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Implementation Of The Mood Disorder Questionnaire In A Psychiatric Inpatient Facility, Sandy Ann Harris

Doctor of Nursing Practice

Background. Bipolar disorder is a combination of multiple mood disorders associated with high suicide rates. The mood disorder questionnaire is a reliable, cost-effective, and time-effective screening tool to aid in diagnosing bipolar disorder (Carvalho et al., 2015; Miller & Black, 2020). Purpose. To implement the mood disorder questionnaire during admission to improve the accuracy of diagnosing bipolar disorder among providers in patients without a history of bipolar disorder. Goal. To increase the utilization of the mood disorder questionnaire thereby increasing bipolar disorder diagnosis accuracy. Objectives. 100% of the team will attend an in-service on the project; 60% of patients without …

The Role Paradox Of Middle School Assistant Principals In Tennessee: Self-Perception Versus Teacher Perception, Jarrod Pendergraft

Ed.D. Dissertations

Research was limited when it came to the roles and responsibilities of middle school assistant principals. Even less research was dedicated to how middle school teachers perceived the roles and responsibilities of their assistant principals. Due to the overall lack of research regarding both facets, further research was necessary to form a better understanding of middle school assistant principals’ roles and responsibilities as compared to teachers’ perceptions. Middle school assistant principals and teachers from one Tennessee county responded to questionnaires to explore the relationship between middle school assistant principals’ perceptions of their roles and responsibilities and the teachers’ perceptions of …

Gender Vs. Sex: Defining Meaning In A Modern World Through Use Of Corpora And Semantic Surveys, Mary Elizabeth Garceau

Theses and Dissertations

Considerable resources in U.S. legal studies are devoted to determining the precise meaning of contested terms specifically in statutory interpretation. Traditional judicial approaches have defined meaning using dictionaries. This reliance has led to Mouritsen’s (2010) observation that "the judicial conception of lexical meaning—i.e., what judges think about what words mean … is often [subjectively] outcome determinative." Beginning with Mouritsen’s (2010) article, a movement in U.S. legal scholarship offers corpus linguistics as a more objective method to resolving contested meaning (Lee and Mouritsen, 2018). However, I assert that weaknesses still exist in contemporary applications of corpus linguistics to legal interpretation. I …

The Effects Of A Computer Based Program On Student Mathematics Achievement Within An Urban Middle School In Georgia, Sheree Barnes

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this quantitative study was to investigate the effects of adaptive computer-assisted instruction (CAI) on student mathematics achievement. The researcher sought to describe factors that may influence academic achievement for eight-grade students. The instruments used to gather data were post curriculum-based mathematics benchmark assessment data administered during fall, winter, and spring semesters, the spring mathematic assessment for the Georgia Milestones, and open and close-ended questionnaires. A purposeful sampling of 63 students were chosen to complete questionnaires. Data analyzed from the 2018 Mathematics scores from SchoolCity and the Georgia Milestones revealed that the SuccessMaker® online adaptive software tool positively …

Teacher-Perceived Barriers To Math Achievement And Implementation Of Literature-Based Recommendations For Change In Math Instruction In Grades 4 Through 8, Kimberly Summey

Ed.D. Dissertations

The purpose of this research was to identify teachers’ perceptions of barriers to math achievement below Grade 10, if any, to determine which, if any, of the identified barriers teachers reported, and to determine which, if any, previous recommendations for positive changes in mathematics classrooms teachers reported, as well as identify any teacher reports of resistance to change. I conducted research on 19 participants by collecting questionnaires online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants were teachers of mathematics from Grade 4 through Grade 8. I compared participants’ responses to literature-based components using predetermined coding along with emergent coding to identify …

Statistical Fit And Factor Structure Of The Food-Life Questionnaire In Emerging Adult Undergraduate Students, Arielle Wolinsky

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

The Food-Life Questionnaire (FLQ) is a psychometrically sound measure of beliefs and attitudes towards food that was initially developed and validated for use with a general adult population; however, the psychometric properties of the measure have yet to be examined in an emerging adult population. The constructs captured by the FLQ are particularly relevant in emerging adulthood, because it is a time of increased risk for the development of disordered eating attitudes and behaviors. Using data from a large, demographically diverse sample of emerging adult undergraduate students (n = 679), the current study evaluated the fit of the original five-factor …

