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  2. Gordon's functional health patterns - Wikipedia

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    Gordon’s functional health patterns is a method devised by Marjory Gordon to be used by nurses in the nursing process to provide a more comprehensive nursing assessment of the patient.

  3. Activities of daily living - Wikipedia

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    Personal hygiene and grooming, which encompasses brushing, combing, and styling hair; Dressing; Toilet hygiene, which involves getting to the toilet, cleaning oneself, and getting back up; Functional mobility, often referred to as "transferring." This includes the ability to walk, get in and out of bed, and get into and out of a chair.

  4. ALS Functional Rating Scale - Revised - Wikipedia

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    6. Dressing and hygiene: 4 Normal function 3 Independent and complete self-care with effort or decreased efficiency 2 Intermittent assistance or substitute methods 1 Needs attendant for self-care 0 Total dependence 7. Turning in bed and adjusting bed clothes: 4 Normal 3 Somewhat slow and clumsy, but no help needed 2

  5. Occupational hygiene - Wikipedia

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    Occupational hygiene or industrial hygiene (IH) is the anticipation, recognition, evaluation, control, and confirmation (ARECC) of protection from risks associated with exposures to hazards in, or arising from, the workplace that may result in injury, illness, impairment, or affect the well-being of workers and members of the community.

  6. Hygiene hypothesis - Wikipedia

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    The idea of a link between parasite infection and immune disorders was first suggested in 1968 [13] before the advent of large scale DNA sequencing techniques.The original formulation of the hygiene hypothesis dates from 1989, when David Strachan proposed that lower incidence of infection in early childhood could be an explanation for the rise in allergic diseases such as asthma and hay fever ...

  7. Global Assessment of Functioning - Wikipedia

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    11 – 20 Some danger of hurting self or others (e.g., suicide attempts without clear expectation of death; frequently violent; manic excitement) or occasionally fails to maintain minimal personal hygiene (e.g., smears feces) or gross impairment in communication (e.g., largely incoherent or mute).

  8. Human nutrition - Wikipedia

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    Older adults, particularly those with acute or chronic illnesses, may require higher protein intake, ranging from 1.2 to 1.5g/kg per day, due to a reduced anabolic response. Some studies suggest that an intake of 1 g/kg per day is sufficient, while others recommend 1.3 to 1.73g/kg per day for better health outcomes.

  9. Sleep hygiene - Wikipedia

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    Sleep hygiene studies use different sets of sleep hygiene recommendations, [15] and the evidence that improving sleep hygiene improves sleep quality is weak and inconclusive as of 2014. [2] Most research on sleep hygiene principles has been conducted in clinical settings, and there is a need for more research on non-clinical populations.