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Angiogenesis Markers in Breast Cancer - Potentially Useful Tools for Priority Setting of Anti-Angiogenic Agents

  • Keyhani, Elahe;Muhammadnejad, Ahad;Behjati, Farkhondeh;Sirati, Fereidoon;Khodadadi, Faranak;Karimlou, Masoud;Moghaddam, Fatemeh A.;Pazhoomand, Reza
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • 제14권12호
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    • pp.7651-7656
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    • 2013
  • Background: Breast cancer is the most common malignancy among women in both developed and developing countries. The burden is increasing in low-income and middle-income countries (LMCs) and threatens the public health of such societies. Introduction of expensive monoclonal antibodies to cancer treatment regimens poses a real challenge in the health systems of LMCs. Despite controversy of cost-effectiveness of bevacizumab in breast cancer, some studies indicate gain of patients from this drug. The present study aimed to propose a priority setting model for administration of anti-angiogenic agents in breast cancer via assessment of tumor angiogenesis by the microvessel density (MVD) method and associations with clinicopathological characteristics (including simultaneous mutations of TP53 and HER-2 genes). Materials and Methods: Age, axillary lymph nodes status, tumor size, stage and grade, estrogen and progesterone receptors status, HER-2/neu status (by immunohistochemistry and FISH test), TP53 mutation, Ki-67 (for proliferation assay) and CD34 (for angiogenesis assay) were assessed in 111 breast cancer patients. The molecular subtype of each tumor was also determined and correlations of simultaneous mutations of HER-2 and p53 genes with angiogenesis and other clinicopathological characteristics were evaluated. Results: There were significant associations between simultaneous mutations of HER-2 and p53 genes and all other parameters except tumor size. The degree of angiogenesis in the ERBB2 subtype was greater than the others. Younger patients showed a higher angiogenesis rate rather those older than 50 years. Conclusions: Our results demonstrated that patients with simultaneous mutations of HER-2 and p53 genes, those with ERBB2 molecular subtype and also younger women (often triple negative) seem more eligible for obtaining anti-angiogenic agents. These results suggest a model for priority setting of patients with breast cancer for treatment with anti-angiogenic drugs in LMCs.

대학병원 간호사들의 감정노동과 우울수준과의 관련성 (The Relationships between Emotional Labour and Depressive Symptoms Among Nurses in University Hospitals)

  • 김경옥;조영채
    • 한국산학기술학회논문지
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    • 제14권8호
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    • pp.3794-3803
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    • 2013
  • 본 연구는 대학병원에 근무하는 간호사들의 감정노동과 우울수준과의 관련성을 파악하기 위하여 대전광역시의 3개 대학병원에서 근무하고 있는 간호사 514명을 대상으로 2012년 4월 1일부터 5월 31일까지의 기간 동안에 구조화된 자기기입식 설문지를 사용한 설문조사에 의하였다. 연구결과, 조사대상 간호사들의 감정노동수준에 따른 우울수준은 감정노동의 총 평균점수가 낮은 군보다 높은 군에서 유의하게 높았으며, 우울수준과 감정노동 요인들 간의 상관관계에서도 유의한 양의 상관관계를 보였다. 위계적 다중회귀분석 결과 우울수준에 영향을 미치는 관련변수로는 연령, 여가시간여부, 커피음용여부, 주관적인 건강상태, 업무의 육체적인 부담정도, 업무에 대한 만족도, 업무에 대한 적성여부 및 감정노동 점수가 유의한 변수로 선정되었다. 이들 전체 변수들의 설명력은 39.4%이었으며, 특히 감정노동변수의 투입으로 11.0%의 설명력을 증가시키고 있음을 알 수 있었다. 이상과 같은 결과는 조사대상 간호사들이 경험하고 있는 감정노동과 우울은 유의한 양의 상관관계를 보이고 있음을 알 수 있으며 감정노동은 다른 변수보다 우울에 대한 설명력을 증가시키는 것을 알 수 있다. 따라서 우울수준을 낮추기 위해서는 감정노동을 적절하게 통제할 수 있는 프로그램의 개발 및 실시가 필요할 것으로 생각된다.

