Development of a foot care model to determine the risk of foot problems among homeless adults in Canada.

Foot care is a common problem for homeless adults in cities, who often receive fragmented foot care services, resulting in increased foot problems, health complications, hospitalisation, limb removal and disabilities. Among the health factors that negatively affect the homeless, foot health is essential, but often neglected. This study employed a descriptive, cross-sectional research design to assess the foot care of homeless people and develop recommendations for clinical practice.

Self-efficacy and self-care behaviours among adults with type 2 diabetes.

Background: Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) has an impact on an individuals' health and is influenced by glycemic control.

Aim: To examine the relationship between glycemic control, demographic and clinical factors on self-efficacy and self-care behaviours among adults with T2DM.

Design: A correlational, descriptive study was used.

Foot care behaviors among adults with type 2 diabetes.

Aim: The aim of the study was to determine factors influencing foot care behaviors among adults with type 2 diabetes.

Methods: A correlational descriptive study was conducted with a random sample of 160 adults with type 2 diabetes from the public hospital between April and July 2014.

Results: Just over 15% of the sample had a history of foot ulcers and almost 42% had numbness/tingling and pain in their feet.

Health Related Quality of Life among Omani Men and Women with Type 2 Diabetes.

The aim of this study was to explore predictors of health related quality of life (HRQoL) among men and women with type 2 diabetes. This cross-sectional descriptive study consisted of a random sample of 300 adults with type 2 diabetes in a selected public hospital. Euro-QoL and Revised Summary of Diabetes Self-Care Activities scales were used to collect data between January and June 2010.

Do Perceptions of Empowerment Affect Glycemic Control and Self-Care Among Adults with Type 2 Diabetes?

Background: The Arab adult with T2DM is understudied with less known facts about the perception of empowerment and its relationship with self-care and glycemic control.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which perception of empowerment by Arab adults living with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) was associated with better glycemic control and self-care management.

Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was led among 300 Arab adults living in Oman with T2DM in an outpatient diabetes clinic.

Perception of and satisfaction with the clinical learning environment among nursing students.

Background: Clinical nursing education provides baccalaureate nursing students an opportunity to combine cognitive, psychomotor, and affective skills in the Middle East.

Objective: The aim of the paper is to assess the satisfaction with and effectiveness of the clinical learning environment among nursing students in Oman.

Design: A cross-sectional descriptive design was used.

Women's well-being and reproductive health in Indian mining community: need for empowerment.

This paper is a qualitative study of women's well-being and reproductive health status among married women in mining communities in India. An exploratory qualitative research design was conducted using purposive sampling among 40 selected married women in a rural Indian mining community. Ethical permission was obtained from Goa University.

Factors associated with health-related quality of life among Indian women in mining and agriculture.

Background: Women facing social and economic disadvantage in stressed communities of developing countries are at greater risk due to health problems. This paper investigates the relationships between structural, health and psychosocial predictors among women in mining and agricultural communities. This paper is a report of a study of the predictors of the health-related quality of life among Indian women in mining and agricultural communities.

Determinants of reproductive health and related quality of life among Indian women in mining communities.

Aim: This article is a report of a mixed method to examine the determinants of reproductive health and quality of life among Indian women.

Background: Reproductive health among married women in stressed regions of industrialized countries is an increasingly important consideration, but little is known about the important factors influencing reproductive health and quality of life.

Methods: A descriptive correlational research design was used between January and April 2006 with 145 randomly selected married women in a rural mining region of India.