• 대한간호
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.48-65
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• 1990

The government has adopted a policy to introduce Home Health Care Program, and has established a three stage plan to implement it. The three stage plan is : First, to amend Article 54 (Nurses for Different Types of Services) of the Regulations for Implementing the Law of Medical Services; Second, to tryout the new system through pilot projects established in public hospitals and clinics; and third, to implement at all hospitals and equivalent medical institutions. In accordance with the plan, the Regulation has been amend and it was promulgated on January 9,1990, thus establishing a legal ground for implementing the policy. Subsequently, however, the Medical Association raised its objection to the policy, causing a delay in moving into the second stage of the plan. Under these circumstances, a study was conducted by collecting and evaluating the opinions of physicians, nurses, non-medical personnel and patients on the need and expected result from the home health care for the purpose of help facilitating the implementation of the new system. As a result of this study, it was revealed that: 1. Except the physicians, absolute majority of all other three groups - nurses, non-medical personnel and patients -gave positive answers to all 11 items related to the need for establishing a program for Home Health Care. Among the physicians, the opinions on the need for the new services were different depending on their field of specialty, and those who have been treating long term patients were more positive in supporting the new system. 2. The respondents in all four groups held very positive view for the effectiveness and the expected result of the program. The composite total of scores for all of 17 items, however, re-veals that the physicians were least positive for the- effectiveness of the new system. The people in all four groups held high expectation on the system on the ground that: it will help continued medical care after the discharge from hospitals; that it will alleviate physical and economic burden of patient's family; that it will offer nursing services at home for the patients who are suffering from chronic disease, for those early discharge from hospital, or those who are without family members to look after the patients at home. 3. Opinions were different between patients( who will receive services) and nurses (who will provide services) on the types of services home visiting nurses should offer. The patients wanted "education on how to take care patients at home", "making arrangement to be admitted into hospital when need arises", "IV injection", "checking blood pressure", and "administering medications." On the other hand, nurses believed that they can offer all 16 types of services except "Controlling pain of patients", 4. For the question of "what types of patients are suitable for Home Health Care Program; " the physicians, the nurses and non-medical personnel all gave high score on the cases of "patients of chronic disease", "patients of old age", "terminal cases", and the "patients who require long-term stay in hospital". 5. On the question of who should control Home Health Care Program, only physicians proposed that it should be done through hospitals, while remaining three groups recommended that it should be done through public institutions such as public health center. 6. On the question of home health care fee, the respondents in all four groups believed that the most desireable way is to charge a fixed amount of visiting fee plus treatment service fee and cost of material. 7. In the case when the Home Health Care Program is to be operated through hospitals, it is recommended that a new section be created in the out-patient department for an exclusive handling of the services, instead of assigning it to an existing section. 8. For the qualification of the nurses for-home visiting, the majority of respondents recommended that they should be "registered nurses who have had clinical experiences and who have attended training courses for home health care". 9. On the question of if the program should be implemented; 74.0% of physicians, 87.5% of non-medical personnel, and 93.0% of nurses surveyed expressed positive support. 10. Among the respondents, 74.5% of -physicians, 81.3% of non-medical personnel and 90.9% of nurses said that they would refer patients' to home health care. 11. To the question addressed to patients if they would take advantage of home health care; 82.7% said they would if the fee is applicable to the Health Insurance, and 86.9% said they would follow advises of physicians in case they were decided for early discharge from hospitals. 12. While 93.5% of nurses surveyed had heard about the Home Health Care Program, only 38.6% of physicians surveyed, 50.9% of non-medical personnel, and 35.7% of patients surveyed had heard about the program. In view of above findings, the following measures are deemed prerequisite for an effective implementation of Home Health Care Program. 1. The fee for home health care to be included in the public health insurance. 2. Clearly define the types and scope of services to be offered in the Home Health Care Program. 3. Develop special programs for training nurses who will be assigned to the Home Health Care Program. 4. Train those nurses by consigning them at hospitals and educational institutions. 5. Government conducts publicity campaign toward the public and the hospitals so that the hospitals support the program and patients take advantage of them. 6. Systematic and effective publicity and educational programs for home heath care must be developed and exercises for the people of medical professions in hospitals as well as patients and their families. 7. Establish and operate pilot projects for home health care, to evaluate and refine their programs.

