• The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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• v.8 no.5
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• pp.193-199
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• 2022

This study tried to understand the effect of human capital of the elderly on life satisfaction. Data from the 8th KReIS additional survey were used for the study subjects, and the number of subjects was 1987. Descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, and regression analysis were performed using SPSS 20.0. As a result, gender, age, education level, economic activity status, generational composition, spouse presence, and exercise type showed significant differences in life satisfaction. Life satisfaction and health status showed the highest positive (+) correlation, and monthly average income and education level showed the highest negative (-) correlation. As for human capital that affects life satisfaction, life satisfaction was higher in women than men, employed rather than unemployed, married generations, health, average monthly income, and regular exercise.

• The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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• v.9 no.5
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• pp.237-244
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• 2023

The aim of this study was to explore the satisfaction and needs of 119 paramedics with regard to continuing education and to develop and implement a continuing education program that can enhance their competence in accordance with the purpose of continuing education. The differences in satisfaction with continuing education according to general characteristics were significantly different depending on age, qualification, and clinical experience, and in terms of continuing education topic needs, 'Advanced Trauma Life Support' was the highest need among all groups, and additional desired continuing education topics were the management of mentally ill patients and various field case-based education, indicating a high preference for practical topics that are helpful in emergency patient care work. Therefore, it is believed that efforts should be made to improve the operation of continuing education from various angles, taking into account the general characteristics of continuing education recipients, and improving the quality of continuing education by reflecting the needs of continuing education recipients and selecting practical topics for continuing education.

• Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.153-160
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• 2010

Purpose: The purpose of the present study was to investigate needs and satisfaction on the medical services of cancer patients in Jeju Special Self-Governing Province. Methods: Total 174 cancer patients, who visited at the clinic of Jeju National University Hospital, submitted informed consent and participated in this study from July 13 to July 30, 2009. Self questionnaire was used and data were analyzed with Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, Mann-Whitney U test, ANOVA, and Kruskal-Wallis test. Results: Participants expressed the needs of most economical support (3.38 out of 4), followed by counseling of treatment plan (3.22), information of disease (3.07), and disease management except cancer (2.97). Participants were satisfied most with religious counseling (3.41), followed by nursing service support (3.39), employment counseling (3.26), and counseling for family or interpersonal relationships (3.26). The satisfaction of economical support was the lowest (1.98). Satisfaction of men was higher than women, and needs in patients who were living with children was the highest. Patients who were living alone or with children showed the lowest satisfaction about the medical services. There were no significant differences in the general characteristics, however, participants who were older than 60 years of age or had higher income showed lower needs and higher satisfaction. There were no significant differences in the medical characteristics, however, thyroid cancer patients and patients who were treated with radiation therapy or transarterial embolization showed low satisfaction. Conclusion: Cancer patients seemed to need more economical support, information of treatment or disease, and symptom management. Furthermore, there were various needs about the services, depending on family formation or economical support of patients. Therefore, it is certain that patients who were suffering from other cancers, except the 5 major cancers, needed more services. In conclusion, continuous and systemic policy to consider patient's characteristics and needs are needed in community as well as health care system.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.31 no.4
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• pp.696-702
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• 2002

This study was conducted among the university students to evaluate the recognition of food calories through questionnaire. The subjects were 88 male and 230 female students in Chungnam. 67.4% of the subjects experienced nutrition education, 50.8% and 86.6% of them recognized daily calorie requirement and definition of calorie, respectively. There were significant differences in response rate about frequency of supper, experience and satisfaction of weight control, degree of knowledge of calorie, and need of nutrition education among the subjects with experience of nutrition education and recognition of daily calorie requirement and calorie definition. The calories of 14 food items (29.17%) were low recognized in subjects with nutrition education than in subjects without nutrition education. The results also show that the calories of 38 food items (79.17%) were highly recognized than the actual clories of them in total subjects. Especially, vegetables, fruits, and oils were highly recognized. The daily calorie intakes in the subjects recognizing calorie definition were lower than in the other subjects(p<0.05). In conclusion, university students highly recognized than actual food calories, and there was significant difference in degree of recognition with various factors, such as nutrition education, knowledge of calorie, and weight control, and therefore showing a strong need of proper nutrition education about food calories.

• Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.1-10
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• 2006

Purpose: Terminal cancer influences on patients as well as their family members. This research was performed to evaluate the quality of lift of primary family caregivers and to investigate the influencing factors. Methods: The results of survey were collected from 81 family caregivers who were taking care of hospitalized terminal cancer patients at an oncology department of university hospital in Daejeon from March 2005 to January 2006 with questionnaires. The questionnaires were consisted of the general characteristics of the subjects, and 36-items short-form Health Survey (SE-36) Korean version to evaluate the quality of life of family caregivers, the characteristics of patients and family caregivers' caring trait. Results: Family caregivers' mean (${\pm}SD$) SF-36 score was 47.9 (${\pm}20.7$). Influential factors on family caregivers' life quality were daily raring hours, economic burden, type of treatment; only supportive care, caring duration, sex, the numbers of ADLs (activity of daily livings) items that patients needed help in order by stepwised multiple logistic regression analysis (overall $R^2=0.639$, P=0.044). Conclusion: Daily raring hours and economic burden were two influential modifiable factors on family caregivers' quality of life. Therefore, social supportive systems are required to reduce family caregivers' daily caring hour and economic burden.

• Journal of Families and Better Life
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.106-117
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• 1994

본연구는 부부의 경제생활 만족도를 파악하기 위하여 가정의 사회인구학적 변인과 가정의 경제환경에 대한 지각정된 주관적 경제수준 평가 및 부부가 참여하는 가계관리 행동 변인들이 부부의 가정의 경제생활 만족도에 미치는 영향을 실증적으로 검증하여 비교 분석 하는 데 그 목적이 있다. 조사대상자는 서울시 거주의 1자녀 이상을 둔 부부로서 500쌍의 설문지 중 367쌍이 본 연구자료로 사용되었다. 연구결과를 요약하면 다음과같다. 남편의 경 제생활 만족도에 여향을 미치는 변인은 소득 적정감 자원 지각도, 상대적 비교감, 자원기여 평가도 경제소준 향상감, 가계관리 참여도, 월평균 가계속득이었으며 부인의 경우에는 소득 적정감 상대적 비교감 자원기여 평가도 자가주택 소유여부 남편의 직업으로 나타났다 남편 과 부인 모두의 경제생활 만족도에 대한 예측력이 가장 큰 변인은 소득 적정감으로 나타났 다 부부의 경제생활 만족도는 주관적 경제수준 평가의 영향력이 사회인구학적 변인의 영향 력보다 상대적으로 큰 것으로 나타났다.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.16 no.9
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• pp.6061-6070
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• 2015

The purpose of this study was to examine relations on the autonomy, nursing performance based on the awareness and satisfaction of electronic medical record system for nurses. This Study was a descriptive survey design using convenience sampling. There were 194 general hospital nurses, who agreed to participate in this study, taken a structured questionnaire during august 2013. SPSS 20.0 version was used for descriptive analysis, frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, independent t-test, one-way ANOVA and Pearson correlation coefficiency. The major findings of this study were as follows. The mean score on the awareness of EMR was 3.68, the mean score on the satisfaction was 3.47 and nursing autonomy mean score was 3.25, nursing performance mean score was 3.55. There were significant differences in the awareness according to working field and computer certificate. There were significant differences in satisfaction depending on whether they held computer certificates Head nurses and the above scored significantly higher in nursing performance compared to nurses at the lower position. Also, higher awareness was significantly related to higher satisfaction. Higher satisfaction was significantly related to higher nursing autonomy and performance. The findings of this study imply that nurses need to raise their EMR awareness and satisfaction and make best used of their qualification with their computer certificate.

