• 한국의료질향상학회지
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.33-43
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• 2024

Purpose:The acute hospital accreditation program launched in South Korea has shown positive effects on safety culture and quality of care. However, relative weights have not yet been investigated for accreditation criteria with a hierarchical structure. This study aimed to derive the relative weights of acute-care hospital accreditation criteria. Methods: We conducted an online survey using the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) technique to assess the validity, importance, and urgency of acute hospital accreditation criteria. The AHP online survey link was distributed in November 2022 after obtaining informed consent from 10 experts in hospital accreditation. Results: 'Basic value system' ranked highest, while 'patient care system' ranked second in terms of validity, importance, and urgency. 'Performance management system' had the lowest validity and urgency, while 'organizational management system' carried the lowest importance. Within the 'patient care system' domain, 'surgery and anesthesia sedation management' scored highest in validity and importance, and 'patient care' scored highest in urgency. 'Care delivery system and evaluation' received the lowest scores for all three aspects. In the 'organizational management system' domain, infection control ranked highest in terms of validity, importance, and urgency. The lowest validity was observed for 'management and organizational operation' and the lowest importance and urgency were noted for 'human resource management'. Conclusion: The weights for validity, importance, and urgency, as shown in each domain and chapter, and the number of measurable elements included, are largely inconsistent. This study will contribute to the development of the structure and scientific improvement of accreditation standards.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.1281-1287
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• 2015

Background: Early detection of hepatocellular carcinoma using serological markers with better sensitivity and specificity than alpha fetoprotein (AFP) is needed. Aims: The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic value of serum sICAM-1, ${\beta}$-catenin, IL-8, proteasome and sTNFR-II in early detection of HCC. Materials and Methods: Serum levels of IL-8, sICAM-1, sTNFR-II, proteasome and ${\beta}$-catenin were measured by ELISA assay in 479 serum samples from 192 patients with HCC, 96 patients with liver cirrhosis (LC), 96 patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC) and 95 healthy controls. Results: Serum levels of proteasome, sICAM-1, ${\beta}$-catenin and ${\alpha}FP$ were significantly elevated in HCC group compared to other groups (P-value<0.001), where serum level of IL-8 was significantly elevated in the LC and HCC groups compared to CHC and control groups (P-value <0.001), while no significant difference was noticed in patients with HCC and LC (P-value=0.09). Serum level of sTNFR-II was significantly elevated in patients with LC compared to HCC, CHC and control groups (P-value <0.001); also it was significantly higher in HCC compared to CHC and control groups (P-value <0.001). ROC curve analysis of the studied markers between HCC and other groups revealed that the serum level of proteasome had sensitivity of 75.9% and specificity of 73.4% at a cut-off value of $0.32{\mu}g/ml$ with AUC 0.803 sICAM-1 at cut off value of 778ng/ml, the sensitivity was 75.8% and the specificity was 71.8% with AUC 0.776. ${\beta}$-catenin had sensitivity and specificity of 70% and 68.6% respectively at a cut off value of 8.75ng/ml with an AUC of 0.729. sTNFR-II showed sensitivity of 86.3% and specificity of 51.8% at a cut off value of 6239.5pg/ml with an AUC of 0.722. IL-8 had sensitivity of 70.4% and specificity of 52.3% at a cut off value of 51.5pg/ml with AUC 0.631. Conclusions: Our data supported the role of proteasome, sICAM-1, sTNFR-II and ${\beta}$-catenin in early detection of HCC. Also, using this panel of serological markers in combination with ${\alpha}FP$ may offer improved diagnostic performance over ${\alpha}FP$ alone in the early detection of HCC.

• 대한치위생과학회지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.115-127
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• 2023

목적: 본 연구는 치과위생사를 대상으로 직무만족도와 환자안전문화 활동 수준을 파악하고 직무만족도와 환자안전문화 활동의 관련성을 파악하기 위하여 수행하였다. 연구방법: 치과위생사 214명을 대상으로 설문조사를 하였으며 최종 180명의 자료를 분석하였다. 직무만족도는 총 20개 문항으로 구성되었으며 환자안전문화 활동 문항은 총 25개로 안전문화활동 10개, 안전시설관리 1개, 진료전달체계 5개, 질관리 2개, 감염관리 4개, 방사선 안전관리 3개로 구성하였다. 설문은 5점 척도로 하였다. 연구결과: 연구대상의 직무만족도 평균점수는 3.44점이었으며 점수가 가장 낮은 문항은 '내 능력에 비해 업무량은 많은 편이다(2.78점)'와 '나는 업무수행 시 업무 외의 일이 없는 것에 만족한다(2.78점)'이었다. 환자안전문화 활동 6개 영역 중 감염관리의 평균점수가 4.12점으로 가장 높고 방사선 안전관리의 평균점수는 3.10점으로 가장 낮았다. 임상경력이 3년 미만인 경우(4.01점)에 3년 이상 10년 미만 그룹(3.72점)과 10년 이상인 그룹(3.69점)에 비해 환자안전문화활동 점수가 높았으며 연령이 높아질수록, 임상경력이 적을수록, 직무만족도가 높을수록 환자안전문화 활동 수준이 통계적으로 유의하게 높았다(p<0.05). 결론: 치과위생사의 경우는 업무 전반에서 환자안전문화 활동이 이뤄져야 하기 때문에 환자안전문화 활동 영역에 대한 적극적인 실천 의지와 필요하지만 환자진료에서 병원관리까지 다양한 업무를 맡고 있는 치과위생사는 업무과중으로 인해 직무만족도가 떨어지고 업무수행의지를 저하시켜 환자안전문화 활동에도 부정적인 영향을 미칠 수 있다. 환자안전문화 활동 수행도 향상을 위해서는 환자안전문화 활동의 핵심 직종인 치과위생사의 직무만족도 향상에 영향을 미칠 수 있는 직무환경 개선에도 관심을 가져야 할 것이다.