• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.135-142
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• 2017

4년 주기로 반복되는 TIMSS 연구에서는 2016년 말에 TIMSS 2015 결과를 발표하였다. 본 연구에서는 TIMSS 2015 결과 중에서, 학생들의 설문 응답 결과를 토대로 우리나라 학생들의 과학에 대한 태도와 성취도의 관계를 살펴보고, TIMSS 평가주기별 공통문항을 중심으로 학생들의 응답 변화추이와, 학교급 변화에 따른 학생들의 태도 변화추이를 살펴보았다. 연구결과에 따르면 우리나라 중학교 2학년 학생들은 과학 성취도 상위 15개국은 물론 전체 참여국 중 과학에 대한 자신감, 과학 학습에 대한 흥미, 과학에 대한 가치인식 등에서 최하위 수준을 나타내었다. 또한, TIMSS 평가주기별 공통문항을 중심으로 과학에 대한 태도를 분석한 결과, 우리나라 학생들은 과학에 대한 자신감과 과학 학습에 대한 흥미는 TIMSS 2011에 비해 TIMSS 2015에서 모두 낮아졌다. 반면에 과학에 대한 도구적 가치인식의 경우 TIMSS 2011에 비해 TIMSS 2015에서 모두 상승하였다. 또한, 우리나라 학생들은 초등학교 4학년에서 중학교 2학년으로 진학함에 따라 과학에 대한 자신감과 흥미가 감소하는 것으로 나타났다. 연구결과를 토대로, 우리나라 중학생들의 과학에 대한 정의적 태도 개선을 위한 후속연구와 과학과 교수학습 개선 방안을 제안하였다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제83권1호
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• pp.81-88
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• 2020

Background: Use of appropriate antibiotics for the treatment of pneumonia is integral in patients admitted to intensive care units (ICUs). Although it is recommended that empirical treatment regimens should be based on the local distribution of pathogens in patients with suspected hospital-acquired pneumonia, few studies observe patients admitted to ICUs with nursing home-acquired pneumonia (NHAP). We found factors associated with the use of inappropriate antibiotics in patients with pneumonia admitted to the ICU via the emergency room (ER). Methods: We performed a retrospective cohort study of 83 pneumonia patients with confirmed causative bacteria admitted to ICUs via ER March 2015-May 2017. We compared clinical parameters, between patients who received appropriate or inappropriate antibiotics using the Mann-Whitney U, Pearson's chi-square, and Fisher's exact tests. We investigated independent factors associated with inappropriate antibiotic use in patients using multivariate logistic regression. Results: Among 83 patients, 30 patients (36.1%) received inappropriate antibiotics. NHAP patients were more frequently treated with inappropriate antibiotics than with appropriate antibiotics (47.2% vs. 96.7%, p<0.001). Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus was more frequently isolated from individuals in the inappropriate antibiotics-treated group than in the appropriate antibiotics-treated group (7.5% vs. 70.0%, p<0.001). In multivariate analysis, NHAP was independently associated with the use of inappropriate antibiotics in patients with pneumonia admitted to the ICU via ER. Conclusion: NHAP is a risk factor associated with the use of inappropriate antibiotics in patients with pneumonia admitted to the ICU via the ER.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.115-120
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• 2008

Objectives : The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between serum ferritin and the metabolic syndrome (MS). Methods : We conducted a cross-sectional study of 1,444 adults over age 40 and under age 70 that lived in a rural area and participated in a survey conducted as part of the Korean Rural Genomic Cohort Study (KRGCS). The MS was defined as the presence of at least three of the followings : elevated blood pressure, low high density lipoprotein cholesterol, elevated serum triglycerides, elevated plasma glucose, or abdominal obesity. After adjustment for age, alcohol intake, menopausal status, body mass index (BMI), high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), and alanine aminotransferase (ALT), odds ratios (ORs) for the prevalence of the MS by sex were calculated for quartiles of serum ferritin using logistic regression analysis. Results : The MS was more common in those persons , with the highest levels of serum ferritin, compared to persons with the lowest levels, in men (37.1% vs. 22.4%, p=0.006) and women (58.8% vs. 34.8, p<0.001). In both sexes, the greater the number of MS components presents, the greater the serum ferritin levels. After adjustment for age, alcohol intake, and menopausal status, the OR for metabolic syndrome, comparing the fourth quartile of ferritin with the first quartile, was 2.21 (95% confidence interval; CI=1.26-3.87; p-trend=0.024) in men and 2.10 (95% CI=1.40-3.17; p-trend=0.001) in women. However, after further adjustment for BMI, hs-CRP, and ALT, the ORs were statistically attenuated in both sexes. Conclusions : Moderately elevated serum ferritin levels were not independently associated with the prevalence of the MS after adjusting for other risk factors. Further studies are needed to obtain evidence concerning the association between serum ferritin levels and the MS.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제52권5호
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• pp.551-555
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• 2014

