• 제목/요약/키워드: Adolescents' Health

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종아리 강화 운동이 중년여성의 보행메커니즘에 미치는 영향 (Effect of calf strengthening exercise on walking mechanism in middle-aged women)

  • 김종근;조경희
    • 문화기술의 융합
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    • 제10권4호
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    • pp.235-240
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    • 2024
  • 건강한 노년을 위해 중년부터 건강 관리를 해나가야 한다. 본 연구의 목적은 중년여성들이 시간과 장소에 구애 받지 않고 간단한 운동을 통해 최대 효과를 볼 수 있는 운동 프로그램을 적용하여 보행메커니즘에 미치는 영향을 확인하고자 시행되었다. 연구대상자는 45세 이상 중년 여성을 대상으로 종아리 강화 운동 그룹 10명, 대조군 10명으로 총 20명을 선정하였다. 종아리 강화 운동군의 운동 전후를 비교한 결과 step length 좌측과 우측 그리고 double support, step time(좌), speed가 향상되었다. 운동 후 종아리 강화 운동군과 비운동 그룹의 보행메커니즘을 비교한 결과 step length 좌측과 우측, step time 좌측과 우측이 향상되었다. 시간 및 장소에 특별히 구애 받지 않는 종아리 강화 운동을 통해 보행메커니즘의 긍정적 효과를 보였다. 특히 보폭은 넓어져 하지의 힘이 생기고 한발 지지구간은 짧아져 보행의 속도는 증가한 것으로 나타나 의미 있는 결과를 도출했다고 판단한다. 향후 연구에서는 청소년, 노년 층 등 전 연령에 걸쳐 평가하여 생애주기 별 측정데이터를 제시하고 평상시 운동 부족으로 사회적 문제를 야기하는데 있어 기초자료로 제공하는 것이 바람직할 것으로 사료된다.

한국인(韓國人)의 균형식(均衡食) 권장에 관한 연구(硏究) -한국인(韓國人)의 식생활(食生活)의 추이(해방후 30년간)- (Research on Proper Dietary Recommendations for Korea)

  • 이기열;이양자
    • Journal of Nutrition and Health
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    • 제10권2호
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    • pp.59-70
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    • 1977
  • This study was designed to evaluate the changes and improvements in the Korean diet during the last thirty years (since independence in 1945), and to make recommendations for the improvement of their nutritional status, consequently contributing to the physical and mental welfare of the Korean people. The results and recommendations are as follows: 1. The total calorie and carbohydrate intake decreased by $8{\sim}12%$ in the 1970's, as compared with the 1940's and the 1950's. 2. The intake of calcium and vitamiu A increased $30{\sim}50%$ and $20{\sim}60%$ respectively in the 1960's and 1970's as compared with the 1940,s. But this intake level is still lower than the RDA values. 3. The vitamin C intake was somewhat higher in the mountainous and farming areas than in urban areas. 4. In the 1970's, the decrease of untriend intake due to seasonal variation was marked especially for protein, niacin, vitamin $B_1$, and vitamin C. 5. The consumption of protein foods (meats and legumes) increased in an amount of $15{\sim}36g$ per day. There was a marked increase in the intake of meat in farming areas and of milk in urban areas in the 1970's. This increased intake of animal proteins is a very desirable dietary change. 6. The cereal consumption was lowest in urban areal, but there was a general decrease in the intake of the cereal group in the entire area in the 1970's. For the farmers, the intake of cereal food decreased most, from 750 g to 576 g, but cereals still composed a high proportion of the entire diet. 7. Fruits and vegetables showed the highest intake for the urban people, as expected. For the whole area, this food group showed an increase of 8.7% in the 1970's, as compared with the 1960's. 8. The gradual ihcrease in the intake of the fats and oil group was a desirable dietary change. but the absolute amount was too low. 9. A 7% increase in height and a 9% incrrase in weight for growing children and adolescents was observed in the 1970's as compared with the 1940's, but several kinds of deficiency diseases, such as nutritional anemia and dental caries were still apparent in many areas. 10. To improve cur food life and to cope with food shortages faced in Korea, an efficient and nationwide nutrition education program should be implemented. This would maximize efficiency of intake from the limited food sources for a balanced diet. 11. As it is of utmost importance to provide growing children with a desirable physical, sccial mental, and especially nutritional environment, a well-planned and organized school feeding program should be practiced widely and efficiently. 12. Young mothers and pregnant women should be educated on the importance of their children's nutrition, especially for the critical fetal and infancy periods. 13. More thorough and continuous nutritional survey studies on the changes in dietary patterns for the entire nation should be pursued, evaluated and documented. This would Provide a good information guide for future nutritional study programs. 14. It is the nutritionistist's strong desire that national leaders, especially decision makers recognize the fact that improvement of the nutritional status of the People is one of the most economic and preventative ways of improving their physical and mental health. This is closely related to the economic development and strength of the nation.

