• 지역사회간호학회지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.361-370
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• 2009

Purpose: This study attempted to identify family functioning recognized by caregiver who support the elderly. Methods: Data was collected from 264 caregivers who live with elderly using questionnaires. The performance, satisfaction and importance of family functioning was assessed using the modified FFFS by Kang (1987) consisted of three dimension-'Relationship between Individual Family Members', 'Relationship between family and subsystem' and 'Relationship between family and broader social units'. The data was analyzed using SPSS/WIN by descriptive statistics, ANOVA and pearson's correlation. Results: The subjected Families showed a median level of performance (mean $4.06{\pm}0.65$) and a high level of satisfaction (mean $1.04{\pm}0.71$) in family functioning. Families recognized importance of family functioning above median level (mean $4.65{\pm}0.99$). There was statistically significant difference in family functioning according to and duration of illness, illness and ADL of the elderly. In dimension of the relationship between individual family members and relationship between family and subsystem, there are significantly positive correlation among all aspect of family functioning. In relationship between family and social units, there are negative correlations between performance and importance (r=-.215) and between satisfaction and importance (r=-.194) while there are positive relationship between performance and satisfaction. Conclusion: Considering the results of this study, family-focused nursing interventions for families with the elderly need to be developed.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제51권2호
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• pp.109-113
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• 2018

Background: Low cardiac output syndrome (LCOS) after cardiac surgery usually requires inotropes. In this setting, critical illness-related corticosteroid insufficiency (CIRCI) may develop. We aimed to investigate the clinical features of CIRCI in the presence of LCOS and to assess the efficacy of steroid treatment. Methods: We reviewed 28 patients who underwent a rapid adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) test due to the suspicion of CIRCI between February 2010 and September 2014. CIRCI was diagnosed by a change in serum cortisol of <$9{\mu}g/dL$ after the ACTH test or a random cortisol level of <$10{\mu}g/dL$. Results: Twenty of the 28 patients met the diagnostic criteria. The patients with CIRCI showed higher Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) scores than those without CIRCI ($16.1{\pm}2.3$ vs. $11.4{\pm}3.5$, p=0.001). Six of the patients with CIRCI (30%) received glucocorticoids. With an average elevation of the mean blood pressure by $22.2{\pm}8.7mm\;Hg$ after steroid therapy, the duration of inotropic support was shorter in the steroid group than in the non-steroid group ($14.1{\pm}2.3days$ versus $30{\pm}22.8days$, p=0.001). Three infections (15%) developed in the non-steroid group, but this was not a significant between-group difference. Conclusion: CIRCI should be suspected in patients with LCOS after cardiac surgery, especially in patients with a high SOFA score. Glucocorticoid replacement therapy may be considered to reduce the use of inotropes without posing an additional risk of infection.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.47-56
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• 1982

Korean versions of British Medical Research Council (MRC), Cornell Medical Index(CMI), and American Thoracic Society 78 (ATS-DLD-78) respiratory questionaires were compared with each other, and were tested the stability, in terms of test-retest reliability, of each questions by self-administration of those to 156 medical students. The results obtained and conclusions drawn are as follow: 1. The degree of agreements between responses to the comparable questions of CMI vs MRC, and of CMI vs ATS-DLD-78 were not satisfactory. There were, however, $71{\sim}100$ per cent of agreement between responses to the questions on Cough, Wheezing, Phlegm, Breathlessness, and Chest illness of ATS-DLD-78 vs MRC questionaire. And the ATS-DLD-78 tended to yield greater number of positive responses than MRC (See Table 4). 2. All of the coefficient of stability of each questions in 3 questionaires were statistically significant, ranged $77{\sim}100$ per cent, except that of the question on episode of cough and phlegm in ATS-DLD-78 questionaire (See Table 5-1). The question is composed of two collateral conditions, 'lasting for 3 weeks or more' and 'each year'. 3. It can be insisted that the Section-B questions of CMI is not proper for use in epidemiologic survey on respiratory illness. And rather than MRC, the ATS-DLD-78 questionaire deserves to prefer to be used in epidemiologic studies on respiratory illness. 4. In question-wording, especially, of inquiring past experience, it is possible to lessen the reliability of the question that including collateral conditions such as 'the duration lasted of symptoms', and moreover, of which words are not common usage. For example, for Korean '10days' or 'half a month' is more familiar time unit rather than 'week'.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.10-16
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• 2000

