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의료필요를 고려한 의료이용의 형평성 분석 (Analysis of the Inequalities in Healthcare Service Usage Considering Healthcare Service Needs)

  • 이용재;이현옥;김형익
    • 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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    • 제17권11호
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    • pp.435-445
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    • 2017
  • 본 연구는 단순 의료이용의 차이를 확인하거나 제한적인 의료필요와 의료이용지표를 활용하여 의료이용의 형평성을 연구한 선행연구의 한계를 극복하기 위하여 수행되었다. 구체적으로 의료필요지표로 활동제한여부, 만성질환이환여부와 수, 주관적 건강상태를 활용하였고 의료이용지표로 외래와 입원, 응급이용횟수와 진료비를 활용하였다. 아울러 의료필요를 고려한 의료이용의 형평성을 분석하기 위하여 집중지수와 집중곡선, Le Grand계수를 활용하였다. 주요 분석결과, 첫째 단순한 의료이용 집중정도로 볼 때 저소득층의 의료이용량이 고소득층에 비해서 많은 것이다. 특히, 저소득층 입원이용이 외래나 응급이용에 비해서 크게 많았다. 둘째, 저소득층에게 의료필요가 집중된 것으로 나타났다. 즉, 저소득층의 건강상태가 좋지 않은 것이다. 셋째, 의료필요를 고려한 의료이용의 형평성을 확인하기 위하여 Le Grand계수를 산출하였다. 의료필요를 고려하더라도 고소득층의 의료이용량이 많았다. 즉, 단순한 양적인 의료이용은 저소득층의 이용이 많았지만, 의료필요를 고려한 의료이용횟수는 고소득층이 많은 것이다. 또한, 전체진료비는 활동제한여부와 만성질환수를 고려했을 때는 고소득층의 의료이용이 많았으며 주관적 건강상태와 만성질환이환여부를 고려하였을 때는 저소득층의 의료이용이 많았다. 따라서 대체로 저소득층이 건강상태에 비해 의료이용을 충분히 하지 못하는 것을 알 수 있었다. 한편, 저소득층의 주관적 건강상태와 만성질환이환여부 관련 의료필요에 비해 의료비지출이 많았는데 이는 저소득층이 스스로의 건강상태와 만성질환이환에 대한 인식을 소극적으로 함으로써 의료필요가 과소평가된 것이 원인으로 사료된다.

응급전문간호사의 교육과정안 개발 (Development of Curriculum for the Emergency Clinical Nurse Specialist)

  • 김광주;이향련;김귀분
    • 대한간호학회지
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    • 제26권1호
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    • pp.194-222
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    • 1996
  • Various accidents and injuries are currently occurring in Korea at increasingly high rates. Good quality emergency care service is urgently needed to cope with these various forms of accidents and injuries. In order to develop a sound emergency care system, there need to be a plan to educate and train professionals specifically in emergency care. One solution for the on going problem would be to educate and train emergency clinical nurse specialists. This study on a strategy for curriculum development for emergency clinical nurse specialist was based on the following five content areas, developed from literature related to the curriculum of emergency nursing and emergency care situation : 1. Nurses working in the emergency rooms of three university hospitals were analyzed for six days to identify categories of nursing activities. 2. Two hundreds and eleven nurses working in the emergency rooms of 12 university hospitals were surveyed to identify needs for educational content that should be included in a curriculum for the clinical nurse specialist. 3. Examination of the environment in which emergency management was provided. 4. Identification of characteristics of patients in the emergency room. 5. The role of emergency clinical nurse specialist was identified through literature, recent data, and research materials. The following curriculum was formulated using the above mentioned process. 1. The philosophy of education for emergency clinical nurse specialist was established through a realistic philosophical framework. In this frame, client, environment, health, nursing, and learning have been defined. 2. The purpose of education is framed on individual development, social structure, nursing process and responsibility along with the role and function of the emergency clinical nurse specialist. 3. The central theme was based on human, environment, health and nursing. 4. The elements of structure in the curriculum content were divided to include two major threads, I, e., vertical and horizontal : The vertical thread to consist of the client, life cycle, education, research, leadership and consultation, and the horizontal thread to consist of level of nursing (prevention to rehabilitation), and health to illness based on the health care system developed by Betty Neuman system model. 5. Behavioral objectives for education were structured according to the emergency clinical nurse specialist role and function as a master degree prepared in various emergency settings. 6. The content of the curriculum consisted of three core courses(9 credits), five major courses(15 credits), six elective courses(12 credits) and six prerequisite courses (12 credits). Thus 48 credits are required. Recommendations : 1. To promote tile quality of the emergency care system, the number of emergency professionals, has to be expanded. Further the role and function of the emergency clinical nurse specialist needs to be specified in both the medical law and the Nursing Practice Act. 2. In order to upgrade the qualification of emergency clinical nurse specialists, the course should be given as part of the graduate Program. 3. Certification should be issued through the Korean Nurses Association.

