• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제17권12호
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• pp.5063-5069
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• 2016

Background: Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in most countries of the world. It is ranked first in females in Morocco (accounting for 33.4% of the total cancer burden) and more than 60% of cases are diagnosed at stage III or IV. During the last decade, health-related quality of life (HRQOL) has become an important aspect of breast cancer treatment. The objective of this study was to describe self-reported HRQOL in patients with breast cancer and to investigate its associations with sociodemographic and clinical variables. Methods: A prospective study was carried out in the main oncology centers in Morocco. Quality of life was measured using the Moroccan Arabic versions of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire C 30 (EORTC QLQ C30) and the Breast Cancer-Specific Quality of Life Questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-BR23). Statistical analyses were performed using descriptive statistics and multivariate analyses. Results: A total of 1463 subjects were included in the study, with a mean age of 55.6 (SD. 11.2) years, 70% being married. The majority had stage II (45.9%) and a few cases stage IV (12.9%) lesions. The participants' global health mean score was 68.5 and in "functional scales", social functioning scored the highest (Mean 86.2 (SD=22.7)). The most distressing symptom on the symptom scale was financial difficulties (Mean 63.2 (SD=38.2)). Using the disease specific tool, it was found that future perspective scored the lowest (Mean 40.5 (SD=37.3)). On the symptom scale, arm symptoms scored the highest (Mean 23.6 (SD=21.6)). Significant mean differences were noted for many functional and symptom scales. Conclusion: Our results emphasized that the general HRQOL for our study population is lower than for corresponding populations in other countries. This study provided baseline information on the quality of life for a large sample of Moroccan women diagnosed with breast cancer.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.3017-3021
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• 2013

Background: Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) is an important aspect in identifying cancer patients' perceptions of being diagnosed with cancer and the assessment of treatment outcomes. The present study aimedto assess the profile and predicators of HRQoL of Malaysian oncology patients. Materials and Methods: A cross sectional study adopting the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-C30) was conducted. All cancer patients attending Penang General Hospital between August-November 2011 were approached. Descriptive statistics were used to assess demographic and disease related characteristics of the patients. All analyses were performed using SPSS v 16.0. Results: Three hundred and ninety three cancer patients met the inclusion criteria and were enrolled in the study. The mean age was 53.9 ($SD{\pm}13$) years. The cohort was dominated by females (n=260, 66.2%). Nearly half (n=190, 48.3%) of the participants were of Malay ethnicity, practicing Islam as their religion (n=194, 494%). Two hundred and ninety six (n=296, 75.3%) had beene diagnosed with cancer within six months to 3 years previously. The most common primary cancer site was breast (n=143, 36.4%). The mean Global Health Status (GHS) score was 60.7 (SD=21.3). Females (mean GHS score of 62.3, p=0.035) with Malay ethnicity (mean GHS score of 63.8, p=0.047), practicing Islam as their religion (mean GHS score of 63.0, p=0.011) had better GHS scores. Patients having medical insurance had good scores (mean 65.6, p-0.021). Marital status was significantly associated with GHS scores (p=0.022). Bone cancer patientshad the lowest mean GHS score of 49.2 (p=0.044). Patients at very advanced stages of cancer featured a low GHS mean score of 52.2 (p<0.001). Conclusions: The present study identified many demographic and disease related factors which may contribute to the HRQoL of cancer patients, pointing to the necessity for improved management of disease symptoms and provision of psychological and financial support.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제16권7호
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• pp.439-450
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• 2016

