Effects of dance movement therapy on compassionate flow in nursing students: An experimental study.

Purpose: Only a few studies have explored how compassion is taught to nursing students. This study aimed to investigate the differences in compassionate flow among nursing students both before and after an educational intervention.

Materials And Methods: This study employed a cluster randomised controlled trial design in medical schools in Taiwan.

The initial experiences of junior nursing college students when communicating with children during pediatric clinical practicum: A phenomenological study.

Purpose: Nursing students feel stressed during pediatric clinical practicum due to limited communication encounters with hospitalized children. The purpose of this study was to describe junior nursing college students' experiences of communicating with children during pediatric clinical practicums.

Design And Methods: A qualitative phenomenological research design was used.

Psychosocial experiences in youth with Tourette syndrome: a systematic review and meta-synthesis.

Suffering from Tourette syndrome (TS) disrupts the daily lives and interpersonal relationships of patients. The psychosocial experiences of young people with TS are not yet clear. The aim of the systematic review is to identify and synthesize the psychosocial experiences of young people with TS.

Effects of a Moodle-based E-learning environment on E-collaborative learning, perceived satisfaction, and study achievement among nursing students: A cross-sectional study.

Background: Studies suggest that e-learning environments (ELEMs) in nursing education may be more effective than traditional face-to-face teaching, as they lead to learning outcomes that equal or exceed those of face-to-face teaching.

Objectives: To determine whether using ELEM for educational applications can significantly improve e-collaborative learning, perceived satisfaction, and study achievement among nursing students in a paediatric nursing course.

Design: Nonrandomized pretest-posttest quasi-experimental research design.

Factors associated with Tourette syndrome among adolescents in Taiwan: A cross-sectional correlational study.

Purpose: Adolescents with Tourette syndrome (TS) may suffer from learning difficulties (attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder), challenges in interpersonal interactions (especially with peers), disruptions of daily routines (disruptive behavior disorders), and increased psychosocial stress, which can result in internalizing and externalizing behavioral problems, such as venting depression and stress through self-harm. The aim of this study was to investigate peer attachment in adolescents with TS and associated risk factors.

Design And Methods: Adolescents with TS aged 13-18 years were recruited from the outpatient departments of 2 hospitals in Taiwan.

A retrospective study of differences in patients' anxiety and satisfaction between paper-based and computer-based tools for "Shared Decision-Making".

We aimed to investigate differences in patients' anxiety and satisfaction between patients undergoing paper-based patient decision aid (PDA) for shared decision-making (SDM) and those receiving computer-based PDA. We retrospectively collected questionnaires before and after SDM. Basic demographic data as well as anxiety, satisfaction, knowledge acquisition, and participation in SDM were recorded.

Effects of video-recorded role-play and guided reflection on nursing student empathy, caring behavior and competence: A two-group pretest-posttest study.

Aim: The study examined the differences in nursing student empathy, caring behavior and competence between the experimental and control groups before and after educational intervention and to predict the factors affecting their core competencies.

Background: Educating nursing students in empathy and caring behaviors before entering clinical practice is challenging.

Design: We used a two-group pretest and post-test quasi-experimental design.

Development and validation of a brief version of the traditional Chinese Stressors in Nursing Students scale among college nursing students in Taiwan.

Objective: The 43-item Stressors in Nursing Students (SINS) scale has been evaluated among nursing students in several countries, including China, Hong Kong, Japan, Pakistan, and Spain. However, the original four-factor structure has not been consistently replicated in all of these populations. The aim of this study was to develop a brief version of the traditional Chinese SINS (TC-SINS) scale and to validate it in Taiwanese nursing students.

Associations among quality of life, activities, and participation in elderly residents with joint contractures in long-term care facilities: a cross-sectional study.

Background: Joint contractures and degenerative osteoarthritis are the most common joint diseases in the elderly population, can lead to limited mobility in elderly individuals, can exacerbate symptoms such as pain, stiffness, and disability, and can interfere with social participation and quality of life, thus affecting mental health. However, relevant studies on this topic are very limited. This study describes the associations of joint contracture categories and sites in elderly residents in long-term care facilities with their quality of life, activities, and participation.

Psychometric validation of the Chinese version of the PaArticular Scales among elderly residents in long-term care facilities with joint contractures.

Background: Joint contractures, which affect activity, participation, and quality of life, are common complications of neurological conditions among elderly residents in long-term care facilities. This study examined the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the PaArticular Scales in a population with joint contractures.

Methods: A cross-sectional study design was used.

Implementation of an Electronic National Early Warning System to Decrease Clinical Deterioration in Hospitalized Patients at a Tertiary Medical Center.

The National Early Warning Score (NEWS) is an early warning system that predicts clinical deterioration. The impact of the NEWS on the outcome of healthcare remains controversial. This study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of implementing an electronic version of the NEWS (E-NEWS), to reduce unexpected clinical deterioration.

