• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제14권8호
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• pp.3876-3886
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• 2013

본 연구는 성행동, 부모 및 친구와의 성 의사소통, 성태도 및 성지식 정도와 성행동에 영향을 미치는 요인을 파악함으로써 성건강 향상을 위한 성교육 프로그램의 기초자료를 제공하고자 시도되었으며, 2012년 3-4월 서울과 천안 소재 2개 간호대학에 재학 중인 간호대학생 218명의 설문지를 분석하였다. 연구결과 간호대학생의 성행동, 부모 및 친구와의 성 의사소통, 성태도 및 성지식 정도는 중간이상인 것으로 나타났다. 성행동은 부모와의 성 의사소통, 성태도 및 성지식과 부적상관관계를 나타내었고, 간호대학생의 성행동에 영향을 미치는 요인은 성 관련 정보의 출처, 성지식, 과거 이성교제 경험, 부모와의 성 의사소통 순으로 나타났다. 성문제는 삶의 다양한 측면에 영향을 미치므로 간호사는 성문제를 가지고 있는 대상자를 간호할 때 성문제에 대한 깊은 이해를 가질 필요가 있다. 따라서 간호대학생을 위한 성교육 프로그램은 부모와 친구를 포함한 개인간 접근 전략을 요구하며, 간호대학생 스스로 성건강 관리에 적극적으로 나설 수 있도록 유도해야 할 것이다.

• Journal of Digestive Cancer Research
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.8-10
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• 2014

Patients with uncontrolled pain may become tired, depressed, angry, worried, lonely, and stressed. In contrast, proper management of cancer pain allows patients to be more active, sleep better, enjoy family and friends, improve their appetite, enjoy sexual intimacy, and prevent depression. Pain control is strongly influence to quality of life of cancer patients. This review discusses the importance of quality of life in pain management for cancer patients.

• 지역사회간호학회지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.64-71
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• 1998

This study uses [the instrument of ageing anxiety] in order to find if a negative prejudice against the old affects the attitude toward sex of the aged. The result shows no significant relation between ageing anxiety and the knowledge of and attitude toward sex of the aged. However, it does show that the higher the ageing anxiety is, the lower the knowledge of sex and the more restrictive the attitude toward it. The knowledge of and attitude toward sex of the aged shows meaninggul changes after education. Nursing students who were educated come to have more knowledge about and are more open to it. This result supports the preposition of this study. As society grows older the endeavour to guarantee a high-quality life for the old is necessary and the old should be regarded as an entity which has its own characteristic desires. Especially for the old to enjoy a good life as a sexual being, the mystical barriers about sex and old age ought to be removed. In the future the old themselves may maintain sexual desires regardless of age and society will be required to correct its prejudice against the old having sex. Particularly nursing students, as an effort to provide the old with overall care, should examine the elderly's sexual desires in a physical, psychological, and social context and consider the normal sexual changes occuring during the aging process and finally integrate this information into their nursing plans. In order to fulfill this role successfully they should overcome their own prejudice and educate themselves about this particular problem. As the proportion of the old becomes bigger and the concern about the quality of their life grows, sex among the old will become more important in the nursing field. By putting an educational mediation programme into operation with nursing students and estimating the effect, this study supplies the foundation to activate new educational programmes. In short it tells us that education can be a practical method to confront the myth and conventions concerning sex among the aged.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권16호
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• pp.6657-6663
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• 2014

Background: The present study aimed to determine the prevalence and types of sexual problems of Turkish patients receiving gynecologic cancer treatment. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional convenience sample of 168 women completed the Index of Female Sexual Function (IFSF) and a Patient Identification Form in a hospital in Ankara, Turkey. Mean IFSF scores of the patients were low ($15.7{\pm}5.72$, out of a possible 45), indicating high rates of sexual problems. Results: Women frequently reported problems with dyspareunia (97.1%), vaginal dryness (97.6%), decreased sexual desire (91.1%), and difficulties of sexual arousal (92.9%) related with the cancer treatment process. They reported increased sexual problems following the period of treatment as compared to before treatment (p<0.05). Sexual dysfunction was associated with low educational and income levels, advanced age, TAH-BSO-LND surgery (total abdominal hysterectomy-bilateral salphingoopherectomylymph node dissection), experiencing side effects of chemotherapy, receiving chemotherapy in addition to surgery and radiotherapy (CT+RT+Surgery), and having a large number of chemotherapy cycles (p<0.05). Conclusions: Patients hoped for and expected counseling from healthcare professionals about their sexual functioning in relation to cancer treatments. Nurses and physicians can help to improve the overall quality of life for gynecologic cancer patients through sexual counseling.

