Effectiveness of Protection Motivation Theory on clinical factors, behavior change, and cardiovascular disease: An integrative review.

Objective: To identify and synthesize the primary evidence on the effectiveness of Protection Motivation Theory on and cardiovascular disease and diseases that are risk factors for cardiovascular disease.

Method: An integrative review was conducted using the Whittemore and Knafl method (2005).

Results: Eleven articles met the inclusion and quality assessment criteria.

On the SCD semismooth* Newton method for generalized equations with application to a class of static contact problems with Coulomb friction.

In the paper, a variant of the semismooth Newton method is developed for the numerical solution of generalized equations, in which the multi-valued part is a so-called SCD (subspace containing derivative) mapping. Under a rather mild regularity requirement, the method exhibits (locally) superlinear convergence behavior. From the main conceptual algorithm, two implementable variants are derived whose efficiency is tested via a generalized equation modeling a discretized static contact problem with Coulomb friction.

Professionalising care into compliance: The challenge for personalised care models.

One of the most basic understandings of nursing is that a nurse is a caregiver for a patient who helps to prevent illness, treat health conditions, and manage the physical needs of patients. Nursing is often presented as a caring profession, which provides patient care driven by ideals of empathy, compassion and kindness. These ideals of care have further been foregrounded through the development and implementation of stress on patient centred care (PCC) and/or person-centred practice (PCP).

Patient-Empowered Electronic Health Records.

Electronic Health Records (EHRs) constitute evidence of online health information management. Critical healthcare information technology (HIT) infrastructure facilitates health information exchange of 'modern' health systems. The growth and implementation of EHRs are progressing in many countries while the adoption rate is lagging and lacking momentum amidst privacy and security concerns.

Higher long-term adherence to statins in rural patients at high atherosclerotic risk.

Background: Rural patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) experience greater cardiovascular morbidity and mortality than their urban counterparts. Statin therapy is a key component of ASCVD treatment. The extent to which there may be regional differences in long-term adherence to statins is unknown.