidence) : a study protocol [PDF]
Research evidence underpins best practice, but is not always used in healthcare. The Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health Services (PARIHS) framework suggests that the nature of evidence, the context in which it is used, and whether ...
A Donner +68 more
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Quality of Care and Quality of Life: Patient/Healthcare Perspectives
Background: Patients with CF need attention, financial resources and energy for their daily, time consuming therapies to maintain an optimal health status. Our goal as healthcare providers (HP) is to offer the best care. This results in a heavy burden for the patients which impairs the quality of life (QoL) and may lead to poor adherence.
Armoni, S., Rony, R.Y., Kerem, E.
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Impact of Nursing Resignations on Annual Recruitment Strategies in Sudair Region Hospitals, Saudi Arabia: A Cross-sectional Study [PDF]
Introduction: Many healthcare organisations are grappling with a critical issue of having critically low nurse staff levels. This leads to high workload stress, job dissatisfaction, and frustration among nurses and triggers a disruptive cycle of
Noor Fallaj T Almutaieri +7 more
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Professional Quality of Life of Healthcare Workers in Hospital Emergency Departments
In previous publications, we have reported that professionals in emergency departments undergo high levels of stress according to the amounts of salivary biomarkers (α-amylase and cortisol). The stress seems to be counteracted by increased levels of dehydroepiandrosterone.
Daniel Pérez-Valdecantos +7 more
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Psoriasis today: experiences of healthcare and impact on quality of life in a major UK cohort [PDF]
Aim: To establish how people with psoriasis in the United Kingdom today experience living with their condition including diagnosis, treatment, healthcare provision and impact on daily life.
Gilbert, Annie +4 more
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Carmela Benson,1 David Singer,2 Colleen M Carpinella,3 May Shawi,4 Larry Alphs4 1Real-World Value & Evidence, Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC, Titusville, NJ, USA; 2Jefferson College of Population Health, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA,
Benson C +4 more
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Working Environment in Nursing: Needs Improvement? [PDF]
Background: Knowing the quality of life of professionals is important because it is related to job performance, better results, and greater productivity, which results in better patient care.
Fernández, M. J. (María) +4 more
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Comparison of symptoms, healthcare utilization, and treatment in diagnosed and undiagnosed individuals with diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome [PDF]
OBJECTIVES: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a functional bowel disorder characterized by symptoms including abdominal pain and altered bowel function. Up to 75% of individuals with IBS may be undiagnosed.
Chang, Lin, Sayuk, Gregory S, Wolf, Ray
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Interaction design and emotional wellbeing [PDF]
The World Health Organisation has concluded that emotional wellbeing is fundamental to our quality of life. It enables us to experience life as meaningful and is an essential component of social cohesion, peace and stability in the living environment
Coyle, David +3 more
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