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Korean parents' perceptions of the challenges and needs on school re-entry during or after childhood and adolescent cancer: a multi-institutional survey by Korean Society of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

  • Lee, Jun Ah;Lee, Jae Min;Park, Hyeon Jin;Park, Meerim;Park, Byung Kiu;Ju, Hee Young;Kim, Ji Yoon;Park, Sang Kyu;Lee, Young Ho;Shim, Ye Jee;Kim, Heung Sik;Park, Kyung Duk;Lim, Yeon-Jung;Chueh, Hee Won;Park, Ji Kyoung;Kim, Soon Ki;Choi, Hyoung Soo;Ahn, Hyo Seop;Hah, Jeong Ok;Kang, Hyoung Jin;Shin, Hee Young;Lee, Mee Jeong
    • Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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    • 제63권4호
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    • pp.141-145
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    • 2020
  • Background: For children and adolescents with cancer, going back to school is a key milestone in returning to "normal life." Purpose: To identify the support vital for a successful transition, we evaluated the parents' needs and the challenges they face when their children return to school. Methods: This multi-institutional study was conducted by the Korean Society of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology. The written survey comprised 24 questions and was completed by 210 parents without an interviewer. Results: Most parents (165 of 206) reported that their children experienced difficulties with physical status (n=60), peer relationships (n=30), academic performance (n=27), emotional/behavioral issues (n=11), and relationships with teachers (n=4) on reentering school. Parents wanted to be kept informed about and remain involved in their children's school lives and reported good parent-teacher communication (88 of 209, 42.1%). Parents reported that 83.1% and 44.9% of teachers and peers, respectively, displayed an adequate understanding of their children's condition. Most parents (197 of 208) answered that a special program is necessary to facilitate return to school after cancer therapy that offers emotional support (n=85), facilitates social adaptation (n=61), and provides tutoring to accelerate catch up (n=56), and continued health care by hospital outreach and school personnel (n=50). Conclusion: In addition to scholastic aptitude-oriented programs, emotional and psychosocial support is necessary for a successful return to school. Pediatric oncologists should actively improve oncology practices to better integrate individualized school plans and educate peers and teachers to improve health literacy to aid them in understanding the needs of children with cancer.

청소년정서행동발달검사 표준화연구 자료를 활용한 학교폭력 피해 전국유병률 및 관련요인 조사 (Victims of Bullying among Korean Adolescents: Prevalence and Association with Psychopathology Evaluated Using the Adolescent Mental Health and Problem Behavior Screening Questionnaire-II Standardization Study Data)

