• Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.1027-1041
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• 2017

고지혈증은 혈액 중에 지방 성분이 필요이상으로 많은 상태를 의미하며, 특히 저밀도 콜레스테롤이 혈관벽에 달라붙어 심근경색증, 뇌경색 등의 다양한 심혈관계의 질병을 발생시킬 수 있다. 스타틴은 대표적인 고지혈증 처방제로서 처방 받는 환자의 개별적인 특성 및 건강관리형태, 투약순응도 등에 따라 그 효과가 달라진다. 스타틴의 주요 효과는 저밀도 콜레스테롤 수치를 낮추는 것인데, 이는 National cholesterol education program-adult treatment panel (NCEP-ATP III) 가이드라인에서 환자의 조건에 따라 정한 목표 수치에 도달해야 한다. 본 연구에서는 저밀도 콜레스테롤 수치의 감소량과 환자 별 목표 수치 도달여부를 각각 스타틴의 효과로 상정하고, 국민건강보험공단에서 구축한 표본코호트 DB를 이용하여 건강검진기록의 개별특성 (나이, 성별, 흡연, 운동 및 혈액검사결과)과 처방전 기록으로부터 투약순응도를 통합해서 저밀도 콜레스테롤 감소량 및 목표도달률에 미치는 영향을 분석하고자 한다.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.489-497
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• 2011

Objectives : Based on data collected from patients who suffered from dental caries during the period between 1990 and 2008, the number of patients and their trends were analyzed as a source of evidence to conduct the oral health plan. Methods : A population of sample design for patient survey data was derived from computerized data saved at medical institutions accredited by National Health Insurance Corporation. Large institutions such as dental hospitals were included for the complete enumeration test, while the rest of medical institutions, for example, dental clinic, relatively small institutions, were used for the sample survey. Most of patients with dental caries were outpatients and their disease was treated at the dental hospital or dental clinic in general, therefore, main analysis was carried out at those institutions. Results : The rate of patients who suffered the dental caries has decreased to 56.8% in 2008 from 78.5% in 1990. The rate of patients who visited the dental hospital for treatment has increased to 4.8% in 2008 from 0.5% in 1990, whereas the percentage of those who visited the dental clinic has fallen to 97.9% from 99.5% during the same period. The ratio by age, in the meantime, it showed that patients aged 40s has increased to 13.5% in 2008 from 7.2% in 1990, and the number also has risen in 50s from 5.6% in 1990 to 9.9% in 2008. However, the number of children aged 0 to 9 who visited hospital for treatment of dental caries has fallen to 17.0% in 2008 from 33.9% in 1990. Conclusions : By figuring out the trends of patients with the dental caries during the period between 1990 and 2008, fundamental data for the oral health policy have been collected. As a result, the necessity of a new medical treatment system for managing the dental caries in terms of patient ages as well as the oral health policy and campaign was taken into consideration.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.21-53
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• 2002

The purpose of this study is to measure the resource use of the elderly in long-term care services and to examine the effects of patient and facility characteristics on their use of resources. The data were collected from 510 old people over sixty years of age, residing in five long-term care hospitals and two skilled nursing homes during the period between December 1, 2000 and February 28, 2001. For a full sample, when the first level of RUG(Resource Use Group)-III categories were employed as the proxy of patient severity, facility characteristics, such as location, size and ownership, have large effects on the resource use measured by service intensity, whereas patient characteristics such as severity have little or no effect. The resource use is significantly high if the facility: (1) is located in rural areas (gun): (2) has mare than 200 beds; (3) is a long-term care hospital; (4) is private; and (5) has a low percentage of medical aid patients. The analysis of the resource use in each RUG-III categories, for which ADL(Ability of Daily Living) were employed as the prosy of patient severity, shows a similar result. The loose relationship between the needs of residents and the resource use seems to be closely associated with the ineffective reimbursement system for providers. The current reimbursement system has no provision for quality improvement and reimburses facilities simply according to their types: fee-for-service for long-term care hospitals, and monthly-flat-rate or full-coverage-national-aid for skilled nursing facilities. It will be necessary to develop a more reasonable reimbursement system that takes patient's severity into account and gives incentives for long-term care providers to offer cost-effective services.

