• 대한예방한의학회지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.155-164
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• 2013

Purpose : This study was conducted to assess whether Korean medicine doctors' attire influences patients' preference (confidence, comfortability, neatness) in a university hospital. Materials and Methods : Employing a cross-sectional design, outpatients answered a questionnaire in a university hospital of Korean Medicine. Respondents were asked for completing the questionnaire to estimate their preference of doctor's attire for confidence, comfortability and neatness after watching 4 types of attire in both male and female Korean medicine doctors, including white coat, traditional attire, formal suit and casual clothes. Whether Korean medicine doctors' attire on a patients' preference is important was also asked for the respondents using a 5-point Likert scale. Results : All 175 patients were enrolled, of whom 38.9% were male respondents, 46.3% graduated from a university at least and mean age of responders was 47.1. Most had a tendency for preferring white coat followed by traditional attire and only a small portion of respondents preferred for formal suit and casual clothes. When comparing preferences in confidence between white coat and traditional attire only, male patients preferred white coat more than female patients did with statistical significance. In addition, 85.4% of respondents answered that Korean medicine doctors' attire is important to a clinical situation with higher ratio of female respondents (87.9%) than male respondents (80.9%). Conclusion : Patients preferred white coat and traditional attire mostly for the Korean Medicine doctor's attire with only small preference for formal suit and casual clothes. Also, Patients recognized that Korean medicine doctors' attire is important in the clinical situation.

• 의료ㆍ복지 건축 : 한국의료복지건축학회 논문집
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.17-27
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• 2012

Purpose: This research was for understanding the attitudinal difference by gender towards emotional design through questionnaire survey with female and male inpatients on environmental characteristics of wards in general hospitals. Methods: The survey was conducted by questioning inpatients at two general hospitals on the importance rating on emotional design elements of patient rooms, lounges, and hallways. Eighty questionnaires were returned and used for data analyses through SPSS windows version 15.0 statistic package program. Results: 1) In general, female patients considered emotional design of wards as more important than male patients and the most outstanding difference was indicated for patient rooms among patient rooms, lounges, and hallways. For patient rooms the comfortability index was rated as the most important to both female and male inpatient groups, and for lounges and hallways the safety index was evaluated as the most important to both gender groups. 2)For lounges, while male patients rated 'prevention of infection' important among safety relating items, women considered 'accident prevention' more important. It is inferred that female patients have more safety needs and anxiety about physical injury or accidents than male ones do. Implications: It is considered that there need to be further succeeding in-depth studies, e.g. research interviews with inpatient;s family members or other caregivers as well as patients themselves.

• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.83-92
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• 2024

It is a common observation that whenever any patient arrives at the front desk of a hospital, outpatient clinic, or other health-associated centers, they have to first queue up in a line and wait to fill in their registration form to get admitted. The long waiting time without any status updates is the most common complaint, worrying health officials. In this paper, UrNext, a location-aware mobile-based solution using Bluetooth low-energy (BLE) technology, is presented to solve the problem. Recently, a technology-oriented method has been gaining popularity in solving the healthcare sector's problems, namely the Internet of Things (IoT). The implementation of this solution could be explained through a simple example that when a patient arrives at a clinic for her consultation. There, instead of having to wait in long lines, she will be greeted automatically, receive a push notification telling her that she has been admitted along with an estimated waiting time for her consultation session. This will not only provide the patients with a sense of freedom but would also reduce uncertainty levels that are generally observed, thus saving both time and money. This work aimed to improve clinics' quality of services and organize queues and minimize waiting times in clinics, leading to patient comfortability and reducing the burden on nurses and receptionists. The results demonstrated that the presented system was successful in its performance and helped achieve high usability.

• 대한치과보철학회지
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• 제53권1호
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• pp.66-73
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• 2015

완전, 혹은 부분 무치악 환자의 가철성 보철물 수복치료에서 치아 상실에 따른 치조골 감소와 별형은 의치 사용에 어려움을 준다. 이런 문제를 극복하기 위해 임플란트를 이용하여 가철성 보철물에 지지, 유지, 및 안정을 제공할 수 있다. 임플란트를 이용한 피개의치에 사용되는 어태치먼트는 여러 종류가 있는데, 환자의 여러 조건을 고려하여 어태치먼트를 선택해야 한다. 그 중 milled bar의 경우 임플란트 간 거리가 좁아서 기성 bar를 사용할 수 없는 경우, 또는 기성 bar보다 상부 구조물의 확고한 안정성과 지지를 얻고자 할 때 선택 된다. Milled bar는 cross arch stabilization을 이룰 수 있고, 저작 시 의치의 움직임이 없어 환자에게 편안함을 제공하지만, 숙련된 기공과정을 요한다. 그러나 최근 CAD/CAM의 발전을 통해 milled bar의 제작이 간결해지고 적합성을 증진시킬 수 있었다. 본 증례는 8개의 임플란트가 식립된 하악 완전 무치악의 알츠하이머 환자로 milled bar와 magnet을 이용한 피개의치를 제작하였다. 전신병력이 양호해진 기간 동안 빠른 치료종결이 필요했기 때문에, 통법의 기공 작업을 CAD를 통해 시뮬레이션하여 복잡한 기공과정을 좀더 단순하게 하였고 이로써 치료 기간을 줄일 수 있었다. 이상과 같이 milled bar를 이용한 임플란트 지지 피개의치를 제작하는 과정 중 CAD/CAM system을 적절히 사용하여 심미적, 기능적으로 만족할 만한 결과를 얻었기에 보고하고자 한다.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제12권12호
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• pp.371-379
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• 2014

본 연구는 단순움직임형검출기 DR 시스템에서 발생되는 한계 검사 극복을 위해 2012년 10월 15일부터 2012년 11월 15일까지 총 31일간 대전광역시 소재 종합병원 및 대학병원에 일반촬영 업무를 담당하고 있는 방사선사 30명을 대상으로 연구를 수행하였다. 설문을 통하여 임상요구도를 조사하고 이를 바탕으로 보조테이블을 개념 설계하여 요구도에 부합하는 검사법 적용실험과 이를 통해 얻어진 영상의 유용성 평가를 단계적으로 시행하였다. 본 연구에서는 9가지 검사에 대한 검사법 적용실험을 수행하였으며, 실험 결과의 유용성을 평가한 결과 임상적으로 매우 유용함을 알 수 있었다. 연구 결과에서 제안한 한계 검사 극복을 위한 보조테이블을 임상 실무에 적용한다면, 기존 단순움직임형검출기 DR 시스템의 한계 검사를 극복하여 시스템의 임상 활용도를 극대화시킬 수 있다는 결과를 얻을 수 있었다.