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Illness Uncertainty in Patients Awaiting Liver Transplant
Western Journal of Nursing Research, 2020Illness uncertainty is prevalent in patients awaiting liver transplant. We described high levels of illness uncertainty in these patients and examined relationships between uncertainty and person factors and the antecedents of uncertainty. Mishel uncertainty in illness scale was used to measure illness uncertainty. We used modes and interquartile range
Donald E. Bailey, Jia Yao, Qing Yang
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Nursing Research, 1991
The purpose of this investigation was to replicate a test of the mediating functions of mastery and coping and to determine whether the relationships found in the initial test of the model would hold with a sample more heterogenous than the original sample. One hundred women receiving treatment for gynecological cancer participated in the investigation.
M H, Mishel +3 more
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The purpose of this investigation was to replicate a test of the mediating functions of mastery and coping and to determine whether the relationships found in the initial test of the model would hold with a sample more heterogenous than the original sample. One hundred women receiving treatment for gynecological cancer participated in the investigation.
M H, Mishel +3 more
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Uncertainty of Illness for Pers with Schizophrenia
Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 1995This qualitative research report presents an illustration of Mishel's (1990) reconceptualization of uncertainty in illness theory applied to persons with schizophrenia. The researcher interviewed 6 persons with schizophrenia and 5 family members. The informants reported being uncertain about whether their medicine would keep working, whether they would
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Reconceptualization of the Uncertainty in Illness Theory
Image: the Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 1990The theory of uncertainty in illness has its strongest support among subjects who are experiencing the acute phase of illness or are in a downward illness trajectory (Mishel, 1988a). The theory has not addressed the experience of living with continual, constant uncertainty in either a chronic illness or in an illness with a treatable acute phase and ...
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A Concept Analysis of Uncertainty in Illness
Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 2002Purpose: To examine the concept of uncertainty in illness and to propose an alternate model of uncertainty in the illness experience. Organizing construct and methods: Following a review of the literature, Morse's description of ...
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Societal, Individual, and Illness Uncertainty
Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 2015Edited byJacquelyn H. Flaskerud, RN, PhD, FAANUniversity of California-Los Angeles, School of Nursing, Los Angeles, California, USAThe plans for our trip were made about a year ago.
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Perceived Uncertainty and Stress in Illness
Research in Nursing & Health, 1984AbstractA structural model was proposed to explain the stress resulting from hospitalization for a medical problem. Perceived uncertainty about symptoms, treatment, and outcome was examined as a major predictor of stress. Other variables proposed in the model included seriousness of illness, age, education, and recency of rehospitalization.
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Research and Theory for Nursing Practice
Background and Purpose: Mishel’s Reconceptualized Uncertainty in Illness Theory describes the changed, more positive appraisal of uncertainty over time in a chronic disease. Therefore, Mishel referred to “probabilistic thinking” and “self-organization.” The description of these concepts remained highly abstract,
Jasmin, Eppel-Meichlinger +2 more
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Background and Purpose: Mishel’s Reconceptualized Uncertainty in Illness Theory describes the changed, more positive appraisal of uncertainty over time in a chronic disease. Therefore, Mishel referred to “probabilistic thinking” and “self-organization.” The description of these concepts remained highly abstract,
Jasmin, Eppel-Meichlinger +2 more
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Illness Uncertainty and Quality of Life in Children With Cancer
Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, 2013Illness uncertainty is prevalent in children with cancer and has been associated with increased psychological distress. The relationship between illness uncertainty and quality of life in pediatric cancer patients remains unclear. The aim of the present study was to examine illness uncertainty as a predictor of health-related quality of life in ...
Michelle A, Fortier +5 more
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Uncertainty in mothers' care for their ill children
Journal of Advanced Nursing, 1997The purpose of this paper is to present the experience of mothers as they cared for their young children during illness episodes, prior to a diagnosis of asthma in the children. A grounded theory study was conducted with 12 families with asthmatic children, involving three rounds of interviews.
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