Behavioral interventions associated with smoking cessation in the treatment of tobacco use.

Tobacco smoke is the leading cause of preventable premature death worldwide. While the majority of smokers would like to stop, the habitual and addictive nature of smoking makes cessation difficult. Clinical guidelines suggest that smoking cessation interventions should include both behavioural support and pharmacotherapy (e.

Impact and influences on caregiver outcomes at one year post-stroke.

Background And Purpose: Four outcome measures of carer stress and coping at one year post-stroke were identified: carer general health, anxiety, depression and perception of stress.

Methods: Each outcome was assessed using valid and reliable instruments. In addition, we collected demographic data from both carers and patients which could reasonably be expected to influence carer stress and coping (e.

Informal carers' experience of caring for stroke survivors.

Background: Stroke is the third most common cause of death in industrialized countries and a major cause of adult disability. However, the burden of caring for stroke survivors usually rests with family members who have neither chosen nor volunteered for the role of 'carer'.

Aims: This paper reports on a study which aimed to describe the experience of caring for a stroke survivor at one year after stroke in Scotland.

Patients' perspectives on statin therapy for treatment of hypercholesterolaemia: a qualitative study.

Background: Health Care Practitioners' attempts to implement secondary prevention targets for coronary heart disease (CHD) may be restricted by low rates of persistence with statin therapy. There is a need to understand why some patients, despite having established CHD and elevated cholesterol, do not comply with their prescribed statin regimen.

Aim: To explore patients' perspectives on compliance with statin therapy.

Postmortem sperm retrieval: the effect of instituting guidelines.

Purpose: Postmortem sperm retrieval (PMSR) raises serious medical and ethical concerns. In this study we report the effect of intra-institutional guidelines developed for the permissibility of the procedure on the number of procurement procedures performed.

Materials And Methods: The family members of 22 men who died suddenly sought PMSR.

Pressure area care: an exploration of Greek nurses' knowledge and practice.

Background: Despite a plethora of information on the prevention of pressure sores, they remain a significant problem in both hospital and community settings. The need to reduce the incidence of pressure sores has been well documented; unfortunately there is little evidence to suggest improvement. The reasons for this lack of improvement have been explored, but the picture remains unclear.

Older people who smoke: why nurses should help them to stop.

Smoking is the greatest preventable cause of ill health and premature death in the UK. Although the prevalence of smoking is lower among adults over 65 years than in younger age groups, the actual number of older smokers is increasing steadily as the proportion of older adults in the population rises. If nurses are to function effectively in their role as health promoters it is important that they base their practice on appropriate research-based evidence.