Toileting Behaviors of Women—What is Healthy?

Toileting Aids in Hospitals

An investigation of noncompliant toilet room designs for assisted toileting.

OBJECTIVE By comparing an Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG) compliant design with alternative designs, this pilot study resulted in recommendations for designing patient bathrooms to facilitate assisted toileting. BACKGROUND The ADA Accessibility Guidelines were developed primarily to address the needs of disabled populations, such as returning Vietnam veterans,...

Rewarding healthy behaviors--pay patients for performance.

Despite a considerable investment of resources into pay for performance, preliminary studies have found that it may not be significantly more effective in improving health outcome measures when compared with voluntary quality improvement programs. Because patient behaviors ultimately affect health outcomes, I would propose a novel pay-for-performance program that rewards patients directly for a...

Toileting behaviors and overactive bladder in patients with type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study in China

BACKGROUND Overactive bladder is more prevalent in patients with type 2 diabetes than in those without diabetes. Unhealthy toileting behaviors may be associated with the development and worsening of overactive bladder symptoms. However, little is known about the relationships between toileting behaviors and overactive bladder in patients with diabetes. This study aimed to identify unhealthy toi...

Healthy behaviors among carpet weavers in Golestan Province, Iran

The carpet industry developed various types of respiratory and musculoskeletal disorders, eyesight problems,  carpal tunnel syndrome and skin problems. Healthy behavior of carpet weavers is not in a desirable level. We recommended appropriate interventions such as health service, education improvement and advocacy for promoting healthy behaviors of carpet weavers.