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Perception on the Importance of Items on Psychosocial Assessment among Hospice and Palliative Care Social Workers (호스피스·완화의료 사회복지사의 심리사회적 사정항목에 대한 중요도 인식)

  • Kim, Won-Chul;Hwang, Myung Jin
    • Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.259-269
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    • 2014
  • Purpose: This preliminary study is aimed at developing standardized tools for psycho-social assessment of patients in needs for hospice/palliative care. To accomplish the purpose, investigators examined effects of perceptions of social workers on the importance of psycho-social domains of assessment in hospice/palliative care settings. Moreover, investigators paid attention to variances of perceptions of social workers' along with types of institution and credentials of those family settings. Methods: A form of questionnaire was first explored from an initial interview assessment of 10 government-certified hospice care providers and a literature review, second constructed with eight domains and 80 items, and sent by e-mail to 55 institutions and hospitals providing hospice/palliative cares in Korea. Lastly, a total of 31 agencies returned with a completed responses and consent form (56% response rate). SPSS program (version 18.0) was used for data analysis. Results: Study found that social workers perceived patients' family background (m=4.53, 5-point scale) as the most important assessment domain, whereas economic conditions (4.06 point) the least important. Social workers' perception varied by credentials (i.e., license types, training, full-time position, types of care facility). Conclusion: Based upon study findings, investigators can conclude strong needs for developing a assessment tool that measures multiple domains (i.e., psychological, social and ecological aspects) of patients. A standardized assessment tool should be structured with 2 axis (center/core and expanded/peripheral) and tailored for institution type. Second, professional trainings must be provided by strengthening legal institutionalization and fostering qualified social workers with full responsibilities of hospice and palliative care patients.

Nurses' Knowledge of and Attitudes toward Pediatric Palliative Care of Korea (간호사의 소아청소년 호스피스완화의료에 대한 지식 및 태도)

  • Kang, Kyung-Ah;Kim, Hyun Sook;Kwon, So-Hi;Nam, Mi Jung;Bang, Kyung-Sook;Yu, Su Jeong;Jung, Yun;Choi, Sung Eun;Chung, Bok-Yae
    • Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.289-300
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    • 2014
  • Purpose: The aim of this research was to explore nurses' knowledge of and attitudes toward pediatric palliative care (PPC) in Korea. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional design was used. A total of 196 participants were recruited from the ELNEC-PPC course held in Seoul, Korea. All participants completed a 20-item survey questionnaire which assessed knowledge of and attitudes toward PPC using a 7-point Likert scale. Results: Nurses' knowledge of PPC correlated with their educational level and work experience in the pediatric unit and hospice care unit. The work experience in the pediatric unit, career length in PPC and completion of palliative education course made differences in the attitudes toward PPC. Married nurses scored significantly higher on the parental rights in determining palliative care service for their child, and nurses with master's degree or higher showed a higher level of understanding of and attitudes toward the differences between PPC and adult palliative care. Conclusion: The factors influencing nurses' knowledge of and attitudes toward PPC need be considered to develop a pediatric palliative training program.

Effects of Dietary Supplementation with Galla Rhois on Growth Performance and Diarrhea Incidence in Postweaning Piglets (이유자돈에 있어서 성장증체 및 설사발생에 미치는 오배자의 급여 효과)

  • Cha, Chun-Nam;Yu, Eun-Ah;Park, Eun-Kee;Kim, Suk;Lee, Hu-Jang
    • Journal of Veterinary Clinics
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    • v.30 no.5
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    • pp.353-358
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    • 2013
  • A study investigated the effects of Galla Rhois (GR) on growth performance and diarrhea incidence of postweaning piglets. One hundred 28-day-old piglets were randomly assigned into five experimental groups, which were a basal diet alone (NC), chlortetracycline 0.3 g/kg feed (PC) and supplemented with GR 1.0 g/kg feed (GR 1), GR 2.0 g/kg feed (GR 2), and GR 4.0 g/kg feed (GR 3). After 28 days of administration, final body weight (BW) and feed conversion ratio of PC, GR 2 and GR 3 was significantly different compared to those of NC (p < 0.05). Additionally, the average daily gain (ADG) and average daily feed intake (ADFI) of PC and all groups treated with GR was significantly different compared to those of NC (p < 0.05). Especially, final BW, ADG, ADFI and feed conversion ratio (FCR) of GR 2 and GR 3 were not significant different compared to those of PC. In fecal scores and duration of diarrhea, PC and all groups treated with GR were significantly different compared to NC (p < 0.05). In hematogolical and serum biochemical analysis, there were no significant differences in any of the hematogolical and serum biochemical parameters examined in either NC or all groups treated with GR. The results of this study indicated that GR could be a potential candidate as feed additives for the improvement of growth performance and incidence of diarrhea in piglets.

