• Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
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• v.48 no.4
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• pp.407-418
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• 2018

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to develop an eye-health program based on social learning theory (EPST) of preschoolers and evaluate its effectiveness. Methods: A nonequivalent control group pre-post test design was utilized and 141 six-year-old preschoolers and their parents participated (experimental group=69, control group=72) in the study. The EPST in this study included eye-health education and eye exercises. Attention, memory, replay, motivation, reinforcement, and self-efficacy were used as interventional strategies. To examine the effectiveness of EPST, proficiency in eye-health activities, refractive power, and visual acuity were measured before and after the intervention. Data were analyzed with SPSS WIN 21.0 using the Shapiro-Wilk test, ${\chi}^2$-test, Mann-Whitney U test and Wilcoxon signed rank test. Results: Following the intervention, eye-health activities, refractive power, and visual acuity significantly improved in the experimental group compared to the control group. Conclusion: The results of this study suggest that EPST is effective in improving eye-health activities, refractive power, and visual acuity in preschoolers, and its wider implementation in educational institutions will promise improved eye-health among preschoolers.

• Child Health Nursing Research
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.64-73
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• 2015

Purpose: This study was conducted to explore the professional identity of elementary school health teachers. Methods: In-depth interviews with fifteen elementary school health teachers were conducted from July 2010 to August 2012. Qualitative data collected by the researcher including transcription and field notes were analyzed through an adapted methodology based on the Grounded Theory of Strauss and Corbin. Results: Fifteen categories, 35 sub-categories and 120 concepts were obtained. The key category that was consistently maintained in identity formation was 'keeping themselves being a teacher providing nursing' which has three styles, 'focusing on health education', 'combining nursing and education' and 'focusing on providing nursing care'. Conclusion: Results of this study will provide basic information for preparing manuals regarding the range of activities in school health teachers' jobs, improving promotion and merit payment systems for school health teachers, creating support programs for them, and contributing to the formation and establishment of their professional identity.

• Child Health Nursing Research
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.11-19
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• 2014

Purpose: The purposes of this study were to develop a postpartum nursing intervention program for immigrant women and evaluate the effects on postpartum depression, child rearing confidence, home environment, and infant temperament. Methods: This research was a non-equivalent control group pre-test and post-test design. Participants were pregnant immigrant women from China, Vietnam, and the Philippines residing in Kyunggi province and Seoul. Twenty women were assigned to the intervention group, and 19 women to the control group. For the intervention group, the women were visited at home and provided emotional support and parenting education for three months. To analyze the intervention effects, repeated measure ANOVA and t-test were used. Results: Child rearing confidence was higher in the experimental group than the control group at interaction effect of time and group, six weeks and three months postpartum. However, there were no significant effects for maternal depression, infant temperament, and husband support. Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (HOME) score in the experimental group was higher than that of the control group at three month postpartum. Conclusion: Results indicate that the nursing intervention program had positive effects and can be used to further the health status of immigrant mothers and children.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.2665-2673
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• 2015

The purpose of this study is to develop a web-based database system to manage effectively data collected to evaluate program learning outcomes (PO) in a nursing school. The database management system (DBMS) was developed using a software development life cycle method: Analysis, Design, Implementation, and Evaluation. The demands for the content and system of users were collected. The system structure, database using an entity-relationship modeling, and user interface were designed based on the demands. The designed DBMS was created using GWT, Java and Apache HTTP server. The expert group and users evaluated the implemented DBMS. Problems derived from them were modified. The average of end-user computing satisfaction evaluated by 8 nursing faculty and 5 teaching assistants was 4.14 (SD =.44). The web-based PO DBMS makes it possible for nursing faculty members to access and use much of the information needed for analysis and decision-making.

