• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.15 no.6
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• pp.305-314
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• 2017

The purpose of this study was to examine relationships among resilience and job Stress, turnover intention and vitality in general hospital nurses and to provide the basic data for the development of resilience intervention programs. The data were collected from 140 nurses working in the four general hospital located S and Y city using self-reported questionnaires and February 1 2017 to February 17 2017. The data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, T-test, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and multiple regression with SPSS 20.0 program. Resilience was found to be in a significant positive correlation with job stress, turnover intention and vitality. The result of the multiple regression indicates that work pattern and vitality predict 31%(F=10.01, p<.001) of resilience. Therefore it is necessary to develop convergence program to strengthen the resilience of clinical nurses'.

• Journal of Convergence for Information Technology
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• v.9 no.7
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• pp.57-66
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• 2019

This study is a descriptive research study for investigating the factors influencing clinical reasoning competency of senior grade nursing students. This study was targeted at 160 senior grade nursing students in M city and G city and data was collected from April 15, 2019 to May 15, 2019. The collected data was analyzed using the SPSS/WIN 21.0 program, and t-test, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and multiple regression analysis were carried out. There was a significant correlation between clinical reasoning competency, critical thinking disposition, metacognition, and empathy. The factors influencing the clinical reasoning competency included metacognition(${\beta}=.48$, p<.001), critical thinking disposition(${\beta}=22$, p=.021), and empathy(${\beta}=-.19$, p=.012). These variables explained 35.0% of the clinical reasoning competency. Based on the results of this study, a demonstration study for developing a convergence education program including metacognition, critical thinking disposition, and clinical reasoning competency and verifying its effect is necessary.

• Korean Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.100-106
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• 2007

Objectives : The objective of the present study was to investigate alexithymia in major depressive disorder(MDD) and subclinical depression(SCD). Methods : Three hundred eighty-six community-dwelling adults(238 females and 148 males, age 19-79; mean age $43.0{\pm}13.9$) were recruited. Structured clinical Interview for DSM-IV(SCID) was conducted for the diagnosis of MDD or other Axis I psychiatric disorders. The Center for Epidemiological Studies for Depression Scale(CES-D) and the Totonto Alexithymia Scale(TAS) were administered to assess depressive symptom and alexithymia, respectively. Among subjects without MDD, those who had minor depressive disorder on the SCID or high scores(i.e. over 16) on the CES-D were defined as subjects with SCD. TAS total score and factor I, II, III scores of TAS in MDD, SCD, and non-depressive controls were compared. Results : Among 386 subjects, 38 subjects(9.8%) were diagnosed as MDD by DSM-IV criteria, while 57 subjects(14.8%) were classified into SCD group. There were significant differences between 3 groups(MDD, SCD and non-depressive controls) in total score($F_{2,383}=14.0$, p<0.01), factor I(difficulty in identifying feeling)($F_{2,383}=23.4$, p<0.01) and factor II(difficulty in describing feeling)($F_{2,383}=7.8$, p<0.01), but not factor III(external oriented thinking)($F_{2,383}=1.8$, p=0.16) of TAS. In post-hoc analysis, both MDD subjects and SCD subjects had higher scores in TAS total, factor I and factor II, compared to non-depressive controls(all p<0.01). In contrast, there were no significant differences between MDD subjects and SCD subjects in any TAS factor. Conclusion : In this study, both MDD subjects and SCD subjects were more alexithymic than non-depressive control subjects. These findings suggest that SCD, as well as MDD, is also related to alexithymia.

• Korean Journal of Clinical Laboratory Science
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• v.49 no.2
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• pp.171-179
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• 2017

This study investigated the influence factors of retirement expectations among medical technologists at medical centers in Seoul and Gyeonggi area, Korea. Subjects were 158 medical technologists. Using a sampling survey method, data was analyzed between July 2015 and December 2016. There was a negative correlation between educational level and economic preparation, but gender and monthly income did not reach retirement expectation level. Conversely, we found no change in the trends with respect to gender, monthly income; nonetheless, we observed that frustration gradually increased with age and working duration. In conclusion, our findings show that there are four factors that significantly influence retirement expectation and preparation: age, level of education, working duration, and family condition. This study contributes to understanding retirement expectations and can be a reference for retirement preparation in medical technologists.

