• 대한구순구개열학회지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.11-22
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• 2010

키르기즈스탄은 옛 실크로드의 한 가운데에 위치한 중앙아시아 국가로서 소련연방이 해체된 뒤 1991년에 독립한 신독립국(Newly Independent States, NIS)의 일원이다. 대한민국과의 공식적인 수교가 1992년에 이루어진 이후 18년이 지났지만 키르기즈스탄 거주 한국인의 숫자는 약 900명에 불과하며 특히 이들 중 대부분은 수도인 비쉬켁(Bishkek)에 살고 있다. 남 키르기즈스탄 제 1의 도시이자 옛 실크로드의 중심지로 유명했던 오쉬(Osh)시에는 2009년 말 기준 약 50여명의 한국인이 살고 있다. 한국얼굴기형환자후원회의 후원으로 구순구개열 자선수술팀은 2002년~2009년까지 11개국, 19회의 자선수술 활동을 다녀왔으나 중앙아시아 국가로의 방문은 키르기즈스탄이 최초였다. 많은 봉사활동국에서 지역적, 문화적 그리고 의료환경적인 어려움이 있었지만 2008년 12월, 2009년 7월 두 번의 키르기즈스탄 오쉬시로의 활동도 예외는 아니었다. 본 논문에서는 최초의 중앙아시아 키르기즈스탄 구순구개열 자선봉사활동에 대한 자세한 보고를, 준비과정에서부터 활동 완료시점까지 서술하고자 한다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권8호
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• pp.3429-3434
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• 2014

Aims: To identify the psychosocial adjustment of Turkish patients with breast cancer and the effects of perceived social support on their adjustment. Materials and Methods: The sample comprised 100 volunteering patients diagnosed with breast cancer in the last six months reporting to the Outpatient Chemotherapy Unit at the Medical Faculty Hospital in northern Turkey. The data for the study were collected through the Descriptive Information Form, the Psychosocial Adjustment to Illness Scale-Self-reflection (PAIS-SR) and the Cancer-Specific Social Support Scale and analyzed via SPSS 16.0 for Windows. Descriptive statistics, Chi square test, ANOVA and correlation were used to evaluate data. Results: There was a negative significant correlation between mean scores in the sub-scales of the social support scale and the ones in the sub-scales of the psychosocial adjustment to illness scale (p<0.05). Similarly, there was a negative significant correlation between confidence support and health care orientation as well as adjustment to social environment. Likewise, emotional support was in a negative significant correlation with health care orientation, adjustment to domestic environment, extended family relationships and adjustment to social environment. Conclusions: It was concluded that social support for patients with breast cancer had an influence on their psychosocial adjustment to illness. Holistic care should be given to breast cancer patients by oncology nurses especially in the first six months of treatment. It could be concluded that patients should be accompanied by their family/relatives in treatment and care following their diagnosis with breast cancer, that their family should be made more aware of the fact that the patient should be physically and psychologically supported, that patients with breast cancer should be provided with domiciliary care, and that they should be encouraged to participate in social support groups.