Physical functionThere are scant prospective studies defining improvements in critical outcome measures with hormone replacement in hypopituitarism secondary to brain injury. We review the tests of cognition and physical function and summarize their use for subjects that are deficient in anterior hormone ...
The participants had large improvements in the outcome measures during the rehabilitation stay and at the 6-month follow-up. LIMITATIONS: For typical physical therapy modalities such as exercises, electrotherapy, and acupuncture, there are ... Margreth Grotle, Andrew M Garratt, Mari Klokkerud, Ida...
They are given in different combinations called highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). Your healthcare provider will decide what kind of HAART you need. You may need to make HAART changes if you have severe side effects or develop resistance to a medicine. Antimicrobial medicines kill or ...
What are we measuring? an examination of self-reported functional status measures Functional status questionnaires are being used in various types of studies. To determine factors related to self-reported functional ability for rheumatoi... JS Spiegel,B Leake,TM Spiegel,... - 《Arthritis & Rheumati...
Setting: A large, private orthopedic clinic and a physical therapy clinic in an urban area. Participants: One hundred three consecutive adult patients with low back pain who were referred for physical therapy assessment. Interventions: Not applicable. Main Outcome Measures: The physical performance ...
On the other hand, in the studies that evaluated the quality of life of pediatric patients, most used both self-report and proxy report measures (i.e., when caregivers are used as informants) [27, 28, 33, 36, 40, 42, 49]. In cases where the patient was not old enough to answer...
Physical activity interventions are key to maintaining independence in pre-frail and frail older adults. A lack of consensus regarding the definition of frailty, and an absence of core measures to assess this means any attempt to create an optimal intervention will be impeded. This absence may ul...
Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) is a time-sensitive, structured, present-oriented psychotherapy that helps individuals identify goals that are most important to them and overcome obstacles that get in the way. CBT is based on the cognitive model: the way that individuals perceive a situation is ...
However, implementation outcomes are seldom measured in acute healthcare settings, such as Paediatric Intensive Care Units (PICU), and if they are used, are likely to be non-validated, site or intervention-specific measures. To address this literature gap, this systematic review of systematic ...
The NIC and NOC systems were developed together, and NOC offers desirable outcome measures from interventions. NANDA develops nursing diagnoses. NIC publishes regular updates of their system, and for every NANDA diagnosis, there are specific interventions from which nurses choose. In the current ...