• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.2547-2554
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• 2014

Background: To evaluate the perception of cancer patients toward treatment services and influencing factors and to inquire about the use of complementary alternative medicine (CAM). Materials and Methods: Information was obtained through pre-tested structured questionnaires completed by cancer patients during treatment at King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Results: Of 242 patients, 137 (64.6%) accepted to enter this study. Most were Saudi (n=93, 68%), female (n=80, 58%), educated at university (n=71, 52%), married (n=97, 72%) and with breast cancer (n=36, 26%). One-hundred (73%) patients were satisfied with the services provided; 61% were Saudi. Ninety-four (68%) respondents were satisfied with the explanation of their cancer. Twenty-eight (21.6%) patients received CAM, of them 54.0% received herbal followed by rakia (21.0%), nutritional supplements/vitamins (7.0%) and Zamam water (18.0%), with significant differences among them (p =0.004). Seven (5%) patients believed this therapy could be used alone; 34 (25%) patients believed it could be used with other treatments, regardless of whether they themselves used this therapy. Fifty-three (53%) satisfied patients felt they received enough support; 31 (58%) patients received support from family and friends; 22 (41.6%) patients received support from the health-care team. Patients who received information about their disease from their physicians and those who felt they had enough support were more satisfied. The patients who took alternative treatment were older age, mostly female and highly educated but values did not reach significance. Conclusions: We stress enhancing the educational and supportive aspects of cancer-patient services to improve their treatment satisfaction and emphasize the need for increasing the educational and awareness programs offered to these patients.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.373-379
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• 2013

Background: Although caregiving to patients with terminal illness is known to be a stressful burden to family members, little attention has been focused on work-related problems. We aimed to investigate employment status and work-related difficulties of family caregivers of terminal cancer patients, comparing with the general population. Methods: Using structured questionnaires, we assessed family caregivers of 481 cancer patients determined by physicians to be terminally ill, from 11 university hospitals and the National Cancer Center in Korea. Results: Among 381 family caregivers of terminal cancer patients (response rate, 87.6%), 169 (43.9%) were not working before cancer diagnosis, but currently 233 (63.7%) were not working. Compared with the general population (36.5%), the percentage of not working among the family caregivers was higher (OR=2.39; 95%CI=1.73-3.29). A major reason for not working was to provide assistance to the patients (71.6%). 40.6% of those who continued working and 32.3% of those who not working family members reported extreme fatigue. Caregivers of old age, those who were female, those with a lower household income, and those caring for patients with a low performance status were not working at a more significant rate. Conclusion: Family caregivers of terminal cancer patients suffer job loss and severe work-related difficulties, probably due to caregiving itself and to fatigue. We need to develop supportive programs to overcome the burden of caregivers of the terminally ill.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제12권12호
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• pp.5541-5549
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• 2011

본 연구의 목적은 대학생의 자기통제력, 스트레스, 외로움 및 자살시도의 상관관계를 알아보고 자살시도 예방을 위한 기초자료를 제공하고자 시도되었다. 본 연구의 대상자는 1,253명의 대학생이다. 수집된 자료는 SPSS 17.0 Program으로 기술통계, $x^2$-test, t-test, Pearson correlation coefficient, Stepwise multiple regression으로 통계 처리 하였다. 자살시도를 한 정도는 대학생의 13.6%로 나타났고, 자기통제, 인터넷 중독, 스트레스, 자기 효능감, 불안, 외로움의 점수는 각각 69.9점, 42.5점, 86.4점, 48.2점, 46.2점, 40.1점 이었다. 자살시도는 성별, 종교, 부모 생존, 가족의 경제적 상태, 주거형태, 교우관계, 운동, 음주, 외로움, 상태불안, 스트레스, 자기통제력 그리고 인터넷 중독에 따라 유의한 차이가 있었다. 자살시도의 영향요인은 부모생존, 인터넷 중독, 성별, 운동 그리고 외로움으로 나타났고, 변수의 설명력은 5.5%를 차지하였다. 본 연구는 대학생에 대한 자살예방 프로그램과 조기 선별검사를 실시하여 대학생의 자살시도의 예방을 제안 한다. 향후 대학생의 자살시도에 영향을 미치는 다양한 변인들을 규명하는 후속연구가 필요하다.