Trichomonas vaginalis, a causative agent of trichomoniasis, may trigger symptomatic or asymptomatic non-gonococcal urethritis and chronic prostatitis in men. Despite the availability of highly sensitive diagnostic tests, such as nucleic acid amplification tests, including PCR, few prospective studies present data on male T. vaginalis infection in South Korea. In the present study, the prevalence of T. vaginalis and associated clinical conditions were evaluated in 201 male patients from a primary care urology clinic in South Korea. The prevalence of T. vaginalis infection in our cohort was 4% (8/201) by PCR. T. vaginalis infection was common in men older than 40 years (median age, 52 years). Among the 8 Trichomonas-positive patients, 87.5% (7/8) had prostatic diseases, such as prostatitis and benign prostatic hyperplasia, and 25.0% (2/8) and 12.5% (1/8) were coinfected with Chlamydia trachomatis and Mycoplasma genitalium, respectively. Our results suggest that T. vaginalis infection is not rare in men attending primary care urology clinics in South Korea, especially in those older than 40 years, in whom it may explain the presence of prostatic disease. The possibility of T. vaginalis infection should be routinely considered in older male patients with prostatic diseases in South Korea.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.504-508
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• 2004

Surgical process of oral and maxillofacial area as well as dental treatment are stressful situations to the patients. It is well known that serum level of stress hormones including adrenocorticotropic hormone(ACTH) and cortisol increase when the body is exposed to stress. However, there have been few studies on demographic and clinical factors related with stress. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to supply data to cope with stress more comprehensively and efficiently by analyzing the effect of factors related with stress in addition to surgical procedure. Prospective cohort study method was selected. Serum levels of ACTH and cortisol were measured by sampling bloods pre-operatively and post-operatively from 45 patients who had been operated at the Bundang Jesaeng Hospital department of oral and maxillofacial surgery. To evaluate factors associated with stress, patients were classified according to gender, age, method of payment(insurance or self), experiences of operation, kind of operations(expected operations or unexpected operations). Relative risk was calculated to assess relationships between changes of serum level of ACTH and cortisol and factors related with stress, whereas Chi-square analysis was executed to evaluate statistical significance. With regard to serum level of ACTH, relative risk was 1.3 in the group of the patients who were less than 40 years old. With regard to serum level of cortisol, relative risk was 1.8 for women compared with men, 1.4 in the group of the patients who were less than 40 years old and 1.6 in the group of the patients who had not experienced any other operations. In addition to surgical procedure, factors related with stress included gender, age, method of payments, experiences of operation and kind of operations. Therefore, we should provide comprehensive schemes to reduce stress of the patients going through oral and maxillofacial surgery.

• 한국한의학연구원논문집
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• 제13권2호통권20호
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• pp.53-58
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• 2007