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경부 림프절종대를 주소로 온 Kawasaki병의 임상적 고찰 (Clinical Characteristics of Lymphadenopathy as the Initial Manifestation of Kawasaki Disease)

  • 김주예;김지현;문순정;조병수;차성호
    • Pediatric Infection and Vaccine
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    • 제7권1호
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    • pp.152-158
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    • 2000
  • 목 적 : 초기 증상이 발열과 경부림프절종대인 Kawasaki병 환아와 경부 림프절염의 임상적 특징을 비교 관찰함으로써 Kawasaki병의 조기 진단과 치료에 도움을 주고자 하였다. 방 법 : 초기 진단이 임상적으로 경부 림프절염, 경부 농양, 비정형성 Kawasaki병 의증 등으로 치료받다 후에 임상적 진단 기준에 의해 Kawasaki병으로 최종 진단된 환아와 경부 림프절염 환아의 후향적 의무기록 조사를 하였다. 결 과 : 발열과 경부 림프절염이 주증상인 Kawasaki병은 일반적 Kawasaki병 보다 좀 더 나이든 환아에서 발생하였으며, 전신적 염증을 시사하는 소견이 더 높게 나타났다. 경부 림프절염 환아들과 비교하였을 시도 전신적 염증을 시사하는 소견이 의미있게 높았다. 경부 림프절염 환아는 항생제 치료 후 0~3.5일(평균 1.4일)내에 임상적 호전을 보였으나, Kawasaki병의 환아들은 항생제에 반응하지 않거나 다른 소견들이 나타나 입원 1~5일(평균 2.9일)에 감마 글로부린을 사용하였으며, 감마 글로부린 사용 후 평균 11.7시간 내에 발열이 소실되었다. Kawasaki병에서 심장에 나타나는 변화는 3례(20%)였으며, 림프절종대 유무와 관계가 없었다. 결 론 : 발열과 경부 림프절종대를 주소로 경부 림프절염 진단 하에 항생제 치료를 받는 환아 중 항생제에 반응하지 않는 경우, Kawasaki병의 검사실적 소견을 보일 때 다른 감염성 질환 외에 Kawasaki병을 꼭 고려해야 한다. Kawasaki병의 다른 임상적 소견들이 나타나는지 주의 깊게 관찰하여, 신속한 진단과 치료를 통해 심장 합병증을 방지하도록 해야 한다.

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일개 군지역의 가정간호 요구조사 (A Survey on Home Health Care Needs in Youn-Cheon County in Korea)

  • 한경자;박성애;하양숙;윤순녕;송미순
    • 대한간호학회지
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    • 제24권3호
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    • pp.484-498
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    • 1994
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate the home care needs in a rural county as a basic study to develop a Korean home care model. A stratified cluster sampling method was used to select 1, 352 household which accounted for 8.8% of Youn Cheon County population. A Standard criterias for home care subject were delineated by five nursing professors representing five different areas of nursing specialty. The developed criteria for home care subjects were as below, 1) Patients who had been discharged from hospital during the previous week. 2) Patients with special medical devices 3) Newborns and the mothers. 4) The chronically ill with poor recovery or control of disease. 5) Subjects with poor health care behavior or ability 6) Subjects with poor social support and / or family resources. 7) Subjects with health related educational needs. Three types of questionnaires were developed to screen home care subjects, one for adults, one for infants and one for the elderly. Also different questionnaire items were developed to evaluate the control and self care ability of chronically ill subjects. After training in interview methods for 2 days, 39 interviewers visited individual households for interviews. As the results of the study showed that 14.1% of adult subjects and 76.5% of infants and child were judged as having at least one criterion related to home care need, 15.69% of adults and 53% of elderly had at least one chronic illness. The most prevalent chronic illnesses were hypertension, skeletal-neurological disease and diabetes. The prevalence of subjects with home care needs were, those with poor health care behavior(8.89%), with health-re-lated educational needs(8.71%), with poor recovery or control of disease (3.52%), and with poor social support and inadequate family resources(3.19%). There were only 0.3%, 0.37%, 0.11% who were discharged patients, patients with medical devices, or newborns respectively. Thus, the largest home care client group were those who need direct health care and health education. Seventy five percent of the subjects responded that they were willing to use and pay for home care service if it is offered in the future. It is suggested that recently discharged patients and patients with special medical devices can be cared for by hospital based home care nurses, but other home care clients can be cared for by com-munity based home care nurses.

