Kali Godbee, Melanie Porter
Comprehension of sarcasm, metaphor and simile in Williams syndrome
International journal of language & communication disorders
patients roles reducing pressure injuries pis emphasised clinical guidelines although patients preferences undetermined study evaluated effects pilot sixmonth educational intervention patient participation pi prevention convenience sampling method used select patients admitted medicalsurgical wards one teaching hospitals tabriz iran onegroup pretest posttest interventional study conducted via quasiexperimental design using pamphlet patients received education preventing pis data collected intervention questionnaire analysed using descriptive inferential statistics mcnemar paired ttests spss software ibm corp us study cohort consisted 153 patients findings revealed knowledge patients pis patients ability talk nurses information received pis patients ability participate decisions related pi prevention significantly increased following intervention p0001 educating patients improve knowledge enable participate pi prevention findings study suggests research necessary factors influencing patients participation selfcare behaviours