Materials and methods Between May and November 2014 we went through the process of identification and selection of outcomes. All possible outcomes were drawn from systematic reviews, interviews and questionnaires. From this initial list, a selection process was performed using an online 2-round Delphic survey and a consultation meeting. Target stakeholders were approached to contribute in this ...

Quasi experimental one group pre test and post test design was adopted for the present study conducted at St.Joseph old age home, Coimbatore. Using purposive sampling technique 28 subjects, who had mild and moderate depression were selected by using Geriatric depression scale. Therapeutic Touch procedure was administered for each elderly over a month period. After the intervention, the level of...

The tax gap is the difference between the tax collected and the tax that would be collected if all individuals and companies complied with both the letter and the spirit of the law. The letter of the law is the literal interpretation of tax legislation. The spirit of the law is the intention of Parliament in legislating on tax. In contrast to the letter of the law, which implies a literal legal...

BACKGROUND With regard to the importance of life skills, the present study deals with the effect of life skills training on general health of the students. MATERIALS AND METHODS This was a one-group, pre-test, post-test, quasi-experimental research. Forty students were selected through purposive sampling method. The data collection tool was Goldberg General Health Questionnaire. RESULTS Pai...

In the present study, Quasi-experimental design was used to evaluate the effectiveness of structure teaching programme on domiciliary management and prevention of upper respiratory tract infections among the mothers of under five children at urban slums. The study was conducted in selected urban slums at Bangalore. The sample consisted of 60 mothers, experimental Group30 and Control Group-30. P...

Men who were sexually abused during childhood represent a highly stigmatized, marginalized population at risk for a variety of long-term mental health problems. Using the family integration dimension of Durkheim's theory of suicide, factors associated with suicidal ideation among a purposive sample of 487 men with histories of child sexual abuse were examined. Four variables--length of cohabita...

recent studies demonstrate an overlapping relationship between faith practices of individuals, family functioning, and the corporate faith of congregations. this study reports on the psychometric properties of the Christian faith Practices Scale (CfPS), which was created to empirically measure dykstra’s faith behaviors or “practices.” analysis of a large purposive sample (n=7,403) indicates ini...

Procedures are not the same as processes. But purposive modules are probably no more than a waystation to understanding learning processes and may not be as simply represented in brain neurophysiology as many seem to assume. And finally: it is impossible (and therefore unwise) to specify in advance what the ultimate theory of learning must explain. Copyright Information: Copyright 2005 by the a...

In a cross sectional study on a purposive sample, Kumar et al.(2001) assessed the re la t ionsh ip be tween psychosocial variables, subsyndromal affective psychopathologv, and psychosocial functioning in 68 bipolar patients stabilized on prophylactic lithium. They found that higher daily hassles and life events scores were associated with higher depression ratings, while lower perceived social ...

Paper-based terminology systems cannot satisfy anymore the new desiderata of healthcare information systems: the demand for re-use and sharing of patient data, their transmission and the need of semantic-based criteria for purposive statistical aggregation. The unambiguous communication of complex and detailed medical concepts is now a crucial feature of medical information systems. Ontologies ...