The Development of a Grounded Theory of The Meanings Associated to the Bridge Drawing Assessment in a Normal Population: A Pilot Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stacy Anne Bania
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Normal Population

scholarly journals Hospital-based organ donation memorial ceremony: a grounded theory pilot study

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Charles Calhoun Reed ◽  
Elma I Fonseca ◽  
Regina I Reed ◽  
Stacy Foremski ◽  
Sara L Gill
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Organ Donation ◽  
Organ Procurement ◽  
Social Process ◽  
Organ Donor ◽  
Hospital Staff ◽  
Tree Planting ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Organ Procurement Organizations

Objective: Various types of organ donation memorials, to include tree planting, rose garden memorials, candle lighting, donor memorial wall events are conducted throughout the year primarily by organ procurement organizations (OPOs). Although the benefits of such events have not been explored there has been continued interest by hospital staff and administrators to host such events. The purpose of this grounded theory pilot study was to describe the process of healing that a hospital-based organ donation memorial ceremony creates at the individual level and organ donation awareness and advocacy at the community level.Methods: The researchers interviewed nine organ donor family members who were invited to attend a hospital-based organ donation memorial ceremony at one Level I Trauma Center located in South Texas.Results: A 4-stage social process, “makes the hole in the heart smaller”, was identified from the qualitative interview data. Participants journeyed through a four stage process to make the hole in their hearts smaller. The four stages are: choosing to attend, being able to connect, keeping the memory alive and knowing something good came from it. As participants moved between stages their meaning for attendance changed. Families shifted from personal grieving and needing support to supporting other donor families and in the process became advocates for organ donation.Conclusions: The findings from this study validate the benefits of hospital-based organ donation memorial ceremonies. Families reported these ceremonies support their decision to donate, while also providing a means of continued emotional support throughout their grief process. The memorial event provides a safe venue for organ donor families to connect and share with others who have had a similar experience, while acknowledging their loved ones gift of life. Hospital-based organ donation memorial ceremonies and the permanent memorial structure increase awareness of organ donation for the community of donor families, hospital visitors and hospital staff.

Parents With Advanced Cancer: Worries About Their Children’s Unspoken Concerns

2020 ◽  
pp. 104990912096912
Author(s):  
Mary Ellen Shands ◽  
Frances Marcus Lewis
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Advanced Cancer ◽  
Telephone Intervention ◽  
Incurable Cancer ◽  
Emotional Burden ◽  
Cancer Data ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Parent Concerns

Background: Parents with advanced cancer struggle initiating conversations with their children about the cancer. When parents do not have the tools to talk with their children, they silently watch their children attempt to navigate their illness but can only wonder but not know what their children are thinking. The objective of the current study is to describe, from parents living with advanced cancer, the worries and concerns parents wonder their child holds, but has not spoken, about the parent’s cancer. Methods: Twenty-seven parents with incurable cancer enrolled in a 5 session telephone intervention pilot study during which they were asked, “What questions do you have about what your child is thinking or feeling about the cancer?” Data were transcribed and inductively coded using content analysis methods adapted from grounded theory. Results: Analysis yielded 14 categories of parent concerns organized into 6 larger conceptual domains: Being Concerned and Scared about My Cancer; Worrying about Me; Changing How We Talk and Live Day-to-Day; Not Knowing What Will Happen; Having Unanswered Questions about My Cancer; and Understanding My Disease Is Terminal. Conclusions: Study results add to our understanding of the magnitude of the emotional burden parents with advanced cancer carry as they struggle to balance their diagnosis and treatment and their life as parents.

scholarly journals Exploring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on approaches to innovation in the consulting industry: a grounded theory pilot study

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Diane Laurette Kamning
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Organizational Support ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Global Changes ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Innovative Solutions ◽  
Consulting Industry ◽  
The Impact

PurposeThere is a significant pressure on consulting businesses to produce innovative solutions and to assist their clients in producing innovative solutions for their organizational problems as well. In addition to that challenging need to innovate for survival and competition, as other contemporary firms, consultancies must face the global changes brought by the outbreak of the coronavirus infection since 2019. This qualitative pilot study aimed at exploring the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on the approaches to innovation in the consulting industry.Design/methodology/approachTriggered from the literature gap on approaches to innovation in consultancies during the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic, a grounded theory approach was used to generate a theoretical explanation of how the COVID-19 is affecting the strategies and approaches of businesses in harnessing innovation opportunities from the perspectives of four professionals from an information technology (IT) consultancy in the USA.FindingsThe findings of this pilot study showed that organizational leaders' increased responsiveness, a Job-To-Be-Done strategy, organizational support and team adaption are the keys to harvesting dynamic capabilities for better competition, even during global environmental changes.Practical implicationsThis implies that managers remain the main actors in a firm's efforts to harvest dynamic capabilities. Innovation strategists, business leaders and policymakers can confidently work together to implement novel and flexible work settings that integrate both social and economic advancements.Originality/valueTheoretical implications support the sustainable innovation strategy concepts and the Job-To-Be-Done theory. Finally, the substantive theory from this pilot study lays the ground for future research on approaches to innovation in the consulting industry.

