• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.141-150
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• 2014

본 연구는 제2형 당뇨병으로 진단받은 환자 중 의료급여수급권자를 대상으로 12주간 영양교육을 실시하여 저소득층 당뇨병환자들의 영양교육을 통한 식습관 및 혈당개선의 효과를 알아보고자 하였다. 총 45명(남자 25명, 여자 20명)으로 구성되었으며 교육 후 여자에서 공복혈당 및 당화혈색소가 유의하게(P<0.05) 감소하였다. 혈중지질은 남자는 교육후 총콜레스테롤이 유의하게(P<0.05) 감소하였으나 LDL-콜레스테롤과 HDL-콜레스테롤, 중성지방에서는 유의한 변화가 없었다. 여자는 총콜레스테롤과 중성지방이 유의하게 (P<0.05) 감소하였으며 LDL-콜레스테롤과 HDL-콜레스테롤은 유의한 차이가 없었다. 식습관의 총 점수는 남녀 모두에서 교육 후 상승하는 경향을 보였으며, 항목별로는 남녀 모두에서 중정도의 식사 섭취와 식사 외의 간식을 먹지 않는다는 항목에서 유의적인 향상이 있었다. 영양지식의 경우도 남녀 모두에서 총 지식점수의 상승경향을 보였고, 아침결식 후 점심과 식사섭취, 떡과 감자류 등의 탄수화물 조성, 술의 영양가에 대한 항목에서 유의적인 지식 향상이 있었다. 영양소섭취 상태에 있어서 교육 후 탄수화물이 여자에서 유의하게 감소하였으며, 단백질은 두 군 모두 유의하게 상승하였고 지방은 여자에서 유의하게 상승하였다. 비타민은 여자에서 비타민 A, B1이 유의하게 상승하였으며, 무기질은 남자가 교육 후 칼슘, 인, 철분, 나트륨, 칼륨, 아연에서, 여자는 칼슘, 인, 나트륨에서 유의한 변화가 있었다. 에너지 구성 영양소의 비율은 남자는 교육 전 탄수화물 : 단백질 : 지방 : 알코올이 62.4%:12.7%:14.6%:10.1%에서 교육 후 65.1%:14.5%:15.0%:5.6%로 변화되었고, 여자는 탄수화물 : 단백질 : 지방의 비율이 교육 전 70.5%:14.8%:14.6%에서 교육 후 66.4%:16.3%:17.6%로 변화되었다. 본 연구는 저소득층 제2형 당뇨병환자를 대상으로 저소득층 당뇨병환자의 특성을 파악하고, 이들의 식습관 문제점을 도출하여 그것을 토대로 적절한 영양교육을 실시한 결과 혈당, 식습관, 영양지식 및 영양소섭취상태의 개선에 효과가 있었다. 저소득층 당뇨병 환자에게는 경제적으로나 현실적으로 어려움이 많기 때문에 구체적인 대안이 필요하며, 실천 가능한 영양교육이 지속적으로 필요할 것으로 사료된다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권11호
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• pp.6875-6881
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• 2013

Background: Studies evaluating smoking cessation treatment outcomes in cancer patients are scarce, despite smoking cessation importance in cancer care. We sought to add to the literature by evaluating smoking cessation in a challenging group of cancer patients (medium-to-heavy smokers) visiting an out-patient smoking cessation clinic (SCC) in a cancer center in Amman, Jordan. Materials and Methods: Patients smoking >9 cigarettes per day (CPD) and referred to the SCC between June 2009 and May 2012 were studied. Clinic records were reviewed to measure demographic and baseline clinical characteristics, and longitudinal (3-, 6- and 12- month) follow-up by phone/clinic visit was conducted. At each follow-up, patients were asked if they experienced medication side-effects, if they had returned to smoking, and reasons for failing to abstain. Descriptive and multivariable logistic regression analyses were performed. Results: A total of 201 smokers were included in the analysis. The 3-month abstinence was 23.4% and significantly associated with older age, being married, and presenting with lower (${\leq}10ppm$) baseline carbon monoxide (CO) levels. On a multivariable level, lower CO levels, a higher income (relative to the lowest income group), being older, and reporting severe dependence (relative to dependence reported as 'somewhat' or 'not') were significant predictors of higher odds of abstinence at three months. Reasons for failing to quit included not being able to handle withdrawal and seeing no value in quitting. Long-term ARs did not reach 7%. Conclusions: In a sample of Jordanian smokers (>9CPD) with cancer and receiving smoking cessation treatment, ARs were low and further declined with time. Results underscore the need for more aggressive patient management and rigorous follow-up during and after smoking cessation treatment, particularly when this takes place in challenging settings. Observed reasons for failure to abstain should be used to tailor counseling practices.

