About the Authors

Ya-Ling Tzeng

Affiliation School of Nursing, China Medical University and China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Shu-Ling Chen

Affiliation Department of Nursing, Hungkuang University, Taichung, Taiwan

Chuen-Fei Chen

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Mackay Medical College, New Taipei City, Taiwan

Fong-Chen Wang

Affiliation School of Nursing, China Medical University and China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Shu-Yu Kuo

sykuo@tmu.edu.tw

Affiliation School of Nursing, College of Nursing, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SYK YLT. Performed the experiments: SYK YLT FCW. Analyzed the data: SYK YLT SLC CFC FCW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SYK YLT FCW. Wrote the paper: SYK YLT SLC CFC.