• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.425-430
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• 2013

Objectives : The purpose of this study was to investigate the knowledge of methods to deal with dental trauma in some middle school students. Methods : Among 375 middle school students, a total of 340 filled out the self-administered questionnaire (response rate of 90.7%). The data were analyzed statistically using chi-square analysis. Results : 32.9% of respondents received emergency care education of dental trauma. Knowledge by general information about dental trauma was not so different from the other questions. Tooth storage medium comprised 25.0% and 48.5% in milk and saline, respectively. Conclusions : In order to get the knowledge about emergency treatment of dental trauma in middle school students, it is necessary to develop the professional education program for middle school students.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.609-616
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• 2004

Purpose. The prevalence of urinary incontinence (UI) among community-dwelling older women in Korea is not well known. This study examined the prevalence of UI and UI-related knowledge among community-dwelling Korean women aged 55 and over. Method. A cross-sectional descriptive-correlational study was conducted. Data were collected from 276 women aged 55 and over in a metropolitan city using a structured questionnaire. Result. Of 276 respondents, 28.3% (n=78) reported experiencing UI. More than 50% of respondents incorrectly agreed with the statement that UI is the result of normal aging, with only 20.9% realizing that there is an exercise that can control urine leaks when one coughs, sneezes, or laughs. Older women who had sought treatment had higher mean score for UI-related knowledge. Conclusion. This study revealed substantial misconception about UI among community dwelling older women, demonstrating that comprehensive educational programs need to be developed to increase knowledge of UI.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.69-78
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• 2001

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of nutritional education on the knowledge and the practice & Perception of diet therapy, and on the level of FBG and HBAlc. The subjects were selected among the patients treated in the Inha University Hospital from June of 1996 until April of 1998. Educated group consisted of 20 patients who visited the diet-counseling department as a part of diabetic treatment. Non-educated group consisted of 20 patients who visited the diet-counseling department ignoring doctors prescription purpose. The knowledge and the practice & perception of diet therapy drinking & smoking habits, regular exercise, and general characteristics including family history were analyzed by questionnaires. FBG and HbAlc were measured before and 4 months after the treatment. The results were as follows : Both groups were composed of 12(60%) male and 8(40%) female respectively. The mean age of subjects was 51.4 years in educated group and 51.9 tears in non-educated group. The duration and %IBW were 5.9 years and 109.8 % in educated group and 5.5 years and 111% non-educated group respectively. There were no significant differences in drinking & smoking habits and regular exercise between groups. The diet therapy knowledge score was significantly higher in educated group(p<0.001, 5.8$\pm$2.3/10.0 vs 3.4$\pm$2.0/10.0). The diet therapy practice & perception score was also significantly higher in educated group(p<0.001, 5.6$\pm$2.3/10.0 vs 2.8$\pm$2.2/10.0). Levels of FBG and HbAlc in both group were reduced at 4 month after the treatment(-74.2 mg/dl and -1.4% in educated group vs -58.7 mg/dl and -2.0% in non-educated group). However, the reduced amounts of them were not significantly different. Therefore, nutritional education seems to be very important in improving the knowledge and the practice & perception of the diet therapy. However, it appears no direct influence in reducing FBG and HbAlc levels. Further studies on diabetic management by using more efficient, consecutive and intensive nutritional education methods are needed. (Korean J Nutrition 34(1):69-78, 2001)

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.145-152
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• 2015

Barriers to health seeking constitute a challenging issue in the treatment of breast cancer. The current meta-synthesis aimed to explore common barriers to health seeking among Malaysian breast cancer patients. From the systematic search, nine studies were found meeting the inclusion criteria. Data extraction revealed that health behavior towards breast cancer among Malaysia women was influenced by knowledge, psychological, sociocultural and medical system factors. In terms of knowledge, most of the Malaysian patients were observed to have cursory information and the reliance on the information provided by media was limiting. Among psychological factors, stress and sense of denial were some of the common factors leading to delay in treatment seeking. Family member's advice, cultural beliefs towards traditional care were some of the common sociocultural factors hindering immediate access to advanced medical diagnosis and care. Lastly, the delay in referral was one of the most common health system-related problems highlighted in most of the studies. In conclusion, there is an immediate need to improve the knowledge and understanding of Malaysian women towards breast cancer. Mass media should liaise with the cancer specialists to disseminate accurate and up-to-date information for the readers and audience, helping in modification of cultural beliefs that hinder timing health seeking. However, such intervention will not improve or rectify the health system related barriers to treatment seeking. Therefore, there is an immediate need for resource adjustment and training programs among health professional to improve their competency and professionalism required to develop an efficient health system.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.45-56
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• 2009

