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Hsiu-Hsin Tsai

Hsiu-Hsin Tsai

JobTitle： Professor

CurrentJob： Professor

E-mail： kitty@mail.cgu.edu.tw

Phone： 03-211-8800 #5075

Education： PhD, Chang Gung University

Expertise： Elderly Depression Long-term care

RESEARCH INTEREST

Elderly
Depression
Long-term care

TEACHING COURSES

  • Community Health Nursing
  • Community Health Nursing Practice
  • Principle & Methods of Teaching
  • long-term care
  • Introduction of Public Health
  • Healthy Aging and Long-term Care Nursing
  • Healthy Aging and Long-term Care Nursing Practice
  • Integrated and Interdisciplinary Approach to Elder Care

FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS

  • The Effectiveness of Artificial Intelligence Family Involvement Generative Agent (AIFIGA) program on nursing home nursing staff and family and residents’ health. (2024-2027)(NSTC)
  • Difference in the acoustic amplitude and respiration characteristics during swallowing and coughing  between dysphagia elderly with and without dementia residents in institutions (2024-2025)(UMRPD)
  • The longitudinal effectiveness of Helper of Emotional Assessment and Relationship Teaching (HEART) smartphone- based videoconferencing program in enhancing residents and their family’ health. (2021-2024)(MOST)
  • The relationship between pain intensity, acoustic amplitude and respiration of elderly dementia residents in institutions (2023-2024)(UMRPD)
  • The third life wisdom inheritance practice platform: young entrepreneurs and retirees co-creation. (2019-2022)(CMRP)
  • The longitudinal effectiveness of a nurture swallow exercise program (NSEP) on nursing home residents’ health: evaluation using innovative non-invasive device. (2020-2021)(MOST)
  • The effectivness of Smart-phone Based Meal Time Videoconferencing (SBMTV) program in enhancing elderly resident’s health status in nursing home (2015-2018)(MOST)
  • The effectiveness of Smart-phone Based Meal Time Videoconferencing (SBMTV) program in enhancing elderly resident’s health status in nursing home (2012-2015)(NSC)
  • The comparison of tradition and PBL nursing staffs’ communication education programs in enhancing nursing staffs interpersonal communication competence in nursing home: A longitudinal research. ( 2011-2012)(NSC)
  • The effects of different pattern of family involvement in nursing home on residents’ and their Family’s health-A longitudinal study. (2009-2011)(NSC)
  • An interdisciplinary program for enhance nursing home residents adjustment experiences. (2007-2009)(NSC)
  • Construct and Testing of the Perceived Nursing Home Lived Experience Model for the Elderly Residents. ( 2006-2007)(NSC)
  • Development and Testing of the Perceived Nursing Home Admission Experience Scale for the Elderly Residents. ( 2005-2006)(NSC)

