Effects of robotic-aided rehabilitation on recovery of upper extremity function in chronic stroke: a single case study.

The objective of the study was to examine the results of robotic therapy in a single client. A 48-year-old female client 15 months post-stroke, with right hemiparesis, received robotic therapy as an outpatient in a large Midwestern rehabilitation hospital. Robotic therapy was provided three times a week for 6 weeks.

Health disparities: examination of evidence relevant for occupational therapy.

Healthy People 2010 identified elimination of health disparities as a national priority. Few studies in the occupational therapy literature document health disparities. The purpose of this study was to examine the evidence on U.

Use of complementary and alternative therapies in community-dwelling older adults.

Objectives: Although complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use is becoming increasingly prevalent in the United States, knowledge regarding complementary and alternative therapy use in older adults is limited. The purposes of this study were to (1) assess the prevalence and patterns of CAM use in a probability-based sample of older adults; (2) describe the characteristics of older CAM users; and (3) identify factors associated with complementary and alternative medicine use/nonuse.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey design was used.

An education-service partnership: helping RNs obtain baccalaureate degrees in nursing at their practice sites.

A partnership between nursing education and practice provides an opportunity for RNs to obtain baccalaureate degrees in their practice settings. The result is a flexible educational option that lowers cost and increases accessibility for students. The college and hospitals cooperate to meet nurses' desire to advance both educationally and professionally.

Becoming Proactive With the Whole-Grains Message.

Whole-grain foods have always been considered a healthy part of the diet. Only recently have epidemiologic and other data shown that whole grains have a role in preventing cardiovascular disease, diabetes, some types of cancer, and even obesity. What nearly all consumers and most health professionals fail to realize is that whole grains deliver as many if not more phytochemicals and antioxidants than do fruits and vegetables.

Central ethical dilemmas in research involving children.

We are obligated to protect individual child subjects of research, yet it is also necessary to investigate the safety and efficacy of medical treatments that benefit children as a class. The federal regulations on research with children have provided ethical guidance since 1983, but divergent interpretations persist. Since varying interpretations can lead to confusion and abuses, efforts are underway to clarify the criteria.

Effects of program design on the professional socialization of RN-BSN students.

The purpose of this study was to examine effects of program design on the bureaucratic and professional role conceptions of registered nurses in baccalaureate nursing programs. Attention to how programs are set up and function has relevance for theory and practice and enables improving frameworks for program planning. The study design embodied qualitative and quantitative elements and used six processes of socialization in organizations as a conceptual guide.

The effects of a personal versus a factual approach videotape on the level of preoperative anxiety of same day surgery patients.

The literature which evaluates the effects of different health education techniques demonstrates that approaches that are more personal and relevant to the learner are more effective than traditional didactic learning methods. In particular, such findings have been found with regard to decreasing anxiety levels of hospital patients. However, not many of these studies have used the medium of videotape, and studies evaluating the effects of this medium are rare.