• 한국병원경영학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.29-37
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• 2020

Purposes: The purpose of this study was to identify the factors related to the long-stay hospitalization of dementia patients aged 65 years or older who had received inpatient care at geriatric hospitals according to the minute facility characteristics and patient features. Methodology: This study was conducted on 317,353 cases of 1,512 geriatric hospitals using the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service dataset. The data collected were processed using the SAS Enterprise Guide 4.3 for descriptive statistics, the chi-square test, and the binary logistic regression analysis. Findings: As a result of the study, in the facility characteristics of geriatric hospitals, the long-stay hospitalization of the aged with dementia were found to be related to the type of facility establishment, the number of hospital beds, the number of medical specialists, the number of nursing personnel, and the number of geriatric hospitals by region and province. In the personal features of patients, the long-stay hospitalization was found to be associated with the gender, age, insurance, and the patient classification groups. Practical Implication: Considering the results of this study, it seems that securing the sufficient medical personnel in a geriatric facility, providing the good quality medical services, and preparing the appropriate discharge plan can reduce the unnecessary long-stay hospitalization and spend the medical expenses for the older patients.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제15권7호
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• pp.367-373
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• 2017

본 연구는 지속해서 증가하는 유방암 환자의 수술 후 신체 및 정신적 고통 완화를 도와주는 모바일 애플리케이션 서비스 제안에 목적이 있다. 먼저 연구 목적 달성을 위해 문헌연구를 통한 유방암의 전반적인 이해와 이와 유사한 서비스를 분석하였다. 이후 서비스 디자인 방법론인 더블 다이아몬드 디자인 프로세스 모델을 단계별로 적용하여 사후관리 중심의 1:1 맞춤형 전문가 코칭(coaching) 서비스를 제공하는 모바일 애플리케이션을 고안하였다. 세부적으로는 첫째, 현재 진행되는 프로그램 분석과 이해관계자들(유방암 환자, 보호자, 간호사 및 병원 내 암센터 용품 판매원)과의 인터뷰를 통해 사용자 니즈(needs)를 도출하였다. 둘째, 이를 기반으로 사용자를 대표하는 페르소나와 고객여정맵을 토대로 한 전체적인 시나리오를 시각화, 콘셉트 설정 및 키워드 도출로 본 연구를 구체화하였다. 셋째, 구체적인 기능 설명과 함께 효과적으로 전달하기 위한 프로토타입을 제작하여 최종 목표인 모바일 애플리케이션 서비스를 제안하였다. 본 서비스를 통하여 그들의 삶의 질을 향상시키는 서비스가 되길 기대한다.

• Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.42-44
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• 2019

Hashimoto's encephalopathy (HE) is a rare and underdiagnosed neuropsychiatric illness. We present the case of a 17-year-old girl who was admitted to a tertiary-care psychiatric center with acute onset psychosis and fever. Her psychotic symptoms were characterized by persecutory and referential delusions, as well as tactile and visual hallucinations. Her acute behavioral disturbance warranted admission and treatment in a psychiatric setting (risperidone tablets, 3 mg/day). She had experienced an episode of fever with a unilateral visual acuity defect approximately 3 years before admission, which was resolved with treatment. Focused clinical examination revealed an enlarged thyroid, and baseline blood investigations, including thyroid function test results were normal. Abnormal laboratory investigations revealed elevated anti-thyroid peroxidase (anti-TPO) and anti-thyroglobulin (anti-TG) levels (anti-TPO of 480 IU/mL; anti-TG of 287 IU/mL). Results of other investigations for infection, including cerebrospinal fluid examination, electroencephalography, and brain magnetic resonance imaging were normal. She was diagnosed with HE and was treated with intravenous corticosteroids (methylprednisolone up to 1 g/day; tapered and discontinued after a month). The patient achieved complete remission of psychotic symptoms and normalization of the anti-thyroid antibody titers. Currently, at the seventh month of follow-up, the patient is doing well. This case highlights the fact that in the absence of well-defined clinical diagnostic criteria, a high index of suspicion is required for early diagnosis of HE. Psychiatrists need to explore for organic etiologies when dealing with acute psychiatric symptoms in a younger age group.

