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Decisional Considerations in Left Ventricular Assist Device for Destination Therapy
End-stage heart failure is a growing problem in the United States as well as world-wide. The definitive treatment in heart failure that is refractory to medical treatment is a heart transplant. But there are a limited numbers of hearts available for transplant and a growing number of patients in need. There has recently been ...
Sleep Patterns and Parents’ Experience in Caring for Young Children Newly Diagnosed with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Background: Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is a common pediatric autoimmune condition with no cure. The cause of JIA is not completely understood. Children experience unpredictable and fluctuating episodes of active and inactive disease and symptoms of pain, fatigue, and poor sleep quality. JIA not only affects the child, ...
U.S. Military Service Member Health Research Participation: Research Trends, Recruitment Challenges, and Reasons for Research Participation
Military-relevant health research often includes U.S. military service members as participants in studies of war-related conditions, such as traumatic brain injury (TBI) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Service members’ research participation contributes to advances that improve the wellbeing of all service members ...
Exploring Forensic Nursing Ethics and Practice: Roles, Loyalties and Photodocumentation Practices
University of Washington Abstract Exploring Forensic Nursing Ethics and Practice: Roles, Loyalties and Photodocumentation Practices Rachell A. Ekroos Chair of the Supervisory Committee: Associate Professor Sarah E. Shannon, PhD, RN Biobehavioral Nursing & Health Systems Forensic nurses find themselves at the intersection of ...
Falls and the Social Isolation of Older Adults in the National Health and Aging Trends Study
University of Washington Abstract Falls and the Social Isolation of Older Adults in the National Health and Aging Trends Study Janet S. Pohl Chair of the Supervisory Committee: Professor Barbara B. Cochrane Department of Family and Child Nursing The de Tornyay Endowed Professor for Healthy Aging Director, de Tornyay Center ...
Stressful Life Events and their Trajectories among Midlife Women: Observations from the Seattle Midlife Women's Health Study
Purpose: This dissertation examines the challenges and stressful life events of women during their years of midlife characterizing women using age, menopausal transition status, ethnicity, income, education, marital status, parental status, and employment. Background: Midlife is a time of increased responsibilities for women ...
Early stage memory loss interventions: utilization, impact, and the experience of living alone.
University of Washington Abstract Early stage memory loss interventions: utilization, impact and the experience of living alone. Anita Marie Souza Chair of the Supervisory Committee: Professor, Rebecca Logsdon Psychosocial and Community Health Nursing Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) are an increasing public ...
Exploring Interprofessional Education: Through the values of the students and the eyes of exemplary faculty
Interprofessional education (IPE), which “occurs when students from two or more professions learn about, from, and with each other to enable effective collaboration and improve health outcomes” (World Health Organization, 2010), has become an emerging priority in healthcare education and research. Much of the research focuses ...
The High Frequency Component of Heart Rate Variability and Delta EEG Power during Sleep in Healthy Women and Women with Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Background Sleep disturbances are well-documented among persons with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Imbalanced autonomic nervous system (ANS) has been proposed to be one of the pathophysiology for IBS. Polysomnography (PSG) is a gold measure for sleep quality and heart rate variability (HRV) is a non-invasive measure of ANS ...
Fatigue and Co-occurring Symptoms in Women with Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is one of the most common bowel disorders. It is characterized by symptoms of abdominal discomfort or pain that are associated with changes in bowel habits such as diarrhea or constipation. However, fatigue is also common disabling symptom seen in patients with IBS. Fatigue frequently co-occurs ...