The Effects of Music Intervention on Quality of Life, Anxiety, and Fatigue Among Patients With Breast Cancer: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Objectives: To determine the effects of music intervention on quality of life, anxiety, and fatigue among patients with breast cancer.

Sample & Setting: 170 individuals from the general surgery unit of Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Taiwan.

Methods & Variables: Individuals who had received a mastectomy were randomly assigned to a treatment group or control group.

Effects of Yoga for Coping with Premenstrual Symptoms in Taiwan-A Cluster Randomized Study.

Home-based yoga practice has not been approved as a method for alleviating premenstrual symptoms in Taiwan. This study was a cluster randomized trial. A total of 128 women self-reporting at least one premenstrual symptom were enrolled in the study, of which there were 65 participants in the experimental group and 63 participants in the control group.

Effectiveness of mental health website intervention on stress and depression for women with recurrent miscarriage: A randomized controlled trial.

We aimed to investigate the effect of a mental health website intervention on perceived stress, depression, sleep quality, and social support in women with recurrent miscarriage (RM). Performing a randomized controlled trial, the participants in the experimental group ( = 31) received a 12-week mental health website intervention; the participants in the control group ( = 31) received RM standard medical care only. The paired -tests results for the mean posttest scores for depression ( = .

Effectiveness of empathic caring on stress and depression for women with recurrent miscarriage: A randomized controlled trial.

Aim: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of empathic caring on sleep quality, depression, stress, and social support in women with recurrent miscarriage.

Materials And Methods: Sixty-two eligible women were randomly assigned to either the experimental group (n = 31), which received three face-to-face nursing counseling sessions, or the control group (n = 31). Outcome measures included the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, Edinburgh Prenatal Depression Scale, Perceived Stress Scale, and Interpersonal Support Evaluation List.

Outcomes of a walking exercise intervention in postpartum women with disordered sleep.

Aim: Good sleep quality is essential to physical and mental-health-related quality of life. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of a walking exercise in relieving sleep quality, fatigue, and depression in new mothers during the postpartum period.

Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted at a teaching hospital in southern Taiwan.

Effects of non-supervised aerobic exercise on sleep quality and maternal-fetal attachment in pregnant women: A randomized controlled trial.

Objectives: This study was designed to evaluate the effect in pregnant women of a non-supervised aerobic exercise intervention on sleep quality and maternal-fetal attachment.

Design: Pretest-posttest randomized controlled trial.

Setting: Prenatal clinic of a medical center in southern Taiwan.

Stress, anxiety and depression perceived by couples with recurrent miscarriage.

Aim: Recurrent miscarriage is considered a major life event. The main purposes of this study were to compare the differences in stress, anxiety, social support, sleep quality and depressive symptoms in couples experiencing recurrent miscarriage compared to peers who experience full-term normal childbirth in southern Taiwan.

Methods: Convenience sampling and snowball sampling were used respectively to recruit 78 couples with and 80 couples without recurrent miscarriage from October 2014 to July 2015.

Impacts of Fatigue, Stress, and Perceived Health Status on Women With Rheumatic Diseases: A Comparison Study.

Background: Rheumatic conditions, which increase in prevalence as populations age, are a growing public health problem that disproportionately affects women. Understanding the influences of rheumatic diseases (RDs) on fatigue, stress, and perceived health status is deemed important to the improvement of physical and mental health for women with RDs.

Purpose: This study was designed to compare the fatigue, stress, and perceived physical and mental health status of women with RDs (RD group) with those of peers who did not have chronic illnesses (comparison group).

The clinically crucial predictors of depression in women with systemic autoimmune diseases.

The researchers' aim of this study was to identify and quantify the useful, clinically crucial predictors of depression in Taiwanese women with systemic autoimmune diseases (SADs). We used a cross-sectional method. A total of 241 Taiwanese women with SADs between 21 and 85 years of age participated in the study.

Music intervention for pain and anxiety management of the primiparous women during labour: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Aims: To determine the effect of music on the management of pain and anxiety in primiparous women during labour.

Background: Music is cost-effective intervention in clinical practice to reduce pain, stress, and anxiety. However, a systematic review with meta-analysis for investigating its effects during labour is still lacking.

Risk factors associated with newly psychiatric disorder in spinal cord injury: A retrospective cohort study.

Aim And Objectives: To predict the risk factors related to newly diagnosed psychiatric disorders resulting from spinal cord injuries (SCIs).

Background: SCIs are a common result of devastating accidents; they can have an essential negative impact on the psychological health of those so afflicted. Psychiatric disorders commonly occur worldwide and are often associated with pain and disability; however, few studies have investigated the risk factors of psychiatric disorders among persons with SCIs.

Effectiveness of aerobic gymnastic exercise on stress, fatigue, and sleep quality during postpartum: A pilot randomized controlled trial.

Background: Gymnastics is a preferable safe exercise for postnatal women performing regularly.

