• 근관절건강학회지
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.7-25
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• 1998

Rheumatoid arthritis, unlike other chronic diseases, causes the patients to experience uncertainty in their daily lives and thus to feel threat on their emotional comfort because of inconsistent and unpredictable symptoms such as pain. Therefore, a theoretical framework is needed for explanation of uncertainty in patients having rheumatoid arthritis. A hypothetical model was constructed on the basis of Mishel's Uncertainty Theory and other literature review. The model included 9 theoretical concepts and 19 paths. Subjects of the study constituted 330 partients who visited outpatient clinics of two university hospitals and one general hospital in Seoul. Self report questionnaires were used to measure the variables affecting uncertainty. Reliability coefficients of these instruments were found Cronbach's Alpha=$.70{\sim}.94$. In data analysis, SAS program and PC-LISREL 8.03 computer program were utilized for descriptive statistics and covariance structure analysis. The results of covariance structure analysis for model fitness were as follows : 1) Hypothetical model showed a good fit to the empirical data : Chi-square($X^2$)=41.81 (df=11, P=.000), Goodness of Fit Index=.974, Root Mean Square Residual=.049, Normed Fit Index=.928, Non Normed Fit Index=.814. 2) For the validity and the parcimony of model, a modified model was constructed by appending 2 paths and deleting 5 paths according to the criteria of statistical significance and meaningfulness. 3) The results of hypothesis testing were as follows : (1) Educational level, event familiarity and severity of illness had a direct effect on uncertainty : Event congruency had both direct and indirect effect on uncertainty : Credible authority and symptom consistency had a nonsignificant direct effect on uncertainty, (2) Illness duration, symptom consistency, and event congruency had a direct effect on severity of illness ; Credible authority had a both direct and indirect effect on severity of illness ; Event congruency had the greatest effect on severity of illness, and event familiarity had a nonsignificant direct effect on severity of illness.

• 한국식품조리과학회지
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.586-590
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• 1999

단호박의 첨가수준을 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 30%, 35%로 달리하여 제조한 호박떡의 기계적 측정 및 관능적 특성을 통해 품질평가를 하였다. 호박떡의 수분함량은 단호박의 첨가량이 증가할수록 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. 색도의 경우 L 값은 단호박 첨가량에 의존하여 낮아졌으나, a 값과 b 값은 첨가량에 의존하여 증가하는 것으로 나타나 단호박의 첨가량이 증가할수록 carotenoids계 색소의 영향으로 황색 및 적색이 증가함을 알 수 있었다. Two bite compression test에 의한 물성특성치를 살펴보면, hardness, gumminess, chewiness 등은 단호박의 첨가량이 증가할수록 감소하는 경향을 나타냈고, cohesiveness 및 springiness는 각 시료간의 큰 차이를 보이지 않아, 단호박 첨가량이 증가할수록 조직의 견고도가 저하됨을 알 수 있었다. 관능검사 결과에서는 항목별로 유의적인 차이를 나타냈는데, flavor의 경우 유의성을 나타내지 않았으며, 이를 제외한 모든 항목, 즉 color, moistness, consistency, overall acceptance에서 30% 첨가구를 선호하는 결과를 보였다. 기계적 물성치와 관능적 물성치를 비교해 볼 때, 떡의 조직감이 견고한 것보다는 부드러운 것을 선호하는 것으로 나타났다.

• 임상간호연구
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.279-293
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• 2021

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to develop a Korean nursing work environment scale for critical care nurses (KNWES-CCN) and verify its validity and reliability. Methods: A total of 46 preliminary items were selected using content validity analysis of experts on 64 candidate items derived through literature reviews and in-depth interviews with critical care nurses. 535 critical care nurses from 21 hospitals responded to the preliminary questionnaire from February to March 2021. The collected data were analysed using construct, convergent and discriminant validities, and internal consistency and test-retest reliability. Results: The 23 items in 4 factors accounted for 55.6% of the total variance were identified through item analysis and exploratory factor analysis (EFA). EFA was performed with maximum likelihood method including direct oblimin method. In the confirmatory factor analysis, KNWES-CCN consisted of 21 items in 4 factors by deleting the items that were not meet the condition that the factor loading over .50 or the squared multiple correlation over .30. This model was considered to be suitable because it satisfied the fit index and acceptable criteria of the model [𝒳²=440.47 (p<.001), CMIN/DF=2.41, GFI=.86, SRMR=.06, RMSEA=.07, TLI=.90, CFI=.91]. The item total correlation values ranged form .32 to .73 and its internal consistency was Cronbach's α=.92. The reliability of the test-retest correlation coefficient was .72 and the intra-class correlation coefficient was .83. Conclusion: The KNWES-CCN showed good validity and reliability. Therefore, it is expected that the use of this scale would measure and improve nursing work environment for critical care nurses in Korea.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.565-570
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• 2013

