• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제13권11호
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• pp.5593-5597
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• 2012

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of the group therapy on psychological symptoms and quality of life of patients with early stage breast cancer. Methods: This study was performed on 16 breast cancer patients who completed treatments. The total group therapy program involved a weekly session of 2-3 hours, for 16 weeks. The group therapy sessions were given to women in the oncology department by a clinical psychologist and also given training sections by the different professional teams. All the required assessments for the study were performed after and before 16 week group therapy intervention. Results: Initially we had taken 21 women but 16 participated in all therapy programs and submitted questionnaires. The mean age was 47.8 years. There were significant differences between before and after group therapy program. Anxiety, depression, and distress showed significant improvements. Hopelessness scale was detected at the border of significance. There was no change in sleep problems and quality of life. According to the analysis of correlation, considering the age factor and year of diagnosis, there was found no statistically significant relationship between anxiety, distress, depression, hopelessness, sleeplessness, and quality of life. Conclusions: This pilot study demonstrated that brief, predominantly group therapy is feasible for patients with breast cancer and, also it may be helpful to cope with emotional and physical distress.

• 대한물리치료과학회지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.799-811
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• 2001

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of sensory integration therapy (SIT) on gross motor development and respiratory function of cerebral palsy children. The design of this study was one-group pre-and post-test design. Subjects of the study were arbitrarily chosen based on predetermined selection criteria among the cerebral palsy children who were treated as out-patients at one rehabilitation hospital in Kyunggi-do. The study was conducted between early April and late July in 2000. Twelve children were in the experimental group. A five-step SIT program was devised from a combination of SIT programs suggested by Ayres(1985) and Fink(1989), and an author-designed SIT program for cerebral palsy children. The experimental group was subjected to 20 to 30 minutes of SIT per session, two sessions a week for ten-week period. Collected data were statistically analyzed by SPSS PC for Wilcoxon signed rank test, and paired t-test. The results were as follows: 1. In gross motor development, post-experimental gross motor scores were higher compared to pre-experimental scores with statistical significance. 2. In respiratory function, post-experimental forced capacity vital scores were higher compared to pre-experimental scores with statistical significance. In conclusion, SIT was found to be effective in gross motor development and respiratory function. But, for the more effectiveness of SIT on gross motor development and respiratory function, further studies employing longer-time experiments are recommended.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.347-351
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• 2018

Background: The success of an injury intervention program can be measured by the proportion of successful return to work (RTW). This study examined factors of successful return to employment among workers suffering from work-related injuries. Methods: Data were obtained from the Social Security Organization, Malaysia database consisting of 10,049 RTW program participants in 2010-2014. The dependent variable was the RTW outcome which consisted of RTW with same employer, RTW with new employer or unsuccessful return. Multinomial logistic regression was performed to test the likelihood of successful return with same employer and new employer against unsuccessful return. Results: Overall, 65.3% of injured workers were successfully returned to employment, 52.8% to the same employer and 12.5% to new employer. Employer interest; motivation; age 30-49 years; intervention less than 9 months; occupational disease; injuries in the lower limbs, upper limbs, and general injuries; and working in the manufacturing, services, and electrical/electronics were associated with returning to work with the same employer against unsuccessful return. Male, employer interest, motivation, age 49 years or younger, intervention less than 6 months, occupational disease, injuries in the upper limbs and services sector of employment were associated with returning to new employer against unsuccessful return. Conclusion: There is a need to strengthen employer commitment for early and intensified intervention that will lead to improvement in the RTW outcome.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.262-271
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• 2014

본 연구에서는 뇌성마비아동의 대동작기능이 재활 낮병동 프로그램을 통한 효과를 알아보고자 실시하였다. 연구대상자는 경직성 뇌성마비아동 57명으로 최근 6개월 사이에 보톨리눔 독소나 수술적 병력이 없는 아동을 대상으로 하였다. 대동작기능 측정(GMFM)와 대동작기능 분류체계(GMFCS)를 기능적 변화와 기능적 수순에 대한 평가를 실시하였으며, 낮병동 프로그램은 8주로 이루어졌다. 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 낮병동 프로그램 적용을 통한 치료 전 후 대동작기능의 유의한 차이를 보였다(p<.001). 둘째, 연령별 운동발달은 1-2세, 3-4세 뇌성마비아동이 5-6세 뇌성마비아동보다 사후검정 결과 더 높은 것으로 나타났다. 마지막으로, 대동작기능 분류체계(GMFCS) 수준l에 따른 대동작기능 측정(GMFM)의 유의한 차이를 보였는데(p<.05), 특히 경도와 중등도 뇌성마비아동이 중증도 뇌성마비아동보다 유의한 차이를 보였다. 낮병동 프로그램은 뇌성마비아동의 대동작기능의 운동발달에 효과적이며, 경도, 중등도와 4세 이하의 뇌성마비아동에게 조기 중재가 필요할 것으로 생각된다.

• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.267-276
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• 2020

Purpose: The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP) risk calculator is useful in predicting postoperative adverse events. However, its accuracy in specific disorders is unclear. We validated the ACS NSQIP risk calculator in patients with gastric cancer undergoing curative laparoscopic surgery. Materials and Methods: We included 207 consecutive early gastric cancer patients who underwent laparoscopic gastrectomy between January 2018 and January 2019. The preoperative characteristics and risks of the patients were reviewed and entered into the ACS NSQIP calculator. The estimated risks of postoperative outcomes were compared with the observed outcomes using C-statistics and Brier scores. Results: Most of the patients underwent distal gastrectomy with Roux-en-Y reconstruction (74.4%). We did not observe any cases of mortality, venous thromboembolism, urinary tract infection, renal failure, or cardiac complications. The other outcomes assessed were complications such as pneumonia, surgical site infections, any complications requiring re-operation or hospital readmission, the rates of discharge to nursing homes/rehabilitation centers, and the length of stay. All C-statistics were <0 and the highest was for pneumonia (0.65; 95% confidence interval: 0.58-0.71). Brier scores ranged from 0.01 for pneumonia to 0.155 for other complications. Overall, the risk calculator was inconsistent in predicting the outcomes. Conclusions: The ACS NSQIP surgical risk calculator showed low predictive ability for postoperative adverse events after laparoscopic gastrectomy for patients with early gastric cancer. Further research to adjust the risk calculator for these patients may improve its predictive ability.

• 대한관절경학회지
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.34-39
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• 2012

목적: 급성 전방십자인대 손상 환자에서 조기 재건술과 지연 재건술 간의 관절 강직 발생 정도와 임상적 결과를 비교하고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법: 2008년 3월부터 2010년 10월까지 급성 전방십자인대 손상 환자 중 전방십자인대 재건술을 시행한 34예를 대상으로 하였다. 수상 후 1주 이내에 재건술을 시행한 조기 재건군과 수상 후 3주에서 6주 사이에 재건술을 시행한 지연 재건군으로 나누어 수술 전까지 적극적인 관절 운동을 시행하고 술 후에 환자 스스로 운동이 가능하도록 하는 적극적인 재활 치료를 시행한 후 관절 운동 범위, Lachman 검사, pivot shift 검사, Lysholm 점수, International Knee Documentation Committee (IKDC) 점수, Tegner 활동도 점수를 이용하여 평가하였다. 결과: 최종 추시에서 Lysholm 점수는 조기 재건군 91.82점, 지연 재건군 94.83점이었고 IKDC 점수는 전례에서 B (거의 정상) 이상으로 회복되었다(P=0.217, P=0.845). Tegner 활동도 점수는 조기 재건군 6.7점, 지연 재건군 7.1점이었고 (P=0.840) 관절 운동 범위는 양군 간에 차이가 없었으며(P=0.873, P=0.873) 심부 정맥 혈전증이나 감염은 전례에서 발생하지 않았다. Lachman 검사, pivot shift 검사 결과도 양군 간에 유의한 차이는 없었다(P=0.606, P=0.118). 결론: 급성 전방십자인대 손상 환자에서 조기 및 지연 재건군 모두에서 만족할만한 임상적 결과를 얻었다. 따라서 수상 후 1주 이내에 시행하는 조기 재건술도 좋은 치료 방법의 하나로 선택될 수 있을 것이라 생각된다.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.347-357
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• 1996

Although occupational low back pain accounts for $20\sim40%$ of all occupational illness and injury, there are limited numbers of studies regarding the effectiveness of back school program. The objective of this study was to evaluate the economic benefit of back school program for early return to work of occupational low back pain patients in the current occupational injury compensation and management system. The cost-benefit analysis in this study was conducted to evaluate the relative magnitude of benefit to cost. The total cost was estimated by calculating the value of components in back school program according to governmental budget protocol. The back school program was consisted of three major approaches, pain center, work-hardening program and funcional restoration program and each of components had various facilities and experts. The total amount of cost was estimated as 250,866,220 won per year. The most promising type of back school program were quite intensive (a 3 to 5-week stay in a specialized center), therefore, if we adopted the 5-week stay course, 10 courses could be held in a year. Following to the medical act, 20 patients per doctor could participate in a each course, ie, total 200 patients in a year. As a result, we could estimate the cost of 1,254,331 won a patient. We estimated the benefit by using data of a few local labor offices about average medical treatment beneficiary and off-duty beneficiary of 46 occupational low back pain patients in 1994. Ullman and Larsson (1977) mentioned that the group of chronic low back pain patients who participated in back school program needed less time to recover by 48.4% of beneficiary duration. And in the trying to estimate the benefit, we asked 10 rehabilitation board certificate doctors about reduction proportion of treatment cost by introducing back school program. The answered reduction proportions were in the range of $30\sim45%$, average 39%. As a final result, we could see that the introduction of back school program in treatment of chronic occupational low back pain patients could produce the benefit to cost ratio as 3.90 and 6.28. And we could conclude that the introduction of back school program was beneficial to current occupational injury compensation and management system.

