Publications by authors named "Shu-Pen Hsu"
Article Synopsis
- Frailty is prevalent in heart failure patients, and while existing scales like the Clinical Frailty Scale exist, they lack extensive validation for this specific group.
- This study developed and validated the Frailty Assessment Scale for Heart Failure (FAS-HF) through expert input and testing on 184 patients in northern Taiwan, resulting in a reliable 15-item scale.
- The FAS-HF demonstrated good reliability and validity with a high Cronbach's alpha (0.87) and an optimal cutoff score for frailty identified as 20, suggesting it’s a useful tool for assessing frailty in heart failure patients.
The Lived Experience of Frailty in Patients Aged 60 Years and Older with Heart Failure: A Qualitative Study.
Asian Nurs Res (Korean Soc Nurs Sci)
October 2023
Purpose: The prevalence of frailty among patients with heart failure is about 45%. Frailty may result in patients' functional decline, falls, disability, and decreased quality of life. Qualitative studies can explore older patients' perceptions of frailty and help patients cope with it.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Stress urinary incontinence (SUI), which causes involuntarily leakage of urine, has an impact on many women and may affect self-efficacy, which, in turn, can lead to poor health-related quality of life (QOL). This study aimed to explore the effects of sociodemographic and health information, symptom distress, self-efficacy, and positive thinking on the health-related QOL (general QOL and urinary incontinence-specific QOL) of women with SUI.
Methods: A cross-sectional study design was used.
Background: Although patients with coronary artery disease can benefit from adequate physical activity, low physical activity levels have been reported among these patients. Gender-based disparities might contribute to variations in physical activity. However, knowledge regarding gender differences in factors associated with physical activity among patients with coronary artery disease is limited.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: This study aims to describe health-promoting behaviors and their predictors in patients with coronary artery disease.
Background: Health-promoting behaviors may improve quality of life and reduce cardiac mortality yet more than 80% of heart patients fail to maintain their health-promoting behaviors.
Methods: This cross-sectional study recruited 200 patients with coronary artery disease from a medical center in Taiwan.
Aim: To compare the effectiveness of three different oral care protocols in intubated patients.
Background: Although oral care is important to improve the oral mucosa integrity in intubated patients, there are few evidence-based nursing protocols to deal with this problem in critical care units.
Design: A quasi-experimental design was employed for this study.