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만성정신분열병 환자들에서 비정상적 불수의 운동과 혈당, 지질과의 상관관계 (Correlations of Abnormal Involuntary Movements with Blood Glucose, Lipid Levels in Chronic Schizophrenics)

  • 김형섭;김응조;이주호;지성학
    • 생물정신의학
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    • 제11권2호
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    • pp.117-126
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    • 2004
  • Objects:It has been reported that the incidence of tardive dyskinesia(TD), the remarkable abnormal involuntary movement, was higher in the schizophrenics with high blood sugar levels and that TD had been improved by small amount of insulin-injection for 90 days. And also it was generally known that the blood lipids were higher in the schizophrenics with tardive dyskinesia. Thus, we tried to replicate the correlations of abnormal involuntary movements with blood sugar levels and blood lipids in chronic schizophrenics treated with antipsychotics. Methods:Thirty-eight male schizophrenic inpatients who were stable in clinical state with medications, were included. The patients who had been already diagnosed as diabetes mellitus(DM), organic brain disorder, substance- related disorder, physical illness were excluded and also we excluded female patients to remove the hormonal effect on TD. Eleven patients who ranked higher(above five) in the Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale(AIMS) were assigned into 2 groups, a dibenese group and a placebo group. Diabinese or placebos were administrated for 3 weeks with antipsychotics and AIMS was rechecked. Results:There were no correlations between the total AIMS scores and blood sugar and lipids levels in all subjects. The means of total and subscale scores(objective, face, and extremity) of AIMS did not reveal statistical significances between diabinese and placebo groups. However(total, jaw, face, upper arm, and objective feeling), were statistically higher in the diabinese group than those in the placebo group. And correlations of total cholesterol(TC) with fast blood sugar(FBS), weight with body mass index(BMI) and waist, total glycerol (TG) with BMI were statistically significant. Conclusion:In this study, there were statistical significances in the changes in ratings of AIMS scores between the diabinese group and the placebo group. Application of oral hypoglycemic agent might be a way of improving abnormal involuntary movements in schizophrenics with abnormal involuntary movements or TD. Althogugh it was not certain that there were correlations of abnormal involuntary movement with blood sugar and lipids, correlations of TC/TG with AIMS, of FBS with AIMS cautiously suggest that the regular check of $HbA_1C$, waist, and weight are recommended for schizophrenics.

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여성의 건강을 위한 간호전달체계 모형개발 - 조산원 중심으로 - (Model Development of Nursing Care System for Women's Health : Based on Nurse-Midwifery Clinic)

  • 박영숙
    • 여성건강간호학회지
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    • 제5권1호
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    • pp.133-145
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    • 1999
  • The purposesof the study are to analyze the community nursing center in U.S.A and to develop the model of nursing care system based on nurse-midwifery clinic in community for women's health in Korea. 1. In America nursing center is defined as nurse-anchored system of primary care delivery or neighborhood health center. Nursing centers are identified the following four types: (1) community outreach centers, which are similar to traditional public health clinics: (2) institutional-based centers following the mission of a large institution, such as a hospital or university: (3) wellness/health promotion centers, which offer screening, education, counseling, triage, and health maintenance services: and (4) independent practice. Nursing centers are a concept of services provided by nurses in practice arrangements in a community. Nursing centers offer a variety of services, ranging from primary care provided by advanced practice nurses with medical acute management and nursing care to the more traditional education, health promotion, screening wellness and coordination services. Some services, such as the care provided by advanced practice nurses are reimbursed under various insurance plan in some instances and states, where as others, such as preventive and educational services, are not. Thus, lack of reimbursement has threatened the survival of some centers. Licensing of nursing centers varies by state and program and accreditation of nursing centers is also limited. 52% of centers are affiliated with another facility and 48% are freestanding centers. The number of registered nurse at the nursing centers ranges from just one to 115, with a mean of eight RNs peragency and a median of three. Nursing centers avail ability varies: 14% are open 24 hours, 27% have variable short hours, 23% are open 6-7 days per week, and 36% are open Monday- Friday. As the result of my visiting three health centers in Seattle and San Francisco, the women's primary care nurse practitioners focus on a systematic and comprehensive assessment of the health status of women and diagnosis and management of common physical and psychosocial health concerns of women in ambulatory settings. Therapeutic nursing strategies are directed toward self-care, risk reoduction, health surveillance, stress reduction, healthy nutrition, social support, healthy coping, psychological well-being, and pharmacological therapy. They function as primary care providers for the well ness and illness care of women from adolescence through the older adult years and pregnant families. 2. In Korea a nurse-midwife practices independently for pregnant women's health including childbearing family at her own clinic in community. Her services are reimbursed under national health insurance but they are not paid on a fee-for-service schedule covering items. Analyzing the nursing centers in America, I suggest that nurse-midwifery clinics offer primary care for women and home care for chronic ill patients. The health law and health insurance policy should be reovised in order to expand nurse-midwife's and home care nurse's roles at nurse-midwifery clinic.

