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Goat Meat Does Not Cause Increased Blood Pressure

  • Sunagawa, Katsunori;Kishi, Tetsuya;Nagai, Ayako;Matsumura, Yuka;Nagamine, Itsuki;Uechi, Shuntoku
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • 제27권1호
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    • pp.101-114
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    • 2014
  • While there are persistent rumors that the consumption of goat meat dishes increases blood pressure, there is no scientific evidence to support this. Two experiments were conducted to clarify whether or not blood pressure increases in conjunction with the consumption of goat meat dishes. In experiment 1, 24 Dahl/Iwai rats (15 weeks old, body weight $309.3{\pm}11.1$ g) were evenly separated into 4 groups. The control group (CP) was fed a diet containing 20% chicken and 0.3% salt on a dry matter basis. The goat meat group (GM) was fed a diet containing 20% goat meat and 0.3% salt. The goat meat/salt group (GS) was fed a diet containing 20% goat meant and 3% to 4% salt. The Okinawan mugwort (Artemisia Princeps Pampan)/salt group (GY) was fed a diet containing 20% goat meat, 3% to 4% salt and 5% of freeze-dried mugwort powder. The experiment 1 ran for a period of 14 weeks during which time the blood pressure of the animals was recorded. The GS, and GY groups consumed significantly more water (p<0.01) than the CP and GM groups despite the fact that their diet consumption levels were similar. The body weight of animals in the CP, GM, and GS groups was similar while the animals in the GY group were significantly smaller (p<0.01). The blood pressure in the GM group was virtually the same as the CP group throughout the course of the experiment. In contrast, while the blood pressure of the animals in the GS and GY group from 15 to 19 weeks old was the same as the CP group, their blood pressures were significantly higher (p<0.01) after 20 weeks of age. The GY group tended to have lower blood pressure than the GS group. In experiment 2, in order to clarify whether or not the increase in blood pressure in the GS group and the GY group in experiment 1 was caused by an excessive intake of salt, the effects on blood pressure of a reduction of salt in diet were investigated. When amount of salt in the diet of the GS and GY group was reduced from 4% to 0.3%, the animal's blood pressure returned to normotensive. These results indicate that, as in the case of chicken consumption, prolonged consumption of goat meat does not cause increased blood pressure, rather the large amount of salt used in the preparation of goat meat dishes is responsible for the increase in blood pressure.

NGO 해외봉사 경험에 대한 인식 연구: 전문직 은퇴자를 중심으로 (A Study on the Perception of NGO's Overseas Service Experience: With Professional Retirees at the Center)

  • 정주영;이미란
    • 디지털융복합연구
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    • 제19권11호
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    • pp.31-38
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    • 2021
  • 베이비부머의 은퇴로 인해 경제적 활동에서 대거 이탈한 전문직 은퇴인력의 활용은 현시대적 과제이며 사회적 이슈로 부각되고 있다. 본 연구는 전문직 은퇴자의 NGO 해외봉사 경험에 대한 인식을 탐구하여 전문직 은퇴인력의 활용방안을 모색해 보고자 한다. 본 연구는 포토보이스를 활용한 질적 연구이며, 연구 참여자는 NGO 해외봉사경험이 있는 전문직 정년 은퇴자들이다. 집단 활동과 개인면담을 통해 자료를 수집하였고, 참여적 분석법과 주제 분석법으로 자료를 분석하였다. 연구결과 도출된 인식은 NGO 해외봉사는 안전하고 국가위상을 높이는 최고의 일자리이며, 이에 대한 정보를 은퇴교육에서 제공받기 원한다는 것이었다. 결론에서 NGO 해외봉사의 확대를 위한 은퇴교육을 공기업뿐아니라 일반 직장에서도 실시하여 은퇴 전에 준비하는 지원방안에 대해 논의하였으며, 은퇴자의 해외봉사를 전담하기 위한 [은퇴자 NGO 해외봉사 정보서비스 센터]의 운영을 제언하였다. 본 연구는 전문직 은퇴자의 NGO 해외봉사의 경험에 대한 인식을 통하여 은퇴 이후 노년기 사회복지 정책적 대안 마련의 기초자료를 제시함에 의의를 가진다.

