• 종양간호연구
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.147-156
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• 2001

This study was designed to describe the most common and most intense demands of illness in people with cancer in outpatient settings. The sample for this study who were at least 21 years old and had been treated for cancer. They recruited from outpatient setting in Seoul and Kyungsangnam-do. The questionnaire was a Likert type 5 point scale with 55 items on four need categories; informational, physical care emotional care and socioeconomic care. There were significant differences in degree of care need according to gender, religion, marital status, economic status, public insurance status, and the past regimen. In conclusion, emotional needs perceived by patients with cancer and family members were higher than the others. Based upon this result, it is recommended that the research to compare needs between cancer patients who have a same illness and family member are necessary.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.255-259
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• 2013

Background: Cancer is the leading cause of death in Taiwan. Spouses are generally the main caregivers of affectyed patients but previous studies have seldom investigated the needs of male spouses of patients with metastatic cancer. Purpose: To explore the lived experiences of such male spouses. Methods: A qualitative design using in-depth interviewswasconducted with male spouses of patients with metastatic cancer being treated at the oncology outpatient department in a teaching hospital in northern Taiwan. Results: Nine participants aged 31-78 were interviewed. Content analysis of the interviews revealed five themes: suffering and struggling, difficulty in focusing on communication and interaction, shouldering responsibility, cherishing the love between husband and wife, and enabling each other to live better. This study demonstrated how male spousse experienced physical and psychological suffering when their wives suffered from metastatic cancer. They had to bear the pain of their wife's suffering, and also had to shoulder the responsibility for everything. All their efforts were put towards enabling each other to live a better life. They cherished the rest of the time they could spend with their wives, even though they had to live a hard life. As the male spouses of patients with metastatic cancer, the participants exhibited both the masculinity of men and the ability to express care and tenderness. Conclusions: The results showed that male spouses need more attention in terms of communication and bearing with suffering. Health care professionals should more actively understand the needs and provide assistance when facing the male spouse of patients with cancer, so as make sure that they possess the ability to take care of their wives. Health care professionals should also assist and properly act as a bridge of communication between husbands and wives.

• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.82-89
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• 2018

Purpose: Early detection of gastric cancer is important to improve prognosis. Early detection enables local treatment, such as endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD). Therefore, we investigated whether early detection of gastric cancer could reduce healthcare costs by comparison according to stage and treatment modalities. Materials and Methods: Medical care costs were investigated according to tumor stage and initial treatment modality in 1,188 patients newly diagnosed with gastric cancer at 7 medical institutions from December 2011 to June 2012. Total medical care costs during the first-year after diagnosis (total first-year costs) were examined, including the costs of initial treatment, post-initial treatment, and inpatient and outpatient visits. Results: Stage I (75.3%) was the most common cancer stage. ESD was the second most common treatment following surgery. Total first-year costs increased significantly from stages I to IV. The costs of initial treatment and post-initial treatment were lowest in patients with stage I cancer. Among patients with stage I cancer, total first-year costs were significantly lower when treated by ESD; in particular, initial ESD treatment costs were much lower than others. Conclusions: The cost of healthcare has increased significantly with increasing cancer stages. ESD can greatly reduce medical care costs of gastric cancer. Thus, early detection of gastric cancer is important to reduce healthcare costs.

• Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2014

목적: 본 연구는 암환자 가족돌봄자의 외상 후 성장수준과 이에 관련된 인구사회학적 및 돌봄관련 특성들을 심층 분석하여 암환자 가족돌봄자의 간호중재 모색에 활용하고자 시도되었다. 방법: 연구의 대상은 부산광역시에 소재하는 두 개의 종합병원과 일개의 대학병원에서 입원 및 외래 치료를 받고 있는 201명의 암환자의 가족돌봄자이다. 외상 후 성장은 한국판 외상 후 성장 척도(Korean posttraumatic growth inventory, K-PTGI)로 측정하였다. 수집된 자료는 IBM SPSS Statistics 21 프로그램을 이용하여 서술통계, t-test, one-way ANOVA, Scheffe's test로 분석하였다. 결과: 대상자의 외상 후 성장 점수 평균은 3.10점이었다. 하위 요인별로는 자기 지각의 변화, 대인관계의 깊이 증가, 새로운 가능성의 발견, 영적 종교적 관심의 증가 순이었다. 대상자들의 인구사회학적 특성과 돌봄 관련 특성에 따른 외상 후 성장 수준의 차이는 나이, 종교, 종교생활의 중요성, 돌봄으로 인한 일상생활의 어려움 정도에 따라 차이가 있었다. 결론: 암환자에 대한 질적인 간호를 제공함에 있어 환자뿐 아니라 가족돌봄자들도 포함해야 한다. 또한 암환자 가족돌봄자가 환자의 암 투병 경험에서 궁극적인 성장에 도달할 수 있도록 자신들의 영적 종교적 신념을 유지할 수 있는 영적 간호중재 개발이 필요하다고 본다.

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제11권10호
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• pp.171-179
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• 2020

본 연구의 목적은 미술치료를 통해 통원 암 환자들이 선호하는 미술매체를 파악하고 이유를 탐색하는데 있다. 대상자는 남성6명, 여성70명으로 총76명이며 유방암(38명), 기타 암(38명)질환자이다. 측정도구는 단(1)회기미술치료에서 매체선호도 자가 기입질문지와 만다라그림을 사용하였다. 자료 분석은 SPSS WIN ver.25.0을 사용하여 기술통계, 독립성검증, 카이검증 결과와 만다라그림을 함께 비교분석하였다. 연구결과, 매체선호도는 연령별, 투병기간별에서 유의한 차이가 없으며, 질환별에서는 유의한 차이가 있었다. 만다라그림에서는 매체의 특징과 질환별 요인에서 선호매체의 선택이유와 영향이 있음을 알 수 있었다. 본 연구는 그간 입원 암환자를 대상으로 집중되던 미술치료 적 접근과 지원을 통원하는 암환자의 측면에서 집중하여 그들에게 필요한 지원과 개입을 조명해주었다는데 의의가 있으며 추후 통원 암환자의 신심에 안정을 돕는 미술치료 프로그램의 개발에 필요한 기초적 자료로 활용될 수 있다.