introduction: urinary incontinence (ui) is high prevalent in older women. little is known about how they manage with this chronic condition from their points of view. the aim of this study was to explore older women’s experiences of management strategies in dealing with ui. methods: eight community dwelling women aged 60 and over, with long term ui participated in this qualitative study. after ...

Rapid increase in information sources in different formats, developments in technology and need for lifelong learning have drawn increased attention to needs for information literacy. Although information literacy is significant for students of all educational levels, it has become even more significant for e-learners. Therefore, this study explores learning strategies and motivational factors ...

BACKGROUND Guided self-management is an important component of asthma care. Most trials have evaluated paper-based strategies. The effectiveness of new communication technologies remains uncertain. OBJECTIVES To compare the feasibility and clinical outcomes of a standard paper-based asthma self-management strategy with web-based strategies. METHODS In a crossover trial, 21 patients using in...

CONTEXT Medical schools wish to better understand why some students excel academically and others have difficulty in passing medical courses. Components of self-regulated learning (SRL), such as motivational beliefs and learning strategies, as well as participation in scheduled learning activities, have been found to relate to student performance. Although participation may be a form of SRL, li...

objective: to systematically identify the various methods of speed management and their effects. methods: a systematic search was performed in science direct, ovid medline, scopus, pubmed and proquest databases from april to june 2015. hand searching and reference of selected articles were used to improve article identification. articles published after 1990 which had reported on efficacy/effec...

OBJECTIVES Encouraging reassessment of intravenous antibiotic therapy at days 3-4 is an important step in the management of patients and may be done by delivering a questionnaire or through systematic infectious disease physician (IDP) advice to prescribers. PATIENTS AND METHODS In this before-and-after study, prescriptions of 13 selected intravenous antibiotics from surgical or medical wards...