Evaluating the effectiveness of a participatory empowerment group for Chinese type 2 diabetes patients

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The effectiveness of a Participatory Empowerment Group (PEG) for Chinese type 2 diabetes patients in Shanghai is evaluated. It is found that after the intervention, participants in the experimental group scored higher on quality of life and lower on blood sugar level compared to the control group indicating that the PEG was effective in enhancing the quality of life of Chinese type 2 diabetes patients.

Care and treatment, Diagnosis, Diabetics, Type 2 diabetes

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Analyses of postgraduate social work dissertations in Taiwan: implications for social work research and education

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Thesis and dissertations are reviewed to enhance the understanding of the social work education in Taiwan are presented. Findings between quantitative and qualitative research show that the latter was predominant mode of research, particularly in the doctoral level and to encourage multi-method research social work students would be familiar with both the forms of research.

Taiwan, Universities and colleges, Social work education, Graduate study

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Validation of the interpersonal reactivity index in a Chinese context

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Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (C-IRI) for the assessment of empathy in Chinese people were examined. Confirmatory factor analysis revealed a stable hierarchical three-factor structure that was consistent with structure of the English IRI, but the cognitive and emotional aspects of empathy combined to form a new factor.

Interpersonal relations, Chinese, Chinese (Asian people), Empathy

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