• The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
• /
• v.8 no.3
• /
• pp.33-41
• /
• 2022

This study is a qualitative study to identify the educational needs for home-based lung cancer patients receiving chemotherapy. The study participants were 20 patients with home-based lung cancer patients receiving chemotherapy at a university hospital at D city. Data collected through interviews from July 2016 to September 2017 were analyzed using Krippendorff's method. As a result, 3 categories, 9 themes, 19 sub-themes, and 54 meaningful statements were derived. The three categories of educational needs were 'psychological needs', 'knowledge needs', and 'social needs'. Home-based lung cancer patients receiving chemotherapy wanted to support prognosis and stress and receive accurate knowledge of side effects and information on social support systems through education. The results of this study are expected to be used as basic data for the development of educational intervention programs for home-based lung cancer patients receiving chemotherapy in the future.

• Journal of Korean Academy of Rural Health Nursing
• /
• v.17 no.1
• /
• pp.23-33
• /
• 2022

Purpose: This study was conducted to identify the effects of an integrated health improvement program for the elderly based on primary health care posts during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: A single group pretest-posttest design (n=16) was employed to evaluate an integrated health improvement program that took place twice a week for 11 weeks. The program was conducted in a small group of no more than 10 people in compliance with the guidelines to prevent COVID-19 infection. The program consisted of various contents such as making letters using blocks, health education, and talking about one's memories. The data were analyzed using the Wilcoxon signed rank test. Results: Following the program, social support (Z=-3.50, p<.001) and quality of life of the elderly (Z=-3.74, p<.001) were significantly improved among depression, social support and quality of life. Conclusion: The integrated health improvement program based on primary health care posts, considered in this study, was useful to improve the social support and quality of life of the elderly in the community, and needs to be applied to a larger number of elderly people throughout the community.

• Journal of Convergence for Information Technology
• /
• v.11 no.9
• /
• pp.50-57
• /
• 2021

The purpose of this study was to typology the integrated care needs of communitydwelling elderly, explore the socio-demographic characteristics of each type, and determine their effects on depression. The secondary data analyses using the 2017 National Survey of the elderly were conducted. The research results are as follows: First, as a result of typology patterns of care needs of the elderly based on the number of chronic diseases, ADL/IADL, dwelling satisfaction, social activities, and social support networks, three clusters were derived; 'low care needs group (LCN), 'high social needs group (HSN)' and 'complex care needs group (CCN)'. Second, compared to HSN, CCN was characterized by older, women, low educational level and urban residence. Third, the level of depression in LCN was lower than that of the HSN, and the depression level of CCN was higher. The practical and policy implications of the results were discussed.

• Korean Journal of Adult Nursing
• /
• v.24 no.3
• /
• pp.209-218
• /
• 2012

Purpose: This study is to identify how depression, hope and social support influence to suicidal ideation of renal dialysis patients and the relating factors according to their general characteristics. Methods: This descriptive correlative study was conducted through a organized and structured self-administrated questionnaire and 120 sampled renal dialysis patients. Collected data was analyzed by t-tests, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis using SPSS/WIN 18.0. Results: Findings revealed that; 1) The degrees of suicidal ideation were significantly different among groups according to the marital status (F=3.37, p=.021), drinking (F=4.97, p=.008) and smoking history (F=4.77, p=.010), 2) Pearson's correlation coefficient revealed a significant association among the suicidal ideation, hope, depression and social support, 3) Multiple regression analysis showed depression (${\beta}$=.58, t=7.77, p<.001), social support (${\beta}$=-.21, t=-2.69, p=.008) and alcohol drinking (${\beta}$=.17, t=2.61, p=.010) were related to factors. They accounted 54% of the suicidal ideation of the subjects. Conclusion: Based on the findings of this study, health professionals should provide renal dialysis patients with proper management of suicidal ideation as well as its relating factors, hope, depression and social support. Especially, it needs to implement suicidal ideation management and self-help group program to renal dialysis patients.

• Journal of Korean Public Health Nursing
• /
• v.35 no.2
• /
• pp.224-238
• /
• 2021

Purpose: This study aimed to identify factors associated with the self-rated health of married immigrant women in South Korea. Methods: Data, collected in August 2018, were derived from the 2018 National Multicultural Family Survey. Study subjects were 9,230 married immigrant women. Data were analyzed using logistic regression. Results: Of the study subjects, 23.2% rated their health as poor. Results showed that individual factors (age, ethnic affiliation, duration in South Korea, and depressive symptoms); social and community networks (relationship with spouse, parenting efficacy, Korean proficiency, perceived discrimination, social support, and social activities); and living and working conditions (life satisfaction and unmet heath needs) were associated with health. Married immigrant women in their 50s or older, living in Korea for more than 15 years, experiencing depressive symptoms, low life satisfaction, and having unmet health needs were especially at high risk of poor health. Conclusion: More detailed health policy that considers age, length of stay, and country of origin. To prevent the rapidly deteriorating health of married immigrant women after middle age, mental health support should be given priority, and systematic improvement is needed to increase accessibility healthcare services.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
• /
• v.56 no.2
• /
• pp.57-82
• /
• 2022

