Navigating the Life-Limiting Illness Journey: A Mixed-Method Systematic Review of Advance Care Planning Experiences Among Healthcare Providers, Patients and Family.

Background: Advance care planning (ACP) enables individuals with life-limiting illnesses to make decisions regarding future healthcare. It involves patients, families and healthcare providers in discussions on treatment preferences and end-of-life care. Understanding their experiences is key to improving ACP practice.

Your Body, My Business: Risk Governance in A Psychiatric Nursing Home.

Introduction: A crucial long-term care resource for individuals with severe mental illness (SMI) in Taiwan is provided by psychiatric nursing homes. Given the higher incidence of physical illnesses and accidents among individuals with SMI, ensuring patient safety is an important aspect of quality care. However, there is limited literature exploring how the staff provides safe care for individuals with SMI.

Dissociative Trait as a Mediator of Problematic Internet Use in Children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity Disorder and Learning Disabilities.

Purpose: This study used data from a national birth cohort study to investigate the duration of internet use at the age of 12 years among children diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorder (ASD), intellectual disabilities (IDs) and learning disabilities (LDs) at the age of five and a half years (66 months) to understand whether an ADHD, ASD, ID and LD diagnosis in childhood increases the risk of problematic internet use (PIU) in adolescence. Furthermore, the pathway relationship of dissociative absorptive trait with PIU and these diagnoses was also investigated.

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[A Brief Introduction to Mixed Methods Systematic Review (MMSR)].

Systematic reviews provide important empirical evidence for healthcare providers to make the best clinical decisions. While qualitative research provides subjective information on the human experience, quantitative research may be used to provide quantified evaluations of interventions. To overcome the lack of objectivity in qualitative research and of context considerations in quantitative research, recent efforts have focused on developing mixed-method approaches that combine meta-analysis (quantitative systematic reviews) and meta-synthesis (qualitative systematic reviews).

Resilience among women with breast cancer surviving longer than five years: The relationship with illness perception and body image.

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the correlations and identify the relationships between the resilience, perception of illness and body image of women with breast cancer in the 5-year-or-above survivorship.

Methods: We used convenient sampling to recruit from an outpatient department 106 women with breast cancer. The inclusion criteria were participants aged >20 years currently in a stable condition and were able to understand the Chinese language.

Air pollution during the perinatal period and neurodevelopment in children: A national population study in Taiwan.

Aim: To evaluate the association between ambient particulate matter no larger than 2.5 μm in diameter (PM ) during the prenatal and postnatal periods and infant neurodevelopmental parameters.

Method: We conducted a population-based birth cohort study using the Taiwan Birth Cohort Study.

Families with high-risk characteristics and diagnoses of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability, and learning disability in children: A national birth cohort study.

Background: A national birth cohort study was used to investigate whether high-risk family factors at 1.5-year-olds can increase the risk of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnosis when children reach 5.5 years.

[Metamorphosis of Nurses: The Development and Breakthroughs of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses].

Background: The introduction and development of the advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) is a global trend in nursing. However, the development of APRNs in Taiwan remains uncertain and lacks necessary consensus.

Purpose: This research study aimed to explore the views and suggestions of nursing experts in industry, government, and academia regarding the development of APRNs (clinical nurse specialists, case managers, certified clinical registered nurse anesthetists, and certified nurse-midwives) in Taiwan.

The Effect of Advance Care Planning Intervention on Hospitalization Among Nursing Home Residents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Objective: To evaluate the effect of advance care planning (ACP) interventions on the hospitalization of nursing home residents.

Design: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Setting And Participants: Nursing homes and nursing home residents.

The synergistic interaction between urbanicity and maternal education affecting childcare pressure related to autism spectrum disorder in two national birth cohort studies.

To gain a holistic approach for parental help-seeking behavior and ASD diagnosis, this study aimed to use two national birth cohort study datasets to investigate the pathway relationship between personal and social/environmental factors, including maternal perceived childcare pressure, maternal level of education, urbanization at age 3, and the chance of receiving a autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnosis at when children are aged 5.5 years (2.5 years later).

The Self-Absorptive Trait of Dissociative Experience and Problematic Internet Use: A National Birth Cohort Study.

Functional and excessive use of internet are hard to distinguish from each other, and internet use can affect adolescents' development of self-identity. The aim of our study was to investigate the associated relationships between the risk and protective factors for internet use, including parental monitoring, the absorptive dissociative trait, having been bullied, exercise, self-perceived depressive mood, and happiness of 12-year-old adolescents. The Taiwan Birth Cohort Study dataset, which used a national household probability sampling method and included 17,694 12-year-old adolescents, was used for this study.

[Cross-Disciplinary Research in Nursing: Competency and Practice].