  • 방수영;유한익;김지훈;김봉석;이영식;안동현;서동수;조수철;황준원;반건호
    • Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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    • 제23권1호
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    • pp.23-30
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    • 2012
  • Objectives : This study was conducted to investigate the prevalence of victims of bullying and the demographic characteristics of victims, and their related psychopathology, in a Korean nationwide sample of youths in middle and high school over a one month period. Methods : During the autumn of 2009, students in the 7th to 12th grades at 23 secondary schools participated in a nationwide, cross-sectional study. The study subjects completed the Adolescent Mental Health and Problem Behavior Screening Questionnaire-II (AMPQ-II) and Symptom Checklist-90-Revision (SCL-90-R). Based on the data acquired, descriptive statistics, correlation coefficients and multiple logistic regression analysis were performed. Results : Among the 3364 participants, 2272 (67.54%) completed the questionnaire. The prevalence of victimization was 28.9%. Male gender was positively associated with victimization, and grade level was negatively related to victimization. The AMPQ-II bullying score (Factor 4) was significantly (p<.001) and positively correlated to the AMPQ-II student total score (r= 0.50), Worry and thought (Factor 1 ; r=0.38), Mood and suicide (Factor 2 ; r=0.31), Academic and Internet-related problems (Factor 3 ; r=0.24), Rule violations (Factor 5 ; r=0.23), and AMPQ-II teacher total score (r=0.11). Somatization (r=0.23), Obsessive-compulsive behavior (r=0.24), Interpersonal sensitivity (r=0.30), Depression (r=0.33), Anxiety (r=0.26), Hostility (r=0.30), Phobic anxiety (r=0.22), Paranoid ideation (r=0.36), and Psychoticism (r=0.31) results from the SCL-90-R were also found to be positively related to the AMPQ-II bullying score, and remained significant after adjusting for age and gender. A total of 26% of the victims reported suicidal ideations as compared to 9% of non-victims over the month prior to the evaluation ($x^2$=119.595, df=1, p<.001). The multiple logistic regression analysis indicated that the AMPQ-II bullying score significantly increased the risk of suicidal ideation [Exp(b)=1.55, df=1, p<.001] after adjusting for age and gender. Conclusion : School bullying was highly prevalent among Korean middle and high school students. This study provided strong evidence that suicidal ideation and psychopathology were serious problems among the victims of bullying.

성교육 실시에 따른 성지식, 성태도 변화 연구 -1학년 여중생을 대상으로- (The Study on Change in Sex-Related Knowledge and Attitude through Sex Education : focusing on the 1st grade students in girls' junior high schools)

  • 계수연;문인옥
    • 보건교육건강증진학회지
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    • 제16권2호
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    • pp.137-155
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    • 1999
  • The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of sex education on knowledge and attitude related to sex. The subjects were taken from by 199 students in 3 classes from 1st grade in H girl's junior high school as the study group, and 2 classes from 1st grade in S girl's junior high school as control group. During the survey period(September 21, 1998 to September 30, 1998), 6 times in terms of one-hour class for sex education were taught to the study group. A pre-test was executed on September 19, 1998 and the post-test on September 30. The findings were as follows. 1. According to the research, 20.1% of the subjects have experienced sex education from parents and 89.9% from teacher. They have mostly obtained the sex-related information from teachers(59.8%), following movie, radio, TV, or video tape(40.7%), friends(35.2%), reading materials such as books, cartoons, news papers and magazines(31.7%), parents(15.6%), siblings(7.0%), PC(1.5%) and telephone service(1.5%). 2. 27.1% of the subjects reported that they had sex-related worry concerning from friendship with the opposite sex, following physiological phenomenon(31.5%), sex violence(11.1%), physical characteristics(7.4%), VD and contraception(5.6%), sexual impulse(5.6%), pregnancy and delivery(5.5%), and sexual behaviour(3.7%). The research showed that the adolescents usually solved their problems through the consultation with theifriends(44.4%). However, 16.7% of the subjects were turned out not to request any solution. The other minor routes to settle their problems were written materials such as books, magazines(13.0%), parents(13.0%), movie, radio, TV, or video tape(5.5%), acquainted female elders(3.7%) and teachers(3.7%). 3. The most interesting part regarding sex was the friendship with the opposite sex(61.8%), following adolescent's emotion(55.8%), physiological differences between two genders(52.8%), AIDS(48.7%), VD(46.7%), pregnancy(45.2%), contraception(45.2%), abortion(41.7%), intercourse(41.7%), masturbation(41.2%), sex violence(41.2%) and genital structure and secondary sexual characteristics(28.6%). 4. In regard to characteristics of the subjects influencing sex-related knowledge, the higher educational career of mother, living with at least either parent and the experience of sex education by teachers were statistically significant factors(p〈0.05). 5. In regard to characteristics of the subjects influencing attitudes toward sex, the experience of sex education by parents or teachers was a statistically significant factor(p〈0.05). 6. The analysis of knowledge score comparing results before and after sex education showed that control group's score decreased from 12.5 to 12.44 while the study group's score increased from 12.33 to 21.31, which was statistically significant(p〈0.001). 7. The analysis of the attitude scores before and after sex education showed that the control group's score slightly increased from 55.57 to 56.36, while the study group's score increased from 54.79 to 61.95, which was statistically significant(p〈0.001). 8. The level of sex-related concerns of the study group after sex education marked both the increase in some items and the decrease in others. 9. Most instructive session among the sex education was the third “to be a good friend to the opposite sex”(27.0%).

