Publications by authors named "E T C Ngan"

Purpose/objective: To report on a randomized controlled trial of Zest, a highly innovative psychological health promotion group intervention designed specifically for women with spinal cord injury (SCI), a population at risk for adverse psychological health.

Research Method/design: A national sample of 175 women with SCI were randomized to either the Zest intervention or a control group that received intervention materials at the end of the study. The Zest group participated in a psychological health promotion intervention that met weekly for 10 weeks in the free, online, three-dimensional virtual world of Second Life.

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Radiologists generally treat pediatric ileocolic intussusceptions emergently given the potential for worse outcomes resulting from delayed reduction attempts. However, the relevant literature is conflicting. The purpose of this study was to identify factors associated with successful image-guided ileocolic intussusception reduction in children, with attention given to the time since diagnosis.

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Objective: To characterize health literacy among individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI) at least a year postinjury and to explore its relationship to sociodemographic variables, injury severity, and cognition.

Setting: Community following discharge from inpatient rehabilitation.

Participants: In total, 205 individuals with complicated mild to severe TBI who completed follow-up as part of a national longitudinal study of TBI and completed a web-based health literacy measure.

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Aim: This pilot study's aim was to determine the feasibility of examining the effects of an environmental variable (i.e., tree canopy coverage) on mental health after sustaining a brain injury.

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