The Current Status of Music Therapy Centered on 54 Hospice and Palliative Care Settings Designated by the Ministry of Health and Welfare in 2014 (2014년 보건복지부 지정 54개 호스피스·완화의료 기관 내 음악치료 현황)

  • Kim, Eun Jung;Choi, Youn Seon;Kim, Won-chul;Kim, Kyung Suk
    • Journal of Music and Human Behavior
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.19-40
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    • 2016
  • This study provides numerical data on the status of music therapy practices in 54 hospice and palliative care settings in Korea. Two different questionnaires for music therapists and coordinators were sent to 54 coordinators via email, and 47 (87%) hospitals and centers replied by email or post. The survey period was October 30 through December 5, 2014. Music therapists were asked to respond to 65 questionnaire items regarding working conditions, environment, session process, and personal competence. Coordinators were asked to complete 28 questionnaire items regarding the status of music therapy in their perspective setting. Twenty-two (46.8%) hospitals and centers were running music therapy programs with 28 music therapists, and 19 (67.9%) of these music therapists majored in music therapy. There was a significant difference between music therapists (M= 3.43, SD = 0.96) and coordinators (M= 2.73, SD = 0.77) regarding conditions and environment of music therapy sessions (p < .05). The circumstances and conditions for music therapy are inad quate for optimal implementation of music therapy practice. However, the perceived benefits of music therapy by coordinators suggest that music therapists do play an important role in hospice and palliative care. This research provides the first quantitative baseline data of music therapy status in hospice and palliative care settings in Korea.

A Study on the Improvement of Independent Loan Fund Business for low-income Disabled (저소득장애인을 위한 장애인자립자금대여사업 개선방안 연구)

  • Park, Ju-Young
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.691-704
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    • 2016
  • This study aims to analyze the current situation of Independent loan fund business for disabled for independent and living stabilization of low-income disabled and presented a plan to support effectively. Methods were reanalyzed to obtain the data inside the Ministry of Health and Welfare and conducted a expert survey. The results of this study were First, The budget was 8.1 billion won and target households was 800, but the used budget was about 5.6 billion won(executive rate was 69.3%) and beneficiaries was 384 families. Second, the loan condition was gurantee is 58.5%, pawn is 23.3%, ungurantee is 18.2%. And, the loan type was occupation is 60.0%, car purchase is 35.3%, medical expenses is 2.6% and so on. In addition, 1,735 people apply for a loan fund but 904 people received a loan fund. So, loan rate was 52.1%. Third, business retention rate was 74.7% and close rate was 25.3%. Fourth, expert opinion was government support necessary for the in low-income disabled in social and economic situation of Korea. This study suggested that the loan purpose, loan amount, loan condition, simplified course were needed to consider when establishing policy for low-incone disabled.

The Preliminary Study on Music?Movement Program developed for Stroke Patients (뇌졸중환자의 음악.동작 프로그램 적용을 위한 예비연구)

  • Suh, Moon-Ja;Jeong, Seong-Hee
    • The Korean Journal of Rehabilitation Nursing
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.79-89
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    • 2003
  • Purpose: This research with one group pre-post design was carried out to test the practical feasibility to administrate the Music Movement program developed for the stroke patients. Subjects: 12 stroke survivors at "J" Public Health Center in Seoul. were participated in. The average age was 68 years old, the ratio of sex was almost 5.8:4.2, the duration of was almost over 1 year. Method: Music Movement program was conducted for 2 hours ${\times}$ 1day ${\times}$ 6 weeks. The contents of Music Movement program were consisted of the preparatory activities, main activities and the wrap up activities. The preparatory activities are ice braking, greeting, explanation of the aims of music movement program, and introduction of stroke disease and ROM exercise. The main activities are the body motions with singing and playing musical instruments. The wrap up activities are stretching and joints and discussion of home activities. Data Collection: The outcome variables are muscle strength, finger pinch power, ROMs, flexibility, depression, and life satisfaction. Depression was measured by CES-D(Kim, I. J., 1999), life satisfaction by ladder scale(McDowell & Newell, 1996), and ADL state(Holbrook & Skilbeck, 1983). Data Analysis: SPSS/PC 10.0 for Window was used. Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test was used to analyze outcome measures. The level of statistical significance was set at p<.05. Results: This program was effective to decrease the depression level of subjects(p<.05). The muscle strength, hand grip power, ROMs, life satisfaction, and rehabilitation state of the subjects were slightly increased but no significant differences were found between the pre and post test. Additionally every patient replied that they were very satisfied and expressed their appreciation for this program very much. Of course they strongly want to continue to participate in and meet the peer group again. Conclusion: Considering these results, the practical feasibility of Music Movement program can be supported. Therefore, this Music Movement program can be examined with the quasi-experimental design with control group and ongoing reviews. After that, this program would be applied in public health centers, medical institutes, and welfare centers for the rehabilitation of stroke patients.

