Publications by authors named "Yueh-Chun Chen"
Background: Patients with advanced cancer are prone to experience burdensome physical, psychological, and financial consequences. Healthcare providers may not fully appreciate advanced cancer patients' medical care autonomy, such as at that emboded by Advance Care Planning (ACP), and by doing so may compromise their quality of end-of-life (EOL). Hence, it is essential for healthcare providers to effectively assess and communicate with patients' regarding their medical decisions before their patients are incapacitated by their disease progression.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Previous meta-analyses only examined the association between single gene polymorphisms and osteoporosis; there is no compilation of all gene loci that correlate with osteoporosis in the literature. In this study, we develop a new literature-based approach, a decisive gene strategy (DGS), to examine the sufficiency of the cumulative sample size for each gene locus and to assess whether a definite conclusion of the association between the gene locus and osteoporosis can be drawn.
Methods: The DGS was used to search PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane databases for all meta-analyses that correlated gene polymorphisms with osteoporosis.
We examined the immediate and long-term impacts of military aircraft noise exposure on noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) in fighter pilots and ground staff. We recruited 40 pilots, 40 ground staff, and 136 age-matched controls; all participants underwent hearing tests, including conventional pure-tone audiometry (PTA) (0.25-8.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The association between palliative care and life-sustaining treatments for patients with dementia is unclear in Asian countries.
Aim: To analyse the use of palliative care and its association with aggressive treatments based on Taiwanese national data.
Design: A matched cohort study was conducted.
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates the healthcare service patterns for end-of-life patients with dementia compared to cancer patients in Taiwan, using data from the National Health Insurance Research Database.
- Among 2724 patients analyzed, those with dementia were more frequently hospitalized and received intensive care interventions like feeding tubes and mechanical ventilation than cancer patients.
- The findings highlight a need for Taiwan to adopt more comfort-centered care approaches for end-of-life dementia patients, as they experience more aggressive treatments than their counterparts in Western countries.