Experience and number of patients as associated factors toward clinical confidence among nursing students in caring for tuberculosis patients in Indonesia.

Background: Nurses and nursing students are at greater risk of tuberculosis (TB) exposure due to their higher intensity contact with patients. In Indonesia, a country with high TB incidence, it is crucial to assess undergraduate nursing students' clinical confidence during their clinical practicums.

Purpose: This study aimed to explore factors associated with nursing students' clinical confidence in caring for TB patients.

Taiwanese fathers' experiences of caring for their children during childhood cancer treatment.

Purpose: Parents must manage their own stress and help their child with cancer during the treatment process, both physically and emotionally. With the increased involvement of fathers in caring for the family, how fathers adjust to the stress and play a role in care responsibilities is unknown. This study aimed to explore the fathers' experiences of caring for their ill child during the cancer diagnosis and treatment process.

Perceptions of Taiwanese college students toward human papillomavirus infection: A qualitative descriptive study.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to explore college students' perceptions of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and their thoughts on prevention measures.

Design And Methods: A qualitative descriptive design was used. The study adopted purposive sampling at two universities in northern Taiwan and one in central Taiwan.

Managing type 1 diabetes of a child: Parents' perspectives.

Purpose: Managing type 1 diabetes (T1D) challenges children and their parents. Parents need to learn the necessary skills and later transfer the responsibility of care to their children as they develop. The transition process involves autonomy in behaviour and decision-making.

Severity of Binge Eating Behavior among Overweight College Students in Taiwan and Associated Factors.

Background: Binge eating (BE) is considered a marker of obesity and overweight and a significant characteristic of feeding and eating disorders. Despite the high prevalence of obesity on college campuses, the issue of BE among college students in Taiwan has received little attention. The aim of this study was to investigate BE behavior among overweight college students in Taiwan and associated factors.

The parental experience of participating in surgical decision-making regarding one's child with a congenital heart disease in Taiwan.

Purpose: This study explores how parents experienced the surgical decision-making process for their child with a congenital heart disease (CHD).

Design And Methods: Purposive sampling was used in this qualitative descriptive study at a medical center in Northern Taiwan. Twelve parents whose children had cardiac corrective surgery participated in one-to-one in-depth interviews.

Ranking the environmental factors of indoor air quality of metropolitan independent coffee shops by Random Forests model.

Independent coffee shops are the alternative workplaces for people working remotely from traditional offices but are not concerned about their indoor air quality (IAQ). This study aimed to rank the environmental factors in affecting the IAQ by Random Forests (RFs) models. The indoor environments and human activities of participated independent coffee shops were observed and recorded for 3 consecutive days including weekdays and weekend during the business hours.

Development and validation of a brief version of the traditional Chinese Stressors in Nursing Students scale among college nursing students in Taiwan.

Objective: The 43-item Stressors in Nursing Students (SINS) scale has been evaluated among nursing students in several countries, including China, Hong Kong, Japan, Pakistan, and Spain. However, the original four-factor structure has not been consistently replicated in all of these populations. The aim of this study was to develop a brief version of the traditional Chinese SINS (TC-SINS) scale and to validate it in Taiwanese nursing students.

Applying Mindfulness Techniques to the Management of Depressive Tendencies in Women in Taiwan in the Perinatal Period: A Qualitative Study.

Purpose: Perinatal distress, especially depression, commonly occurs during pregnancy and the first year postpartum, but this medical condition are often undiagnosed and untreated. The present study explored how women with depressive symptoms during the perinatal period who had participated in a mindfulness course applied the training and perceived its effects.

Methods: This descriptive qualitative study included 16 women with probable perinatal depression who had participated in an 8-week mindfulness-based childbirth and parenting program during their pregnancy and agreed to be interviewed.

Maternal Confidence and Parenting Stress of First-Time Mothers in Taiwan: The Impact of Sources and Types of Social Support.

The adjustment process to becoming a mother is affected by culture. However, earlier studies have not clarified the relationship between parenting stress, social support, and maternal confidence in non-Western women. This study examined the associations between different types and sources of social support, maternal confidence, and parenting stress experienced by first-time mothers.

Time-Varying Risk Factors Associated With the Progress of Functional Recovery and Psychological Distress in First-Ever Stroke Patients.

BACKGROUND: Evaluation of stroke recovery outcome is crucial and a major goal of clinical practice. A recovery trajectory model serves as a prognostic tool that enables development of effective intervention and long-term management to improve poststroke recovery outcomes. This study explored time-varying risk factors associated with the progression of functional recovery and psychological distress poststroke.

Applying the Technology Acceptance Model to Explore Nursing Students' Behavioral Intention to Use Nursing Information Smartphones in a Clinical Setting.

The integration of mobile devices and nursing information systems has become a trend in modern clinical practice with various information and communication technologies available. Smartphones are gradually replacing notebooks in clinical practice as a medium for nursing information systems. Clinical nursing practicums are a necessary means for nursing students to foster their professional competence.

The Effect of Self-Efficacy in Self-Management on Diabetes Distress in Young People with Type 2 Diabetes.

To understand the relationship among glycemic control, self-efficacy in diabetes management, and diabetes distress in young people with type 2 diabetes, a cross-sectional descriptive study with convenience sampling was designed. A total of 60 young people who had type 2 diabetes (T2D), with 24 (40%) males and 36 (60%) females were included. The mean age was 17.

Parental experiences of educational supports offered during their child's cancer treatment.

