Incidence

Sweet Dreams, Sweeter Health Did you think that having trouble falling asleep at night and feeling tired in the morning is of no concern to your health? Think again. A strong link had been reported between a decrease in sleep quality and the increased risks of cancer. Humans spend roughly a third of their lives sleeping. Our body is constantly repairing itself from the wear and tear accumulated during the day during the period of slumber. However, when one does not get enough sleep, the body…

1. Why is the selection of controls important? What methods of control selection do you know? What principles should we follow when selecting controls? The selection of controls in a case-control study is important because you need to compare individuals with the disease to individuals without the disease (control group). You want the individuals in the control group to come from the same source population as the individuals that make up your cases. They would have been selected as cases if…

This case didn’t shock me when I read because I had the similar scenario witnessed in my clinic two years ago. I started my job at the clinic and was assigned to shadow “the best” LPN with 30 years of nursing experience. Before I start, I need to admit that I learned a lot from her. At first, I was impressed by her knowledge and confidence in her nursing job. Her interaction with patients, knowing them and their parents/relatives, and her easiness performing her duties were amazing example for…

Surgical site infections were interesting to me due to the high incidences occurring. “Surgical site infections (SSIs) are the second most common health care-associated infection. In 2002, of the 290,485 SSIs reported in the United States, 8,025 of the affected patients died” (Chiang, Herwaldt, Blevins, Cho, & Schweizer, 2015). A surgical site infection is defined as an infection occurring within 30 days of surgery. In nursing our goal is to treat and prevent diseases of the person as a…

conflicting forces are play in the real scenario especially when the socialisation process may condemn violence and try to minimise it but simultaneous the child is also exposed to the outside world through media whereby he/she views the various incidence of violence and their representation by the media (Pierce & Cheney, 2008). Hence in such a situation, the precise impact of these variables has not been understood by Bendura’s experiment and thus it highly limits the use of the conclusions…

Osteosarcoma is the most frequent malignant tumor of the bone in the pediatric age group, with an incidence of 8.7 per million in children and adolescent under the age of 20 years (Meyers and Gorlick, 1997). Its incidence peaks during the second decade of life, coinciding with the adolescent growth spurt. It is more commonly seen in the metaphyseal region of long bones; the distal femur, proximal tibia and proximal humerus being the most common sites and they correspond to areas of active growth…

Population focused health care practice refers to a health care delivery that examines the needs of the population as a whole rather than focusing on each patient individually (Kulbok, Thatcher, Park, & Meszaros, 2012). Population focused practice may study a specific segment of the population; however, the individuals under study are likely to have a common personal or environmental trait (Kulbok et al., 2012). For example, health care providers may develop a treatment to address an infection…

1.1 Background Atrial fibrillation (AF) is responsible for significantly increased morbidity and mortality, worsened New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class, and impaired quality of life in the general population [1]. For instance, data from the longitudinal population-based Framingham Heart Study suggest that AF is solely associated with a threefold to fivefold increased risk of stroke [2] and with an approximately twofold increased risk for mortality [3]. The ischemic strokes due to…

child abuse and domestic violence. Elderly abuse is when an older adult, generally the age of 60 years old and older, is enduring suffering and direct harm from the actions of others. The rates of elder abuse are incredibly hefty, however, the incidences of abuse are unrated within media and governmental agencies as cases generally do not have criminal action, in which “over a period of 6 months, nine local authorities reported 639 abuse cases… however, just five cases resulted in a criminal…

processes that must be prevented due to the profound effects it has on physical and psychological health, such as diabetes and depression. As health care providers we must focus on practicing primary, secondary and tertiary measures to reduce the incidence, adequately screen and prevent further progression of diseases, as well as implement open communication to effectively address concerns. Following review of your proposed research study, I wondered if healthcare…