• 성인간호학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.74-82
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• 2013

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the fall risk factors and to evaluate the effectiveness of the Morse Fall Scale(MFS) as an assessment tool among hospitalized inpatients. Methods: The medical records of a total of 294 patients who admitted to hospital from January 1 to December 31, 2010 were reviewed. One hundred forth seven patients who had experienced fall were matched with 147 patients who have never experienced fall. The fall information was obtained from electronic medical records and fall reports. Results: There were significant differences in visual disturbances, pain, emotional disturbances, sleep disorder, urination problems and elimination disorder at admission between fallers and non-fallers. Patients who had higher MFS scores at admission were more likely to fall as compared to the patients with lower MFS scores. When falls did occur, these occurred within five days following admission, in the patient room, among patients with alert mental status, and among patients who were ambulant with some assistance. Conclusion: The findings of this study support the need of using risk assessment tool for predicting risk for falls. This finding can be used as a useful resource to develop nursing intervention strategies for fall prevention at the hospital.

• Korean Journal of Acupuncture
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.1-11
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• 2010

Objectives : The aim of the study is to explain the general guidelines of the WHO standard acupuncture point locations (APLs). Understanding the general guidelines will enable experts to make the clear use of the standard APL for education, research and practice. Methods : In the beginning of development of the standard APL, experts made general guidelines to draw mutual agreements of the three nations (Korea, China, and Japan) on the standard APL. The guidelines include point locating methods, syntax of descriptive sentences, landmarks on body surface, reference acupuncture points, usage of anatomical terminology, and proportional bone measurements. Results : We found that there are some considerable problems in practical use of the APLs due to the strict application of anatomical terms, even on accessory phrases such as region of body in the sentence of each description. Conclusions : We hope that the study helps readers expand the understanding of the newly developed standard APLs resulting from increased application of acupuncture points. Also, it would be a reference to revise the WHO standard APLs in the future.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제48권4호
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• pp.564-568
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• 2020

Although studies on Hepatitis A virus (HAV) were crucial in the establishment of the HAV infection prevention programs, no systematic investigation into HAV has been conducted since 1999. We retrospectively analyzed the data between January 2010 to December 2018 from all the patients who underwent HAV antibody tests at the Dankook University Hospital Health Care Center. Data were collected from 56,204 individuals. Overall, 34,834 (62.0%) individuals from this cohort were positive for HAV antibodies and the annual rate of anti-HAV antibody positivity was highest in 2010 (68.5%) and lowest in 2013 (54.8%). The average decline in the antibody positivity rate was 0.62% per year, showing a statistically significant difference (p < 0.001). In the over 40s age group, anti-HAV antibody positivity rates decreased from 89% in 2010 to 64% in 2018 (p < 0.001), with an annual decrease of 3.1%. In the over 30s age group, it decreased from 48.2% in 2010 to 34.7% in 2018 (p < 0.001), with an annual decrease of 1.82%. This study shows that the antibody positivity rate is decreasing across age groups but given that HAV infection poses more significant risks in older patients it is important to expand the evaluations of the current and future antibody positivity rates for HAV in various age groups.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제14권8호
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• pp.3832-3842
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• 2013

본 연구는 한국에 이주한 노동자들이 문화적응 과정에서 경험하는 스트레스를 파악하기 위해 실시되었다. 123명의 연구대상자들에 대한 자료는 2010년 1월부터 5월까지 수집되었으며 SPSS WIN 18.0을 활용하여 대상자의 일반적 특성과 문화적응 스트레스를 비교하였다. 연구결과 대상자들은 문화적응 스트레스의 7개 하위영역 중 향수병과 차별감에 대한 스트레스를 가장 많이 경험하였으며, 고졸 졸업자가 중졸이하보다, 모국 공동체를 가지고 있지 않은 경우가 있는 경우보다 문화적응 스트레스를 더 느끼는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 대상자들의 일반적 특성에 따른 문화적응 스트레스 하위영역별 차이 중, 차별감, 향수병, 문화충격, 모국 공동체가 없는 경우 및 공공장소에서의 부당대우를 경험한 경우가 그렇지 않은 경우보다 스트레스를 더 많이 느끼는 것으로 나타났다. 배우자와 동거하지 않는 경우가 동거하는 경우보다 향수병을 더 느끼며, 남자가 여자보다, 고졸이 중졸이하 보다, 배우자와 동거하지 않는 경우가 그렇지 않은 경우보다 죄책감을 더 느끼는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구결과를 토대로 이주노동자들이 한국사회에 건전하게 적응하기 위한 향후 연구가 활발히 이루어지길 기대한다.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.21-29
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• 2013