Objective: The aim of this pilot randomized controlled trial was to determine whether the aerobic gymnastic exercise improves stress, fatigue, sleep quality and depression in postpartum women.

Design: Single-blinded, randomized controlled trial held from December 2014 until September 2015.

Effects of Qigong Exercise on Biomarkers and Mental and Physical Health in Adults With at Least One Risk Factor for Coronary Artery Disease.

Current medical technology permits the early detection of risk factors for coronary artery disease (CAD) in adults, and interventions are available to prevent CAD-related morbidity and mortality. The goal of this study was to determine the effectiveness of a Qigong exercise intervention in improving biomarker levels and mental and physical health outcomes in community-dwelling adults diagnosed with CAD risk factors, in a southern Taiwanese city. Participants were randomly assigned to an experimental (n= 84) group that participated in a 60-min Qigong group session 3 times per week for 3 months or a control (n= 61) group that did not receive the intervention.

Predictors of Antenatal Psychosocial Stress in Taiwanese Women.

Background: Antenatal stress has been associated with adverse outcomes in mothers and their children. However, little research has been conducted to identify the factors associated with psychosocial stress in pregnant women.

Purpose: This study explored the predictors of psychosocial stress during pregnancy.

Comparison of Pregnancy Stress Between In Vitro Fertilization/Embryo Transfer and Spontaneous Pregnancy in Women During Early Pregnancy.

Background: Women who undergo in vitro fertilization/embryo transfer (IVF/ET) face complicated psychological stress and negative emotions, which may affect health during pregnancy and the development of the fetus. The current literature does not address the question of whether women who become pregnant spontaneously and women who undergo IVF face similar levels of pregnancy stress.

Purpose: This study investigates the differences in pregnancy stress between women with spontaneous pregnancy and women with IVF/ET pregnancy living in central Taiwan during their first 20 weeks of pregnancy.

Effects of Lavender Tea on Fatigue, Depression, and Maternal-Infant Attachment in Sleep-Disturbed Postnatal Women.

Background: Lavender inhalation aromatherapy is widely believed to impart a hypnotic effect, act as a mood stabilizer, and enhance the positive feelings of mothers toward their infants. However, research into these and other potential therapeutic effects of lavender tea has been limited.

Aims: This study was conducted in Taiwan to evaluate the effectiveness of lavender tea in relieving sleep quality, fatigue, and depression; and in improving maternal-infant attachment during the early postpartum period.

Effects of an intervention with drinking chamomile tea on sleep quality and depression in sleep disturbed postnatal women: a randomized controlled trial.

Aim: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of chamomile tea on sleep quality, fatigue and depression in postpartum women.

Background: Sleep quality is a significant issue for postnatal women. Chamomile is widely used as a folk remedy for its presumed sedative-hypnotic effects.

Effects of music listening on stress, anxiety, and sleep quality for sleep-disturbed pregnant women.

Prenatal sleep disturbance has been associated with undesirable birthing outcomes. To determine the effectiveness of listening to music at home in improving sleep quality, 121 Taiwanese pregnant women with poor sleep quality (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index [PSQI] score > 5) were systematically assigned, with a random start to music listening (n = 61) or control (n = 60) group. Participants in the music listening group self-regulated listening to music in addition to receiving general prenatal care similar to that in the control group for 2 weeks.

The effects of music listening on psychosocial stress and maternal-fetal attachment during pregnancy.

Objective: While music listening has been studied as an intervention to help reduce anxiety in pregnant women, few studies have explored the effect of music listening on pregnancy-specific stress relief. This study examines the effects of music listening on psychosocial stress and maternal-fetal attachment during pregnancy.

Design: A randomized controlled trial was implemented.

The association between rotating shift work and increased occupational stress in nurses.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate whether rotating shift work increases occupational stress in nurses.

Methods: This study measured shift work scheduling and occupational stress by using the Effort-Reward Imbalance model with self-reported questionnaires in a sample of 654 female nurses.

Results: Overcommitment risk was higher in nurses who worked rotating shifts than in those who worked day/non-night shifts (OR, 2.

Revision and validation of a scale to assess pregnancy stress.

Background: Pregnancy is a potentially stressful event. Prenatal stress alters maternal endocrine and immune systems, has been implicated in the etiology of prenatal complications or postnatal psychiatric disorders, and may adversely affect fetal health. The 30-item Pregnancy Stress Rating Scale (PSRS), initially developed in 1983 by Chen and colleagues, is the only measure to date designed specifically to evaluate prenatal stress.

The association between prenatal sleep quality and obstetric outcome.

Background: Pregnancy-associated sleep disorder is a new category on the latest version of the International Classification of Sleep Disorders. It is a significant problem for pregnant women.

Purpose: The present follow-up study assesses the association between sleep quality during the second and third trimesters of pregnancy and obstetric-neonatal outcomes.