(hematological, biochemical and radiological data) and treatment details. This data will be collected from the patient’s clinical records and treatment chart. RASS: Level of consciousness was assessed with the use of the Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale (RASS), on which scores range…
allows therapists to identify certain client factors and performance skills that may influence occupational performances and guide intervention planning (Allison & Shotwell, in press). According to Allison and Shotwell (in press), the COTE is a rating scale that provides therapists with a quick overview or “snapshot” of a “client’s functioning at a particular moment in time as measured during the performance of an activity” (p. 1). This measure is designed to track a client’s progress over time…
O’Reardon, J., Solvason, H., Janicak, P., Sampson, S., Isenberg, K., Nahas, Z., . . . Sackeim, H. (2007). Efficacy And Safety Of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation In The Acute Treatment Of Major Depression: A Multisite Randomized Controlled Trial. Biological Psychiatry, 62, 1208-1216. doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2007.01.018 The efficacy and safety of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) has been a topic of discussion for quite some time now. While many studies do show that TMS is not only safe,…
consistently looking for new ways to improve patient satisfaction in all aspects of the hospital experience (Gebremedhn, Chekol, Amberbir, & Flatie, 2015). Patient satisfaction is important for both improving patient recovery and for improving hospital ratings and overall atmosphere of the facility (Gebremedhn et al., 2015). Because of this, hospital staffs are considering different ways to ameliorate the experience of patients, especially in the aspect of pain relief in anesthesiology.…
The probability of default taken from historical S&P Global rating data (Appendix F) matching BBB rating (matching target portfolio rating of BBB Fitch with S&P rating scale; see Appendix F): period 1- 0.18%, 2- 0.51% and etc. The probability of survival calculated: 1- the probability of default (Banks et al., 2007, p. 171) to every period; period 1: 1 – 0.18%, period…
The CAPS-5 is considered the gold standard in PTSD assessment. It consists of 30 items that are assessed during a structured interview. The CAPS-5 is a valid and reliable measure that can assess for current diagnosis of PTSD, lifetime diagnosis of PTSD, and PTSD symptoms over the past week (Weathers et al., 2013). This measure was designed for administration by clinicians and clinical researchers who have knowledge of PTSD, and it takes approximately 45 minutes to complete. This measure assesses…
The Dodo bird verdict terminology, which was inspired by “Everybody's won and all must have prices” phrase in Alice's in Wonderland novel, describes the attitude that all talking therapies are equally effective and common factors shared by all of them are more important than specific technical differences (Rosenzweig,1936). In response to that a strong statement, in 1975, when one of the first comparative studies reported that there are significant differences in the outcomes among different…
Journal of Organizational Behavior J. Organiz. Behav. 25, 67–80 (2004) Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI: 10.1002/job.243 Workplace deviance, organizational citizenship behavior, and business unit performance: the bad apples do spoil the whole barrel PATRICK D. DUNLOP1* AND KIBEOM LEE2 1 2 Summary School of Psychology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia Department of Psychology, University of Calgary,…
higher rating of psychopathic behavior than those inmates not convicted of CSA. They knew that the features of psychopathic behavior were characterized by Hare & Neumann (2008, as cited in Schimmenti et al., 2014) as a constellation of interpersonal, affective, and behavioral characteristics such as grandiosity,…
The study used only quantitative methods to collect data, that came from the fourth sweep of the Millennium Cohort Study (MSC). The article describes the Millennium Cohort Study as a longitudinal birth cohort study, which offers a large-scale information about the ‘New Century Children’ and their family in the UK. The sample for the surveys was a clustered and disproportionately stratified. The sample selection is adequate and has a clear rationale, as it include children born in UK in 2000/01…