• 한국산업정보학회논문지
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.23-32
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• 2010

U-헬스케어는 인간에게 많은 편의를 제공하고 건강을 지켜준다. 하지만 시설중심의 의료 환경이 환자 중심의 의료 환경으로 변함에 따라 다양한 문제점들이 발생되고 있다. 이 문제점들은 제도적인 문제부터 기술적인 문제, 생산자의 문제, 사용자의 문제에 이르기까지 다양한 원인에 의해 발생된다. 연구자는 이 문제들 가운데 사용자로부터 기인한 문제, 그 중에서도 특히 노인환자 또는 노인이 환자의 보호자인 경우에 관심을 가졌다. 주요 연구내용은 U-헬스케어 관련 기기들의 HMI 숙달훈련과 응급상황대처능력 훈련을 위한 학습용 기능성콘텐츠의 설계방향이다. 이는 노인의 인지심리학과 노인운동반응에 관한 연구로부터 출발하여 다양한 디지털 콘텐츠 형식들의 특성을 연관 짓는 과정을 거쳤다. 연구 결과는 가파른 성장세를 보일 노령인구와 그에 따른 U-헬스케어 산업분야에서 쓰임새를 가질 것으로 기대한다.

• 농촌의학ㆍ지역보건
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.5-27
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• 1987

It is widely recognized that primary health care in the community is one of the most important and effective health measures in these days. However, it is reality that unsatisfactory health care system, ineffective utilization of health care by the community people in the rural area are hampering better understanding for primary health care. Therefore promoting health for the rural people and increasing understanding about primary health care, the baseline survey in the community focused in examination for safe community water supply was carried out. The survey was conducted through August 25-31, 1986 in order to find out health problems and relevant factors and to define the demographic characteristics of $^*$Sanpuk village, Kumsa-Myun, Yuju-Gun, Kyunggi-Do, Korea. Household survey was carried out for every home by trained interviewers. The major results are found out as follows : 1) 84.2%(400 houses) of total households were surveyed because 15.8%(75 houses) were unable to survey due to either refusal against interview or absence of family. These 400 households were composed of 1,697 residents(male:830, female 867). Educational level of respondents showed 34.1% as elementary school graduated. Religion distribution showed Buddism(23.8%) as the most dominant. 50.7% of respondents married in the area. 2) Most households(91.5%) have lived in their own house in Sanpuk area. Average family size showed 4.3. More than half of residents(64.2%) have used public supplied water tap. Only 1.5% of the households had a flush toliet. The rest of households have still used primitive insanitary latrines. 3) 32.5% of residents have used gas burner for cooking and for heating in the house, and the coal briquet were used for boiler. Lack of convenient public transportation was the chief complaint for their day life. 4) Each household occupied 1,990 pyungs of rice paddy and 1,170 pyungs of ordinary field in average. Beside farming products, mushroom was the highest product. 5) Sixth percent of households in the survey area regularly participated in community meeting one hand and on the other hand 39.5% never participated. Most of respondents closely contacted with their neighbours and they seemed very friendly each other. 6) The prevalence rate of illness and injury during recent 15 days showed 48.3 per 1,000. The prevalence rate of chronic illnesses during the past one year showed 74 per 1,000. Injury and accident lead the higher portion(22.0%) in the former and in the latter pain(arthritis, back-pain) showed 27.0% as the dominant sickness. 87.8% of the ill residents in the former received medical treatment. As the most frequently utilized medical facility, the clinic or hospital were counted. Among the residents suffering from chronic illnesses, 77.3% in Sanpuk area get some kind of medical treatments and they rarely utilized the clinic or hospital. The reason why the patient did not receive any medical care was found out the fact that symptoms of illness was light or mild and economic problems was serious. 7) Average age of marriage showed 21.6 years old in the women and the average duration of marital period was shown for 15.1 years. The married woman in reproductive age in Sanpuk area had experienced pregnancies 4 times in the aver-age including 0.7 time of pregnancy in average were interrupted by induced abortion and 0.3 time by spontaneous abortion respectively. The practicing rate of the family planning of the married woman during reproductive ages showed 70.7% and the tuballigation was found out as the most frequently used contraceptives. 8) Among woman who has children under 2 years old, 70.0% had received the prenatal care for the last pregnancy. However, the average number of prenatal care visitis per woman showed 3.3 times. Fifty-two % of woman who received the postnatal care for the last delivery showed only 37.5%. 9) Immunization rate of the children under 2 years old showed relatively high and looked successful. The breast feeding for these children showed dominantly in the most. Most of the mothers in Sanpuk area had started the supplementary diet during weaning period of their infants of 6th and 7th month after birth. * : Sanpuk area is a demstration area for community development which has been supported by the Community Development Foundation during the part 10 years. The village is relatively closer to urban area such as Seoul, However, it has a similar characteristics shown as a remote village because of geographical location and inconvenient transportation at present.