구 소련거주(독립국가연합) 한인들의 김치 이용의 실태에 관한 조사 1. 김치와 식생활 (A Research on Kimchi Culture for the Koreans in CIS 1. Dining Habits in Relation to Kimchi)

  • 김영희;김영숙;이경임;신애숙;박훈
    • 한국식품영양과학회지
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    • 제25권4호
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    • pp.593-600
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    • 1996
  • 구 소련(독립국가연합) 중 비교적 한인이 많이 살고 있는 모스크바, 사할린, 우즈베크스탄, 카자흐스탄 지역의 한인 199명을 대상으로 김치와 식생활에 관한 조사를 실시 한 결과, 식사형태는 조사대상자의 90.5%가 한식 중심의 식사를 하고 있었으며, 지역적으로 볼 때 모스크바가 양식으로의 전환율이 높은 반면 사할린은 거의 대부분이 한식 형태였다. 또한 고연령으로 갈수록 한식 중심의 식사를 하고 있었고 연령이 낮거나 이주 후 세대를 거칠수록 양식으로의 전환율이 높았다. 김치에 대한 기호도는, 응답자의 85.9%가 김치를 좋아 하였으며 좋아하는 이유는 대부분이 우리 고유의 전통음식이라는 자부심과 김치가 맛있기 때문이라고 하였다. 김치 섭취횟수는 응답자의 95%가 하루 한끼 이상은 김치를 섭취 하고 있었으며 특히 사할린은 매끼 마다 섭취하는 사람이 많았다(88%). 또 연령과 이주세대에 따른 섭취 횟수의 차이는 나이가 어리고 이주세대를 거칠수록 김치 섭취횟수가 줄어들었다. 과거와 현재의 김치 섭취량의 차이는, 41.7%가 과거 보다 많이 섭취하였고 21.6%는 별 차이가 없었으며, 지역별로는 사할린은 섭취량이 많아진 경우가 많았고 모스크바는 섭취량이 적어진 경우가 더 많아 두 지역이 다른 양상을 보였다. 또 나이가 적고 이주세대를 거칠수록 과거 보다 섭취량이 줄어들어 나이가 적을수록 현지의 음식에 적응하여 섭취 하는 것으로 나타났다. 먹어보거나 본 적이 있는 김치로는 배추김치 (99%)가 가장 많았고 그 다음이 오이김치(91.5%), 양배추김치(띨.4%), 물김치(82.4%), 가자미식해 (75.4%) 등의 순으로 우리나라에서 상용하는 깍두기, 총각김치 , 부추김치 등의 비율이 낮고 양배추김치, 가자미식해 등의 비율이 높은 특징을 보였다. 특히 사할린은 다른 지역에 비하여 김치 경험이 다양한 결과를 보여 한국에서의 김치 문화가 많이 남아 있음을 짐작할 수 있었다. 또 김치를 이용해 많이 해먹는 음식으로는 주로 김치찌개와 김치볶음 등이었으나 이것도 50%대에 머물고 있어 김치로 다른 음식까지 만들어 먹을 수 있는 만큼의 양적인 여유가 없다는 것을 짐작할 수가 있었다. 김치에 대한 러시아인들의 반응은, '김치를 잘 먹었다'는 응답이 99.5%이고 '전혀 못먹었다'는 사람은 한명도 없었는데 이로써 양식 위주의 서양인에게도 김치가 잘 받아들여질 수 있다는 것을 알 수가 있었고 또한 김치 이용 확대 가능성을 보여주었다.