간호사는 병원종사자 중 다양한 대상자에게 간호를 제공함과 동시에 여러 직종 간에 조정 역할을 하며 전문지식과 기술에 대한 요구 증가, 교대근무 등으로 심한 스트레스와 소진을 경험하고 이직에 대한 의도를 높이게 된다. 회복탄력성은 스트레스와 소진을 감소시키고 조직몰입을 높일 것으로 기대되어 연구가 필요한 시점이다. 본 연구는 간호사의 회복탄력성, 스트레스, 소진, 조직몰입간의 관계를 파악하여 회복탄력성이 스트레스, 소진, 조직몰입에 미치는 영향을 파악하고자 한 서술적 조사연구이다. 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 대상자의 회복탄력성은 최대 5점에서 3.38(${\pm}.38$)로 나타났으며, 스트레스는 최대 5점에서 3.73(${\pm}.50$), 소진은 최대 6점에서 2.74(${\pm}.68$), 조직몰입은 최대 7점에서 4.22(${\pm}.68$)로 나타났다. 본 연구에서 회복탄력성, 스트레스, 소진, 조직몰입의 상관분석을 실시한 결과, 회복탄력성과 스트레스, 소진 사이에는 부적 상관관계를, 회복탄력성과 조직몰입은 정적 상관관계를 보였다. 본 연구의 결과에 기초하여 간호조직에서는 간호사의 스트레스와 소진을 낮추고, 조직몰입을 증진시키기 위해 간호사의 회복탄력성에 관심을 가지고 간호사의 회복탄려성을 높이기 위한 노력으로 관련 프로그램 개발 및 적용이 필요하다.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.468-478
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• 2009

This research was performed to provide basic data for the development of infection related dental hygiene studies by surveying the current condition of recognition among students in the department of dental hygiene toward hospital infection management while receiving the following results by using a personal self-administered survey method targeting 303 students in the department of dental hygiene from certain areas. 1. With the current condition of recognition on the sanitization and sterilization of instruments among students in the department of dental hygiene(study), the rate at which surgical instruments are to be sterilized with autoclaves was 79.9% which was relatively higher than other instruments while it was shown that prosthetic instruments for treatment was 56.4%, conservative instruments for treatment was 51.8%, and ultrasonic scaler tip was 51.1% while the way syringe tips(36.1%) and the dental anesthetic apparatus(27.9%) were revealed to require sanitization by alcohol. 2. The 'hand wash' area was the highest with 4.71 while the 'materials and environment management' area and 'equipment management' area appeared high respectively with 4.43 and 4.41. 3. With the current condition of recognition on equipment management, 'equipments used for contagious patients are separately washed after a one-time use and must be sterilized or separated-and-discarded' was the highest with 4.82 while 'sterilization equipments with humidity or water on it are considered contaminated and are not used' showed the lowest recognition level with 3.90. 4. Regarding the current condition of materials and environment management, 'contagious and general trash are separated and discarded' was the highest with 4.70 while 'the refrigerator for medicine storage is cleaned on a regular basis once a month' was revealed as the lowest with 4.11. 5. With the current condition of recognition on hand washing, 'one must wash their hands after coming in contact with contagious patients, was the highest with 4.90 while washing hands after taking off gloves' appeared as the lowest with 4.51 point. To conclude department of dental hygiene there is to infection management and necessary about organization disinfecting and pasteurization to strengthen an education in order raising a stamp helping practical ratio about the infection management which whole, is from presence at a sickbed and connection does and about the infection management which is substantial and educational program development leads feed with the fact that deepening studying which is continuous must become accomplished becomes.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제19권11호
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• pp.325-336
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• 2019

본 연구는 7S 모형을 이용하여 내부역량과 직무만족도 간의 구조적 관계를 분석하여 내적요인을 통한 경영성과향상 방안을 제시하고자 하는데 목적이 있다. 이를 위해 7개의 연구가설을 설정하고 지방중소도시의 일개 종합병원에 근무하는 모든 직종의 구성원들을 대상으로 설문을 실시하였다. 2016년 9월 20일부터 10월 20일까지 385명에게 설문을 실시하여 327매(84.9%)의 자료가 연구에 사용되었다. 내부역량이 직무만족에 미치는 영향을 검증하기 위해 다중회귀분석을 실행하였다. 분석결과는 연구모형의 설명력은 69.1%를 보여 적합하였으며, 7S 요인 중 리더십 스타일(β=.392^**), 조직구조(β=.129^*), 구성원(β=.232^**), 관리기술(β=.204^*)은 직무만족에 정(+)의 영향을 나타내었다. 이는 표준화 계수 값이 증가할수록 직무만족도에 영향을 미치는 것으로 확인되었다. 전략, 시스템, 공유가치는 영향관계를 확인할 수 없었다. 일부 내부역량 요인들과 직무만족도와의 유의한 관계 확인은 내부역량이 조직의 성과향상 방안의 대안으로 활용될 수 있다. 내부역량은 설립구분, 규모, 위치 등 다양한 환경변수들의 영향을 받을 수 있다. 향후 내부만족도에 대한 내적요인과 외재요인 등으로 분리하여 측정하는 것도 더 많은 시사점을 제공 할 것이다.

