• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.10 no.6
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• pp.1414-1423
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• 2009

The purpose of the present study was to elucidate such a relationship by comparing the indices of obesity, liver function, and hyperlipidemia with & without fatty liver by using data from health check-up for the adult males in a university hospital. Study subjects were 772 adult males of 30 years and over, who underwent health package check-up at the health promotion center of a university hospital. The prevalence rates of fatty liver of study subjects were 25.5%, and this study shows that fatty liver by abdominal ultrasound has a close correlation with indices of obesity(body weight, BMI, body fat, waist to hip ratio, & waist to stature ratio), liver function(AST, ALT,& GGT), and hyperlipidemia(TG, TC, & HDL-C), and that was independent of age that was relevant.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.10 no.5
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• pp.1091-1099
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• 2009

The purpose of this study was to estimate the change of prevalence rate of obesity, also to know the relevant factors for 10 years in korean adults, which targets on the 5,420(4,556 men and 864 women) people who had undergone one biennial medical health check-up through the National Health Insurance Corporation from 1997 to 2007. As a results, the prevalence rate of obesity increased 11.0% point from 20.9% in the initial year(1997) to 31.9% in the final year(2007) for the recent decades and this is related to the socio-demographic characteristics, health-related, and eating habits.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2006.10c
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• pp.163-165
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• 2006

The subway passengers are usually alert to the current location of the train in order not to miss the destination or transfer stations. The Global Positioning System (GPS), although expensive, can give an alarm if properly programmed, but cannot receive the satellite signals, underground. Therefore, a novel approach to context-aware location-based subway information system is motivated. The passengers, who are equipped with mobile devices such as laptop, PDA, and mobile phone as clients of the Personal Area Network (PAN), request the Bluetooth connection to the server which is installed in each car of the train. While the sorrel broadcasts the location-based information including the previous station, the current velocity of the train, the distance and time to the next station, the clients provide additional services based on the recognized context of the information, and what the passengers individually want. The services are spontaneous and autonomous rather than passive. The services include not only the information on the nearby stations, exit numbers, connection buses but also the location-based alarms which can be set specific to various personal requests, and sounded by the location of the train rather than time. Whereas the arrival time may not be accurate due to the delays of the train, the location can be accurately traced and broadcast by the server. Also, the clients do not need any expensive systems like GFS. Towards validating the proposed approach, we implemented a Bluetooth PAN including a PC server, two PDA clients and a laptop client. We modeled a train on the Incheon Subway Line #1 and a train on the Seoul-to-Incheon Line on the server, simulated the virtual trains together with the real clients. and verified that all the services were successfully provided.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.15 no.6
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• pp.345-352
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• 2017

The purpose of this study is to examine the role of medical practitioner in the medical field during the drama 'Descendants of the Sun'. The research design is a qualitative research to analyze the role of medical staff in medical field through drama. To collect this study data, we selected the communication scenes in the medical field in the 'Dawn of the Sun'. The collected data were analyzed by content analysis method. The study results are classified into four categories; 'decision making in emergency situations', 'cooperation among medical teams', 'support for patients', 'responsibility as a medical person / ethical dilemma'. This study has limitations in analyzing the role of medical staff by analyzing a drama. However, it is meaningful that the drama explored the role of the medical staff from the third party 's standpoint.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.2 no.1
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• pp.37-44
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• 2011

In accordance with the analysis results on the questionnaires about the awareness of employees according to positions and educational backgrounds in a public health organization, this thesis suggests the basic data on the purpose of the efficient operation and improvement of working environment in a public health organization. Two answers of the questions that "there is a possibility for promotion in the organization" and "the unit section in organization which I work for has a well-designed structure of organization" showed respectively high points in the questionnaire. On the other hand, three questions like there is a resonable way to bind the organization up, completed mission and rewards are connected, and my salary is fit for the current mission showed high points among the questions about the awareness on the organization according to the positions.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.8 no.5
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• pp.87-96
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• 2017

This study was carried out to provide basic data for prevention of death from injuries and traumas by analyzing the characteristics of length of hospital stay of patients with injuries and traumas, utilizing in-depth investigation data of discharged injuries. The study subjects were 233 patients discharged from January 1 to December 31 in 2014 whom the final treatment result was 'death' and the main diagnosis were injuries and accidental external causes(S00-T98). According to the research findings, the length of hospital stay of females was longer than that of males. Based on the main diagnosis, the longest length of hospital stay had complication of other internal prosthetic devices, implants and grafts(T85). In conclusion, it is necessary to develop a policy to identify the factors affecting the length of hospital stays of patients and to manage them intensively.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• v.39 no.6
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• pp.447-454
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• 2006

