• Journal of the Health Care and Life Science
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.105-114
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• 2023

This study aims to analyze the secondary data of disease distribution and medical service behavior according to gender and income by using the 17th wave data of the Korea Welfare Panel, which is being distributed in April 2023. Data for 7,865 people of raw data generated using the R language were collected, and among them, missing values (NA, - 2,012) were analyzed for 5,853 people. For analysis, average income by health status and gender, relationship with chronic diseases, outpatient visits to medical institutions by gender/age group, type of medical institution used by age group, and annual health checkup usage rate by gender/age group were examined. Through this, the medical utilization rate was higher in men than in women, and the utilization rate of hospitals and clinics was high.

• Journal of the Health Care and Life Science
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.81-88
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• 2022

The purpose of this study is to analyze the relationship between interpersonal competence, subjective well-being, and emotional expressiveness of early childhood teachers, and to investigate the effect of interpersonal competence and subjective well-being on emotional expressiveness. For this purpose, in this study, a survey was conducted with 341 teachers of infants and toddlers working in kindergartens and daycare centers located in I and G cities. The research tools used in this study were ICQ, ESS, PANA and SWLS scales. Results of the study First, as a result of examining the correlation between interpersonal competence, subjective well-being, and emotional expression, it was found that among subjective well-being, there was a positive correlation in addition to negative emotions. Second, as a result of examining the effect of early childhood teachers' interpersonal competence and subjective well-being on emotional expression, it was found that they had a statistically significant effect in part.

• Journal of the Health Care and Life Science
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.259-264
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• 2022

This study aimed to provide basic data for improving the quality of life related to oral health of the elderly by comparing the satisfaction factors by function before and after implantation targeting the elderly living in Hongseong, Chungcheongnam-do. From November 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021, a survey was conducted targeting people aged 55 or older living in Hongseong-gun, Chungcheongnam-do. A Likert 5-point scale was used to investigate chewing, social, and psychological functions, and a paried T-test was conducted to compare satisfaction by function. All factors for masticatory, social, and psychological function before and after implant surgery were significantly higher after implant surgery than before implant surgery(p<0.001). Implant surgery has a great influence on not only the oral health of the elderly but also the change in the quality of life, so more research on this is needed and measures are needed accordingly.

• Journal of the Health Care and Life Science
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.275-283
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• 2022

This study aims to identify the factors affecting medical use in Seoul metropolitan region (SMR) by patients with a congenital malformation in the Jeollabuk-do region and suggest methods to improve equity in regional healthcare utilization. The study conducted the chi-square test and logistic regression analysis using Korean National Hospital's in-depth injury survey data from 2016 to 2020. The results are as follows. First, medical utilization in SMR was high in the age group of 19-44. Second, the bigger the bed size, the higher the medical utilization in SMR. Third, in the case of the principal diagnosis, the medical utilization in SMR was high in the patients with congenital Anomaly of the Tracheobronchial System. Fourth, the medical utilization in SMR was high in the group of inpatients with higher severity after surgery. Based on these results, government-run healthcare policies and planning should be established to achieve regional equity of medical utilization.

• Journal of the Health Care and Life Science
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.169-178
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• 2022

The purpose of this study was to examine the level of awareness of the importance of work ability and their final school contribution and the difference between them among health care workers', and to explore the direction of the health care training curriculum by analyzing using IPA. As for the analysis data, the response data of a total of 465 health care workers among the original data of the 14th (2020) Youth Panel Survey were used. As a result of the analyzing using IPA, concentrate here area was none, and the keep up the good work area was specialized knowledge, practical knowledge in the field of expertise, communication, ability to cooperate with others, customer response capability, ability to learn for oneself, deliberate lifestyle, ability to adapt to change, good job perspective and business manners, understanding documents. Low priority area was computer literacy, ability to creative problem solving, reading and writing in a foreign language, solving math problems, foreign language conversation, and the possible overkill area was creating a document. Based on the these results, implications for effective curriculum development to cultivate health care workers were suggested.