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WELD REPAIR OF GAS TURBINE HOT END COMPONENTS

  • Chaturvedi, M.C.;Yu, X.H.;Richards, N.L.
    • 대한용접접합학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 대한용접접합학회 2002년도 Proceedings of the International Welding/Joining Conference-Korea
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    • pp.235-243
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    • 2002
  • Ni-base superalloys are used extensively in industry, both in aeroengines and land based turbines. About 60% by weight of most modern gas turbine engine structural components are made of Ni-base superalloys. To satisfy practical demands, the efficiency of gas turbine engines has been steadily and systematically increased by design modifications to handle higher turbine inlet or firing temperatures. However, the increase in operating temperatures has lead to a decrease in the life of components and increase in costs of replacement. Moreover, around 80% of the large frame size industrial/utility gas turbines operating in the world today were installed in the mid-sixties to early seventies and are now 25 to 30 years old. Consequently, there are greater opportunities now to repair and refurbish the older models. Basically, there are two major factors influencing the weldability of the cast alloys: strain-age cracking and liquation cracking. Susceptibility to strain-age cracking is due to the total Ti plus AI content of the alloy; Liquation cracking is due either to the presence of low melting constituents or constitutional liquation of constituents. Though Rene 41 superalloy has 4.5wt.% total Ti and Al content and falls just below the safe limit proposed by Prager et al., controlled grain size and special heat treatments are needed to obtain crack-free welds. Varying heat treatments and filler materials were used in a laboratory study, then the actual welding of service parts was carried out to verity the possibility of crack-tree weld of components fabricated from Rene 41 superalloy. The microstructural observations indicated that there were two kinds of carbides in the FCC matrix. MC carbides were located along the grain boundaries, while M$_{23}$C$_{6}$ carbide was located both inter and intra granularly. Two kinds of filler materials, Rene 41 and Hastelloy X were used to gas tungsten arc weld a patch into the sheet metal, along with varying pre-weld heat treatments. The microstructure, hardness and tensile tests were determined. The service distressed parts were categorized into three classes: with large cracks, with medium cracks and with small or no visible cracks. No significant difference in microstructure among the specimens was observed. Specimens were cut from the corner and the straight edge of the patch repair, away from the corner. The only cracks present were found to be associated with inadequate surface preparation to remove oxidation. Guidelines for oxide removal and the welding procedures developed in the research enabled crack-free welds to be produced.d.

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부산지역과 전남 여수지역 주부들의 제례준비 및 제례의식 조사 연구 (A Study on Ancestral Service Preparation and Sacrificial Consciousness of Housekeepers Living in Pusan and Yeosu Area)

