• 성인간호학회지
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.718-727
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• 2015

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the levels of physical activity and its relationships with depression, health-related quality of life (QoL), sleep disturbance, and physiological indicators in hemodialysis patients. Methods: The participants in this study were 139 patients undergoing hemodialysis in the hospitals in Busan and Yangsan-si. Data were collected using hematologic tests and questionnaires that contained items about individual characteristics, International Physical Activity Questionnaires (IPAQ), Center For Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D), a 12-item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-12), and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, one way ANOVA, and correlation. Results: Mean age of the participants was $59.91{\pm}12.63$ and mean physical activity levels were $1,660.35{\pm}1,654.17$. Patients who performed higher physical activities during their daily activities reported lower levels of depression (F=4.16, p=.018) and higher levels of QOL (PCS: F=5.00, p=.008, MCS: F=8.66, p<.001) than those of the others who did not perform physical activities. Conclusion: This study showed that the levels of physical activity among hemodialysis patients was significantly associated with their depression and QOL. Developing strategies for enhancing physical activity is warranted to improve depression and QOL among hemodialysis patients.

• 대한한방내과학회지
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.406-411
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• 2016

Objective: This case presents the effects of Gyejibanhasaenggang-tang, acupuncture, and moxibustion on functional dyspepsia.Method: A patient was treated with herbal medicine, acupuncture, and moxibustion. Functional dyspepsia-related quality of life (FD-QoL), the gastrointestinal symptom rating scale (GSRS), and the gastrointestinal scale (GIS) were assessed for evaluation.Results: Symptoms of functional dyspepsia improved after the 22 days of Gyejibanhasaenggang-tang treatment.Conclusion: This case suggests that the combination of Gyejibanhasaenggang-tang, acupuncture, and moxibustion could be effective in treating functional dyspepsia.

• 대한한방내과학회지
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.90-103
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• 2022

Objective: The purpose of this case study is to report the effectiveness of Baliao acupoints electro-acupuncture treatment on a neurogenic overactive bladder induced by stroke. Method: A patient suffering from middle cerebral artery infarction was diagnosed with a neurogenic overactive bladder and treated by Korean medicine, including electro-acupuncture on Baliao acupoints six times per week. The evaluation was performed by monitoring urinary frequency and using the Korean versions of the Overactive Bladder Symptom Score (OABSS) and Urinary Incontinence Quality of Life (I-QoL). Results: After 27 days of electro-acupuncture treatment, the OABSS score improved from 6 to 3. The I-QoL total score improved from 60 to 87. The patient also showed a decrease in nocturia frequency. Conclusion: This case suggests that electro-acupuncture on Baliao acupoints can be effective for overactive bladders due to supra-pontine lesions.

• Journal of Acupuncture Research
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• 제25권5호
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• pp.127-137
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• 2008

Objectives : These days, herbal acupuncture therapy is widely applied to many diseases and symptoms by Korean medical doctors in Korea. The aim of this study was to demonstrate the effect of Carthami-Semen herbal acupuncture(CSHA) on chronic constipation. Methods : This single-blind placebo-controlled randomized parellel study enrolled 24 adults with chronic constipation. After one week's run-in period, they were randomly assigned to receive CSHA therapy, or placebo therapy for 4 weeks by 2 times per week. After completing 4 week's therapy, 2 week's follow-up period was continued. During study, defecation frequency, consistency and ease of evacuation were checked before study, every week and follow-up periods. Also, the VAS of constipation, quality of life(QoL) and heart rate variability(HRV : low frequency, high frequency) were checked 3 times totally. Finally, 21 subjects completed the protocol and 20 subjects were analyzed.(1 subject is excluded for analysis because of not following the protocol.) Results : In CSHA group, defecation frequency(continued after 1 week), consistency and ease of evacuation(at 1 week after and follow-up) were increased significantly. The VAS of constipation in CSHA group was significantly decreased. There was no significant change at QoL and HRV. Conclusions : CSHA therapy was effective in treating adults with chronic constipation. Study that have larger case number and longer follow up will be needed in the future.

• 대한한방내과학회지
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• 제45권2호
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• pp.159-166
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• 2024

Objective: The purpose of this case study is to report the effectiveness of the Korean medicine Beewha-eum as a treatment for functional dyspepsia (FD). Methods: A patient diagnosed with a spleen-stomach deficiency-cold pattern in Korean medicine was treated with herbal medicines, including Beewha-eum. Symptom severity was assessed using the degree of self-reported dyspepsia (%), self-reported energy level, amount of food intake (%), total parenteral nutrition rate (cc/hour), body weight (kg), Nepean dyspepsia index (NDI-K), functional dyspepsia-related quality of life questionnaire (FD-QoL), and short form 36-item health survey (SF-36) score. Results: After treatment, the symptom severity of self-reported dyspepsia decreased from 100% to 10 to 15%, and the self-reported energy level increased from 20 to 80. The amount of food intake increased from 5% to 100%, and the total parenteral nutrition rate started from 60 cc/hour end in week 5. Body weight increased from 53.1 kg to 62 kg. The NDI-K score decreased from 105 to 31. The FD-QoL score increased from 19 to 68. The SF-36 score also increased from 102 to 116. Conclusion: The results suggest that the Korean medicine Beewha-eum could be an effective option for treating FD.

