• 근관절건강학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.161-173
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• 2021

Purpose: This study examined: 1) what it meant for patients to have multimorbidity 2) how they manage their illness using health care facilities, and 3) what contextual backgrounds exist regarding the health care system. Methods: This qualitative research obtained individual in-depth interviews from 22 patients. Participants were selected by purposive sampling among those who saw physicians more often than the national average from the 2013 medical-claim data. The transcribed data were analyzed using Ground theory. Results: Multimorbidity patients suffered from "chain-like serial symptoms" and "pain without a breakthrough". They expressed themselves as "indeed patients among patients", "my body is a general hospital", and "an incompletely normal person". There was a demand to resolve the anxiety arising from the situation in which the body keeps getting sicker without showing any signs of recovery. In a state of reduced social support and a lack of trust in the doctor, their desire to be healed led them to receive a temporary relief through dependence on medical institutions. Conclusion: This research recognized the desire of multimorbidity patients to seek temporary relief through dependence on medical institutions. A more patient-centered directed care plan, specific to the needs of the patients with multimorbidity is required.

• 대한예방한의학회지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2022

Objectives : The aim of this study was to introduce the development process of Korean medicine health promotion program for short stature children that is suitable for applied at public health center. Methods : The draft of health promotion program was developed through literature search of previous similar programs and advice of several experts. A small conference targeted public health Korean medicine doctors was also held to introduce the developed program and discuss for improvements. Results : The details of 12-week of Korean medicine health promotion program for children growth are as follows: 4-week of taking herbal medicines (Yukmijihwang-tang or Yukgunja-tang), contactless counseling with Korean medicine doctor, self-care home kit consisting of Sogeonjung-tang tea leaf, Sogeonjung-tang with Cervi Parvum Cornu extract, ear acupressure stick, finger chuna manual, growth diary, and jump rope. Conclusions : This health promotion program can help to increase the height of children and self-esteem of children with short stature as well as decrease the stress of parents.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.225-230
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• 2022

Objectives: Patients with excessive tooth wear should first be diagnosed for the etiology of the tooth wear. Causes of tooth wear include bruxism, clenching, and taking medications for systemic diseases. After identifying the cause of tooth attrition, the final prosthesis should be restored with an appropriate vertical dimension. Methods: A 79-year-old man with worn out teeth desired a whole dental treatment. He was on medications for high blood pressure and asthma. The treatment proceeded with a consultation with a medical doctor. The medications for asthma evoked multiple teeth wear and a loss of the vertical dimension. After recovery of 3 mm of vertical dimension, 2 months of evaluation was followed by an interim prosthesis. Results: The increased vertical dimension caused no problem in function and esthetics, and the final restoration was performed with a full monolithic zirconia crown. Group function, adequate anterior guidance, and the occlusal plane were determined. Conclusions: After the final restoration, the patient was both esthetically and functionally satisfied, and a night guard splint was delivered to prevent prosthesis fracture. The patient was informed about the potential tooth wear associated with asthma drugs and educated to visit the clinic regularly.

• 비만대사연구학술지
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.6-10
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• 2023

Compensatory changes in energy consumption and neuro-hormonal changes following weight loss make it difficult to maintain the reduced weight and may cause weight regain. Therefore, establishing a long-term weight control plan and strategy starting from the initial weight loss period is necessary. Both the patient and doctor should know that weight loss cannot occur continuously, and that maintaining weight after the weight loss period is the basic course of obesity treatment. No single dietary pattern is effective for weight maintenance, and a variety of dietary control methods - such as calorie restriction and healthy proportions of carbohydrates, proteins, fats, and meal replacements - should be used to target an integrated and healthy dietary habit. An increase in physical activity is needed for weight loss and maintenance; however, rather than recommending an excessive amount of exercise, it is better to set realistic and long-term achievable goals. It is necessary to reset the goal according to the patient's weight maintenance stage and continuously apply behavioral therapies, such as self-monitoring and stress management. In previous studies, since the degree of weight loss and changes in behavioral patterns over the course of one year were important factors in maintaining long-term weight loss, obesity therapists should closely examine patient data and behavioral patterns across a period of one year and actively intervene when needed.

