• Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.46-55
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• 2021

Purpose: This pilot study aimed to examine the influence of death counseling on perceptions, preparedness, and anxiety regarding death and dying among family caregivers of hospice patients. Methods: Death counseling developed based on the SPIKES model was provided to 37 family caregivers in a hospice and palliative care unit. Perceptions, preparedness, and anxiety regarding death were assessed with a self-administered structured questionnaire, and participants' scores before and after counseling were compared using the paired t-test. Results: Significant changes were found in perceptions, preparedness, and anxiety regarding death after counseling. Compared to before counseling, the scores for perceptions of death (t=-4.90, P<0.001) and preparedness for death and dying (t=-16.23, P<0.001) improved, while anxiety (t=3.72, P=0.001) decreased after counseling. Some changes were also found in the types of support that family caregivers needed to prepare for the death of their family members in the hospice care unit. Conclusion: The findings demonstrate that death counseling could help family caregivers prepare for the death of their loved ones. Hospice and palliative care providers should play a key role in supporting family caregivers of hospice patients by developing strategies for counseling.

• 가정간호학회지
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.264-274
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• 2017

Purpose: This study examined the current state of death preparedness and factors related to the death preparedness among community-dwelling older adults in Korea. Methods: A total of 6,879 older adults' data, selected from the Korean National Survey on the Elderly 2014 data, were analyzed. The criteria for selection were responding to the questionnaires directly and normal cognitive function. Stratified sampling logistic regression analysis was conducted on the compiled data. Results: It was seen that 37.3% of older adults were prepared for death; specifically, 28.6% had arranged for resting places, 10.7% had purchased burial clothes, 6.8% had subscribed to mutual aid societies, 0.7% participated in death education, and 0.6% had signed a will. The results of logistic regression indicated that the older adults who were females, older age, religious, highly educated, more satisfied with their economic status, living in rural areas, and participating in more social activities were more likely to prepare for their deaths compared to their counterparts. Conclusion: Education programs that prepare for death need to target marginalized groups in the community, such as male older adults and whose participation in social activities or satisfaction with their economic status are relatively low.

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제9권11호
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• pp.433-441
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• 2018

본 연구는 노인의 심리사회적 지지 및 죽음준비도, 자아통합감이 죽음불안에 미치는 영향을 파악하고자 하였다. 연구진행은 서울지역 복지관에서 활동하는 노인, 직장에 근무하는 노인, 재가노인들을 대상으로 2017년 2월부터 5월까지 자료를 수집하였다. 설문지는 총 350부를 배부하여 유효한 자료로 320부를 최종 분석에 사용하였으며, SPSS 24.0과 AMOS 20.0을 활용하였다. 본 연구의 결과에서 심리사회적 지지는 죽음불안에 통계적으로 유의한 영향을 미치지 않는 것으로 나타났지만, 죽음준비도와 자아통합감은 통계적으로 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 연구결과를 토대로 노인의 죽음에 관하여 보다 긍정적으로 받아들이고 자아를 재통합하면서 성공적인 노화를 도울 수 있는 정책적인 지원과 실천적인 방법으로는 죽음준비교육 및 상담 교육 프로그램 개발이 필요함을 제언하였다.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제48권1호
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• pp.59-69
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• 2018

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate variables and construct paths that affect complicated grief. Methods: Participants in this cross-sectional, descriptive study were 164 bereaved spouses of cancer patients at least 12 months before the death. Data were collected from October 2016 to February 2017 using self-report structured questionnaires and were analyzed using IBM SPSS 21.0 and AMOS 20.0. Results: The variables affecting complicated grief of bereaved spouses of cancer patients were the quality of end-of-life care (${\gamma}=.15$, p<.001), preparedness for death (${\beta}=-.06$, p=.005), and coping with bereavement (${\beta}=-.24$, p<.001), whereas the quality of death and dying did not show any effects. Preparedness for death had multiple mediating effects in the relationship between the quality of end-of-life care and complicated grief (z=-2.20, p=.028), and in the relationship between the quality of end-of-life care and coping with bereavement (z=2.11, p=.035). Coping with bereavement had a mediating effect on the relationship between preparedness for death and complicated grief (z=-2.39, p=.017). Conclusion: This study revealed that preparedness for death and coping with bereavement play a prominent role in complicated grief. Therefore, it is important to help in preparing for death and enhancing coping with bereavement of spouses providing end-of-life care to cancer patients. In addition, investigating cultural differences in the relationship between the quality of end-of-life care and complicated grief is recommended.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.386-390
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• 2005

Influenza A viruses periodicall y cause worldwide epidemics, or pandemics, with high rates of illness and death. A pandemic can occur at any time, with the potential to cause serious illness, death and social and economic disruption throughout the world. Historic evidence suggests that pandemics occurred three to four times per century. In the last century there were three influenza pandemics. The circumstances still exist for a new influenza virus with pandemic potential to emerge an d spread. The unpredictability of the timing of the next pandemic is underlined by the occurrence of several large outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza since the early 1980s. In 1999, the World Health Organization published the Influenza pandemic plan. The role of WHO and guidelines for national and regional planning. And in 2005, WHO revised the global influenza preparedness plan for new national measures before and during pandemics. This document outlines briefly the Korean Centers for Disease Control's plan for responding to an influenza pandemic. According to the new pandemic phases of WHO, we set up the 4 national levels of preparedness and made guidelines for preventing and control the epidemics in each phase. And also we described the future plans to antiviral stockpiles and pandemic vaccine development.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.503-517
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• 2022

