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Law Library Blog (November 2021): Legal Beagle's Blog Archive, Roger Williams University School Oflaw Nov 2021

Law Library Blog (November 2021): Legal Beagle's Blog Archive, Roger Williams University School Oflaw

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Long-Term Patient-Reported Outcomes And Patient-Reported Outcome Measures After Injury: The National Trauma Research Action Plan (Ntrap) Scoping Review, Juan P. Herrera-Escobar, Samia Y. Osman, Sophiya Das, Alexander Toppo, Claudia P. Orlas, Manuel Castillo-Angele, Angel Rosario, Mahin B. Janjua, Muhammad Abdullah Arain, Adil H. Haider May 2021

Long-Term Patient-Reported Outcomes And Patient-Reported Outcome Measures After Injury: The National Trauma Research Action Plan (Ntrap) Scoping Review, Juan P. Herrera-Escobar, Samia Y. Osman, Sophiya Das, Alexander Toppo, Claudia P. Orlas, Manuel Castillo-Angele, Angel Rosario, Mahin B. Janjua, Muhammad Abdullah Arain, Adil H. Haider

Section of General Surgery

Background: The aim of this scoping review is to identify and summarize patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) that are being used to track long-term patient-reported outcomes (PROs) after injury and can potentially be included in trauma registries.
Methods: Online databases were used to identify studies published between 2013 and 2019, from which we selected 747 articles that involved survivors of acute physical traumatic injury aged 18 years or older at time of injury and used PROMs to evaluate recovery between 6 months and 10 years postinjury. Data were extracted and summarized using descriptive statistics and a narrative synthesis of the results. …


Mental Health Among Nursing Students Amid The Coronavirus Pandemic, Cheydan Crump Apr 2021

Mental Health Among Nursing Students Amid The Coronavirus Pandemic, Cheydan Crump

Honors College Theses

The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of the current pandemic on the mental health of nursing students at a rural university. This study examined various risk factors and potential indicators for mental health, such as changes in physical activity, sleep behaviors, and differing perceptions of support they have received from the nursing program and the participating university, throughout the spread of COVID-19. This study was a non-experimental, analytical study conducted in a rural university in the southern region of the United States. This convenience sample consisted of 21 students, all of which were enrolled in the …


Drug Addiction & Mental Health, Tyler Burkholder Apr 2021

Drug Addiction & Mental Health, Tyler Burkholder

English Department: Research for Change - Wicked Problems in Our World

Drugs have a serious effect on our mental health, and mental health has a major effect on drug abuse and addiction. There is a reason so many drug users usually need to keep going back to rehab. It is because drugs affect mental health to a point where you aren’t the same person during and even after drug addiction. Poor mental health also can be a major cause influencing people to start doing drugs. People with depression, anxiety disorders, mood disorders are more prone to drug use. That is why we need to make it a public policy to screen …


Improving Employee Mental Health: Addressing Depression At The Workplace, Gerald G. Chia Dr. Jan 2021

Improving Employee Mental Health: Addressing Depression At The Workplace, Gerald G. Chia Dr.

DNP Scholarly Projects

Abstract Background: Depression is a serious mental health challenge in the US. As frontline workers who are responsible for taking care of a myriad of patients daily, health workers are usually exposed to depressive situations which eventually results in them developing the mental health condition. The purpose of the current project was, therefore, to develop an intervention which helps to improve employee mental health in healthcare settings with focus on depression and examine workplace factors which influence depression among employees of the Outpatient Mental Health Clinic in Washington District of Columbia. Methods: A pre-intervention survey was conducted among 43 employees. …