Health-related quality of life by veterans RAND 12 and healthcare resource utilization in cancer patients with sleep disorders: insights from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.

Purpose: This study aims to investigate the joint effects of cancer and sleep disorders on the health-related quality of life (HRQoL), healthcare resource utilization, and expenditures among US adults.

Methods: Utilizing the 2018-2019 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) database, a sample of 25,274 participants was categorized into four groups based on cancer and sleep disorder status. HRQoL was assessed using the VR-12 questionnaire.

Enhancing nurses' perceptions of having a place to reduce turnover intentions.

Aim: To investigate whether education, tenure, being an advanced practice nurse, skill level, and time pressure impact perceptions of "having a place" and, further, turnover intentions.

Background: Nursing shortages persist worldwide. Nurses' turnover intentions are negatively related to their perceptions of "having a place" (i.

Drawing tool incorporating tangible user interface concepts enhancing children's understanding and development of color cognition.

The goal of this study was to understand the effect of using an interactive drawing stylus incorporating tangible user interface concepts on color cognition, drawing behaviors, and drawing outcomes among students in the dawning realism stage. 27 fourth-grade students were invited to participate in a three-week drawing experiment involving drawing exercises and formal drawing experiments first with a typical stylus and then with an interactive drawing stylus. Color cognition tests were administered before and after using the interactive drawing stylus.

Professional engagement: Connecting self-efficacy to actual turnover among hospital nurses.

Aims: To examine how nurses' self-efficacy impacts professional engagement (professional opportunities exploration and workplace improvement participation), nurses' turnover intention and further on actual turnover.

Background: The problem of nursing shortage has become a common global issue. Nurses' self-efficacy could reduce nurses' turnover intention.

How robots impact nurses' time pressure and turnover intention: A two-wave study.

Aims: To examine the relationships among effort ensuring robots' smooth operation (EERSO), time pressure, missed care, and nurses' turnover intention, and how robot performance moderates such relations.

Background: Robots may reduce nurses' workload but typically still require some effort of nurses for robots' smooth operation. However, the negative impact of EERSO on nurses' workplace outcomes is unknown.

How do three components of professional commitment influence nurse-reported patient-centred care and care quality?

Aims And Objectives: To test how the three components of professional commitment (i.e. affective, continuance and normative professional commitment) are associated with nurse-reported patient-centred care and care quality.

Comparison of the Mini-Mental State Examination and Computerized Brief Cognitive Screening Test as Cognitive Screening Tools in Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment.

Background: The aim of this study was to establish the validity and reliability of the Computerized Brief Cognitive Screening Test (CBCog) for early detection of cognitive impairment.

Methods: One hundred and sixty participants, including community-dwelling and out-patient volunteers (both men and women) aged ≥ 65 years, were enrolled in the cross section study. All participants were screened using the CBCog and Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE).

History of Falls, Dementia, Lower Education Levels, Mobility Limitations, and Aging Are Risk Factors for Falls among the Community-Dwelling Elderly: A Cohort Study.

Background: Falling is a serious issue among elderly community dwellers, often resulting in disability. We aimed to investigate the risk factors for falls among elderly community dwellers.

Methods: We recruited 232 participants from multiple community learning and care centers, who provided their information through questionnaires.

Impact of professional commitment on professional capability improvement and care quality dimensions: A multi-wave study.

Aims And Objectives: To examine how the three dimensions of professional commitment impact professional capabilities improvement and five key dimensions of care quality.

Background: While professional commitment is known to retain nurses, we do not know how its three dimensions-affective, continuance and normative commitment-formulate five care quality dimensions: assurance, reliability, responsiveness, empathy and tangibles.

Design: We used a three-wave, follow-up design to follow a sample of nurse participants.

Social Transmission and Buffering of Hippocampal Metaplasticity after Stress in Mice.

In social animals, the behavioral and hormonal responses to stress can be transmitted from one individual to another through a social transmission process, and, conversely, social support ameliorates stress responses, a phenomenon referred to as social buffering. Metaplasticity represents activity-dependent synaptic changes that modulate the ability to elicit subsequent synaptic plasticity. Authentic stress can induce hippocampal metaplasticity, but whether transmitted stress has the same ability remains unknown.

Systematic review and meta-analysis of Chinese herbal medicine as adjuvant treatment in advanced non-small cell lung cancer patients.

Introduction: Whether combining Chinese herbal medicines (CHMs) and chemotherapy to treat patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has clinical benefits has yet to be confirmed. A meta-analysis was performed to address the efficacy of CHM in patients with advanced NSCLC.

Methods: Seven databases, including PubMed, MEDLINE, Cochrane Library, Embase, CINAHL Plus with Full Text (EBSCO), WANFANG DATA and the Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), were systematically searched for available literature through March10, 2020.

Investigate the oral health impact and quality of life on patients with malocclusion of different treatment needs.

Background: This study compared oral health impacts and QoL among patients with different malocclusion types and a normal population by using self-report questionnaires.

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 214 healthy adults were divided into 3 groups: (1) Normal, control group; (2) ORTHO, patients who received orthodontic treatment; and (3) OGS group, patients who received orthognathic surgery (OGS). The timing of measurement were at the initial stage of the orthodontic therapy and before surgery.