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Consent for using human biological material in research: based on the revised Bioethics and Safety Act (인체유래물연구에 대한 동의 소고(小考) - 개정 생명윤리법 제42조의2를 계기로 -)

  • Lee, Dongjin;Lee, Sun Goo
    • The Korean Society of Law and Medicine
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    • v.20 no.2
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    • pp.111-140
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    • 2019
  • The Bioethics and Safety Act provides a set of rules to regulate biobanks and research activities using human biological material, but the law seems to be defective in several folds. The law requires that, prior to collection or use of human biological materials, researchers should obtain the informed consent of the donors, but the law does not obligate biobanks to do so. Even in cases where the law requires informed consent, the ordinance of the Ministry of Health and Welfare allows open (or blanket) consent. In addition, a new article in the Act, Article 42-2 which will take effect from October 24, 2019, allows medical institutions to provide biobanks with remaining biospecimens collected in the course of diagnosis and treatment, unless the donors express their intent to opt-out, without obtaining specific consent from them. Given the need to protect the autonomy of donors and the unique characteristics of biobanks and research activities that use human biological materials, this paper concludes that such open consent-based law may not be suitable to protect the autonomy of the donors and that the broad consent requirement may be a desirable policy option. The paper acknowledges that the international community has long questioned whether broad consent (as well as open consent) is an effective choice to regulate the use of human biological materials. The paper stresses that the baseline requirement in designing the law is that the secondary use of human biological materials should be based on informed consent of the donors; the core value of the law should be a governance structure that promotes transparency and protects donor participation.

The Relationship between Local Fiscal Indices and Standardized Mortality rate (지역 재정지표와 표준화 사망률의 관련성)

  • Han, Ji-Yeon;Na, Bak-Ju;Lee, Moo-Sik;Hong, Jee-Young;Lim, Nam-Gu
    • Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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    • 2010.05b
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    • pp.1072-1076
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    • 2010
  • 본 지역 재정지표와 표준화사망률간의 관계에 대한 것으로, 연구대상지역은 1998년부터 2007년까지의 전국 232개 시 군 구이며 이를 5개 광역권과 4개 도시 종류에 따라 분류하였다. 지역 재정지표는 1인당 지방세부담액과 재정자립도, 재정자주도, 의존재원비율을 활용하였고, 지역 총사망률은1998년에서 2007년까지의 통계청 사망 원자료 상의 사망자수를 분자로, 주민등록인구를 분모로 직접 표준화법을 사용하여 연구대상 지역의 성 연령표준화사망률을 산출하였다. 자료의 분석은 SPSS 12.0K를 이용하여 상관분석, 일원배치분산분석(Tukey b 사후검정) 및 회귀분석을 실시하였다. 주요 결과로는 첫째, 재정지표와 표준화사망률간의 상관분석을 실시하여 연도별로 계수 값을 구한 결과 1인당 지방세부담액을 제외하고 재정자립도, 재정자주도, 의존재원비율 모두 남자, 여자, 전체 모두가 전 연도에 걸쳐 상관계수 값이 통계적으로 유의하였으며, 남자가 여자보다 높은 상관관계를 보였다. 둘째, 재정자립도, 재정자주도 각각을 표준화사망률과 단순 회귀분석을 실시한 결과, 표준화사망률 남자, 여자, 전체가 전 연도에서 통계적으로 유의하였고, 재정자립도와 재정자주도가 낮을수록 사망률이 높은 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 광역권역, 도시 종류까지 고려한 재정지표의 다중회귀분석을 실시한 결과, 1인당 지방세부담액과 의존재원비율, 광역권역과 도시 종류에 따른 지역을 고려하고도 재정자주도의 효과는 전체사망과 남자, 여자, 전 연도에 걸쳐 모두 통계적으로 매우 유의하여 재정자주도가 높을수록 사망률이 낮은 것으로 나타났고 이런 경향은 여자보다 남자에서 더욱 강하게 나타났다. 넷째, 광역권별 분석의 경우, 충청권은 수도권에 비해서 표준화사망률에서 유의한 차이는 없었으며 호남권과 영남권은 전체 표준화사망률의 경우 전체 연도의 절반 이상에서 수도권에 비해서 통계적으로 유의하게 높았고, 남자와 여자에서는 이런 경향이 약해졌다. 강원 제주권은 전체 사망에서 수도권에 비해 전체 연도의 절반 이상이 유의하게 사망률이 낮았으며, 여자도 이와 비슷한 양상을 보여주었다. 다섯째, 도시 종류에 따른 분석에서 대도시에 비해 중소도시는 통계적으로 유의한 차이는 없었으나, 전 연도에 걸쳐 도농통합도시와 군지역은 대도시에 비해 통계적으로 사망률이 높았다. 여섯째, 전 연도에 걸쳐 의존재원비율이 높아질수록 사망률이 유의하게 높아졌다. 이는 남자, 여자 모두에서 유사하게 나타났다. 마지막으로 연도별 분석 이후 1998년에서 2007년 전체 다중 회귀분석을 실시한 결과 전체 사망과 여자의 경우 1인당 지방세부담액을 제외한 모든 변수에서 통계적으로 유의하였다. 지역의 재정력이 성 연령 표준화사망률에 영향을 미치는 것으로 파악되었는데 이를 단서로 지역의 건강 격차가 발생하는 원인과 기전을 밝히기 위해 향후 보다 면밀한 후속 연구가 이뤄져야 하겠고 지역 간 건강 격차를 완화하기 위한 여러 방법론적 고찰 안에 지역간 재정력의 격차를 완화하려는 정책적인 접근도 필요할 것으로 사료된다.

