• 대한간호학회지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.45-63
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• 1981

This study was done to determine the relationship between the anxiety levels of hospitalized psychiatric patients and various influencing variables. The purpose of this study was to determine factors that may help hospitalized psychiatric patients to experience lower levels of anxiety in relation to changing situations and provide the basic data for a dynamic approach which is important in the field of modern psychiatric nursing that understands and analyses the meaning of patients behavior. The anxiety may produce stress, which is a common experience among all human beings. Patients may merely feel uncomfortable in the state of mild anxiety, however, the severe state could be an obstacle to treatment and recovery from disease. The anxiety of the psychiatric patient is a factor which greatly influencing the patient's behavior, so his disorderd behavior is an expression of defence or pathologically fixed behavior. According the psychiatric patient's anxiety at the time of admission is the concern of the health team. The nurse's special concern has to do with understanding and supporting the patient and meeting his individual needs by frequent close contact during the entire hospitalization period, compared to other teamembers the nurse's responsibility in this regard is greated. So this study emphasizes the necessity of creating conditions these, but above all the psychiatric nurse should create a therapeutic environment by not only regarding the patient's behavior or symptoms but understanding the meaning of them. The subjects of this study were 57 psychiatric patients selected from the K neuropsychiatric hospital located in Kunsan city. Data were collected twice from the same patients within a 24 hour period after admission and 10 days after admission. (September 18th to November 8th, 1980). The data collected method was through direct interview, and the interview time was 20 minutes for each patient. Data analysis included Item Analysis & Internal Consistency Reliability Tests, Percentages, t-test, analysis of variance and stepwise multiple regression analysis. The findings of this study were as follows. A. Test of Hypothesis a. Hypothesis 1 :“The anxiety level of psychiatric patients within 24 hours after admission will be higher than those of the same patients 10 days after admission,”was accepted. (t = 3. 15 ; p < 0.005) b. Hypothesi 2:“The more the number of admissions the higher the level of anxiety related to two categories”, was accepted. (affective anxiety: F = 5.50, p < 0.005, Somatic anxiety: F = 9.12, p <.

• 기본간호학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.198-205
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• 2003

Purpose: A descriptive study was conducted to identify awareness of information, emotional distress, behavioral distress, and perceived value of information in clients who were scheduled for endoscopic examinations, and to determine correlations between the variables. Method: Participants were 87 clients who were scheduled for endoscopic examinations; gastroscopy, bronchoscopy, and colonoscopy. The questionnaires were collected from September to December, 2002 by a trained nurse. Self reports, interviews, and observations were used. Data were analyzed with frequencies, percentages, means, Pearson correlation coefficients, ANOVA, and Scheffe post test using the SPSS/PC 9.0. Result: The score for awareness of information was 17.46, state anxiety was 47.26, emotional distress during exam was 2.90, behavioral distress was 11.18, and perceived value of information was 4.21, Clients aged above 60 showed significantly lower awareness of information than other groups. Clients undergoing broncoscopy reported significantly higher emotional distress during the ekam than subjects for colonoscopy. Clients undergoing gastroscopy showed significantly higher behavioral distress than any of the others. There were no relationships between awareness of information and anxiety, but, a significant positive relationship was found between anxiety and emotional distress during exam, between emotional distress and behavioral distress, and between awareness of information and perceived value of information. Conclusion: Awareness of information by the clients through provision of an educational booklet was low, and clients showed moderate level of state anxiety. Research studies are needed to compare providing information with other interventions for comfortable progress of endoscopic examinations. Especially specific strategies should be established for elderly clients to facilitate awareness of information.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제42권3호
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• pp.333-341
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• 2012

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to test whether pre-operative visual information and parental presence had positive effects on anxiety, delirium, and pain in pediatric patients who awoke from general anesthesia in a post-surgical stage. Methods: This study used a non equivalent control-group post test design (n=76). Independent variables were provision of pre-operative visual information and parental presence for post-surgical pediatric patients in PACU (post anesthesia care unit). Dependent variables were anxiety, delirium, and pain in the pediatric patients measured three times at 10 minute intervals after extubation in the PACU. Measurements included Numerical Rating Scale for assessing state anxiety, Pediatric Anesthesia Emergence Delirium Scale by Sikich & Lerman (2004) for delirium, and Objective Pain Scale by Broadman, Rice & Hannallah (1988) for pain. Results: Experimental group showed significantly decreased state anxiety at time points-10, 20, and 30 minutes after extubation. Delirium was significantly lower at 10 minutes and 30 minutes after extubation in the experimental group. Pain was significantly lower at 10 minutes after extubation in the experimental group. Conclusion: The results of this study suggest that this intervention can be a safe pre-operative nursing intervention for post-surgical pediatric patients at PACU.