• 가정과삶의질연구
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.23-41
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• 2011

The purpose of this study is to explore social supports for elderly housing and their residential lives in small cities along rural counties of the United States and Canada, and suggest future implications for age-concentrated rural villages in Korea. In this study, five small and medium cities in non-metropolitan counties of California and Ontario province were visited and elderly residents and service experts were interviewed about their perceptions of community integrated social support networks for senior residences. The senior housing complexes were built due to influx of both metropolitan and rural residents seeking warm localities, traffic connections, business purposes in active production areas. and leisure attractions. There are five main social support networks for senior housing issues in these areas. First, the areas are claimed for senior zones and accordingly health industries are encouraged by local authorities. Second, the community is homogeneously constructed as a senior friendly environment and include features such as an RV park and mobile cottages. Third, senior-helping seniors are offered active work through golf-cluster active retirement communities. Fourth, traditional theme production camps are mobilized by the elderly workers. Lastly, an information system is maintained for screening volunteers and for senior abuse prevention. On the other hand, residential lives are occasionally negatively influenced by unbalanced concentrations of elderly facilities such as nursing stations and funeral homes. For the future of Korean rural elderly policies, suggestions are made as follows: first, an integrated urban and rural township that contains attractive places for early retiring people who seek a warm atmosphere in later life needs to be constructed. Second, an integrated model retirement village of urban and rural retirement life needs to be initiated as a measure of evaluating the adaptation process of movers in senior concentrated zones. Third, a cooperation system among governmental ministries needs to be formed with the long- term goal of establishing a traditional rural town of independent housing districts and medical facilities in rural areas. Fourth, productive and active lifestyles need to be maintained as the local community and government develop successful retirement rural villages, by limiting the expansion of nursing related facilities. Finally, generation integrated visiting welfare programs and services need to be further developed for the housing areas especially in the winter, when social integration and activity are relatively low.

• 한국생활과학회지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.577-588
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• 2010

This study was conducted to investigate the changes in alcohol consumption of male university students in Daegu, Korea and their drink-related behavior. The study focused on these changes over a decade using self-administered questionnaire surveys and health examinations that were carried out at a university campus in 1999 and in 2009. In both years more than 85% of students responded that they drank alcohol. However, significant increases in the frequency and amount of alcohol consumption were found (p<.001). The main influence on students' drinking behavior was friends/peers in both years. The most frequently preferred alcohol of respondents was so-ju (a traditional Korean liquor) in both years. However, the most frequently preferred type of food to accompany drinking had significantly changed (p<.01). Other changes including the increase of drinking speed and smoking during drinking were found to have significantly changed (p<.05) while significant difference regarding the decrease in food intake during drinking was not found. No significant difference in the amount of alcohol consumed was noted between underage drinkers and drinkers of above the legal drinking age. Heavy drinkers in the 2009 population had significantly higher systolic blood pressure than non-drinkers and moderate drinkers (p<.01). This study also indicates that there may be a rise in heavy drinking and/or binge drinking among drinkers including underage students. The results of this study suggest that alcohol-blood pressure associations are considered to be of concern even in young adults. This study also suggests the need for special alcohol prevention programs or campaigns to intervene in the behavior of students.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.2225-2233
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• 2013

본 연구는 외상후스트레스 고위험군이 많이 분포된 구조대원에 대한 사건충격정도를 파악하고, 사건충격정도에 영향을 미치는 관련 요인을 분석하였다. 연구대상은 화재 및 구조출동 빈도가 높은 서울소방재난본부 소속 구조대원 415명을 통계분석 자료로 활용하였으며, 사건충격정도에 대한 신뢰도는 .975로 높게 나타났다. 분석결과 첫째, 사건충격정도의 하위요인으로 침습이 가장 높았고, 회피, 수면장애 및 정서적마비, 해리증상, 과각성 순으로 사건충격정도가 높게 나타났다. 둘째, 기혼자와 연령이 높을수록 사건충격정도가 높았으며, 셋째, 소방공무원으로서 근무연수와 구조대원 직무를 수행한 기간이 길고, 출동횟수와 사고현장 경험빈도가 높을수록 충격정도가 높게 나타났다. 특히 스트레스 해소 방법 중 음주로 해소하는 구조대원의 사건충격정도가 높게 나타나, 고위험군에 대한 체계적인 관리와 사건충격을 경험하였을 때 즉시 대처할 수 있는 예방케어프로그램 도입이 시급한 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국게임학회 논문지
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.15-24
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• 2014

본 연구는 청각장애학생의 인터넷 게임 이용 실태를 파악하기 위하여 청각장애 초 중 고등학생 301명을 대상으로 인터넷 게임중독 척도 검사를 실시하였다. 본 연구 결과 청각장애 초등학생들에 비해 중 고등학생이 될수록 방과 후 보호자가 없는 경우가 많았다. 청각장애학생들의 하루 평균 수면시간은 일반학생과 비슷하거나 많았으며, 하루 평균 인터넷 사용시간과 인터넷 게임시간은 비장애학생에 비해 많은 것으로 나타났다. 또한 인터넷 게임 사용 유형은 청각장애 남학생이 여학생에 비해 위험자 군으로 분류되는 학생의 비율이 많았고, 비장애학생과 비교했을 때 위험사용자 군이 훨씬 많은 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구의 결과를 통해 현재 실시되고 있는 국가적 인터넷 게임 사용자 실태조사에서 장애학생들을 포함시켜야하며, 장애학생들을 위한 게임 과몰입 예방 프로그램의 개발 필요성이 시급함을 알 수 있다.