Objectives: To describe the development and validation of a cancer awareness questionnaire (CAQ) based on a literature review of previous studies, focusing on cancer awareness and prevention. Materials and Methods: A total of 388 Chinese undergraduate students in a private university in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, were recruited to evaluate the developed self-administered questionnaire. The CAQ consisted of four sections: awareness of cancer warning signs and screening tests; knowledge of cancer risk factors; barriers in seeking medical advice; and attitudes towards cancer and cancer prevention. The questionnaire was evaluated for construct validity using principal component analysis and internal consistency using Cronbach's alpha (${\alpha}$) coefficient. Test-retest reliability was assessed with a 10-14 days interval and measured using Pearson product-moment correlation. Results: The initial 77-item CAQ was reduced to 63 items, with satisfactory construct validity, and a high total internal consistency (Cronbach's ${\alpha}$=0.77). A total of 143 students completed the questionnaire for the test-retest reliability obtaining a correlation of 0.72 (p<0.001) overall. Conclusions: The CAQ could provide a reliable and valid measure that can be used to assess cancer awareness among local Chinese undergraduate students. However, further studies among students from different backgrounds (e.g. ethnicity) are required in order to facilitate the use of the cancer awareness questionnaire among all university students.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.225-235
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• 2016

본 연구의 목적은 우리나라의 65세 이상 노인 집단에 총점으로 사용할 수 있는 단축형 회상기능척도(RFS-S)를 개발하고 정상노인 집단과 경도인지장애 집단에게 RFS-S를 시행하여 RFS-S의 내적신뢰도 및 준거타당도 검증과 인구학적 특성이 회상기능에 영향을 미치는 요인을 알아보고자 하였다. 연구 대상자는 65세 이상 정상대조군 60명, 경도인지자애군 58명으로 두 집단 간 일반적 특성은 유의한 차이가 없었다. 문항 간 내적신뢰도는 0.63이었고, RFS-S와 이야기회상검사, 치매임상평가척도 박스총점과의 수렴타당도는 각 0.20(p<.05), -0.25(p<.001)로 모두 유의한 상관관계를 보였다. ROC 곡선 아래의 면적을 분석한 준거타당도 결과 0.68(p<.001)로 덜 정확한(less accurate) 검사로 최적 절단점은 17점이었고 이에 따른 민감도는 0.59, 특이도는 0.72였다. 인구학적 변인에 따른 회상기능은 모두 유의한 차이를 보이지 않았다. RFS-S는 정상과 경도인지장애 차이를 판별하는 신뢰도와 타당도가 높은 진단 보조 도구이자 회상치료의 효과를 평가하는 유용한 도구임을 나타낸다.

• 성인간호학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.191-201
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• 2016

Purpose: The purpose of this methodological study was to examine the validity and reliability of a translated Korean version of The Oncology Patients' Perception of the Quality of Nursing Care Scale. Methods: The translated scale was pilot tested and then administered to 360 patients with cancer. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were utilized to assess the factor structure. Internal consistency reliability was determined using coefficient ${\alpha}$. Results: Two of the 40 items were deleted with a principal component method of exploratory factor analysis because they did not meet the factor-loading criterion. The 38 items were again analyzed and, four factors were validated (KMO=.96, Bartlett ${\chi}^2=10809.81$, df=780, p<.001). The four factors accounted for 60.9% of the variance. Factor loadings of the scale on the four subscales ranged from .65 to .91. The scale showed reliable internal consistency with a Cronbach's ${\alpha}$, total 38 items (${\alpha}=.96$) in four subscales: individualization (18 items, ${\alpha}=.96$), proficiency (10, .91), responsiveness (7, .90), and coordination (3, .80). Conclusion: The findings of this study demonstrate that the scale has satisfactory construct validity and reliability to measure quality of cancer nursing care from the patient's perspective in Korea.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.483-490
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• 2010

The objectives of this study were to measure particle size and evaluate the effect of increasing alfalfa hay particle size on production characteristics in lactating Holstein dairy cows. Ninety multiparous Holstein cows in early to mid-lactation were randomly assigned in a complete randomized design for a 30-day period. Animals were offered one of the three diets, which were identical in energy, protein, and chemical composition, but differed only in particle size of alfalfa hay. The treatments were A) total mixed ration (TMR) in which only fine chopped alfalfa hay was incorporated in the ration, B) the same diet in which half of the alfalfa hay was fine chopped and incorporated in the mixed ration and half was long hay and offered as a top dressing, and C) the same diet with long hay alfalfa offered as a top dressing. Distribution of particle size of rations was determined through 20,000, 8,000 and 1,000 ${\mu}m$ sieves. The new method of quantitative determination of manure index was examined for each cow on different treatments. The geometric mean length of particle size in the rations was 5,666, 9,900 and 11,549 ${\mu}m$ for treatments A, B and C, respectively. Fat corrected milk (4%), milk fat percentage and production were significantly different (p<0.05) in treatment A versus B and C (fat corrected milk (FCM, 4%)) 28.3 vs. 35.2 and 32.3 kg/d, fat percentage 2.89, 4.04 and 3.62; but the change of ration particle size had no significant effect on milk production (p>0.05). Blood concentration of cholesterol in treatment A was significantly higher (p<0.05) than treatment B and C (181.0 vs. 150.0 and 155.2 mg/dl). Manure index in treatment C was significantly different (p<0.05) from treatment B (15.86 vs. 17.67). Based on these experimental findings, it is concluded that an increase in the ration particle size can increase milk fat percentage due to providing more physically effective fiber, which in turn could effect changes in manure consistency.