• 지역사회간호학회지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.70-79
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• 1999

This study attempts to encourage the development of a rehabilitation delivery system as a substitute service for hospitalization such as a community based intermediate facility or home health care. We need substitute services for hospitalization to curtail the length of stay for inpatients due to car accidents. It focused on developing an estimation for early discharge based on a detailed statement of treatment from medical records of 109 inpatients who were hospitalized at General Hospital in 1997. This study has three specific purposes: First, to find the mean length of stay and mean medical expenditure. Second, to estimate the mean of early discharge from the mean length of stay. Third, to analyize the income effect per bed from early discharge. In order to analyze the length of stay and medical expenditure of inpatients the author conducted a micro and macro-analysis with medical expenditure records. To estimate the early discharge we examined with a group of 4 experts decreases in the amount of treatment after surgery, in treatments, in tests, in drug methods. We also looked their vital signs, the start of ROM exercise, the time removel, a patient's visitations, and possible stable conditions. In addition to identifing the income effect due to an early discharge, the data was analyzed by an SPSS-PC for windows and Excell program with a regression analysis model. The research findings are as follows: First, the mean length of stay was 47.56 days, but the mean length of stay due to early discharge was 32.26 days. The estimation of early discharge days was shown to depend on the length of stay. The longer the length of stay, the longer the length before discharge. For example, if the patient stayed under 14 days the mean length of stay was 7.09 while an early discharge was 6.39, whereas if the mean length of stay was 155.73, the early discharge time was 107.43. The mean medical expenditure per day of car accident patients was found to be 169,085 Won, whereas the mean medical expenditure per day was shown to be in a negative linear form according to the length of stay. That is the mean expenditure for under 14 days of stay was 303,015 Won and the period of the hospitalization of 15 days to 29 days was 170,338 Won and those of 30 days to 59 days was 113,333 Won. The estimation of the income effect due to being discharged 16 days was around 2,350,000 Won with a regression analysis model. However, this does not show the real benefits from an early discharge, but only the income increasing amount without considering prime medical cost at a general hospital. Therefore, we need further analysis on cost containments and benefits incending turn over rates and medical prime costs. From these research findings, the following suggestions have been drawn, we need to develop strategies on a rehabilitation delivery system focused on consumers for the 21st century. Varions intermediate facilities and home health care should be developed in the community as a substitute for shortening the length of stay in hospitals. In home health care cases, patients who want rehabilitation services as a substitute for hospitalization in cooperation with private health insurance companies might be available immediately.