High Loading for Air Pollution in the Byunsan Peninsula of Korea by an Interplay of the Saemangeum Project and Winter Monsoon

  • Ma, Chang-Jin;Kang, Gong-Unn;Kim, Ki-Hyun
    • Asian Journal of Atmospheric Environment
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    • 제6권3호
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    • pp.234-243
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    • 2012
  • The wintertime high loading for atmospheric pollutants is certainly expected in the Byunsan Peninsula of Korea because of a great-scale reclamation project having construction of 33 km tidal sea dike impounding an area of over 40,000 ha and long-range transport. The goal of this study is to trace the origin of this wintertime burden for ambient particulate matter (hereafter called "PM") in the Byunsan Peninsula of Korea. The size-segregated (i.e., cutoff size from 0.01 ${\mu}m$ to 4.7 ${\mu}m$) PM sampling was conducted at a ground-based site of Byunsan Peninsula located in the west coast of Korean Peninsula during the height of dike constructing. Data archived in this study are the mass concentrations of ionic, elemental, and carbonic components in size-fractioned PM. The elemental mass of individual submicrometer particles was also analyzed. The sum of 5-source (i.e., elemental carbon, organic materials, inorganic secondary pollutants, crustal matter, and sea-salts) concentrations shows the bimodal distribution (major and minor peaks formed around $D_p$, 0.65 ${\mu}m$ and $D_p$, 4.7 ${\mu}m$, respectively) by border with 0.19 ${\mu}m$ of cutoff size. The concentrations of EC in $PM_{1.1-0.01}$ in winter and spring times were 4.62 ${\mu}g\;m^{-3}$ and 3.74 ${\mu}g\;m^{-3}$, respectively. Elemental masses of submicron individual particles are classified into two groups, i.e., the major elements (Cl, Al, Si, S, and P) and the minor trace elements. Cluster analysis differentiated the elements in submicron individual particles into 4-cluster. Among them, three clusters are in agreement with the major (Al, Si, S, and P), minor (Fe, Ca, and K), and trace compositions of coal burning. Meanwhile, Cl classified as an independent cluster has different source profile which was mainly due to the Saemangeum seawall project. Some highly toxic elements (e.g., Cr, Mn, and As (and/or Pb)) were also detected in some part of submicron individual PM. As a consequence, the combination of the Saemangeum project and winter monsoon played a considerable part in the double aggravation of wintertime air pollution in the Byunsan Peninsular.

Determinants of Smoking Initiation and Susceptibility to Future Smoking among School-Going Adolescents in Lagos State, Nigeria

  • Odukoya, Oluwakemi Ololade;Odeyemi, Kofoworola Abimbola;Oyeyemi, Abisoye Sunday;Upadhyay, Ravi Prakash
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • 제14권3호
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    • pp.1747-1753
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    • 2013
  • Background: It is projected that low and middle-income countries will bear a major burden of tobacco related morbidity and mortality, yet, only limited information is available on the determinants of smoking initiation among youth in Africa. This study aimed to assess the determinants of smoking initiation and susceptibility to future smoking among a population of high school school students in Lagos, Nigeria. Materials and Methods: Baseline data from an intervention study designed to assess the effect of an anti-smoking awareness program on the knowledge, attitudes and practices of adolescents was analyzed. The survey was carried out in six randomly selected public and private secondary schools in local government areas in Lagos state, Nigeria. A total of 973 students completed self-administered questionnaires on smoking initiation, health related knowledge and attitudes towards smoking, susceptibility to future smoking and other factors associated with smoking. Results: Of the respondents, 9.7% had initiated smoking tobacco products with the predominant form being cigarettes (7.3%). Males (OR: 2.77, 95%CI: 1.65-4.66) and those with more pro-smoking attitudes (OR: 1.44, 95%CI: 1.34-1.54) were more likely to have initiated smoking. Those with parents and friends who are smokers were 3.47 (95%CI: 1.50-8.05) and 2.26 (95%CI: 1.27-4.01) times more likely to have initiated smoking. Non-smoking students, in privately owned schools (OR: 5.08), with friends who smoke (5.09), with lower knowledge (OR: 0.87) and more pro-smoking attitudes (OR 1.13) were more susceptible to future smoking. In addition, respondents who had been sent to purchase cigarettes by an older adult (OR: 3.68) were also more susceptible to future smoking. Conclusions: Being male and having parents who smoke are predictors of smoking initiation among these students. Consistent with findings in other countries, peers not only influence smoking initiation but also influence smoking susceptibility among youth in this African setting. Prevention programs designed to reduce tobacco use among in-school youth should take these factors into consideration. In line with the recommendations of article 16 of the WHO FCTC, efforts to enforce the ban on the sales of cigarettes to minors should be also emphasised.

