This study aimed to analyze the prevalence of skin tears (ST) among hospitalized oncology patients and associated demographic and clinical variables. This is an epidemiological cross-sectional study type, performed at Octavio Frias de Oliveira State of São Paulo Cancer Institute. All adult patients hospitalized from April 10th to 18th 2010 were evaluated by interview and physical examination. C...

BACKGROUND despite the decline in its incidence and mortality rate, gastric cancer continues to be the 4th most common tumor and the 2nd cause of death in the world. OBJECTIVE(S) to analyze the factors associated with gastric cancer in hospitalized patients. METHOD Transversal study of case series type made at Recife hospitals. The data were obtained from a questionnaire adapted from a prev...

background : improving quality of life (qol) has been an important consideration in patients with chronic diseases such as cancer particularly in last two decades. praying is a valuable nursing care to improve cancer patients’ qol. however, controversies still exist about the effect of different types of praying. this study was conducted to compare the impact of private and collective praying o...

7 Background: Racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare have been well documented among minority groups with respect to access to care, receipt of care, and quality of care. As a result, minority populations are diagnosed with late stage cancer and have inferior outcomes likely leading to increased suffering. Little is known, however, about disparities in access to and outcomes of patients re...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To determine the preferences of patients with cancer for viewing photographic art in an inpatient hospital setting and to evaluate the impact of viewing photographic art. DESIGN Quantitative, exploratory, single-group, post-test descriptive design incorporating qualitative survey questions. SETTING An academic medical center in the midwestern United States. SAMPLE 80 me...