Objectives : The purpose of this study was to examine the participation attitude of students toward pre-clinical practicums, their satisfaction with the practicums and related stress, and to investigate the influential factors for their participation attitude to practicums. Methods : The subjects in this study were three different groups of students who took pre-clinical practicums at different times. One group of students who entered college in 2008 took a practicum in December, 2009, and another group of students who entered college in 2009 took a practicum in June, 2010. The third group of students who entered college in 2010 took a practicum in June, 2011. Results : 1. As for participation attitude, the students who completed a practicum before they underwent field training in the second semester of their sophomore year got a higher mark of 3.44(p<0.05). 2 Concerning the operation of practicum, they felt a lot of stress when they took a practicum before they underwent field training in the first semester of their sophomore year and when they had no dental experience(p<0.001). 3. Regarding satisfaction with practicum, they scored higher when they took a practicum before they underwent field training in the second semester of their sophomore year(p<0.05). And the students who were more gratified with dental experience expressed better satisfaction(p<0.001). 4. As to the influential factors for the participation attitude of the students, those who were more satisfied with the content of practicum, the operation of practicum and evaluation took a more positive participation attitude(p<0.001). More stress about the operation of practicum and more stress about evaluation exerted a greater negative influence on participation attitude(p<0.05). Conclusions : Given the findings of the study, a pre-clinical practicum should be offered before field training is provided in the second semester of the sophomore year in order to ensure the efficiency of education, and a wide variety of information should be offered so that students could gain dental experience before they take a practicum.

• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.5-11
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• 2010

골다공성 폐경 후 여성에서 단일 에너지를 이용한 정량적 전산화 단층촬영술로 골무기질 함량을 측정하여 건강한 여성과 비교분석하였다. 1군은 건강한 폐경전 여성, 2군은 폐경후 건강한 여성, 3군은 골다공증성 폐경후 여성으로 나눈 환자들에게 QCT를 이용하여 측정된 골밀도가 각 군간에 차이가 있는지 알아보고 각 군내 혹은 다른 군간에 척추 부위에 따른 영향이 있는지를 부위별로 비교분석하였고, 골무기질 함량의 측정은 타원형의 region of interest를 이용하여 T12-L4에서 척추의 해면질 부위에서 측정하였다. 연령이 증가함에 따라 골밀도는 감소하였고 건강한 군과 비교하여 골다공증 환자군에서 유의하게 낮은 골밀도를 관할 할 수 있었다. 건강한 폐경전 여성군을 제외한 모든군에서 T12에서 L4로 갈수록 골밀도가 감소하였다. 통계학적으로 모든 척추체에서 골밀도로 1, 2, 3군간 서로를 구분할 수 있으나 2군과 3군은 골밀도로는 서로간의 구분할 수 없는 것으로 분석되었다.

• Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.69-75
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• 2010

Hospice is defined by the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO, USA) and WHO, as a program of care that provides comprehensive medical, nursing and support services to dying patients and their family. Despite its broad definition, however, hospice care in Korea has been focused mostly on terminal cancer patients. Thus hospice eligibility for patients with advanced cancer is relatively easier to predict than those with other fatal chronic illnesses such as heart, lung, renal or liver diseases, and dementia. This makes it more difficult for patients and families to prepare for death and gain full benefits of hospice care. This article introduces the medical guidelines for selected non-cancer patients who are expected to live for only six months, this making it possible for patients, who are nearing the end of life, to avoid unwarranted suffering.

• 아동학회지
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• 제31권5호
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• pp.79-99
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• 2010

This study inquired into the life and experiences of two elder sisters who have different individual and familial risk factors and their younger brothers from the mixed-age preschool class through ethnographic research method using participant observation. The results showed that an elder sister from low-income multi-children family played her role very actively through caring for, learning and playing with younger brother during almost of the play situations. On the other hand, the other elder sister who has experience of depression, showed strong possessiveness and neglect of younger brother. As for psychological aspects of sibling relationship, the elder sisters were suffering psychological stresses resulted from excessive role expectation in family or from self-recognition on elder sister role, respectively.

• 공학교육연구
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.3-6
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• 2010

In this paper, we report a case study of applying puzzle solving as a programming practice. There are many students, who have attended computer programming language courses, have had difficulties in accomplishing the course assignments. It is because just following and citing the programming language course materials is not sufficient for constructing computer programs. Many professional developers have stated that computer programming for small problems is an art of puzzle solving, where developing enterprise-size computer programming projects involves architectural insights which are already dealt in software engineering literatures. Following those backgrounds, we have explored the applicability of puzzle solving in a C++ object oriented programming course and have reported the results. The experimental results show that puzzle solving is effective to the students who are interested in computer programming and have at least beginner-level knowledge and expertise, but it turned out that puzzle solving assignments still does not draw much attention of the students who are not seriously interested in computer programming.

• Journal of Medicine and Life Science
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.172-177
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• 2023

This study assessed risk factors for blood transfusion after Cesarean section in patients with partial placenta previa. We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 149 patients who underwent Cesarean sections for partial placenta previa between January 2010 and October 2021. Clinical characteristics were compared between the two groups: the blood transfusion group (n=22), defined as patients who received a blood transfusion during surgery or within 24 hours after surgery, and the non-blood transfusion group (n=127), which included other patients. Multivariable logistic regression analysis identified two risk factors independently associated with blood transfusion: antenatal hemorrhage (adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 16.283; 95% confidence interval [CI], 4.405-60.190; P<0.001) and preoperative hemoglobin (g/dL) (aOR, 0.427; 95% CI, 0.246-0.739; P=0.002). Thus, patients who are at risk for these two factors should be carefully managed with sufficient preparation for blood transfusion and anesthetic management.