Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric validation of the Flodén ATODAI instrument in the North American context.

Background: Intensive and critical-care nurses are the key to successful donor management in the critical-care setting. No studies measuring attitudes toward organ donor advocacy existed before 2011, when the 51-item Swedish "Attitudes Toward Organ Donor Advocacy Scale" was developed. The aim of this study was to translate, adapt and establish the psychometric properties of the North American version of the Flodén ATODAI (Attitudes Toward Organ Donor Advocacy Instrument) in terms of validity and reliability.

Web-based self-management for patients with multiple sclerosis: a practical, randomized trial.

Objective: No studies have addressed the use of electronic personal health records (e-PHRs) for self-management in complex neurological disorders. We assessed and tested an Internet-based self-management system that utilized the e-PHR and determined its impact on self-assessed well-being, clinician-assessed well-being, and healthcare utilization in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS).

Materials And Methods: Subjects were randomized to usual care (a secure Web-based messaging system) or active intervention, which included secure messaging, self-monitoring, self-management of MS symptoms, and communication about upcoming clinic visits.

Variability in donation after cardiac death protocols: a national survey.

As donation after cardiac death practices expand, the number of institutional policies is increasing. We contacted organ procurement organizations throughout the United States and requested protocols in hospitals in their donor service areas. Sixty-four protocols were obtained with representation from 16 different states.

Variability in pediatric brain death determination and documentation in southern California.

Objectives: Because the concept of brain death is difficult to define and to apply, we hypothesized that significant variability exists in pediatric brain death determination and documentation.

Methods: Children (0-18 years of age) for whom death was determined with neurologic criteria between January 2000 and December 2004, in southern California, were included. Medical charts were reviewed for documented performance of 14 specific elements derived from the 1987 brain death guidelines and confirmatory testing.