• 한국사회복지학
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• 제45권
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• pp.374-399
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• 2001

Experiences of the subjective burden and its determinants were analyzed in a sample of 110 primary family caregivers of adult schizophrenic patients. The subjects reported varying amount of subjective burden and its mean score was 17.84 that meant considerably high level of subjective burden. Reports of subjective burden were high in the items of 'pity', 'frustration and resentment', 'regret'. The result of factor analysis revealed that subjective burden consisted of four factors such as 'hopelessness', 'frustration and resentment', 'fear', and 'pity and anxiety'. The results about the determining variables of subjective burden indicated that the prognosis of patient, perceived stigma, the number of previous hospitalization, the availability of secondary caregiver, primary caregiver's age, and family income were predictive of primary caregivers' subjective burden. The result examining the multivariate relationship among subjective burden, stressors, social support, family demographic and socioeconomic characteristics revealed that the more important determinants of subjective burden were the prognosis of patient, perceived stigma, and the number of previous hospitalization, Implications for intervention to help with primary caregivers' subjective burden were discussed.

• Journal of Periodontal and Implant Science
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.95-102
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• 1999

The purpose of this study was to observe histopathologically the influence of advanced periodontitis on pulp tissue, and to conclude the correlation between the results with clinical manifestations. The samples were teeth with over 7mm pocket depth and over 50% radiographic bone loss. These were diagnosed to have very poor prognosis and thus planned to be extracted. Those with any of following conditions were excluded from the samples, loss of vitality, periapical pathology, restoration or prosthesis, dental caries, and attrition or abrasion. It was because these conditions could affect pulp without any correlation with periodontal disease. For the experiment, 17 teeth from 11 patients were selected. Average age of patient was 47. Each tooth was examined for following categoris; pocket depth, gingival recession, electric pulp test, mobility, percussion test, sensitivity test. The extracted teeth were fixed buffered neutral formalin solution. It was decalcified using 4% nitric acid. Sliced histological samples observed using light microscope, for pulp status, and severeity of inflammation. 4 samples were excluded due to histologic sample discrepency. Thus 13 samples were subject to observation. 4 showed normal conditions. Focal reversable pulpitis was shown in 5 samples. Chronic pulpitis was observed 1 sample. Pulpal abscess was observed in 3 samples.

• 한국간호교육학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.60-70
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• 2014

Purpose: Bedside electrocardiograph (ECG) monitoring is continuously used for assessing patients' cardiac status in intensive care units. However, it has not been explored whether it is used with proper knowledge and nursing practices; if not, its usage will be limited and the risk for compromised patient safety might be significant. This study, therefore, explored knowledge and nursing practices regarding bedside ECG monitoring in nurses working at intensive care units. Methods: Participants in this survey research were a convenience sample of 156 nurses from 25 intensive care units distributed in five hospitals with more than 1,000 beds each in Seoul, South Korea. Results: Participants showed limited and incorrect knowledge and nursing practices. Only 4 (2.6%) participants correctly answered to all electrode placement sites of RA, LA, LL, and V1. Lead II was the most frequently monitored unit regardless of the main purpose of ECG monitoring, and nursing practices to manage noisy signals did not include skin care at the top priorities. Conclusion: Educators and clinicians alike need to make an effort to ensure that a safe level of knowledge and practices for the monitoring is maintained in order to make sure that patient outcomes are not compromised.

