Search

Your search keyword '"Chen, Nai-Ching"' showing total 301 results
Start Over Author "Chen, Nai-Ching"
301 results on '"Chen, Nai-Ching"'

4. Effects of a Dementia Dietary Educational Program on Nutritional Knowledge and Healthy Eating Behavior of Family Caregivers

Author

Hsiao, Hua-Tsen, Chang, Chiung-Chih, Chen, Nai-Ching, Chiu, Herng-Chia, Huang, Chi-Wei, Lee, Feng-Ping, and Wang, Jing-Jy

Abstract

Family caregivers play a critical role in dietary care and the nutritional status of people with dementia. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of a family care-based dementia dietary educational program (DDEP) on family caregivers' nutritional knowledge, healthy eating behavior and nutritional status of people with dementia. A total of 57 pairs of participants completed this longitudinal experimental study. Group A received routine care. Group B received the DDEP. Three outcomes were measured at pretest (T1), posttest (T2) and follow-up test (T3). Generalized estimating equations and regression were used to analyze the data. The scores of the caregivers' nutritional knowledge significantly increased after receiving the DDEP in group B, and this increase was better than in group A. The posttest and follow-up test scores of healthy eating behavior were significantly higher than the pretest scores in both groups. The scores of nutritional status in group B increased from the pretest to the follow-up test, although there was no significant difference between the two groups. Some demographic factors played significant roles in the caregivers' nutritional knowledge and healthy eating behavior. In sum, the DDEP improved the caregivers' nutritional knowledge and healthy eating behavior for dementia. The demographic factors of family caregivers should be considered when providing nutritional information to enhance the nutritional status of people with dementia. The DHPDEP should be incorporated into the in-service education and training courses for nurses or dietitians who work with people with dementia.

Published
2020
Full Text
View/download PDF

30. Exploring the Taiwanese Anticipatory Experience of Grief Among Primary Caregivers in Palliative Home Care.

Author

Chen, Nai-Ching, Yang, Yung-Mei, and Wu, Li-Min

Abstract

Aims and Objectives: The goal of the present study was to explore anticipatory grief experiences among primary caregivers in home-based palliative care. We placed a special emphasis on coping methods adopted by individuals from Eastern cultures when facing death. Background: Most patients prefer spending their last days at home, which often exerts considerable physical and mental stress on their primary caregivers. Design: This study adopted a qualitative exploratory research design and used open-ended in-depth interviews to explore anticipatory grief experiences among primary caregivers of patients receiving palliative home care. Methods: In the study of the factors that Anticipatory Experience of Grief among Primary Caregivers in Palliative Home Care, we used the phenomenological approach and methods to glean answers. Posters and snowball sampling were used to individually recruit participants. In total, 16 primary hospice home caregivers participated. We used semi-structured interviews to collect data. The interviews were audio-recorded in a quiet location. Each interview was divided into two to three sessions, and each session lasted 60-90 minutes. For data analysis, field notes and audio recordings are transcribed into protocols. A thematic analysis method was used to analyze the context of the interviews. Sampling and analysis processes were repeated until theoretical saturation was achieved. Results: Four major themes emerged from the categorized interview data: meaning and manifestation as to the essence of life, the art of coping with death, realization and the gift of death, and adapting, coping with, and controlling emotions. Additionally, we observed, as with many Eastern cultures, a lunar calendar death in July and crying at the death of a relative is considered taboo. Conclusions: The coping methods adopted by individuals in Eastern cultures when facing death were summarized accordingly. These findings could serve as a reference to better understand the coping mechanisms these individuals use to address anticipatory grief when facing a family member's impending death. Relevance to Clinical Practice: Potential relevance for the present findings include acceptance of Eastern cultural grief customs, early hospice and palliative care interventions for helping individuals adjust to their grief, case management and resource consolidation, providing 24-hour telephone consultation services, regular assessment visits, and developing localized teaching materials for life-and-death education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2023
Full Text
View/download PDF

38. Vegetarian diet in dialysis patients

Author

Chen, Mei-Yin, Ou, Shih-Hsiang, Yen, Ming-Chen, Lee, Meei-Shyuan, Chen, Nai-Ching, Yin, Chun-Hao, and Chen, Chien-Liang

Subjects
omnivore, Adult, Male, Adolescent, Observational Study, Nutritional Status, body mass index, vitamin D, malnutrition, Young Adult, Renal Dialysis, Surveys and Questionnaires, Humans, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, vegetarian, Diet, Vegetarian, Nutritional Requirements, Middle Aged, Cross-Sectional Studies, dialysis, Kidney Failure, Chronic, Female, protein, Energy Intake, Research Article
Abstract

Nutritional status is a predictor of mortality and morbidity in dialysis patients. This study aimed to assess dietary behaviors in dialysis patients compared to the recommendations of the Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative. Ninety five dialysis patients recruited from a hospital completed a 24-hour dietary recall questionnaire. Body weight, energy requirements, protein requirements, albumin, normalized protein catabolic rate, and 25(OH) vitamin D levels were measured. Of the 95 patients, 11 (11.6%) were below the desirable body mass index range, 59 (62.1%) were within the desired range, and 25 (26.3%) were above the desired range. However, only 32.7% of patients met the target energy intake, 29.5% reached the protein intake target, and 20.0% had adequate vitamin D concentrations. Vegetarian patients had lower energy, protein, fat, vitamin D intake, lower body mass index, serum blood urea nitrogen, creatinine, phosphate, normalized protein catabolic rate, and vitamin D status than the omnivorous patients (P

Published
2021

47. Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor γ Coactivator 1α Activates Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor That Protects Against Neuronal Cell Death Following Status Epilepticus through PI3K/AKT and MEK/ERK Signaling

Author

Huang, Jyun-Bin, primary, Hsu, Shih-Pin, additional, Pan, Hsiu-Yung, additional, Chen, Shang-Der, additional, Chen, Shu-Fang, additional, Lin, Tsu-Kung, additional, Liu, Xuan-Ping, additional, Li, Jie-Hau, additional, Chen, Nai-Ching, additional, Liou, Chia-Wei, additional, Hsu, Chung-Yao, additional, Chuang, Hung-Yi, additional, and Chuang, Yao-Chung, additional

Published
2020
Full Text
View/download PDF

48. Circulating MicroRNAs from Serum Exosomes May Serve as a Putative Biomarker in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Patients with Focal Cortical Dysplasia

Author

Chen, Shang-Der, primary, Pan, Hsiu-Yung, additional, Huang, Jyun-Bin, additional, Liu, Xuan-Ping, additional, Li, Jie-Hau, additional, Ho, Chen-Jui, additional, Tsai, Meng-Han, additional, Yang, Jenq-Lin, additional, Chen, Shu-Fang, additional, Chen, Nai-Ching, additional, and Chuang, Yao-Chung, additional

Published
2020
Full Text
View/download PDF

Catalog

Books, media, physical & digital resources
See catalog results