Publications by authors named "Ju-Fen Chou"
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to assess how shared decision making (SDM), using patient decision aids, affects mothers' feelings of decisional conflict and regret regarding postpartum infant care choices.
- Researchers randomized 196 pregnant women into SDM and classic groups and evaluated their decision-making experiences after delivery using specific scales to measure decisional conflict and regret.
- Results showed that the SDM group felt more confident and sure about their choices compared to the classic group, but there was no significant difference in decisional regret or care choice preferences between the groups.
Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy: The Lived Experiences of Taiwanese Patients With Ovarian Cancer.
Clin J Oncol Nurs
December 2019
Background: Intraperitoneal (IP) chemotherapy is often a preferred treatment for ovarian cancer because of its clinical benefits, but research on the experiences of patients receiving IP chemotherapy is limited.
Objectives: The purpose of this article is to explore the lived experiences of Taiwanese patients diagnosed with ovarian cancer who have received at least one cycle of IP chemotherapy.
Methods: A semistructured interview guide was used to collect data.
Ovarian cancer, known as a "silent killer", is the leading cause of gynecologic cancer death. Standard treatments for ovarian cancer are debulking surgery combined with platinum chemotherapy drugs to prolong the survival of patients. According to clinical trials run by the American Society of Gynecologic Oncology, patients who received intraperitoneal (IP) chemotherapy survived longer on average than patients who received intravenous chemotherapy alone.
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