Cross-disciplinarity is a current trend in healthcare. With the advancement of science and technology, the expansion of care fields, and the complexity of health problems, cross-disciplinary research has been increasingly emphasized in nursing studies in order to introduce technology into patient care, expand the scope of healthcare research, and improve quality of care. The term cross-disciplinary research typically covers multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary studies.

Two-stage window screening and development trajectories in early identification of autism spectrum disorder among Han Chinese children.

Objective: An understanding of the trajectory and norm of development in children is needed in order to understand the concept of the spectrum in the diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Children's developmental growth trajectory was measured from six to 66 months in the Taiwan Birth Cohort Study dataset (N = 11,145). Additionally, over 4 years of follow-up, the negative predictive value of using the Parental Concern Checklist and Taiwan Birth Cohort Study Developmental Instrument was also investigated as the first stage of screening in a two-stage window screening method for ASD diagnosis.

Recalled Parental Gender Preference in Chinese Culture: A Taiwan Birth Cohort Study.

Chinese culture has long favored sons over daughters. With the development of reproductive technology, the methods can be used not only in facilitation of conception, but also in sex-selective termination of pregnancies. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate: (1) the rate of pregnant expectancy/planning of children; (2) whether the Chinese cultural influence of son preference still exists, and factors effecting sex preference; and (3) whether artificial reproductive technology plays a role in parents giving birth to a child of their preferred sex.

Relationships between internet use, deliberate self-harm, and happiness in adolescents: A Taiwan birth cohort pilot study.

The potential risk of internet use on adolescents' self-harm is a major concern. Vulnerable adolescents who are susceptible to bullying are also susceptible to the negative influence of the internet. In this study, the pathway associations were investigated between the risk factors of deliberate self-harm, experience of being bullied, internet use, and protective factors of maternal monitoring on perceived happiness of 12- and 13-year-old adolescents in the Taiwan Birth Cohort Pilot Study dataset (n = 1,457).

Measurement of Social Communication, Emotion and Cognitive Development from 6 Months to 8 Years Old: In a Taiwan Birth Cohort Study.

This study aimed to investigate (1) the reliability and validity of the Taiwan Birth Cohort Study-Developmental Instrument (TBCS-DI) 8-year-old scale; (2) the pathway relationship among the cognitive, emotional and social-communication dimensions of the TBCS-DI 8-year-old scale; (3) the predictive validity and association of the TBCS-DI dimensions at 6, 18, 36, and 66 months, with the dimensions of the 8-year-old scale. The Taiwan Birth Cohort Study dataset of 19,516 children followed from 6 months to the age of eight was used. The TBCS-DI 8-year-old scale showed good reliability and validity.

The impermanent effect of waste incineration on children's development from 6 months to 8 years: A Taiwan Birth Cohort Study.

Incineration is a solution to waste problems; however, it has adverse effects on human health. Our study aimed to investigate the direct and indirect effects of living near an incinerator and breastfeeding on children's development at 6, 18, 36 and 66 months, and 8 years of age. The Taiwan Birth Cohort Study dataset used included randomized community data on 19,519 children from 6 months to 8 years old.

Assessing Related Factors of Intention to Perpetrate Dating Violence among University Students Using the Theory of Planned Behavior.

Dating violence (DV) is a major public health problem among youth. The majority of DV studies in Taiwan involve the assessment of DV without the use of a robust psychological framework to guide research accuracy. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to utilize the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) to assess intention and other salient factors related to DV among university students.

The Psychometric Properties of the Chinese Oxford Happiness Questionnaire in Taiwanese Adolescents: Taiwan Birth Cohort Study.

The application of the eight-item Oxford Happiness Questionnaire has rarely been investigated cross-culturally. This study examined the psychometric properties and use of the eight-item Oxford Happiness Questionnaire in Taiwan, using a national birth cohort dataset of 12 year olds as a sample. The dataset of 12-year-old children in the Taiwan Birth Cohort Pilot Study, which included 17,694 adolescents, was used for this study.

A qualitative exploration of the fear of recurrence among Taiwanese breast cancer survivors.

Objective: Fear of cancer recurrence (FCR) is the most commonly reported problem and unmet need among breast cancer survivors. The aim of this qualitative study was to explore the experience of recurrence fears among Taiwanese breast cancer survivors.

Methods: Three focus groups were included in this study.

Prevalence of bullying and perceived happiness in adolescents with learning disability, intellectual disability, ADHD, and autism spectrum disorder: In the Taiwan Birth Cohort Pilot Study.

Children with learning disability (LD), intellectual disability (ID), attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) reported higher risk of being bullied compared to their peers. Controlling for the co-morbidity of different diagnosis is important in investigating the frequency of bullying. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the pathway relationship of adolescents' psychiatric diagnoses, including LD, ID, ADHD, ASD, with being bullied, their self-perceived psychological well-being (PWB) and social adaptation status (SAS) in 12-years-olds.