• 성인간호학회지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.608-616
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• 2004

Purpose: The aim of this study was to identify the experience of patients with liver cirrhosis. Method: This study was performed from march 2003 to June 2003. The participators were five men. Data collected through in-depth personal interviews, which were recorded and analysed according to the Colazzi's method. Result: Liver cirrhosis was classified into 20 themes, 70 formulated meaning, and 10 categories. The Result confirmed that the experience of liver cirrhosis patients were classified into 10 categories; unexpected change, limited daily living and role, difficult compliance with therapeutic regimen, unbelief so untreated with apathy, negative emotional change, lack of cause perception, self control, perceived family support, expectations for recovery and healing. Conclusion: We, cooperative researchers, realized that to reduce not only the days of hospital treatment and the economic loss, as well as the expenditure of insurance the importance of managing liver cirrhosis from early diagnosis and the physical, spiritual, social role in studying the patients who experience liver cirrhosis.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.151-161
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• 1974

Home visiting as a Public Health Horsing function is believed to be of therapeutic value to, the patient. However, home visiting is time consuming and expensive. Is the gain in knowledge and treatment for patients with Tuberculosis in Korea enough to make the necessary outlay in finances and personnel worthwhile\ulcorner While this study does not attempt to completely answer this question it does, under the following objectives, attempt to answer part of the question. The objectives of the study were to l) ascertain if there is a difference between patients, who receive home visits from the public Health Nurse and those who do not, in the following areas: a) their compliance with medical regimen, b) their ability to answer general questions about Tuberculosis, and c) their compliance with medical advice concerning prevention (B.C.G. immunization) and early diagnosis (contact X-rays), and 2) to determine if there is any correlation between the patient's answers to questions about Tuberculosis and his action both in the areas of treatment and prevention. The patients participating in the study were all newly diagnosed patients at Kwangju Christian Hospital. A control group and an experimental group were selected. The patients in the control group were seen according to the regular schedule at the Kwangju Christian Hospital except that they received no home visits from the Public Health Nurses. The patients in the experimental group were visited on an average of three times during the first two months of their treatment by the investigator, a Public Health Nurse. At the end of two months the patients in the two groups were compared as to compliance both in the treatment and preventive areas. They were also compared according to their answers to a questionnaire regarding both the prevention and treatment of Tuberculosis. The following results were obtained : 1. Patients in the experimental group (68.2%) showed a significantly higher compliance rate for medical treatment than patients in the control group (43.2%). 2. Patients in the experimental group (87.5%) showed a higher compliance rate for B.C.G. immunization than those in the control group (40%). 3. Women patients in the experimental group showed a higher mean score (7.2$\pm$2.6) on the questionnaire than did women in the control group (6.2$\pm$3.4). The results of this study seem to indicate that while home visiting is beneficial to the patient with Tuberculosis as far as treatment is concerned, something more concrete needs to be done if home visiting is to help the patient learn more about Tuberculosis and its prevention. Further study is indicated in the following areas: 1) A similar type of study over a longer period of time involving more subjects and using Korean Public Health Nurses to make the home visits. 2) Study to develop an adequate approach to education considering the problems unique to patients with Tuberculosis living in Korea.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.47-57
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• 1994