Background and Purpose : The purpose of this study was to investigate that which symptoms are adequate indicator of the Dampness-Phlegm pattern in the stroke patients. Methods : In the time period Jul. 2005 to Sep. 2006, 136 patients with a first-ever stroke admitted in the department of Internal Medicine of Daejeon University Oriental Medical Hospital in Daejeon city, Wonkwang Oriental Medical Hospital in Iksan, JeonJu city were included. Patients were hospitalized within 3 months after the onset of stroke. Stroke patients had been interviewed by resident who studied standard operation procedures in Fundamental Study for Standardization and Objectification of Differentiation and Pattern Identification of Syndrome of Oriental Medicine for Stroke. Gi-deficiency patients was confirmed by medical specialist diagnosis, resident diagnosis, case report form analysis without a dissenting voice. Results : Dampness-Phlegm group included 37 case, Non Dampness-Phlegm group 45 case out of 136 patients. white tongue coating, slippery purse, yellowish complexion, enlarged tongue, swollen tongue were higher among Dampness-Phlegm group. Dampness-Phlegm and Non Dampness-Phlegm patients do not significantly differ in heavy sensation in the head, voice with sputum, teeth printed tongue, borborygmus, dizziness with nausea. Conclusions : This study was insufficiency because sample size is very small. More data from prospective cohort studies will help to Korean Standard Differentiation of the Symptoms and Signs for the Stroke.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.214-222
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• 2017

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Glutathione S-transferase (GST) forms a multigene family of phase II detoxification enzymes which are involved in the detoxification of xenobiotics by conjugating substances with glutathione. The aim of this study is to assess the antioxidative status and the degree of DNA damage in the subclinical hypertensive patients in Korea using glutathione S-transferase polymorphisms. SUBJECTS/METHODS: We examined whether DNA damage and antioxidative status show a difference between GSTM1 or GSTT1 genotype in 227 newly diagnosed, untreated (systolic blood pressure $(BP){\geq}130mmHg$ or diastolic $BP{\geq}85mmHg$) subclinical hypertensive patients and 130 normotensive subjects (systolic BP < 120 mmHg and diastolic BP < 80 mmHg). From the blood of the subjects, the degree of the DNA damage in lymphocyte, the activities of erythrocyte superoxide dismutase, the catalase, and the glutathione peroxidase, the level of glutathione, plasma total radical-trapping antioxidant potential (TRAP), anti-oxidative vitamins, as well as plasma lipid profiles and conjugated diene (CD) were analyzed. RESULTS: Of the 227 subjects studied, 68.3% were GSTM1 null genotype and 66.5% were GSTT1 null genotype. GSTM1 null genotype had an increased risk of hypertension (OR: 2.104, CI: 1.38-3.35), but no significant association in GSTT1 null genotype (OR 0.982, CI: 0.62-1.55). No difference in erythrocyte activities of superoxide dismutase, catalase, or glutathione peroxidase, and plasma TRAP, CD, lipid profiles, and GSH levels were observed between GSTM1 or GSTT1 genotype. Plasma levels of ${\alpha}-tocopherol$ increased significantly in GSTT1 wild genotype (P < 0.05); however, plasma level of ${\beta}-carotene$ increased significantly in GSTT1 null genotype (P < 0.01). DNA damage assessed by the Comet assay was significantly higher in GSTM1 null genotype than wild genotype (P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: These results confirm the association between GSTM1 null genotype and risk of hypertension as they suggest that GSTM1 null genotype leads to an increased oxidative stress compared with wild genotype.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제46권1호
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• pp.61-71
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• 2013

The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between dietary variables and the prevalence of insulin resistance (IR) in middle-aged Korean adults using data from the 2007-2009 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Because IR is closely linked with metabolic syndrome, subjects were divided into three groups according to symptoms of metabolic syndrome: the 'Normal group' without any symptoms, the 'Risk group' with one or two symptoms, and the Metabolic syndrome (MetS) group' with three or more symptoms. Subjects between the ages of 30 and 65 years with no prior diagnosis or treatment for diabetes, hypertension, or dyslipidemia were selected. The number of subjects per group was as follows: 2,085 adults in the Normal group, 3,699 adults in the Risk group, and 1,160 adults in the MetS group. Metabolic syndrome was defined according to Adult Treatment Panel III criteria with modified waist circumference cutoff values (men ${\geq}$ 90 cm, women ${\geq}$ 85 cm). Subjects with HOMA-IR > 2.0 were classified as IR. Homeostasis Model Assessment of Insulin Resistance (HOMA-IR) was calculated using the following formula: (fasting plasma glucose ${\times}$ fasting plasma insulin)/22.5. Nutrients and food groups intake were obtained from a single 24-hour recall. Subjects with IR in the Normal group were more obese and less physically active than non-IR subjects. In the MetS group, subjects with IR were more obese and had a lower prevalence of smoking and drinking, compared with non-IR subjects. Men with IR in the Normal group had a tendency to consume more oils and sugars than non-IR men, while women with IR in the same group had higher intake of carbohydrate, dietary glycemic index, and dietary glycemic load than non-IR women. Women with IR in the Risk group had lower energy intake but higher intake of oils and sugars than non-IR women. In the MetS group, consumption of fruits was higher in subjects with IR than in non-IR subjects. In conclusion, findings of this study suggest that dietary carbohydrate intake, including glycemic index, may be associated with IR in healthy women. Further research in prospective cohort studies in order to examine the effects of dietary carbohydrate on IR incidence will be necessary.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제15권11호
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• pp.6694-6701
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• 2014

