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Birds , Veterinary Medicine/trends , Animal Husbandry/economics , Animals , Bird Diseases/economics , Pets , VeterinariansABSTRACT
This study was conducted to demonstrate feasibility of utilizing a modified SEIQoL-DW with children by examining self-generated domains of quality of life in children with and without cerebral palsy. Study samples were children, ages 6-12, (mean 8.9, SD 1.8) including 41 children with cerebral palsy (CP) and 60 children who were age and gender matched peers without disability. Quality of life was assessed with a modified Schedule for the Evaluation of Individual Quality of Life-Direct Weight (SEIQoL-DW). Group differences in overall ratings of quality of life were not significant; however, there were significant group differences in the frequency and hierarchy of self-generated domains. Within the group with CP, functional ability was not associated with quality of life.
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PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to develop a clinically relevant conceptual model of resilience in children based on theoretical relationships between family environment, specific child characteristics, and selected health outcomes. METHODS: A correlational study method was used to study a nonprobability, volunteer sample of 235 children, diagnosed with asthma on daily medication. FINDINGS: Findings revealed that the paths in the inner core of a resilience model were statistically significant. Fifteen percent of the variance in the illness indices outcome for children with asthma was explained by family environment, specific child characteristics, appraisal and coping, and child perceived quality of life. A child's sense of coherence and self-esteem, as mediated by a child's appraisal of asthma, accounted for 37% of the variance explained in the perceived quality of life. CONCLUSIONS: Nurses and physicians, committed to working in partnerships with parents, can help foster specific child characteristics that impact the effects of asthma.
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Adaptation, Psychological , Anti-Asthmatic Agents/therapeutic use , Asthma/drug therapy , Asthma/psychology , Pediatric Nursing/methods , Quality of Life , Adult , Asthma/nursing , Child , Child, Preschool , Data Collection , Family Relations , Female , Humans , Interprofessional Relations , Male , Models, Theoretical , Patient Compliance , Probability , Sampling Studies , Severity of Illness Index , Stress, PsychologicalABSTRACT
A survey of RNs in South Dakota was performed to determine their perceived level of competence, the extent to which their continuing nursing education (CNE) needs are being met, and their use of computers for CNE. Nationally certified nurses rated themselves significantly more competent than nurses who are not nationally certified. Fewer than half of the RNs reported their CNE needs were being met despite geographic access to CNE and programs available in their specialty. Three-fourths of nurses had computers at home while 76% had computers at work, yet fewer than 20% of nurses used these computers for CNE.
