Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death and disability in the United
States and globally. Disease burden continues to escalate despite technological advances …

Objectives Given the increasing trend of care transition from healthcare settings to patients'
own home, patients and their family caregivers should take more responsibilities for care at …

Objective. This study aimed to compare home visits and telephone follow-up effectiveness
on patients' self-efficacy undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery-CABG-and …

Background Family involvement in care can be seen as a prerequisite for high-quality family-
centered care. It has been identified to improve both patient safety and the quality of care by …

BACKGROUND: Elderlies in cardiac rehabilitation show a particular frailty due to specific
aging issues, thus specific professional psychophysical care is required. AIM: This study …

Background Post‐cardiac surgery pain affects patients, family caregivers and nurses. The
pain experiences of patients, caregivers and nurses remain largely unknown. Therefore, it is …

In this paper, the authors apply a continuous-time stochastic process model developed by
Shiryaev and Zhutlukhin for optimally stopping random price processes that appear to be …

Purpose The overall aim of this study was to describe the attitudes towards family
involvement in care held by nurses and medical doctors working in open-heart surgical care …

В монографии представлен аналитический обзор зарубежных и отечественных
подходов к изучению и концептуализации психологии родственников, опекающих …

Objective: To examine (1) patient perceptions regarding their engagement and the
engagement of their families in perioperative pain management,(2) demographic and …