• 한국간호교육학회지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.287-302
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• 2000

The purpose of the study are to examine the perception of the importance and performance of patient education of the clinical nurse and find out the interfering factors in practicing patient education. The data were collected from convenient sample of 256 clinical nurses working in the nursing units of adult patients except the psychiatric unit, obstetric unit, dental surgical unit and intensive care unit of one University Hospital in Seoul from September 29 to October 2, 1998. Three measurement tools of self-report- questionnaires developed by researcher used. For the content validity of the questionnaires, two sessions of panel discussion and a pilot test were done and finally factor analysis was done with Varimax method. Analysis of data was done with SAS program using frequency, percentage, means, standard deviation, Pearson's Correlation Coefficients, t-test and ANOVA. The obtained results were as follows : 1. The surveyed nurses perceived the importance of patient education at higher level with mean score of 4.08 among 5 point than their perception of practice( mean score : 3.42). 2. There was positive significant correlation(r=.29, p=0.0001)between nurses' perception of the importance of patient education and it's practice 3. Among the teaching contents for patients, 'information of diagnostic procedure and operation' and 'orientation of hospitalization' were perceived most important. And 'preparation for discharge' and 'understanding of disease and health promotion' were perceived least important 4. Among the teaching contents for patients, 'orientation of hospitalization' and 'information of diagnostic procedure and operation' were perceived highly performable. And 'understanding of disease and health promotion' and 'preparation for discharge' were perceived least performable. 5. Three types of interfering factors were identified as patient-factor, situational factor, nurse-factor. The mean degree of impediment with the interfering factors was at average level(3.09 among 5). The patient and situational factors of impediments were more interfering than nurse- factor for teaching patients. 6. In older age(p<.05), married state (p<.05), higher educational status (p<.01), higher clinical experience (p<.01) and higher position(p<.01), the score of perceived importance of patients education was more high. 7. In older age(p<.01), higher clinical experience(p<.001) and surgical unit (p<.01), the score of perceived performance of patients education was more high. In conclusion, in order to activate patient education practice in the clinical setting, the continuing education for patients education should be more emphasized and the effective teaching methods and materials should be developed to help patient teaching. And an organizational support such as budgeting for patient education and reimbursement system should be administrated.

• 핵의학기술
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.29-34
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• 2021

핵의학과 검체 접수 환경시스템은 20년 전과 비교하여 보았을 때 크게 달라지지 않은 채 동일한 시스템으로 검체 접수 업무가 이루어지고 있다. 핵의학과 검사 특성상 진단검사의 학과와 달리 검체 용기 자체로 검사가 시행되는 것이 아니라 모검체에서 자검체를 생성하여 검사를 시행하는 시스템이기 때문에 지금까지 큰 변화 없이 이어져 온 것으로 보인다. 본원에서는 이러한 검체 접수 환경시스템을 개선하고자 검체의 뚜껑을 자동으로 제거해 주고 동시에 자동접수가 가능한 decapper 자동화 장비를 도입한 사례와 가접수 시스템 적용 사례에 대해서 소개해 보고자 한다. 본원에서는 2019년 환자의 검체 뚜껑을 자동으로 제거해 주는 장비를 도입하고자 진단검사의학과 응급검사실에서 사용하는 Vacuette ® Unicap Belt Decapper(Greiner bio-one, Austria) 제품을 벤치마킹하여 구매를 시도하였으나 5 ml SST, 8 ml SST 튜브를 사용하는 핵의학과 검체를 처리하려면 2대의 장비가 필요하여 예산과 공간 문제에 부딪혀 구매가 지연되었다. 2020년 1월 국산 decapper 자동화 장비를 대여 받아 검체 검사실 접수 실정에 맞게 지속적인 아이디어 제공과 테스트로 수정 보완하여 2020년 10월 검체 뚜껑을 자동으로 제거해 주는 동시에 자동접수 해주는 decapper 자동화 장비를 도입하게 되었다. 또한 검체 접수 전 단계에서 가접수 시스템을 도입하여 병동과 응급실, 건강증진센터 이송사원이 검체를 갖고 검사실에 도착하면 검체를 셀프로 가접수 하여 빠른 시간 내에 검체 도착 여부를 알릴 수 있도록 개선하였다. Decapper 자동화 장비가 도입되면서 자동으로 검체 뚜껑이 제거되고 접수되는 순간에 다른 업무를 수행할 수 있게 되어 검사자의 업무 효율성을 크게 증대 시킬 수 있었고 검사 소요시간에 영향을 미칠 수 있는 검체 접수 마감시간이 단축되어 검사시작을 10분~20분 정도 단축시킬 수 있는 효과를 볼 수 있었다. 또한 반복된 손목 사용으로 인하여 발생되는 근골격계 질환의 감소로 검사자의 건강장해를 예방할 수 있었다. 가접수 시스템을 설치한 후 병동에서는 빠른 퇴원이 가능해졌고 검체 도착 여부를 묻는 불필요한 전화문의 횟수도 감소하게 되었다. 대부분의 핵의학과 검체 검사실은 소규모의 인력으로 운영되고 있는 것이 현실이다. 최소 인력으로 검체 검사와 검체 접수 업무를 동시에 수행해야 되는 소규모 기관에서는 decapper 자동화 장비와 가접수 시스템을 도입 시 업무를 보다 원활히 수행하는데 도움이 될 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• 대한한의학방제학회지
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2024