  • 정복미;정해옥;김은실
    • 한국조리학회지
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    • 제10권3호
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    • pp.135-154
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    • 2004
  • 본 연구는 부산과 여수 지역 주부들을 대상으로 제사시간, 제기 등 제례준비에 관한 일반적 사항 및 제례의식에 관한 설문조사를 하였으며, 그 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 조사대상자의 일반사항으로 연령은 40∼49세가 35.56%, 불교가 57.79%로 가장 높았고, 고졸이 52.54%, 가족구성원은 부부와 자녀가 63.45%로 가장 높았다. 며느리 순위는 맏며느리가 53.25%로 가장 높게 나타났으며, 직업의 유무에서 직업이 없다가 53.33%, 직업의 종류로는 주부가 58.44%로 가장 많았고, 지역별로는 부산 지역이 59.82% 여수 지역이 40.18%로 나타났다. 2. 두 지역 모두 제사 지내는 시간은 23:00∼01:00시에 지낸다가 47.16%로 가장 높았고 직장에 다니는 주부들은 약간 이른 시간에 제사를 지내는 경향이었으나, 직장에 다리지 않는 주부들은 아주 늦은 시간에 제사를 지내는 비율이 높게 나타나 직장의 유무에 따라 유의성이 있었다.(p<0.05). 3. 기제사의 범위는 3대가 34.47%로 가장 높게 나타났으며, 제사는 장남이 지낸다가78.28%로 가장 높았으며, 연령이 높음에 따라 장남이 제사를 지내는 비율이 높았고, 연령이 낮을수록 경제적인 여유가 있는 사람이 제사를 지내는 비율이 높아 연령에 따라 차이가 있었다(p<0.05). 4. 제례의식에 대한 결과에서 제사의 필요성에 대하여 꼭 필요하다고 답한 비율이 57.32%로 가장 높았고, 연령별로 50세 이상이 꼭 지내야 한다라고 답한 비율이 70.77%로 가장 높게 나타났고, 연령이 낮을수록 제사의 필요성을 느끼지 못하여 연령에 따라 차이가 있었다(p<0.05). 불교가 타종교에 비해 제사를 꼭 지내야 한다라고 응답한 비율이 가장 높게 나타나 종교별 차이가 있었다(p<0.0001). 또한 제사는 가족의 화목을 위해 필요하다고 생각한다가 50.43%로 가장 높았고, 연령이 낮을수록 우리의 전통이니 계승 발전시켜야 한다는 응답률이 높은 반면, 연령이 높을수록 가족의 화목도모에 높은 응답률을 나타내 연령에 따라 유의성이 있었다(p<0.05). 가톨릭과 기타 종교에서 가족의 화목도모에 대한 응답률이 높게 나타난 반면 불교와 기독교는 계승 발전에 대한 응답률이 더 높게 나타나 종교에 따른 유의성을 나타내었다(p<0.01). 미래의 제사에 대한 생각은 대상자들의 37.04%가 내려오는 법도에 따르겠다고 하여 가장 높았고, 불교에서 43.17%가 내려오는 법도에 따르겠다, 기독교의 경우 26.47%는 예배드린다, 기독교의 경우 현재 어른이 생존하신 중이라도 차차 추도식 형태로 바꾸겠다고 답하였으며, 가톨릭, 불교, 기타에서는 나름대로 정성껏 모신다의 비율이 기독교에 비해 높게 나타나 종교에 따른 차이가 있었다(p<0.0001). 또한 맏며느리에 비해 둘째 며느리는 내려오는 법도에 따르거나 어른이 하시는 대로 하겠다고 하는 비율이 비교적 높은데 비해 맏며느리는 나름대로 정성껏 모시겠다고 한 점으로 며느리의 순위에 따라 미래의 제사에 대한 생각에 유의성이 있었다(p<0.05).지역적으로 보면 부산 지역이 여수 지역에 비해 법도에 따르거나 나름대로 정성껏 모시겠다는 비율이 더 높은 반면, 여수 지역은 부산 지역에 비해 차차 추도식 형태로 바꾸거나 예배 드리겠다의 비율이 더 높게 나타나 지역에 따른 유의적인 차이를 나타냈다.

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산모와 간호원이 본 선택된 산욕기 간호활동의 중요도에 관한 탐색적 연구 (An Exploratory Study about the Importance of Selected Nursing Activities during the Puerperal Period, as Viewed by Women in the Puerperal Period and by Nurses Caring for Them)