• 한국의사학회지
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.101-118
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• 2022

Maeng Hwa-seop (1915-2002) was born in 1915 in the Pundang neighborhood of Tolma township in Kwangju prefecture. After graduating from Pangyo primary school, he got a job at House of Gold and Jade (Kŭmhodong) in Dangjutong at the age of 17 and started learning Korean medicine. In 1939, he worked as a rural government official in Kwangju prefecture and became famous as a good doctor. In 1957, he got a license in Korean medicine and in 1958, he opened the Maeng Hwa-seop Korean medicine clinic in Anam-dong 5-ga. He started a clinical lecture, which began in 1970 for Professor Maeng Woong-jae, continued until 2001 and trained many students. Maeng died in May 2002 at the age of 88. He left clinical records as an outstanding clinician. He was not only famous among Korean medical doctors, but also a great scholar who was widely respected for his noble personality. His book, Guide to Medical Prescriptions (Pangyak chich'im 1976), is a clinical textbook and history book representing Korean medicine in the 20th century, and is still widely used in medical contexts.

• 한국학교보건학회지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.305-319
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• 1999

The objective of this study were to evaluate the relation between post-examination management states of dental caries in elementary school students and a mother's dental health beliefs. We systematically chose 10 elementary school in urban and rural areas of Chungnam Province and determined the first class students of 5 and 6 grade in each school as study subjects. Among 837 participants, 669 students were diagnosed with dental caries after a 1998 periodic dental health examination was answered completely and analysed. The contents of the questionnaire for students were general characteristics, dental health behaviors, notification factors, treatment factors. Their mothers were surveyed by another questionnaire. The contents of the questionnaire for mothers were also general characteristics, dental health behaviors, and dental health beliefs. The result of this study were as follows 1. The prevalence of dental caries was 65.0% and there was no significant difference between urban and rural areas. 2. Meanwhile, 63.8% of students in urban areas knew the examination result through a doctor's explanation, 52.4% of students in rural areas learned through a school notification letter, 82.9% of all the students let their parents know of their dental caries. 3. Among the dental caries group, 36.3% of the students were treated as for treatment, most students in urban areas visited a dental clinic, but those in rural areas visited the dental dept of a public health center as for the treatment time, 35.9% of the students were treated immediately after the examination. 4. 44.9% of those treated answered that they felt they needed treatment; 67.2% of those not treated answered that they considered the treatment as a bother and unnecessary due to no pain. 5. Overall, the scores in the dental health beliefs in mothers were low. Especially among the 5 items of susceptibility and seriousness, the scored were very low but the benefit was high. Logistic regression analysis showed that the treatment of a child's dental caries was significantly associated with low scores of benefit in those untreated and high scores among those treated. Considering these results, health education to stimalate a mother's susceptibility and seriousness in health beliefs and for students to learn the need for treatment, including a more detailed post exam management system at the school level should be considered for a higher treatment rate.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.153-162
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• 2003

Objective : This study was conducted in order to investigate professional job perception, job stress and job satisfaction in doctors. Method : The authors conducted a survey using a self-administered questionnaire, conducted between August and September,2001. The study subjects were 457 doctors practicing at local clinics in Daegu City. Results : For the professionalism scale, the score for 'sense of calling to field' and 'feeling of autonomy' were relatively high, Age, working hours per day, and perception of socioeconomic status significantly influenced the professionalism scale scores (p<0.01). For the job stress scale, the scores for 'clinical responsibility/decision' factor were the highest of all the surveyed factors. Working hours per day significantly influenced the job stress scores (p<0.01). To investigate the overall relationship between the variables, the authors conducted a linear structural equation model analysis. The equation was statistically appropriate and a good fit. The job stress, and the professionalism factors, respectively influenced job satisfaction negatively and positively (T>2.0). The working hours per day and status perception also influenced their job satisfaction (T>2.0). Conclusion : To promote the iob satisfaction of doctors, the development of coping tools and other intervention methods are needed to increase doctor's professional job perception and reduce their job stress. Further studies are required to understand the characteristics of job satisfaction and for its promotion with doctors.

• 한방재활의학과학회지
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.149-160
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• 2023

Objectives This study is for reporting current status and strategies of thread embedding acupuncture (TEA) in temporomandibular joint disorder (TMD) using web-based survey. Methods Survey was conducted online via E-mail among Korean medicine doctors registered with the Association of Korean Medicine. The questionnaire is developed by Korean medicine doctor in Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong. The survey consisted mainly of multiple-choice questions on the current status and strategies of TEA for TMD. Results Total of 427 doctors responded. TEA was mostly used for 'Cosmetic purpose and others' with 287 respondents (67.2%), and 102 respondents (23.9%) having experience with TEA for TMD. The most common purpose for TEA for TMD was 'Improving muscle contraction and tension' with 290 respondents (67.9%). The average interval was reported 2.12 weeks, and the most common response for the number of treatments was five sessions with 127 respondents (29.7%). The most common criterion for determining the treatment site was based on anatomical structure, accounting for 92.7%. The most effective anatomical structure was the 'Masseter muscle' with 83.1%, followed by the 'Temporal muscle' with 51.8%. TEA direction for TMD was dominant in 'affected side' for all muscles. Conclusions Through a survey, we can investigate clinical usage of TEA for TMD. This study can be helpful in creating standardized criteria for TEA on TMD in the future.