Implementation And Evaluation Of A School-Based Anti-Tobacco Program In Mauritius: A Pilot Study To Assess The Usefulness And Reliability Of A Tobacco Use Prevention Education Instrument, Shariah Hussenbocus

Theses and Dissertations

Tobacco use among Mauritian adolescents has increased steadily since 2008. Currently, Mauritius has not implemented any school-based anti-tobacco program and there is no instrument to assess the effectiveness of existing anti-tobacco school policies. Since the first cigarette can rapidly lead to nicotine dependence, targeted interventions must be assessed before established patterns of smoking appear. This study evaluated a tobacco use prevention education instrument to determine the effectiveness of a school-based anti-tobacco program. 26 male students completed a survey before and after receiving anti-tobacco lessons. Smoking initiation age could not predict likelihood of tobacco addiction (r(12)=0.320, p=0.311). However, after receiving the …

The Effects Of Stress On American Football Overhand Throw Accuracy, Cale Anderson

All NMU Master's Theses

The American overhand football throw is a highly scrutinized position because of all the different kinds of stress both physical and psychological that are put onto those players. The current study sought to develop a formula using psycho-emotional and physical variables to predict the performance of an American overhand football throw under stressful/non-stress situations. Participants were tested on two days. The stress situation is where tennis balls were thrown, and the subject did not know where they were going to throw. The non-stressed was a 3 step drop without knowing what target they were throwing at and these conditions were …

Can Questionnaires Capture Inner Experience? A Validation Study Of The Nevada Inner Experience Questionnaire, Stefanie Alison Moynihan

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Self-report questionnaires that explore human experience sometimes produce substantially discrepant results from careful sampling-based methods such as Descriptive Experience Sampling (DES). One explanation is that questionnaires may not be inquiring about the same phenomena that sampling discovers. To investigate this, we conducted two studies. Study 1 (N =260) created the Nevada Inner Experience Questionnaire (NIEQ), designed to measure the frequency of the same five phenomena of inner experience that DES frequently finds (the “5FP”: inner speaking, inner seeing, unsymbolized thinking, feeling and sensory awareness). Study 1 explored the construct validity of the NIEQ, finding it to be reliable and psychometrically …

Technical Debt Decision-Making Framework, Zadia Codabux

Theses and Dissertations

Software development companies strive to produce high-quality software. In commercial software development environments, due to resource and time constraints, software is often developed hastily which gives rise to technical debt. Technical debt refers to the consequences of taking shortcuts when developing software. These consequences include making the system difficult to maintain and defect prone. Technical debt can have financial consequences and impede feature enhancements. Identifying technical debt and deciding which debt to address is challenging given resource constraints. Project managers must decide which debt has the highest priority and is most critical to the project. This decision-making process is not …

Reflections On Donor-Funded Reports And Education Programs In Pakistan: A Qualitative Analysis On Pakistan’S English Education, Amy M. Puett

MA TESOL Collection

The extensive rise in aid from aid organizations and donor agencies for education in Pakistan at the beginning of the 21st century has resulted in a rise of the number of studies and reports on Pakistan’s education system and newly developed education programs. This was partially due to the concern about the status of the religious schools known as madaris and the quality of education they provided. The majority of the existing reports on education offer quantitative analyses and pay little attention to English taught in schools although English is critically important for job opportunities and professional growth in Pakistan. …

Inner Experience And Self-Ratings Of Inner Speaking, Jason Michael Kelsey

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Questionnaires are often used as measures of inner experience. This study questions the adequacy of such measures, using inner speech as an example. We compared two questionnaire measures of inner speaking to each other and to inner experience as apprehended by Descriptive Experience Sampling (DES, a naturalistic, high fidelity method of exploring inner experience). Undergraduate volunteers (N = 260) took two questionnaires designed to measure inner speaking: the Self-Talk Scale (STS) and the Nevada Inner Experience Questionnaire (NIEQ). A subset of these (N = 16) participated in DES to investigate their inner speaking with fidelity. Scores on the NIEQ and …

