Classification of Vascular Hotspots and Micro-Vessel Flow Velocity Waveforms in Low-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions and HPV Condyloma of the Cervix.

To assess hotspot micro-vessel flow velocity waveforms in human papillomavirus (HPV) cervical infections using transvaginal power Doppler ultrasound (TV-PDU) and to explore the associations of these sonographic parameters with HPV condyloma and low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (LSIL) of the cervix. A total of 39 patients with cervical HPV infections with abnormal cytology and colposcopy results (26 cases of LSIL; 13 cases of HPV condyloma) were enrolled to assess the vascular classification of the cervix and micro-vessel flow velocity using TV-PDU before treatment; 40 individuals with a pathologically normal cervix were used as the control group; seven parameters were measured, including vascular grading classification (Class I, Class II, and Class III), lowest pulsatility index (PI), resistance index (RI), peak systolic velocity (PS), end-diastolic velocity (ED), time average maximum velocity (TAMV), and the vascular index (VI = PS/ED). According to vascular classification, most LSILs were class I (69.

Cervical Power Doppler Angiography with Micro Vessel Blood Flow Indices in the Auxiliary Diagnosis of Acute Cervicitis.

We have conducted cervical imaging of uterine and micro-vessel flow velocity waveforms in acute pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) by transvaginal power Doppler ultrasound (TVPDU) in order to explore the associations of sonographic parameters with simple and complex cervicitis. Thirty-eight patients with acute PID (26 with acute simple cervicitis and 12 with complex cervicitis) were enrolled for an assessment of vascular grading of cervix and micro-vessel flow velocity using TVPDU before treatment. Seven parameters, including vascular grading (VG), lowest pulsatility index (PI), resistance index (RI), peak systolic velocity (PS), end diastolic velocity (ED), time average maximum velocity (TAMV), and vascular index (VI = PS/ED), were measured and recorded.

Exploring bowel dysfunction of patients following colorectal surgery: A cohort study.

Aims And Objectives: To examine changes in patients' bowel function and to compare patients' outcome among different operation and treatment after rectal resection.

Background: Anal-preserving surgery is the trend of treatment of colorectal cancer and bowel function after surgery needs to be concerned.

Design: Prospective cohort study.

Sleep quality at 3 months postpartum considering maternal age: A comparative study.

Background: Poor sleep quality is related to old age among the general population, but few studies have focused on postpartum women of advanced maternal age. The present study aimed to describe and compare sleep quality between women younger or older than 35 years of age at 3 months postpartum, and to examine the related factors.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted with 160 postpartum women who had given birth at a teaching hospital in Taiwan.

[Effects of Auricular Acupressure on Improving the Sleep Quality of Puerperae].

Background: Puerperae exhibit generally poor sleep quality. Previous studies have shown auricular acupressure as effective in improving the sleep problems of nurses, college students, and elderly indigenous Taiwanese women. However, no study has yet examined the effectiveness of auricular acupressure in improving the sleep quality of postpartum women.

Effect of auricular acupressure for postpartum insomnia: an uncontrolled clinical trial.

Aims And Objectives: This study examined the effects of auricular acupressure therapy on women with postpartum insomnia.

Background: Postpartum women generally have poor sleep quality because of frequent night-time breastfeeding during the first month after giving birth.

Design: A one-group pretest/post-test quasi-experiment was conducted.

Back massage intervention for relieving lower back pain in puerperal women: A randomized control trial study.

This study evaluates the effectiveness of a back massage (BM) intervention in relieving lower back pain (LBP) in post-partum women.This is a randomized controlled trial study. Sixty normal spontaneous delivery women (response rate: 96.

Physical activities during pregnancy and type of delivery in nulliparae.

The aim of this study was to investigate changes in physical activity across pregnancy and the relationship between trimester-specific physical activity and unplanned caesarean sections (CSs). A cohort study design was carried out. A cohort of 150 pregnant women was established when they received prenatal care at 29-40 weeks of gestation at a medical centre in northern Taiwan.

Stress, sleep quality and unplanned Caesarean section in pregnant women.

This study examines the relationship among prenatal maternal stress, sleep quality and unplanned Caesarean delivery. For this research, we adopted a prospective survey design and a sample of 200 women in the early stages of labour. The findings were as follows: (i) 11.

A survey of patients' quality of life and health-care needs prior to undergoing total joint replacement surgery.

The objective of this study was to identify patients' quality of life (QOL) and health-care needs before undergoing total joint replacement surgery. This study used a cross-sectional descriptive survey approach. Data were collected in 2007.

Randomised controlled trial of the effectiveness of using back massage to improve sleep quality among Taiwanese insomnia postpartumwomen.

Objective: to examine the effectiveness of using back massage to improve sleep quality in postpartum women.