Background: To explore how parents of children with cancer offer educational supports during the treatment process.

Methods: Based on a descriptive qualitative method design, 29 mothers and 19 fathers of children with cancer were interviewed on their experiences of supporting their child's education during their child's treatment through semi-structured interviews.

Result: Six themes were summarized from the parents' experiences in supporting their child's education during treatment: initial emphasis on survival over education; educational strategies important when returning to everyday life post-treatment; parents and educators have different expectations; child's extracurricular activities provided a sense of accomplishment; preparing for transition to school; and long-term concern was for the child's health and happiness.

Psychosocial stress, self-esteem, and social adjustment: A moderated mediation analysis in Taiwanese adolescents with Tourette syndrome.

Purpose: Recent studies have shown that tics and related comorbidities can cause poorer social adjustment, lower self-esteem, and higher psychosocial stress among adolescents with Tourette syndrome. This study explored the role of self-esteem in mediating the relationship between psychosocial stress and social adjustment among adolescents with Tourette syndrome, and the role of comorbidities in moderating the relationship between self-esteem and social adjustment.

Design And Methods: In this descriptive cross-sectional study, 118 Taiwanese adolescents with Tourette syndrome aged between 12 and 20 years old were recruited via convenience sampling.

Factors affecting motor development of toddlers who received cardiac corrective procedures during infancy.

Background: A risk adjustment in congenital heart surgery (RACHS-1) method was used for assessing quality of care in children undergoing congenital heart surgery. Children in RACHS-1 categories 1-4 had high survival rates. Little was known about these children and their prognosis of motor development during toddlerhood.

Evaluation of an e-Learning Breastfeeding Program for Postpartum Mothers of Moderately High-Risk Newborn Infants Admitted to the Special Care Nursery.

Because of a lack of proper breastfeeding education to mothers and the visitation policy in the special care nursery, breastfeeding initiation and maintenance can be very challenging for both the mother and her infant who is admitted to the neonatal special care nursery after birth. Difficulties associated with forming initial bonds may contribute to some mothers changing their mind about their initially chosen feeding method. The aim of this quasi-experimental study was to evaluate the effectiveness of an e-learning breastfeeding program on maternal breastfeeding outcomes.

Triptolide prevents LPS-induced skeletal muscle atrophy via inhibiting NF-κB/TNF-α and regulating protein synthesis/degradation pathway.

Background And Purpose: Increasing evidence suggests systemic inflammation-caused skeletal muscle atrophy as a major clinical feature of cachexia. Triptolide obtained from Tripterygium wilfordii Hook F possesses potent anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive effects. The present study aims to evaluate the protective effects and molecular mechanisms of triptolide on inflammation-induced skeletal muscle atrophy.

The Potential of Phytochemicals in Oral Cancer Prevention and Therapy: A Review of the Evidence.

The etiological factors of oral cancer are complex including drinking alcohol, smoking tobacco, betel quid chewing, human papillomavirus infection, and nutritional deficiencies. Understanding the molecular mechanism of oral cancer is vital. The traditional treatment for patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma (e.

Experiences of Family Resource Utilization Among Taiwanese Parents of Children with Developmental Delay.

Purpose: To describe the experiences of the utilization of family resources by parents of children with developmental delay (DD) when receiving early intervention (EI) services.

Design And Methods: A Descriptive phenomenological approach was applied to conduct this study. Purposive sampling was utilized to select 17 parents of children with DD from a teaching hospital in northern Taiwan.

Impairment of mitochondrial unfolded protein response contribute to resistance declination of H O -induced injury in senescent MRC-5 cell model.

Accumulation of oxidative proteins within mitochondria leads to loss of mitochondrial function, which may lead to age-related degenerative diseases. Mitochondrial antioxidant defense capacity reflects the expression of mitochondrial unfolded protein response (mtUPR)-related proteins. Senescent cells are considered to be less resistant to cellular stress stimuli than exponentially growing cells.

Low interest in clinical practicum placement is associated with increased stress in nursing students in Taiwan: A cross-sectional survey study.

Background: Nursing students often find themselves in a highly competitive environment, and stress is a commonly acknowledged experience in nursing students.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to explore factors, particularly an interest in nursing and in clinical practicum placement, associated with stress in Taiwanese nursing students.

Design: Cross-sectional survey study.

The Effectiveness of an Intervention Program for Fathers of Hospitalized Preterm Infants on Paternal Support and Attachment 1 Month After Discharge.

This aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of an early intervention program to reduce paternal stress and increase fathering ability after a preterm infant's admission to the special care nursery and to influence paternal support for the mother and the father's attachment to the infant 1 month later. A historical comparison study was designed and an empowerment intervention strategy for the fathers of preterm infants was implemented. Forty-one fathers of preterm infants in the control group received routine care, and 41 fathers of preterm infants in the intervention group received an early fatherhood intervention program in the special care nursery.

Naringenin, a dietary flavanone, enhances insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor-mediated antioxidant defense and attenuates methylglyoxal-induced neurite damage and apoptotic death.

Recent studies revealed the neuroprotective effects of naringenin (NGEN), a common dietary bioflavonoid contained in citrus fruits. However, there are limited data on its protection against methylglyoxal (MG), the most potent precursor of advanced glycation end-products. The present study was to investigate the protection of NGEN on MG-induced neurotoxicity and the involvement of insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor (IGF-1R) signaling.