PUBLICATIONS

1. Lin, Y. Y., Tsai, H. H.*, Shieh, W. Y., Weng, L. C., Huang, H. L., & Liu, C. Y. (2025). Expectations of AI-supported communication in nurse-family interactions in nursing homes: Navigating ambiguities in role transformation. Digital health, 11, 20552076251362385.
2. Nguyen, H. T., Tsai, H. H*., Huynh, H. T. P., Tran, T. K. L., Le, T. A., Weng, L. C., Cheng, C. Y., Tsay, P. K., Shieh, W. Y., & Liu, C. Y. (2025). Effectiveness of web-based education program on knowledge, coping, burden, and quality of life among colorectal cancer caregivers in Vietnam: a quasi-experimental study. BMC nursing, 24(1), 481.
3. Tsai, M. R., Shieh, W. Y., Tsai, H. H.*, Shyu, Y. I. L., Chang, K. H., Wen, F. H., & Liu, C. Y. (2024). Appropriate volumes of water for non-invasive swallowing assessments of nursing home residents: A descriptive correlational study. Heliyon, 10(17), e37340.
4. Feng, P. C., Khan, M. A., Yeh, T. T., Shieh, W. Y., & Tsai, H. H.* (2024). Physiological Biomarkers for Assessment of Pain during Routine Blood Tests for Older Adults with Dementia in Long-Term Residential Care. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 25(8), 105050.
5. Hsu, W. C., Tsai, H. H.*, Weng, L. C., & Wang, Y. W. (2023). The experience of eating for older nursing home residents with dysphagia: A qualitative descriptive study. International Journal of Older People Nursing, 18(6), e12566.
6. Weng, L. C., Huang, H. L., Tsai, Y. H., Tsai, H. H., Lee, W. C., & Shieh, W. Y. (2023). The effect of a web-based self-care instruction on symptom experience and quality of life in living liver donors: A randomized controlled trial. Heliyon, 9(6), e17333.
7. Tseng, S. C., Lee, W. C., Chen, K. H., Tsai, H. H., Kuo, M. C., & Weng, L. C. (2023). Anxiety, pain intensity, and decision regret of living liver donors during postoperative period. Applied nursing research, 69, 151662.
8. Wu, C. C. , Tsai, H. H.*, Huang, H. L., Wang, Y. W. , Huang, C. H. , Liu, C. Y. (2023). Depression in nursing home residents and its correlation with meaning of family involvement and depression of family. Int Psychogeriatr, 35(2), 67-75. (SCI)
9. Tsai, H. H.*, Cheng, C. Y., & Shieh, W. Y. (2023). Effectiveness of laptop-based versus smartphone–based videoconferencing interaction on loneliness, depression and social support in nursing home residents: A secondary data analysis. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 29(3), 177-186. (SCI)
10. Huang, L. J., Tsai, H. H. *, Wang, Y. W., & Chou, C. L. (2022). Sailing in a sea of perplexity: Family caregivers' experience of delirium patients. Nursing in Critical Care, 27(1), 73-80. (SCI)
11. 黎嘉如、蔡秀欣*、郭志熙、王惠玄 (2021/3) • 比較不同重返胸腔內科加護病房轉出結果及其相關因素探討 • Resuscitation & Intensive Care Med，6，11-25.
12. Tsai, H. H.*, Cheng, C. Y., Weng, L. C., Shieh, W. Y., & Liu, C. Y. (2021). Motivations for family members’ visits to nursing home residents with dementia in Taiwan: A qualitative study. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 53(1), 87-95. (SCI)
13. Lin, Y. N., Tsai, H. H.*, Huang, H. L., Chang, Y. C. &, Shieh, W. Y. (2020). Rethinking potentially inappropriate medication use in nursing homes within the Chinese population. Geriatric Nursing, 41(6), 724-729. (SCI).
14. Tsai, M. R., Tsai, H. H.*, Tsai, Y. F., & Liao, F. Y. (2020). "Tailoring Homely Meals": Family Members' Motivations Underlying Nursing Home Visits During Residents' Meals. Japan Journal of Nursing Science, 17(4):e12341. (SCI).
15. Tsai, H. H.*, Cheng, C. Y., Shieh, W. Y., & Chang, Y. C. (2020). Effects of a Smartphone-Based Videoconferencing Program for Older Nursing Home Residents on Depression, Loneliness, and Quality of Life: A Quasi-Experimental Study, BMC Geriatrics, 20(1), 27. (SCI).
16. 黃麗蓉、蔡秀欣*、王怡文、周俊良 ( 2019)•內科加護病房譫妄病患家屬之調適經驗• 長庚護理雜誌，30(4)，431-444.
17. Schlaeger, J. M., Weng, L. C.,  Huang H. L., Tsai H. H., Takayama, M., Ngamkhan, S., Yao, Y., & Wilkie, D. J. (2019).Pain Quality by Location in Outpatients with Cancer. Pain Management Nursing, 20(5), 425-431.  (SCI).
18. Tsai, H. H., & Tsai, Y. F. (2018). Development, validation and testing of a nursing home to 
emergency room transfer (NHERT) checklist. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 27(1-2), 115-122. 
(SCI).
19. Lee, S. H., Tsai, Y. F.*, Wang, Y. W., Chen, C. Y., & Tsai, H. H. (2017). Development and psychometric testing of the triggers of suicidal ideation inventory for assessing older outpatients in primary care settings. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 32(10), 1114-1121. (SCI)
20. Weng, L. C., Huang, H. L., Tsai, H. H., & Lee, W. C. (2017). Predictors of decision ambivalence and the differences between actual living liver donors and potential living liver donors. PLOS ONE, 12(5), e0175672. (SCI)