• 여성건강간호학회지
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.308-315
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• 2006

Purpose: This study was conducted to identify sexual functioning in women with gynecologic cancer. Method: Sexually active women with gynecologic cancer without evidence of distant metastasis were recruited in Seoul, Korea from a university medical center. Subjects were asked to complete an anonymous mail-back survey on their sexual functioning. Result: One hundred eighty four women completed questionnaires. Their mean age was 51.0 years and 96.2% lived with their husbands. Subjects were diagnosed with cervical cancer(53.8%), ovarian cancer (27.7%), or endometrial cancer(18.5%). Sexual functioning for women with gynecologic cancer was relatively low, 15.4, in comparison to Rosen's cutoff scores of 26.6. Univariate analyses indicated that age, employment status, and their monthly income were significantly associated with sexual functioning. Tumor staging, treatment modality, and hormone replacement therapy were also significantly associated factors with women's sexual functioning. Sexual arousal, orgasm, and pain were affected by time since last treatment. Conclusion: Sexual counselling or education for women with gynecologic cancer should be considered by medical professionals in order to improve their quality of life including sexual functioning.

• 대한불안의학회지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.21-27
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• 2016

Objective : The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between subjective sleep problems and various types of traumatic events of patients with depressive disorder. Methods : A total of 411 patients diagnosed with depressive disorders were recruited in this study. The participants filled out Life Time Events Checklist (LEC), Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI). We used the independent t-test and analysis of covariance to compare each component of PSQI between depressive patients with and without traumatic experiences. Results : The groups of patients who experienced a serious accident at work, home or during recreational activity, sexual assault, other unwanted or uncomfortable sexual experience, life-threatening illness or injury, and sudden, unexpected death of a near and dear one showed lower scores in a few components of PSQI. Sleep disturbance was a common problem in all five groups. Lower subjective sleep quality and longer sleep latency was observed in three groups. There were no differences in the other components of PSQI among groups. Conclusion : This study showed that various types of traumatic events may have different effects on subjective sleep quality as a consequence of the traumatic event which they had experienced.

• 재활간호학회지
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.176-183
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• 1999

Sexual life is one of the most important things for the quality of living, which nobody can ignore. Especially, spinal cord injury is one of the most typical disabilities, which can cause abrupt changes of sexuality. Hence, sexual adjustment and its subordinate problems have to be dealt with among various problems caused by spinal cord injury. The purpose of this study was to comparative sexual interest and adjustment between the married and the unmarried people with SCI. A total of 134 persons who were registered members of SCI organization and admitted rehabilitation unit between February and June 1999 were included in the study. The sample consisted of 69 unmarried and 64 married people with SCI. Participants answered the 15 items concerning sexual interest, sexual adjustment. The results are as follows: 1) The mean score of sexual interest for the unmarried was 16.4. From seven topics related to sexuality, the greatest interest was to cope emotionally with changes in sexual functioning. For the married, mean score of sexual interest was 13.8 and the greatest interest was to help a partner cope emotionally with limitation on sexual dysfunction. There were significant difference sexual interest between two groups (t=3.75, p= .00). 2) Each mean score for sexual adjustment in the married and the unmarried was 20.0, 19.6. There were no significance difference sexual interest between two groups (t=.24, p= .811). However, there was a statistically significant difference of sexual interest. 3) Sexual interests and adjustments are not correlated in case of the unmarried that have r score= .224, while they are corrlated in case of the married that have r= .398. Because the average age of the SCI becomes lower and lower, sexual rehabilitation programs should be given the unmarried as well as the married with SCI. In conclusion, the spinal injured's major concerns about their sexual life are different between the married and the unmarried-the unmarried are interested in practical problems such as methods and techniques to achieve sexual satisfaction and their fertility, while the married give priority to considerations about their spouse. Paying attention to different sexual interest according to marital status, we should make two different sexual rehabilitation programs for each group. One program including support groups with their sposes for the married, the other program to give a chance t o solve problems of sexuality for the unmarried with SCI.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권17호
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• pp.7321-7326
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• 2014

