Publications by authors named "Kohei Tomita"
Article Synopsis
- A study was conducted to explore self-care behaviors in heart failure patients who were hospitalized, using the European Heart Failure Self-Care Behaviour Scale (EHFScBS).
- The research focused on factors like age, gender, living situation, employment, and physical activity, assessing 39 patients with an average age of 81 years.
- Results indicated that physical activity levels were positively associated with self-management behaviors, whereas age showed a negative association, suggesting that self-care education needs to be tailored to each patient's characteristics, primarily age and activity level.
Background: Local forearm warming before tourniquet application is often used to promote venodilation for peripheral intravenous cannulation; however, few studies have compared the effect of tourniquet application with and without local warming on vein size.
Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of tourniquet application after local forearm warming with that of tourniquet application alone in young and middle-aged adults.
Design: A single-blind, prospective, parallel group, randomized controlled trial.