Children and youth in foster care: disentangling the relationship between problem behaviors and number of placements

Statins and the risk of dementia

Aim.  The article contributes to the theoretical discussion of the epistemological grounds of triangulation in nursing research.

Background.  In nursing research, the combination of qualitative and quantitative methods is being used increasingly. The attempt to relate different kinds of data through triangulation of different methods is a challenging task as data derived through different methodologies are viewed as incommensurable.

Content.  Epistemological questions become a vital issue in triangulation of different methods, as qualitative and quantitative methods are built on philosophical differences in the structure and confirmation of knowledge. The epistemology of nursing is manifold, complex and multifarious in character. Contemporary nursing research should be developed on the bases of an epistemology that reflects this multiplicity. The benefits and problems of triangulation are discussed on basis of an epistemological position that acknowledges the need for various types of knowledge and that does not attempt to rank them in a hierarchical order or place different values on them.

Conclusion.  We conclude that the complexity and diversity of reality provides the ontological basis for an alternative epistemological position. The various methods used should be recognized as springing from different epistemological traditions which, when combined, add new perspectives to the phenomenon under investigation. The different types of knowledge should not be seen as ranked, but as equally valid and necessary to obtain a richer and more comprehensive picture of the issue under investigation.

The value of combining qualitative and quantitative approaches in nursing research by means of method triangulation.

Objective: To assess the efficacy and safety of Melissa officinalis extract using a fixed dose (60 drops/day) in patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease. Design: A four month, parallel group, placebo controlled trial undertaken in three centres in Tehran, Iran. Methods: Patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease aged between 65 and 80 years (n = 42; 18 women, 24 men) with a score of > 12 on the cognitive subscale of Alzheimer’s disease assessment scale (ADAS-cog) and < 2 on the clinical dementia rating (CDR) were randomised to placebo or fixed dose of Melissa officinalis extract. The main efficacy measures were the change in the ADAS-cog and CDR-SB scores compared with baseline. Side effects were systematically recorded. Results: At four months, Melissa officinalis extract produced a significantly better outcome on cognitive function than placebo (ADAS-cog: df = 1, F = 6.93, p = 0.01; CDR: df = 1, F = 16.87, p < 0.0001). There were no significant differences in the two groups in terms of observed side effects except agitation, which was more common in the placebo group (p = 0.03). Conclusions: Melissa officinalis extract is of value in the management of mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease and has a positive effect on agitation in such patients.

Salvia officinalis extract in the treatment of patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease: a double blind, randomized and placebo-controlled trial.

Objective: To assess the efficacy and safety of Melissa officinalis extract using a fixed dose (60 drops/day) in patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease. Design: A four month, parallel group, placebo controlled trial undertaken in three centres in Tehran, Iran. Methods: Patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease aged between 65 and 80 years (n = 42; 18 women, 24 men) with a score of ≥ 12 on the cognitive subscale of Alzheimer’s disease assessment scale (ADAS-cog) and ≤ 2 on the clinical dementia rating (CDR) were randomised to placebo or fixed dose of Melissa officinalis extract. The main efficacy measures were the change in the ADAS-cog and CDR-SB scores compared with baseline. Side effects were systematically recorded. Results: At four months, Melissa officinalis extract produced a significantly better outcome on cognitive function than placebo (ADAS-cog: df = 1, F = 6.93, p = 0.01; CDR: df = 1, F = 16.87, p Conclusions: Melissa officinalis extract is of value in the management of mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease and has a positive effect on agitation in such patients.

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Melissa officinalis extract in the treatment of patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease: a double blind, randomised, placebo controlled trial

This work is about a series of experimental ventures to learn about the application of research findings.

Research in Practice : Experiments in Development and Information Design

Can the corporate state parent

Lost in Care

Return home in child-care policy and law the return experience identified in child-care research return in other contexts resigning the study patterns of return children vulnerable to problems after return predicting return outcomes general themes from the intensive study separation from home return becomes an issue the child back at home children's return to contexts outside the family long-term outcomes indicators of a child's successful return applying factors to individual cases. Appendices: the statistical analysis used to predict children's return outcomes making assessments of the quality of relationships between the members of the families of children in care.

Going Home: The Return of Children Separated from Their Families

Return in childcare policy and law the return experience identified in childcare research return in other contexts designing the study the intensive study general themes from the intesive study separation from home return becomes an issue the child back at home long-term outcomes children's return to contexts outside the family general patterns of return children for whom issues of return are more complex predicting return outcomes the revised checklist. Appendix: the statistical analysis used to predict return outcomes making assessments of the quality of relationships between members of the families of children in care the old and revised checklists compared.

Roger Bullock

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Research in Practice : Experiments in Development and Information Design

Can the corporate state parent

Lost in Care

Going Home: The Return of Children Separated from Their Families

Children Going Home: The Re-unification of Families