• Journal of Periodontal and Implant Science
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• 제49권4호
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• pp.248-257
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• 2019

Purpose: The purpose of this retrospective study was to investigate the relationships of types of dental insurance coverage in Korea with sociodemographic characteristics and the prevalence of systemic and oral diseases, as well as to evaluate the socioeconomic impact of Korean dental insurance policies. Methods: Sample cohort data from 2006 to 2015 were obtained from the National Health Insurance Service. Patients were divided into 2 groups. The exposed group comprised patients who received insurance benefits for complete dentures, removable partial dentures, and implant care, while the control group comprised patients who did not receive these benefits. The type of insurance coverage and the prevalence of systemic and oral diseases were compared between the 2 groups. Results: Patients who received benefits in the form of complete dentures, removable partial dentures, and implants had similar sociodemographic characteristics in terms of sex, age, income quintile, and type of insurance coverage to the control group. The prevalence of hypertension, anemia, renal disease, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis, asthma, and cerebral infarction was higher in the exposed group than in the control group (P<0.05). The prevalence of periodontal diseases and dental caries was also higher in the exposed group. Conclusions: Korean dental health insurance policy has been beneficial for the medical expenses of low-income and elderly people suffering from a cost burden due to systemic diseases. However, since there is a tendency to avoid invasive interventions in older patients due to the high risk of systemic diseases, insurance coverage of dentures may be more helpful from a socioeconomic perspective than coverage of dental implant treatments.

• 중환자간호학회지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.1-13
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• 2014

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the difference in reported discharge learning needs between nurses and liver transplantation (LT) patients. Methods: The participants of this study were 40 patients discharged after LT at P University Hospital in Y City and 42 nurses in intensive care units and the ward. The data were collected for two months from December 1, 2012, to January 31, 2013, and were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Student's t-test and analysis of variance (ANOVA). Results: Patients earning a low income (p=.041), having no experience of hospitalization after LT (p=.023), and receiving information about LT from nurses (p=.003) indicated higher discharge learning needs. Among the items evaluated regarding discharge learning needs, "rejection symptoms or signs" were regarded to be more important by nurses than LT patients (p=.038). However, "management of other diseases after LT" (p=.003), "risk of recurrence" (p=.001), "food choices" (p<.001), "obesity prevention" (p=.020), "amount of exercise" (p=.007), and "ways to receive financial help"(p=.033), were thought to be more important by LT patients than nurses. Conclusion: There exist differences between LT patients and nurses with respect to their perceptions of LT discharge learning needs. Therefore, an individualized education program reflecting patients' conditions and learning needs rather than providing information uniformly needs to be developed.

• 한국철도학회논문집
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.236-243
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• 2010

본 연구는 2004년 KTX 도입 이후 암환자의 의료이용 패턴 변화에 대한 조사연구이다. 2004년과 2005년 전체 의료이용에 있어 서울지역 상급종합병원에서의 의료이용량 비중은 급격히 증가하였는데 이는 KTX 영향권 내 지역 상급종합병원에서의 의료이용량 비중 감소 현상과 맞물려 발생했다. 이와 달리 KTX 영향권 외 지역 상급종합병원에서의 의료이용량 비중은 큰 변화 없이 완만한 추세를 보였다. 따라서 의료소비자의 선택이 "foot voting"의 특성을 보이는 한국의 의료서비스 시장에서 KTX 도입은 장거리 교통 관련 비용을 감소시킴으로써 암환자의 지역 간 의료이용 패턴에 큰 영향을 주었음을 시사한다. 따라서 KTX가 암환자의 의료접근성 제고에 기여할 수 있는 측면을 고려할 경우 지방 거주 저소득 암환자에 대한 요금할인정책 등을 고려할 필요가 있다. 특히 적절히 설계된 요금할인정책은 저소득층 암환자의 KTX 이용 증가를 통해 추가적인 비용 유발 없이도 가능할 수 있을 것으로 보인다.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제17권11호
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• pp.410-422
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• 2017

본 연구의 목적은 만성 폐쇄성 폐질환자(COPD)의 질병관련 지식, 질병태도, 삶의 질 세요인간의 상관관계를 규명하고자 시도되었다. 연구결과 질병관련 지식은 대상자의 교육과 월수입, 주관적 호흡곤란 정도(mMRC), 흡입형 기관지 확장제, 항생제 치료에 따라 유의한 차이가 있었고 질병태도는 월수입, mMRC에 따라 유의한 차이가 있었다. 또한 삶의 질은 연령, 결혼상태, 월수입, 입원상태, 입원경험, 산소사용, 동반질환, mMRC, 흡입형 스테로이드에 따라 유의한 차이가 있었다. 질병관련 지식과 삶의 질(r=-.438, p<.001), 질병태도와 삶의 질(r=.279, p=.001)은 유의한 상관관계가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 세 요인에 공통적으로 상관성을 보인 변수인 월수입과 mMRC를 파악하는 것이 중요하며, 임상에서 COPD환자의 상태평가시, 객관적 검사결과 뿐만 아니라 mMRC의 사정에 관심을 가지고, 저소득계층을 중심으로 질병관련 지식향상과 긍정적인 태도함량을 위한 다학제간 접근과, 헬스코칭 프로그램을 개발하는 것이 필요하다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.3219-3221
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• 2013

