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An Unpredictable Chronic Mild Stress Protocol for Instigating Depressive Symptoms, Behavioral Changes and Negative Health Outcomes in Rodents
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2015
The unpredictable chronic mild stress (UCMS) protocol is a validated method for studying behavioral and physiological changes associated with chronic stress and depressive symptoms. Eight weeks of imposition of the UCMS protocol induces behavioral changes and poor health outcomes in rodents of either gender.
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Using Learning Outcome Measures to assess Doctoral Nursing Education
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2010
The structure and process for measuring student learning outcomes through customizable assessment rubrics is discussed and applied to a doctoral nursing education program.
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Modifying Levels of Maternal Dietary Folic Acid or Choline to Study the Impact of Deficiencies on Offspring Health Outcomes
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2024
This protocol describes the method for reducing dietary intake of folic acid or choline in female mice prior to pregnancy with the objective of investigating the impact of maternal diet on offspring health outcomes.
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Nest Building as an Indicator of Health and Welfare in Laboratory Mice
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2013
We demonstrate the utility of nest building behavior in laboratory mice as an indicator of welfare. Nest scoring is a sensitive technique that is altered by temperature, illness, and aggression. The time to integrate into nest test (TINT) is a simple cage-side assessment that can detect postoperative pain.
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Health Literacy
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2023
Health literacy is an individual's or a community's capacity to comprehend, receive, read, and use relevant healthcare information and services. The World Health Organization (WHO, 2018) defines health literacy as the cognitive and social skills that determine the ability of individuals to gain access to, understand, and use information in ways that promote and maintain good health. As a result, the WHO helps individuals manage long-term health concerns, participate in preventative programs,...
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Investigators establish baseline findings before a disease, treatment, or healthcare intervention is assessed, then compare them with follow-up findings. This approach shows whether symptoms, functioning, quality of life, biomarkers, or other measures have changed. The direction and magnitude of change help researchers judge the observed effect rather than relying on a single measurement.
Study design determines how investigators organize comparisons and interpret observed changes, while follow-up duration determines which effects can be detected. Shorter observation may capture immediate symptom changes, whereas longer follow-up can reveal recovery, complications, hospitalization, or mortality. Patient characteristics also influence how results should be understood across different clinical populations.
These outcome types describe different dimensions of health. Clinical measures assess observable health-related findings, biomarkers provide measurable biological information, survival data track outcomes such as mortality, and patient-reported outcomes capture symptoms, functioning, and quality of life from the patient’s perspective. Considering them together provides a broader assessment than relying on one category alone.
A typical evaluation begins by identifying relevant outcomes, recording baseline findings, and collecting follow-up information after the disease, treatment, or intervention has been observed. Investigators then examine clinical measures, biomarkers, survival data, or patient-reported outcomes and interpret changes in light of study design, follow-up duration, and patient characteristics.
They are useful when researchers need to determine whether an intervention produces meaningful benefits rather than merely demonstrating that it was provided. Comparisons may focus on symptom improvement, recovery, complications, hospitalization, mortality, functioning, or quality of life. This outcome-based assessment helps distinguish interventions with clinically relevant effects from those with limited practical value.
Outcome findings provide evidence about both benefits and unfavorable consequences associated with disease management or healthcare interventions. Clinicians and researchers can use information on improvement, recovery, complications, hospitalization, mortality, functioning, and quality of life to support evidence-based decisions. These findings also guide development of approaches intended to be safer and more effective for patient care.