Rip Currents In The Uk: Incident Analysis, Public Awareness, And Education, Eleanor Molly Woodward

Other Faculty of Science and Engineering Theses

Rip currents present a severe hazard to water users worldwide, resulting in over 100 drownings and thousands of lifeguard rescues annually. This thesis examines the demographics of who is effected by rip currents in the UK, what activity they are undertaking, when and where incidents occur, how much the public know, what people have experienced, and how best to educate them. Analysis of 7909 rip current lifeguard rescues (16777 people) across the UK between 2006-2013 highlighted the most at risk group, and subsequent target audience for education, to be male teenagers aged between 13-17 years old (n=2906, 17%). Geographically, the …

Relationship Between Concern For Vision Loss And Self-Care Management In Type 1 And Type 2 Diabetics, Esi Nkyekyer

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

The purpose of this study is to assess the following hypotheses: concern for vision loss is associated with self-care behavior and glucose control; concern for overall diabetes complications is associated with self-care behavior and glucose control; concern for vision loss accounts for a significant proportion of the association between concern for overall diabetes complications and self-care behavior and glucose control in Type 1 and Type 2 diabetic subjects. The study sample consists of 100 participants (24 Type 1 diabetics, 69 Type 2 diabetics, 7 unknown) over the age of 18 presenting to the Yale Diabetes Center from June 2009 to …

A Reexamination Of The Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder Questionnaire Reliability And Validity In A College Student Sample, Rachel Martukovich

ETD Archive

The present research was designed to evaluate the reliability and validity of a new measure for Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder, namely the Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder Questionnaire (OCPDQ). One hundred and forty students at a Midwestern urban university were administered the OCPDQ as well as the Leyton Obsessional Inventory (LOI Cooper, 1970) and the Padua Inventory-Washington State University Revision (PI-WSUR Burns, Keortege, Formea, & Sternberger, 1996). The reliability and validity of the OCPDQ were analyzed and each of the eight subscales that corresponded to the eight criteria for OCPD were examined. The OCPDQ had a high level of reliability with …

Capillary Blood Gas Measurement As A Novel Means Of Assessing Flap Perfusion In Free Tissue Transfer, Aaron Remenschneider

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

CAPILLARY BLOOD GAS MEASUREMENT AS A NOVEL MEANS OF ASSESSING FLAP PERFUSION IN FREE TISSUE TRANSFER. Aaron K. Remenschneider and Douglas A. Ross (Sponsored by Dr. Clarence Sasaki). Section of Otolaryngology, Department of Surgery, Yale University, School of Medicine, New Haven, CT. To demonstrate that in comparison to implantable O2 microelectrodes, Capillary Blood Gas measurements represent a reliable, accessible and easy method of identifying failing free flaps, and furthermore, to assess post-operative free-flap monitoring techniques nation-wide, determining the openness of surgeons to new surveillance modalities. Groin fasciocutaneous flaps were elevated in 10 rats and following arterial or venous occlusion, oxygen …

Living Kidney Donor Informed Consent Practices Vary Between U.S. And Non-U.S. Centers, Ami Parekh

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

Living kidney donation rates are increasing in the United States and internationally. Major consensus statements on the care of living kidney donors recommend communicating all potential health and psychosocial risks to donors. We evaluated the degree of international variation in the process of informed consent of potential donors during their evaluation. Transplant professionals attending the 2006 World Transplant Congress responded to a survey assessing their informed consent processes, donor evaluation and risk communication to living donors. US based respondents were compared to non-US respondents. There were 221 respondents from 177 transplant centers and 40 countries (48% US respondents). Across US …

Becoming The Doctor I Want To Be: The Professional Development Of Internal Medicine Residents, Merritt Mclean Evans

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

BECOMING THE DOCTOR I WANT TO BE: EVALUATING THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNS. Merritt Evans, Eric Holmboe, Jeffrey Wong, Julie Rosenbaum. Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University, School of Medicine, New Haven, CT. BACKGROUND: Several studies have suggested that the current medical training environment may include experiences that compromise trainees professional development. Little work has been done to explore this evolution during internship. METHODS: Interns in the Yale University Internal Medicine Residency Programs were asked to evaluate their professional development during internship through a qualitative study involving two open-ended written surveys and a focus group interview. Participants were identified in …

