Experience of Older Patients with COPD Using Disease Management Apps: A Qualitative Study.

(1) Background: Digital medicine is developing in the management of chronic diseases in older people, but there is still a lack of information on the use of disease management apps in older patients with COPD. This study aims to explore the views and experience of older patients with COPD on disease management apps to provide a basis for the development and promotion of apps for geriatric diseases. (2) Methods: A descriptive qualitative research method was used.

Fall risk perception in older adults: A concept analysis.

Background: Fall prevention is crucial for older adults. Enhanced fall risk perception can encourage older adults to participate in fall prevention programs. However, there is still no unified definition of the concept of fall risk perception.

Factors Associated with the e-Health Literacy Among Older Adults with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Cross-Sectional Study.

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Development of a Pulmonary Rehabilitation Patient Decision Aid for Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Mixed Methods Study.

Background: Pulmonary rehabilitation is an important part of the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but the participation rate of pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD patients is low. Patient decision aids can facilitate patient participation in pulmonary rehabilitation decisions by providing information and incorporating patient values. The aim of this study was to develop a pulmonary rehabilitation decision aid for patients with COPD.

Patient Experiences and Perspectives of Their Decision-Making to Accept Lung Transplantation Referral: A Qualitative Study.

Providing early lung transplantation referral services should be considered to reduce pre-transplant mortality in patients with advanced disease. This study aimed to explore the reasons for lung transplantation referral decisions in patients and provide evidence for the development of transplantation referral services. This was a qualitative, retrospective, and descriptive study involving conventional content analysis.

Temperature-assisted photochemical construction of CdS-based ordered porous films with photocatalytic activities on solution surfaces.

Taking a colloidal monolayer floating on the surface of a precursor solution as template, free-standing CdS/Cd composites and pure CdS (CdS-based) ordered porous films had been prepared by a temperature-assisted photochemical strategy. After irradiation with UV-light and heat treatment, the films formed hemi-spherical pores due to the preferable deposition of CdS and Cd onto the PS spheres during the photochemical and interfacial reactions. When the temperature increased from 15 to 60°C, the air/water interface gradually changed into a vapor/water interface on the surface of the solution, resulting in variations of the final compositions.