Fried egg sign: A typical ultrasonography feature of neurolymphomatosis.

Neurolymphomatosis (NL) is a rare condition caused by non-Hodgkin's lymphoma or leukemia. We present a case of NL and describe ultrasound features, including the "fried egg sign" in which there is a clear demarcation between an avascular echogenic core and a hypoechoic vascularized peripheral zone that may help to distinguish NL from primary nerve sheath tumors.

Assessing anomalous perceptual experiences in nonpsychiatric individuals and outpatients with psychosis in Taiwan: an investigation using the cardiff anomalous perceptions scale (CAPS).

The Cardiff anomalous perceptions scale (CAPS) has been recently designed for the assessment of anomalous perceptual experiences in the general population, and includes dimensions that measure distress, intrusiveness, and frequency. The purpose of this study was to assess the psychometric properties of a Taiwanese version of the CAPS. The English version of the CAPS was translated into Taiwanese (CAPS-T) and the latter was applied to this study.

Assessing cognitive insight in nonpsychiatric individuals and outpatients with schizophrenia in Taiwan: an investigation using the Beck Cognitive Insight Scale.

Background: The Beck Cognitive Insight Scale (BCIS) was designed for the assessment of the cognitive processes involved in self-reflection and the ability to modify erroneous beliefs and misinterpretations. Studies investigating the factor structure of the BCIS have indicated a two-factor model in the psychotic population. The factor structure of the BCIS, however, has not received much consideration in the nonpsychiatric population.

The psychometric properties of the Peters et al. delusions inventory (PDI) in Taiwan: reliability, validity, and utility.

Purpose: The Peters et al. Delusions Inventory (PDI) is a commonly used instrument to measure delusion proneness in the general population and includes dimensions that measure distress, preoccupation, and conviction of unusual beliefs. This self-report scale has already been translated into several languages.

WITHDRAWN: The psychometric properties of the Taiwanese version of the Cardiff Anomalous Perceptions Scale.

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Psychometric properties of the Taiwanese version of the Illness Concept Scale: relation of health beliefs to psychopathology and medication compliance.

Purpose: This paper describes the development of a Taiwanese version of the Illness Concept Scale (ICS) and assesses the psychometric properties of this instrument. The ICS is one of the few tools available to measure a global level of illness concepts or health beliefs and has been widely used in a range of clinical and research settings. The ICS has already been translated into several languages, but there is no validated Taiwanese version.

Subjective quality of life in patients with chronic schizophrenia: relationships between psychosocial and clinical characteristics.

Background: Using the theoretical framework of quality of life (QOL), many studies have demonstrated that the beliefs individuals hold about their QOL are important in predicting health outcomes. This study tested the Taiwanese version of the World Health Organization Quality of Life-Brief (WHOQOL-BREF) assessment in schizophrenia patients. The WHOQOL-BREF is a cross-cultural and widely used measure for assessing health-related QOL.

Compliance and schizophrenia: the predictive potential of insight into illness, symptoms, and side effects.

Background: Personal beliefs about medication compliance have been reliably associated with emotional and behavioral response to mental health problems and health outcomes. This notion has been extensively explored in relation to mental illness. In the current study, a questionnaire designed to assess beliefs about medication compliance (the medication adherence rating scale [MARS]) was translated into Taiwanese to explore beliefs about compliance in schizophrenic patients.

Uniformed service nurses' experiences with the severe acute respiratory syndrome outbreak and response in Taiwan.

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) had an enormous effect on Taiwan's public health and the nation's economy. To prevent the spread of the epidemic, the government implemented strategies and measures for the control of the epidemic. The Ministry of National Defense also fully supported epidemic prevention by mobilizing all necessary human and material resources.

The Beck Cognitive Insight Scale (BCIS): translation and validation of the Taiwanese version.

Background: Over the last few decades, research concerning the insight of patients with schizophrenia and its relationships with other clinical variables has been given much attention in the clinical setting. Since that time, a series of instruments assessing insight have been developed. The purpose of this study was to examine the reliability and validity of the Taiwanese version of the Beck Cognitive Insight Scale (BCIS).

The clinical applicability of the Self-Appraisal of Illness Questionnaire (SAIQ) to chronic schizophrenic patients in Taiwan.

Over the last decade, several self-report instruments to assess insight of illness from schizophrenic patients' perspectives have been administered. The main purpose of this study was to ascertain the reliability and validity of the Taiwanese version of the Self-Appraisal of Illness Questionnaire (SAIQ) in a chronic schizophrenic sample in Taiwan. This scale is a self-administered instrument designed to evaluate attitudes toward mental illness among patients receiving treatment.

Sleep quality and morningness-eveningness of shift nurses.

Aim And Objective: The aim of the study was to analyse, while controlling for identified covariates, the effects of morningness-eveningness on sleep quality for shift nurses.

Background: Shift nurses had greater difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep, thus resulting in higher rates of retiring from hospital. Existing research has addressed the effects of manpower demand and personal preferences on shift assignment; however, the concept of endogenous rhythms is rarely considered.

Factors affecting the long-term care preferences of the elderly in Taiwan.

This study sets out to investigate the preferences of the elderly in northern Taiwan with regard to various types of long-term care services. Taking into consideration sociodemographics, health condition, and access to such medical care services, our study examined both economic and family factors in an attempt to gain an understanding of the knowledge of and attitudes toward, the various types of long-term care among the elderly. An interview survey was carried out by local public health nurses among a sample of 562 elderly Taiwanese residents (people aged 65 years or older) from 7 counties/cities in northern Taiwan, all of whom had been selected by means of multistage sampling.

Unusual giant abdominal leiomyoma in a young man: a case report.

Abdominal leiomyomas are extremely rare intra-abdominal tumors. We present a the case of a 24-year-old male with an abdominal leiomyoma who presented with a chief complaint of a huge mass in the midepigastrium that was suddenly detected 5 days prior to admission. An abdominal leiomyoma with central hemorrhage was found on exploratory laparotomy; the tumor was completely resected.

Acute abdominal pain caused by spontaneous hemorrhagic infarction of a solitary plexiform neurofibroma of lesser omentum.

A 32-year-old female patient visited the emergency room because of sudden onset of abdominal pain, which was found to be induced by hemorrhagic infarction of a plexiform neurofibroma arising from the lesser omentum. No other classic clinical characteristics of systemic von Recklinghausen's disease had been seen up until now. The tumor, classified as sporadic plexiform neurofibroma, rarely occurs in the digestive tract.