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Aim: To construct a model addressing the pathways from baseline diabetes distress, attribution of peer reactions, parenting style and 3‐month self‐management to 6‐month glycated haemoglobin levels in adolescents with type 1 diabetes. Design: A prospective design was adopted. Methods: A total of 177 adolescents aged 10–19 with type 1 diabetes were enrolled from four hospitals in Taiwan. Diabetes distress, attribution of peer reactions and parenting style were collected at baseline, self‐management was collected at the third month and glycated haemoglobin levels were collected at the sixth month. Data were collected from May 2015–June 2016. Results: Baseline diabetes distress and 3‐month self‐management directly affected 6‐month glycated haemoglobin levels. Baseline attribution of peer reactions directly affected baseline diabetes distress and 3‐month self‐management; also, it indirectly affected 6‐month glycated haemoglobin levels through 3‐month self‐management. Baseline parenting style directly affected baseline diabetes distress, baseline attribution of peer reactions, 3‐month self‐management and 6‐month glycated haemoglobin levels; it also indirectly affected 6‐month glycated haemoglobin levels through baseline diabetes distress and 3‐month self‐management. Conclusion: A model simultaneously incorporating individual, parental and peer factors to glycaemic control in adolescents with type 1 diabetes has been constructed. Improving diabetes distress and self‐management should be essential strategies to improve glycaemic control in adolescents with type 1 diabetes. Encouraging adolescents with type 1 diabetes to communicate openly with peers about diabetes care and educating their parents to provide more responsive and autonomy‐encouraging parenting style might be vital strategies to improve diabetes distress, 3‐month self‐management and glycaemic control. Impact: Individual, parental and peer factors should be simultaneously considered to improve glycaemic control in adolescents with type 1 diabetes. Nurses should evaluate these factors to tailor interventions improving glycaemic control in adolescents with type 1 diabetes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Aims and objectives: To test the construct and concurrent validity and reliability of the incident‐reporting attitude scale used for staff in long‐term care facilities (IRA‐LTC) by the two‐phase cross‐validation method. Background: Lack of accurate measurement on incident‐reporting attitude might hinder improvements of safety practice in long‐term care facilities. Design/Methods: A two‐phase cross‐sectional questionnaire survey was conducted in Taiwan. A fixed proportion of long‐term care facilities were randomly selected that included 20 and 15 long‐term care facilities at phases one and two separately. Nursing and administrative staffs in these facilities were recruited at the first phase (N = 207) for testing the validity and reliability of the newly developed scale and for cross‐validation of the scale at the second phase (N = 251). The scale of IRA‐LTC was a self‐developed structured questionnaire consisting of 31 items. The data were analysed using spss for Windows 20.0 and AMOS 24.0. Descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, Cronbach's α, exploratory and confirmatory factory analysis were carried to examine the homogeneity of items, reliability, construct and concurrent validity. The STROBE checklist was adhered (See Appendix S1). Results: The IRA‐LTC scale comprised two dimensions: "cognition and intention to report" and "barriers to report." The two‐factor structure explained 60.20%–61.89% of the total variance at two phases. Validation of the initial factorial model gained at the first phase was satisfactorily supported at the second phase. Concurrent validity of the IRA‐LTC scale was satisfied. Cronbach's α for the scale and subscales was 0.94–0.97. Conclusions: This IRA‐LTC scale is valid and reliable and can be recommended to evaluate the incident‐reporting attitude among all kinds of staff in long‐term care facilities. Relevance to clinical practice: Positive incident‐reporting attitude can lead to positive incident‐reporting behaviour. Using the IRA‐LTC scale for assessing staff's incident‐reporting attitude is recommended as the first step to enhance staff's safety performance in long‐term care facilities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

wang r.-h., hsu h.-y., lin s.-y., cheng c.-p. & lee s.-l. (2010) Risk behaviours among early adolescents: risk and protective factors. Journal of Advanced Nursing 66(2), 313–323. Title. Risk behaviours among early adolescents: risk and protective factors. Aim. This paper is a report of a study conducted to examine the influence of risk/protective factors on risk behaviours of early adolescents and whether protective factors moderate their impact. Background. An understanding of how risk and protective factors operate to influence risk behaviours of early adolescents will better prepare nurses to perform interventions appropriately to reduce risk behaviours of early adolescents. Method. A cross-sectional study was carried out, based on a sample of public junior high schools (from 7th to 9th grades) in one city and one county in Taiwan. An anonymous questionnaire designed to measure five risk factors, six protective factors and risk behaviours was administered from October 2006 to March 2007. Data from 878 students were used for the present analysis. Pearson’s correlations, anova with random effect models, and generalized linear models were used to analyse the statistically significant explanatory variables for risk behaviours. Findings. Gender, perceived father’s risk behaviour, perceived mother’s risk behaviour, health self-efficacy, interaction of health self-efficacy and perceived peers’ risk behaviour, and interaction of emotional regulation and perceived peers’ risk behaviour were statistically significant explanatory variables of risk behaviours. Health self-efficacy and emotional regulation moderated the negative effects of peers’ perceived risk behaviour on risk behaviours. Conclusion. All protective factors were negative statistically correlated with risk behaviours, and all risk factors positively statistically correlated with risk behaviours. Male adolescents should be considered an at-risk group for risk behaviour intervention. Nurses could provide early adolescents with training regarding health self-efficacy improvement, self-esteem enhancement, emotional regulation skills to reduce their risk behaviours. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]