  • 박주봉
    • 대한간호학회지
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    • 제8권1호
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    • pp.152-162
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    • 1978
  • The desire to maintain health is increasing, consequently the role of nursing which has as one chief aim the solving of man′s basic problems is more and more important. Today, in spite of a growing concern about the nursing activities which nurses provide for individual human having specific needs, clinically in fact, it is questionable that individual′s expectation of nursing activities agrees with nurse′s performance of nursing activities. In this study the importance and agreement of the importance of the nursing activities during the hospitalized puerperal period as viewed by women in the puerperal period and by nurses caring for them, were assessed. The present study was undertaken in an attempt to furnish the basic data for expediting the progress of research activities in this area and further to be helpful in planning maternity nursing practice. The study population defined and selected was nurses (13) caring for women in the puerperal period and doing duty on obstetric & gynecologic ward at Y. hospital, and the women in puerperal period (39) as sum of 3 women selected by each nurse during the period of May 13th-June 4th 1976. The study data was collected by the direct interview method based on the questionnaire which the investigator made out. The study result was analyzed by percentage, t - test. The findings can be summarized as follows: 1. General characteristics of nurses doing duty on puerperal ward: a. Nurses′average age was 24.8 years old. b. 84.6% had educational background of 4 years of college. c. 69.2% had a religion. d. 53.8% were married. e. 53.8% had clinical experience of 1 year -3 years. f, 61.5% did duty on puerperal ward during 1 year -3 years. g. 46.2% desired to do duty on obstetric ? gynecologic ward. 2. General characteristics of the women who were studied during their puerperal period: a. Women′s average age was 26.4 years old. b. 79.5% had educational background above high school. c. 56.4% had a religion. d. 84.6% had living standard above medium. e. 89.7% had no occupation. f, 53,8% had previous hospitalization experience. g. 56.4% had previous delivery experience. 3. Examining the importance of 39 nursing activities during puerperal period selected by investigator, studied group of women considered that the most important nursing activity was "Record precisely about condition, medical treatment and nursing activity results etc". Nurses considered that the most important nursing activity was "Notice whether having pain and care for that". Both groups considered that the least important nursing activity was "Talk with her about topics such as news, hobbies, other interests". 4. Examining the importance of nursing activities in 4 specific categories, studied group of women considered that the most important nursing activity in physical nursing category was "Be sure of safety measure to prevent accidents, injuries", and nurses considered that the most important nursing activity was "Make her sleep and rest sufficiently". Studied group of women considered that the most important nursing activity in psychological category was "Explain about medical treatment and nursing activity ahead of time so she knows what to expect" , and nurses considered that the most important nursing activity was "Explain about puerperal period so she understands". Studied group of women considered that the most important nursing activity in relation to medical care was "Record precisely about condition, medical treatment and nursing activity results etc.", and nurses considered that the most important nursing activity was "Observing, cleaning and protecting the perineum" Studied group of women considered that the most important nursing activity in nursing category in preparation for discharge was "Instruct about personnel hygiene during puerperal period", and nurses considered that the most important nursing activity was "Instruct self-care to protect the perineum". 5. The analysis of this study showed a significant amount of disagreement computed by subtracting the nurse′s score from the patient′s score. Studied group of women put greater importance on physical nursing category, psychological nursing category, nursing in relation to medical care, than the nurses. These results were statistically significant at 0.01 level.

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간호이론 개발을 위한 개념분석 : 사랑 (Love : A Concept Analysis for Nursing Theory Development)

