OBJECTIVE To evaluate participants' perceptions of the impact on them of an additional six months' training beyond the standard 12 month general practice vocational training scheme. DESIGN Qualitative study using focus groups. SETTING General practice vocational training in Northern Ireland. PARTICIPANTS 13 general practitioner registrars, six of whom participated in the additional six mo...

Experience of common symptoms and subsequent self care behaviors among older adults are compared between Japan and the United States, two industrial countries with different cultural backgrounds and health insurance systems. Based on a modification of the Health Belief Model, perceived susceptibility to illness and belief in the efficacy of physician care were selected as major explanatory conc...

With the aging of the world's population comes the rising need for qualified direct long-term-care (DLTC) workers (i.e., those who provide personal care to frail and disabled older adults). Developed nations are increasingly turning to immigrant women to fill these needs. In this article, we examine the impact of three global trends-population aging, globalization, and women's migration-on the ...

Department of Psychiatry, Christian Medical College, Vellore 632002, Tamil Nadu, India; [email protected] © The National Medical Journal of India 2009 INTRODUCTION Healthcare in India is at the cross-roads. The increased cost of healthcare is often a major reason for indebtedness among the lower socioeconomic strata of society. The urban-centric nature of our current health systems makes...

PURPOSE To investigate the characteristics and change in use among very old Swedish users and non-users of assistive devices (ADs) for mobility and personal care, over a six-year period, and to investigate factors predicting AD use over a six-year period. METHOD Descriptive statistics and logistic regression were used to analyse quantitative data from a subsample from the Swedish part of the ...

OBJECTIVES To determine whether the use of a structured interviewing framework improved students' ability to treat self-care patients. DESIGN First-professional year pharmacy students (P1) in their first quarter of Pharmacy Practice Skills Development were taught self-care through a series of 4 modules. In each module students' content knowledge and application were assessed using quizzes and...

Objectives: This study identified specific personal factors and homeand community-based services (HCBS) that predict older adults’ residential transitions between community and institutional settings. Method: Logistic regression of interview data from 5294 participants in the Second Longitudinal Study of Aging identified predictors of three residential transition patterns and of frequency and d...

The paper presents description of original biofeedback computer program called PhysioSoft. It has been designed on the basis of the experience in development of biofeedback techniques of interdisciplinary team of experts of the Department of Health Psychology of the University of Applied Health Studies, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb, and "Mens Sana", Priv...

BACKGROUND Joint rehabilitation goals are an important component for effective teamwork in the rehabilitation field. The activities and participation domain of the ICF provides a common language for professionals when setting these goals. Involving clients in the formulation of rehabilitation goals is gaining momentum as part of a person-centred approach to rehabilitation. However, this is part...

STUDY OBJECTIVES There are few data describing disability and health status for ethnic groups. The disablement process involves social influences, which may include minority status. Cross sectional data were examined to investigate the relation of ethnicity to disability. DESIGN A stratified random digit dialled sample of women aged 40 and older. Disability and health status were measured as ...