1.Two Cases of Intraventricular Arachnoid Cyst.
Sung Chan PARK ; Young Sup PARK ; Sang Won LEE ; Joan Ki KANG ; Jin Un SONG
Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society 1989;18(2):325-330
Two cases with intraventricular arachnoid cysts are reported and a brief review of the relevant literature is presented. Arachnoid cysts are benign developmental cysts that occur in the cerebrospinal axis in relation to the arachnoid membrane. They are usually extracerbral or extraventricular. Intraventricular arachnoid cysts are rare: except the two cases reported here, only five cases have been described. The following characteristics were noted in these patients: all were young; headache was the initial symptom; the cyst was in the body of a lateral ventricle.
Arachnoid Cysts
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Arachnoid*
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Axis, Cervical Vertebra
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Headache
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Humans
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Lateral Ventricles
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Membranes
2.Usages of Computers and Smartphones to Develop Dementia Care Education Program for Asian American Family Caregivers.
Jung Ah LEE ; Hannah NGUYEN ; Joan PARK ; Linh TRAN ; Trang NGUYEN ; Yen HUYNH
Healthcare Informatics Research 2017;23(4):338-342
OBJECTIVES: Families of ethnic minority persons with dementia often seek help at later stages of the disease. Little is known about the effectiveness of various methods in supporting ethnic minority dementia patients' caregivers. The objective of the study was to identify smartphone and computer usage among family caregivers of dementia patients (i.e., Korean and Vietnamese Americans) to develop dementia-care education programs for them. METHODS: Participants were asked various questions related to their computer or smartphone usage in conjunction with needs-assessment interviews. Flyers were distributed at two ethnic minority community centers in Southern California. Snowball recruitment was also utilized to reach out to the families of dementia patients dwelling in the community. RESULTS: Thirty-five family caregivers, including 20 Vietnamese and 15 Korean individuals, participated in this survey. Thirty participants (30 of 35, 85.7%) were computer users. Among those, 76.7% (23 of 30) reported daily usage and 53% (16 of 30) claimed to use social media. A majority of the participants (31 of 35, 88.6%) reported that they owned smartphones. More than half of smartphone users (18 of 29, 62%) claimed to use social media applications. Many participants claimed that they could not attend in-class education due to caregiving and/or transportation issues. CONCLUSIONS: Most family caregivers of dementia patients use smartphones more often than computers, and more than half of those caregivers communicate with others through social media apps. A smartphone-app-based caregiver intervention may serve as a more effective approach compared to the conventional in-class method. Multiple modalities for the development of caregiver interventions should be considered.
Asian Americans*
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Asian Continental Ancestry Group*
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California
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Caregivers*
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Dementia*
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Education*
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Humans
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Methods
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Minority Groups
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Smartphone*
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Social Media
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Transportation
3.Differences in Pandemic-Related Factors Associated with Alcohol and Substance Use among Korean Adolescents: Nationwide Representative Study.
Hyunju YON ; Sangil PARK ; Jung U SHIN ; Ai KOYANAGI ; Louis JACOB ; Lee SMITH ; Chanyang MIN ; Jinseok LEE ; Rosie KWON ; Guillaume FOND ; Laurent BOYER ; Sunyoung KIM ; Namwoo KIM ; Sang Youl RHEE ; Jae Il SHIN ; Dong Keon YON ; Ho Geol WOO
Biomedical and Environmental Sciences 2023;36(6):542-548