Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the status of health care in acquired vision impairments. Methods: Data of 511 subjects who had recruited in National Survey of the Disabled Person of 2017 were analyzed.Collected data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, x 2 test, Fisher's exact test with SPSS 25.0 version. Results: The mean age was 68.4 years. 39.1% of the subjects lived alone, and 97.4% of the subjects were unable to decipher the braille. The prevalence of chronic diseases was high blood pressure (56.2%), diabetes (32.7%), and osteoarthritis (25.2%). 54.5% of the subjects experienced stress in their daily activities. In addition, 14.1% of the subjects thought they had a thought of suicide in the last year. The major needed health informations were related with disease and healthy life. In order to manage chronic diseases, they had continuously treated, but they did not receive proper management regarding mental health. There was a lack of exercise in health promotion behaviors in acquired vision impairments. Conclusion For the health management of people with acquired vision impairments, it is needed that the exercise and health education programs should be developed for people who cannot understand the braille. Also, it is needed for them to manage the mental health.

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to identify the risk factors for falls among the elderly living in community. METHOD: This was a descriptive study. The subjects comprised 80 elderly aged 65 years or over living in D city. The instruments used for this study was the MDS-HC V2.0. The data was analyzed by SPSS Win 14.0 using t-test, ANOVA, and Pearson correlation. RESULT: Among the socio-demographic characteristics, the significant differences were found in ADL by gender and marital status. Older elderly(> or =85) used more medications than other elderly. The elderly were use average 4.33 medications, but 46.3% of the subjects didn't have the physician reviewed all medications. There was statistically significant correlation between number of medications and accidental falls. CONCLUSION: Nurses should inspect about the number of medications, drug interaction, and side effects. It would be preventive intervention for falls in elderly.
Accidental Falls ; Activities of Daily Living ; Aged ; Drug Interactions ; Humans ; Marital Status ; Obesity ; Risk Factors

Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the functional status and health service accessibility of the disabled children in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Methods: The research design for this study was a descriptive survey using convenience sampling using questionnaires. A total of 184 subjects were used to analysis. Data were analyzed using SPSS program version 22.0 to conduct independent t-tests, one-way ANOVA tests, χ2 tests, and multiple regressions. Results: The disabled children had more difficulty accessing health services compared to those without any disabilities. Factors negatively influencing health service accessability were inadequate drugs or medical equipment (t=2.18, p=.031), inability to afford transportation(t=3.00, p=.003), and inability afford the medical costs (t=2.54, p=.012). Also, Mother’s anxiety (β=-.50, p<.001) and child’s education experience (β=.22, p=.029) were identified as the influencing factors on the barriers to health care services. The relevant variables showed 30.5% influence (F=16.60, p<.001) on the barriers to health care services in disabled children. Conclusion The findings indicate that in order to enhance the disabled children‘s accessibility to health services, governmental support for transportation and medical costs are needed. In addition, it is necessary to promote the mental health of mothers raising children with disabilities.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of healthcare disparities in the individuals with acquired vision impairments. Methods: This study is a qualitative research using thematic analysis. Data were collected from January to March 2024 through one-on-one semi-structured interviews with a total of 11 individuals with acquired vision impairments. Results: The analysis revealed 5 main themes and 19 subthemes. The identified main themes were physical injury and aggravation, psychological tension, difficulty maintaining a healthy lifestyle, mastery of self-management and emergence of social requirements. Conclusion The findings of this study contribute to a deep understanding of the health management experiences of individuals with acquired vision impairments. Additionally, this study identifies their healthcare needs and provides directions for rehabilitation nursing and health promotion behaviors. It is necessary to explore methods for developing tailored health care programs for individuals with acquired vision impairments and to address their needs for physical environments and social systems.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of healthcare disparities in the individuals with acquired vision impairments. Methods: This study is a qualitative research using thematic analysis. Data were collected from January to March 2024 through one-on-one semi-structured interviews with a total of 11 individuals with acquired vision impairments. Results: The analysis revealed 5 main themes and 19 subthemes. The identified main themes were physical injury and aggravation, psychological tension, difficulty maintaining a healthy lifestyle, mastery of self-management and emergence of social requirements. Conclusion The findings of this study contribute to a deep understanding of the health management experiences of individuals with acquired vision impairments. Additionally, this study identifies their healthcare needs and provides directions for rehabilitation nursing and health promotion behaviors. It is necessary to explore methods for developing tailored health care programs for individuals with acquired vision impairments and to address their needs for physical environments and social systems.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of healthcare disparities in the individuals with acquired vision impairments. Methods: This study is a qualitative research using thematic analysis. Data were collected from January to March 2024 through one-on-one semi-structured interviews with a total of 11 individuals with acquired vision impairments. Results: The analysis revealed 5 main themes and 19 subthemes. The identified main themes were physical injury and aggravation, psychological tension, difficulty maintaining a healthy lifestyle, mastery of self-management and emergence of social requirements. Conclusion The findings of this study contribute to a deep understanding of the health management experiences of individuals with acquired vision impairments. Additionally, this study identifies their healthcare needs and provides directions for rehabilitation nursing and health promotion behaviors. It is necessary to explore methods for developing tailored health care programs for individuals with acquired vision impairments and to address their needs for physical environments and social systems.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of healthcare disparities in the individuals with acquired vision impairments. Methods: This study is a qualitative research using thematic analysis. Data were collected from January to March 2024 through one-on-one semi-structured interviews with a total of 11 individuals with acquired vision impairments. Results: The analysis revealed 5 main themes and 19 subthemes. The identified main themes were physical injury and aggravation, psychological tension, difficulty maintaining a healthy lifestyle, mastery of self-management and emergence of social requirements. Conclusion The findings of this study contribute to a deep understanding of the health management experiences of individuals with acquired vision impairments. Additionally, this study identifies their healthcare needs and provides directions for rehabilitation nursing and health promotion behaviors. It is necessary to explore methods for developing tailored health care programs for individuals with acquired vision impairments and to address their needs for physical environments and social systems.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of healthcare disparities in the individuals with acquired vision impairments. Methods: This study is a qualitative research using thematic analysis. Data were collected from January to March 2024 through one-on-one semi-structured interviews with a total of 11 individuals with acquired vision impairments. Results: The analysis revealed 5 main themes and 19 subthemes. The identified main themes were physical injury and aggravation, psychological tension, difficulty maintaining a healthy lifestyle, mastery of self-management and emergence of social requirements. Conclusion The findings of this study contribute to a deep understanding of the health management experiences of individuals with acquired vision impairments. Additionally, this study identifies their healthcare needs and provides directions for rehabilitation nursing and health promotion behaviors. It is necessary to explore methods for developing tailored health care programs for individuals with acquired vision impairments and to address their needs for physical environments and social systems.