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한국국민건강영양조사 병합자료(1998년, 2001년, 2005년)를 이용한 소아청소년에서의 대사증후군 진단 요인의 기초 분석 (Preliminary analysis of metabolic syndrome components in Korean adolescents by using Korean national health and nutrition examination Survey pooling data (1998, 2001, and 2005))

  • 허경;박미정
    • Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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    • 제51권12호
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    • pp.1300-1309
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    • 2008
  • 목 적: 본 연구는 국내 소아청소년의 대사증후군의 기준치 설정의 참고자료가 되고자 BMI, 혈압, 허리둘레, 중성지방, 중성지방, HDL-콜레스테롤, 공복혈당의 연령별, 성별 백분위수 분포를 분석하였다. 방 법: 1998년, 2001년 및 2005년 국민건강영양조사에서 조사된 10-19세 연령 총 4,164명(남아 2,139명, 여아 2,025명)을 대상으로 하였다. 신장, 체중, 허리둘레를 측정하였고 BMI, 혈압, 지질 농도와 혈당의 분포를 분석하였다. 결 과: BMI 는 여아 17세 90 백분위수에서, 남아 17세의 85 백분위수에서 성인 비만 위험군으로 정의하는 25 이상으로 측정되고 있었다. 허리둘레는 17세 이상 90 백분위수 남아 여아 모두에서 아시아 성인 복부비만의 기준치 이상이 측정되었다. 수축기 혈압은 남아 15세 이상 90 백분위수 이상, 13세 이상 95 백분위수 이상에서 성인 대사증후군의 진단 기준인 수축기 혈압 130 mmHg 이상이 측정되었고 이완기 혈압은 남아 17세 이상의 90 백분위수 이상, 15세 이상 95 백분위수 이상에서 80 mmHg 이상이었다. 혈장 중성지방은 NCEP-ATP III의 기준인 110 mg/dL 이상은 남아 여아 모두 75 백분위수에 해당하였고 IDF의 기준인 150 mg/dL 이상은 남아 여아 모두 90 백분위수에 해당하였다. HDL-콜레스테롤의 대사증후군 진단 기준인 40 mg/dL 이하는 남아에서 25 백분위수 이하가 여아에서 10 백분위수 이하가 해당되었다. 공복 혈당은 NCEP-ATP III 기준인 110 mg/dL 이상은 남아 여아에서 95 백분위수에 해당하였고 IDF 기준인 100 mg/dL 는 남아 여아 모두 90 백분위수에 해당하였다. 결 론: 한국 청소년 후기 남아에서 혈압, 허리둘레, 중성지방의 90 백분위수와 여아에서 허리둘레, 중성지방의 90 백분위 수치가 한국 성인 대사증후군의 기준치에 근접하여 매우 높았다.