• 가정간호학회지
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• 제3권
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• pp.53-66
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• 1996

Home Health Care is one part of the total health care system. It includes health care services that link the hospital to the community. While it is important for early discharge patients, home care is also important for people with chronic illnesses or handicapping conditions. In 1989 the Korean government passed a law that opened the way for formal development of home health care services beginning with education programs to certify nurses for home care, and then demonstration home care services. Part of the mandate of the demonstration projects was evaluation of home care services. This study was done in order to provide basic data that would contribute to the development of records that could be used for evaluation through a retrospective audit and to examine the care that had been given in Home Care at Wonju Christian Hospital over a twenty year period from 1974 to 1994. The purposes of the study were : to identify to characteristics of the clients who had received home care, to identify the reasons for client referrals, to identify the nursing problems of these clients, to identify the nursing care provided to these clients, and to identify differences in these areas over the twenty year period. The study was a descriptive study involving a retrospective audit of the client records. Demographic data on all clients were included : 4,171 clients from 2,564 families. Data on referrals, nursing diagnosis and nursing interventions were from even numbered records which had a patient problem list included in the record, 2,801 clients, Frequencies and ANOVA were used in the analysis. The results of the study showed that the majority of the clients were from Wonju city /county. There were more women than men related to the high number of postpartum clients(1,300). The high number of postparttum clients and newborns was also evident in the age distribution. An the number of maternal-child clients decreased over the 20 years, the mean age of the clients increased significantly. Other factors also contributed to this change ; as increasing number of clients with brain injuries or with cancer, and fewer children with burns, osteomyelitis and tuberculosis. There was a decrease in the mean number of visits and mean length of coverage, reflecting a movement towards a short term acute care model. The number of new clents dropped sharply after 1985. The reasons for this are : the development of other treatment alternatives for clients, the establishment of an active wellbaby clinic, many more options plus a decreasing number of new cases of Hansen's Disase, and insurance that allows people with burns to be kept in hospital until skin grafts are healed. Socioeconomic changes have resulted in an increase in the number of cases of cancer, stroke, head injuries following car accidents, and of diabetes. Of the 2,801 client records, 2,541(60.9%) contained a written referral but for 1,802 it contained only the medical diagnosis. The number of records with a referral requesting specific nursing care was 739(29.1%). Many family members who were identified as in need of nursing care had no written referral. Analysis of the patient problem list showed that 41.9% of the enteries were nursing diagnoses. Others incuded medical diagnosis, symptoms, and plans. The most frequently used diagnoses were alteration in nutrition, less than body requirements(115 entries), alteration in skin integrity(114), knowledge deficit(111), pain(78), self-care deficit(66), and alteration in pattern of urinary elimination(50). These are reflected in the NANDA categories for which the highest number of diagnosis was in the Exchanging pattern(446), followed by Moving(178), Feeling(136) and Knowing (115). Analysis of the frequency of interventions showed that exercise and teaching about exercise was the most frequent intervention, followed by teaching concering the need for follow-up care, checking vital signs, managing nutritional problems, managing catheters, giving emotional support, changing dressings, teaching about medication, teaching (subject not specified), teaching about diet, IM and IV medications or fluid, and skin care, in that order. Recommendations included: development of a record that would allow for efficient recording of frequently used nursing diagnoses and nursing interventions: expansion of the catchment area for Home Care at Wonju Christian Hospital ; expansion of the service to provide complication prevention, rehabilitation services, and support to increase the health maintenance /health promotion of the people being served as well as providing client dentered care ; and development of a clinical record that will allow efficient data collection from records, even though the recording is done by a variety of health care providers.