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Baculovirus에서 발현된 Norwalk Virus 캡시드 항원에 대한 국내인의 혈청학적 반응도 (Seroprevalence of Norwalk-Like Viruses (NLVs) in Seoul: Detection Using Baculovirus-Expressed Norwalk Virus Capsid Antigen)

  • 강신재;남기범;조양자;김경희
    • 대한바이러스학회지
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    • 제27권2호
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    • pp.161-168
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    • 1997
  • The present study was designed to estimate the seroprevalence of NLVs among diarrheagenic children and in healthy adults in Seoul and its vicinity with the use of an EIA and an Western blot (WB) based on recombinant Norwalk virus capsid protein (rNV) and crude virus preparations as antigen. Seroconversion was observed in 34 (83%) of 41 tested using the EIA and in 21 (54%) of 39 using the WB, suggesting that the NLVs with epitopes common to rNV are prevalent in Seoul area. Diarrheal children who were known to have been infected with several other strains of the NLVs showed no significant antibody response to the rNV. Infection with rNV occurred earlier in life: primary infections with rNV were common before the age of 6 months and over 91 % of children had evidence of infection by that age by the EIA. Since the amount of the NLV antigens available for seroepidemiologic surveys is limited, we tried to detect NLV antibody by using crude virus preparations as antigen. One crude virus preparation of a child whose stool yielded genetically distinct NLV revealed the presence of the plural number of bands upon SDS-PAGE, but precipitated only one band (62 kDa) after the WB with a serum (collected 10 days after the onset of symptoms) of another diarrheal child. The WB assay we present in this report revealed that the NLVs are prevalent among Korean population and that the sera contained antibody to a single major structural protein, with molecular sizes of 58 to 62 kDa, compatible with the sizes reported for the Norwalk virus and Snow Mountain agent proteins, respectively. When the results of the WB were compared with those obtained by the EIA, the EIA antibody assay was sensitive enough to detect an antibody rise of as much as 4096-fold but not as specific as the WB. The WB assay presented in this paper will provide a powerful tool to elucidate not only antigenic structures of the NL Vs but also seroepidemiology of the NLV infection. The availability of an unlimited source of antigen will enable a large scale serologic studies that will greatly increase our understanding of the role of NLVs in human enteric illness.

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의료정보를 활용한 허혈성 심장질환의 재원일수에 영향을 미치는 요인 분석 (Factors Influencing the Length of Stay Ischemic Heart Disease Utilizing Medical Information)

  • 박지경
    • 한국산학기술학회논문지
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    • 제18권10호
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    • pp.354-362
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    • 2017
  • 인구 고령화와 서구화된 생활로 인한 허혈성 심장질환이 지속적으로 증가하고 있으며, 우리나라는 OCED 국가 중에서 허혈성 심장질환의 재원일수가 높은 국가에 속한다. 재원일수 증가는 진료비 상승의 주요 원인이므로, 허혈성 심장질환의 재원일수 관리방안 마련이 필요하다. 이에 본 연구는 허혈성 심장질환자의 재원일수에 영향을 미치는 요인을 파악하여 재원 일수 관리에 필요한 기초자료를 제공하고자 시도되었다. 연구대상자는 일개 상급종합병원의 2015년1월1일부터 12월31일까지 순환기내과의 퇴원환자 중에서 주진단명이 허혈성 심장질환인 환자 566명이다. 자료분석은 IBM SPSS ver. 23.0을 이용하여 빈도분석, 교착분석, Fisher's test, One-way ANOVA, $Scheff{\acute{e}}$ test, 더미변수를 이용한 다중회귀분석을 실시하였다. 연구결과는 첫째, 흉통을 주호소로 입원한 환자가 가장 많았다. 둘째, 평균 재원일수는 4.89일이었으며, 허혈성 심장질환 종류별로 재원일수에 차이가 있었다. 셋째, 75세이상, 당뇨병, 호흡곤란 증상이 재원일수를 증가시키는 요인으로 나타났다. 따라서 허혈성 심장질환의 적정 재원일수 관리를 위해서는 당뇨병을 동반한 허혈성 심장질환자의 경우에는 혈당조절을 통해서 질병의 진행을 막는 것이 중요하며, 증상이 나타났을 경우 빠른 시간 내에 의료기관을 방문할 수 있는 체계마련이 필요하다.