청소년의 소진 경험에 관한 연구 -고3 수험생을 중심으로- (A Study Exhaustion Experiences in Adolescents - Samples of 12th Grade Examinees-)

  • 김경희;권혜진;염순교
    • 한국학교보건학회지
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    • 제10권2호
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    • pp.241-257
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    • 1997
  • This study identifies a basic framework to analyze specific experiences of examinees so that which nurses are better able to understand reactions of examinees and, further, to provide better nursing treatments to them. This study follows Strauss & Corbin's analysis tool (1990). This basic framework identifies the specific mental reactions in a process away from the "being tightened" state. The main factors explaining this process include the 28 following variables : anxiety, being burdened, being suppressed, lack of agency, being suffocated, term pressure, expectation pressure, grade pressure, firmness, feebleness, helping others, being disturbed, watching others, off ficiousness, staightening on, depending on, getting along with, getting out of, shooting out, giving up, being alone, devoting, bracing up, being industrious, being harassed, being distressed, troubles, and quiting. Twelve variables are factored from the above factors which include pressure, being tighened, terms, expectations, grades, will, friends, family, open-minded confrontation, close-minded confrontation, pursuing, and wandering around. The Examinees' state of being tightened is first developed, watched by others, and finally resolved causing students either to pursue (positive reactions) or to wander around (negative reactions). Based on the theoretical framework, the following sixteen hypotheses are developed : 1. Students are less tightened in the first term. 2. Students are more tightened in the second term. 3. Students with higher grades feel less tightened. 4. Students with lower grades feel more tightened. 5. Students with higher expectations feel more tightened. 6. Students with lower expectations feel less tightened. 7. Students who are less tightened confront open-mindedly. 8. Students who are higher tightened confront close-mindedly. 9. Students with a strong will confront open-mindedly. 10. Students with a weak will confront close-mindedly. 11. Students who have more sincere friends confront open-mindedly. 12. Students who have less sincere frieds confront close-mindedly. 13. Students with family support confront open-mindedly. 14. Students with little family support confront close-mindedly. 15. Students confronting open-mindedly pursue. 16. Students confronting close-mindedly wander. We identify the following four relations from the data analysis : 1. Students with average grades in their first term are more tightened from high expectations and have a tendency to wander if they have less supporting families even if they also have a strong will and sincere friends. 2. Students with low grades in their second term are less tighened because of low expectations and have a tendency to wander if they have a weak will and few sincere friends even if they have strong family support. 3. Students with high grades in their second term are more tightened with high expectations and have a tendency to pursue confrontations open-mindedly if they have supporting families and a strong will even if they have few sincere friends. 4. Students with average grades in their first term are less tightened from fewer expectations and have a tendency to pursue confrontations open-mindedly when they have more supporting families and sincere friends even if they have a weak will. A Student's degree of being tightened are affected by grades, terms, and expectations. Being tightened is resolved positively or negatively based on will, friends, and family. We conclude that will, family support, and sincere friends cause students to confront "being tightened" open-mindedly. We also conclude that practical nursing for students who are tightened have to focus on creating environments in which students are able to confront open-mindedly.

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일부 시 지역 고교생.학부모.교사들의 성의식 조사 (A Research Study on the Sexual Awareness of Teenagers. Their Parents and Teachers in an Urban Area)

