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L Nagle

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PubMed1995

Fears in African-American sibling and nonsibling pairs.

Research on the familial relationship of fears among African Americans appears to be non-existent. This study examines the familial relationship of fears among African-American children. Twenty-four African-American sibling pairs ages 6 to 12 years were administered the Revised Fear Survey Schedule for Children. Twenty-four African-American nonsibling pairs matched on age and sex served as controls. Results partially support the hypothesis that a familial relationship exists for African-American children's fears.

Black or African American↗
PubMed1990

Factors influencing patients' informational needs at time of hospital discharge.

The relationship between patients' perceived informational needs and selected sociodemographic and illness-related variables were examined in a sample of 301 adult medical and surgical patients preparing for discharge from an acute care setting. Marital status, living arrangements and chronicity of illness had no influence on the importance of informational needs as measured by the Patient Learning Need Scale (PLNS). More informational needs were identified by females than males, and those with malignant as opposed to benign disease. Length of time spent in the hospital, number of discharge medications, and patient perception of the influence of the illness on life were positively correlated with informational needs at the time of discharge.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1990

The Patient Learning Needs Scale: reliability and validity.

The article describes the development and initial psychometric evaluation of an instrument to measure patients' perceptions of learning needs at time of discharge from hospital to home. Evaluation of the Patient Learning Needs Scale was based on responses of 301 adults hospitalized with a medical or surgical illness. Factor analysis isolated seven subscales: medications, activities of living, feelings related to condition, community and follow-up, treatment and complications, enhancing quality of life and skin care. These seven factors accounted for 56.1% of the variance. Cronbach's alpha for the 50-item scale was 0.95.

Adolescent↗