• 여성건강간호학회지
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.72-81
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• 1997

The purpose of this study was to elucidate the effects of musical listening on anxiety in patients undergoing abdominal hysterectomy. On the basis of the research criterias, 46 patients were recruited from Kang-Nam St. Mary's Hospital in Seoul from October 1 to December 31, 1995. 20 patients of them were participated as the experimental group who received musical listening session with self-selected music tapes, while 26 patients as the control group who didn't receive that session. The musical listening sessions composed of 3 periods, the pre-operation evening, just before sleeping, the operation morning. There were no differences between two groups, in terms of age education, religion, the experience of operation, the perception of uterus, and the weight(%). The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory(STAI) was used to measure anxiety on all patients. And serum cortisol levels, fasting blood sugar levels, systolic and diastolic blood pressure were collected at the day before surgery and the operation day. The results were as follows : 1. There were no significant differences in State-Anxiety between the two groups. 2. The differences of serum cortisol level between the day before surgery and the operative day were significantly lower in experimental group than in control group(P=0.03). 3. The level of fasting blood sugar was significantly decreased in experimental group(P=0.01). 4. Systolic blood pressure level was significantly decreased in experimental group(P=0.02). While Diastolic blood pressure level was not significant between two groups. It is suggested imply that the musical listening during the perioperative period may alleviate the perioperative anxiety levels in patients undergoing abdominal hysterectomy.

• Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.73-79
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• 2018

Objectives: The overuse of the Internet among adolescents has increased dramatically in recent years, leading to pathological or problematic Internet use. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is known to be effective for the treatment of problematic Internet use, particularly for adolescents. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of group CBT for problematic Internet use in adolescents. Methods: A total of 17 patients aged 12-17 years who met Young's diagnostic questionnaire criteria of problematic Internet use participated in a school-based eight-session group CBT program. The level of problematic Internet use among participating students was measured using Young's Internet Addiction Scale (IAS). Depression and anxiety levels were evaluated using the Children's Depression Inventory (CDI) and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), respectively. Each construct was assessed at baseline, immediately after the intervention, and at a one-month follow-up visit. Statistical significance was based on a p-value of <0.05. Results: Immediately after the program, the IAS, CDI, and State Anxiety Inventory (SAI) scores were significantly lower than before the program. At the one-month follow-up assessment, the IAS scores remained low, and the CDI and SAI scores were even lower than immediately after the program. Conclusion: Group CBT was effective for adolescents with problematic Internet use, and was also demonstrated to improve depression and anxiety.

• 대한한방내과학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.641-647
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• 2000

Objective : The purpose of this study was to examine the mood disorder, especially depression and anxiety which have an effect on rehabilitation in stroke patients. Methods : Subjects were 32 stroke patients who were inpatients and outpatients at Woosuk University oriental hospital. The degree of depression and anxiety was measured by the Beck Depression Inventory(BDI) and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory(STAI, State Anxiety Inventory : SAI, Trait Anxiety Inventory: TAI). Other questionnaire included sex, age, onset of stroke, degree of education, econommic class, religion, relationship with family, expectancy on treatment, side of hemiplegia, weakness grade of hemiplegia. Results : Results were as follows. 1. The average scores of SAI, TAI and BDI were 45.7, 46.7 and 19.9. The percentages of patients who had relatively high SAI, TAI and BDI scores were 75%(>36 point), 87.5%(>36 point) and 56.2%(>16 point). 2. SAI was correlated with onset of stroke(p<0.05), religion and relationship with family(p<0.1 ), TAI with religion and BDI with weakness grade of hemiplegia(P

• 임상간호연구
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.11-20
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• 2015

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify effects of video-based information provision on anxiety and education satisfaction of patients with thyroid cancer who are undergoing radioiodine treatment. Methods: This study was a quasi-experimental study with a nonequivalent control group and nonsynchronized design. Data were collected from September 4 to December 31, 2013. Participants in this study were 60 patients (experimental group=30, control group=30) admitted after thyroidectomy. Video-based information developed by the authors was used with the experimental group at admission. The control group was provided with a booklet. State anxiety was measured using the Korean version of Spielberger's State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI). Education satisfaction was measured with Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). Collected data were analyzed using SPSS windows 18.0 programs for Chi square test and t-test. Results: There was no significant difference in status anxiety between the two groups (t=1.05, p=.300). The experimental group had significantly higher level of education satisfaction than the control group (t=3.34, p=.001). Conclusion: Results indicate that providing video-based information is effective in increasing education satisfaction. Therefore, it is recommended that complementing and existing education with video-based information will contribute to enhanced nursing practice.

• Perspectives in Nursing Science
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.42-53
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• 2011

Purpose: This study was conducted to investigate the effects of aroma hand massage on anxiety and sleep in cancer patients during hospitalization. Methods: This study used a pre-post non-synchronized quasi-experimental design. Data were collected from 66 participating patients from July to December 2008. The participants were divided into an aroma massage group (n=25), a hand massage group (n=15), and a control group (n=26). The experimental group received aroma hand massage using 1% diluted lavender aroma oil once per day for 3 days. The massage was given by the researcher following the Korea Aromatherapy Health Professional Association massage protocol In contrast control group A received only a hand massage. The state anxiety, sleep condition, sleep satisfaction levels, and sleep duration were measured before and after the intervention trial. Results: The aroma hand massage group experienced in a significant decrease in their state anxiety (F=7.658 p=.001). Moreover, there was a significant increase in their sleep condition (F=18.047, p=.001), sleep satisfaction (F=30.016, p=.001) and sleep duration (F=23.019, p=.001) compared to the other groups according to one-way ANOVA and Scheffe's multiple comparison test. Also, noted was a significant increase in the sleep condition of the hand massage group as in the aroma hand massage group according to the Scheffe test. Conclusion: The study findings indicates that aroma hand massage decreases anxiety and increases the sleep condition, sleep satisfaction, and sleep duration of cancer patients.