한방차가 시설노인의 생리적 기능과 행동변화에 미치는 영향 (The Effects of Oriental Herbal Tea on the Physiological Function and Behavioral Change of Elders at Geriatric Facility)

  • 김수경;이정은;윤미경;고희정
    • 한국산학기술학회논문지
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    • 제15권3호
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    • pp.1448-1457
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    • 2014
  • 평균수명이 연장되면서 노인인구비율 증가와 함께 각종 노인성 질환이 증가하고 있다. 노인성 질환을 대상으로 한약재를 이용한 치료적 접근위주의 연구는 시도되고 있으나, 건강관리 차원에서 예방적 접근방법으로 한방건강 음료로서의 한방차에 대한 연구는 미미한 실정이다. 본 연구는 노인요양시설을 이용하는 노인을 대상으로 한방차의 섭취가 생리적 기능과 행동변화에 미치는 효과를 확인하기 위한 비동등성 대조군 전후 설계의 유사 실험연구이다. 대상자는 실험군 20명, 대조군 18명으로 총 38명이었다. 2013년 5월부터 6월까지 1회 100ml씩, 일 3회, 30일간 본 연구에서 개발한 한방차를 적용하였고, 양자분석기로 생리적 기능을, 구조화된 설문지로 행동변화를 측정하였다. 수집된 자료는 SPSS/WIN 18.0 프로그램을 이용하여 분석하였다. 분석 결과 실험군에서 생리적 기능 중 혈류순환(t=-4.466, p<.001), 간기능(t=-2.855, p=.007), 뇌기능(t=-2.545, p=.015), 골밀도(t=-6.125, p<.001), 혈당(t=-4.180, p=<.001)과 행동변화의 하위지수인 정서적 요인(t=2.389, p=.023)에서 유의한 변화가 나타났다. 따라서 노인의 생리적 기능 향상과 정서적 안정에 긍정적인 효과가 나타난 한방차의 음용은 노인요양시설에서 노인 건강을 위한 효과적인 중재 방법으로 활용될 수 있다고 사료된다.

소양인 형방패독산(荊防敗毒散)의 마우스 T 세포 활성에 대한 실험적 연구 (Effect of Soyangin-Hyeongbangpaedok-san on Anti-CD3 Stimulated Mouse T Cells In Vivo and In Vitro)

  • 김중배;강희;안광석;심범상;김성훈;최승훈;안규석
    • 동의생리병리학회지
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    • 제23권3호
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    • pp.554-561
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    • 2009
  • Soyangin-Hyeongbangpaedok-san(SHBPDS) is a herbal formula used for the common cold or upper respiratory illness. In order to investigate the effect of SHBPDS, mice were orally administered with SHBPDS alcohol extract for 7 days followed by intravenous anti-CD3 injection. In addition, splenocytes and CD4 T cells were cultured with SHBPDS in response to anti-CD3 in vitro and cytokines and transcription factors were evaluated. In vivo treatment with SHBPDS significantly augmented the expressions of the percentage of CD4 T cells and CD 69, an indicator of early T cell activation. Serum levels of IL-4 were significantly increased but those of IFN-${\gamma}$ and IL-2 did not reach statistical significance. The expressions of IFN-${\gamma}$ and T-bet mRNA were significantly downregulated in SHBPDS treated mice while those of IL-4 and C-Maf were significantly upregulated. In vitro stimulation of splenocytes and CD4 T cells by SHBPDS resulted in a reduction in IFN-${\gamma}$ secretion and STAT4 activity. The IL-4 releases from both cells were slightly reduced, but STAT6 activity was rather increased. In conclusion, SHBPDS exerted an inhibition in the expression of IFN-${\gamma}$, T-bet and STAT4 while IL-4, C-Maf and STAT6 were increased. Further studies are required to examine its pharmacological effects using more appropriate animal experiments.