Leadership training effectiveness for high-performing young nurses in a teaching hospital - A quasi-experimental study.

Background: Good nursing leadership management positively correlates with patient care quality and an organization's performance. Plans to nurture top-notch talents and strengthen management functions are essential to retain key talents and achieve sustainability. The leadership training for nursing staff should begin early to cope with complex clinical situations.

The Impact of Cefuroxime Susceptibility on Necrotizing Fasciitis Outcomes.

Despite aggressive antibiotic therapy and surgical debridement, necrotizing fasciitis (NF) can lead to high amputation and mortality rates. Our study compares the different antibiotic minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) via Epsilometer tests (E-tests) between non-survivors and survivors of NF of limbs. A prospective review of 16 patients with NF was conducted for 3.

Rational Use of Antibiotics and Education Improved Necrotizing Fasciitis Outcomes in Taiwan: A 19-Year Experience.

Background: necrotizing fasciitis (NF) causes high rates of amputation and mortality, even after aggressive surgical debridement and antibacterial therapy. This study investigated the effects of rational use of antibiotics and education by infectious disease (ID) physicians on NF treatment outcomes.

Methods: Retrospective review for conducted for four years (period I, without an ID physician, December 2001 to December 2005) and 15 years (period II, with an ID physician, January 2006 to March 2021).

Different mediators of applied theory-of-mind competence in children with autism spectrum disorder.

Background: Children with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) with mild and moderate symptom levels have significant differences in applied theory of mind (ToM) competence. However, their mediators of applied ToM competence have not been documented.

Aims: This study aimed to identify the mediators of applied ToM competence in these two clinically distinct groups.

Theory of Mind Predicts Social Interaction in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Two-Year Follow-Up Study.

This two-year follow-up study examined the predictive relationships of theory of mind (ToM) to social interaction by reciprocal social behaviors (RSBs) and social functioning (SF) in 106 children with ASD. The results of the path analysis showed that the earlier ToM predicted children's current component RSBs (B = 3.53, SE = 1.

Profiles and persistence of initial antiretroviral therapy among HIV infected patients in taiwan: A nationwide population-based cross-sectional study from 2011 to 2017.

Background/purpose: Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has been applied for treating patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) for decades. Our study explored initial ART use patterns and ART persistence in patients who begin HIV treatment in Taiwan.

Methods: The National Health Insurance Research Database in Taiwan was used in our study.

Potential or contraindicated drug-drug interactions with antiretroviral therapy in real-world settings in Taiwan.

Background/purpose: Given the complex metabolic pathway of antiretroviral therapy (ART), polypharmacy may increase the risk of drug-drug interactions (DDIs). Therefore, we investigated the frequency of DDIs during ART exposure to improve medical care for patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

Methods: This was a nationwide cross-sectional study using claims data from the National Health Insurance in Taiwan in 2016.

Cost-Effectiveness of Flash Glucose Monitoring for the Management of Patients with Type 1 and Patients with Type 2 Diabetes in China.

Introduction: To compare the cost-effectiveness of flash glucose monitoring versus self-monitoring of blood glucose/point of care testing (SMBG/POCT) in both patients with type 1 and patients with type 2 diabetes (T1D/T2D) receiving insulin therapy.

Methods: The IQVIA CORE Diabetes Model (version 9.5) was used to project the lifetime costs and health outcomes of flash glucose monitoring and SMBG/POCT from a Chinese societal perspective.

Factorial validity of the Theory of Mind Inventory-2 in children with autism spectrum disorder.

The Theory of Mind Inventory-2 appears to be a promising measure assessing children's theory of mind. However, a lack of evidence on its factorial structure interferes with score interpretation. To examine whether the currently-available structures of the Theory of Mind Inventory-2 are robust and replicable, confirmatory factor analysis was conducted in 242 children with autism spectrum disorder aged 3-12 years.

Effectiveness and safety of non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants in Asian patients with atrial fibrillation and valvular heart disease.

Objective: We compared the effectiveness and safety outcomes of non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOACs) and warfarin in patients with AF and VHD, as these patients have been partially excluded from clinical trials.

Methods: This retrospective cohort study was conducted using the National Health Insurance Research Database in Taiwan. Patients with AF and VHD and above 20 years of age, who were prescribed oral anticoagulants such as warfarin, dabigatran, rivaroxaban, and apixaban, were included.