The purposes of this study were to investigate the relationships between the degree of physical pain and the knowledge and preventive actions of musculoskeletal diseases among dental hygiene students with a potential risk of contracting those diseases and thus to help them prevent them. A survey was taken among 207 sophomores and juniors specializing in dental hygiene at S1 and S2, Gyeonggi Province in the area of physical pain, knowledge of musculoskeletal diseases, and preventive actions against them. The findings were as follows: 1. The mean scores of the sophomore in the knowledge of musculoskeletal diseases were $6.20{\pm}2.21$, and those of the juniors were $6.72{\pm}2.29$. The mean scores of the sophomores and juniors in the preventive actions against musculoskeletal diseases were $22.50{\pm}2.37$ and $22.29{\pm}3.01$, respectively. 2. The subjects displayed severe physical pain in the lower back, shoulder, and neck in the descending order and medium physical pain in the neck, shoulder, and lower back in the descending order. 3. The higher level knowledge of musculoskeletal diseases they had, the less physical pain they felt. And there were significant differences among the shoulder, lower back, hip, ankle, and foot. 4. There were relationships between physical pain and the preventive actions against musculoskeletal diseases in "placing the hands at the height of the elbows during treatment", "reducing such positions as bending and extending during treatment", "narrowing the distance with the patient", "taking regular breaks during treatment for recovery", "trying not to incline the neck, back, arm, and wrist as much as possible", and "trying to keep the torso in the neutral position." 5. As for the education about musculoskeletal diseases, 74 sophomores(88.10%) and 102 juniors(89.74%) answered they received no such education. The results suggest that there should be some instructions to help dental hygiene students practice the preventive actions against musculoskeletal diseases and further prevention programs against those diseases.

• 한국학교ㆍ지역보건교육학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.97-105
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• 2017

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to investigate the knowledge, confidence and coping ability about emergency treatment, and the impact of right knowledge and confidence in practice on coping ability in part of dental hygienists. In addition, we suggest emergency treatment knowledge for develop substantive education program applicable to clinical as required data. Methods: This subjects were 259 dental hygienists working in dental setting Seoul, Gyeonggi-do from June 5 to July 20, 2016. We analyzed the data with frequency analysis, descriptive statistics, t-test, one-way ANOVA, pearson correlation coefficient, regression analysis by using SPSS. Results: Emergencies experienced by a dental hygienist in dental practice were fainting, local anesthetic allergies, and seizures. As a result of comparing the first aid knowledge, self-confidence, coping ability according to general characteristics of the study subjects, university graduation was higher than college and 3~5 years of working experience showed higher self confidence(F=3.837, p=0.023). The performance of self confidence and coping ability according to the characteristics of first aid showed high results in first aid training and dental hygienist having CPR license. Based on multiple regression analysis, confidence about emergency treatment is the biggest impact on coping ability(p<0.05). Conclusions: Dental hygienists need to develop and provide programs that can improve the ability of dental hygienists to respond appropriately and promptly in case of emergencies by recognizing the importance of first aid through conservative education.

• 치위생과학회지
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.345-351
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• 2009

본 연구는 당뇨병 환자들의 구강건강지식 정도 및 구강관리실태와의 관련성을 파악하여 구강건강에 대한 교육의 필요성 도출과 구강건강교육 프로그램을 개발하는데 필요한 기초 자료로 활용하고자 당뇨병 환자 121명을 대상으로 설문 조사한 자료를 통하여 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 1. 일반적 특성에 따른 구강건강 지식정도는 여자가 남자보다 높았고, 연령별로는 20개 이하와 50대 이상인 집단에서 구강건강 지식이 높았으며, 당뇨 유병기간이 길수록 지식정도가 높은 것으로 조사되었다. 2. 구강관리실태 중 잇솔질 방법은 전체 연구 대상자의 21.5%만이 회전법이라 답하였으며, 구강건강 지식정도가 상인 경우 당뇨 진단 후 치과치료 경험이 많았으며, 구강질병 상담자는 치과의사가 가장 많은 것으로 나타났다. 3. 연구 대상자가 치과치료를 망설이는 이유로는 모든 집단에서 '치료비용이 비싸서'라고 답하였고, '당뇨와 구강질환이 상관이 없어서'라는 항목의 경우 구강건강 지식정도가 상인 집단에서 가상 높게 나타났다. 4. 구강건강 지식정도와 구강건강교육 여부의 경우 구강건강 교육용 받았었거나, 받고 있는 당뇨병 환자일수록 구강건강 지식정도가 높게 나타났다. 5. 구강건강 지식정도가 중인 집단에서 대부분의 구강관리행위에 높은 점수를 부여하는 것으로 조사되었으나 통계적 유의성을 보이지 않았다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권16호
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• pp.6863-6870
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• 2015

