BACKGROUND Many older people presenting to Acute Medical Units (AMU) are discharged after only a short stay (< 72 hours), yet many re-present to hospital or die within 1 year. Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment may improve patient outcomes for this group. METHOD PARTICIPANTS Patients aged > 70 years and scoring positive on a risk screening tool ('Identification of Seniors At Risk') who are...

An assessment instrument for home health nurses to use in assessing medication knowledge and practices of older adults was developed and tested on a convenience sample of 20 adults 65 and older admitted to a local home health agency. The tool was found usable by nurses, understood by patients, and had adequate test-retest reliability. The results emphasized the need for thorough medication asse...

OBJECTIVE Home screening tests could eliminate several barriers to testing sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). AIM To determine whether offering repeated home screening tests would increase the rate of testing for chlamydia and gonorrhoea in a high-risk sample of young women. METHODS In this randomised controlled trial, 403 young women (mean age 18.9 years, 70% black) with a recent STD or...

Background: One of the most important indicators of quality of services and monitoring health services is evaluation and assessment of patient satisfaction of services that comes from sociology research. Aim: To identify the effect of providing post partum care at home on maternal received care and satisfaction. Method: This clinical trial was carried out on 200 mothers who referred to Akbar Ab...

The purpose of this study is to ascertain rates of suicidal ideation and self-harm in a classroom population of 13- and 14-year-old children using a screening questionnaire and to confirm accuracy of these screening results by home interview. There were significant differences between suicidal ideation rates at screening and at home interview (44% vs. 29%) and between self-harm rates (8% vs. 2%...

background: for screening sequence variations in genes, rapid turnover time is of fundamental importance. while, many of the current methods are unfortunately time consuming and technically difficult to implement. denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography (dhplc) method had been shown to be a high-throughput, time saving, and economical tool for mutation screening. objective: in the pre...

The purpose of this report was to determine the impact of geriatric home screening services on mental state. Two computer databases, MEDLINE and HealthSTAR, were searched for relevant articles published from January 1975 to June 1997, and the bibliographies of retrieved articles were searched for additional references. Seven trials were located that met the four inclusion criteria: (a) original...

OBJECTIVE Eating at "fast food" restaurants has increased and is linked to obesity. This study examined whether living or working near "fast food" restaurants is associated with body weight. METHODS A telephone survey of 1033 Minnesota residents assessed body height and weight, frequency of eating at restaurants, and work and home addresses. Proximity of home and work to restaurants was asses...

OF THESIS VALIDATION OF THE MILLER FORENSIC ASSESSMENT OF SYMPTOMS TEST (M-FAST) IN A CIVIL FORENSIC POPULATION The Miller Forensic Assessment of Symptoms Test (M-FAST) is a relatively new measure shown to be a valid and effective tool for screening psychiatric malingering in criminal forensic and psychiatric inpatient settings. The present study attempts to crossvalidate the M-FAST in civil fo...

In pathology, histological examination of the "gold standard" to diagnose various diseases. It has contributed significantly toward identifying the abnormalities in tissues and cells, but has inherent drawbacks when used for fast and accurate diagnosis. These limitations include the lack of in vivo observation in real time and sampling errors due to limited number and area coverage of tissue se...