• Journal of Korea Entertainment Industry Association
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• v.14 no.8
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• pp.265-276
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• 2020

The purpose of this study was to investigate major satisfaction, communication skills, image of nurses and nursing professionalism, and to identify the influencing factors on nursing professionalism of nursing students. Data were collected using questionnaires from 214 students who were 3rd years in the nursing university in Gwangju, June 2019. The collected data was analyzed by descriptive statistics, pearson's correlation coefficient and stepwise multiple regression using IBM SPSS 21.0 program. The mean scores for the major satisfaction(3.71±0.53), communication skills(3.50±0.38), image of nurses(3.80±0.52), nursing professionalism(3.70±0.56) were above average. It was found that there were significant differences in the nursing professionalism depending on age, motivation for nursing clinical practice. Significant relationships were found among major satisfaction(r=.531, p=.000), communication skills(r=.531, p=.000), image of nurses(r=.836, p=.000) and nursing professionalism in nursing students. The results of stepwise multiple regression indicates that image of nurses(β=.705, p=.000) and communication skill(β=.136, p=.001) and major satisfaction(β=.133, p=.002) and predicts 72.8% in clinical practice competency(F=191.248, p<.001). In conclusion, to enhance nursing professionalism for nursing students, it is necessary to develop and utilize a program that enhances image of nurses, communication skills and major satisfaction.

• Journal of Industrial Convergence
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• v.20 no.12
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• pp.245-250
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• 2022

This study aims to identify the factors that affect the satisfaction of practice among nursing students who participated after replacing it with on-campus practice in a situation where practice was not possible due to COVID-19. Data were collected from 144 nursing students who participated in the clinical practice alternative campus practice conducted from September 13 to December 3, 2021 at a university located in G province. Data analysis was analyzed by ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and hierarchical multiple regression analysis. The subject's satisfaction with practice is a general characteristic, self-efficacy (r=.540, p=.000), self-leadership (r=.553, p=.000), and critical thinking ability (r=.382, p=.000). , there was a significant correlation between major satisfaction (r= .248, p=.003). Variables that affect the clinical performance of the subjects were self-efficacy 20.4% (𝛽=.266, p=.047), self-leadership 51.2% (𝛽=.271, p=.047), and satisfaction with practice The explanatory power of the variables was 33.8%. Therefore, it is necessary to develop and apply a curriculum that can increase self-leadership and self-efficacy in order to increase the satisfaction of nursing students' practice.

• Therapeutic Science for Rehabilitation
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.67-80
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• 2023

Objective : This study aimed to investigate the current status of physical therapy in children and adolescents. Methods : Sixty questionnaires from physical therapists treating children and adolescents with disabilities were analyzed. The questionnaire consisted of questions on physical therapy, participants, satisfaction, and the assessment of pediatric and adolescent physical therapy. Descriptive statistics and frequencies were used to investigate the current status, participants, and satisfaction. Differences between physical therapy participation difficulty, importance-ability of major aspects of pediatric and adolescent physical therapy, and therapy goal frequency were analyzed using paired T-test. Results : 11 to 15 cases (66.7%) and one-on-one treatment (95.0%) were performed independently (95.0%). The main ages of the subjects were preschool and school, the diagnoses were brain lesions and developmental delay, and treatment was conducted for up to 20 years or older. Satisfaction with pediatric and adolescent physical therapy was high (70.0%), as was the intensity of work (71.7%). Neurodevelopmental therapy, gait training, and goal-directed rehabilitation were the main treatments, and Gross Motor Function Measures of 88 and 66, respectively, were used. Respondents said that current fee system is inadequate (66.1%) and appropriate fee system is needed. Conclusion : This study extensively investigated the content of and factors related to pediatric and adolescent physical therapy. Based on the current situation, efforts to improve the expertise and continuity of pediatric and adolescent physical therapists and apply the latest treatment techniques are required.