• 대한예방한의학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.17-30
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• 2012

Objectives : This study was to analyse the reasons for the early termination of our clinical trials that were to know the influences of Tai-chi on non-motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease. Methods : We stopped the primary study of Tai-chi to observe the changes of non-motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease. So we carried out the survey to our participants of clinical trials. We conducted the survey about the patient's characteristics of usual exercise, experience of Tai-chi, appropriate time allocation, difficulties of proceeding the program and patient's opinion for the improvement of education. And the 4 questions about the contributiveness of Tai-chi for the Parkinson's disease, usability of supplied references, difficulties and time allocation of education were using the questionaries form of 5-point scale(Likert scale). Results : The results of survey showed that the benefits of Tai-chi program for the improvement of symptoms was $3.15{\pm}0.89$ and difficulty of lecture was $3.76{\pm}1.09$. 41% of participants answered that the motions of the Tai-chi is difficult to follow and 17% of participants felt the imbalance during the motion of Tai-chi. Conclusions : Participants replied that the Tai-chi is hard for the patients of Parkinson's disease and the time for the education was too short to keep doing exercise. Thus we have plan to educate the patients of Parkinson's disease with Tai-chi program consists of easier motion by developing ourselves or searching previous studies.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제36권7호
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• pp.1111-1122
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• 2006

Purpose: This study examined the effects of aerobic exercise using a flex band on the improvement of physical functions & body image in breast cancer women undergoing radiation therapy after a mastectomy. Method: Women with breast cancer(n =26) were assigned to an experimental group(EG, n = 15) and control group(CG, n = 11). The E.G participated in an aerobic exercise program with a 60% to 80% intensity of maximal heart rate for 25 minutes during the main exercise, 3 times per week, for 6 weeks. The EG did not exercise regularly for 3 months before participating in this program. The CG received no exercise treatment during the research period. Data were analyzed using the $x^2-test$ and Mann-Whitney U test by the SPSS version 11.0 program at a 5% significant level. Results: Group analysis revealed that the EGwomen had significantly more improved cardio-pulmonary functions, ROM of the affected shoulder joint, and body image compared to the CG, Conclusion: Aerobic exercise using a flex band may be an effective rehabilitative measure for mastectomy women with respect to cardio-pulmonary functions, ROM, & body image. Further studies are recommended to study early rehabilitation programs within 10 days post-operatively.

• 산업융합연구
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.91-98
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• 2020

이 연구의 목적은 휠체어 마라톤의 구간별 기록의 차이를 규명하고 훈련에 필요한 정보와 훈련법 개발을 위한 기초자료를 제공하고자 하는데 있다. 이 연구의 대상은 2016년 서울 국제 휠체어 마라톤대회에 참가자 중 42.195km의 풀코스를 완주하여 우승한 외국 남자선수 1명과 국내 상위선수 4명, 총 5명의 기록을 대상으로 분석하였다. 매 5km에 해당하는 구간기록과 완주기록을 사용하였으며 제1구간부터 제9구간으로 설정하였다. 자료처리방법은 통계프로그램인 SPSS 25.0을 이용하여 기술통계(평균, 표준편차)를 사용하였다. 위와 같은 연구방법과 절차에 따라 다음과 같은 결론을 도출하였다. 우승한 W1 선수의 경우 30km에서 35km지점에서 기록은 전체 구간에서 가장 빠른 8분 43초의 기록을 나타냈으며, 국내 1위 선수의 K1 선수보다 1분 4초의 기록 차이를 보였다. 국제 대회에서 상위 입상하기 위해서는 후반 이후 지점에서 빠른 페이스에 적응하는 훈련이 필요하다. 즉, 하프 거리를 기준으로 후반 페이스가 빨라야한다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 또한 전반 하프의 각각의 구간에서 개인 구간별 평균 속도의 수준에 맞는 레이스 페이스를 전개해야 할 것이다. 따라서 초반 레이스를 유지 할 수 있는 체력 훈련 프로그램과 후반 이후의 페이스 변화에 대응할 수 있는 훈련 프로그램을 적용하여야 할 것으로 사료된다.