Publications
Explore 100 academic publications
Relationship of Anxiety and Depression with Respiratory Symptoms: Comparison between Depressed and Non-Depressed Smokers in Singapore
The rising prevalence of smokers in the community, specifically psychiatric patients, necessitates smoking cessation as an important strategy for reducing the harmful effects of...
Non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease in diabetics – prevalence and predictive factors in a multiracial hospital clinic population in <scp>M</scp>alaysia
Abstract Background and Aim There is currently no published study comparing prevalence of non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease ( NAFLD ) and associated factors among diabetics of d...
Textile Masks and Surface Covers—A Spray Simulation Method and a “Universal Droplet Reduction Model” Against Respiratory Pandemics
The main form of COVID-19 transmission is via "oral-respiratory droplet contamination" (droplet: very small drop of liquid) produced when individuals talk, sneeze, or cough. In ...
Clinical Experience with Goal Attainment Scaling in Geriatric Care
Objectives: This article presents a qualitative evaluation of the utility of Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS) in geriatric care. GASis an individualized outcome measure particularl...
Women recovering from first‐time myocardial infarction (MI): a feminist qualitative study
Women recovering from first‐time myocardial infarction (MI): a feminist qualitative study Although myocardial infarction (MI) is a leading cause of death and disablement for wom...
Nebulised sodium cromoglycate in recurrently wheezy preschool children.
A double blind crossover study of nebulised sodium cromoglycate in 27 asthmatic preschool children was carried out over a one year period. All subjects had sufficiently severe a...
Ethnic differences in prevalence of asthma symptoms and bronchial hyperresponsiveness in New Zealand schoolchildren.
Maoris and Pacific Islanders in New Zealand have a higher asthma mortality and hospital admission rates than Europeans. To determine whether difference in asthma prevalence is t...
Management Succession and Administrative Style
This study of management succession is the second of two articles dealing with the events that occurred at a state mental hospital following a change of superintendents. In the ...