• 가정간호학회지
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• 제1권
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• pp.57-70
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• 1993

본 연구는 입원환자들의 가정간호사제도에 대한 찬반여부 및 가정간호 서비스 내용과 그 요구도를 파악하기 위하여 대구시내 3개 종합병원에서 1993년 9월 6일부터 10월 9일까지 뇌질환, 척추질환 및 근골격계질환으로 입원한 환자중 퇴원예정에 있는 환자 242명을 대상으로 설문지에 응답하도록 하여 자료를 수집하였다. 가정간호제도를 찬성한 환자는 66.1%(161명)이었으며 반대는 33.5%(81명)이었다. 환자의 일반적 특성별로는 30세에서 49세 사이가 75.5%, 중소도시에 거주하는 75.9%로 높은 찬성율을 보였다. 특히 의료보호 환자군에서는 40.0% 낮은 찬성율을 보였다. 척추손상 환자의 75.6%가 찬성한 반면 복합질 환자는 54.5%의 찬성율을 보였다. 그리고 거동 가능한 환자의 69.4%, 임종을 기다리는 환자의 80.0% 및 조기퇴원을 희망하는 환자의 73.9%가 가정 간호사제도를 찬성하였다. 가정간호사제도를 찬성하는 환자(161명)의 찬성 이유는 주치의와 계속적인 연결을 갖고 싶어서가 37.3%로 가장 높았고, 그 다음 병원에 오기가 블편해서였고 기능적 상태에 따라 찬성 이유간에는 유의한 차이가 있었다(p<0.05). 가정간호사제도를 반대하는 환자(81명)의 이유를 보면 병원보다 질이 낮을 것같다가 가장 많았고, 방문이 번거롭다 및 가정에서 가족이 돌볼 수 있어서의 순이였다. 조기퇴원을 원하는 환자는 74.8%였으며 조기퇴원 이유는 병원생활이 지루하기 때문에가 57.5%로 가장 많았고, 조기퇴원을 원하지 않는 환자는 질병상태에 대한 불안감 때문에가 54.0%로 가장 높았다. 가정간호사제도를 찬성한 환자들에게 가정간호서비스 내용을 23개 항목으로 나눈 요구 빈도에서 앞으로 수혜받기를 원하는 가정간호활동 내용은 회복촉진, 합병증예방, 상담 및 건강관리지도로 76.4%로 가장 많았으며, 그 다음의 투약관리 및 지도 (62.1%), 활력증상의 정기적인 측정(555.9%)의 순이었고 임종간호(3.7%) 및 호흡유지를 위한 간호(9.9%) 등은 요구빈도가 가장 낮았다. 가정간호서비스 항목에 있어서 진단내용, 환자의 기능적 상태, 합병증 유무 등에 따라서는 큰 차이 없이 회복촉진, 합병증예방상담 및 건강관리지도 항목에서 가장 높은 요구도를 나타냈고 나머지 간호요구는 큰 차이가 없었다.

• 대한방사선치료학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.33-39
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• 2010

목 적: 세기변조방사선수술 및 세기변조방사선치료 시 치료계획과 실제 조사에 의해 형성된 선량분포의 일치성 확인은 필수적이다. 하지만 매트릭스형 팬톰의 특성 상 조사면이 작아질수록 큰 조사면에 비해 그 정확도가 떨어진다. 본 연구는 축선원거리(source-axis distance, SAD)를 조절하여 기하학적으로 조사면 크기를 변화시키고 이에 대한 선량분포를 측정 및 분석함으로써 정확도를 개선하고 그 유용성을 평가해보고자 한다. 대상 및 방법: 실험은 본원에서 보유하고 있는 노발리스 선형가속기(BrainLAB, Germany)의 6 MV 광자선을 이용하였으며, 대체적으로 조사면 크기가 작은 IMRS 환자 25명을 대상으로 하였다. 이들을 조사면의 크기에 따라 3그룹으로 분류하였다. 조사면 크기 변화에 따른 선량분포 확인을 위해, SAD를 80에서 130 cm로 변화시킨 후 각각 매트릭스형 팬톰(MatriXX, Scanditronix Wellhofer, IBA, Germany)을 이용하여, 선량분포를 측정하였다. 측정된 값은 분석프로그램(Omnipro-ImRT, Scanditronix Wellhofer, IBA, Germany)을 통해 치료계획장치(I-Plan3.0, BrainLAB, Germany)로부터 획득된 각 환자의 선량분포와 비교 및 분석하고, 감마값(gamma value)으로 나타내었다. 결 과: SAD 80, 100, 그리고 120 cm에서 감마값은 조사면의 크기가 $3\;cm^2$ 이하의 환자에서는 평균 0.939, 0.969, 그리고 0.979 로 각각 나타났으며, 그 이상 $5\;cm^2$ 이하의 환자는 0.962, 0.983, 그리고 0.988이었다. $5\;cm^2$ 이상의 환자는 0.982, 0.990, 그리고 0.992이었다. 결 론: $3\;cm^2$ 이상의 조사면은 SAD 100, 120 cm에서 정확도를 신뢰할 만큼 충분히 많은 전리함들을 포함하므로 그 값에 큰 변화가 없다. 하지만 80 cm로 했을 경우 조사면 크기가 $3\;cm^2$ 이하가 되어 정확도가 감소하였다. 그 이하의 작은 조사면은 SAD를 변화시켜 기하학적 크기가 $3\;cm^2$ 이상이 되게 측정하는 것이 그 정확도가 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. 따라서, 작은 조사면의 경우에는 SAD의 따른 조사면 크기를 증가시켜 측정하는 것이 좀 더 정확한 결과를 도출할 것으로 판단된다.

