Author Correction: Asthma and/or hay fever as predictors of fertility/impaired fecundity in U.S. women: National Survey of Family Growth.

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Asthma and/or hay fever as predictors of fertility/impaired fecundity in U.S. women: National Survey of Family Growth.

This study addresses whether asthma and/or hay fever predict fertility and impaired fecundity. The lifetime number of pregnancies (fertility) and spontaneous pregnancy losses (impaired fecundity) in 10,847 women representative of the U.S.

The Influence of Asthma and/or Hay Fever on Pregnancy: Data from the 1995 National Survey of Family Growth.

Background: Asthma is associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes. At the same time there is a worldwide increase in asthma and hay fever.

Objective: This study addresses whether asthma and/or hay fever adversely influence pregnancy outcomes.

Effect of a brief seated massage on nursing student attitudes toward touch for comfort care.

Background: While massage has been removed from nursing curricula, studies have reported massage as safe and effective for stress reduction, relaxation, pain relief, fatigue, and quality of life.

Objective: To compare the efficacy of two intensities of touch administered during two seated massages on the attitudes of nursing students toward touch for their self-care and patient care.

Participants: Nursing students who volunteered gave institutional review board-approved written informed consent to undergo massage by a licensed massage therapist.