• Journal of Dental Rehabilitation and Applied Science
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• v.29 no.2
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• pp.153-162
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• 2013

This study compared the marginal bone loss around dental implants that were placed in the canine areas of the mandibles and finded the survival rate of the implants, marginal bone loss around implants and prosthetic complications in 20 patients treated with overdentures retained with Locator attachments. Implants placed in this study showed a 95% survival rate and the average marginal bone loss was 1.21 mm($SD{\pm}0.60mm$) in 94.3 weeks of functional loading. Implant-retained overdentures had various prosthetic complications such as male change, metal cap loosening, Locator attachment loosening, denture teeth change, relining and denture fracture. Implant-retained overdentures using two implants and Locator attachments in the edentulous mandibles is considered as a stable way for long terms because of minimal invasive operation, simple prosthetic process and easy repair.

• Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
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• v.50 no.6
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• pp.837-847
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• 2020

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of hospital characteristics on employment rate, working period, and retirement of ward nurses in Korea through a retrospective cohort study based on HIRAS data. Methods: Data were obtained from a report on medical care institutions of Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service (HIRAS). Data from 259,941 nurses who were working for a day or more from January 1, 2012, to December 31, 2016, at 2,942 medical care institutions were analyzed. Life table method analysis, Kaplan-Meier analysis, and Cox proportional hazard regression analysis were conducted. Results: The employment rates of 5 yeas and 10 years for the total sample were 38% and 28%, respectively. The estimated mean value of the working period was 3,642.7 days (SE: 17.4 days). Cox proportional hazard regression analyses revealed that nurses who were working at the general hospital/hospital, clinic, and nursing hospital were more likely to leave the hospital compared to those who were working at the 3rd general hospital. Nurses who were working at the medical institutions which were located in cities and countries, established by the private foundation, rated lower levels of nursing, and owned an insufficient number of beds, nurses and doctors were more likely to leave their workplace compared to those of the counterparts. Conclusion: This study indicates that hospital characteristics may play a significant role in retirement and working period of ward nurses in Korea. The improvement of hospital conditions to reduce ward nurses' retirement are needed.

• Journal of Korean Biological Nursing Science
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• v.26 no.3
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• pp.228-239
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• 2024

Purpose: This retrospective study was conducted to identify factors associated with repeated suicide attempts by analyzing the electronic medical records of suicide attempters who visited emergency medical centers due to drug intoxication. Methods: Data from January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2021 were collected for this study and analyzed using SPSS/WIN 25.0. Results: In this study, the factors affecting repeated suicide attempts among individuals who visited the emergency medical center due to acute drug intoxication were the presence or absence of psychiatric diseases, the season of drug intoxication, and age. In order to identify the factors affecting repeated suicide attempts in those who presented with acute drug intoxication, logistic regression analysis was performed by inputting psychiatric diseases, season of drug intoxication, and age, all of which exhibited significant differences between those who did and did not attempt suicide again. The presence of psychiatric diseases (odds ratio [OR] = 1.99, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.04~3.80), intoxication occurring in the fall (vs. spring; OR = 3.35, 95% CI = 1.28~8.75), and age ≥ 65 (vs. those under the age of 18; OR = 12.96, 95% CI = 2.02~83.17). The regression model was found to be statistically significant (F = 30.01, p < .001), and the coefficient of determination of Cox and Snell, which represents the explanatory power of the model, was 12.0%. Conclusion: This study suggests that to prevent repeated suicide attempts, it is necessary to develop a tool to evaluate the risk of suicide, use it to evaluate the risk of suicide, and then manage individuals accordingly.

• Korean Journal of Clinical Pharmacy
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.243-248
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• 2011