자원 배분과 성과 모니터링을 위한 보건사업 가중치 개발 (Development of Health Service Weight for Resource Allocation and Performance Monitoring)

  • 김상아;허영혜;박웅섭
    • 농촌의학ㆍ지역보건
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    • 제34권1호
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    • pp.34-46
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    • 2009
  • 이 연구는 비교적 간단하면서도 객관성과 타당성이 높다고 평가되는 자료와 산출방식을 적용하여 보건사업의 가중치를 산출함으로써 지방자치단체 보건사업의 자원 배분과 평가에 용이하게 활용할 수 있는 계량적 기준을 제시하고자 하는 목적으로 수행되었다. 이를 위해 먼저 HP 2010에서 제시한 중점과제를 기초로 선행연구의 결과와 보건복지부 사업담당자들의 의견을 반영하여 분류안을 구성하였다. 다음으로 선행연구 결과들을 검토하여 각 보건사업과 관련된 질병부담 자료를 수집하였고, 전문가 의견 조사를 실시하여 각 보건사업과 관련된 문제의 심각도와 사업의 추정 효과를 파악하였다. 그리고 이와 같은 과정을 통해 수집된 자료들을 BPRS 방식에 적용하여 보건사업의 가중치를 산출하였다. 수집된 자료들을 BPRS 공식에 대입하여 가중치를 산출한 결과 전염성질환이 58.97%로 가장 높았고, 금연이 14.07%로 두 번째로 높았다. 그 다음은 고혈압(3.87%), 당뇨(3.40%), 암(2.90%), 심 뇌혈관질환(2.86%), 운동(2.10%), 절주(2.07%), 건강검진(1.92%), 정신건강증진(1.72%), 중증정신질환(1.62%), 영양(1.52%), 구강위생관리(1.15%), 구강질환(1.10%), 중독(0.73%) 순으로 나타났다. 이 연구의 결과는 중앙정부가 지방자치단체 보건사업에 자원을 배분할 때 계량적 기준으로 활용할 수 있으며, 평가점수 산정 시 상대적으로 더 중요한 사업에 더 높은 점수를 부여하여 사업의 효과성을 정책적으로 향상시킬 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

만성신부전환자의 삶의 질 간편도구 개발 (Development and validation of an instrument to assess quality of life for end stage renal disease)

  • 김숙현;김용림;박기수;감신;이원기
    • Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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    • 제26권3호
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    • pp.707-714
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    • 2015
  • 만성신부전으로 인한 투석환자의 삶의 질 측정도구는 SF-36이 널리 사용되고 있지만 36문항은 설문에 어려운 점이 많아 이를 축소한 RFQoL-K를 개발하고자 하였다. 대상자는 2009년부터 45개월 동안 국내 29개 의료기관에서 만성신부전으로 투석을 시작한 신규등록환자이며 삶의 질 측정은 등록 후 3개월째와 12개월째에 응답한 355명을 대상으로 RFQoL-K를 개발하고 내적타당도를 조사하였으며, 기간 중 한 차례만 응답한 411명을 대상으로 외적타당도를 알아보았다. RFQoL-K는 원도구 36문항 중 신체적요소에서 8개 문항, 정신적요소에서 6개 문항의 14문항으로 축소 하였으며 원 도구를 90~93%설명할 수 있었으며 상관관계도 0.96~0.98로 높았고 내적일치성계수도 0.96~0.98로 매우 높아 RFQoL-K가 원 도구를 잘 반영하였다.

