Comparison of effects between home visits with telephone calls and telephone calls only for transitional discharge support: a randomised controlled trial.

Background: home visits and telephone calls are two often used approaches in transitional care but their differential effects are unknown.

Objective: to examine the overall effects of a transitional care programme for discharged medical patients and the differential effects of telephone calls only.

Design: randomised controlled trial.

Evaluation of a nurse-led disease management programme for chronic kidney disease: a randomized controlled trial.

Background: Patients with end stage renal failure require dialysis and strict adherence to treatment plans to sustain life. However, non-adherence is a common and serious problem among patients with chronic kidney disease. There is a scarcity of studies in examining the effects of disease management programmes on patients with chronic kidney disease.

What factors affect influenza vaccine uptake among community-dwelling older Chinese people in Hong Kong general outpatient clinics?

Aim: This study aimed to identify the influenza vaccination rate among community-dwelling older Chinese people in Hong Kong general outpatient clinics and to identify the factors affecting their vaccine uptake.

Background: Community-dwelling older Chinese people in Hong Kong underuse influenza vaccination. The first step to increase their vaccination rates is to understand the factors affecting their influenza vaccine uptake.

Investigating nursing students' perceptions of the changes in a nursing curriculum by means of the Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM) inventory: results of a cluster analysis.

The quality of the educational climate reflects the quality of the curriculum, teaching, and learning considerations and developing student outcomes as practitioners. The purpose of this study is to identify the differences in opinion of year one nursing students based on their perceptions of the elements operating in the educational environment in a nursing school in Singapore using the Singapore version of the Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM) inventory. 49 nursing students during the 2006-2007 academic year completed a self-report questionnaire in two semesters.

A controlled trial of music and pre-operative anxiety in Chinese men undergoing transurethral resection of the prostate.

Aim Of The Study: To test the effects of music intervention on pre-operative anxiety in Chinese males undergoing transurethral resection of the prostate.

Rationale: No studies have measured the effects of music intervention in reducing pre-operative anxiety for patients with transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP). Previous studies have examined the effects of music on pre-operative anxiety but have not examined the possible effects of the presence of a carer as an independent variable in pre-operative anxiety levels of patients in addition to the music intervention.