• 동의신경정신과학회지
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.33-48
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• 2022

Objectives: Academic stress poses a significant risk for the mental health of medical students, and a feasible group intervention program for managing academic stress is required. The purpose of this study was to examine the clinical effectiveness of emotional freedom techniques (EFT) on the mental health of Korean medical students. Methods: The class of first-year medical school students (n=36) participated in an after-school EFT group intervention program comprising six sessions (15 minutes/session, three weeks) to analyze its clinical effectiveness as a single-group test-retest clinical study. The changes in the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), Test Anxiety Inventory (TAI), Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS), and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) scores were examined using a paired t-test and Cohen's D at post-EFT and two-week follow-up. Results: There were significant curtailments at post-EFT and follow-up measures in TAI-Total (t=2.704 and t=3.289), TAI-Worry (t=2.297 and t=2.454), TAI-Emotionality (t=2.763 and t=3.654), PSS-Negative Perspective (t=2.659 and t=3.877), and PANAS-Negative Affect (t=2.885 and t=3.259) subscales, however not in PSS-Positive Perspective (t=-1.279 and t=-1.101) and PANAS-Positive Affect (t=0.194 and t=-0.122) subscales. The trait anxiety (t=2.227) was significantly mitigated in the post-EFT measure and the state anxiety (t=2.30) in the follow-up measure. Conclusions: The EFT group intervention alleviated test stress, negative affect, and anxiety in the Korean medical students. This study contributes to an understanding of academic stress and EFT intervention in the competitive environment of medical education.

• 정신신체의학
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.149-158
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• 2003

목 적: 고전적 정신신체질환인 내과 외래의 소화성 궤양과 고혈압 환자를 대상으로 하여 불안, 우울의 정도와 그 심리적인 특성을 관찰하고, 그러한 특성이 내과 치료에 미치는 영향과 정신과 자문 현황 등을 알아 보고자 하였다. 방 법: 1999년 3월에서 4월까지 본원 내과 외래를 방문하였던 소화기계와 심혈관계 환자에게 State Trait Anxiety Inventory(STAI), BDI, SCL-90R과 발병 원인 및 심각성, 약물 순응도, 의사와의 관계에 대한 만족도 등으로 구성된 설문을 시행하였다. 이후 병록지 검토, 전화 인터뷰를 통하여 소화성 궤양 환자 56명, 본태성 고혈압 환자 44명을 선택하였다. 대조군은 1999년 9월 한 달 동안 본원 건강 검진 센터를 방문한 환자 중 설문조사에 응한 153명 중 116명을 선택하였다. 결 과: BDI 우울군은 21점을 기준으로 소화성 궤양 환자 중 39.3%, 본태성 고혈압 27.7%, 대조군 12.1%였다. 상태특성불안척도에서 45점을 기준으로 하였을 때 상태 불안군은 소화성 궤양 환자 중 44.6%, 본태성 고혈압 54.5%, 대조군 18.1%였고, 특성 불안군은 궤양 환자에서 42.9%, 고혈압 환자에서 34.1%, 대조군이 25.8%로 나타났다. 환자들이 인식하고 있는 질환의 심각도와 불편함은 고혈압 환자들이 소화성 궤양보다 높았고, 심각성의 인식 정도는 BDI, STAI와 통계적으로 의미있는 상관관계를 나타냈다. SCL-90R 중 SOM 척도, BDI, STAI 가 높은 환자들은 의사의 설명에 대한 만족도나 약물 순응도가 낮게 나타났다. 소화성 궤양 환자의 48.2%, 본태성 고혈압 환자의 45.7%가 심리적인 요인을 가장 큰 발병 원인으로 생각하였다. 향정신성 약물이 처방된 예는 소화성 궤양에서 16.1%, 본태성 고혈압 환자에서 9.1%였으나 정신과에 자문된 경우는 각 1명씩으로 1.8%, 2.3%에 불과하였다. 결 론: 내과 외래 환자들은 입원환자와 같이 높은 수준의 불안과 우울을 보였으며, 특히 소화성 궤양 환자들은 우울에서, 본태성 고혈압 환자들은 상태 불안이 높았다. 환자들의 심리적인 특성은 약물에 대한 순응 정도와 관련이 있어 치료 결과에 영향을 주는 것으로 여겨졌다. 많은 환자들이 발병 원인으로 심리적인 요인을 들고 있었으나 정신과 자문율은 낮아서, 내과 질환의 심리적인 특성에 따른 정신의학적 접근 방법이 필요하다고 생각되었다.