Young Ho Yun
Seoul National University · Medicine
About the Lab
Professor Young Ho Yun's research lab focuses on improving the quality of life and psychosocial well-being of cancer patients and their families, with a strong emphasis on end-of-life care, patient communication, and symptom management. The lab investigates patient and caregiver experiences surrounding terminal illness disclosure, cancer-related fatigue, and pain assessment, particularly through culturally adapted tools like the BPI-K. It also explores the effectiveness of Internet-based interventions based on clinical guidelines and behavioral change theories to support patients and caregivers. The lab's work bridges clinical oncology with palliative care, aiming to enhance patient-centered care and reduce the socioeconomic burden on families.
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Selected Papers
15These findings can increase the awareness of healthcare providers to the potential need for counseling and other interventions among women who have been successfully treated for cervical cancer and could help them improve their impaired QOL.
An Internet-based education program based on NCCN guidelines and TTM may help patients manage CRF.
Our findings indicated that most cancer patients want to be informed if their illness is terminal, and physicians should realize that the patient and the family unit may differ in their attitude toward such a disclosure. Our results also reflect the importance of how information is given to the patient.
PURPOSE We investigated the experiences of cancer patients and their family caregivers who became aware that the cancer was terminal, how they became aware, and how they felt about disclosure of the information. PATIENTS AND METHODS In this cohort study, we administered questionnaires to 619 consecutive patients determined by physicians to be terminally ill and to their family caregivers. RESULTS A total of 481 patients and 381 family caregivers completed the questionnaire. A majority of patient
The BPI-K is a valid and useful instrument for assessing cancer pain and pain impact in Korea.
Our study suggests that to improve caregiver QOL, we should give priority to decreasing the economic burden that cancer places on patient's family.
Our findings show that there are various functional and symptomatic problems, which health care providers need to manage during the postsurgical period. We need to continuously address fatigue, diarrhea, dysphagia, eating restrictions, body image disturbance, and cognitive functioning. In addition, it would be necessary to inform patients about possible QOL outcomes while they are receiving information about surgery and signing informed consent for surgery.
As "mukbang" (eating broadcast) becomes increasingly widespread, there is growing interest about the impact of mukbang on public health. This study aimed to analyze the content of mukbang YouTube videos, as well as news articles related to mukbang and the association between watching mukbang videos and health habits. We analyzed 5952 YouTube mukbang videos, 5265 news articles, and a survey of 1200 people in Korea. In this study, we confirmed that the provocative content of mukbang YouTube videos
Although the various participant groups shared the same attitude toward futile and ameliorative end-of-life care (the withdrawal of futile life-sustaining treatment and the use of active pain control), oncologists had a more negative attitude than those in the other groups toward the active ending of life (euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide).
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