Objectives : This study was carried out to investigate the sources of infection and modes of transmission of an outbreak of shigellosis that occurred among students of B middle and high school in Bonghwa, Korea from May 1 to 21, 1999. Methods : We conducted questionnaires to 468 students, 38 stalls and 9 food handlers twice times (May 6, May 21) for follow up and secondary attack rate. Personal details and history of illness and exposure to particular foods were sought. And we conducted rectal swab for culture to 243 students, 33 staffs and 9 food handlers. Bacteriological examinations of water in the school were done. Cases were identified as subjects who had diarrhea (two or more loose stools in a 24-hour periods) on or after May 1. Results : A total of 307 cases (attack rate: 59.6%) of 515 subject were identified, including 50 confirmed (46 students and 4 staffs) by S. sonnei. All 9 food handlers denied illness and were had rectal swab for culture at May 6 that were negative for S. sonnei. 146 of 307 reported fever, 156 had tenesmus, 44 reported vomiting, and only 5 of 307 reported blood in the stool. The median duration of diarrhea was 4 days (range: 1-18 days). The mean incubation period until onset of diarrhea was 63 hours (range: 46-144 hours) and the secondary attack rate was 2.8% (43 cases of 1,561 family members). Risk for illness was higher among students who had eaten watered kimchi at March 30 than among those who did not [301(72.7%) of 417 versus 5(9.6%) of 52; RR=7.51;95% CI=3.26-17.31]. Conclusion : The source of infection was estimated to be contaminated watered kimchi by ore or two food hardier who is presumed to be carrier.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제48권1호
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• pp.10-17
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• 2015

Objectives: An outbreak of acute febrile illness occurred in the Republic of Korea Air Force boot camp from May to July 2011. An epidemiological investigation of the causative agent, which was of a highly infective nature, was conducted. Methods: Throat swabs were carried out and a multiplex reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay was performed to identify possible causative factors. Results: The mean age of patients who had febrile illness during the study period was 20.24 years. The multiplex RT-PCR assay identified respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) as the causative agent. The main symptoms were sore throat (76.0%), sputum (72.8%), cough (72.1%), tonsillar hypertrophy (67.9%), and rhinorrhea (55.9%). The mean temperature was $38.75^{\circ}C$ and the attack rate among the recruits was 15.7% (588 out of 3750 recruits), while the mean duration of fever was 2.3 days. The prognosis was generally favorable with supportive care but recurrent fever occurred in 10.1% of the patients within a month. Conclusions: This is the first epidemiological study of an RSV outbreak that developed in a healthy young adult group. In the event of an outbreak of an acute febrile illness of a highly infective nature in facilities used by a young adult group, RSV should be considered among the possible causative agents.

• 가정간호학회지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.135-147
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• 2001

The aim of this descriptive study was to identify the impact of chronic illness on children and their families. Mothers of 177 children with chronic disease were recruited from aged one to 17 years hospitalizing the pediatric nursing unit at one university hospital. 28 questions. a self-complete maternal questionnaire developed by researchers based on literatures and 'The Impact of Childhood Illness Scale' (Hoare & Russell, 1995) assess four aspects of the child's and family's lifestyle with two dimensions for each question. the frequency of the problem and its importance of concern that it cause. In the data analysis. Pearson correlation coefficients and analysis of variance were used to test any association and a statistical comparisons. between individual variables and the impact on child's and family's lifestyle. The results were as follows: 1) There were the higher mean scores on the importance dimension than on the frequency dimension on total impact on child's and family's lifestyle. On the importance dimension. mothers had much higher levels of concern about impact on child's development and adjustment among subscales. On the frequency dimension, mothers had much higher levels of concern about impact on the family daily living on subscales. 2) The impact on child's and family's lifestyle related on individual variables were: (1) On the importance dimension. there was statistically significant low in the impact on child's development and adjustment among subscales in older parent group compared with it of younger parent group. (2) On the frequency dimension. there were statistically significant high in the impact on child's development and adjustment among subscales in the children with leukemia or cancer compared with it of the other children who had another chronic illnesses. And there were statistically significant high in the impact on child's development and adjustment among subscales in less than high school educated mothers compared with it of mothers who was educated college level. (3) On the frequency dimension. There were statistically significant high in the impact on family's daily living among subscales and total impact on child's and family's lifestyle in female children. (4) There was positive correlation between impact on parents daily living and frequency of child's hospitalization on the frequency dimension. but there was negative correlation between the two variables on the importance dimension. (5) There was positive correlation between impact of chronic illness and its treatment and duration of child's hospitalization on the frequency dimension. In conclusion. these results were reflected by the high level of concerns about impact on child's development and adjustment although mothers had frequently responded about the impact on the family daily living. We suggest consistent intervening program that help the family empowering to make children live with and adjust to their chronic illnesses from the point of diagnosis and after discharge from the hospital. We also suggest these results can be utilized as a useful data in the practice of home health nursing for children who have chronic illnesses and their families.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제44권5호
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• pp.697-703
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• 2020