PURPOSE: The purpose of this research was to develop and evaluate the effect of a mind map for relief of emotional labor and burnout among nurses in outpatient departments in cancer hospitals. METHODS: We developed a mind map to reduce emotional labor and burnout. A quasi-experimental study was used with a nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest design. Data were collected from December 2012 to April 2013. Participants were 35 nurses working in the outpatient department of a cancer hospital. The experimental group participated in the mind map program biweekly for 10 weeks. Data were analyzed using chi2-test, Mann-Whitney U test, paired t-test, and Wilcoxon sign rank test with the SPSS 21.0 program. RESULTS: The physical burnout and total burnout scores decreased significantly in the intervention group which took the mind map program. CONCLUSION: Findings indicate that the mind map is an effective intervention to reduce burnout in outpatient department nurses.
Cancer Care Facilities* ; Humans ; Outpatients*

Background/Aims: Adequate bowel preparation is important for successful colonoscopy. We aimed to evaluate the clinical feasibility and effectiveness of abdominal vibration stimulation in bowel preparation before therapeutic colonoscopy. Methods: A single center, prospective, randomized, investigator-blinded study was performed between January 2016 and December 2016. Patients for therapeutic colonoscopy were prospectively enrolled and assigned to either the vibrator group or walking group. Patients who refused to participate in this study as part of the experimental group consented to register in the control group instead. During the preparation period, patients assigned to the walking group walked ≥3,000 steps, whereas those assigned to the vibrator group received abdominal vibrator stimulation and restricted walking. All patients received the same colon cleansing regimen: 4-L split-dose polyethylene glycol (PEG) solution. Results: Three hundred patients who received PEG solution for therapeutic colonoscopy were finally enrolled in this study (n=100 per group). Bowel cleansing with abdominal vibration stimulation showed almost similar results to that with walking exercise (Boston Bowel Preparation Scale score for the entire colon: vibrator vs walking vs control, 7.38±1.55 vs 7.39±1.55 vs 6.17±1.15, p<0.001). There were no significant differences between the vibrator group and walking group regarding instances of diarrhea after taking PEG, time to first diarrhea after taking PEG, total procedure time, and patient satisfaction. Conclusions This study indicates that, compared with conventional walking exercise, abdominal vibration stimulation achieved similar rates of bowel cleansing adequacy and colonoscopy success without compromising safety or patient satisfaction.