• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.275-282
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• 2015

Background: Breast cancer (BC) is the most-common malignancy of women worldwide. Though there are differences among developed and developing countries, BC remains the most common cancer type of women in Turkey. Objective: This study aimed to identify the level of knowledge, awareness, and their potential predictors towards BC in Ankara, Turkey. Materials and Methods: The present descriptive study was conducted on 376 females attending a breast health outpatient clinic. A self-administered questionnaire was designed to evaluate knowledge level about BC and predictors effecting its level. Data analysis was performed using the chi-square test. A value of p<0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: Mean age of the participants was $46.2{\pm}9.93$ (22-75). The majority (92.6 %) were married; 41.5% were educated less than nine years. Most of the women were housewives (82.7%) and, were living in an urban region (86.4%). Predictors of effecting responses to seven knowledge and awareness questions about BC varied from demographic features including older age groups, higher educational levels, being married, living in an urban area, being employee, smoking, having greater BMI to additional attributes associated breast health such as the increased number of births, applying for the purpose of control, positive family history of breast diseases, any diagnoses of breast diseases and performing BSE practice. Conclusions: It was determined that females in Turkey have better knowledge of BC than other developing countries even though it is not at the desired level. These findings revealed that females should be more informed about BC risk factors, prognosis and treatments by primary health-care providers to counteract the ascending burden of this disease.

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제9권6호
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• pp.329-337
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• 2018

본 연구는 대사증후군의 진단에 포함된 고혈압, 당뇨병을 가진 65세 이상 독거노인을 대상으로 의료인이 행한 질병관리교육이 대사증후군 발생을 예방할 수 있는 건강행태에 미치는 영향을 밝히기 위한 조사연구이다. 2014년 지역사회건강 조사 자료로부터 10분이상의 질병관리 교육 경험에 대한 문항이 있는 고혈압과 당뇨병을 가진 독거노인 9,042명을 자료로 이용하였다. 자료의 분석은 ${\chi}^2-test$, 다중 로지스틱 회귀분석을 실시하였다. 연구의 결과는 질병관리교육 경험이 있는 독거노인의 경우, 심혈관 건강관련 인자의 수치에 대한 인지율이 높았으며(p<.001), 주당 3일 이상 걷기를 시행할 확률은 1.145배(p=.002), 현재 음주를 하지 않을 확률은 1.212배(p<.001), 싱겁게 먹을 확률은 1.184배(p=.002)로 나타났다. 본 연구결과로부터 독거노인에게 건강정보 제공시 의료인에 의한 교육의 중요성과 이를 반영한 건강증진정책의 개발이 요구된다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.45-51
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• 2015

Background: The current study examined health-related quality of life (QoL) for patients with esophageal/gastric cardia precursor lesions or cancer before and after treatment to facilitate improved prevention and treatment. Materials and Methods: Patients with different stages of esophageal/gastric cardia lesions completed two QoL questionnaires, EORTC QLQ-C30 and supplemental QLQ-OES 18, before primary treatment, and at 1, 6 and 12 months after treatment. Results: Fifty-nine patients with precursor lesions, 57 with early stage cancer, and 43 with advanced cancer responded to our survey. Patients with precursor lesions or early stage cancer reported better QoL overall than those with advanced cancer before treatment (p<0.01). Global QoL scores before treatment and at 1 month after treatment were $71{\pm}9$ versus $69{\pm}9$ (p>0.01), $71{\pm}8$ versus $61{\pm}11$ (p<0.01), $67{\pm}11$ versus $62{\pm}9$ (p<0.01) for three stages of lesions. At 6 months after treatment, some QoL measures recovered gradually in precursor lesion and early cancer patients, while some continuously deteriorated in advanced cancer patients. At 12 months, all QoL scores were comparable to baseline for patients with precursor lesions (p>0.01), while global QoL, social, pain, and insomnia scores for early stage and advanced cancer were inferior to corresponding baseline levels (difference between means>5, p<0.01). At this time point, compared with patients with early stage cancer, those with advanced cancer showed worse QoL with all function and most symptom measures (p<0.01). Conclusions: Patients with precursor lesions or early stage esophageal/gastric cardia cancer show better QoL than those with advanced cancer. This indicates that screening, early diagnosis and treatment may improve the QoL for esophageal/gastric cardia cancer patients. Target intervention and counseling should be given by health care providers during treatment and follow-up to facilitate QoL improvement.

• Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.162-167
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• 2016

Purpose: To determine the socio-economic impact of gluten free diet (GFD) on Saudi children and their families Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in which an online questionnaire was sent to all families registered in the Saudi celiac patients support group. We included only children (age 18 years of age and younger) with biopsy-confirmed celiac disease (CD). Results: A total of 113 children were included in the final analysis, the median age was 9.9 years; 62.8% were females. One hundred (88.5%) of the participating families reported that GFD food was not easily available in their areas, 17% of them reported that it was not available at all in their area. One hundred and six (93.8%) reported that the price of GFD food was very expensive and 70 (61.9%) families that the diet was heavily affecting their family budget. Significant social difficulties were reported among the participating families and their children including interference with the child's interaction with other children (49.6%), the families' ability to attend social gatherings (60.2%), the families' ability to eat in restaurants (73.5%), and the families' ability to travel (58.4%). Conclusion: There is significant negative socio-economic impact of GFD on children with CD & their families. Health care providers should be aware of these psycho-social difficulties and be well trained to provide a proper education and psychological support for these patients and their families.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.265-278
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• 1996

This paper concerns professional socialization of medical students. Professional socialization, in the context of this paper, means the process through which a layperson becomes a doctor equipped with professional identity and values. While medical education does not include such process in the curriculum, medical students obtain certain values and identity informally. The dependent variables were professional values and professionalism. The former means the desirable attributes required to conducting professional works such as humane attitudes, science-oriented mind, capability for organizational management. The latter means socio-political reasoning with which doctors can rationalize their privileges such as autonomy. A specially designed questionnaire was developed. The data were collected from five medical schools for 1,318 students in 1994. A total of 1,070 cases were finally included in the statistical analysis. The students emphasized the human factor in the professional values. Their attitude did not change with the grade. Other independent variables such as motives for entering a medical school, socioeconomic status, satisfaction with medical education, etc. also did not influence professinal values. It implies that professional values were not consolidated among the students. However, the factors of professionalism change significantly with the grade. It implies that the students paid more attention to socio-political issues related to doctor's interests as the grade went up. And the factor scores for professionalism were higher for those students who had more positive attitude towards doing medical practice for profit, expected higher income, and were more conservative about social reform. Other independent variables did not influence professionalism. It seems that the students also give emphasis on professionalism, like current medical doctors, mainly because of their concern with recent unfavorable changes in economic conditions of medical care providers.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.2141-2144
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• 2016

Background: Many cancer patients still experience pain worldwide. There are many barriers for effective control of cancer pain and many of these are related to health care providers. There is a need for further investigation of these barriers. The aim of this study was to investigate nurse-related barriers to control of cancer pain among Iranian nurses. Materials and Methods: In this descriptive study 49 nurses from two hospitals affiliated to Tabriz and Ardebil Universities of Medical Sciences participated using a census sampling method. A demographic and profession related checklist and Barriers Questionnaire II (BQ-II) were used for data collection. Results: The results showed negative attitudes of participants regarding control of cancer pain. Participants believed that cancer pain medications do not manage cancer pain at acceptable levels; patients may become addicted by using these drugs; cancer pain medications have many uncontrollable effects; and controlling cancer pain may distract the physicians from treating disease. Conclusions: Iranian nurses have negative attitudes toward pain control in cancer patients especially about effectiveness of pain medication and their side effects. Educational intervention to reduce these misconceptions is needed.