Design And Setting: randomised controlled trial, conducted at a postpartum centre in Northern Taiwan.

Participants: sixty postpartum women reporting poor quality of sleep were recruited from February 2012 to May 2012.

Community-based postpartum exercise program.

Aims And Objectives: To evaluate the effectiveness of an exercise programme for postpartum women to lose weight and relieve fatigue and depression.

Background: The optimal period for weight loss is six months postpartum. However, most women cannot return to their pre-pregnancy fitness level within that period of time.

The effect of using a relaxation tape on pulse, respiration, blood pressure and anxiety levels of surgical patients.

Aim: This study aims to investigate the effect of a relaxation tape on levels of anxiety in surgical patients.

Background: Surgery is a stressful event for patients. Because of uncertainty regarding surgery and anaesthesia, patients often experience heightened anxiety and fear.

Effects of postpartum exercise program on fatigue and depression during "doing-the-month" period.

This study explored the effectiveness of an exercise program on reducing levels of fatigue and depression among postpartum women who were "doing-the-month" in a maternity center in Taiwan. Previous studies related to postpartum have focused on depression rather than women's feelings of fatigue, and no study related to exercise has previously been conducted in a Taiwan maternity center. A low-intensity exercise program was specifically designed and administered to 31 subjects in the study's intervention group.

Adherence to "Doing-the-month" practices is associated with fewer physical and depressive symptoms among postpartum women in Taiwan.

According to traditional Chinese custom, women should be confined to home and assisted with tasks for 1 month after giving birth to a child. This restrictive regimen is referred to as doing-the-month. The objectives of this study were to describe adherence to doing-the-month practices and to explore the association between adherence to doing-the-month practices and physical symptoms and depression among postpartum women in Taiwan.

Health-related quality of life among 3--4-year-old children born with very low birthweight.

Aim: This paper reports a study comparing health-related quality of life at 3-4 years of age among children born with very low birthweight (
Background: Advances in modern medicine have increased the survival of infants with very low birthweight, but its impact on quality of life of children during preschool years has been less studied.

Methods: The study sample included 118 children born with very low birthweight and 170 non-very low birthweight controls in Taiwan.

The number of Baby Friendly hospital practices experienced by mothers is positively associated with breastfeeding: a questionnaire survey.

Objectives: The objective of this study was to examine the association between number of Baby Friendly hospital practices (based on World Health Organization/United Nations Children's Fund Ten Steps to successful breastfeeding) experienced by mothers and breastfeeding initiation during hospital stay, breastfeeding at 1 month and breastfeeding at 3 months after delivery.

Methods: The study population consisted of mothers who gave birth to infants without congenital anomalies at hospitals in Taiwan from June to October of 2003, inclusively. A total of 2079 mothers participated in the postal questionnaire survey.

Development and psychometric properties of the Chinese language version of the TAPQOL: a health-related quality of life instrument for preschool children.

The objectives of this study were to assess psychometric properties of the Mandarin version of the TZO-AZL Preschool Children Quality of Life (TAPQOL) questionnaire in Taiwanese preschool children. Two groups of children, a very low birthweight group (n=118) and a not-very low birthweight group (n=170), were recruited. The internal consistency was acceptable and the correlation coefficients between the 12 subscales were low.

[Concepts and measures of health-related quality of life for children].

Health-related quality of life is considered an important outcome indicator in medical care, yet few studies have been conducted on Taiwanese children's health-related quality of life due to the lack of a measurement tool and no clear agreement on a concept definition. The authors present a review of previous work done in this area with the intended goal of helping Taiwanese health professionals gain insights into the concept of children's quality of life and to incorporate their new knowledge into their care plans. It is also hoped that the information will help researchers in their efforts to study quality of life among children as an indicator for assessing pediatric patient outcomes.

Fatigue during pregnancy predicts caesarean deliveries.

Background: Previous studies on fatigue and pregnancy outcomes were confined to women with occupational fatigue and did not include women who did not work outside the home. Fatigue during mid- and late pregnancy has rarely been studied.

Aims: This paper reports a study examining the associations between work factors, household factors, and fatigue among low-risk pregnant women in Taiwan and links the effects of fatigue to preterm births and caesarean deliveries.

Physical and social predictors for pre-term births and low birth weight infants in Taiwan.

The purpose of this study was to examine the risk factors associated with pre-term labor (PTL) (< 37 gestational weeks) and low birth weight (LBW) (< 2500 gm) infants in a healthy Taiwanese population. From December 1998 through June 1999, a total of 633 healthy pregnant women were recruited at three teaching hospitals in Taipei. Using a prospective study design, the pregnancy outcome information was followed up by telephone or from medical records during the first month postpartum.