• 전자공학회논문지SC
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• 제43권3호
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• pp.78-84
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• 2006

구순열 비변형 환자의 상태, 수술결과 등을 객관적으로 평가할 수 있는 방법의 개발은 구순열의 수술의 술기 등의 평가 및 발전에 많은 도움을 줄 수 있을 것으로 생각되나 아직은 미진하다. 이에 본 논문은 구순열 환자의 사진을 이용해 다음과 같은 요인들을 분석하여 구순열 비변형 정도를 정량적으로 평가하고자 하였다. (1) 비공의 각도 (2) 비공의 중심점 및 중심점사이의 거리 (3) 중첩된 비공의 면적 (4) 비공의 중첩된 면적의 비 등을 각각 비교하였다. 먼저, 8개의 분석요인을 이용하여 임상의 평가점수에 대한 회귀분석을 통하여 회귀식을 획득하였다. 구순열 환자의 수술 경험이 많은 성형외과 의사 세 사람이 상기 대상 환자의 수술 후의 결과를 100 점 만점과 10점 간격으로 판정하였다. 세 명의 성형외과 의사와 개발된 프로그램을 이용한 세 명의 일반인으로부터 얻어진 평가점수의 재현성은 각각 $10.8{\pm}4.6%,\;7.4{\pm}1.8%$로 개발된 프로그램을 이용한 분석이 더 높은 재현성을 보였다. 일치도를 나타내는 kappa 통계량은 세 명의 성형외과 의사에서는 0.43, 세 명의 일반인에서는 0.83으로 프로그램을 이용한 일반인의 일치도가 훨씬 더 높게 나타났다. 회귀분석을 통한 평가와 임상의의 평가점수에서의 상관관계는 0.642이었으며, 신경회로망을 통한 평가와 임상의의 평가점수에서의 상관관계는 0.798로 신경회로망을 통한 분석이 임상의의 평가점수와 상관관계가 더 높은 것으로 나타났다. 결론적으로, 개발된 신경회로망 모델은 의사의 주관적인 평가보다 더 높은 재현성, 일치도, 상관관계를 보여주며 이는 임상의에서 구순열 비변형의 정도를 객관적이고 손쉽게 적용할 수 있을 것이라 사료된다.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.663-677
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• 1995

Special health examination institute has done periodic health examination for workers who have worked in the hazardous workplace. However, assessment on outcome in special health examination institute about detection ability of occupational disease has not been. In this circumstances, we studied on the differences of health examination outcome among special health examination institutes and identified related factors which affected outcome of special health examination in the special health examination institutes. The summary of the results were as follows. 1. 50 special health examination institutes were examined in this study. Among them, university institutes were 13 cases(26.0%), hospitals were 20 cases(40.0%), a corporation aggregates were 9 cases(18.0%) and an auxiliary organs of company were 8 cases(16.0%). There were 29(58.0%) institutes with a preventive medicine specialist, but 21 institutes(42.0%) were not. 2. Total workers examined in 50 institutes were 606,948 and workers diagnosed as occupational disease$(D_1)$ were 3,156. The rate of occupational disease was 6 workers per 1,000 examined workers. Workers needed for close observation(C) were 95,809 and the rate of workers needed for close observation was 141 per 1,000 examined workers. 3. The rate of occupational disease of university institutes was highest(11.3 per 1,000 examined workers), and followed by hospitals(6.0 per 1,000 examined workers), a corporation aggregates(4.2 per 1,000 examined workers), and an auxiliary organs of company(1.2 per 1,000 examined workers). The difference of the rate of occupational disease between university institutes and an auxiliary organs of company was statistically moderate significant(p<.1). The rate of occupational disease in special health examination institutes with establishment duration was more than 10 years was statistically higher than institutes with establishment duration was less than 10 years(p<.1). 4. The results of multiple regression, $R^2$ was 0.3394(adjusted $R^2$ was 0.2109), F-value was 2.6416(p<.05), and statistically significant variables were establishment duration(p<.01), number of examined workers per one doctor(p<.1), and auxiliary organs of company(p<.1), which dependent variable was the rate of occupational disease and independent variables were number of examined workers per one doctor, classification of institute, the rate of working environment exceeding TLV, duration of institute establishment, presence of a preventive medicine specialist.