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Risk Factors of Arthritis in Middle-aged Women in Korea (중년여성의 관절염 발생 영향요인 분석)

  • Yang, Kyung-Mi;Lee, Jong-Eun;Jung, Hye-Sun;Kim, Sook-In;Lee, So-Young;Lee, Yoon-Jung;Kim, Soon-Lae
    • Research in Community and Public Health Nursing
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.512-520
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    • 2006
  • Purpose: To investigate the risk factors of arthritis, this study was carried out with 1,829 Korean women aged between 40-64 who responded to a health behavior survey. Methods: Data were extracted from the results of the 2001 National Survey on Health and Nutrition conducted by the Ministry of Health and Welfare. Results: 1 Financial difficulty and continuous anxiety about health were directly associated with arthritis. The odd ratios of these two factors of arthritis were 1.43 and 1.82 respectively. 2. With regard to the presence or absence of arthritis according to demographic characteristic, the incidence of arthritis was higher in the age between 50-64, in the group whose education level was middle school or lower, and in those who experienced the death of spouse, divorce or separation. Nevertheless, it was not significantly different according to financial status and employment status. 3. Concerning the presence or absence of arthritis according to psychological characteristic, the incidence of arthritis was found to be higher in those who were not healthy by subjective health assessment, in those who were always anxious about their health, in those who were always depressed and sad, and in those who felt heavy stress. 4. With regard to the presence or absence of arthritis according to the health behavior, the incidence of arthritis was higher in postmenopausal cases and cases who were having hormone therapy, and the incidence of arthritis was higher in those who did not drink alcohol, those with BMI higher than 25, and those who slept shorter than 7 hours a day. Conclusion: Based on the above results, it is required to provide a means applicable to communities by developing preventive education that can prevent the incidence of arthritis in middle-aged women as well as intervention programs.

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A Comparative Analysis on Quality of Life for Coastal and Non-coastal Residents (연안지역과 비연안지역 주민 '삶의 질' 비교분석)

  • Seong, Eun-hye;Kim, Sang-Goo
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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    • v.24 no.2
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    • pp.215-222
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    • 2018
  • This study aims to compare and analyze the quality of life of residents between those living in coastal and non-coastal areas. The indicators for the quality of life were divided into three different sectors. First, the economic sector observed the rate of population growth, the number of businesses per 1000 people, the employment and unemployment rate. The second was the environmental sector, which included the number of car registrations per capita, water supply and sewer service ratio, the urban park composition area per 1000 people and the road pavement rate. Thirdly, the social sector comprising data about the number of students per teacher, the number of sickbeds in medical institutions per 1000 people, the rate of traffic accidents per 1000 cars and the portion of social welfare budget in general accounting. The analysis method of standardized indicators and T-Test were carried out in 24 coastal cities and 51 non-coastal cities across the country. Results of the indicator comparison suggested there were significant differences in the number of businesses per 1000 people, the road pavement rate and the rate of traffic accidents per 1000 cars. From the results of each sector comparison, the coastal cities showed a higher value than non-coastal cities only in the economic sector. The quality of life comparison showed that coastal cities were better than non-coastal cities but were not statistically significant.