Bristol Breastfeeding Assessment Tool-Thai Version: Translation, Validity, and Reliability.

Background: In 2019, 14.0% of infants in Thailand were exclusively breastfed up to 6 months of age. To increase exclusive breastfeeding, an objective assessment measure would be useful to maternity care providers for appraising the problems encountered by new mothers' experiences with breastfeeding.

The meaning of acceptance (Thum-jai) in Thai people: Letting it go…so life goes on.

The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the meaning of acceptance (Thum-jai) as a culturally embedded coping strategy in the lives of Thai people who have experienced adversity that caused suffering. Thematic analysis was used to examine the responses of 47 participants to written, open-ended questions or face-to-face interviews. The EQUATOR's COREQ checklist for qualitative research was followed.

Motivational Interviewing-Based Compliance/Adherence Therapy Interventions to Improve Psychiatric Symptoms of People With Severe Mental Illness: Meta-Analysis.

Background: Nonadherence is the leading cause of relapse in mental illness. No quantitative synthesis of multiple studies has been conducted to determine the effect of motivational interviewing (MI)-based compliance/adherence therapy (CAT) interventions on people with severe mental illness.

Objective: To synthesize the studies that examined the effectiveness of MI-based CAT interventions to improve psychiatric symptoms.

Motivational Interviewing and Fruit/Vegetable Consumption in Older Adults.

Evidence supports the relationship between fruit and vegetable consumption (FVC) and risk reduction for several illness conditions, even for older adults. Thus, we examined the effects of motivational interviewing (MI) on FVC in adults with a mean age ≥60. We chose MI because of its growing popularity as an effective behavior change strategy and because the person-centered MI principles are a good fit for older adults.

Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness Scale - Thai Version: Translation and Assessment of Psychometric Properties Among Psychiatric Outpatients in Central Thailand.

This paper reports the translation of the English Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness scale into Thai and assessment of its psychometric properties. After forward- and backward-translation, Thai experts completed the content validity index with item agreements of .86 to 1.

Clinical Management of Antipsychotic-Induced Hyperprolactinemia.

Purpose: This article describes the physiology and mechanisms of prolactin and the assessment and clinical management strategies of antipsychotic-induced hyperprolactinemia.

Conclusions: Hyperprolactinemia is a disorder of the hypothalamic-pituitary axis which can be caused by several mechanisms. Typical antipsychotic agents are more likely to cause hyperprolactinemia than atypical antipsychotic agents, with the exception of amisulpride, paliperidone, and risperidone.

Does dance-based therapy increase gait speed in older adults with chronic lower extremity pain: a feasibility study.

A decreased gait speed in older adults can lead to dependency when the individuals are no longer able to participate in activities or do things for themselves. Thirty-seven senior apartment residents (31 females; Mean age=80.6 years; SD=8.