• 호스피스학술지
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.34-54
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• 2003

Every one experiences death one day, however no one can knows exactly what it is because people can not experience death until it comes, it is therefore impossible to judge correctly on the phenomenon of the death. On the whole, man experiences indirect death through the mass communications such as TV drama, fiction, magazine etc because those methods can easily access by every one. In addition to this, people usually acquire the negative awareness of death through the dramatic change of story like dying of cancer for dramatic effect by giving scare and fear to the cancers. The purpose of this study is to provide basic information on the spiritual care that enables the facing death patients to accept death as a part of life and divert hope from scare about after death by comparing and analyzing of two aspects of death meaning I.e, Korean fiction and the end stage cancer patients. Additionally, for medical staff to understand the facing death cancer patients by making to aware patients correctly and provide the better quality of care. The study was performed from September 28, 2002 to February, 28 2003. The materials of this study were collected by direct data obtained from observation, interviews, note and diary of end stage of cancer patients and written materials acquired from Korean contemporary fiction. Participants of this study were 4 end stage cancer patients including 2 lung cancer patients, 1 liver cancer patient and 1 esophagus cancer patient. The methodology used in this study was divided into two types; Huberman & Miles methodology was used for fiction to find and categorize subject, and Colaizzi, one of phenomenological methodology was used for end stage cancer patients to find the major meaning, subject and categorization. 1.The death investigated in the fiction, was found as a progress of negative emotion, acceptance and sublimation, life related subjects in the negative emotion were tenacity for life, anxiety, lingering attachment, responsibility, abandonment and death related subjects were shock, isolation, fear, scare and rejection. Acceptance related subjects were acceptance, destiny, secularism, preparation and arrangement, and sublimation related subjects were sublimation through Christian and Buddhism. 2.The death showed in the participants was negative emotion, acceptance and sublimation, life related subjects were repentance, anxiety, responsibility and hopelessness, and death related subjects were dejection, solitude, anger, fear and scare. The acceptance was a type of religious acceptance that admitted instantly by reaching an understanding with the God, and death was accepted as a progress of preparation, arrangement, acceptance and hope. Sublimation related subjects were Christian sublimation and relief or destiny incurred from self-reflective sublimation through communications and thoughts. 3.The death in view of fiction and participants were positively accepted both death and negative emotion, and the study disclosed the fact that death was sublimated dependent on religion. 4.The progress of negative emotion, acceptance and sublimation was disclosed more complicated and various in the real end stage cancer patients and acceptance only found in the patients on the form of religious acceptance, according to the results compared with fiction and real end stage cancer patients. The death showed in the fiction was standardized, gradated and similar progress with psychological status of Kubler-Ross. However, death in the participants was showed complex and various feelings simultaneously, and sometimes they accepted death positively. The sublimation through religion was found in Buddhism and Christian in the fiction and mostly Christian in the participants due to a number of Hospice patients. It was found that negative emotion various types of death was more found in the participants than fiction. It is therefore necessary to study on the response of death in various types. In the participants death was incurred more systematic and variously, we knew that nursing practice focused on experience of participants is required and reality on death is much profound than we analyzed and presented, lots of situations and reactions should be premised because we can not completely rule out the negligence possibility of care mediation of participants. In caring for the facing death patients, we discovered and confirmed again through this study that the spiritual care should be needed as a mediation method.

• 한국의료질향상학회지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.58-76
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• 2003

Background : Aim of this study is focused on the analysis of the needed abilities of medical representatives resulting in building up the market and increasing sales. It is to propose methods to increase this ability ensuring continuous growth in market share and profit. Methods : A survey was conducted between January 6 and May 31, 2003. Using SPSS(Version 10.0), the collected data was analyzed by Hotelling T2, factor analysis. Some hypotheses were selected to include the conclusion. Some questionnaires for physicians working in hospitals or clinics and the medical representatives working in a pharmaceutical company were created and asked to them to either prove or reject those hypotheses. The results were analyzed to find the primary factors that effect the interactions between physician and the medical representatives. These factors were also studied along with the theoretical research based on published references. Results : The results were as follows. The main reasons for the physician to meet with a medical representatives were collection of product informations needed for patient treatment and collection of informations on current medical issue and as well as personal interests. The main parameters by which physicians evaluate the medical representatives are human relationship including sincerity and manners and supply of accurate and unbiased information on products. Overall, the medical representatives' perception on the importance of medical knowledge and ability to deliver it are lower than that expected by physicians. Conclusion : Medical and pharmaceutical companies' environment are changed rapidly. And those changes forced medical representatives to set new roles and competency. In order to drive away from the past 'rule of thumb' and 'adaptation to circumstance', optimal method and systemic development to train and support the medical representatives should be quipped. They will help medical representatives to be specialists in medical knowledge and to understand the exact need of health care professions. Product competitiveness will be increased and eventually successful business can be achieved through it.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.752-761
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• 2022