Background: Breast cancer accounted for almost 25% of all cancers in women globally in 2012. Although breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer in India, there is no organised national breast cancer screening programme. Local studies on the burden of breast cancer are essential to develop effective context-specific strategies for an early detection breast cancer programme, considering the cultural and ethnic heterogeneity in India. This study examined the knowledge, attitudes, and practices about breast cancer in rural women in Central India. Materials and Methods: This community-based cross sectional study was conducted in Wardha district, located in Maharashtra state in Central India in 2013. The sample included 1000 women (609 rural, 391 urban) aged 13-50 years, selected as representative from each of the eight development blocks in the district, using stratified cluster sampling. Trained social workers interviewed women and collected demographic and socio-economic data. The instrument also assessed respondents' knowledge about breast cancer and its symptoms, risks, methods of screening, diagnosis and treatment, as well as their attitudes towards breast cancer and selfreported practices of breast cancer screening. Chi-square and t-test were applied to assess differences in the levels of knowledge, attitude, and practice (the outcome variables) between urban and rural respondents. Multivariable linear regression was conducted to analyse the relationship between socio-demographic factors and the outcome variables. Results: While about two-thirds of rural and urban women were aware of breast cancer, less than 7% in rural and urban areas had heard about breast self-examination. Knowledge about breast cancer, its symptoms, risk factors, diagnostic modalities, and treatment was similarly poor in both rural and urban women. Urban women demonstrated more positive attitudes towards breast cancer screening practices than their rural counterparts. Better knowledge of breast cancer symptoms, risk factors, diagnosis, and treatment correlated significantly with older age, higher levels of education, and being office workers or in business. Conclusions: Women in rural Central India have poor knowledge about breast cancer, its symptoms and risk factors. Breast self-examination is hardly practiced, though the willingness to learn is high. Positive attitudes towards screening provide an opportunity to promote breast self-examination.

• 사물인터넷융복합논문지
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.45-53
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• 2020

본 연구는 일 종합병원 간호사의 임종기 치료, 연명치료, 사전의료의향서에 대한 지식과 사전의료의향서 작성에 대한 교육요구도의 상관관계를 확인하는데 그 목적이 있다. 연구의 대상자는 서울시 소재 일 종합병원에 근무하는 임상경력 3개월 이상의 간호사 169명이다. 자료수집기간은 2018년 7월 19일부터 7월 26일까지였고, 수집된 자료는 SPSS/WIN 23.0을 이용하여 분석되었다. 간호사의 임종기 치료에 대한 지식은 8.56±1.61점(11점 만점), 연명치료에 대한 지식은 5.11±0.94점(6점 만점), 사전의료의향서에 대한 지식은 8.02±1.33점(9점 만점)이었고, 사전의료의향서 작성에 대한 교육요구도는 4.31±0.58점(5점 만점)이었다. 사전의료의향서 작성에 대한 교육요구도는 연명치료에 대한 지식수준이 높을수록 높았고(r=.182, p=.018), 사전의료의향서에 대한 지식수준이 높을수록 높은 것으로 나타났다(r=.234, p=.002). 본 연구결과는 향후 사전의료의향서 교육프로그램 개발을 위한 기초자료를 제공하는데 그 의의가 있다.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제28권10호
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• pp.1015-1021
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• 1995

This study was conducted to evaluate changes in nutritional knowledge, attitudes, behavior intention and behavior in a sample of 27 insulin dependent diabetic students participating in diabetics' camp. Nutritional knowledge related to diabetes, attitudes toward diabetes treatment and behavior intention about dietary changes were tested before and after nutrition education. Six months after nutrition education, an open ended questionnaire about their actual behavior changes was mailed to all participants and 17 of them responded. Pre-and post-testing showed that nutrition education was effective in significant changes in knowledge and in promoting positive attitudes and behavior intention. Increases of knowledge were consistently the same regardless of sex, level of education, regularity of diet, and duration of disease. Compared to male students, female students showed more positive change in knowledge, attitudes and behavior intention. It also appeared that middle school students showed more positive improvement in knowledge, attitudes and behavior than elementary and high school students. A follow-up test showed that their actual behavior changes were not squared with their behavior intention. They pointed out difficulties in having proper amount of meals and snack and the conflict with school time schedule as the major reason for discordance. These findings suggest that nutrition education for diabetics can be effective to improve their knowledge, attitudes and behavior intention and understanding about barriers to behavior change is important for better compliance to the disease.