Publications by authors named "Roger L Amidon"
This study sets out to investigate the preferences of the elderly in northern Taiwan with regard to various types of long-term care services. Taking into consideration sociodemographics, health condition, and access to such medical care services, our study examined both economic and family factors in an attempt to gain an understanding of the knowledge of and attitudes toward, the various types of long-term care among the elderly. An interview survey was carried out by local public health nurses among a sample of 562 elderly Taiwanese residents (people aged 65 years or older) from 7 counties/cities in northern Taiwan, all of whom had been selected by means of multistage sampling.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To explore the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and health utility in an institutional elderly population.
Methods: Four hundred sixty-five elderly persons living in long-term care institutions in Taiwan were interviewed using Taiwan's abbreviated version of the World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-BREF), rating scale (RS) and the Time-Trade-Off (TTO) utility measurement.
Results: The WHOQOL-BREF showed acceptable internal consistency (alpha range: 0.
Objective: To use the Short Form 36 (SF-36) to determine the extent to which health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is decreased among primary caregivers of patients with cerebrovascular accident (CVA) or diabetes mellitus (DM) compared to normal Taiwanese population and to identify the determinants of this decrease.
Methods: Data from a cross-sectional survey of 187 primary caregivers who had responsibility for inpatients with a medically verified diagnosis of CVA or DM were compared to those of randomly selected residents. Data were collected by face-to-face interviews with trained interviewers.