  • 임미림;양순옥;이광옥
    • 지역사회간호학회지
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    • 제12권3호
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    • pp.755-772
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    • 2001
  • The specific purpose of this study was as follows: 1) To identify the level of sexual awareness and demand for sex education of teenagers, their parents and teachers. 2) To investigate the attitude toward and acceptance of heterosexual friendships by teenagers, their parents and teachers. 3) To identify the experience and direction of sex education of parents and teachers. For this purpose, this study selected 341 male and female teenagers at three high schools located in a city, 119 parents with high school students and 243 elementary/middle/high school teachers. The structured questionnaire was distributed to each of them and returned by them. This study was conducted over the period between June 1. 2001 and Aug 31. 2001. A total of 720 questionnaires were distributed to them and 703 were returned. Data analysis was conducted to obtain percentage and frequency using the SAS program. As a result, the following findings were obtained: Parents and teachers showed a similar attitude about sexual awareness, but teenagers showed a different attitude. In terms of the level of feeling of and interest in 'sex', teenagers, parents and teachers were comfortable in accepting it. As for sexual curiosity in puberty, 84.8% of the parents and 95.5% of the teachers responded that it was natural, whereas only 14.7% of teenagers responded that it was natural. But As for the item that 'sex is natural as one of human needs', 3.6% of the teenagers, 16.8% of the parents and only 1.2% of the teachers responded that it was not. As for the item that 'A man has a stronger sexual impulse than a woman', 6.1% of the teenagers, 16.8% of the parents and 17.3% of the teachers responded that it was not. 64.2% of the teenagers and 90.2% of the teachers responded that it was impossible to overcome the sexual impulse, whereas only 8.4% of the parents responded that it was possible. As for the item of masturbation, 64.5% of the teenagers responded that it was possible for male students and not possible for female students. 67.2% of the parents and 91.1% of the teachers responded that it was possible regardless of sex. As for the item of an attitude toward virginal purity, both the parents and teachers showed that virginal purity was important for both man and woman, but teenagers showed a weak awareness of virginal purity. As for the item, 'It is possible to have sexual intercourse with a lover during adolescence', 20.2% of the teenagers, 79% of the parents and 87.7% of the teachers responded that it was impossible. As for the item 'It is necessary to keep premarital virginal purity for a happy married life', 21.1% of the teenagers, 74.8% of the parents and 55.1% of the teachers responded that it was necessary, which shows that teenagers had a different opinion than parents and teachers. In case of pregnancy in adolescence, most of the responding teenagers, parents and teachers chose abortion. As for the item 'female refusal on male sexual approach', respondents accepted female refusal as they did for orders of teachers, parents and adolescents. As for item 'An assaulter is entirely to blame for sexual assault', all of three groups responded in the affirmative.

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소아치과 전문의 인력 현황 및 공급 적정성에 관한 연구 - 급여 진료 항목을 기준으로 (A Study on the Current State of Pediatric Dentists and the Adequacy of Supply and Demand Based on Covered Services)

  • 임여원;채용권;이고은;남옥형;이효설;최성철;김미선
    • 대한소아치과학회지
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    • 제50권3호
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    • pp.360-372
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    • 2023
  • 본 연구의 목적은 소아치과 전문의 인력 현황을 파악하고 만 19세 미만 환자의 연간 치과 이용량과 소아치과의사의 진료 생산성을 바탕으로 소아치과 전문의 인력 공급의 적정성을 평가하는 것이며 향후 정책 수립을 위한 의견을 알아보고자 하였다. 소아치과의사들을 대상으로 온라인 설문조사를 통해 '일반적인 특성', '연간 진료 횟수 및 근무 일수', '급여진료 비율', '전문의 수급 인식'에 대한 응답을 수집하였다. 대한소아치과학회, 건강보험심사평가원, 국민건강보험공단, 국가통계포털을 통해 소아치과의사 현황 및 진료 청구 횟수, 연간 출생아 수 감소 등을 조사하였다. 진료과목을 소아치과로 표방하는 치과는 전체 의료기관의 절반에 달했지만 실제 소아치과 의사가 근무하는 곳은 3.78%에 불과했다. 전체 소아치과의사의 61.36%가 수도권에 집중된 지역적 불균형을 보였다. 지난 20년 동안 소아청소년 인구는 지속적으로 감소했지만, 급여 진료 청구 횟수는 지속적으로 증가하고 있다. 지난 10년간 소아치과 전문의 적정 공급량은 4,000명 내외로 유지되었다. 소아치과 의사의 92.15%가 정부 차원의 정책 마련과 지원 방안이 필요하다고 생각하였다. 본 연구가 향후 소아치과 전문의 수요예측 방법 확립을 위한 기초자료로 활용될 수 있기를 기대한다.

