Elevated concurrent carotid atherosclerosis rates in patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) compared to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD): A cross-sectional observational study.

Background And Aim: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has been recognized as an independent risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Recently, there has been a shift towards diagnosing metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD), offering simplified criteria and improved risk assessment. However, the association between MAFLD and carotid atherosclerosis remains poorly understood.

Did the Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration (PCOC) program lead to improved end-of-life care quality and reduced non-beneficial treatments?

Purpose: Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration (PCOC) is an internationally recognized program developed in Australia. Taiwan became the first country in Asia to implement PCOC in 2020. There is little research on the impact of PCOC in Asia.

Trend analysis of quality indicators in palliative home care among terminally ill cancer and non-cancer patients in Taiwan: a 6-year observational study.

Purpose: Palliative home care services (PHCS) have been emerging for years. However, limited data exist regarding quality indicators for pain control, unplanned hospital readmissions, and household deaths among terminal cancer and non-cancer patients receiving PHCS.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective collection and recording of data from 1242 terminally ill cancer and non-cancer patients receiving PHCS.

Perception Disparity of Telemedicine Use between Outpatients and Medical Staff during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

We assessed the characteristics and perception of telephone appointments among outpatients and medical staff during the COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan. Our survey was performed by giving self-administered questionnaires to the enrollees. Basic socioeconomic status data were collected.

Impact of day care services on physical and cognitive functions in old people with dementia in a medical center in central Taiwan.

Background: Day care service (DCS) provides various activities in a professional environment to meet the old people with functional limitations. However, relatively little is known about the effects of DCS on physical and mental functions.

Methods: This was a retrospective study that we used a comprehensive geriatric assessment to evaluate the changes before and after DCS among participants in a hospital-affiliated geriatric day care center in Taiwan.

Effects of kidney function, serum albumin and hemoglobin on dementia severity in the oldest old people with newly diagnosed Alzheimer's disease in a residential aged care facility: a cross-sectional study.

Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD), low serum albumin, and anemia are known risk factors for cognitive decline in older people. We investigated the association between kidney function and cognitive impairment severity in oldest-old people with a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD).

Methods: A cross-sectional study of patients aged 80 years and older was conducted at a veterans' home in Taiwan between 2012 and 2016.