Background: GS-3K8 and GINST, both of which are modified ginseng extracts, have never been examined in terms of their effectiveness for the prevention of acute respiratory illness (ARI) in humans. We conducted a pilot study to assess the feasibility of performing a large-scale, randomized, controlled trial. Methods: This study was a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, pilot study at a single center from October 2014 to March 2015. The 45 healthy applicants were randomly divided into the GS-3K8 (n = 15), GINST (n = 15), and placebo groups (n = 15). The study drug was administered as a capsule (500 mg/cap and 3000 mg/day). GS-3K8 contained 6.31 mg/g of Rg1, 15.05 mg/g of Re, 30.84 mg/g of Rb1, 15.02 mg/g of Rc, 12.44 mg/g of Rb2, 6.97 mg/g of Rd, 1.59 mg/g of Rg3, 3.25 mg/g of Rk1, and 4.84 mg/g of Rg5. GINST contained 7.54 mg/g of Rg1, 1.87 mg/g of Re, 5.42 mg/g of Rb1, 0.29 mg/g of Rc, 0.36 mg/g of Rb2, 0.70 mg/g of Rd, and 6.3 mg/g of compound K. The feasibility criteria were the rates of recruitment, drug compliance, and successful follow-up. The primary clinical outcome measure was the incidence of ARI. The secondary clinical outcome measures were the duration of symptoms. Results: The rate of recruitment was 11.3 participants per week. The overall rate of completed follow-up was 97.8%. The mean compliance rate was 91.64 ± 9.80%, 95.28 ± 5.75%, and 89.70 ± 8.99% in the GS-3K8, GINST, and placebo groups, respectively. The incidence of ARI was 64.3% (9/14; 95% confidence interval [CI], 31.4-91.1%), 26.7% (4/15; 95% CI, 4.3-49.0%), and 80.0% (12/15; 95% CI, 54.8-93.0%) in the GS-3K8, GINST, and placebo groups, respectively. The average days of symptoms were 3.89 ± 4.65, 9.25 ± 7.63, and 12.25 ± 12.69 in the GS-3K8, GINST, and placebo groups, respectively. Conclusion: The results support the feasibility of a full-scale trial. GS-3K8 and GINST appear to have a positive tendency toward preventing the development of ARI and reducing the symptom duration. A randomized controlled trial is needed to confirm these findings.

• Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.252-261
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• 2000

