Chen-Ju Chen, RN, MSN, is Nurse Practitioner, Department of Nursing, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
David Shang Yu Hung, MD, is Attending Physician Department of Otolaryngology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
Ming-Hsuan Wu, MD, is Resident, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Chen Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
Huan-Fang Lee, PhD, RN, is Resident, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Chen Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan. Professor, Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
Nai-Ching Chen, RN, MSN, is Head Nurse, Department of Home Health Care, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan.
Hui-Ching Yang, RN, MSN, is Faculty and Instructor, Department of Nursing, National Tainan Junior College of Nursing, Tainan, Taiwan.
Yu-Hsin Hung, RN, MSN, is Research Assistant, Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
Correspondence to: Huan-Fang Lee, PhD, RN, Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan ([email protected]).
Financial support: NCKUH-10805023.
Chen-Ju Chen and Hung-Fang Lee contributed to study conception and design; Chen-Ju Chen, Ming-Hsuan Wu, and Shang-Yu Hung, data collection; Yu-Hsin Hung and Hung-Fang Lee, data analysis and interpretation; Hui-Ching Yang, Nai-Ching Chen, and Hung-Fang Lee, drafting of the article; and Chen-Ju Chen and Hung-Fang Lee, critical revision of the article.
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.