• 대한영양사협회학술지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.38-49
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• 2007

The purpose of this study was to determine the attributes and factors of brand personality for contract foodservice management companies. Self-administered questionnaires were distributed to five students at universities operating under the top five companies in contract foodservice management. The following statistical analyses were conducted for the data assessment: descriptive analysis, t-test, ANOVA, reliability analysis, and factor analysis, using the SPSS Win(12.0) package program. From these analyses we divided a company's brand personality into the following five functional and emotional elements: sensibility, sincerity, confidence, competence, and excitement. Based on these five elements a total of 26 scales were developed to measure brand attributes of the companies. The variance was explained by 19.29% of sensibility, 17.65% of sincerity, 15.71% of confidence, 14.06% of competence, and 13.62% of excitement. The calculated Cronbach's alpha was more than .90 for all the scales measuring the five attributes, indicating good internal consistency. There were significant differences in sensibility(p<.01), sincerity(p<.001), creditability(p<.01), competence (p<.001), and excitement(p<.001) among the companies. In regards to overall brand personality, company a had a higher mean score for sincerity, while the other companies had higher mean scores for competence. Among the brand personalities, 'confidence' had the highest mean score with 3.36, followed by 'cooperation' (3.17), 'successful'(3.12), 'leadership'(3.11), and 'down-to-earth'(3.02).

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제13권11호
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• pp.5356-5363
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• 2012

본 연구의 목적은 한국의 간호대학생을 대상으로 단축형 공감척도의 심리측정 속성을 분석하여 한국판으로 타당화하는 것이다. 총 528명의 간호대학생(여학생 494, 남학생 34)을 대상으로 요인분석, 신뢰도 분석 및 상관분석이 이루어졌다. 연구1(N=298)에서 탐색적 요인분석을 실시한 결과, 전체 22문항 중 11문항 단일요인 구조가 확인되었다. 내적 신뢰도는 .88로 다소 높았으며 대인간 반응척도(IRI)와의 상관관계 분석을 통해(r=.279, p<.000) 한국판 단축 공감척도(EQ-Short-K)의 준거 타당도를 확인하였다. 연구2(N=230)에서 총 11문항의 한국판 단축 공감척도와 대인관계 유능성 척도(ICQ)의 상관분석결과 통계적으로 유의한 상관이 제시되었다(r=.351, p<.000). 본 연구결과는 한국판 단축 공감척도의 내적 신뢰도와 타당도를 확인하고 이를 토대로 한국의 간호 영역에서 의미있게 활용될 수 있는 공감 측정 도구로서의 타당성과 유용성을 제시하였다는 데 의의가 있다.

• Journal of Neurogastroenterology and Motility
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.584-592
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• 2018

Background/Aims There is uncertainty about how to measure outcomes reported by patients in gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). This study was conducted to develop an instrument and to determine of the definition of respondent for a patient reported outcomes to assess the efficacy of a treatment used for GERD treatment. Methods A structural process has developed a self-evaluation questionnaire for GERD (SEQ-GERD); health-related quality of life questionnaire for GERD (GERD-QOL) was translated through cross-cultural validation. Two-week reproducibility was evaluated and construct validity was assessed by correlating the SEQ-GERD with the Patient Assessment of Gastrointestinal Disorders (PAGI-SYM), the reflux disease questionnaire (RDQ), and GERD-QOL. Changes in SEQ-GERD scores were compared to assess the discriminative validity following 4 weeks of proton pump inhibitor administration. Results A total of 83 Korean patients were included (mean age $46{\pm}14$ years, females 61.4%). The internal consistency of the 19-item SEQ-GERD was good (alpha = 0.60-0.94) and the test-retest reliability was high (intra-class correlation coefficient = 0.67-0.95). The SEQ-GERD highly correlated with the GERD domain of the PAGI-SYM (correlation coefficient r = 0.894, P < 0.001), the RDQ-GERD (r = 0.877, P < 0.001), and GERD-QOL (r = -0.536, P < 0.05). SEQ-GERD scores significantly varied according to the overall treatment effectiveness scale of drug responsiveness and significantly decreased after drug treatment (mean differences according to the overall treatment effectiveness scale, P = 0.020). Conclusion This study supports that SEQ-GERD is reliable and valid, and can be used to evaluate the treatment response in patients with GERD.