Relationship between Walking Activity and Sleep Quality among Community-Dwelling Older Adults.

Purpose: To explore the relationship between walking activity and sleep quality among elderly.

Design: A cross-sectional, correlation study with purposive sampling was conducted on participants with a walking habit but not regular moderate-intensity exercise.

Methods: Data were collected by structured questionnaires, including the Walking Activity Questionnaire and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index.

Oxidative Stress-Induced Alterations of Cellular Localization and Expression of Aquaporin 1 Lead to Defected Water Transport upon Peritoneal Fibrosis.

Being one of the renal replacement therapies, peritoneal dialysis (PD) maintains around 15% of end-stage kidney disease patients' lives; however, complications such as peritoneal fibrosis and ultrafiltration failure during long-term PD compromise its application. Previously, we established a sodium hypochlorite (NaClO)-induced peritoneal fibrosis porcine model, which helped to bridge the rodent model toward pre-clinical human peritoneal fibrosis research. In this study, the peritoneal equilibration test (PET) was established to evaluate instant functional changes in the peritoneum in the pig model.

Effects of situational simulation and online first-aid training programs for nurses in general medical wards: A prospective study.

Background: To maintain patient safety, effective first-aid skills are necessary during emergencies. It is important to develop in-service education programs to equip clinical nurses with first-aid skills.

Objectives: This study explored the effects of first-aid skills and knowledge between situational simulation training and online teaching.

Geriatric syndromes and quality of life in older adults with diabetes.

Aim: To describe geriatric syndromes and their relationships with quality of life in older adults with diabetes.

Methods: Community-dwelling older adults (aged >60 years) with diabetes (n = 316) participated in the present study. Eight geriatric syndromes, including polypharmacy (number of medications), pain (Brief Pain Inventory), urinary incontinence (International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire), sleep disturbance (hours of sleep), lower cognitive level (Mini-Mental State Examination), falls, depressive symptoms (Geriatric Depression Scale short form) and functional limitation (Barthel Index and Instrumental Activity of Daily Living), were assessed.

Gender differences in the relationship between walking activity and sleep disturbance among community-dwelling older adult with diabetes in Taiwan.

This study explored the gender differences in the relationship between walking activity and sleep disturbances. A cross-sectional study of 201 community-dwelling older adults with diabetes was conducted in southern Taiwan. Using the Taiwanese version of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire, self-administered short version (IPAQ-SS), information on physical activity and sleep disturbance conditions was collected.

[Nurses' Innovation Acceptance of Barcode Technology].

Background: Healthcare organizations have increasingly adopted barcode technology to improve care quality and work efficiency. Barcode technology is simple to use, so it is frequently used in patient identification, medication administration, and specimen collection processes.

Purpose: This study used a technology acceptance model and innovation diffusion theory to explore the innovation acceptance of barcode technology by nurses.

[Species differentiation and quality assessment of Ziziphus jujuba var. spinosa based on the HPLC fingerprint and quantitative analysis].

Objective: To establish an HPLC method of a characteristical chemical fingerprint analysis in combination with simultaneous determination of four bioactive components for species differentiation and quality assessment of Ziziphus jujuba var. spinosa.

Methods: The chromatographic separation was performed on an Agilent TC-C18 BDS (250 mm x 4.

A rapid screening test for depression in junior high school children.

Background: Depression generates a remarkable disease burden. Early onset of depression in young people is associated with a poor prognosis. This has precipitated developing a screening instrument for early detection of depression in Taiwan adolescents.

Using hybrid method to evaluate the green performance in uncertainty.

Green performance measure is vital for enterprises in making continuous improvements to maintain sustainable competitive advantages. Evaluation of green performance, however, is a challenging task due to the dependence complexity of the aspects, criteria, and the linguistic vagueness of some qualitative information and quantitative data together. To deal with this issue, this study proposes a novel approach to evaluate the dependence aspects and criteria of firm's green performance.

[Determination of effective components in different positions of Panax notoginseng by HPLC].

Objective: A quantitative method was developed by gradient elution for the determination of notoginsenoside R1, ginsenoside Rg1, ginsenoside Re and ginsenoside Rb1 in different positions of Panax Notoginseng by HPLC. The content of 4 kinds saponins in different positions of Panax Notoginseng were compared.

Methods: The different positions of Panax notoginseng (including root, rhizome, branch root, leaf, flower) were extracted with methanol.