본 연구는 의성지역 내에서 치매 노인시설 중 요양병원 3곳에 종사하는 간병인을 대상으로 치매노인의 문제행동에 대한 간병인의 보호관리 실태와 문제점을 파악함으로써 대상자 중심 돌봄을 개발하기 위한 기초 자료를 제시하려는 데 그 목적이 있다. 2021년 1월부터 2021년 7월까지 요양병원에 근무하는 임상에서 치매노인들의 돌봄을 직접 하고 있는 1년차 미만 간병인 1명과 1-3년차 간병인 5명, 4년차 이상 간병인 2명, 이들을 관리, 감독하는 간호사 3명, 사무국장 2명 등 총 13명을 대상으로 하였다. 질적 사례 연구로 치매노인의 문제행동에 대한 간병인의 보호관리 실태를 정신적인 측면, 신체적인 측면, 관계적인 측면으로 결과를 나열하였으며, 간호사 및 병원관리자 입장에서의 간병인의 보호관리 실태에서는 간호사의 돌봄과정에서의 갈등, 병원 관리자와의 돌봄과정에서의 갈등의 결과를 사례 중심으로 나열하였다. 보다 구체적으로 치매노인 문제행동을 이해하고 이를 바탕으로 하여 실제적인 관리 방법을 고안하고 검증하고자 하는 연구자들의 노력과 열정이 절실히 필요하며, 치매 노인의 문제행동과 그 실태에 대해 심도 있게 파악하기 위해 질적 연구방법을 통한 임상에서의 다양한 사례 연구의 데이터를 확보할 필요가 있을 것이다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.535-543
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• 2019

본 연구의 목적은 일개 공공병원의 금연클리닉 프로그램에 참여한 흡연 환자(입원 및 외래 포함)를 대상으로 일반적 특성과 흡연관련 특성 측면에서 프로그램 시작 6주 후, 12주 후 금연성공 및 유지 요인을 확인하는 것이다. 본 연구에서 활용된 자료는 2014년 공공보건의료프로그램 중 금연프로그램을 통해 수집된 2차 자료를 활용하였다. 금연 프로그램은 6주 동안 중재가 진행되며, 12주째 금연 유지 상태를 점검한다. 자료분석방법은 카이제곱 검정, t-test, 로지스틱 회귀분석법을 활용하였다. 연구대상자는 총 90명이며, 남자는 85명(94.45%), 여자는 5명(5.55%)으로 대부분 남자였다. 금연프로그램 종료시점인 참여 6주째 금연성공군과 금연실패군간에 가족유형(${\chi}^2=4.496$, p=0.037), 최종 교육정도(${\chi}^2=12.253$, p=0.002), 프로그램 참여 전 하루 흡연량 (t=-2.906, p=0.005), 프로그램 참여 전 니코틴의존도(t=-3.081, p=0.003)간에 유의한 차이를 보였다. 금연 프로그램 참여 6주 후 금연성공 요인으로는 종교유무(OR=3.719, 95% CI=1.076-12.859)와 프로그램 참여 전 니코틴의존도(OR=0.713, 95% CI=0.520-0.976)가 유의한 것으로 나타났다. 금연프로그램 참여 12주 후 금연 유지 요인으로는 가족유형(OR=0.017, 95% CI=0.001-0.507)과 금연의지(OR=2.062, 95% CI=1.059-4.015)가 유의한 것으로 나타났다. 금연이 성공하고 지속적으로 유지되기 위해서는 대상자의 특성별 프로그램 개발이 요구되며 이와 관련한 지속적인 연구 및 지원이 필요할 것이다.