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Filter by:The aims of this study are developments of distress intervention and a suicidal risk scale for the patients with chronic medical illness or physical disabilities. To do these things, four times of interview & completion of self-report scale will be done, and newly developed distress intervention will be simulated to subject group and control group.
Purpose: A growing number of families with children are dealing with chronic illnesses or health problems that places increased demand on the family. Nurses are in a core position to support and empower these families. The benefit of therapeutic conversation between nurses and families dealing with health problems have shown positive results and therefore received increasing attention. The aim of this study was to evaluate the benefits of two sessions of the Family Strength Oriented Therapeutic Conversation (FAM-SOTC) intervention, offered by advanced practice nurses (APN), for parents of children and adolescents with Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), epilepsy, diabetes, and with sleep disturbance with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Design: The effectiveness of the intervention was tested within a quasi-experimental study with one group pre- and-posttest design. Method: The intervention was based on the Calgary family assessment and intervention models and the Illness Beliefs model and was offered in March 2015--December 2016. Parents (N=31) at the Children's Hospital at the National University Hospital of Iceland, got two sessions of the FAM-SOTC intervention focusing on emotional support, evidence based information and recommendations and on the strengths of family members.
The investigators will conduct a pilot quality improvement trial to assess the impact of offering inpatient consultation to further optimize coordination and improve care for high-risk chronically ill children receiving comprehensive care in an enhanced medical home.
The investigators will conduct a 1-year prospective and randomized study to evaluate the initial efficacy of positive affect vs. an educational control to motivate physical activity in older adults with high burdens of chronic disease.
This is an observational study to assess the health behavior of Physicians from medical practices in Germany. Physicians will be asked by a questionnaire (self-report) on health behavior, self-diagnostics and self-medication in case of sickness. We will send the questionnaire to 1000 General Practitioners and to 300 medical specialists in Germany. We expect a response rate of 25-30 %. After electronically data-entry we will run a descriptive analysis for primary outcome. Results may provide a better understanding of the Physicians health behavior.
The purpose of this study is to assess whether an enhanced medical home providing comprehensive care is cost-effective in preventing serious illness (death, pediatric intensive care admission, or hospital stay >7d) among high-risk chronically ill children.