• Journal of Convergence for Information Technology
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• v.10 no.7
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• pp.176-184
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• 2020

This study identified personality types of 433 college students of Busan, Ulsan and some regions of Gyeongsangnam-do and inquired into influences of personality types on their satisfaction with clinical practice. According to the results, students with extroverted and low-neurotic tendencies showed significant results in the subordinate factors of satisfaction with clinical practice. As for factors influencing the extraversion factors personality type, it turned out to have a significant level in satisfied with teach (p<0.001), satisfied with facility and satisfied with clinical practice (p<0.05). On the other hand, as for factors influencing the personality type of neurotic tendencies, it turned out to have a significant level in satisfied with practice content (p<0.05), satisfied with teach (p<0.001), satisfied with interpersonal (p<0.05) and satisfied with clinical practice (p<0.05). Therefore, it will be indispensable to conduct a personality type test during the period of university days, to increase satisfaction with clinical practice of students majoring in Dental hygienics. Moreover, based on the test results, it will be required to develop a variety of programs to strengthen a customized counseling program and improve interpersonal skills.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.16 no.9
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• pp.247-256
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• 2018

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between clinical practice stress, practice satisfaction, and nursing image of nursing students with experience of Gerontological nursing practice and to identify factors affecting nursing image. Data were collected from 150 nursing students from September 1 to 23, 2016 and analyzed using SPSS / Win 23.0. Results showed, practise stress was 3.13, satisfaction, 3.14 and nursing image, 3.32. Correlation analysis revealed that there was negative correlation between practice stress and practicec satisfaction, practice stress and nursing image, and a positive correlation between nursing image and practice satisfaction. Meanwhile, the factor affecting nursing image was practice satisfaction (${\beta}=.602$) and the explanatory power was 40%. Therefore, effective nursing education and practical strategies are needed to improve the nursing image and practice satisfaction of Gerontological nursing practice of nursing students.

• Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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• v.26 no.3
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• pp.695-706
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• 2015

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship among self-leadership, critical thinking disposition, satisfaction of clinical practice and clinical practice competency of nursing students. Participants were 199 baccalaureate nursing students (3rd and 4th grades) in 2 cities. The data was collected by questionnaires and were analyzed with the SPSS/Win 21.0 program, using descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlation coefficient and multiple regression. Significant positive correlations were among self-leadership, critical thinking disposition, satisfaction of clinical practice and clinical practice competency. The regression model explained 30.4% of satisfaction of clinical practice. The significant predictors of satisfaction of clinical practice were clinical experience, satisfaction of major, self-leadership and critical thinking disposition. The regression model explained 23.7% of clinical practice competency. Health status, self-leadership and critical thinking disposition were factors influencing clinical practice competency. It should strengthen self-leadership and encourage critical thinking disposition to improve nursing students' satisfaction of clinical practice and clinical practice competency.

• Environmental and Resource Economics Review
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• v.26 no.2
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• pp.229-255
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• 2017

This study empirically estimates the impacts of climate change on forest composition in Korea using a fractional data regression model, and forecasts the change in forest composition in the 2040s and 2090s based on the IPCC climate change scenarios. Unlike the forest science studies that incorporate mostly only ecological variables as the determinants of forest composition, we take into account regional level socio-economic and forest management variables as well. Our estimation results found that not only environmental factors but also socio-economic and forest management related factors strongly affect the composition of Korean forest. Based on the estimation results and IPCC scenarios on climate change, we predict that the share of currently dominant coniferous forest will decline in the future under all scenarios. About 10% of total forest area is likely to be converted from coniferous forest into broadleaved forest until 2090s under the scenario RCP 8.5. It is also predicted that there will be a substantial regional variation in the effects of climate change on forest composition, and the coniferous forests in the inland regions will decline more dramatically.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.21 no.8
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• pp.267-276
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• 2020

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of teaching efficiency and nursing professionalism on clinical practice competence in nursing students. Undergraduate nursing students (252) in D province completed this study questionnaire. This study was conducted from 3rd to 11th May in 2019. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Scheffe test, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and stepwise multiple regression analysis with SPSS/WIN 21.0. The results reveal that nursing students had a medium level of clinical practice competence. There were significant correlations between sex, nursing professionalism, teaching efficiency, and clinical practice competence. Nursing professionalism was the most influential factor with an explanatory power of 19.6%. The findings of this study are that nursing professionalism and teaching efficiency were influenced the clinical competence of nursing students. Based on these results, nursing professionalism and teaching efficiency should be considered when developing clinical practice education programs to increase clinical competence in nursing students.

• Korean Journal of Medical Ethics
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.344-359
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• 2018

The purpose of this study was to identify how patients with chronic kidney disease understand informed consent and related factors for clinical trials. Data from a paper-based survey was collected from July 1, 2017 to April 30, 2018. The subjects for this study were 85 adult patients with chronic kidney disease who were participating in clinical trials. Surveys were conducted by a tool modified from QuIC as designated by Joffe in 2001. The QuIC consists of two parts: objective and subjective cognition. These tools were modified for this study. The average score for the objective understanding (OU) of informed consent for clinical trials was 69.56; the average score for the subjective understanding (SU) of informed consent for clinical trials was 3.28. It was found that health literacy predicted OU (F=27.709, p<.001) while SU was predicted by additional information (F=-3.095, p<.003), question (F=13.603, p<.001), and informed consent (F=-4.833, p<.001). In conclusion, the results of this study indicate that the understanding of informed consent for clinical trials among patients with chronic kidney disease is relatively low. Accordingly, alternative methods that consider each patient's health literacy levels and related factors need to be considered in order to improve their understanding of informed consents during the clinical trial process.