Effectiveness Study of a Cultural Adaptation of Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy-Based Application for Depressive Symptoms in College Students: A Randomised Controlled Trial.

Introduction: Studies on mental health applications among college students lack empirical evidence regarding mobile application usage's intensity, duration and frequency.

Aim: To evaluate the effectiveness of a cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT)-based mobile application in ameliorating depressive symptoms among college students.

Methods: A randomised controlled trial was conducted at three universities.

Lived experiences and illness perceptions of older adults with age-related hearing loss before the use of hearing aids: An interpretative phenomenological study.

Age-related hearing loss is a chronic health condition. This qualitative study applied the Common-Sense Model of Self-Regulation to explore the lived experiences and illness perceptions of older adults with age-related hearing loss. Twenty older adults ≥ 65 years of age with hearing loss were recruited by purposive sampling.

[Changes in Patient Safety Culture Attitudes Among Emergency, Intensive Care, and General Ward Nurses During the COVID-19 Pandemic].

Background: Patient safety culture is an indicator of healthcare quality and a topic of global importance in medical care.

Purpose: In this study, the attitudes towards patient safety culture of nursing staff working in the emergency, intensive care, and general wards are compared before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: A retrospective research design was utilized and an anonymous questionnaire survey conducted on the Taiwan Patient Safety Culture Survey web-based platform system was used to collect the data.

Sleep and Its Disturbance in Parents of Children and Adolescents with Epilepsy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Sleep disturbances are commonly reported by parents of children and adolescents with epilepsy. However, evidence synthesis including quality and quantity of sleep in parents of children and adolescents with epilepsy is lacking. This systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted to quantify pooled mean estimates of parental sleep variables and to determine the prevalence of sleep disturbances in parents of children and adolescents with epilepsy.

Systematic review: Effect of mobile applications on college students with depressive symptoms.

Aim: To evaluate the effects of mobile applications (apps) on college students with depressive symptoms.

Design: Depression among college students is a school health issue, although little is known regarding effective app-based interventions for managing depressive symptoms. This review follows the concept of (1) theoretical guidance framework on app design, (2) app-based intervention study design and (3) effect of app-based interventions.

The relationship between safety climate and nurses' safe handling of chemotherapy: A partial least squares structural equation modeling analysis.

Purpose: Safety climate plays a critical role in nurses' safety behaviors. However, few are aware of the safety climate sub-dimensions associated with safety behavior. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between nurses' perception of the workplace safety climate and their safety behavior regarding the handling of chemotherapy upon intravenous administration.

[Hospital Safety Climate: Concept and Measurement Tools].

Work environments at healthcare organizations involve biological, chemical, and physical risks. Healthcare providers adhere to safe work practices and promote organizational activities proactively to improve practice safety and patient safety, both of which are closely linked to quality of care. In light of the limited research on safety culture and employee safety performance in the healthcare industry, this paper was developed to introduce the concept of hospital safety climate; the factors known to influence the safety climate in hospitals and safety performance and outcomes; and related safety climate measurement tools from the perspective of promoting safe performance among hospital healthcare providers.

[Safe Working Environments: The Foundation of Patient Safety].

Patient safety is a primary concern in the medical and healthcare industry. The safety climate (or culture) of a hospital is determined by the overall perception of its safety policies and the safety-related behaviors of medical staff that affect the quality of care provided by the organization and risk of occupational injury. The perceptions of nurses related to the hospital safety climate relate positively to their behavior in the workplace.

Physical function mediates the effects of sensory impairment on quality of life in older adults: Cross-sectional study using propensity-score weighting.

Aims: To investigate the effect of sensory impairment on quality of life in older adults and to assess the role of physical function as a mediator of the effect of the sensory impairment on quality of life.

Design: A cross-sectional study.

Methods: Older adults aged ≥65 years (N = 600) were recruited from January 2019 to May 2020.

Development and psychometric testing of the safety climate instrument suitable for nurses handling chemotherapy drugs.

Aim: To develop and test the psychometric properties of the Taiwanese safety climate instrument suitable for nurses handling chemotherapy drugs.

Design: This is an instrument development study.

Method: All four stages, including questionnaire design, expert consultation, cognitive testing and psychometric validation, were used in this study.

Community-based multiple screening for metabolic syndrome by innovative theory: A longitudinal study.

The purpose of this research is to elucidate whether metabolic syndrome affects the rate of adoption of a new multiple cancer screening programme, based on the Diffusion of Innovation theory. The time to attend the screening programme, conducted in Keelung, Taiwan, within 10 years was assessed by innovativeness (innovators, early adaptors, early majority, late majority and laggard) using data from 79,303 residents, with the information on metabolic syndrome accrued from routine adult health check-ups. The median time of adopting the programme and the relative rates of early adoption by metabolic syndrome and its severity score were estimated.

Effects of mHealth-based interventions on health literacy and related factors: A systematic review.

Aims: To evaluate the effects of mobile health (mHealth)-based interventions on health literacy and related factors.

Background: Few reviews exist on the effects of mHealth-based interventions on the improvement and changes in health literacy and related factors.

Evaluation: A systematic review was conducted using the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool to evaluate the quality of articles.

Patient willingness to undergo a two-week free trial of a telemedicine service for coronary artery disease after coronary intervention: A mixed-methods study.

Aim: To understand the factors affecting willingness to use telemedicine in patients with coronary artery disease after coronary intervention.