편두통의 전 단계인 소아기주기성증후군의 다기관 임상 연구: 국제두통질환분류 제2판 제1차 수정판 적용 (Multicenter clinical study of childhood periodic syndromes that are common precursors to migraine using new criteria of the International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD-II))

  • 박재용;남상욱;은소희;유수정;강훈철;은백린;정희정
    • Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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    • 제52권5호
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    • pp.557-566
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    • 2009
  • 목 적 : 소아에서 나타나는 편두통은 어른과는 달리 구토, 복통, 어지럼증 등의 관련 증상이 두통 자체보다도 더 뚜렷하다는 특징이 있다. 주기성구토증후군(cyclic vomiting syndrome, CVS), 복부편두통(abdominal migraine, AM), 소아기 양성 돌발현훈(benign paroxysmal vertigo of childhood, BPVC)은 최근 새롭게 개편된 제2차 국제두통학회 두통분류에서 편두통의 전 단계 질환으로 나타나는 소아기주기성증후군으로 분류되었으나 현재까지 국내에서는 이 질환에 대한 보고는 아직 없는 상태이다. 이에 우리나라 실제 임상현장에서 관찰되는 소아기주기성증후군을 구성하는 세 가지 질환에 대하여 각각의 빈도와 그 임상 양상을 알아보고 외국의 연구들과 비교 분석하여 어떤 차이를 보이는지 살펴봄으로써 우리나라 소아청소년에서의 이 질환의 특징을 확인하기 위하여 본 연구를 실시하였다. 방 법 : 2006년 1월부터 2007년 12월까지 대한민국 도심에 위치한 주요 5개 병원의 소아신경과를 방문한 환자를 대상으로 실시한 연구로서 2차 개정된 국제두통학회의 두통분류 진단기준에 따라 갑작스런 구토, 복통, 어지럼증을 보이는 환자를 각각 CVS, AM, BPVC 세 개의 군으로 분류하여 그들 사이의 특성을 비교 분석하였다. 결 과 : 1) 대상 환자는 총 44명으로 CVS 20명, AM 8명, BPVC 16명이었고 남아 16명, 여아 28명으로 1:1.75의 남녀 비율을 보였으며(CVS 1:3, AM 1:1.7, BPVC 1:1), 외국의 보고와는 달리 본 연구에서는 여아가 많았다. 2) 증상이 시작된 연령은 CVS $6.3{\pm}3.6$세, AM $8.5{\pm}2.7$세, BPVC $8.5{\pm}2.9$세 이었으며 진단이 이루어진 연령은 각각 $8.0{\pm}3.4$세, $10.5{\pm}2.6$세, $10.1{\pm}3.2$세로 세 질환 모두 증상의 시작 연령 및 진단 연령이 외국에 비해 늦었다. 3) 대상환자 중 17명(38.6%)에서 반복성 두통 증상이 동반 되였으며[CVS 7명(35%), AM 4명(50%), BPVC 6명(37.5%)], 세 질환 중 AM에서 가장 많이 동반되었다. 4) 전형적인 편두통 증상은 11명(25%)에서 동반되었으며 세 질환 모두에서 비슷한 비율[CVS 5명(25%), AM 2명(25%), BPVC 4명(25%)]으로 나타났다. 5) 편두통의 가족력은 [CVS 4명, (20%), AM 2명(25%), BPVC 3명(18.8%)] 등 총 9명(20.4%)에서 확인할 수 있었으며 통계적으로 의미 있는 차이는 없었으나 AM에서 편두통의 가족력 동반이 가장 많았고, 이는. BPVC에서 가장 많은 편두통 가족력을 보이는 외국의 결과와는 다소 차이가 있었다. 결 론 : 우리나라의 경우 증상의 발현시기 및 진단시기가 모두 외국에 비해 다소 늦은데, 이는 우리나라에서 소아청소년을 치료하는 의료진들이 아직 이 질환을 잘 인지하지 못하고 있기 때문이 아닌지 추론해 볼 수 있다. 원인이 불분명한 반복적인 심한 구토, 복통, 어지럼증을 호소하는 소아에서는 반드시 소아기주기성증후군의 가능성을 의심해 보아야 하며 이것이 이 질환을 성공적으로 치료하게 되는 첫 단계가 될 것으로 사료된다. 향후 더 많은 기관이 참여하는 대규모 역학 조사와 종속연구(longitudinal study)를 통하여 이 질환의 빈도와 자연경과 등을 지속적으로 확인해 나가야겠다.