Background: This study used receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves to screen Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) skin melanoma data to identify and quantify the effects of socioeconomic factors on cause specific survival. Methods: 'SEER cause-specific death classification' used as the outcome variable. The area under the ROC curve was to select best pretreatment predictors for further multivariate analysis with socioeconomic factors. Race and other socioeconomic factors including rural-urban residence, county level % college graduate and county level family income were used as predictors. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to identify and quantify the independent socioeconomic predictors. Results: This study included 49,999 parients. The mean follow up time (SD) was 59.4 (17.1) months. SEER staging (ROC area of 0.08) was the most predictive foctor. Race, lower county family income, rural residence, and lower county education attainment were significant univariates, but rural residence was not significant under multivariate analysis. Living in poor neighborhoods was associated with a 2-4% disadvantage in actuarial cause specific survival. Conclusions: Racial and socioeconomic factors have a significant impact on the survival of melanoma patients. This generates the hypothesis that ensuring access to cancer care may eliminate these outcome disparities.

• 치위생과학회지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.147-153
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• 2019

Background: With increased interest in oral health, several efforts have been made to improve oral health conditions. To achieve this, needs for oral health must be precisely determined and accurately measured. Therefore, factors influencing both objective unmet dental needs, which were determined by experts, and perceived unmet dental needs, which were determined by patients, were examined in this study. Methods: Responses of 17,735 respondents aged greater than 19 years from the Korean National Health and Nutrition Survey collected using the fifth (2010~2012) rotation sample survey were analyzed. Based on the information collected from the survey and dental examination, we determined the associations between the independent (sex and socioeconomic level) and dependent variables using a chi-squared test. Moreover, ordinal logistic regression analyses on multiple categorical values were performed using perceived and objective dental needs as the dependent variables. Results: Generally, factors influencing both perceived and objective dental needs were similar. These included sex, household income, educational level, private insurance, and subjective oral health status. However, the high-income groups had lesser perceived and objective dental needs compared to the low-income groups. Furthermore, factors such as sex, educational level, and marital status had different influence on both needs. Conclusion: Generally, factors that affect perceived and objective dental needs were similar. To minimize unmet dental needs, factors influencing both perceived and objective dental needs should be examined for a broad dental insurance coverage, and efforts to prevent oral diseases are also required.

• 중환자간호학회지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.11-23
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• 2023

Purpose : This study investigates the experiences of patients in intensive care units (ICUs), and the factors influencing these experiences. Method : We used a cross-sectional survey design to analyze previously collected cohort data from 891 patients who spent over 24 hours in 19 ICUs across four university hospitals in Busan, South Korea between June 2019 and July 2020. Within a week of ICU discharge, participants completed the Korean version of the Intensive Care Experience Questionnaire, covering four areas: "awareness of surroundings," "frightening experiences," "satisfaction with care," and "recall of experiences." We used multiple linear regression to identify factors associated with the ICU experience. Results : Low income (𝛽 = -.08, p = .016), unplanned hospitalization (𝛽 = -.09, p = .006), sedation (𝛽 = -.16, p < .001), and delirium (𝛽 = -.15, p < .001) reduce patients' awareness of their surroundings. Frightening experiences are associated with being female (𝛽 = -.07, p = .027), experiencing delirium(𝛽= -.15, p<.001), and longer stays in the ICU (𝛽= -.14, p <.001). Using sedatives decreases satisfaction with care (𝛽 = -.08, p = .048). Living alone (𝛽 = -.08, p = .013) and using painkillers (𝛽 = -.08, p = .020) reduces recall of experiences. Conclusion : Negative ICU experiences are significantly associated with being female, living alone, lower income, unplanned admission, using sedatives and painkillers, delirium, and longer stays in the ICU. Thus, improving ICU experiences requires interventions that address modifiable factors, such as delirium, medication, and length of ICU stays.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제50권2호
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• pp.91-99
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• 2017

Objectives: As in many low-income and middle-income countries, out-of-pocket (OOP) payments by patients or their families are a key healthcare financing mechanism in Bangladesh that leads to economic burdens for households. The objective of this study was to identify whether and to what extent socioeconomic, demographic, and behavioral factors of the population had an impact on OOP expenditures in Bangladesh. Methods: A total of 12 400 patients who had paid to receive any type of healthcare services within the previous 30 days were analyzed from the Bangladesh Household Income and Expenditure Survey data, 2010. We employed regression analysis for identify factors influencing OOP health expenditures using the ordinary least square method. Results: The mean total OOP healthcare expenditures was US dollar (USD) 27.66; while, the cost of medicines (USD 16.98) was the highest cost driver (61% of total OOP healthcare expenditure). In addition, this study identified age, sex, marital status, place of residence, and family wealth as significant factors associated with higher OOP healthcare expenditures. In contrary, unemployment and not receiving financial social benefits were inversely associated with OOP expenditures. Conclusions: The findings of this study can help decision-makers by clarifying the determinants of OOP, discussing the mechanisms driving these determinants, and there by underscoring the need to develop policy options for building stronger financial protection mechanisms. The government should consider devoting more resources to providing free or subsidized care. In parallel with government action, the development of other prudential and sustainable risk-pooling mechanisms may help attract enthusiastic subscribers to community-based health insurance schemes.