The purpose of this study was to examine nurses’ perceptions of medication treatment for psychiatric patients and to compare these perceptions with the perceptions held by the patients. The methodology used in this study was a descriptive design with semi-structured and open-ended interviews. This study used a convenience sample of 112 nurses who worked in, and 209 patients who were under psychiatric treatment, in four hospitals attached to a university and one national mental hospital in the city of Seoul. The collected data were analyzed by SAS, using percentages for descriptive purposes, and t-test or x$^2$ for comparing the variables. The results were as follows : 1. There was no significant differences between nurses’ and patients’ perceptions on the extent to which patients complied with their medication treatment. Generally speaking, the mean compliance scores for both nurses and patients was high(nurse : (equation omitted)=3.70, Patient : (equation omitted)=3.76). 2. There was a significant difference in nurses’ and patients’ perceptions on the reasons why patients do not take medication. The nurse group indicated that the patients did not take medication because of the “worry about side effects or habituation(49.53%)”, “boredom from long-term use of medication(26.17%)” and “distrust toward medical staff(12.15% )”, but the patient group indicated that they “did not want to be dependent on medication (25%)”, “forgot to take medication(19.7%) and “worried about side effects or habituation(15.91%). 3. As for the necessity of medication, both groups showed some different responses. Even though both groups were aware of the necessity of taking medication, the patient group(21.53%) showed a more negative response. As (or the effects of medication, both groups (nurses and patients ) showed positive responses. However, the nurse group showed a higher positive response (91.07% ) than the patient group(74.16%), 5. Both the patient and nurse group indicated that the most helpful element for the patient’s life under psychiatric treatment was interviews and conversations with therapists and nurses. However, the nurse group showed a higher response(70.15%) than the patients group(47.15%). According to the patient group, family support for the patient was another important factor for psychiatric treatment and daily struggles. In conclusion, as there were differences between the perception of nurses and patients, the nurse must consider the patients’ subjective perceptions first. They should also revaluate their false belief and prejudice concerning the patients’ perceptions. Such information can provide a base to be applied by the nurses in devloping effective mutual relationships with patients which can in turn help in compliance with medication regimen. As it was confirmed that medication was the most important factor in the patients’ recovery, a thorough education program on the therapeutic effect of medication and the necessity of their continued use after discharge is also needed.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.79-90
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• 1996

항결핵치료 시작 후 3개월간의 치료 경과와 치료 순응과의 관련성을 조사하기 위하여 3개 보건소(대구시 달성군, 경주시, 구미시)에 1995년 10월 15일 현재 단기 6개월 표준처방으로 치료 시작 후 3개월 이상 경과된 초치료 결핵환자 중 계속적인 추적관찰에서 누락된 10명을 제외하고 104명의 자료를 분석한 결과는 다음과 같다. 연구 대상자 104명 중 호전군은 80.8%였고, 비호전군은 19.2%였다. 호전군과 비호전군간에 성, 연령, 교육 수준, 직업, 동반 가족유무, 흡연 및 음주습관의 변화 등에 유의한 차이는 없었고, 평균 연령은 비호전군이 51세로 호전군 42세보다 많았으나 유의 한 차이는 아니었다. 호전군에서는 약제의 복용을 식전과 식후 30분에 복용하는 경우(p<0.05), 약의 복용을 잊지 않도록 가족들이 챙겨 주는 경우(p<0.05), 약을 규칙적으로 복용하는 경우(p<0.01), 항결핵치료 도중 의문점을 가족이나 결핵담당자와 상의하는 경우(p<0.01) 등이 유의하게 많았다. 비호전군에서는 당뇨병이나 위장 질환 등을 않고 있는 경우가 유의하게 많았다(p<0.01). 결핵에 대한 지식점수는 호전군이 12.9로 비호전군 10.6보다 유의하게 높았고(p<0.01), 지식정도의 문항에 대한 신뢰도 검증 결과 신뢰성$(Cronbach'\alpha:0.703)$이 있었다. 치료경과를 호전군과 비호전군으로 나누어 종속변수로 놓고 시행한 다중 지수형 회귀분석에서는 약의 복용을 잊지 않도록 가족들이 챙겨주는 경우(p<0.05)가 유의한 변수로 채택되었고, 결핵에 대한 지식이 높은 경우(p=0.054), 약을 규칙적으로 복용하는 경우(p=0.062), 항결핵치료 도중 의문점을 가족이나 결핵담당자와 상의하는 경우(p=0.075)는 경계역의 변수로 채택되었다. 결론적으로 약을 규칙적으로 복용할 수 있도록 항결핵치료에 대한 신념을 불어넣고 경각심을 높임으로써 환자의 치료 결과를 향상시킬 수 있을 것으로 생각되며, 향후 단기 6개월 표준요법에 의한 치료에 있어서 치료시작 후 3개월간의 치료 경과로 치료 결과를 예측하고 환자의 치료순응을 평가하기 위한 변수로 사용하기 위해서는 보다 많은 결핵환자를 대상으로 한 연구가 필요할 것으로 생각된다. 또한 환자의 치료 순응을 높이기 위하여 환자에 대한 교육과 의사 또는 결핵관리자와 환자, 조력자간의 강한 유대 관계의 형성에 도움을 줄 수 있는 방안의 모색이 필요할 것으로 생각된다.