High Rates Of Undiagnosed Pulmonary Tuberculosis And Barriers To Diagnosis And Care Among Tb And Hiv Co-Infected Patients In A Rural South African Hospital: A Cross-Sectional Cohort Study, Palav Babaria

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

ABSTRACT High Rates of Undiagnosed Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Barriers to Diagnosis and Care Among HIV-positive Patients in a Rural South African Hospital: A Cross-sectional cohort study Palav A. Babaria, N. Sarita Shah, Anthony P. Moll, Neel R. Gandhi, Gerald H. Friedland. Yale AIDS Program, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT. Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of mortality among HIV infected patients in South Africa. Symptoms of active TB may be subtle in HIV patients and go unrecognized in early illness, creating an opportunity for nosocomial TB transmission. Late presentation and delayed diagnosis of …

Longitudinal Evaluation Of Quality Of Life In Older Persons With Advanced Illness, Rachel Solomon

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

Longitudinal Evaluation of Quality of Life in Older Persons with Advanced Illness Rachel Solomon, Paul Kirwin, and Terri Fried. Section of Geriatrics, Departments of Internal Medicine and Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; VA Connecticut Healthcare System. Background: Efforts to understand and evaluate quality of life (QoL) among persons with chronic disease have resulted in the development of indices that measure QoL according to the severity of disease, symptoms, and functional impairments. By definition, inclusion of these domains presumes that QoL declines as illness progresses. However, this assumption may not reflect the subjective experience of QoL in …

Mode Of Delivery Decisions Among Hiv-Infected Mothers At An Urban Maternity Hospital In Nairobi, Kenya, Jessica Hoffmann Beard

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

Purpose: The objectives of this study are to describe mode of delivery decision making among HIV positive women, understand patient knowledge and attitudes regarding elective cesarean section (ECS) for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT), and in turn quantify the use of ECS for PMTCT at an urban Kenyan maternity hospital. Methods: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study involving the survey of postpartum HIV-infected women delivering at Pumwani Maternity Hospital (PMH) in Nairobi, Kenya. Each participant was interviewed using a standardized questionnaire. Results: 250 women participated in this study over the course of three months. The rate of delivery …

The Md/Mba Effect: A Study Of How Residency Directors Perceive Applicants With An Mba, Douglas Lyssy

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

Background: The recent increase in the number of programs offering a combined medical doctorate and masters in business administration (MD/MBA) degree means an increase in the number of medical students with MBAs applying for residency training. While these students hope that residency program directors will see the benefits of having on staff a resident with business skills many, however are now confronted with some of the medical community's negative attitudes toward business and management. These students are concerned about the perception that those who seek business training have "sold out" or "are in it for the money" and whether this …

Use Of Media To Improve Human Papilloma Virus (Hpv)Vaccine Acceptability, Pavithra Venkat

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

Our objective was to determine if using a video educational tool can influence (1) individual vaccine acceptability (2) parental acceptability, (3) parental views on vaccine mandates, and (4) age of vaccination accepted for the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine. We conducted a cross-sectional study using bilingual surveys distributed at Brigham and Womens and Massachusetts General Hospital clinics and at the Coalition of Boston Public Health Association from January to March 2007. An initial 32-question survey addressing HPV knowledge, beliefs and vaccine acceptability was completed, followed by an eight-minute video about HPV and the vaccine. An additional 11-question post assessment was …

The Utility Of Plain Radiography In The Evaluation Of Degenerative Spine Disease, Andrew Simpson

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

Study Designs: Questionnaire, Retrospective chart review, Cadaver study, and cross-sectional study. Objectives: Assess current imaging practices; determine utility of accessory radiographic studies, including dynamic and oblique radiographs; calculate effective radiation doses of routine spine radiographs. Summary of Background Data: Plain radiography is generally considered the initial imaging modality for evaluation of degenerative spine complaints. In addition to anteroposterior (AP) and lateral views, dynamic and oblique views may also be obtained. There is currently no data on imaging practices of spine specialists, the utility of these accessory radiographic views, or the radiation exposure patients receive as a result of various spine …

