Journal of clinical nursing
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Comparative Study
Use of physical restraints in nursing homes and hospitals and related factors: a cross-sectional study.
The aim of the study was to investigate factors related to the use of restraints and to explore whether the rate of nurses was an influencing factor regarding the use of restraints in German nursing homes and hospitals. ⋯ Lower nurse staffing ratios were not related to higher frequencies of restraint use in this study.
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To describe coping strategies used and determine the influence of demographic/health-related variables and perceived social support to the prediction of coping strategies in patients with physical disabilities. ⋯ Better understanding the coping strategies used by individuals with physical disabilities and factors affecting coping is provide interventions that reduce the stress and support their adaptation. Nurses should be aware of the factors that affect to coping strategies used to deal with stress.
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Comparative Study
Informal care-giving in advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: lay knowledge and experience.
The aim of this research was to explore the experiences of informal caregivers providing care in the home to a family member with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. ⋯ This study illustrates the potential for nursing to increase or lessen the caregiver burden through understanding the illness experience as one that is shared by both caregiver and care recipient.
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To determine caregiver opinion on their intensive care unit's policies with regard to visiting hours, how families are informed and participate in patient care. ⋯ Our results could help in implementing intensive care unit policies concerning visiting hours, how families are informed and participate in patient care.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
Minimising preoperative anxiety with music for day surgery patients - a randomised clinical trial.
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of musical intervention on preoperative anxiety and vital signs in patients undergoing day surgery. ⋯ Finding multimodal approaches to ease discomfort and anxiety from unfamiliar unit surroundings and perceived risks of morbidity (e.g. disfigurement and long-term sequelae) is necessary to reduce preoperative anxiety and subsequent physiological complications. This is especially true in the day surgery setting, where surgical admission times are often subject to change and patients may have to accommodate on short notice or too long a wait that may provoke anxiety. Our results provide additional evidence that musical intervention may be incorporated into routine nursing care for patients undergoing minor surgery.