중·고령 가구의 과부담 의료비 발생의 결정요인에 관한 패널연구 (A Panel Study on Determinants of Catastrophic Health Expenditure of the Middle- and Old-Aged Households)

  • 박진영;정기택;김용민
    • 보건행정학회지
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    • 제24권1호
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    • pp.56-70
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    • 2014
  • Background: Korea shows rapid population aging and increase in healthcare service use and expenditure. Also, this would be accelerated because of the baby boomers who will be 65 years old and more in 2020. Chronic disease is another reason that increases the use of healthcare service and expenditure of the middle- and old-aged households. Catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) is the index which can indicate the households' burden of health spending. Despite the importance, there are few studies on CHE of middle- and old-aged households and especially no panel study yet. This is the reason that this study is carried out. Methods: This study used 3-year data from the Korea Welfare Panel Study conducted from 2009 to 2011. We defined CHE if a household's health expenditure is equal or greater than the threshold value if income remaining after subsistence needs has been met. We used 4 different threshold values which are 10%, 20%, 30%, and 40%. In order to look at the households which experienced CHE, we conducted panel logit analysis after correspondence analysis and conditional transition probability analysis. Results: This study showed three notable results. First, there has been a difference among age groups, which implies that the older people are, the more easily they can experience CHE. Second, the households with no private insurance are shown to have a higher CHE occurrence rate. Lastly, there has been a significant difference among the kinds of chronic diseases. The households which have cancer, cerebrovascular disease, and heart disease have a higher CHE occurrence rate. However, the households with diabetes have no significant effects to CHE occurrence. Also, hypertension has a negative effect to the occurrence. Conclusion: With the results, it can be implied that elderly people with chronic disease are more needed in medical coverage and healthcare. Also, private insurance can play its role in protecting households from CHE. Therefore, it needs to conduct studies on CHE especially about different age groups, private insurance, and chronic disease.

고위험 빈곤청소년의 심리사회적 적응 (The Psychosocial Adjustment of High-Risk Adolescents in Poverty)

  • 박현선
    • 한국사회복지학
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    • 제37권
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    • pp.195-216
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    • 1999
  • 고위험 빈곤청소년이란 동일한 빈곤 상황에서도 청소년기의 적절한 성장과 발달에 유해한 영향을 미치는 다양한 개인적, 환경적 위험을 보다 많이 겪고 있는 청소년들을 일컫는다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 고위험 빈곤청소년들이 경험하는 위험의 내용과 주관적 괴로움 정도를 고찰하고 이들의 심리사회적 적용에 영향을 마치는 다양한 개인적, 환경적 특성을 도출하고자 하였다. 이를 위하여 최저수준의 생존상태에서 살아가는 극빈 가구들인 생활보호대상가구의 청소년을 고위험 빈곤청소년으로 정의하고, 351명의 생활보호대상가구의 청소년 자녀를 대상으로 조사연구를 수행했다. 연구결과, 생활보호대상가구의 청소년들은 만성적인 생활조건에서 기인한 스트레스를 경험하고 있는 것으로 나타났고, 이러한 스트레스는 크게 가정환경관련 스트레스 의료 및 경제적 스트레스, 낙인이나 편견에 의한 스트레스로 나뉘어짐을 알 수 있었다. 이러한 다양한 위험요소에서 기인하는 스트레스는 우울/불안과 같은 정서적 문제성향을 야기하는 것으로 나타났다. 그러나, 환경적으로 동일한 스트레스를 받는다고 할지라도 자존감과 같은 개인적 특성을 갖는 청소년들은 우울/불안과 같은 내재화되는 문제성향이 상대적으로 적고, 학업성취는 높은 것으로 나타났다. 또한 동일한 고위험 스트레스 상황에서도 민주적인 가정환경과 지지적인 학교환경이 뒷받침되면 학업성취에도 긍정적일 뿐 아니라 비행과 같이 행동화되는 문제성향향도 경감되는 것을 알 수 있었다.