낙상은 노인의 건강을 위협하는 가장 심각한 문제 중의 하나이며, 조기사망, 신체손상, 운동장애, 심리학적 기능장애를 유발하는 원인이기도 하다. 본 연구의 목적은 국내 노인전문 요양병원 입원 환자들의 의약품 사용이 낙상에 미치는 영향을 평가하는데 있다. 후향적으로 원내 의무기록 정보를 이용하여 환자-대조군 연구를 수행하였고, 2008년 1월부터 2010년 12월까지 3년 기간에 입원한 65세 이상을 대상으로 하였다. 입원기간 중 낙상을 경험한 34명의 노인환자들을 환자군으로 선택하였으며 낙상을 경험하지 않은 68명의 노인환자들을 무작위 추출하여 1:2의 환자군:대조군비율로 연구 대상 환자들을 선정하였다. 환자군이 복용한 의약품을 대조군이 복용한 의약품과 비교하였으며 각 계열별 의약품과 낙상위험도 관계를 평가하였다. 두 그룹간의 인구통계학적 특성은 유사하였고 연령, 성별, 복용 의약품수, 고혈압 유무, 혈중 크레아티닌 수치, 혈중 나트륨 수치, 혈압 또는 심박수에 유의한 차이는 없었다. 항히스타민제와 본 연구에서 유일하게 기타 수면보조제로 분류된 졸피뎀이 유의하게 낙상위험도를 증가시켰다.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.40 no.6
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• pp.555-565
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• 2021

The goal of this study is to improve flow and noise performances of existing backward-curved blade centrifugal fan system used for circulating cold air in a refrigerator freezer by optimally designing airfoil shape. The unique characteristics of the system is to drive cold airflow with two volute tongues in combination with duct system in a back side of a refrigerator without scroll housing generally used in a typical centrifugal fan system. First, flow and noise performances of existing fan system were evaluated experimentally. A P-Q curve was obtained using a fan performance tester in the flow experiment, and noise spectrum was measured in an anechoic chamber in the noise experiment. Then, flow characteristics were numerically analyzed by solving the three-dimensional unsteady Navier-Stokes equations and noise analysis was performed by solving the Ffowcs Williams and Hawkins equation with input from the flow simulation results. The validity of numerical results was confirmed by comparing them with the measured ones. Based on the verified numerical method, blade inlet and outlet angles were optimized for maximum flow rate using the two-factor central composite design of the response surface method. Finally, the flow and noise performances of a prototype manufactured with the optimum design were experimentally evaluated, which showed the improvement in flow and noise performance.

• Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
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• 2013.05a
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• pp.215-216
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• 2013

본 연구는 간 CT검사를 받은 환자의 선량 및 일반적 정보를 이용하여 후향적으로 진행된 연구로서, 우리나라에서 사용 빈도가 높은 4개사의 CT장비에서 각 장비별로 간 CT검사 시 환자가 받는 평균유효선량의 차이를 알아보고, 성별, 연령, 신장, 체중과 같은 환자의 특성에 따라 장비사별 환자선량을 비교 분석을 통해 임상에서 각자의 장비를 이용하여 방사선사가 간 CT검사를 진행하거나 새로운 검사조건 설정 시 환자선량 감소를 위해 고려해야 할 사항을 제시하는데 목적이 있다.

• The Journal of the Korean dental association
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• v.53 no.5
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• pp.326-347
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• 2015

목적: 노인 환자에서 식립된 임플란트의 생존율을 조사하고 다양한 요인에 따라 생존율에 미치는 영향을 후향적으로 평가하고자 하였다. 재료 및 방법: 2001년 1월부터 2007년 12월까지 조선대학교 치과병원 치주과에 내원한 65세 이상 노인 환자 56명에게 식립된 138개의 임플란트를 대상으로 하였다.(남자 38명, 여자 18명, 평균 연령$69.38{\pm}3.91$세) 임플란트 생존율은 환자 성별 및 연령, 전신질환 유무, 치아 상실 원인, 식립 위치, 임플란트 직경 및 길이, 골질, 골이식 여부, 상부 보철물 유형에 따라 조사되었다. Kaplan-Meier survival analysis을 통해 각 요인에 따른 누적 생존율을 조사하였고, chi-square test를 통해 누적 생존율과 각각의 요인 간의 통계학적 유의성을 평가하였다. 결과: 보철물 시적 후 5 ~ 140개월 간 추적 관찰을 시행하였다. 65세 이상 노인 환자 56명에게 식립된 총 138개의 임플란트 중 추적 관찰 기간 동안 5개의 임플란트가 실패하였다. 그 중 63개의 임플란트는 환자가 정기적인 내원 약속에 응하지 않아 도중에 조사대상에서 제외되었으며, 결과적으로 5년간 누적 생존율은 94.9%였다. 임플란트 생존율에 영향을 미치는 다양한 요인 중 골질 (P=0.037) 및 상부 보철물 유형 (P=0.015) 간에 누적 생존율이 통계적으로 유의한 차이가 있었다. 그외 연령, 성별, 전신질환 유무, 치아상실 원인, 식립 위치, 임플란트 직경 및 길이, 골이식 유무 관련 요인과 누적 생존율 사이에는 통계적으로 유의한 차이가 없었다. 결론: 여러 한계가 있었지만 노인 환자의 무치악 부위에 있어 임플란트는 장기간에 걸쳐 예지성 있고 받아들여질 만한 치료이면서 적은 합병증과 실패율을 가진다.

• Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.149-158
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• 2009

Tsutsugamushi fever occupies more than 80% of total fall epidemic diseases and has an incubation period of 1 or 2 weeks as well. We have assumed that the incubation period distribution is gamma and therefore, reach an agreement that the infected distribution is normal with ${\hat{\mu}}=309.92$, ${\hat{\sigma}}=14.154$ by back calculation method. The infection cases are found severely large around the month of October. The infection case distribution demonstrates the incidence number increasing rapidly and progresses fast during the month of November. In this study, we have calculated the future prevalence number of maximum 1,200 people by inferred infection probability and incubation period distribution with some sort of limitation that the trend of increasing incidence number is not taking into an account. We considered the SIRS model which is also known as epidemic model, familiar to interaction between epidemiological classes. Our estimated parameters converged well with the initial parameter values.

• Korean Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine
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• v.28 no.1
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• pp.36-41
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• 2020

Objectives : Clozapine has been known to increase the possibility of developing cardio/cerebrovascular diseases, and the platelet activation has been deemed to be related to the occurrence of them. In author's previous study, we observed the increase of platelet activity with short-term clozapine administration. This study was conducted, as a follow-up study, to investigate the effect of clozapine on the platelet activity when administered continuously for long-term period of time of 1 year. Methods : The medical records of the patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder who were treated with clozapine for 1 year were retrospectively reviewed. The degree of platelet activation was assessed by measuring the mean platelet component. Results : Total of 24 patients were enrolled. 9 of them (37.5%) were male and 15 of them (62.5%) were female. In the Wilcoxon sign-ranks test, no significant change was observed between the mean platelet factor values at the beginning and at the end of one year. Conclusions : No significant changes of mean platelet activity were observed after continued administration of clozapine for 1 year. Considering the author's previous findings that observed a prominent decrease of mean platelet component after short-term clozapine administration, the result of this study suggests the possibility that the activity of the platelet may change depending on the duration of the clozapine administration.

• Journal of Korean Dental Hygiene Science
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.53-68
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• 2024

Background: Research on the association between renal disease and periodontal conditions has yet to yield definitive results. In this study, we analyzed whether periodontal disease increases the risk of developing renal disease using Korean national cohort data over a period of 11 years. Methods: From 2002 to 2015, a retrospective follow-up investigation was conducted on the 203,538 Korean population using the National Health Insurance Service-National Sample Cohort. Periodontal disease and renal disease were identified through diagnoses using the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision (ICD-10) codes. The assessment of periodontal status involved considering the number of dental visits related to periodontal disease during the baseline 3-year period. Results: During the 11-year follow-up period, renal disease occurred in 19,868 out of the total 203,538 individuals. After adjusting for age, gender, income, smoking, drinking, physical activity, diabetes, hypertension, obesity, hypercholesterolemia, ischemic heart disease, and advanced periodontal treatment, periodontal disease increased the risk of renal disease occurrence by 1.04 times (adjusted hazard ratio [aHR] = 1.04, 95% CI = 1.01 to 1.08). Additionally, a higher frequency of dental visits attributed to periodontal disease was associated with an increased risk of renal disease,exhibiting a dose-response trend (aHR = 1.02, 95% CI = 1.00 to 1.06 for once; aHR = 1.08, 95% CI = 1.04 to 1.13 for two times; aHR = 1.11, 95% CI = 1.03 to 1.21 for three times). Conclusions: Our data confirmed that periodontal disease is associated witha higher incidence of renal disease.