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¶ … population sample will be a convenience one -- at least 500 individuals between ages 18 to 50 - acquired from 5 different sites in Connecticut
Inclusion symptoms will be people who experienced a minor emergency and that the respondent be cognitively able to participate, speak English, and have telephone access. Participants will be matched as to age, condition of emergency, intelligence, and gender, and effort will made to gain a diverse ethic sample.
The intervention: random sampling will be conducted on survivors of an emergency incident in an emergency unit in Connecticut. 500 individuals will be targeted. 250 will be in the experimental group and 250 will be in the control group. All will be closely matched in terms of demographics and similarity of condition necessitating their hospitalization. The nurses who will be involved in the experiment will receive a one-hour course of special training on how to provide patient-centered nursing. The participants...
Conditions in the control group will remain unchanged. Trained nurse assistants (RA) will telephone the people form both groups 4 to 6 months after they have been released from the center. This will give them time to recuperate as well as to give participants time to reflect on their experience in the emergency wards. RAs will conduct a 60-minute telephone survey, using the well-being instrument.
The intent will be to assess whether those in the experimental group who received preferred treatment indicate greater well being and enhanced mental results, as well as improved physical outcome in comparison to those in the control group.
If a significant comparison is…
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