PURPOSE To determine preoperative patient expectations and their relative importance for hallux valgus surgery using a patient-derived questionnaire, and whether such expectations are influenced by age, gender, or occupation. METHODS Two patient-derived questionnaires were developed using open-ended interviews. The 19 most commonly stated expectations were included in the Patient Expectation ...

BACKGROUND Subjective perceptions of everyday occupations are important for the well-being of people with psychiatric disabilities (PD) and are likely to vary with factors such as attending a day centre or not, activity level, self-mastery, sociodemographic and clinical factors. AIM To explore differences in subjective perceptions of occupation and activity level between day centre attendees ...

Previous studies on feeder use in group-housed pregnant sows focused on dynamic groups and protected electronic sow feeders (ESF). This study observed 60 pregnant sows, 1st to 8th parity--housed from Day 29 of pregnancy to 1 week before parturition in stable groups of 20 animals, 1 Fitmix feeder per group. Data from 25 nonconsecutive 24-hr feeding cycles showed sows making several visits to the...

OBJECTIVE To explore whether persons with right- and left-sided cerebrovascular accidents differ significantly in mean impact of neurobehavioural impairments on ability to perform activities of daily living. DESIGN AND SUBJECTS Retrospective study of data from 215 persons (103 right-sided, 112 left-sided cerebrovascular accident). The Activities of daily living-focused Occupation-based Neurob...

BACKGROUND Although many studies have documented health effects of ambient temperature, little evidence is available in subtropical or tropical regions, and effect modifiers remain uncertain. We examined the effects of daily mean temperature on mortality and effect modification in the subtropical city of Guangzhou, China. METHODS A Poisson regression model combined with distributed lag non-li...

background: to develop nursing education and promote nursing strategies, there is a need for a staff with positive attitude. the present study was conducted to compare the attitudes among clinical nurses and nursing students toward the nursing profession. materials and methods: in this descriptive study, 313 clinical nurses and 81 nursing students (total n = 394) of tehran, iran, were selected ...

Abstract Date Presented 04/22/2023 Circadian lighting, indoor light that simulates the solar day, was explored as a means to help regulate sleep in person living with dementia and college student. Results indicate daily, 1-hour circadian lighting exposure helped improve mood engagement for both cases. Implementation facilitated by integrating into daily leisure or instrumental routine. Findings...