Feasibility of mitigating out-toeing gait using compression tights with inward-directing taping lines.

Out-toeing gait may cause alterations in lower limb biomechanics that could lead to an increased risk of overuse injuries. Surgery and physical therapy are conventional methods for mitigating such gait, but they are costly and time-consuming. Wearable devices like braces and orthoses are used as affordable alternatives, but they apply non-negligible stress on the skin.

Predictors of mortality attributable to Clostridium difficile infection in patients with underlying malignancy.

Purpose: This study aimed at evaluating the clinical severity and treatment outcomes of Clostridium difficile infections (CDI) and identifying predictors associated with mortality in patients with malignancy.

Methods: A retrospective study was conducted in a teaching hospital from January 2004 to June 2013. The subjects included adult patients (aged ≥ 18 years) receiving treatment for malignancy whose conditions were complicated by CDI.

Nonmotor symptoms more closely related to Parkinson's disease: comparison with normal elderly.

Nonmotor symptoms (NMSs) commonly occur in Parkinson's disease (PD). This study sought to explore the domains of NMSs that are more closely related to PD using nonmotor symptoms scale (NMSS), through a quantitative comparison of NMSs' prevalence and NMSS scores of PD patients with normal controls, and clinical implications. We performed a prospective case-control study on PD patients (n=131) and age- and gender-matched normal controls (n=129).

[Development and application of a computerized nursing process program for orthopedic surgery inpatients-- NANDA, NOC, and NIC linkages].

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to develop and to apply the NANDA, NOC, and NIC (NNN) linkages into a computerized nursing process program using the classification systems of nursing diagnoses, nursing outcomes and nursing interventions.

Method: The program was developed with planning, analysis, design and performance stages. The program was applied to 117 patients who were admitted to orthopedic surgery nursing units from January to February, 2004.

[A correlation study of perceived importance of nursing interventions with performance frequency in psychiatric nursing units using the 3th NIC].

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the perceived importance of nursing interventions of psychiatric nurses according to domains, classes and interventions using the 3th NIC.

Method: In this study, a 435 of 486 nursing interventions were selected from 75% consent reached by experts. Data were collected from 9 hospitals and 141 nurses(return rates : 94.