Objectives : To determine obesity for the screening of individuals at high risk of coronary heart disease in urban areas. Methods : Data were obtained from 4,137 adults between 19 and 85 years of age (2,372 males, 1,765 females), not recognized as taking medicines for cardiovascular diseases, who underwent a health check-up at the health promotion center of university hospitals in cities between Jan. 2003 and Dec. 2004. The variables studied were divided into two broad categories, and their relationships examined. obesity indices and risk factors for coronary heart disease. To reveal the relation between each of the obesity indices and the proportion of individuals at risk of coronary heart disease, the obesity indices were stratified and odds ratios obtained after age adjustment. Results : From a gender comparison of anthropometric measures, men were found to have significantly greater heights, weights, and waist and hip circumferences than women. From a gender comparison by the obesity indices, women were found to have significantly higher BMI, %Fat, waist to hip and waist to stature ratios than men. As obesity indices, the waist to stature ratio and the waist circumference were strongly correlated with coronary risk factors, both in men and women. The age-adjusted odds ratio of coronary risk factors increased significantly with increasing waist circumference, BMI, %fat, waist to hip and waist to stature ratios, and were highest specifically for the waist to stature ratio and the waist circumference. Conclusions : The study results showed that the waist to stature ratio and the waist circumference, as obesity indices, were most closely correlated with coronary risk factors. It is suggested that the waist to stature ratio and, specifically, the waist circumference can be effectively used in the field of health management for screening those with high levels of coronary risk factors.

• The Korean Journal of Emergency Medical Services
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.177-198
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• 2001

The purpose of this research which was conducted by surveying the transfer consultation records from 360 medical institutions such as general hospitals, hospitals, clinics to the Emergency Medical Center at E University Hospital for six months(Jan. 1, 2000 - Jun. 30, 2000) are to standardize & complete transfer consultation record of hospitals at the 1st & 2nd referral level and to give patients transferred emergency medical center medical information services on a better quality. The conclusions and suggestions from this study were summarized as follows; (1) Examing the distribution of the referral medical consultation(transfer) sheet type, surgery part local clinic sheet types were 34.4%, medical part local clinic sheet types were 26.7%, undifferentiated local clinic sheet types were 23.9% and hospital level sheet types were 15.0%. (2) The items of the transfer consultation records had been standardized more than 75% in the order of patient's name, date, doctor's name, diagnosis, patient's status, impressions. (3) That the degree of recording completion on these items is in the order of patient's name, date, diagnosis, impressions was revealed. (4) Because the standardization and the degree of recording completion are very low in the patient's gender, age, address, electronic recording system was needed for more perfect input of initial patient informations. (5) This standardizing & complete recording on examination and medication will prevent re-examination and abuse of medication for patients transferred emergency medical center. (6) EMT Transfer System should be fixed in all medical institute for the standardizing & complete recording on care period and departure time will give many emergency patients the proper treatments at the proper time. (7) It was revealed that developing new standardized transfer consultation record & using electronic recording system are needed. (8) The complete recording & Fast Track System were needed for higher rate of bed operation at emergency medical center and more hospital profit.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.12 no.10
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• pp.4513-4522
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• 2011

The purpose of this study is to examine the degree of health promotion behavior among stomach cancer patients and its relevant factors, such as belief, family support, and self-esteem etc. To investigate factors affecting health promotion behavior among stomach cancer patients, a survey was conducted through personal interviews with 153 stomach cancer patients who came to two hospitals in Daejeon from June to July, 2008. Questions were about respondents' general characteristics, properties related to stomach cancer, health belief & family support for the disease, and self-esteem. According to the results of multi-variate regression analysis, factors affecting health promotion behavior included age, treatment type, benefit, barrier, family support, and self-esteem which explained 66.6%. Public health and medical interventions are necessary to improve health promotion behavior among stomach cancer patients by improving benefit, family support, and self-esteem and reducing barrier.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.361-367
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• 2010

The study was conducted on a total of 146 patients who cancelled planned surgeries at a University Hospital located in Daejeon for one year from Jan., 1 to Dec., 31, 2007 with the purpose of minimizing cancellation ratio of planned surgeries and thereby improving hospital management reasonably and raising service satisfaction. Participants in this study consisted of 56.8% of male patients and 43.2% of female patients, with a higher proportion of female than male patients. The causes of cancelled planned surgeries were classified into controllable and uncontrollable cases. 60.0% of the cases that cancelled planned surgeries were classified into controllable cases based on the classification of surgical risk. From these findings, the study proposes that researchers and hospital managers establish policy directions to reduce and improve surgery cancellation ratio.