Today, despite the increase in professional knowledge-related information needs of citizens, the expansion of citizen participatory research in academia, and the provision of information services for the professional knowledge, there are still difficulties in access to scholarly information resources by laypeople. Focusing on this problem, this study investigates laypeople's scholarly information needs and behaviors through a questionnaire survey. By examining the search and use behaviors of scholarly information resources, and the perception of the need to support the utilization of them, this study analyzes the degree and pattern of social sharing of scholarly information resources beyond the scholarly community. This study is significant in that it expands the range of users in traditional scholarly communication and emphasizes the need to support them to access and use scholarly information resources.

• Journal of Distribution Science
• /
• v.14 no.10
• /
• pp.39-45
• /
• 2016

Purpose - This paper explores a new possibility of care ethics for social service. As the needs for care have been growing rapidly in various social fields, 'care' became an important concept in envisioning a welfare state. However, due to the lack of proper ethics and political stance applied to the newly arisen needs and challenges, there exist lots of confusions and difficulties. Research design, data, and methodology - Introducing the feminist ethics of care, this paper examines the relationship of care and justice in social service. As a main research perspective, this study has focused on Kittay's public ethics of care and Tronto's political ethics of care. Results - Drawing on the main research perspective, this study discusses on the necessity of a political conceptualization for an integrative care ethics. In the process, The specialty and professionality of care work as a relational labor was reconsidered. Kittay's care ethics provides a persuasive justification for social support for care workers as well as care receivers, and Tronto's ethics shows us the role of care politics for democratic citizenship. Conclusions - Tronto's ethics of care with Kittay's gives us valuable insights to envision a new public ethics for social service that takes into account both care and justice properly.

• 한국사회정책
• /
• v.20 no.2
• /
• pp.97-129
• /
• 2013

This study aims to investigate causes of the emergence of so-called 'family-care workers' in the Long-term Care Insurance system in Korea. The LTCI system introduced in 2008 financially support the utilization of formal care services for the eligible elderly with care needs by paying for services of their care workers. Interestingly, 38.4 percent of payments for the in-home services were claimed by family members registered as qualified long-term care workers in 2012. We interviewed ten family care workers in depth and analyzed the needs of the aged and their families to explain the emergence of family care workers. The emergence of family-care workers is an inevitable result of choice by family members who face a dual burden of living and caring; be the additional choice following discharge the duty to support the elderly; be the alternative choice to fulfill unaccepted needs for services. These results suggest the needs for a comprehensive public provision of both income and social service support for the aged and an introduction of financial support for family care complementing the formal care support in the LTCI in Korea.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
• /
• v.12 no.12
• /
• pp.477-484
• /
• 2014

This study was examined relation to comprehensive needs and the quality of life in cancer patient. The Study period was 15 to 24 October 2012. The participants were 100 cancer patients more than 20 years old with cancer. Information and educational requirements are the highest need, and social support is the lowest one in patients with cancer. The longer survival time after diagnosis of cancer was, the higher social support requirements were needed. The Information and education requirement about healthy life showed higher in a family history of cancer. The cancer patients with stage IV ask higher service requirement significantly. and showed that physical and psychological requirements were getting higher, the quality of life became lower. As a result of this study, Physical and Psychological requirements were the most significant factors that affect the quality of life in cancer patients. Therefore, it is necessary to develop the physical and psychological supporting system and to provide appropriate Intervention for them.

• Research in Community and Public Health Nursing
• /
• v.32 no.4
• /
• pp.540-554
• /
• 2021

Purpose: Most of the currently used concepts and measurements of social support have been relevant for general population. The main purpose of this study is to conduct the concept analysis of perceived social support(PSS) of family caregivers for people with dementia. Methods: This study adopted the Walker and Avant concept analysis methodology. Results: Findings from this concept analysis suggested four defining attributes of PSS of family caregivers for people with dementia: 1) PSS is help or assistance that family caregivers perceive as available when needed; 2) PSS is offered through socio-ecological structure; 3) PSS has a specific function to meet the needs of family caregivers; and 4) PSS includes quality aspects where family caregivers choose, use, or evaluate it. Borrowing from the socio-ecological model, this study proposed the structural aspects of PSS. This study also identified functional aspects of PSS, such as emotional support, informational support, appraisal support, and practical support. Finally, this study assessed quality aspects of PSS, such as satisfaction, timeliness, usefulness, accessibility, and coordination. Conclusion: Focusing on family caregivers for people with dementia, we proposed a new model of PSS. The present study helped refine and clarify the concept of PSS of family caregivers for people with dementia. The results of this study may also contribute to promoting the development of more effective instruments for the concept.