Effects of the Advanced Innovative Internet-Based Communication Education Program on Promoting Communication Between Nurses and Patients With Dementia.

Background: Effective communication between nurses and patients with dementia promotes the quality of patient care by improving the identification of patient needs and by reducing the miscommunication-related frustration of patients and nurses.

Purpose: This study evaluates the effects of an advanced innovative Internet-based communication education (AIICE) program on nurses' communication knowledge, attitudes, frequency of assessing patient communication capacity, and communication performance in the context of care for patients with dementia. In addition, this study attempts to evaluate the indirect effects of this program on outcomes for patients with dementia, including memory and behavior-related problems and depressive symptoms.

Sociodemographic and meteorological correlates of sudden infant death in Taiwan.

Background: This study was designed, using three national datasets including the Taiwan Death Registry, Taiwan Birth Registry, and National Meteorological Dataset, to examine the sociodemographic, geographic and meteorological correlates of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).

Methods: One thousand, six hundred and seventy-one cases of SIDS occurring between 1994 and 2003, and 8355 matched controls were included in this nested case-control study.

Results: Over the study period, the annual rate of SIDS declined only slightly, with an average annual rate of 57.

Risk of Alzheimer's disease in relation to diabetes: a population-based cohort study.

Background/aims: Detailed information on the age- and sex-specific relationships between diabetes and Alzheimer's disease (AD) is scarce. This study aims to prospectively investigate the age- and sex-specific incidence density and relative hazards of AD in relation to diabetes.

Methods: A total of 615,529 diabetic patients and 614,871 age- and sex-matched random controls were linked to the claim data from 2000-2008 to identify the first occurrence of a primary or secondary diagnosis of AD.

Age- and sex-specific risks of colorectal cancers in diabetic patients.

Diabetes has been reported to increase the risk of colorectal neoplasm in most but not all studies. However, the data on age- and sex-specific incidence rates and relative risks associated with diabetes are limited. We carried out this population-based cohort study to investigate the overall sex- and age-specific risks of colorectal cancer in association with diabetes.

Risk of Parkinson disease onset in patients with diabetes: a 9-year population-based cohort study with age and sex stratifications.

Objective: We retrospectively assessed the age- and sex-specific incidence and relative risk of Parkinson disease (PD) in Taiwan's diabetic population.

Research Design And Methods: Study cohort included 603,416 diabetic patients and 472,188 nondiabetic control subjects. Incidence rate and relative risk of PD (ICD-9-CM 332.

Children's adjustment to parental cancer: a theoretical model development.

There is growing empirical evidence that various child and family factors are associated with children's reactions to parental cancer. Children having parents with cancer may respond to parental cancer in different ways in terms of bonadjustment and maladjustment. Children's maladjustment to this pervasive stressor is manifested by a wide variety of physiologic, psychologic, and behavioral stress responses.

Human figure drawings as a measure of children's emotional status: critical review for practice.

Human figure drawing is a common measurement that is used in practice and research. Drawing is a fun, inexpensive, and easy-to-administer method used to provide school-age children a projective means of expressing attitudes and emotions. As cognition matures, the content of drawing develops.