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Quality of life and sexuality of Norwegian women with locally advanced cervical cancer
Get PDFPurpose: The purpose of this study is to evaluate self-reported quality of life (QOL) and
sexuality of women with locally advanced cervical cancer, prior to treatment with
chemoradiotherapy.
Methods and sample: Baseline data from a longitudinal study was used. Patients recruited
through a Norwegian hospital completed The European Organisation for Research and
Treatment of Cancer Core Quality-of-Life Questionnaires (EORTC QLQ)-C30 and QLQCX24
in order to assess their quality of life and sexuality. A quantitative analysis was
conducted in order to test if there were statistically significant differences between 138
women with locally advanced cervical cancer and the Norwegian general population (GP),
using findings from EORTC QLQ-C30 and QLQ-CX24. The functional items sexual activity
and sexual enjoyment from EORTC QLQ-CX24 was compared to a Dutch GP.
Results: There was a small clinical difference on the emotional functioning scale compared to
the Norwegian GP. The symptoms insomnia and appetite loss were reported to be
significantly higher than the GP, with a small to moderate clinical difference. These women
also scored significantly lower on sexual activity compared to the Dutch GP.
Conclusions: With the knowledge of the existence of extensive side- and late effects we see
the importance and need of early intervention in order to optimise the course of treatment for
these women. Usage of QOL-measurements at baseline can be a contributing factor to help
prevent future health problems.Purpose: The purpose of this study is to evaluate self-reported quality of life (QOL) and
sexuality of women with locally advanced cervical cancer, prior to treatment with
chemoradiotherapy.
Methods and sample: Baseline data from a longitudinal study was used. Patients recruited
through a Norwegian hospital completed The European Organisation for Research and
Treatment of Cancer Core Quality-of-Life Questionnaires (EORTC QLQ)-C30 and QLQCX24
in order to assess their quality of life and sexuality. A quantitative analysis was
conducted in order to test if there were statistically significant differences between 138
women with locally advanced cervical cancer and the Norwegian general population (GP),
using findings from EORTC QLQ-C30 and QLQ-CX24. The functional items sexual activity
and sexual enjoyment from EORTC QLQ-CX24 was compared to a Dutch GP.
Results: There was a small clinical difference on the emotional functioning scale compared to
the Norwegian GP. The symptoms insomnia and appetite loss were reported to be
significantly higher than the GP, with a small to moderate clinical difference. These women
also scored significantly lower on sexual activity compared to the Dutch GP.
Conclusions: With the knowledge of the existence of extensive side- and late effects we see
the importance and need of early intervention in order to optimise the course of treatment for
these women. Usage of QOL-measurements at baseline can be a contributing factor to help
prevent future health problems.submittedVersio
«Sosial støtte hos brystkreftpasienter med fatigue»
Get PDFMaster i sykepleie - klinisk forskning og fagutviklingBakgrunn: Et stort antall kvinner med brystkreft plages med fatigue. Sosial støtte i form av gode mellommenneskelige relasjoner er beskrevet å ha en positiv innvirkning på helse i stressende livssituasjoner.
Hensikt: Hensikten med studien er å kartlegge i hvilken grad brystkreftpasienter med fatigue opplever sosial støtte under behandling. Det er også et mål å utforske sammenhenger mellom kreftrelatert fatigue og sosial støtte og dernest mellom sosial støtte og henholdsvis demografiske og behandlingsrelaterte variabler.
Metode: En kvantitativ tverrsnittsstudie av 160 kvinner med fatigue under aktiv behandling for brystkreft (svarprosent 60,2). Data er innhentet med spørreskjemaene Social Provisions Scale (SPS), Fatigue Questionnaire (FQ) samt eget skjema for demografiske og behandlingsrelatert variabler. Det er benyttet lineær regresjonsanalyse for å se på sammenhenger mellom de ulike variablene.
Resultat: Median totalskår for SPS var 59 (min/maks = 39/64). Regresjonsanalysen viste sammenheng mellom mental fatigue og «bekreftelse av egenverdi» (B = -0,34, 95% KI = [-0,60 ; -0,08]) og mellom mental fatigue og «omsorgsansvar» (B = 0,20, 95% KI = [0,08 ; 0,31]). Univariat analyse viste sammenheng mellom sosial støtte og det å bo sammen med noen (B = 6,09, 95% KI = [4,07 ; 8,11]). Det var ingen sammenheng mellom fysisk fatigue og sosial støtte eller sosial støtte og behandlingsvariabler.
Konklusjon: Kvinnene med fatigue opplevde i stor grad god sosial støtte fra sine omgivelser. Det å bo sammen med noen øker kvinnenes opplevelse av sosial støtte under behandling. Sosial støtte i form av bekreftelse av egenverdi er positivt for opplevelsen av både total og mental fatigue. Samtidig opplever de kvinnene som har et stort omsorgsansvar for andre, en høyere grad av mental fatigue. Studiens funn bør bekreftes gjennom større tverrsnittsstudier så vel som longitudinelle studier med et annet instrument som kartlegger sosial støtte.publishedVersio
Kartlegging av kunnskaper om og holdninger til smerte og smertelindring blant sykepleiere i kreftomsorgen i Norge
Get PDFMaster i sykepleie - klinisk forskning og fagutviklingBakgrunn: Smerter er et av de mest fryktede og plagsomme symptomene for kreftpasienter. Mangelfull smertelindring vil kunne føre til unødvendig lidelse og redusert livskvalitet. Sykepleiere har en nøkkelrolle i behandlingen av kreftpasienter med smerte, og en av årsakene til mangelfull smertelindring av kreftsmerter er barrierer hos sykepleiere. Internasjonale studier viser at sykepleiere i kreftomsorgen mangler kunnskaper om smertelindring.
Hensikt: Å kartlegge kunnskaper om og holdninger til smerter og smertelindring blant sykepleiere i kreftomsorgen i Norge samt å undersøke om det er sammenheng mellom ulike demografiske variabler og kunnskapsnivå.
Metode: Dette er en nettbasert tverrsnittstudie sendt til medlemmer i Forum for kreftsykepleie. Den norske versjonen av spørreskjemaet Nurses’ Knowledge and Attitudes Survey Regarding Pain (NKAS) ble brukt for å kartlegge kunnskaper om og holdninger til smerte. Univariat og multivariat lineær regresjonsanalyse ble anvendt for å evaluere sammenhengen mellom kunnskaper og holdninger og demografiske variabler.
Resultat: Totalt svarte 312 (18,3 prosent) sykepleiere fra hele landet. Majoriteten var kvinner og hadde utdanning utover bachelornivå. Gjennomsnittlig NKAS totalskår for hele utvalget var 31 poeng (75prosent). Det ble funnet signifikante assosiasjoner mellom totalskår og om sykepleierne hadde smertekurs på minimum 10 studiepoeng (p = 0,01), og om de arbeider i spesialist- eller primærhelsetjenesten (p = 0,04).
Konklusjon: Sykepleiere i kreftomsorgen har relativt gode kunnskaper. Forbedringspotensialet er størst for kunnskap om medikamenter og holdningene til hvordan pasientene uttrykker smerte. Funnene våre indikerer at et omfattende smertekurs med pasienthistorier kan bidra til at teoretisk kunnskap kan omsettes til handling overfor pasientene.publishedVersio
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
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