• 대한한방내과학회지
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.570-591
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• 2018

Objective: This study was designed to investigate the correlation between gastric emptying measurement by ultrasonography and the findings of various questionnaires of functional dyspepsia (FD) or in Korean medicine to explore the possibility of quantification of questionnaires. Methods: Eighty-eight patients (44 patients with FD and 44 healthy controls) were recruited from October 2016 to November 2017. Gastric emptying half-time (T1/2) was measured by ultrasonography at fasting, and at 0, 15, 30, 45, 60, 90, and 120 min after meals (apple juice, 500 ml, 224 kcal). The average half-time (average T1/2) was calculated by averaging all measured half-times. A visual analogue scale (VAS), food retention questionnaire (FRQ), damum questionnaire (DQ), cold and heat questionnaire (CHQ), deficiency and excess questionnaire (DEQ), spleen-qi deficiency questionnaire (SQDQ), Nepean dyspepsia index-Korean version (NDI-K), and quality of life of NDI (NDI-QoL) were filled out by all participants. Correlation between the average T1/2 and questionnaires were analyzed for 79 patients (37 patients with FD and 42 healthy controls) after excluding missing and erroneous data. Results: The FRQ, DEQ, SQDQ, NDI-K, and NDI-QoL scores, especially for some gastrointestinal symptoms and general weakness-related symptoms, showed statistically significant correlations with average T1/2. Conclusions: Our results suggest that gastric emptying measurement by ultrasonography may be a quantitative substitute method for some Korean medical questionnaires or for some dyspepsia-related and deficiency-related items among them. However, further studies using various measurements of gastric emptying will be needed.

• The Korean Journal of Pain
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.191-201
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• 2022

Background: This study aimed to assess the efficacy of the adductor canal block (ACB) in comparison to intra-articular steroid-lidocaine injection (IASLI) to control chronic knee osteoarthritis (KOA) pain. Methods: A randomized, single-blinded trial in an outpatient rehabilitation clinic recruiting chronic KOA with pain ≥ 6 months over one year. Following randomization, subjects received either a single ACB or IASLI under ultrasound guidance. Numerical rating scale (NRS) scores for pain, and Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Scores (KOOS) were recorded at baseline, 1 hour, 1 month, and 3 months postinjection. Results: Sixty-six knees were recruited; 2 were lost to follow-up. Age was normally distributed (P = 0.463), with more female subjects in both arms (P = 0.564). NRS scores improved significantly for both arms at 1 hour, with better pain scores for the IASLI arm (P = 0.416) at 1st month and ACB arm at 3rd month (P = 0.077) with larger effect size (Cohen's d = 1.085). Lower limb function improved significantly in the IASLI arm at 1 month; the ACB subjects showed greater functional improvement at 3 months (Cohen's d = 0.3, P = 0.346). Quality of life (QoL) improvement mirrored the functional scores whereby the IASLI group fared better at the 1st month (P = 0.071) but at the 3rd month the ACB group scored better (Cohen's d = 0.08, P = 0.710). Conclusions: ACB provides longer lasting analgesia which improves function and QoL in chronic KOA patients up to 3 months without any significant side effects.

• 농촌의학ㆍ지역보건
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.21-31
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• 2015

