The perceived relationship quality with migrant domestic workers is correlated with a lower level of loneliness among community-dwelling older adults: A cross-sectional study.

Purpose: To explore older adults' perceived relationship quality with migrant domestic workers (MDWs) and examine the correlation between older adult/MDW (O-M) relationship quality and loneliness of community-dwelling older adults.

Materials And Methods: In this cross-sectional study, older adults living with MDWs were conveniently recruited from neighbourhood elderly centers in Hong Kong. Loneliness and O-M relationship quality were assessed by the 6-item De Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale and the mutuality scale, respectively.

Factors affecting nursing students' intention to use a 3D game to learn field triage skills: a structural equation modelling analysis.

Background: As mass casualty incidents are low-probability events, students often do not have the chance to practise field triage skills during their clinical placement. This study used a 3D game to engage participants in experiential learning in a realistic virtual environment. The purpose of the study was to explore factors affecting nursing students' intention to use a 3D game to learn field triage skills.

The Effectiveness of Disaster Education for Undergraduate Nursing Students' Knowledge, Willingness, and Perceived Ability: An Evaluation Study.

As future healthcare professionals, nursing students should possess the appropriate knowledge, skills, and positive attitude to respond to public health emergencies or disasters worldwide. This study evaluated the effectiveness of a disaster management training course at improving Hong Kong nursing students' disaster knowledge, willingness, and perceived ability. A mixed-method design using a single group with pre- and post-intervention comparisons followed by qualitative focus group interviews, was conducted.

The Psychological and Quality of Life Impacts on Women in Hong Kong during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has caused a global health crisis. The adverse impacts on Asian women, including those in Hong Kong, are substantial. This cross-sectional online study examined the impacts of COVID-19 on Hong Kong women, including psychological effects, self-belief in coping, and quality of life, and was conducted over 4 weeks from July to August 2020.

Learning Experience of Baccalaureate Nursing Students with Challenge-Based Learning in Hong Kong: A Descriptive Qualitative Study.

Nursing education has recently adopted challenge-based learning (CBL) to enhance nursing students' competency in the 21st-century healthcare environment. Previous studies have not yet fully explored nursing students' perceptions of CBL. This descriptive qualitative study aimed to investigate the learning experience of first-year baccalaureate nursing students engaging with CBL.

Perceptions of optimal end-of-life care in hospitals: A cross-sectional study of nurses in three locations.

Aim: To examine whether nurses' location of employment, demographics, or training influences their perceptions of what constitutes optimal care for dying patients in hospital.

Design: Questionnaire-based, cross-sectional study.

Methods: Between December 2016-June 2018, 582 registered or enrolled nurses from Australia (N = 153), South Korea (N = 241), and Hong Kong (N = 188) employed in a variety of hospital care units rated the extent to which they agreed with 29 indicators of optimal end-of-life care across four domains: patient, family, healthcare team, and healthcare system.

Nursing students' experiences and perceptions of learner-centred education in a disaster nursing course: A qualitative study.

Learner-centred education has been shown to be an effective teaching method in the healthcare disciplines that integrate practical skills and theoretical knowledge. However, the elements of learner-centred education that influence students' motivation and engagement in learning remain unclear. In this descriptive qualitative research study, 43 nursing students in a baccalaureate nursing programme in Hong Kong who enrolled in a disaster and trauma nursing course were recruited through purposive sampling.

Nurses' perceptions of and barriers to the optimal end-of-life care in hospitals: A cross-sectional study.

Aims And Objectives: To assess nurses' perceptions of what constitutes optimal end-of-life (EOL) care in hospital and evaluate nurses' perceived barriers to EOL care delivery.

Background: Care of dying patients is common in hospitals. However, little is known about the important elements of and barriers to optimal EOL care from key service providers' perspective, which is crucial for quality EOL care in hospital settings.

To evaluate the effect of challenge-based learning on the approaches to learning of Chinese nursing students: A quasi-experimental study.

Challenge-based learning (CBL) is a learner-centred, experimental learning strategy that aims to prepare students to manage unforeseeable and complex global issues in the 21st century. It cultivates an active and authentic learning environment that requires students' creative input, collaboration and community involvement. Studies in the past decade have shown that CBL strengthens soft skills essential for future society, such as critical thinking and creativity.