• 여성건강간호학회지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.235-249
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• 2022

Purpose: This study explored the degree to which pregnant women in Korea made informed choices regarding noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT) and investigated factors influencing whether they made informed choices. Methods: In total, 129 pregnant women in Korea participated in a web-based survey. Multidimensional measures of informed choice regarding NIPT and decisional conflict were used to measure participants' levels of knowledge, attitudes, deliberation, uptake, and decisional conflict related to NIPT. Additional questions were asked about participants' NIPT experiences and opinions. Results: All 129 pregnant women were recruited from an online community. Excluding those who expressed neutral attitudes toward NIPT, according to the definition of informed choice used in this study, only 91 made an informed choice (n=63, 69.2%) or an uninformed choice (n=28, 30.8%). Of the latter, 75.0% had insufficient knowledge, 39.3% made a value-inconsistent decision, and 14.3% did not deliberate sufficiently. No difference in decisional conflict was found between the two groups. A significant difference was found between the two groups in the reasons why NIPT was introduced or recommended (p=.021). Multiple logistic regression analysis showed that pregnant women who were knowledgeable (odds ratio [OR], 4.77; 95% confidence interval [CI], 2.17-10.47) and deliberated (OR, 0.74; 95% CI, 0.57-0.98) were significantly more likely to make an informed choice. Conclusion: The results of this study help healthcare providers, including nurses in maternity units, understand pregnant women's experiences of NIPT. Counseling strategies are needed to improve pregnant women's knowledge of NIPT and create an environment that promotes deliberation regarding this decision.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.1260-1269
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• 2011

본 연구의 목적은 갑상선 유두암환자의 수술 후 삶의 질, 갑상선 특이적 증상, 자가간호이행도, 불안 및 우울수준을 파악하고 수술 후 삶의 질에 미치는 영향 요인을 분석하는 것이다. 154명의 갑상선 유두암환자가 연구에 참여하였으며 구조화된 질문지를 이용하여 수집된 자료는 SPSS/WIN 18.0을 사용하여 기술통계, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation 및 다중회귀분석법으로 분석하였다. 갑상선 유두암환자의 수술 후 삶의 질 평균점수는 2.72점이었고 사회/가족상태 영역에서 가장 낮았으며 연구대상자들의 대부분은 피로, 추위를 견디지 못함, 변덕스런 기분변화 등의 갑상선 특이적 증상을 호소하였다. 자가간호이행 참여도가 가장 높은 항목은 갑상선호르몬제 복용(100%)이었으며 외래방문을 통한 추후관리는 두 번째로 높았다(99.4%). 불안은 45.3점으로 보통 수준이었으나 대상자의 63%가 우울한 상태로 판정되었다. 갑상선 유두암환자의 수술 후 삶의 질은 갑상선 특이적 증상, 불안, 우울과 부정적 상관관계가 유의하게 나타났으며(r=-.573, p<.001; r=-.739, p<.001; r=-.742, p<.001) 갑상선 특이적 증상, 불안, 우울이 수술후 삶의 질 정도를 64.9% 설명하였다. 이에 갑상선 유두암환자의 수술 후 삶의 질을 증진시키기 위해서 건강관리전문가들은 장기간의 암치료과정에서 느끼는 부정적 정서를 완화시키고 지지체계를 개발하며 신체적, 심리적 증상관리를 돕는 실무정보를 제공해야 할 것이다.

• 한국병원경영학회지
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.32-48
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• 2003