• Child Health Nursing Research
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.252-261
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• 2013

Purpose: The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) nurses' experience in caring for infants who are approaching death and to identity the meaning and structure of their experiences. Methods: The participants were eight nurses who had experience in caring for these infants. In-depth interviews were performed from December, 2012 to February, 2013 until data were fully saturated. Collected data were analyzed using Colaizzi's method. Results: Four theme clusters were extracted from fifteen themes. The four theme clusters of the NICU nurses' experience in caring for infants who are dying were: 1) Crossroads between life and comfort of infants approaching death, 2) emotional suffering at the death of the infant, 3) adapting and coping with the death of the infant, 4) new expectations for caring for infants who are dying. Conclusion: The results of the study provide useful information in understanding NICU nurses' experience in caring for infants who are dying and establishing effective strategies to support these nurses.

• The Journal of the Korean life insurance medical association
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• v.20
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• pp.53-61
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• 2001

1999년 1월-1999년 10월까지 당사에서 1급장해로 인해 보험금이 지급된 1,297 건을 대상으로 하여 성별 & 연령대별 분포, 1급장해 각 항의 원인별 분포, 다빈도원인별 1급장해 각 항의 분포상황등을 중심으로 조사하였다. 1. 1급장해지불건들의 성별분포를 보면 남자가 여자보다1.7배 많았다. 연령대별로는 30대가 29.3%로 가장 높았고 다음으로 40대 23.7%, 20대 18.6%, 10세미만 17.6% 순서 였다. 2. 1급장해 각항별 점유율을 보면 1급3항이 56.9%로 가장 높았고 다음으로 1급4항이 16.0%로 많았다. 3. 1급장해의 원인별 분포를 보면 '교통사고' 및 '교통사고외의 외상'이 597건(40.6%)으로 가장 많이 차지하였고 다음으로 '기타질병' 256건(19.7%) '뇌혈관사고' 245건(18.7%), '만성신부전' 194건(15.0 %), 그리고 '악성종양' 36건(2.8%)의 순서였다. 1) 1급 1항 : 두눈의 시력을 완전영구히 잃었을 때 원인중 가장 많은 것은 '기타질병' 74건(64%)이었고 다음으로는 '당뇨병' 17건(14.9) 그리고 '교통사고'의 순서였다. '기타질병'에 해당하는 병중에서 눈의 질환들을 더 분류하여 볼 때 '맥락막 및 망막의 장애'가 25건(35.7%)으로 가장 많았고 다음으로 '시신경 및 시각경로의 장애' 20건(28.6%) 그리고 '수정체의 장애'의 순서였다. 2) 1급 3항 : 중추신경계, 정신에 뚜렷한 장해를 남겨서 평생토록 항상 간호를 받아야 할 때 원인으로는 '교통사고' 245건(33.2%)이 가장 많았고 다음으로 '뇌혈관사고' 215건(29.1%) 그리고 '교통사고외의 외상'의 순서였다. 뇌혈관사고 215건에 대해서 원인별분포를 보면 '뇌내출혈'이 131건(60.9%)로 '뇌경색 ' 57건(26.5%)에 비해 2.3배 정도 많았다. 3) 1급 4항 : 흉복부장기에 뚜렷한 장해를 남겨서 평생토록 항상 간호를 받아야 할 때 원인으로는 '만성신부전'이 215건(86.5%)으로 가장 많이 차지하고 있었고 다음으로 '기타질병' 14건(6.7%)의 순서였다. 4) 1급 6항 : 두다리의 발목이상을 잃었거나 완전영구히 사용하지 못하게 되었을 때 원인으로는 '교통사고' 41건(41.0%)로 가장 많았고 다음으로 '교통사고외의 외상' 32건 (32.0%) 그리고 다음으로 '근골격계, 결합조직의 질환' 순서였다. 4. 장해원인별 1급장해 각 항의 분포를 보면 '만성신부전'은 1급 4항, '악성종양'은 1급 3항과 1급2항 그리고 1항의 장해를 주로 일으키고 '당뇨병'은 1급 1항, '뇌혈관사고'는 1급3항과 1급2항의 장해를 주로 일으켰다. 한편 '교통사고'나 '교통사고외의 외상'은 주로 1급3항과 1급6항의 장해를 주로 일으켰다.

• Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science
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• v.112 no.4
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• pp.544-553
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• 2023

The purpose of this study was to reveal the thermal comfort and physiological and psychological effects of spending time in broad-leaved forests in suumer. Thirty-one university students (with an average age of 21.4 ± 2.1 years) participated in the study, and a within-subjects experimental design methodology was used. The participants moved to an experimental site (with a crown closure of 76.6%) or a control site (25.9%), sat on a chair to eliminate the impact of movement, and rested for 5 minutes with closed eyes. At this time, thermal comfort, heart rate variability, heart rate, and forehead temperature were continuously measured. After that, blood pressure and pulse rate were measured, and a subjective evaluation was conducted. As a result, spending time at an experimental site showed a statistically significant decrease in the predicted mean vote and the percentage of dissatisfied values, enhancement of parasympathetic nerve activity, decrease of forehead temperature, diastolic blood pressure, heart rate, pulse rate, and improvement of personal thermal sensation (thermal sensation vote and comfort sensation vote). In conclusion, it was found that a forest with high crown closure reduces thermal stress and induces physiological and psychological relaxation.

• Journal of agricultural medicine and community health
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• v.48 no.4
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• pp.239-250
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• 2023

Objective: This study was a preliminary study for the prevention programs for farmers' occupational diseases. It selected the priorities recognized by farmers, such as occupational diseases, and also identifies the effectiveness and feasibility of prevention programs among diseases recognized by farmers. Therefore, we plan to use it as basis data for future farmer safety and health programs. Method: The subjects of the study were farmers living in the region, selected through a snowball recruitment method, and a total of 671 people were targeted. The priority selection method was the Basic Priority Rating System (BPRS) method, and among the occupational diseases, programs to prevent musculoskeletal diseases, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, and pesticide poisoning were surveyed on the effectiveness and feasibility of farmers. Results: Among occupational diseases, the highest priority was musculo-skeletal disease, followed by respiratory disease and pesticide poisoning. Among the programs for musculoskeletal disease, 'use of agricultural work convenience equipment and auxiliary tools' had the highest perceived effectiveness and feasibility. Among the five programs for pesticide poisoning, 'equipment of protective equipment such as pesticide protective clothing/glove' had the highest effectiveness at 67.4%, and 'compliance with pesticide use instructions' had the highest level of feasibility at 64.3%. Among the four programs to prevent respiratory diseases, 'wearing a dust mask or gas mask' was the highest at 65.5% in terms of both effectiveness and feasibility. Conclusion: When carrying out safety and health programs for farmers, the priorities recognized by farmers should be taken into consideration, and the program contents should also be developed taking into account the size of effect and feasibility recognized by farmers.

• Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science
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• v.113 no.1
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• pp.107-117
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• 2024

This study investigated temporal changes in forest physical variables and their effects on thermal comfort and physiological and psychological responses. Environmental factors (air temperature, mean radiant temperature, wind speed, and relative humidity), the predicted mean vote (PMV), and the predicted percentage of dissatisfied (PPD) visitors were continuously measured between 9:00 AM and 6:00 PM. We assessed the physiological and psychological responses (heart rate variability, heart rate, oral temperature, blood pressure, pulse rate, thermal sensation vote, comfort sensation vote, and subjective feelings) of 30 male university students (average age: 21.7±1.9 years), who closed their eyes and relaxed for 5 minutes every hour. Examination of correlations between environmental factors and physiological responses showed that ① the mean radiant temperature, wind speed, and relative humidity significantly changed with time; ② PMV and PPD also showed significant changes over time, and the thermal sensation vote corresponded with PMV; however, the comfort sensation vote did not correspond with PPD; ③ Among the physiological responses, parasympathetic nerve activity, sympathetic nerve activity, heart rate, and diastolic blood pressure significantly varied with time, with parasympathetic nerve activity having the lowest value and sympathetic nerve activity the highest at the highest air temperature (2:00-4:00 PM); and ④ Air temperature, mean radiant temperature, and wind speed showed a negative correlation with parasympathetic nerve activity and a positive correlation with sympathetic nerve activity. These findings indicate that the relaxation effects of the forest environment depend on what time of day people are exposed to it, and the changes occurring in forest environmental factors over time modulate these effects.