Background: Sexual health and function frequently are overlooked by healthcare professionals despite being identified as an essential aspect of patient care. Patients with cancer have identified sexuality issues as being of equal importance to other quality-of-life issues. Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the views and attitudes of oncology nurses caring for cancer patients regarding sexual counseling. Participants and Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on the web site of the Turkish Oncology Nurses Association. With the participation of 87 nurses from oncology departments, the study determined that most nurses do not evaluate and counsel patients regarding their sexual problems and many difficulties prevent them from focussing on sexual health. The most important reasons for ignoring sexual counseling were the absence of routine regarding sexual counseling in oncology departments, the belief that the patient may become ashamed and the nurses' self-evaluation that they have insufficient skills and education to counsel in this subject. Conclusions: The most important variables in sexual evaluation and counseling are long years of service in the profession and a postgraduate degree.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.386-395
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• 2014

본 연구는 중년 여성의 성기능, 성 의사소통 및 성만족 정도를 파악하고 성만족에 영향을 미치는 요인을 파악함으로써 중년 여성의 성건강 증진을 위한 중재프로그램의 기초자료를 제공하고자 시도되었으며, 2012년 10월부터 2013년 1월에 걸쳐 국내 4개 도시에 거주하는 40세~60세의 중년여성 126명의 설문지를 분석하였다. 본 연구 결과, 성기능, 성 의사소통 및 교육 수준이 중년 여성의 성만족에 영향을 미치는 요인으로 나타나 성기능 정도와 성 의사소통 정도가 높은 경우와 높은 교육 수준을 가진 경우에 성만족 정도가 높아지는 경향이 있음을 알 수 있었다. 또한 본 연구 대상자의 73%가 성기능 장애를 가지고 있는 것으로 나타나 중년 여성이 발달적, 상황적 변화에 더불어 사회경제적 변화로 인해 성건강을 위협받고 있음을 알 수 있었다. 중년 여성의 성문제를 해결하기 위한 개인의 인식이 부족함과 더불어 사회적 차원의 자원이 충분하지 않은 상황에서 의료인은 여성 성기능 장애에 대한 문제의 심각성과 적극적인 해결방안의 중요성을 인식하고, 성 관련 문제 해결 역량을 높이기 위한 적극적인 노력이 필요할 것이다.

• 사회복지연구
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• 제42권2호
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• pp.381-417
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• 2011

본 연구는 성소수자의 삶의 만족도에 영향을 미치는 요인을 살펴보면서, 성소수자의 삶의 만족도 모형을 구축하는데 목적이 있다. 이를 위해 특히 성소수자가 사회적 낙인을 인식하는 정도의 효과에 주목하였으며, 사회적 낙인 인식과 관련하여 나타나는 사회적 상황의 영향을 탐구하고자 하였다. 본 연구에서는 스트레스-대처 이론을 활용하여 지각된 스트레스로서의 사회적 낙인 인식이 대처자원으로서의 사회적 지지와 자아존중감에 영향을 미치고, 결과적으로 대처방식으로서의 커밍아웃 정도와 대처결과로서의 삶의 만족도에 영향을 미치는 과정을 살펴보았다. 본 연구는 한국에 거주하는 한국인 성소수자를 연구대상자로 하여, 온라인 서베이를 실시하여 총 478명에 대한 자료를 수집하였다. 분석방법으로 구조방정식모형을 활용하여 측정모형 분석을 통해서 측정의 질을 평가하고, 구조모형 분석을 통해서 이론적 모형에 포함된 변수의 영향관계에 대한 검증을 하였다. 분석결과, 사회적 낙인 인식은 직접적으로 삶의 만족도에 영향을 미칠 뿐 아니라, 사회적 지지와 자아존중감, 그리고 커밍아웃을 매개로 삶의 만족도에 영향을 미쳤다. 그러나 이성애자 지지의 매개효과는 유의미하게 나타나지 않았다. 그리고 성소수자 지지는 커밍아웃을 통해 간접적으로 삶의 만족도에 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 이상의 분석결과를 토대로, 성소수자들에 대한 사회적 낙인, 사회적 지지, 자아존중감, 그리고 커밍아웃과 관련한 실천적 전략을 제시하였다.