Korea is to open its medical markets to foreign hospitals starting in the year 2006 regardless of our will(DDA, Doha Development Agenda). To accurately understand the characteristics of Korean medical users, their detailed and various needs, their attitudes toward the opening of Korean medical markets, and factors affecting these users in choosing foreign medical service providers would be first step needs to be taken by the Korean medical facilities that need to survive and develope through the fiercely competitive era coming with the opening of Korean medical markets to foreign medical service providers and would be very important in hospital management. The subjects of this study were 500 patients randomly selected from the outpatients who visited one of university hospitals in Seoul on the 14th-16th days of April 2003, and conducted a self-completion questionnaire. The answers of 463 respondents among the selected patients(93% of a responding rate)were analyzed through the Excel and statistics programs. The attitudes on the opening of the medical markets were shown in agreement 56.5%(247 persons), disagreement 6.9%(30 persons), and no idea 36.6%(160 persons). In consideration of only the answers as agreement and disagreement exclusive of the answer as no idea, 89.2% of the respondents agreed to the opening of the medical markets while 10.8% objected to the opening. The approval rate was higher with the higher education and income levels. Moreover, The approval rate for the opening of the medical markets was relatively high regardless of the satisfaction in the medical service, and the most important reason of the agreement was the guarantee of the patients(national)option. The main reason of the disagreement was high medical fee(50.5%), and the other reasons showing low rates were outflow of the domestic fund to the foreign countries(13.6%), damage of medical influences on the public(11.4%), lack of competition of the domestic medical industry(9.1%)and so on. As for the factors of selecting the foreign hospitals in the opening of the medical markets, the patients considered the authority(competency)of doctors firstly, and the other principal factors were worldwide fame and reliance, specific explanation of doctors, modernized medical instruments, convenient consultation procedure, etc. The patients agreed to the opening of the medical markets at a high rate regardless of the satisfaction in the medical service, and the most principal reason of the agreement was the guarantee of the patients(national)option for the medical care. Connected with the factors to select the hospitals, the approval reasons for the opening of the medical markets were the authority(competency)of the doctors as the first one, and then fame and tradition, reliance, overall diagnosis and modernized medical instruments, doctors specific explanation, and so on. However, these factors are actually associated with the Quality of the medical care, and consequently the approval reasons for the opening of the medical markets are connected with the security of the medical care. Accordingly, the guarantee of the patients(national)option answered as the main reason of the agreement can be also understood as the awareness of the right to have a variety of options for the security of the medical quality.

• Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.90-97
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• 2013

목적: 본 연구는 정부가 호스피스완화의료를 제도적으로 지원하겠다고 발표한 2002년 이후 10년이 지난 현시점에서 일반 대중들의 웰다잉에 대한 인식과 수용도가 어떤 방향성을 띄는지 알아보고자 하였다. 이를 통해 향후 한국 호스피스 완화의료 정책이 나아갈 길을 제시하는 것을 목표로 하였다. 방법: 2012년 6월 1일부터 6월 11일까지 전국 만 20~69세 성인 남녀 1,000명을 대상으로 Computer-Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI)를 이용하여 웰다잉에 대한 인식 및 수용도에 관한 설문을 실시하였다. 조사 항목은 인구학적 특성 전반과 신체적, 정신적, 사회적, 영적 건강상태 등 건강에 대한 인식, 그리고 아름다운 삶의 마무리에 대한 정책적 선호도로 구성하였다. 결과: 아름다운 삶의 마무리를 위한 제1 중요 요소로는 다른 사람에게 부담을 주지 않음이 36.7%로 가장 많았다. 제2 중요 요소로는 가족이나 의미 있는 사람과 함께 있는 것이 19.1%로 가장 높은 비율을 차지하였다. 죽음과 관련하여 삶의 아름다운 마무리를 위한 9가지 전략의 선호도를 조사한 결과, 간병 품앗이 활성화에 대해 찬성하는 의견이 88.3%로 가장 많았으며 의료인의 임종환자 관리 교육 실시(83.7%), 장례식장 대신 가족들을 편하게 해주고 의료진이 환자를 돌볼 수 있는 시설을 병원/집에서 가까운 곳에 마련(81.7%)이 그 뒤를 이었다. 삶의 아름다운 마무리를 위한 5개년 국가 전략을 수립하는 것에 찬성한 비율은 전체의 91%로 매우 높은 수준이었으며 그 수행 주체로는 정부(47.5%), 국회(20.2%), 시민 단체(10%)순인 것으로 조사되었다. 결론: 일반 국민 1,000명을 대상으로 조사한 본 연구결과는 국가적 차원의 웰다잉 정책과 완화의료의 제도적 지원책을 마련하는데 초석이 될 수 있을 것이다.