본 연구는 노인 장기요양 서비스를 제공하는 기관에서 종사하는 사회복지사들이 임종 케어 과정에서 겪는 심리·사회적 경험 및 역할에 대해 알아보았다. 심층 면접을 통한 자료 분석 결과 사회복지사들은 임종 케어 과정에서 빈번한 죽음 경험으로 인해 기가 빠지고 소진됨을 경험하였으며 돌아가신 노인분들에게 더 잘해드리지 못한 것에 대해 아쉬움과 정든 분에 대한 그리움을 나타냈다. 그리고 갑작스러운 죽음이 발생하면 가족들의 비난과 불평을 겪기도 하였다. 임종 케어시 사회복지사들의 주된 역할로 죽음 징후가 나타나면 가족들에게 수시로 연락하여 소통하였고 임종 후 주 부양자 가족들을 위로하고 지지하였다. 응급상황 대처를 위한 사전준비와 응급조치에 대한 법적 안전망, 사회복지사들의 소진을 막기 위한 재충전 프로그램 및 지지 모임, 임종 케어를 위한 표준화된 매뉴얼과 교육의 필요성이 제시되었다. 또한 노인분의 존엄한 죽음을 위하여 죽음 준비교육, 호스피스 케어, 사전 의료의향서 등의 필요성도 강조되었다.

• 셀메드
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.29.1-29.6
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• 2020

COVID-19 (Corona Virus Disease-2019) is an infectious respiratory disease caused by the most recently discovered coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2 (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Corona virus-2). This new viral disease was unknown before the outbreak began in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. As of November 16th 2020, it affects about 54.3 million populations, death troll increased to 1.32 million cases in worldwide. Whereas in India 8.85 cases are infected with COVID-19, of which 1, 30, 112 cases were died. Till now there has been no specific anti-virus drug or vaccines are available for the treatment of this disease, the supportive care and non-specific treatment to the symptoms of the patient are the only options in Biomedicine, the entire world turns its attention towards alternative medicine or Traditional medicine. Siddha medicine is one of the primordial systems of medicine practiced in the southern part of India, it dealt a lot about pandemic, and its management. This review provides an insight into Pandemic in Siddha system and its management in both ancient history and modern history, National and state level Government policies related to current pandemic, World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines on usage of unproven drug during infectious disease outbreak, Preparedness of Siddha system during a pandemic outbreak Challenges and Recommendations.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.710-717
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• 2012

바이러스, 세균, 곰팡이, 독소 등을 이용한 생물테러는 사회불안을 일으키고 사람들에게 치명적인 병을 일으킨다. 2001년 911테러를 겪으면서 생물테러 대비에 대한 중요성이 강조되고 있다. 따라서, 보건관련 종사자들은 이런 생물테러 발생이 있을 때 주도적인 역할을 하는 사람들이다. 본 연구의 목적은 보건관련 교수들에게 설문을 통해 생물테러 교육현황에 대해 알아보고자 하는데 있다. 보건관련 대학에서 학생들에게 생물테러 대비에 대한 교육을 실시하여 향후 언제 발생할지 모르는 생물테러에 대한 대비와 대처능력을 갖게 하는 것이 중요하다. 보건관련 대학에서 학생들에게 생물테러 대비에 대한 교육을 실시하여 향후 언제 발생할지 모르는 생물테러에 대한 대비와 대처능력을 갖게 하는 것이 중요하다. 연구는 2007년 3월 10일부터 6월 10일까지 3달간 우편설문조사로 진행되었다. 응급구조학과 23개교, 임상병리학과 25개교, 기타 보건관련학과에도 우편으로 설문을 배포하였다. 응급구조학과, 임상병리학과, 기타 보건관련 교수들의 97.6%에서 생물테러 교육 경험이 없었다고 응답하였다. 생물테러 교육의 내용으로 비상사태 및 재난의 정의와 특성, 테러 및 생물테러의 정의, 생물테러의 역사, 생물테러의 일반적 특성, 생물테러 가능병원체의 종류, 대비, 체계적 대응, 의학적 대응이다. 이상의 결과를 바탕으로 생물테러 교육과정을 개발하여 재난 대비 교육을 실시하고자 한다.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.308-314
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• 2018

Injury is a serious problem that not only causes death but also significantly degrades the quality of life of the people and causes loss of socioeconomic opportunities and costs. Damage occurs as a result of an accident. Among them, natural disasters and artificial disasters take lives of many people in a short time and threaten their physical and mental health. The United States has responded to the disaster by establishing relevant laws and regulations and a response system with the recognition that health is recognised soon to be as national security in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the Katrina disaster. It is necessary to build a knowledge infrastructure to train disaster response experts in public health area and to have health competence to cope with disasters.

• Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.193-200
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• 2020

Objectives: Adolescent suicide, a major cause of adolescent death, is affected by various factors, including attitudes toward suicide. This study investigated the association between parenting style and adolescents' attitudes toward suicide and the mediating role of attitude toward suicide between parenting style and suicidal ideation. Methods: We surveyed 1,071 adolescents from eight middle schools in Incheon, Korea. The survey included sociodemographic information, attitudes toward suicide, perception of parenting style, depression severity, and suicidality. Results: Students in the authoritarian parenting group had a more permissive attitude toward suicide compared with the democratic and permissive parenting groups. These students considered that suicide is justified in certain situations and that choosing suicide is an individual's right. They also had a negative attitude toward talking about suicide or intervening in others' suicide. This association remained statistically significant after adjusting for the impact of confounding factors that could affect attitudes toward suicide, except for suicidal processes and preparedness to prevent suicide. In the mediation analysis, we observed that some factors of the attitudes toward suicide mediated between authoritarian parenting attitudes and suicidal ideation, namely, suicide as a right, preventability, suicide as normal/common, preparedness to prevent suicide, and resignation. Conclusion: This study revealed the significant impact of parenting style on children's attitudes toward suicide. Educating parents about the appropriate parenting attitudes-sympathetic and rational-can help prevent youth suicide.