There are no studies reporting interventions addressing PD0332991 these needs post-hospital discharge in this population.
Methods: Patients were randomized into two groups. The intervention group received 6 months of specialized care by an Advanced Practice Nurse (APN); in addition, women with high distress were evaluated and monitored by a psychiatric consultation-liaison nurse (PCLN). The attention control group was assisted with symptom management by a research assistant. The effects of the 6-month intervention were evaluated using self-report questionnaires at baseline (24-48h
after surgery), 1, 3, and 6 months post- surgery. QOL assessments included the Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression Scale, the ambiguity subscale of the Mishel Uncertainty in Illness Scale, the Symptom Distress Scale, and the Short-Form Health Survey (SF-12). The sample for the longitudinal analysis included 123 who completed QOL outcome measures across three occasions post-surgery.
Results: The APN intervention resulted in significantly less uncertainty than the attention control AZD6244 intervention 6 months after surgery. When
the sub-group who received the APN plus PCLN intervention was compared with the total attention control group, the sub-group had significantly less uncertainty, less symptom distress, and better SF-12 mental and physical QOL over time.
Conclusion: Nurse tailored interventions that target both physical and psychological aspects of QOL in women recovering from cancer surgery and undergoing chemotherapy produce stronger outcomes than interventions that target solely one QOL aspect. Copyright (c) 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.”
“Flotation is a gravity
separation process that originated from processing of minerals, and has nowadays found wide application, for instance, in industrial waste-water treatment. It is also useful in the concentration of a variety of dissolved chemical species often following a sorption process. The present review paper focuses on the removal of heavy metal ions from aqueous solution. The process mechanisms involved are either LDN-193189 sorptive flotation where metal bonding agents, including biosorbents, are added and the subsequent complexes are separated downstream by flotation or other conventional flotation techniques, such as ion flotation are used. In the laboratory experiments described in this paper, zinc has been used as an example, but in addition copper, nickel, arsenic, etc. are considered. A new hybrid flotation-microfiltration cell is also introduced. (C) 2010 Society of Chemical Industry”
“Background. While much is now known about breast cancer survivors’ long-term health, quality of life, and psychological state, relatively little is known about the period immediately following completion of treatment, when women transition out of the role of breast cancer ‘patient’ to life as ‘survivor’.