Polypharmacy and Utilization of Health Care Services: A Cohort Study of People Aged Over 50 Years in Taiwan.

This study aimed to understand the changes and correlation in the long-term trends of polypharmacy and the utilization of health care services in a population over the age of 50 years through the use of a national database. A total of 2813 subjects who participated in surveys in 1999, 2003, and 2007 were selected as the samples. Each subject was followed-up for the period of 9 years.

The role of professional commitment in improving nurses' professional capabilities and reducing their intention to leave: Two-wave surveys.

Background: Social cognitive career theory (SCCT) can explain the mechanism underlying the formulation of nurse turnover intention. However, little is known about the role of professional commitment in such a mechanism.

Aims: The aim of this study was to explore how elements of SCCT have an impact on the three aspects of professional commitment and thus nurses' intention to leave the profession.

GaN Metalens for Pixel-Level Full-Color Routing at Visible Light.

Metasurface-based components are known to be one of the promising candidates for developing flat optical systems. However, their low working efficiency highly limits the use of such flat components for feasible applications. Although the introduction of the metallic mirror has been demonstrated to successfully enhance the efficiency, it is still somehow limited for imaging and sensing applications because they are only available for devices operating in a reflection fashion.

Do healthier lifestyles lead to less utilization of healthcare resources?

Background: Governments are urged to determine methods to control the use of medical resources and curb the rise of healthcare costs. The question is, do health behaviors have an impact on the use of medical resources? This study aims to identify and understand the difference in the number of outpatient visits and health examinations based on various health behaviors and to determine whether patients seek medical care for illness from the same physicians.

Methods: This study used the dataset derived from the Department of Budget, Accounting and Statistics of Kaohsiung, Taiwan in 2005.

Openness to experience, work experience and patient safety.

Aims: The purpose of this study is to examine how the interaction between nurse openness and work experience is related to patient safety.

Background: No study has yet examined the interactions between these, and how openness and work experience jointly impact patient safety.

Methods: This study adopts a cross-sectional design, using self-reported work experience, perceived time pressure and measures of patient safety, and was conducted in a major medical centre.

The longitudinal relationship between mental health disorders and chronic disease for older adults: a population-based study.

Objective: Although mental health disorders in older adults are common, their relationship with chronic disease and the influence of chronic disease on the development of mental health disorders over time is not well understood. This longitudinal study investigated the change in status of mental health disorders and chronic disease, as well as their interrelationships, over time.

Methods: Participants included community-dwelling older adults living in Taiwan, aged 65 years or older, who completed six waves of survey interviews.

Factors Associated With Small Bowel Obstruction Following Appendectomy: A Population-Based Study.

Postoperative small bowel obstruction (SBO) is a common complication of appendectomy. This study aimed to assess risk factors for SBO following appendectomy.This retrospective cohort study used the 2006 to 2008 Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database.

[The Association of the Disturbed Degree of Job Stressful Events, Physical Data and Quality of Life in Allied Personnel of Outpatient Department].

Background: Interactions between allied personnel and patients that occur during the provision of healthcare services may affect patient evaluations of the quality of medical care received. The many patients served and stresses faced every day by allied personnel may disturb their physical and psychological health and negatively affect their quality of life.

Purpose: The aim of this study is to explore the association among stressful job-related events, physical data, and quality of life in allied personnel who work in outpatient departments.

Exploration of the importance of geriatric frailty on health-related quality of life.

Aim: The ageing of the population is a demographic trend globally. Promoting the health of elderly persons has become a crucial priority. However, knowledge about the relationship between frailty and quality of life (QoL) remains limited.

The association between participation in a pay-for-performance program and macrovascular complications in patients with type 2 diabetes in Taiwan: A nationwide population-based cohort study.

Objective: Diabetes and diabetes-related complications are major causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide and contribute substantially to health care costs. Proper care can prevent or delay vascular complications in people with type 2 diabetes. We sought to examine whether a diabetes pay-for-performance (P4P) program under Taiwan's National Health Insurance program decreased risk of macrovascular complications in type 2 diabetes patients, and associated risk factors.

Peers and social network on alcohol drinking through early adolescence in Taiwan.

Objectives: This study aims to identify peers and social network characteristics associated with drinking occasions through early adolescence.

Methods: The study sample of 1808 middle school students (aged 13-15 years) in northern Taiwan was collected via a two-wave longitudinal study of the Alcohol-Related Experiences among Children (AREC). Data concerning individual sociodemographics, family characteristics, peer influence, and alcohol drinking behaviors were collected via web-based self-administered questionnaire.

Trends and outcome predictors after traumatic brain injury surgery: a nationwide population-based study in Taiwan.

Object: The authors sought to analyze trends in hospital resource utilization and mortality rates in a population of patients who had received traumatic brain injury (TBI) surgery.

Methods: This nationwide population-based cohort study retrospectively analyzed 18,286 patients who had received surgical treatment for TBI between 1998 and 2010. The multiple linear regression model and Cox proportional hazards model were used for multivariate assessment of outcome predictors.