저밀도 지단백과 폐 기능과의 상관관계를 살펴보고자 2001년 1월부터 2011년 12월까지 일개지역 대학병원의 건강증진 센터를 방문하여 2회 이상 검사를 시행한 40-49세의 폐경 전 여성을 대상으로 연구하였다. 최종 384명의 대상자를 LDL(mg/dL)을 기준으로 초기와 추적검사에서 모두 100미만인 A군, 초기 검사에서는 100미만이었으나 추적검사에서 100이상인 B군, 초기 검사에서는 100이상이었으나 추적검사에서 100미만인 C군, 초기와 추적검사 모두에서 100이상인 D군으로 나누었다. 네 군간 폐 기능 검사는 초기, 추적검사 모두 통계적으로 유의한 차이를 보이지 않았다. 나이, 체질량지수, 흡연, 운동, 추적기간을 보정하여 LDL 변화량과 폐 기능 변화량에 대해 다중회귀분석을 시행한 결과 $FEV_1/FVC$/FVC에 대해 유의한 음의 상관관계가 나타났고(${\beta}=-0.109$, S.E.=0.029, P<0.001), 그 외에는 유의한 결과를 보이지 않았다. 결론적으로 LDL과 폐기능 변화량은 음의 상관관계가 있으며, 향후 대규모의 연구가 필요하다.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제53권4호
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• pp.406-415
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• 2020

본 연구는 2013-2017년 국민건강영양조사 자료를 이용하여 만 19-64세 성인 남녀를 대상으로 채소·과일 섭취에 따른 일반적 사항과 식품 및 영양소 섭취 상태를 파악하고 채소·과일의 섭취와 천식 유병률의 관련성을 알아보고자 시행되었다. 전체 대상자의 천식 유병률은 2.6% 이었고, 채소·과일의 섭취량에 따라 1.8%-3.1%로 나타났다. 채소·과일 섭취량이 많을수록 평균 연령과 가구소득은 높았고 교육수준은 낮았으며, 흡연자의 비율과 알코올 섭취 빈도도 낮았다. 채소·과일의 섭취량이 많은 군이 우유 및 유제품을 제외한 모든 식품군의 섭취량이 많았고, 에너지를 포함한 영양소의 섭취량도 많았다. 열량영양소의 섭취비율의 경우, 채소·과일의 섭취량이 많은 군이 적은 군에 비해 탄수화물과 단백질의 섭취비율은 높고, 지방의 섭취비율은 낮았다. 채소와 과일 섭취량에 따른 3사분위군의 천식에 대한 위험도는 최하위 사분위군 대비 각각 35%, 40%까지 감소하였다. 그러나 최상위 사분위군의 경우, 최하위 사분위군과 비교하여 천식에 대한 위험도가 유의하게 감소하지 않았다. 이러한 결과를 통하여 권장량 수준의 적절한 채소·과일의 섭취가 천식을 예방 및 관리하는데 도움이 될 것이라 생각된다. 또한 채소·과일의 섭취가 천식의 발생과 치료효과에 미치는 영향을 파악하기 위해 장기간의 코호트 연구와 임상시험 연구가 필요할 것으로 생각된다.