Enhancement of Hippocampal Spatial Decoding Using a Dynamic Q-Learning Method With a Relative Reward Using Theta Phase Precession.

Hippocampal place cells and interneurons in mammals have stable place fields and theta phase precession profiles that encode spatial environmental information. Hippocampal CA1 neurons can represent the animal's location and prospective information about the goal location. Reinforcement learning (RL) algorithms such as Q-learning have been used to build the navigation models.

Effects of leisure-time physical activity interventions on frailty-related characteristics of frail older adults in long-term care: a systematic review.

: The proportion of frailty in older adults is increasing in many countries. Demand for institutional long-term care followed by an increasing globally. : The effects of leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) interventions on frail older adults in long-term care facilities (LTCFs) of randomized controlled trials.

Low interest in clinical practicum placement is associated with increased stress in nursing students in Taiwan: A cross-sectional survey study.

Background: Nursing students often find themselves in a highly competitive environment, and stress is a commonly acknowledged experience in nursing students.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to explore factors, particularly an interest in nursing and in clinical practicum placement, associated with stress in Taiwanese nursing students.

Design: Cross-sectional survey study.

Development and Validation of the Social Adjustment Scale for Adolescents with Tourette Syndrome in Taiwan.

Purpose: The aim of this study developed the psychometric properties of the social adjustment scale for adolescents with Tourette syndrome (SASATS).

Design And Methods: A cross-sectional study design was conducted. 346 adolescents with Tourette syndrome (TS) were purposively sampled from pediatric outpatient departments at two hospitals in Taiwan.

Effects of preferred music therapy on peer attachment, depression, and salivary cortisol among early adolescents in Taiwan.

Aims: To explore the effects of preferred music therapy on peer attachment, depression, and salivary cortisol among early adolescents.

Background: As adolescents enter puberty, they start to seek partnering relationships among peers. Peer attachment is central for adolescents and greatly influences their physical and psychological development.

Determinants of quality of life in the older residents of long-term care facilities using the World Health Organization International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health framework in Taiwan.

The purpose of this study was to identify determinants within the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health as a conceptual framework regarding the quality of life of older long-term care facility residents. A questionnaire-based cross-sectional design was conducted. All participants ( = 210) completed a questionnaire that included the Sheltered Care Environmental Scale, the Beck Depression Inventory, the Short Physical Performance Battery, the Mini-Mental State Examination, the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule, and the World Health Organization Quality of Life Scale.

Social adjustment experiences of adolescents with Tourette syndrome.

Aims And Objectives: To explore and describe the experience of social adjustment of adolescents with Tourette syndrome in Taiwan.

Background: Although Tourette syndrome is a non-life-threatening disease, the inherent difficulties in controlling tics and comorbidities can cause long-term physical and psychological issues, as well as social maladjustment among adolescents. Good social adjustment can promote mental health among adolescents.

An Investigation of the Factors Related to Low Parent-Adolescent Attachment Security in Taiwan.

Background: Adolescence may involve increases in many behavioral problems and psychosocial maladaptation. Adolescents must successfully cope with these challenges to achieve positive developmental milestones.

Objectives: To investigate whether low parental attachment security among adolescents in Taiwan is associated with their demographic characteristics, psychosocial maladaptation, and depression.

The effects of Chinese five-element music therapy on nursing students with depressed mood.

This study aimed to evaluate the effects of Chinese five-element music therapy on nursing students with depressed mood. We randomly assigned 71 nursing students from Taiwan with depressed mood to the music and control groups. The music group (n = 31) received Chinese five-element music therapy, whereas the participants in the control group (n = 40) maintained their routine lifestyles with no music therapy.

The development and psychometric evaluation of the Chinese version of the Maternal Attachment Inventory.

Aims And Objectives: To develop the Maternal Attachment Inventory (MAI) into Chinese and assess its psychometric properties.

Background: The MAI measures of maternal affectionate attachment. This scale displays the most appropriate indicators associated with attachment and has been widely adopted in different fields for measuring maternal-infant attachment.

Optical magnetic response in three-dimensional metamaterial of upright plasmonic meta-molecules.

We report the first three-dimensional photonic metamaterial, an array of erected U-shape plasmonic gold meta-molecules, that exhibits a profound response to the magnetic field of light incident normal to the array. The metamaterial was fabricated using a double exposure e-beam lithographic process. It was investigated by optical measurements and finite-element simulations, and showed that the magnetic field solely depends on the plasmonic resonance mode showing either enhanced in the centre of the erected U-shape meta-molecule (16 times enhancement) or enhanced around two prongs of erected U-shape meta-molecule (4 times enhancement).

Perinatal attachment in naturally pregnant and infertility-treated pregnant women in Taiwan.

Aim: This article is a report of a study of the differences in maternal-foetal attachment and maternal-infant attachment among naturally pregnant and infertility-treated pregnant women in Taiwan.

Background: Studies have shown that infertility treatment is likely to make up an increasing proportion in the coming years. As these experiences are unique, the attachment relationship may be affected.