목 적：만성 신체 질환 아동의 우울, 자기 개념 및 스트레스에 대한 지각과 대처 양상에 대해 알아보고자 하였다. 방 법：연구 대상자는 서울대학교 병원 어린이 병원에 입원해 있거나 외래에 다니는 환아 13명과 정상아동 13명으로 구성되었다. 만성 질환 아동군은 Schiffer 등(1963)이 만성 환자군으로 정의한 조작적 정의에 근거하여 최소한 3개월 이상 질환을 앓고 있거나 앓았던 적이 있으며, 현재도 그 질환으로 인해 지속적인 치료를 받고 있는 정형외과, 소아과 아동을 대상으로 하였다. 정상 아동군은 그러한 병력이 없는 아동 13명을 대상으로 하였다. 검사 도구는 피어스-해리스 자기 개념 척도, 소아 우울 척도, 투사적 검사(나의 기분을 색으로 표현하기, 다른 사람으로 인한 나의 기분을 색으로 표현하기, 비속의 아이)를 실시하였다. 결 과：만성 질환 아동군과 정상 아동군을 비교한 결과, 만성 질환 아동군이 소아 우울 척도에서 유의미하게 높은 점수를 보였으며, 자기 개념 척도에서는 보다 유의미하게 낮은 점수를 보였다. 또한 자기 개념 척도의 하위 항목인'인기도' 및 '학습 상태'에서 유의미하게 점수가 낮았다. 투사 과제의 경우,'색으로 표현하기' 과제에서는 집단간의 유의한 차이를 보이지 않았으나, 스트레스에 대한 지각 및 대처를 평가하는 '비속의 아이' 과제에서는 하위 항목(비의 양, 기간, 도구, 효율성) 모두에서 집단간의 차이를 보였다. 비속의 아이 과제와 우울 점수, 자기 개념 점수와의 상관 계수를 구한 결과, '비가 오는 기간' 항목이 우울 점수와는 정적 상관을, 자기 개념 점수와는 높은 부적 상관을 보였다. 결 론：만성 질환 아동군이 정상 아동군 보다 더 우울하며, 자기 개념이 더 부정적이었다. 또한, 이들이 지각하는 스트레스는 상당히 지속적이고 장기적이며, 이에 대해 대처할 수 있는 스스로의 능력이나 전략을 사용하는 데 있어서는 매우 무기력한 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과는 만성적인 신체 질환이 아동의 정신 건강 및 심리적 적응에 있어서 위험 요인이 될 수 있음을 시사해 준다.

• 대한한방소아과학회지
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.69-81
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• 2019

Objectives The purpose of this study is to examine 33 cases of chronic sinusitis in children who were treated with Korean medicine. Methods Herbal medicine, acupuncture, and nebulizer and laser therapy were used to treat chronic sinusitis, and a plain radiography (paranasal sinus water's view) was used to confirm improvement of the children's sinusitis. Then, the data was classified by sex, age, frequency and duration of common cold, severity of sinusitis, duration of treatment, pattern identification and so on. Results There were 72.7% boys and 27.3% girls. The average age of children is $4.48{\pm}2.18years$. 70% of the children had common cold more than once a month, and 85.1% of the children from the study group had common cold lasting more than a week. The sinusitis severity score ranged from 10 to 200. 81.8% were more than 100. Duration of the treatment was $157.21{\pm}83.4day$, duration of herbal medicine treatment was $79.3{\pm}31.23day$, rate of herbal medicine was $62.12{\pm}29.21%$. The frequency of acupuncture, nebulizer and laser therapy ranged from 1 time to 11 times but was much lower than expected. Conclusions 33 cases of chronic sinusitis in children were treated with Korean medicine, and cure of the illness was confirmed by PNS water's view, and clinical characteristic of the patients with chronic sinusitis was analyzed.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.44-53
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• 1992

1985년 9월부터 1990년 8월까지 만 5년간 영남대학교 의과대학부속병원 소아과에 입원하여 가와사끼병으로 진단된 환아를 대상으로 아스피린 단독 치료한 A군과 아스피린과 정맥내 면역글로불린을 병용 치료한 B군으로 나누어 발열기간, 혈액검사소견 및 심초음파 검사소견을 비교 분석하여 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 1) 발열기간은 A군과 B군에서 치료 시작전까지의 기간에서는 별 차이가 없었으나, 치료 시작후 발열기간은 B군이 $2.5{\pm}1.2$일로서 A군 $5.2{\pm}3.5$ 일보다 의미 있게 짧았다(p<0.01). 2) 백혈구수와 혈소판수는 입원시는 두 군간의 차이가 없었으나 입원 3주째 B군에서는 정상으로 회복되고 A군보다 의의 있는 감소를 보였으며(p<0.01), CRP는 A군에서는 서서히 회복되어 입원 3주째 정상화로 되었으나 B군에서는 입원 1주째 부터 유의할 만한 감소를 나타내었다(p<0.01). 3) 심초음파 검사상 입원시 관상동맥 확장은 A군은 24%, B군은 27%로 별 차이가 없었으나 6개월 째는 A군(11%)보다 B군(7%)의 발생빈도가 다소 감소 되었으며, 약간의 유의성이 있었다(p<0.05). 결론적으로 가와사끼병에서 면역글로불린과 아스피린의 병용사용이 급성 염증 치료효과 및 관상동맥류 발생억제에 도움이 되었다.