Working Memory Ability Evaluation Based on Fuzzy Support Vector Regression.

One's working memory process is a fundamental cognitive activity which often serves as an indicator of brain disease and cognitive impairment. In this research, the approach to evaluate working memory ability by means of electroencephalography (EEG) analysis was proposed. The result shows that the EEG signals of subjects share some characteristics when performing working memory tasks.

Development and Psychometric Testing of a Taiwanese Team Interactions and Team Creativity Instrument (TITC-T) for Nursing Students.

Background: How well team members work together can be affected by team interactions and creativity. There is no single instrument for measuring both variables in healthcare education settings in Taiwan. The purpose of this study is to develop an instrument to measure team interactions and team creativity for Taiwanese nursing students.

The relationship of personal competencies, social adaptation, and job adaptation on job satisfaction.

Background: Personal competencies are associated with successful job performance. Job satisfaction is directly related to nursing turnover, and is a critical indicator of their performance and quality of patient care. However, little is known about the relationship between personal competencies, social adaptation, and job adaptation on job satisfaction for nurses.

Sexual Activity, Sexual Dysfunction, and Sexual Life Quality Among Psychiatric Hospital Inpatients With Schizophrenia.

Background: Sexual dysfunction occurs commonly in patients with psychiatric illness and may be related to the primary mental disorder, comorbidity with sexual disorders or medical illness, or medications used for mental disorders treatment, but the magnitude of this problem is unknown.

Aim: To estimate the prevalence of current sexual activity, sexual dysfunction, and sexual attitude and influence of factors on patients with schizophrenia.

Methods: This study used a cross-sectional design with a total of 317 patients diagnosed with schizophrenia.

Effectiveness of a psychoeducational programme in enhancing motivation to change alcohol-addictive behaviour.

Aims And Objectives: To evaluate the effectiveness of a psychoeducational programme in enhancing motivation to change alcohol-addictive behaviour.

Background: The prevalence of alcohol abuse has increased over the past 10 years, and the age of initial alcohol use has decreased gradually in Taiwan. Alcohol dependence is one of the leading causes of disability and has led to increases in the incidence of crime and violence, with alcohol abuse identified as a problem in society.

Bridging the gap in sexual healthcare in nursing practice: implementing a sexual healthcare training programme to improve outcomes.

Aims And Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a sexual healthcare training programme for clinical nurses, with respect to knowledge, attitudes and self-efficacy concerning sexual healthcare.

Background: Inadequate sexual healthcare can result in poor treatment and quality of life for patients. Few studies have examined the development of sexual healthcare and related interventions from nurses' perspectives.

Relationship between the knowledge, attitude, and self-efficacy on sexual health care for nursing students.

Promoting patients' sexual health for better quality of life is an important task for nurses. Little is known about the factors impacting nursing students to better prepare for the future nursing practice on sexual health care. The purpose of the study is to address the need for nursing education on sexuality by exploring the relationship between nursing students' knowledge, attitude, and self-efficacy for patients' sexual health care.

Clinical predictors associated with full remission versus episode of major depressive disorder outpatients: the experience at a teaching hospital in Taiwan.

Background: When depressed patients are in remission, the clinical characteristics indicate that they are able to participate in social activities more regularly, and their impairment in daily functioning is improved. The present study examines the clinical characteristics associated with one- and two month clinical response in outpatients with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) in Taiwan.

Methods: A total of 160 outpatients were initially recruited from the medical centre in Taiwan.

Effectiveness of the sexual healthcare education in nursing students' knowledge, attitude, and self-efficacy on sexual healthcare.

Few researchers and curricula have experimentally tested sexual healthcare education on nursing students' knowledge, attitudes and self-efficacy improvement towards sexual healthcare - a gap in the nursing evidence-base that this study was designed to address. A quasi-experimental design was used to evaluate the effectiveness of the sexual healthcare education on nursing students' knowledge, attitude, and self-efficacy related to sexual healthcare. The experimental group (95 subjects) received the 12-week program, but the control group (95 subjects) didn't.

Sexual health care for women with dyspareunia.

Female dyspareunia is a serious impairment with a prevalence of up to 39.5%, imposing a significant burden on women's health, relationship, and quality of life. Because the causes of female dyspareunia are associated with multiple biological, medical, psychological, sociocultural, and interpersonal dimensions, all members of the health team should help fill this gap in the total care of the patient.

Taiwanese adult cancer patients' reports of using complementary therapies.

Background: More information is needed by cancer clinicians regarding cancer patients' use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM).

Objective: In this qualitative study, in-depth interviews were used to obtain the reports of adult cancer patients regarding their use of CAM.

Methods: Seven cancer patients (4 women, 3 men) who reported using CAM were recruited by snowball sampling.

Predictors of adherence to an antidepressant medication regimen among patients diagnosed with depression in Taiwan.

This study explored the predictors of medication adherence among Taiwanese people with major depression and dysthymic disorder. Previous research indicates that depressed patients vary in compliance with their medication regimen. Poor compliance reduces the therapeutic effect of medication.

Factors related to quality of life in depressive outpatients in Taiwan.

Issues related to recovery of quality of life (QoL) in depressive outpatients have been raised. This descriptive correlation study investigated QoL in depressive outpatients in Taiwan. A total of 181 depressive outpatients participated in the study.

[Applying solution focused brief therapy to the nursing of a depressive patient with negative thinking].

This case report is intended to share the nursing experience of applying solution focused brief therapy to a depressive patient with negative thinking. From February 7th to March 20, 2006, the authors collected data using observation, direct nursing care, interviews, scales, and holistic nursing assessments. Data analysis revealed the patient's problems to be feelings of hopelessness, low long-term esteem, potential violence toward self, social interaction disturbance, and sleep disturbance.

[An exploratory study of psychiatric patients' needs and nurses' current practices related to sexual counseling].

The purpose of this study was to explore psychiatric patient needs and current nursing practice with regard to sexual counseling and to understand differences in individual patient characteristics. A total of 182 psychiatric patients and 44 psychiatric nurses were purposively selected from a mental hospital in northern Taiwan. Results revealed that 63.

Predischarge psychoeducational needs in Taiwan: comparisons of psychiatric patients, relatives, and professionals.

A survey was conducted to assess the predischarge psychoeducational needs of psychiatric inpatients and their relatives compared to the perception of their needs by mental health professionals in Taiwan. A questionnaire survey adapted from Mueser et al. was used with a sample of 300 participants for this descriptive study.