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Correlations Among Self-Rated Health, Chronic Disease, and Healthcare Utilization in Widowed Older Adults in Taiwan
Conclusions/Implications for Practice: These findings identified that chronic diseases and healthcare utilization correlated strongly with self-rated health for widowed older adults. Therefore, self-rated health may be used as a screening tool by the National Health Insurance System in Taiwan, and the results may be referenced by public health officials who are responsible for developing welfare strategies to promote healthy aging among the widowed in Taiwan.
Source: Journal of Nursing Research - September 8, 2018 Category: Nursing Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

The Effect of Health Education on Taiwanese Hypertensive Patients’ Knowledge and Cognition of Stroke
ConclusionsFurther studies with a longer follow‐up (6 months or 1 year) are needed to evaluate the long‐term effects of health education on stroke knowledge and cognition among patients with hypertension. Linking Evidence to ActionAn outpatient health education program using a CD‐ROM and printed information for hypertensive patients can improve the patients’ knowledge and cognition of stroke.
Source: Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing - February 1, 2015 Category: Nursing Authors: Yu‐Hsuan Tang, Chich‐Hsiu Hung, Hsing‐Mei Chen, Tsung‐Hsien Lin, Yi Liu Tags: Original Article Source Type: research