Objective : This study aims to assess the potential of utilizing large language models in pattern identification education by developing a simulated patient with fatigue and dual deficiency of the heart-spleen pattern. Methods : A simulated patient dataset was constructed using the clinical practice examination module provided by the National Institute for Korean Medicine Development. The dataset was divided into patient characteristics, sample questions, and responses, and utilized to design the system, assistant, and user prompts, respectively. A web-based interface was developed using the Django framework and WebSocket. Results : We developed a simulated fatigue patient representing dual deficiency of the heart-spleen pattern through prompt engineering. To make practical tools, we further implemented web-based interfaces for the examinee's and evaluator's roles. The interface for examinees allows one to examine the simulated patient and provides access to a personalized number for future access. In addition, the interface for evaluators included a page that provided an overview of each examinees' chat history and evaluation criteria in real-time. Conclusion : This study is the first development of an educational tool integrated with a large language model for pattern identification education, which is expected to be widely applied to Korean medicine education.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.171-178
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• 2007

Purpose. To identify trends in patient satisfaction adjusted for sociodemographic factors and health status from 1989-2003. Methods. Five repeated cross-sectional surveys were used. The study sample included 290,534 household members 20 years of age and over from the five survey periods of 1989, 1992, 1995, 1999, and 2003. Satisfaction was measured using a five-point scale, ranging from "very satisfied" to "very dissatisfied." Crude satisfaction rates, representing the proportion of patients satisfied (very satisfied or satisfied), were calculated for each survey period. Satisfaction rates adjusted for age, sex, marital status, education, and self-rated health status were calculated for each of the five years. Results. Crude satisfaction rates increased from 15.4% in 1989 to 40.5% in 2003. The proportions of satisfaction and dissatisfaction were reversed after 15 years had passed. However, the satisfaction trend was not linear throughout the different years, with 1992 being the year with the lowest satisfaction rate (9.7%). These trends in crude rates did not change even after adjusting for patient characteristics. The odds of satisfaction in 1992 were 38% lower (odds ratio 0.62, 95% CI 0.60 to 0.64) than the odds in 1989. In 2003, the odds of satisfaction were 4.01 times (95% CI 3.89 to 4.13) the odds for 1989. Older, female, married, and less-educated people were more likely to be satisfied. Patients who rated their health as 'very good' had the highest satisfaction rate, and those with "neutral" health ratings had the lowest. General hospitals achieved substantial improvement whereas pharmacies became the lowest-rated of all institutions. Conclusions. The Korean health system has achieved better patient satisfaction rates over the past 15 years. Increased health expenditure, resources, and quality improvement efforts may have contributed to this progress.