본 연구는 우리나라 성인 당뇨병환자의 삶의 질을 평가하고, 당뇨병이 다른 만성질환이나 정상 건강인에 비해 삶의 질이 얼마나 다른지 알아보고, 이에 영향을 미치는 요인들을 분석하고자 하였다. 연구의 대상자는 제5기(2010-2012) 국민건강영양조사 자료 중 건강 설문조사와 검진조사에 모두 응답한 자로서 분석 변수에 결측치가 없는 만 19세 이상 성인 17,655명으로 하였다. 만성질환군 및 정상 건강군에 비해 당뇨병환자에서 삶의 질의 모든 하부영역에 '문제 있다'라고 응답한 분율이 더 높았다. 당뇨병환자에서 삶의 질의 하부 영역 중 운동능력(36.4%)에 문제가 있다고 한 사람이 가장 많았으며, 그 다음으로 통증/불편감(35.4%)이었다. 당뇨병환자와 만성질환군 및 정상 건강군간 삶의 질의 5가지 하부 영역을 비교하기 위해 다중로지스틱회귀분석을 이용하여 당뇨병환자를 기준으로 '문제 있음'에 대한 교차비와 신뢰구간을 계산한 결과 운동능력은 당뇨병 환자에 비해 만성질환군의 OR(95%CI)값이 0.77(0.66-0.91), 정상 건강군이 0.61(0.50-0.75)이었고, 자기관리는 0.68(0.55-0.83), 0.69(0.51-0.94)이었고, 일상활동은 0.85(0.72-0.99), 0.79(0.62-0.98)로 당뇨병환자에 비해 만성질환군과 정상 건강군이 운동능력, 자기관리, 일상활동에 문제가 있을 가능성이 낮았다. 당뇨병환자의 질적인 삶을 영위하기 위해서는 삶의 질과 관련된 다양한 변인 연구들이 꾸준히 이루어져야 할 것이며, 삶의 질에 영향을 미치는 사회 인구학적, 건강관련 특성을 반영한 다양한 건강프로그램이나 복지정책을 개발, 발전하여 지속적으로 관리해야 한다고 사료된다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제60권4호
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• pp.397-403
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• 2006

연구배경: 만성폐쇄성폐질환은 질병의 중증도를 추정 정상치에 대한 $FEV_1$의 백분율을 기준으로 분류해 왔다. 그러나, 같은 폐기능 검사소견을 보이는 환자들 사이에서도 환자가 느끼는 주관적 호흡곤란에는 차이가 있다. 본 연구에서는 호흡곤란이 $FEV_1$를 비롯하여, 건강관련 삶의 질, 주변으로부터 받는 도움의 정도, 직업 등에 영향을 받는지에 대해 알아보고자 하였다. 방법: 2002년 6월부터 2004년 5월까지 경북대학교병원 호흡기 내과에서 만성폐쇄성폐질환으로 추적관찰 중이며, 임상적으로 안정되어 있고 비가역적인 폐쇄성 폐기능 장애를 가진 환자 36명을 대상으로 하였다. 만성 폐쇄성 폐질환의 병기는, GOLD 병기를 따랐으며, 호흡곤란 척도는 MRC 호흡곤란 척도를 사용하였다. 건강 관련 삶의 질은 한국어 St. Goerge's respiratory questionnaire(SGRQ)를 사용하였다. 결과: 환자들의 평균 $FEV_1$은 추정 정상치의 32.0%였다. GOLD 병기와 호흡곤란 정도사이에 유의한 상관관계는 없었다(p=0.114). 호흡곤란이 심할수록 SGRQ 값의 증상(symptom)(p=0.041), 활동력(activity)(p=0.004), 영향력(impact)(p=0.001), 총점(total)(p<0.001) 수치 모두에서 의미있게 높은 수치를 보였다. 호흡곤란 정도와 직업간에 의미있는 상관관계는 없었으며(p=0.259), 호흡곤란이 심할수록 환자가 주변으로부터 받는 도움 정도는 적다고 느끼는 상관관계가 뚜렷하였다(p=0.011). 결론: 만성폐쇄성폐질환자의 진료에서 환자가 느끼는 주관적인 호흡곤란은 $FEV_1$에 따른 병기 외에도 건강관련 삶의 질 및 주변의 지지 정도와 더 연관성을 가질 수 있다는 점이 고려되어야 할 것으로 사료된다.

• 대한한방내과학회지
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• 제45권3호
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• pp.519-531
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• 2024

Objectives: This case study reports the effectiveness of Korean medical treatment in a patient with cyclic vomiting syndrome. Methods: A 29-year-old female Korean patient with cyclic vomiting syndrome received acupuncture, electroacupuncture, herbal medicine, and moxibustion for 2 weeks in hospital. Changes in symptoms were evaluated using the Gastrointestinal Symptom Rating Scale (GSRS), Visual Analog Scale (VAS), Index for Nausea, Vomiting, and Retching (INVR), Nausea Severity Scale (NSS), Nepean Dyspepsia Index-Korean version (NDI-K), quality of life using the Functional Dyspepsia Related Quality of Life questionnaire (FD-QoL), and gastric motility using electrogastrography (EGG). Results: Post-treatment, the patient showed high satisfaction and improvement in symptoms of nausea and vomiting. The following changes were observed in scores: GSRS: 23 to 19; VAS of nausea: 88 to 95; VAS of dyspepsia: 95 to 12; INVR: 13 to 1; NSS: 17 to 5; NDI-K: 107 to 78; and FD-QoL 84 to 27. We also found positive results in Channel 3 of EGG parameters, implying the improvement of gastric motility disorder. Conclusion: Korean medical treatment can be a therapeutic option for cyclic vomiting syndrome.