• Pediatric Infection and Vaccine
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2020

2019년 12월에 중국 후베이성 우한시에서 원인 미상 폐렴이 무리 지어 발생하기 시작하였다. 환자의 하기도에서 이전에 알려지지 않은 새로운 코로나바이러스가 분리되었으며 severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2)로 명명되었다. 세계보건기구는 SARS-CoV-2에 의한 질병을 코로나바이러스감염증-19(coronavirus disease 2019, COVID-19)로 명명하였다. 2020년 3월 11일에 COVID-19는 전세계 최소 114국으로 퍼졌으며 약 4,000명이 사망하여 세계보건기구는 COVID-19가 세계적 대유행임을 선언하였다. 지난 20년 동안 새로운 코로나바이러스에 의한 두 번의 유행이 있었다. 2002-2003년 중증급성호흡기증후군(severe acute respiratory syndrome, SARS) 유행 시에는 8,098명의 확진 환자와 774명의 사망자가 발생하였으며, 2012년에 사우디 아라비아에서 시작되어 현재까지 주로 아라비아 반도에서 발생하고 있는 중동호흡기증후군(Middle East respiratory syndrome, MERS)는 2019년까지 총 2,499명의 환자와 858명의 사망자를 발생시켰다. 본 종설의 목적은 2020년 3월 12일까지 알려진 SARS-CoV-2의 특징과 전파 양상 및 COVID-19의 임상 증상을 알아보고 SARS와 MERS와의 유사점 및 차이점에 대하여 간략하게 소개하는 것이다.

• 한방재활의학과학회지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.117-128
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• 2013

Objectives : The purpose of this study is to explore the trends of Korean medical study on stress in the industrial worker. Methods : We received numbers of the studies about stress in the industrial worker from 6 Korean web databases, using key words such as 'Industry AND Stress', 'Oriental medicine AND Stress', 'Worker AND Stress', 'Workplace AND Stress'. We received 12 research papers and they were analyzed and the journals, the authors, the contents of 3 classification of those research papers. Results : Among them, we had 6 reviews of Dept. of preventive medicine and Dept. of third medicine, college of Korean Medicine, Won-kwang University, and the rest of them were 6 reviews. We had 4 reviews of Korean Journal of Oriental Preventive Medical Society, 2 reviews of the Journal of Traditional Korean Medicine, 2 reviews of Journal of Oriental Neuropsychiatry and so on. According to the contents of reviews, we had 7 reviews of correlation of industrial worker and stress, 4 reviews of cause on the industrial worker's stress and 1 case report. Conclusions : We reviewed the trends of Korean medical study on stress in the industrial worker. The stress in the industrial workers were related with the type of occupation, social psychology, drinking, smoking, the satisfaction of job, the harmony of organization. And we knew that the musculoskeletal pain was related to the industrial worker's stress. In the future, abundant case studies, follow-up trials and RCTs should be done about the industrial worker's stress.

• 한국전문물리치료학회지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.51-60
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• 2017

Background: In cerebral palsy (CP), parents' quality of life and rearing attitude are considered possible factors that influence patients' quality of life, function level, and performance in daily activities. Despite these facts, little attention has been given to demonstrate a relation between these factors. Objects: This study aimed to demonstrate the relationship between parents' quality of life, functional level, and performance in daily activities, the quality of life of school-aged children with spastic CP. Methods: This study included 24 parents of school-aged children with spastic CP. The KIDSCREEN-52 and World Health Organization quality of life (WHOQOL)-BREF questionnaires (including physical, psychological, social, and environmental domains) were used as research tools to assess the quality-of-life profiles of the children with spastic CP and those of their parents, respectively. In addition, the function levels and performance in daily activities of the children with CP were assessed by using the gross motor function measure (GMFM) and modified Barthel index (MBI). Correlation and multiple regression analyses were performed to clarify the determinants of the quality of life of the children with CP. Results: The KIDSCREEN-52 score correlated with the total score (r=.735, p<.01) and all domains of the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire (physical: r=.542, p<.01; psychological: r=.690, p<.01; social: r=.568, p<.01; and environmental: r=.783, p<.01). In addition, significant correlation was found between the KIDSCREEN-52 and MBI scores (r=.411, p<.05), and between the MBI and GMFM scores (r=.427, p<.05). After controlling for age, gender, paralytic type, GMFM, and MBI, the WHOQOL-BREF score ($R^2=.621$), particularly in the environmental domain ($R^2=.699$), remained independently related to the quality of life of the children. Conclusion: These findings suggest that the quality of life of school-aged children with spastic CP can be influenced by the quality of life of their parents. This study provides useful information for future studies to investigate the quality of life of children with CP.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.264-267
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• 2005