The symptoms of autism including social communication deficits and repetitive and restricted behaviors are associated with different emotional and behavioral problems.

The aim of the study was to investigate the associations between symptoms of autism and emotional and behavioral problems in children with autism spectrum disorder from both caregivers' and clinicians' perspectives. Three main findings were found in our study. First, the association patterns were similar in the preschool and school-aged children.

Cool Executive Function and Verbal Comprehension Mediate the Relation of Hot Executive Function and Theory of Mind in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Impaired executive function (EF), verbal comprehension, and theory of mind (ToM) may contribute to social difficulties in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The linkage between cool (cognitive) EF and ToM has been widely investigated, but the relations between hot (affective) EF and ToM remain largely unknown. The roles of cool EF and verbal comprehension have not been previously explored together to address hot EF-ToM relations.

Utilization and medical costs of outpatient rehabilitation among children with autism spectrum conditions in Taiwan.

Background: We examined the utilization of rehabilitation resources among children with autism spectrum condition (ASC), a neurodevelopmental condition, in Taiwan.

Methods: We derived from the National Health Insurance Research Database of Taiwan data pertaining to 3- to 12-year-old children for the period 2008-2010. Based on diagnoses executed in accordance with the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification, we classified these data into the ASC and non-ASC groups and analyzed them through multiple linear regression model, negative binomial model, independent sample t testing, and χ testing.

Depression may not be a risk factor for mortality in stroke patients with nonsurgical treatment: A retrospective case-controlled study.

Patients with depression have more comorbidities than those without depression. The cost of depression-associated comorbidities accounts for the largest portion of the growing cost of depression treatment. Patients with depression have a higher risk of stroke with poor prognoses than those without depression; however, previous studies evaluating the relationship between depression and stroke prognosis have not accounted for surgical treatment or other risk factors.

Association Between Executing Theory of Mind in a Limited Experimental Context and Executing It in Daily Contexts in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Importance: Theory of mind (ToM) can be divided into two constructs: capacity and performance. Although severity of autism traits and verbal comprehension have been identified as being associated with ToM capacity, no study has yet verified their role in predicting the ToM performance of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

Objective: To examine the differences and associations between ToM capacity and ToM performance and to verify the role of autism traits and verbal comprehension in predicting ToM performance in children with ASD.

Identifying the Cognitive Correlates of Reciprocity in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

This study examined the cognitive correlates of reciprocity in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). A total of 59 children with ASD were assessed with the Interactive Drawing Task, Theory of Mind Task Battery, Children's Card Change Sort Task, and Children's Gambling Task respectively for their reciprocity, theory of mind, cool executive function (EF), and hot EF. The correlational findings revealed that cool EF (r = .

Credibility Judgment Predictors for Child Sexual Abuse Reports in Forensic Psychiatric Evaluations.

Objective: We intended to analyze the credibility judgment in written forensic psychiatric reports of child sexual abuse registered in Southern Taiwan.

Methods: Ninety-six cases of child sexual abuse between August 2010 and October 2017 encountered in two hospitals were analyzed. The.

Outpatient rehabilitation resources and medical expenditure in children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in Taiwan.

Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder in children. This study investigated the use of rehabilitation treatment in Taiwan. We selected children aged 3-12 years from the National Health Insurance Research Database from 2008 to 2012 and included them in the analysis.

Theory of mind predominantly associated with the quality, not quantity, of pretend play in children with autism spectrum disorder.

This study aimed to clarify the relationships between theory of mind and pretend play in children with autism spectrum disorder, using refined assessments of theory of mind and pretend play while controlling for autistic behaviors and verbal comprehension. A total of 92 children with autism spectrum disorder aged 4-10 years were enrolled. In two visits, the children were assessed with the Theory of Mind Task Battery, the Child-Initiated Pretend Play Assessment, the Childhood Autism Rating Scale, and the Verbal Comprehension Index of the Wechsler Intelligence Scales, respectively, for their theory of mind, pretend play performance, autistic behaviors, and verbal comprehension.

Insulin resistance in obese adolescents.

The prevalence of obesity in adolescents is increasing rapidly. Obesity is associated with insulin resistance, which increases the risk for type 2 diabetes. We investigated insulin resistance in obese adolescents and its relationship to acanthosis nigricans.