Background: Telemedicine is a relatively new service provided to discharged patients in Taiwan, therefore, public acceptance is low.

Method: This mixed-methods study conducted between January and June 2014 used convenience sampling.

Validation of the Chinese version of the Life-Space Assessment in community-dwelling older adults.

The Life-Space Assessment (LSA) is a comprehensive tool for assessing mobility in older adults, but the evidence of its psychometric properties in Chinese older adults is lacking. The aim was to adapt and validate the psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Life-Space Assessment (LSA-C) in community-dwelling older adults. A cross-sectional study was designed with 225 community-dwelling older adults.

[Introduction to Tools for Assessing Medication Use Appropriateness in Older Adults].

The prevalence of potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) use is high, presenting a serious public health problem. In older adults, PIM increases the risks of adverse drug events, falls, hospitalizations, and emergency treatments as well as related medical expenses. The currently popular criteria for determining medication appropriateness and several common medication appropriateness assessment tools are introduced in this paper, including the Medication Appropriateness Index, the Beers criteria series, the Screening Tool of Older Person's Prescriptions (STOPP) and the Screening Tool to Alert doctors to Right Treatment (START) series, Thailand criteria, and the PIM-Taiwan criteria, with the goal of facilitating their application by medical professionals in clinical practice.

[Current State of Appropriate Medication Use in Older Adults and Future Prospects].

Medication is the most common strategy for addressing the healthcare needs of older adults. In order to treat disease, maintain health, prevent further declines in health, prolong survival, and improve quality of life, the proper use of medicine is of great importance in the care of older patients (de Oliveira Alves, Schuelter-Trevisol, & Trevisol, 2014). Since the physician Dr.

Factors Influencing Nurses' Use of Hazardous Drug Safe Handling Precautions.

Problem Identification: Nurses taking measures regarding the safe handling of hazardous drugs (HDs) can reduce their risk of exposure and environmental contamination. However, the findings of studies examining factors influencing the use of HD safe handling precautions by nurses have been inconsistent.

Literature Search: An integrative review of the Embase® and Scopus® electronic databases was performed.

Mediating effects of burden on quality of life for caregivers of first-time stroke patients discharged from the hospital within one year.

Background: Caregiver burden may be either a predictor or an outcome of caregiver quality of life (QoL). Patient or caregiver factors that directly affect caregiver QoL, predictors that are simultaneously shared with caregiver burden and QoL, and factors that affect caregiver QoL through caregiver burden are not well understood. This study explored predictors of caregiver QoL and identified whether caregiver burden is a mediator for caregivers of first-time stroke patients.

Exploring the experiences of older Chinese adults with comorbidities including diabetes: surmounting these challenges in order to live a normal life.

Background: Many people with diabetes have comorbidities, even multimorbidities, which have a far-reaching impact on the older adults, their family, and society. However, little is known of the experience of older adults living with comorbidities that include diabetes.

Aim: The aim of this study was to explore the experience of older adults living with comorbidities including diabetes.

Quality of life in older adults with sensory impairments: a systematic review.

Purpose: Sensory impairments are common in older adults. Hearing and visual impairments affect their physical and mental health and quality of life adversely. However, systematic reviews of the relationship between hearing impairment, visual impairment, dual sensory impairment, and quality of life are scarce.

Adolescent Perceptions of Peer Responses to Diabetes Self-Management: A Qualitative Study.

Background: Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is more prevalent in adolescents than in adults, and the self-management of insulin-dependent diabetes is complex. T1D requires injections of insulin, self-management of blood testing, regular physical activity, and diet monitoring, which are challenging for growing and developing adolescents. Adolescents are often more concerned with how they are perceived by their peers than how they perceive themselves.

Concept analysis of safety climate in healthcare providers.

Aim And Objective: To report an analysis of the concept of safety climate in healthcare providers.

Background: Compliance with safe work practices is essential to patient safety and care outcomes. Analysing the concept of safety climate from the perspective of healthcare providers could improve understanding of the correlations between safety climate and healthcare provider compliance with safe work practices, thus enhancing quality of patient care.

Parental Body Mass Index Is Associated With Adolescent Obesity in Taiwan.

Adolescent obesity is a crucial public health concern, and understanding its risk factors can facilitate the establishment of prevention policies. In this study we investigated the prevalence of adolescent obesity in Taiwan, determined the influential factors, and compared the prevalence of obesity in our study population with international indices. The cross-sectional study was an analysis of data from the 2010-2011 Nutrition and Health Survey in Taiwan, an anthropometric measurement and questionnaire survey of adolescents aged 11-18 years.

Health status and quality of life of survivors of extra corporeal membrane oxygenation: a cross-sectional study.

Aims: To understand the influential factors related to quality of life for adult patients who have undergone extra corporeal membrane oxygenation.

Background: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation is an invasive treatment for critically ill patients requiring temporary cardiac or respiratory support. Most studies have focused on survival outcomes for patients; few have evaluated health-related quality of life.

Sleep Quality and Emotional Correlates in Taiwanese Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Patients 1 Week and 1 Month after Hospital Discharge: A Repeated Descriptive Correlational Study.

Background: Poor sleep quality is a common health problem for coronary artery bypass graft patients, however few studies have evaluated sleep quality during the period immediately following hospital discharge.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate changes in sleep quality and emotional correlates in coronary artery bypass graft patients in Taiwan at 1 week and 1 month after hospital discharge.

Methods: We used a descriptive correlational design for this study.