Frequency of Afterload Homocysteinemia in Normal Population of Southern Iran: A Pilot Study

2010 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 352-354 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Akbari ◽  
J. Dehbozorgi ◽  
A.R. Afrasibi ◽  
H. Gafari ◽  
J. Gerdabi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Normal Population ◽  
Southern Iran

scholarly journals Immunogenicity of a first dose of mRNA- or vector-based SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in dialysis patients: a multicenter prospective observational pilot study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Lesny ◽  
Mark Anderson ◽  
Gavin Cloherty ◽  
Michael Stec ◽  
Anja Haase-Fielitz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Peritoneal Dialysis ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Receptor Binding ◽  
Nucleocapsid Protein ◽  
Normal Population ◽  
Hemodialysis Patients ◽  
Igg Antibodies ◽  
Dialysis Patients ◽  
Binding Inhibition ◽  
Antibody Levels

Abstract Background Dialysis patients are at risk for lower SARS-CoV-2-vaccine immunogenicity than the normal population. We assessed immunogenicity to a first mRNA- or vector-based SARS-CoV-2-vaccination dose in dialysis patients. Methods In a multicenter observational pilot study, 2 weeks after a first vaccination (BNT162b2/Pfizer-BioNTech [Comirnaty] or ChAdOx1 nCoV-19/Oxford-Astra-Zeneca [Vaxzevria]), hemodialysis patients (N = 23), peritoneal dialysis patients (N = 4) and healthy staff (N = 14) were tested for SARS-CoV-2-spike IgG/IgM, Nucleocapsid-protein-IgG-antibodies and plasma ACE2-receptor-binding-inhibition capacity. Hemodialysis patients who had had prior COVID-19 infection (N = 18) served as controls. Both response to first SARS-CoV-2 vaccination and IgG spike-positivity following prior COVID-19 infection were defined as SARS-CoV-2 spike IgG levels ≥ 50 AU/mL. Results Vaccination responder rates were 17.4% (4/23) in hemodialysis patients, 100% (4/4) in peritoneal dialysis patients and 57.1% (8/14) in staff (HD vs. PD: p = 0.004, HD vs. staff: p = 0.027). Among hemodialysis patients, type of vaccine (Comirnaty N = 11, Vaxzevria N = 12, 2 responders each) did not appear to influence antibody levels (IgG spike: Comirnaty median 0.0 [1.–3. quartile 0.0–3.8] versus Vaxzevria 4.3 [1.6–20.1] AU/mL, p = 0.079). Of responders to the first dose of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination among hemodialysis patients (N = 4/23), median IgG spike levels and ACE2-receptor-binding-inhibition capacity were lower than that of IgG spike-positive hemodialysis patients with prior COVID-19 infection (13/18, 72.2%): IgG spike: median 222.0, 1.–3. quartile 104.1–721.9 versus median 3794.6, 1.–3. quartile 793.4–9357.9 AU/mL, p = 0.015; ACE2-receptor-binding-inhibition capacity: median 11.5%, 1.–3. quartile 5.0–27.3 versus median 74.8%, 1.–3. quartile 44.9–98.1, p = 0.002. Conclusions Two weeks after their first mRNA- or vector-based SARS-CoV-2 vaccination, hemodialysis patients demonstrated lower antibody-related response than peritoneal dialysis patients and healthy staff or unvaccinated hemodialysis patients following prior COVID-19 infection. Graphic abstract

The Use of Stock Orthoses to Assist Gait in Neuromuscular Disorders: A Pilot Study

2006 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. E. Farmer ◽  
G. Pearce ◽  
J. Whittall ◽  
R. C. M. Quinlivan ◽  
J. H. Patrick
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Repeated Measures ◽  
Walking Speed ◽  
Ankle Instability ◽  
Normal Population ◽  
Neuromuscular Disorders ◽  
Walking Test ◽  
Functional Difficulties ◽  
Neuromuscular Conditions ◽  
Self Administered Questionnaire

This pilot study compares the effect on walking speed, in eight subjects with neuromuscular conditions, of wearing Ligaflex ankle-foot orthoses (AFO), Leafspring orthoses and shoes or with shoes alone. Range of motion, muscle strength and sensation were tested in the lower leg. Subjects underwent a standardized timed 10-m walking test five times in each of the orthoses and shoes as a measure of gait efficiency. A self-administered questionnaire was used to seek the subjects' perceptions of their functional difficulties and their opinions about the relative comfort and stability of these orthoses. Subjects had reduced ranges and strength of dorsiflexion and eversion. Some had proprioceptive deficiencies. Mean walking speed was 0.99 m/s (Leafspring) and 1.1 m/s (Ligaflex or shoes) compared to about 1.3 m/s for a normal population. Repeated measures ANOVA revealed that subjects were significantly slower in Leafspring compared to Ligaflex or to shoes. Questionnaire results rated the Leafspring as least comfortable and the Ligaflex most stable. Providing stability may be more important than assisting foot clearance when weakness is restricted to distal muscles. Further research is required to evaluate the comfort and effectiveness of orthoses to compensate for ankle instability in people with neuromuscular conditions.

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