This article provides an overview of the results of the MATRIX study. Subsequent articles will provide more detailed results of other findings in this study. Overall, this study found that OXY-TDS administration resulted in improvement in HRQoL, with the medication having its greatest effect on the impact of incontinence, severity of symptoms, and role limitations. OXY-TDS was well tolerated, with a low prevalence of anticholinergic adverse events noted. The next article will focus on results in populations older than 65 years and in those older than 80 years.
{"title":"The MATRIX study: assessment of health-related quality of life in adults with the use of transdermal oxybutynin.","authors":"Diane K Newman","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article provides an overview of the results of the MATRIX study. Subsequent articles will provide more detailed results of other findings in this study. Overall, this study found that OXY-TDS administration resulted in improvement in HRQoL, with the medication having its greatest effect on the impact of incontinence, severity of symptoms, and role limitations. OXY-TDS was well tolerated, with a low prevalence of anticholinergic adverse events noted. The next article will focus on results in populations older than 65 years and in those older than 80 years.</p>","PeriodicalId":79399,"journal":{"name":"Director (Cincinnati, Ohio)","volume":"16 1","pages":"22-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"28165835","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The role of noncontact ultrasound in evidence-based wound care.","authors":"Pamela G Unger","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79399,"journal":{"name":"Director (Cincinnati, Ohio)","volume":"16 2","pages":"14-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"28165842","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The power of music to comfort and heal. Interview by Ed Newman.","authors":"Bryan Rife, Barbara Stricsek, Henry Wiens","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79399,"journal":{"name":"Director (Cincinnati, Ohio)","volume":"16 3","pages":"54, 57, 59"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"28166902","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Where's the opportunity--the convention or the trade show?","authors":"W Bradford Klitsch","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79399,"journal":{"name":"Director (Cincinnati, Ohio)","volume":"16 2","pages":"47-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"28165847","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Richard G Stefanacci, Paula E Lester, Izchak Kohen
Objective: To identify nursing home standards related to resident smoking through a nation wide survey of directors of nursing.
Methods: A national survey was distributed online and was completed by 248 directors of nursing. The directors of nurses answered questions concerning resident smoking including the criteria utilized to determine an unsafe resident smoker. For those residents identified as unsafe, the questions asked were specifically related to monitoring, staff involvement, safety precautions and policy.
Results: The results of the survey demonstrated a consistent policy practiced among facilities across the United States. The monitoring of nursing home residents is based on a resident's mental acuity, physical restrictions and equipment requirements. Once a resident was identified as a smoker at risk of harm to self or others, staff involvement ranged from distributing cigarettes to direct supervision. In addition, the majority of facilities required residents to wear fire resistant aprons and provided a fire extinguisher in smoking areas.
Conclusion: Monitoring policies of nursing home residents who smoke starts with identifying those residents at risk based on an assessment of mental acuity, physical restrictions and equipment requirements. Those that are identified as being at risk smokers have their cigarettes controlled and distributed by nursing staff and are supervised by facility staff when smoking. This policy is implemented through written policy as well as staff education. Despite some discrepancies in the actual implementation of policies to supervise residents who smoke, the policies for assessment for at-risk smokers requiring monitoring is consistent on a national basis.
{"title":"Nursing home resident smoking policies.","authors":"Richard G Stefanacci, Paula E Lester, Izchak Kohen","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To identify nursing home standards related to resident smoking through a nation wide survey of directors of nursing.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A national survey was distributed online and was completed by 248 directors of nursing. The directors of nurses answered questions concerning resident smoking including the criteria utilized to determine an unsafe resident smoker. For those residents identified as unsafe, the questions asked were specifically related to monitoring, staff involvement, safety precautions and policy.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The results of the survey demonstrated a consistent policy practiced among facilities across the United States. The monitoring of nursing home residents is based on a resident's mental acuity, physical restrictions and equipment requirements. Once a resident was identified as a smoker at risk of harm to self or others, staff involvement ranged from distributing cigarettes to direct supervision. In addition, the majority of facilities required residents to wear fire resistant aprons and provided a fire extinguisher in smoking areas.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Monitoring policies of nursing home residents who smoke starts with identifying those residents at risk based on an assessment of mental acuity, physical restrictions and equipment requirements. Those that are identified as being at risk smokers have their cigarettes controlled and distributed by nursing staff and are supervised by facility staff when smoking. This policy is implemented through written policy as well as staff education. Despite some discrepancies in the actual implementation of policies to supervise residents who smoke, the policies for assessment for at-risk smokers requiring monitoring is consistent on a national basis.</p>","PeriodicalId":79399,"journal":{"name":"Director (Cincinnati, Ohio)","volume":"16 3","pages":"37-9, 41, 43"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"28166901","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Recent revisions to the State Operations Manual: implications for the management of urinary incontinence.","authors":"Layne Oliff","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79399,"journal":{"name":"Director (Cincinnati, Ohio)","volume":"15 2","pages":"12-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"28166908","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"\"The secret\" of positive thinking is hardly a secret!","authors":"Charlotte Eliopoulos","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79399,"journal":{"name":"Director (Cincinnati, Ohio)","volume":"15 3","pages":"60-1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"28091941","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Preparing for a survey: focusing on urinary incontinence.","authors":"Donna L Thompson","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79399,"journal":{"name":"Director (Cincinnati, Ohio)","volume":"15 1","pages":"12-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"28095552","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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