• Journal of the Health Care and Life Science
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.111-118
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• 2022

This study aimed to differences of satisfaction among the 182 medical technologists (MT) in Korea according to gender, age, carrier, employment status, and hospital type. The results showed that the overall mean of the total satisfaction score is 3.33 and interpersonal satisfaction was the highest with 3.83, followed by job satisfaction, education satisfaction, affiliation satisfaction, working environment satisfaction, leisure satisfaction, turnover intention. The job satisfaction of MT increased with age and experience, and with full-time employees (P<0.05). In order to increase job satisfaction and reduce turnover intentions of MT, practical changes in welfare, wages, and working environment should be considered for both regular and non-regular workers in their 20s with 1 to 3 years of experience who had the lowest job satisfaction and the highest intention to leave. Analysis of these factors, it is expected that the result of this study will serve as important reference material for identifying the intention of turnover and establishing an effective personnel policy.

• Journal of the Health Care and Life Science
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.285-293
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• 2022

This study is to confirm the effects of COVID-19 stress and patient-related social stress (unreasonable demand, aggression) on emotional exhaustion and patient-friendly orientation. In addition, it is to confirm the role of moderating variables in the relationship between the meaning of work of health care providers and patient-related stress caused by COVID-19 and emotional exhaustion. Data were collected through an online survey targeting health care service providers, and the final 219 copies were used for analysis. As a result of the analysis, it was confirmed that corona stress is a factor that increases emotional burnout for health care providers. In the case of patient-related stress, it was confirmed that the patient's unreasonable demands increased emotional exhaustion, but aggression did not show statistically significant results. These research results can provide not only theoretical implications for health care service quality improvement, but also managerial implications for preparing plans for internal employee management.

• Journal of the Health Care and Life Science
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.141-147
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• 2023

The present study was conducted to assess the relationship between hyperuricemia and anemia in Korean adults with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Data from 557 adults (age ≥ 20 years) in the Eighth Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2019-2021) were analyzed. Several key findings were identified. First, after adjusting for the related variables, the odds ratio (OR) of anemia (hemoglobin [Hb] < 13.0 mg/dL in men or < 12 mg/dL in women), using the normouricemia group (uric acid [UA] < 7.0 mg/dL in men or < 6.0 mg/dL in women) as a reference, was positively significant for the hyperuricemia group (uric acid [UA] ≥ 7.0 mg/dL in men or ≥ 6.0 mg/dL in women) in overall population (odds ratio [OR], 1.719; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.371-2.942), men (OR, 2.008; 95% CI, 1.013-3.165), and women (OR, 2.246; 95% CI, 1.315-3.835). In conclusions, hyperuricemia was associated with an increase in anemia in both Korean men and women with chronic kidney disease.

• Journal of the Health Care and Life Science
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.149-153
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• 2023

This study conducted an eight-week equestrian exercise for 20 adults aged 20 or older to find out the effect of equestrian exercise on the flexibility of the human body.As a result of the experiment, the range of flexion-tension in the waist joint motion increased from an average of 120.2° to an average of 132.5° before the experiment, and the range of lateral bending increased from an average of 65.8° to an average of 67.3°. In the Sit and reach Test, it increased from 2.94 mm to 4.97 mm before the experiment. It was found that the range of motion of the joint increased during flexion and extension of the waist, and as the range of lateral bending increased, the flexibility of the human body increased. To confirm this, a flexibility test was conducted, and I believe that riding equipment exercise is a physiotherapy intervention that prevents back pain and increases flexibility in the human body, I would like to suggest that it can be used to promote health not only for patients with diseases such as back pain but also for the healthy general public.

• Journal of the Health Care and Life Science
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.187-193
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• 2022

This study aimed to find out the learning outcomes of the program belonging to law and ethics, which is the category of the 4th cycle nursing certification evaluation, and to find out the direction of health care laws and regulations belonging to the related category accordingly. In the 4th cycle, 4 sub-competences were presented, and "learning outcomes are to practice nursing in accordance with law and ethics". Planning is recommended. In particular, health care laws and regulations are an important subject in the national examination for nurses, and the number of students who failed in the recent national examination for nurses was 1st to 2nd. However, if these subjects are recognized only as memorization-oriented national tests, the learning outcomes of the Nursing Education Accreditation and Evaluation Institute cannot be achieved. In particular, with the demand for high-level nursing care as a nurse and the expansion of work, related responsibilities and duties are increasing, so it is necessary to recognize the importance of achieving learning outcomes for health care laws and regulations and to make efforts to link learning outcomes.