Browsing by Subject "healthcare"
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Data mining-based survival analysis and simulation modeling for lung transplant
(2010-12)Scope and Method of Study: The objective of this research is to develop a decision support methodology for the lung transplant procedure by investigating the UNOS nation-wide dataset via data mining-based survival analysis ... -
DISCRIMINATION AND CONNECTION: IMPACTS ON HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION, HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE, AND MENTAL HEALTH OUTCOMES
(2020-07)Systemic oppression is evident in health care institutions that can manifest as unfair treatment and disenfranchisement toward marginalized communities. The study examined the predictive relationship health care discrimination ... -
Evaluation of firefighters' functional movement
(Oklahoma State University Center for Health Services, 2020-02-28)According to previous research, firefighters have a higher rate of being overweight, or obese, than the general population. these higher risk predict mortality, morbidity, short and long medical costs. Various programs in ... -
Exploring genetic algorithm as an image synthesizer for cases with limited training samples
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Health behaviors in athletic trainers
(2021-05)Introduction: Athletic trainers (ATs) are healthcare professionals that care for the physically active. Because of this, it is estimated that ATs are healthy. Numerous research studies have demonstrated the benefit of ... -
Home healthcare using ubiquitous computing and robot technologies
(2018-12)The rapid increase of senior population worldwide is challenging the existing healthcare and support systems. Recently, smart home environments are utilized for ubiquitous health monitoring, allowing patients to stay in ... -
Illuminating collaborative talk in healthcare interactions with people with aphasia: Three linguistic approaches
(2021-07)The works collated here provide evidence of the benefits of viewing communication with people with aphasia (PWA) as a joint interactional process and of applying linguistic methodologies to the study of discourse and ... -
Perceived Discrimination in Healthcare Among American Indian College Students
(2020-05)Introduction: Trust is integral in the patient-physician relationship. Perceived discrimination can have a detrimental effect on that relationship. The purpose of this study is to investigate Native and Non-Native perceptions ... -
Perceptions and experiences among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and agender (LGBTQIA+) patients of quality of care with healthcare services
(Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, 2023-02-17)Clinical Scenario: The LGBTQIA+ community has a unique set of healthcare needs and experience barriers to services. Many providers assume these needs are similar to heterosexual counterparts. Investigating experiences and ... -
Recommendations from transgender healthcare consumers in rural areas
(Mary Ann Liebert, 2018)Purpose: Scholars indicate that rates of mental and physical health issues (e.g., substance use, anxiety, depression) may be much higher among transgender individuals relative to the general population. This disparity may ... -
Studying employee absenteeism due to health-related factors: A data-science approach
(2022-07)United States employers are spending approximately $950 billion on healthcare benefits, and these costs are impeding their ability to compete in their respective markets. Furthermore, these costs do not include employee ... -
Understanding the effects of biophilic design in healthcare environments through the use of virtual reality
(2022-05)Biophilic Design encourages the use of natural systems and processes within the design of a built environment. The biophilic hypothesis stems from the belief that humans have an innate connection with the natural world and ... -
Using machine learning methods to improve healthcare delivery in diabetes management
(2022-07)This dissertation includes three studies, all focusing on Analytics and Patients information for improving diabetes management, namely educating patients and early detection of comorbidities. In these studies, we develop ... -
Voices from the field: A Q Methodology study about rural hospital priorities
(2021-07)In the face of rampant and widespread rural hospital closures in Oklahoma(Woodring et al., 2021), voices of rural residents are being left out of decision-making conversations (DeKeseredy et al., 2013). This comes at a ...