  • 이옥자
    • 대한간호학회지
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    • 제23권3호
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    • pp.369-376
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    • 1993
  • Since nursing has come of age both as a profession and as a scholarly discipline, there has been increasing concern with delineating its theory base. In 1978 Chinn and Jacobs asserted that “the development of theory is the most crucial task facing nursing today.” The basic building blocks of theories are concepts. Concept formation begins in infancy, for concepts help us to categorize and organize our environmental stimuli. Concepts help us to identify how our experiences are similar or equivalent by categorizing all the things that are alike about them. concepts can be primitive, concrete, or abstract. Concept Analysis is a strategy that examines the attributes or characteristics of a concept. It is a formal, linguistic exercise to determine those defining attributes. It encourages communication. Its basic purpose is to distinguish between the defining and irrelevant attributes of a concept similarities. It is a process of determining the differences between concepts and it is useful for several reasons. It is an excellent way to begin examining information in preparation for research or theory construction and results in an operational definition and a list of defining attributes and antecedents. It provides the scientist with an excellent beginning for a new tool, is an excellent way of evaluating an old one and is useful in evaluating existing instruments. The steps of concept analysis are : 1. Select a concept, 2. Determine the aims or purposes of the analysis, 3. Identify all uses of the concept that you can discover, 4. Determine the defining attributes, 5. Construct a model case, 6. Construct borderline, re-lated, contrary, invented, and illegitimate cases, 7. Identify antecedents and consequences, 8. Define empirical referents. In this paper, the concept selected for analysis was Love. The concept of love is of great interest to nursing because loving care is considered vital to the nursing care of patients. The aims of the concept analysis of love were to clarify the meaning of love, to develop an operational definition for it and to contribute to existing nursing theory. Love influences the quality of life which is the goal of nursing according to Parse in her Human Becoming Theory. Lived experiences are the entities for study in Parse's Research Methodology. Human caring, human understanding, and human becoming are the most important issues in lived experiences. In this research, dictionaries and literature from nursing philosophy and other human disciplines were used to identify the concept of love. As many different instances of the concept as could be found were examinned. The model case was a real life example of the use of the concept. Next borderline, related, invented, and contrary cases were constructed for the purpose of providing examples of “not the concept” and for promoting further understanding of the concept being discussed. The defining attributes of the concept of love were concern, responsibility, respect, understanding and dedication. Love was defined as showing concern and understanding. relating with mutual respect and dedicating oneself responsibly to others. Concept analysis is a highly creative activity and may add significant new information to a given area of interest. It is a strategy for developing a concept based on observation or other forms of empirical evidence. The purpose of concept analysis is to generate new ideas. It provides a method of examining data for new insights that contribute to theoretical development. This concept analysis suggests that a nurse’s love for patients is shown in the process of giving oneself in mutual relationships of responsibility and respect and in continuously providing understanding and quality human care for them.

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한국 중년층의 노인장기요양보험제도에 대한 인식과 구강보건진료에 대한 요구의 융합 연구 (Convergence study of long-term care insurance system for elderly of awareness of middle-aged people and demand for dental services in the system)

  • 박정란;윤미선;최유리
    • 한국융합학회논문지
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    • 제9권7호
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    • pp.95-103
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    • 2018
  • 본 연구의 목적은 중년층의 노후 준비계획과, 노인장기요양보험제도, 노인장기요양보험제도 내에서 치과의료서비스 분야의 인식도를 확인하고자 하였다. 설문응답대상자들은 노후생활비를 미리 저축하는 비율이 56.1%였으며, 가족들에게 노후 부담을 주기 싫어하는 경향을 나타냈으며,(41.8%) 노후 보살핌은 시설서비스, 간병 제도 등을 이용하고자 하였다. 노인장기요양보험제도에 대해 "조금 알고 있다"는 응답이 36.7%로 나타났다. 또한 장기요양보험제도 내 치과의료서비스의 필요성이 높다고 생각하였다 (98.5%), 만약 서비스가 이루어진다면 참여하겠다고 하는 응답이 92.3%로 나타났으며, 장기요양보험 내 치과의료서비스에 대한 인식 하지 못한 비율이 85.2%로 나타났다. 따라서 노인장기요양보험 내 치과의료서비스부분의 인식 확대가 필요하다. 본 연구결과는 노인장기요양보험 내 치과의료서비스 부분의 추후 제도 개선 시 기초자료로 사용될 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

전신 뼈 검사에서 의료용 신체 고정구의 유용성 평가 (Evaluating the Usability of Medical Body Wrap in Whole Body Bone Scan)

