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Do Personal Factors And Interpersonal Influences Affect Commitment To A Plan Of Action For Physical Activity Among African-American Women?, Bobbie W. Brown
Do Personal Factors And Interpersonal Influences Affect Commitment To A Plan Of Action For Physical Activity Among African-American Women?, Bobbie W. Brown
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The lack of physical activity (PA) among African American (AA) women is a predisposition to chronic diseases associated with obesity. Women, particularly AA women, who are between 35 and 60 years of age, are particularly noted to be at highest risk for developing obesity-related chronic diseases. Few PA studies have included AA women older than 25 years of age and younger than 65 years of age (Carter-Parker, Edwards, & McCleary-Jones, 2012).
All analyses were conducted using SPSS Version 21 (Armonk, NY: IBM Corporation) and statistical significance was assumed at an alpha value of .05. The assumption of normality for continuous …
Perceived Barriers To The Pre-Transplant Evaluation: A Patient Perspective, Linda K. Buck
Perceived Barriers To The Pre-Transplant Evaluation: A Patient Perspective, Linda K. Buck
Doctoral Dissertations
Patients who are afforded the opportunity for a kidney transplant tend to have better short and long-term outcomes, including improved physical health, quality of life, and long-term survival over those who are treated with prolonged dialysis (Landreneau, Lee, & Landreneau, 2010; Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network and Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (OPTN/SRTR), 2014; Wolfe et al., 1999). At the end of 2012, 402,514 people were being treated with hemodialysis while 40,605 were receiving peritoneal dialysis (USRDS, 2014). At this same time, only 92,885 people were listed on the OPTN national waitlist for kidney transplantation. The aim of this project …
Rural Appalachian Person And Family Decision Making At End Of Life, Mary Lou Clark Fornehed
Rural Appalachian Person And Family Decision Making At End Of Life, Mary Lou Clark Fornehed
Doctoral Dissertations
The dynamics of delivering care to persons at end of life (EOL) have dramatically changed in the last twenty years. Improved management of chronic illness and provision of aggressive life sustaining measures for an illness once deemed fatal are more common, significantly increasing longevity. While it is estimated that more than 40 million persons with life-limiting illness worldwide are candidates for some form of palliative or end-of-life care (EOLC), less than 14% of them will receive it.
When coping with life-limiting illness, people and their families are asked to make many complex and difficult decisions about EOL, palliative, or hospice …