METHODS Participants were interviewed for 30–80 minutes with open ended questions that were modified using the process of theoretical sensitivity and theoretical sampling. Data were also collected from conversations with staff and observations of on-duty staff (3–8 h). Interviews were tape recorded, transcribed, and thematically coded. 83 conceptual categories and subcategories were generated a...

We prove that every vertex transitive, planar, 1-ended, graph covers every graph whose balls of radius r are isomorphic to the ball of radius r in G for a sufficiently large r. We ask whether this is a general property of finitely presented Cayley graphs, as well as further related questions.

Methods 2 GPs interviewed participants by asking open ended questions about the interviewees’ management of minor mental illness. Interviews were audiotaped and transcribed, and the data were analysed using a grounded theory approach to generate explanatory concepts and categories. The process was iterative; after 23 interviews, no new concepts were generated. The findings were presented to 12 ...

Methods: The Delta Nursing Home Questionnaire (DNHQ) was developed and designed to elicit responses from Mississippi Delta residents relating to their perceptions and attitudes toward the placement of relatives in nursing homes. The participants responded to the questionnaire items and other open ended questions that were recorded for analysis. Responses were analyzed based on age and education...

BACKGROUND Anxiety and depression are common in the perinatal period. Telephone interventions, including telephone peer support and counselling, have been developed to support those experiencing perinatal mental illness. PANDA Post and Antenatal Depression Association provides support to women and men experiencing perinatal mental illness via the Australian National Perinatal Depression Helplin...

PURPOSE Musculoskeletal conditions can impair people's ability to undertake physical activity as they age. The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate perceived barriers and facilitators to undertaking physical activity reported by patients accessing ambulatory hospital clinics for musculoskeletal disorders. PATIENTS AND METHODS A questionnaire with open-ended items was administe...

Lower and upper bounds are given for the the number of permutations of length n generated by two stacks in series, two stacks in parallel, and a general deque.

Palliative cancer care in Greenland is provided by health professionals at local level, the national Queen Ingrid's Hospital and at Rigshospitalet in Denmark. To improve and develop care for relatives of patients with advanced cancer, we conducted a mixed method study examining relatives' level of satisfaction with care and treatment and their current main concerns. The aim was to investigate r...