Publications by authors named "Meng-Yan Tang"
Aim: To understand the prevalence of feeding difficulties (FD) in young children at self-feeding transition stage (6-24 months age), and the protective and risk predictors associated with FD are to be determined through this study.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted within 5 representative Women's and Children's hospitals in Chengdu, Southwest China. Children age 6-24 months who underwent routine child health care examination at outpatient and their parents were enrolled, while the Montreal Children's Hospital Feeding Scale which is validated was used to determine whether these children have FD.
Background: Nurses feature prominently in promoting advance care planning (ACP), but only a limited amount of relevant research has been conducted from the nurses' viewpoint, and little is known about the nurses' knowledge of and their willingness to promote ACP in China.
Aims: The aims of this study were to investigate oncology nurses' knowledge of and their willingness to promote ACP, and to explore associated factors.
Methods: A multi-centre study was conducted to investigate 350 nurses in the oncology departments of four university hospitals in southwestern China.
Objective: The purpose of this study is to understand the attitude of undergraduate nursing students toward advanced care planning (ACP) and their willingness to implement ACP and to analyze its influencing factors, so as to provide evidence-based basis for life and death education and ACP-related training in colleges and universities.
Methods: A total of 312 nursing undergraduates from a university in Chengdu (China) were surveyed by using general information questionnaire, attitude scale of ACP, and willingness questionnaire to implement ACP.
Results: The scores of undergraduate nursing students' attitude toward ACP were 24.
What Kind Of A Mobile Health App Do Patients Truly Want? A Pilot Study Among Ambulatory Surgery Patients.
Patient Prefer Adherence
December 2019
Background: An increasing number of surgeries are performed as ambulatory surgeries, and mobile health applications (m-health apps) have therefore been designed to help provide patients with more convenient health-care services and improve the working efficiency of health-care professionals (HCPs). To find an effective approach to design such m-health apps, a study to evaluate ambulatory surgery patients' preferences is necessary.
Methods: A structured questionnaire was distributed to 360 patients undergoing ambulatory surgery to understand their demographic characteristics, preferences regarding the features and functions of m-health apps and willingness to engage with m-health apps.