  • 심동오;정우영;류재광;박철홍;김윤재
    • 핵의학기술
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    • 제28권1호
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    • pp.49-56
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    • 2024
  • Purpose: When performing nuclear medicine examinations, body wraps or plastic supports are used to support and immobilize the patient's upper extremities to prevent patient safety accidents. However, the existing plastic supports compromised patient and staff safety, including finger entrapment and falls. Moreover, the body wrap provided by manufacturers compromised image quality such as upper extremities cutoff during whole body bone scan. Therefore, a new design of body wrap was developed to improve the issue, and this study aims to evaluate the usability of this medical body wrap. Materials and Methods: To evaluate the usability of the newly designed medical body wrap, a quality assessment of whole body bone scan images and a user satisfaction survey were conducted. Adult patients (male:female=129:152, age: 60.3±12.4 years, BMI: 24.0±4.2) aged 16 years or older who underwent a whole body bone scan during two periods: June to July 2022 (before improvement, n=139) and June to July 2023 (after improvement, n=142) were randomly selected for image quality evaluation. Five radiotechnologists visually evaluated the posterior view of the whole body bone image, including the left and right elbow (2 points), arm (2 points), whether the hand is extended (2 points), whether the hand is included (2 points), and the number of visible fingers (10 points), with a total of 18 points, which were converted to 100 points and analyzed for difference before and after improvement using an independent sample t-test. The user satisfaction questionnaire was evaluated using a 5-point Likert scale among 16 radiotechnologists from three general hospitals who experienced the new body wrap. Results: The image quality assessment was 82.0±13.8 before the improvement and 89.3±10.1 after the improvement, an average of 7.3 points higher, with a statistically significant difference (t=5.02, p<0.01). The user satisfaction survey showed an overall satisfaction rating of 4.1±0.8 for ease of use, 3.8±0.7 for scan preparation time, 3.9±0.7 for patient safety, 3.8±1.2 for scan accuracy, and 4.2±0.7 for recommendation (87.5% questionnaire response rate). Conclusion: The developed body wrap showed higher image quality and user satisfaction compared to the old method. Considering these results, it is deemed that the new body wrap may be more useful than existing methods.

대학생들의 죽음 교육 전과 후의 웰다잉 인식과 결정에 관한 연구 (A Study on the Well-Dying Recognition and Decision of Death before and after Education Among University Students)

  • 송현동;안상윤;김용하;황혜정;이서희;김광환
    • 한국산학기술학회논문지
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    • 제19권1호
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    • pp.300-310
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    • 2018
  • 본 연구는 대학생들이 죽음학 강좌 수강 이전과 이후 웰다잉 인식과 결정이 어떻게 변화되었는가를 비교 연구하고자 한다. 대전광역시 소재 일개 대학교에서 죽음학 관련 교양강좌를 2016년 8월부터 12월까지 15주 동안 수강한 대학생 교육 전 93명, 교육 후 117명 대상으로 연구 참여 희망자에 한해 설문조사를 실시하였다. 설문구성은 일반적인 특성은 성별, 연령, 학년, 전공, 결혼상태, 종교, 가족 동거여부, 건강상태 8항목이었다. 죽음의 인식 측면에 관한 4항목, 죽음의 수용 측면 5항목, 죽음의 결정 측면 7항목, 죽음 교육의 관심도와 중요도 12항목을 리커트 척도로 구성하였다. 통계 검정법으로는 카이제곱검정, 독립표본 t-검정, 의사결정나무 분석을 실시하였다. 연구결과를 의사결정나무 토대로 종합해보면, 죽음 준비 시기가 죽음에 직면한 시기(암환자, 말기환자 등)와 노인(65세 이상)에서 교육 전이 66.7%로 나타났으나, 교육 후에는 성인과 중 고등학교, 초등학교 이하, 대학교, 대학원에서 교육 후가 65.3%로 나타났으며 이는 유의한 차이를 보였다. 따라서 죽음교육의 효과성과 죽음교육의 시기와 내용 등을 어떻게 구체화 시킬 것인가에 대한 방향 제시를 할 수 있을 것으로 기대되며, 초 중 고등학교, 대학교에서의 죽음교육 실시에 대한 부정적인 시각과 우려를 해소하고 죽음 교육이 학생들의 삶에 태도 변화에 긍정적인 영향을 미칠 것으로 사료된다.