구토와 식용부진을 3일전부터 나타내고, 2년전부터 좌측 후지 상부에 종괴를 갖고 있는 12년령, 8.0kg, 난소 제거 잡종 암캐 1두가 충남대학교 부속동물병원에 내원하였다. 환자는 fine-needle aspiration (FNA) 세포진단학 검사에 의하여 mast cell tumor로 진단하였다. Mast cell tumor 진단을 위한 WHO clinical staging system에 의하여 stage IIIa로 분류하였다. 환자는 adjuvant corticosteroid 요법에 의하여 투약되었으며, 축주의 요구에 의하여 완전 외과 절제는 실시하지 아니 하였다. 초기에 adjuvant corticosteroid 단독 요법에 의하여 종괴의 크기가 점차 감소하였으며, 환자의 전신상태는 호전되었다. 그러나 그 후에는 더 이상 glucocorticoid에 반응을 하지 아니 하였으며, 종괴의 크기가 증가하였고, 2개월 후에 간헐적 구토와 심한 호흡곤란 때문에 안락사 하였다. 비장 종괴, 십이지장 궤양, 간 종괴와 후지 상부 근육부위에 침윤된 mast cell tumor가 부검 시에 발견되었다. Mast cell tumor는 grade I 또는 II에서 그리고 .조직학적으로 well-differentiated된 상태에서 외과적 완전절제, 방사선요법, adjuvant corticosteroid 요법, 화학요법을 병용 하여야 양호한 예후를 나타낼 것으로 기대된다.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.253-266
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• 2001

ADHD 아동은 발달과정에서 학업 성취를 비롯한 많은 문제들을 야기할 수 있으며, 지적인 능력에서도 부주의성과 연관된 특정적인 검사패턴을 보여주고 있다. 저자들은 1999년 3월 1일부터 1999년 12월 31일까지 DSM-IV의 ADHD 기준을 만족시키는 환자들과 대구 시내의 모 초등학교에서 정상대조군을 선발하여, K-ABC를 이용하여 아동의 지능과 습득도를 평가하였다. ADHD 아동의 경우에는 4-6주간의 약물치료를 시행한 후 동일한 검사들을 재시행하여 약물치료 전후의 차이를 비교하였다. 약물치료전의 ADHD 집단은 정상대조군에 비해 지적인 능력아 유의하게 낮은 것으로 나타났다. 약물치료 전후에서 ADHD 집단의 전체 지능은 유의한 변화가 없었으나 약물치료후의 동시처리척도는 정상대조군과 차이가 없을 정도로 호전이 되었으며, 이는 주의집중력의 증가, 특히 분산집중력의 증가를 의미하며 산만성이 감소되는 것을 의미한다. K-ABC의 하위 영역에서는 약물치료를 받지 않은 ADHD 잡단은 전반적인 하위 영역들이 유의하게 낮은 수행을 보이고 있지만 시각적 세부단서에 대한 주의력은 약물치료에 의해 유의하게 변화되어 정상 대조군과 차이가 없을 정도로 향상되었다. 습득도 하위 영역에서는 어휘력을 제외한 영역에서 ADHD 집단이 정상 대조군에 비해 유의하게 낮은 수행을 보였으나, 결정성 지능의 경우에서 약물치료 후 정상 대조군과 차이가 없었다. methylphenidate를 이용한 약물치료는 분산 집중력, 분석과 조직화와 같은 실행능력을 향상시키며 산만성을 유의하게 감소시켜주는 것으로 나타났다. ADHD 아동에서 약물치료와 함께 다른 형태의 치료가 결합될 경우, 학업수행과 사회성 등 전반적인 영역에서의 향상이 나타날 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.