The technology implications of master's level education in the professionalization of nursing: A narrative inquiry.

Aims: (a) To explore the meanings of master's education in the professionalization of nursing; and (b) to describe the core attributes that nurses gained through master's study.

Design: Narrative inquiry.

Methods: From June 2017 to June 2018, unstructured interviews were conducted with 12 master-prepared nurses at advanced nursing position with minimum 5 years of postregistration experience.

Identifying Core Competencies of Infection Control Nurse Specialists in Hong Kong.

Purpose: To confirm a core competency scale for Hong Kong infection control nurses at the advanced nursing practice level from the core competency items proposed in a previous phase of this study. This would serve as the foundation of competency assurance in Hong Kong hospitals.

Design: A cross-sectional survey design was used.

Factors associated with resilience of adult survivors five years after the 2008 Sichuan earthquake in China.

Given the paucity of quantitative empirical research on survivors' resilience and its predictors in the context of long-term recovery after disasters, we examined how resilience predictors differed by gender among adult survivors five years after the Sichuan earthquake. This was a cross-sectional survey study of adult survivors (N = 495; aged 18-60) living in reconstructed communities five years into the recovery process after the Wenchuan earthquake. The instruments we used included assessments of sociodemographic characteristics and earthquake exposure level, the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale, and the Social Support Rating Scale.

The effect of diabetes self-management education on body weight, glycemic control, and other metabolic markers in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Aims: To comprehensively evaluate the effect of a short-term diabetes self-management education (DSME) on metabolic markers and atherosclerotic parameters in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Methods: 76 patients with type 2 diabetes were recruited in this study. They were divided into the intervention group (n = 36) and control group (n = 40).

Cumulative effects of hypertension, dyslipidemia, and chronic kidney disease on carotid atherosclerosis in Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

AIMS. The aim of this study is to determine the extent of carotid atherosclerosis in Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes in relation to the cumulative atherosclerosis risk factors using ultrasonography. METHODS.

Effect of continuous oral suctioning on the development of ventilator-associated pneumonia: a pilot randomized controlled trial.

Background: Both continuous and intermittent aspiration of subglottic secretions by means of specially designed endotracheal tubes containing a separate dorsal lumen that opens into the subglottic region have been shown to be useful in reducing ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). However, the high cost of these tubes restricts their use.

Objective: The aim of this pilot randomized controlled trial was to test the effect of a low-cost device (saliva ejector) for continuous oral suctioning (COS) on the incidence of VAP in patients receiving mechanical ventilation.

Exploring the intention to use a clinical imaging portal for enhancing healthcare education.

Clinical imaging plays an integral role in disease diagnosis and patient care. It is good for healthcare professionals such as nurses to acquire skills and knowledge in radiological examination requests and image interpretation, since this kind of role extension provides more personalized patient care and streamlines the service. This study described the development of a clinical imaging portal to facilitate independent learning in image interpretation and explored factors affecting intentions to use the portal based on the technology acceptance model (TAM), with the computer self-efficacy construct as an external variable.

Factors influencing presence in virtual worlds.

Virtual worlds are showing potential as an effective platform for a variety of activities, including learning. The concept of presence (the sensation of "being there" in a mediated environment) has received substantial attention from the virtual reality community, and the effectiveness of virtual worlds has often been linked to the feelings of presence reported by their users. The present study examined the effects of attitude and perceived ease of use on sense of presence in Second Life, which is one of the most known and used virtual worlds.

Validity and reliability of the proposed core competency for infection control nurses of hospitals in Hong Kong.

Literature review and the Delphi approach were used to draft the core competency items of hospital infection control nurses in Hong Kong. Content validity, internal consistency, and test-retest reliability of the proposed core competency were ensured. The result serves as the foundation of developing training and assessment tools for infection control nurses in Hong Kong.

Continuing nursing education via the internet: An evaluation.

The aim of this study was to describe registered nurses' experiences and evaluate their satisfaction with web-based continuing nursing education. A convenient sample of 64 nurses participated in this study. They were given access right to logon a WebCT courseware entitled Nursing Care of Mechanically Ventilated Patients developed by the author.

Experiences of online learning: students' perspective.

This paper explores students' views of an online learning initiative within a post-registration degree in nursing in Hong Kong. A self-administered questionnaire was used for data collection. One hundred and ninety eight students completed the study.