• 스트레스연구
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.105-119
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• 2017

재난 대응의 첫 단계는 준비이며, 교육과 훈련은 준비의 중요한 요소로 간주된다. 본 연구의 목적은 자원봉사자 교육 프로그램을 개발하기 위해 재난 이후의 봉사 경험을 탐색함으로써 자원봉사자들의 요구를 파악하는 것이다. 본 연구에서는 안산 지역에서 세월호 사건이후 약 1년간 자원봉사에 참여한 경험이 있는 일반인 11명(팀장급 6, 팀원 5)을 대상으로 개인 수준, 팀 내 수준 및 팀/조직 간 수준에서 자원봉사 경험, 훈련 욕구와 필요한 역량에 대한 포커스 그룹 인터뷰를 실시하였다. 그 결과, 자원봉사자들의 자기 및 동료 케어와 전문적 교육 요구의 주제가 보고되었다. 연구의 한계점에도 불구하고 자원봉사자의 역량 개발 및 정신 건강 욕구를 확인하였으며, 향후 연구 방향을 제시하였다는 점에서 의의가 있다.

• 한국직업건강간호학회지
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.262-270
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• 2019

Purpose: This study aims to provide preliminary data for weight management, and prevention and management of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. We examined the effect of changes in the weight of workers at a manufacturing company over three years on their metabolic syndrome and metabolic syndrome diagnosis components. Methods: Necessary data were collected from the questionnaire and the results of the Korean National Health Screening of 2015 and 2017, which included 228 workers at a manufacturing company in G region. The collected data were analyzed using the SPSS/WIN 23.0 program. ANCOVA was used to examine the differences in the metabolic syndrome diagnosis components according to weight change. In addition, multiple logistic regression analysis was used to obtain the odds ratios of metabolic syndrome and metabolic syndrome analysis component, based on the weight changes in the normal weight group and the obesity group. Results: Waist measure, systolic blood pressure, and blood pressure were found to have significant effects based on participants' weight change over three years. These factors increased with a larger increase in weight at a statistically significant level. This study analyzed the weight changes of the normal weight group and the obesity group considering the data from the National Health Screening of 2015, and found that the risk of metabolic syndrome increased at a statistically significant level as body weight increased; thus, the obesity group showed a higher risk in this regard. It was also found that waist measure, fasting blood sugar, and high-density low cholesterol increased at a statistically significant level as body weight increased. Conclusion: Health administrators need to recognize the importance of workers' weight management, select an intensive management group based on a time series analysis of weight changes, and develop and implement programs to manage the metabolic syndrome diagnosis components.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제13권9호
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• pp.4517-4520
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• 2012

Introduction: Northeastern Iran is known as a high risk area of upper gastrointestinal cancers. Recent reports have suggested a declining trend for these cancers as well as an increase in the incidence of other malignancies including breast cancer. Our present aim was to describe the epidemiological pattern of breast cancer in this region during 2004-2009. Methods: All new cancer cases from public and private diagnostic and therapeutic centers of Golestan province were registered. A structured questionnaire was prepared and used based on the standerds of the International Association of Cancer Registries. The international classification of diseases for oncology was considered for coding. Age standardized incidence rates (ASR) of breast cancer were calculated. Results: A total of 11,038 new cancer cases were registered during 2004-2009, of which, 1,101 (10%) were females with breast cancer. The median age of the breast cancer patients was 46 years. The ASR for breast cancer was 28 per 100,000 person-years. We found an unusual rapid increase in breast cancer rate at the age of 25 years. The ASR of breast cancer was significantly lower in females from Turkmen ethnicity and those from rural areas(P value <0.01). Conclusion: Our study showed high rate of breast cancer in Golestan province of Iran. We found an unusual peak of breast cancer in young women. So, the age of starting screening programs may need to be revised in this area. The rate of breast cancer was significantly lower in women from Turkmen ethnicity. Further studies are warranted to clarify the role of important determinants, especially regarding the ethnic disparity, on breast cancer in this region.