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신자유주의 사회개혁으로서의 일본 공적개호보험: 시행 5년간의 사회적 결과를 중심으로 (The Introduction of the Japanese Public Long-Term Care Insurance as a Neo-Liberal Social Reform)

  • 조영훈
    • 한국사회복지학
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    • 제57권2호
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    • pp.165-184
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    • 2005
  • 1990년대 동안 일본사회를 뜨겁게 달구었던 공적개호보험이 2000년 4월 1일 마침내 시행되었다. 이 새로운 사회보험의 도입은 사회정책 연구자들에게 흥미로운 연구주제를 던져준다. 왜냐하면, 세계화의 진전에 따라 대부분의 선진 산업국가에서 복지부문의 축소 내지는 현상유지가 진행 중인 가운데 복지후진국인 일본에서는 복지확대정책이 시행된 것으로 보이기 때문이다. 이것은 세계화의 압력에 직면하여 모든 복지국가들의 축소가 목격될 것이라는 복지국가 연구자들의 일반적인 예상과 반대되는 것이다. 이 연구의 일차적인 목적은 공적개호보험의 도입이 복지국가 연구자들에게 던져준 수수께끼를 푸는데 있다. 이 연구의 가정은 공적개호보험이 사회보험의 외양을 갖고 있음에도 불구하고 기본적으로는 국가복지의 축소를 지향하며 장기간병서비스분야에서 국가의 책임감소와 개인의 책임증가를 가져온다고 하는 것이다. 이러한 가정이 경험적으로 입증된다면, 공적개호보험의 도입은 일본의 전통적인 축소지향 사회정책이나 현재 세계적으로 진행되고 있는 복지국가 위축의 추세를 충실히 따르는 것으로 해석될 수 있다. 이를 위해서 이 연구는 공적개호보험이 초래한 다양한 결과들에 대한 종단적인 비교분석을 시도한다. 이 연구의 주요 관심대상은 사회보험으로서의 공적개호보험의 소득재분배 효과, 공적개호보험의 도입으로 인해 촉발된 장기간병서비스 분야의 상업화 경향, 공적개호보험 도입에 따른 장기간병 관련 사회보장제도의 재정에 대한 주체별 부담 변화의 추이 등이다. 이 연구는 일본의 장기간병 관련 사회보장제도의 성격이 공적개호보험의 도입을 전후하여 어떻게 변화하였는가를 몇 가지 지표를 통해 분석함으로써 공적개호보험의 신자유주의적 성격을 뚜렷하게 보여줄 것이다.

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The Cadaver experience of the nursing students

  • Kim, Jung-ae;Eui-Young, Cho
    • International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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    • 제5권3호
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    • pp.11-23
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    • 2017
  • Anatomy is one of the basic subjects of the nursing course, which is included in the curriculum of the nursing. Anatomy is a basic course for understanding major in nursing and it is the first gateway to acquire expertise. It is mainly opened in nursing and first to second grades. Therefore, students who have advanced to the nursing department have great interest and expectation on the anatomy subjects. In general, nursing students are studying anatomy with theories and models, and some universities practice on tour after dissection of medical consortium for short time. This is called the Cadaver practice. This study was carried out to investigate the thoughts and experiences of bioethics through nursing students' Cadaver practice. The interview data were processed through the analysis and interpretation process using the phenomenological research method, Giorgi method. As a result, 48 semantic units were derived, and then they were divided into 10 subcomponents and divided into 6 categories. As a result of the analysis, the experience of nursing students' bioethics was tied to the topic of six questions. For example, 'what about the respect and responsibility of nursing students in Cadaver?', 'What about your experience with the Cadaver experiment and bioethics?', 'What was the academic achievement of the actual human body structure viewing experience with cadaver?', 'What was the connection with theory?', 'What was your intention to recommend to others?', 'What was your perception and interest in the Cadaver experiment?'. Analyzes were integrated into 10 structures; "Thank you for your donation", "want others to refuse donation", "Burden of practice", "Good opportunities for learning", "Understand better", "Should study harder", "Memory is better", "Compared to theory", "Good experience", "Want to rejoin". The general structural description of the participants' meanings is summarized as follows. Nursing college students who participated in the Cadaver had a gratitude for the donor, but they said they would like to talk to others about donating organs. Before they went to practice, they felt a lot of pressure on the dissection of the cadaver, but they went to the practice and thought that it was a good opportunity to learn by doing well. Specifically, they understood that they had better understanding than the theoretical lesson, and that they were more eager to study their major through practice. In other words, most of them were more memorable and they would like to participate again if the opportunity comes next time. The results of this study show that the practice of Cadaver in nursing college students is very positive in terms of educational effectiveness. However, in terms of bioethics, it can be seen that the education process is somewhat unsatisfactory. Therefore, the systematic bioethics education should be prepared before the practice in the nursing college students' Cadaver practice.