Nasal methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage among hospitalized patients before and after COVID-19 pandemic in a regional hospital in taiwan.

Background: Strict mask wearing and handwashing were implemented in hospital settings during COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan. To explore if nasal methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriage rate among inpatients in the hospital changed before and after COVID-19, we conducted this study.

Methods: Patients who were admitted to a regional hospital in central Taiwan during one week in 2012 and 2023, respectively, were enrolled.

Assessing Older Adults' Intentions to Use a Smartphone: Using the Meta-Unified Theory of the Acceptance and Use of Technology.

Barriers to smartphone use often exist among older adults, and increasing smartphone use is beneficial to increasing older adults' quality of life. Studies of older adults' smartphone use intentions have mostly adopted the technology acceptance model or unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT). However, these models have their limitations.

Combined effect of eating alone and a poor nutritional status on cognitive decline among older adults in Taiwan.

Background And Objectives: Nutritional status is not only associated with older individuals' physical health but also has an impact on their cognitive functioning. Evidence indicates that a socially integrated lifestyle in the later stages of life protects against cognitive decline and dementia. This study tested the combined effect of two hazards, the risk of malnutrition and eating meals alone, on the cognitive changes among a representative sample of older Taiwanese individuals over an 8-year period.

Cognitive function and associated factors among older people in Taiwan: age and sex differences.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to examine cognitive function and the risk and the protective factors by age and sex among Taiwanese older people.

Methods: The data were from a nation-representative panel of older people in Taiwan. The participants completing both the 2003 and 2007 waves were included for analysis in this study (n=3228).