Disaster Preparedness Intervention for Older Adults (Seniors' Positive Involvement in Community Emergencies): Protocol for a Quasi-Experimental Study.

Background: Older adults comprise a substantial proportion of the US population requiring support during disaster events. Previous research demonstrates that older adults are resilient but deficient in disaster preparedness and lacking in community engagement. There is a gap in high-quality research in this area.

Equine-assisted service's effect on cartilage and skeletal biomarkers for adults and older adults with arthritis: A pilot study.

Objective: The object of this study was to determine the effect of EAS (Equine-Assisted Services) on arthritis conditions, as measured by the sTnT (Skeletal troponin) and COMP (cartilage oligomeric matrix proteins) biomarkers, compared to an exercise attention control intervention.

Design: This was a secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial comparing equine-assisted therapy to exercise education attention-control on cartilage and skeletal biomarkers in adults with arthritis. Twenty-one adults (M = 64 years) with arthritis who attended rheumatology clinics in the midwestern United States participated.

Frequency of Medication Administration Timing Error in Hospitals: A Systematic Review.

Background: Medication administration timing error (MATE) leads to poor medication efficacy, harm, and death. Frequency of MATE is understudied.

Purpose: To determine MATE frequency, and characteristics and quality of reporting studies.

The Effect of Immersive Training on Emergency Preparedness for Interdisciplinary College Students: A Single Group Pretest, Posttest.

Objective: Current standard practice for disaster response training is insufficient to prepare future responders. Interdisciplinary immersive education is necessary for disaster responders to react quickly to the devastating destruction, dangerous situations, and ethical dilemmas, while caring for survivors, families, and communities with limited resources. This study tests the effects of immersive emergency preparedness education on interdisciplinary college students.

Improved Knowledge of Disaster Preparedness in Underrepresented Secondary Students: A Quasi-Experimental Study.

Background: Disasters cause significant human and monetary destruction and society as a whole is underprepared to address them. Disaster preparedness education is not covered extensively enough for health professionals or for the general public.

Methods: A disaster preparedness education intervention was performed using a non-randomized controlled trial of a convenience sample with a pre- and post-intervention survey.

Equine-assisted therapies using horses as healers: A concept analysis.

Aims: A concept analysis was conducted to clarify the attributes, antecedents and meaning of equine-assisted therapy and present an operational definition.

Design: Concept analysis.

Methods: Walker and Avant's concept analysis method was used to analyse equine-assisted therapy, using horses as healers by defining and enumerating the attributes, antecedents, consequences and empirical referents.

An equine-assisted therapy intervention to improve pain, range of motion, and quality of life in adults and older adults with arthritis: A randomized controlled trial.

Research Aim: To compare equine-assisted therapy to exercise education on pain, range of motion, and quality of life in adults and older adults with arthritis.

Background: Quality of life for adults and older adults is negatively impacted by arthritis pain, stiffness, and decreased function. Equine-assisted therapy provides unique movements to the rider's joints and muscles improving pain, range of motion, and quality of life and has improved outcomes in balance, gait, strength, functional mobility, and spasticity for older adults, stroke, spinal cord injury, and multiple sclerosis patients.