Efficacy Of Formal Screening For Depression In Pediatric Type 1 Diabetes Clinic, Jeffrey Winer

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

This study was undertaken to examine the efficacy of screening for depression in a pediatric diabetes clinic and how the yield of such screening compares with established screening protocols aimed at identifying early microvascular complications and associated autoimmune diseases. Two-hundred-fifteen children and adolescents 8-18 years old in the Yale Pediatric Diabetes Center were screened for depression using the Children's Depression Inventory (CDI), with information including gender, age, duration of diabetes, HbA1C, and results of other screening protocols compiled. A total of 8.4% of our cohort had CDI scores ≥13 indicative of clinically-significant depressive symptoms, with a range of 0-34. Depression …

A Survey Of Radiology Practices' Use Of After-Hours Services, Adam Harris Kaye

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

Purpose: To identify the characteristics of and the motives behind radiologists use, or lack thereof, of after-hours services. Methods: From August 2005 to June 2006, 300 non-specialty hospitals randomly selected from the 2005 American Hospital Association Directory of Hospitals were contacted by phone, email, and mail, with an attempt made to speak to the chief of radiology. We obtained 115 responses, a 38.3% response rate, including 64 from practices that used an external after-hours service. Responses were analyzed using descriptive statistical analyses. Results Practices gave convenience as the most important reason they use an after-hours services, with value for recruiting …

Creating A Path For High Quality Care: Implementation Of The Mini-Cex In A Student-Run Clinic, Paul Daniel Di Capua

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

Purpose: This study examines the utility of implementing the mini-CEX at a student-run primary care clinic. The mini-CEX is a validated tool for clinical skills feedback and evaluation. The implementation of the mini-CEX sought to improve quality standards in providers clinical skills, and therefore to set a model for continuous quality improvement in medical education. Hypothesis: The primary hypothesis tested is that a minimum of three mini-CEXs per week will produce a positive utility for both students and faculty. Methods: A needs-based analysis focus group solicited opinions on the mission and function of the clinic from the student-providers. The mini-CEX …

The Hotel Guest Questionnaire: An Assessment Of Its Role As A Service Encounter Interface, Alfred W. Ogle

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

This exploratory study on hotel stakeholder behaviour uses a 'service innovation' approach to investigate how the hotel guest questionnaire can function in a way not previously considered in the hospitality management literature. viz as a remote service encounter interface between the hotel management and guest. The paper-based guest questionnaire. also commonly known as comment card. is an old hotel tradition that is the most widely used method or guest feedback elicitation by hotels. Primarily a method of measuring guest satisfaction. studies show that its inherent limitations as a survey Instrument result in inaccurate and ungeneralisable data. The trend for e-based …

The Influence Of Performance Level And Setting On Collegiate Athletes' Motivational Profiles, Shareen Brooke Smith

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine if motivational profiles of individual collegiate team sport athletes differ across ability levels (High, Middle, and Low) and settings (Team Practice, Competition, and Personal Practice). The athletes task and ego disposition, autonomy, and contextual motivation, were assessed using the Perception of Success Questionnaire (POSQ), Sport Climate Questionnaire (SCQ), and Sport Motivational Scale (SMS), pre and postseason. Their anxiety levels and situational motivation were measured using the Sport Anxiety Scale (SAS) and the Situational Motivational Scale (SIMS) during the season. The General Causality Orientations Scale (GCOS) was used pre and postseason to assess …

Quality Of Life Occupational Therapy Measurement Tool For Patients With Lymphedema/Chronic Venous Edema, Marsha Waind

Occupational Therapy Capstones

The objective of this project was the development of a tool in the form of a patient questionnaire to be used by Occupational Therapists (OT) treating patients with lymphedema/chronic venous edema. This questionnaire was designed to identify life factors beyond limb volume reduction and activity independence that correlate with the patients' perceptions of an improved quality of life, therefore promoting Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL).

Literature reviewed supported the premise that attainment of the typical OT goals of activity completion will not accomplish the desired result of lymphedema treatment, nor will lymphedema goal attainment of reduced limb measures achieve …