• 대한방사선치료학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.57-67
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• 2013

목 적: 방사선 치료 중 정확한 환자의 셋업 확인과 선량 측정용으로 사용되었던 film을 대신 하여 현재는 전자포탈영상장치(EPID)가 장착된 장비가 증가하고 있다. 이에 본 논문은 전자포탈영상장치 사용 시 자세확인의 정확성과 선량측정의 유용성을 평가해 보고자 한다. 대상 및 방법: 대한방사선치료학회, 대한방사선종양학회, Pubmed에서 "EPID", "Portal dosimetry", "Portal image", "Dose verification", "Quality control", "Cine mode", "Quality - assurance", "In vivo dosimetry"와 같은 용어로 검색하여 획득한 50개의 자료(1997~2012)를 대상으로 EPID의 역사와 선량측정(dosimetry), 자세확인(set-up verification), EPID 특성으로 구분하여 EPID의 유용성을 분석 하였다. 결 과: EPID는 1세대 Liquid-filled ionization chamber, 2세대 Camera based fluroscopic, 3세대 Amorphous-silicon 순으로 발전하였으며, EPID 촬영 모드에는 크게 EPID mode, Cine mode, Integrated mode로 나뉜다. 필름과 EPID의 절대선량정확성 평가를 한 결과 EPID는 1%, EDR2 필름은 3% 이내로 나타나 오차 측정 정확도가 필름에 비해 EPID가 우수하다는 것을 알 수 있었고, 치료계획 시스템으로부터 계산된 기준 조사면과 EDR2 필름, EPID로 측정한 기준 조사면의 선량 분포를 중첩하여 감마 분석한 결과 필름과 EPID 모두 허용기준 3%/3 mm와 2%/2 mm에서 감마값이 1을 초과하는 화소(r%>1)가 전체 화소의 2% 이내였다. 또한 업무 부하 비교에 있어 세기조절방사선 치료에서 전 과정 QA를 수행하는데 소요되는 시간은 EDR2 필름이 약 110분, EPID가 약 55분으로 측정되었다. 결 론: 전자포탈영상장치의 이용은 선량측정과 자세확인에 있어 기존의 복잡하고 번거로웠던 film과 전리조(Ionization chamber)를 대체하기에 충분하였으며, 특히 세기조절방사선치료의 정도관리에 있어 매우 유용하고 효율적이며 정확한 선량 측정 장치임을 알 수 있었다. 또한, 전자포탈영상장치를 이용한 Cine mode 촬영은 횡격막의 움직임에 따라 유동성이 큰 폐와 간의 경우나 자세의 안정성이 불안한 직장암 환자의 경우 추가 선량 없이 실시간으로 종양의 위치를 확인 할 수 있다는 장점이 있어 최적의 방사선 치료 구현이 가능하리라 사료된다.