21. Tsai, H. H., Tsai, Y. F., & Liu, C.Y. (2017). Advance directives and mortality rates among nursing home residents in Taiwan: A retrospective, longitudinal study. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 68, 9-15. (SCI)
22. Tsai, H. H., Tsai, Y. F., & Liu, C. Y. (2016). Repeated hospital transfers and associated outcomes by residency time among nursing home residents in Taiwan. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 17(11), 1020-1024. (SCI)
23. Tsai, H. H., & Tsai, Y. F.*(2016). Nursing home nurses’ experiences of resident transfers to the emergency department: No empathy for our work environment difficulties. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 25(5-6), 610-8. (SCI).
24. Shen, C. J., Huang, H. L., Chen, K. H., Weng, L. C., Wang, S. Y., Lee, W. C., Chou, H. F., & Tsai, H. H. (2016).  Comparison of liver function, emotional status, and quality of life of living liver donors in Taiwan.  Transplantation Proceedings, 48(4), 1007-11. (SCI)
25. Tsai, H. H., & Tsai, Y. F.*(2015). Attitudes toward and predictors of videoconferencing use among frequent family visitors to nursing home residents in Taiwan. Telemedicine and e-Health, 21(10), 838-844. (SCI)
26. Tsai, H. H., & Tsai, Y. F.*, Weng, L. C., & Chou, H. F. (2013). More than communication skills: experiences of communication conflict in nursing home nurses. Medical Education, 47(10), 990-1000. (SCI)
27. Tsai, H. H., & Tsai, Y. F.* (2013). Prevalence and factors related to depressive symptoms among family caregivers of nursing home residents in Taiwan. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 48(7), 1145-52. (SCI)
28. Tsai, H. H., Tsai, Y. F., & Huang T. S (2012) Development and validation of the family meaning of nursing-home visits scale. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 21(15), 2108-2117. (SCI)
29. Tsai, H. H., Tsai, Y. F. (2012). Family members' perceived meaning of visiting nursing home residents in Taiwan. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 68(2), 302-311. (SCI)
30. Tsai, Y. F., Liu, L. L., Tsai, H. H., & Chung, S. C. (2012). Self-care management and risk factors for depressive symptoms among elderly outpatients in Taiwan. International Psychogeriatrics, 24(2), 278-287. (SCI) 
31. Tsai, H. H., & Tsai, Y. F. (2011) Changes in depressive symptoms, social support and loneliness over 1 year after a minimum 3-month videoconference program for older nursing home residents. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 13(4), e93. (SCI)
32. Tsai, H. H., Tsai, Y. F., Wang, H. H., Chang, Y. C., & Chu, H. H. (2010). Videoconference program enhances social support, loneliness, and depressive status of elderly nursing home residents. Aging & Mental Health, 14(8), 947-954.(SCI)
33. Tsai, H. H., & Tsai, Y. F.* (2010). Older nursing home residents’ experiences with videoconferencing to communicate with family members. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 19(11-12), 1538-1543. (SCI) 
34. Tsai, Y. F., Wong, T. K. S., Tsai, H. H., & Ku, Y. C. (2008). Self-worth therapy for depressive symptoms in older nursing home residents. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 64(5), 488-494. (SCI)
35. Tsai, H. H., & Tsai, Y. F. (2008). A temporary home to nurture health: Lived experiences of older nursing home residents in Taiwan. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 17(14), 1915-1922. (SCI)
36. Tsai, H. H., Chen M. H., & Tsai, Y. F. (2008). Perception of filial piety among Taiwanese University Students. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 63(3), 284-290. (SCI)
37. Tsai, H. H., & Tsai, Y. F. (2007). Problem-solving experiences among elders living alone in eastern Taiwan. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 16(5), 980-986. (SCI)
38. Tsai, Y. F., Yeh, S. H., Tsai, H. H. (2005). Prevalence and risk factors for depressive symptoms among community-dwelling elders in Taiwan. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 20, 1097-1102. (SCI)
39. 蔡秀欣、陳靜珠、顧琪芳、朱馥祺 ( 2005) • 華地區獨居老人送餐服務成效之探討• 期照護雜誌， 9(2) ，151-162。
40. 蔡秀欣、蔡芸芳（2004）• 事於護理之應用• 庚護理，15(1)，73-79。
41. Tsai, Y. F., Tsai, H. H., Lai, Y. H., & Chu, T. L. (2004). Pain prevalence, experiences and management strategies among the elderly in Taiwanese nursing homes. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 28(6), 579-584. (SCI)
42. Tsai, Y.F., Wong, K. S., Juang, Y. Y., & Tsai, H. H. (2004). The effects of light therapy on depressed elders. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 19(6), 545-548. (SCI)
43. 蔡秀欣、徐亞瑛、盧瑞芬、吳基銓（2002）• 環境對出院後三個月髖骨骨折老人生活品質之影響 • 長庚護理，13（1），11-20。
44. 蔡秀欣、徐亞瑛（2002）• SF-36生活品質問卷於髖骨骨折老年患者之適用性探討 • 新台北護理期刊，4（1），53-64。
45. 蔡秀欣、陳美戎、蔡芸芳（2001）• 九二一地震災區某鄉村獨居老人憂鬱症狀及其相關因素之探討 • 慈濟醫學，13（3），169-175。