• Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.339-348
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• 1991

The study problem was to determine the reliability of the Stewart pain circle measurement tool with Korean subjects. The purpose was to assess the tool for potential use in research in Korea. The subjects were 95 primary school students and 103 university students in Seoul. The study was conducted from May to June 1990, using Stewart's pain color circle tool. To determine the difference in the rated intensity of the order of the pain color circles, statistical mean and standard deviation were employed. Item reliability and test - retest reliability were used to test for reliability. ANOVA and t-test were used to explore for differences in the rated intensity of the order of the pain color circles according to the subjects' general characteristics. The findings were as follows ; 1. Higher level pain intensity was assigned to color circle numbers 2, 4, and 6 (These contain large amounts of color). Lower level pain intensity was assigned to numbers 1, 3, and 5(These contain small amounts of color). Higher and lower levels of pain intensity selection patterns were the same as Stewart's but the highest rating of pain was different. The highest pain intensity rating was given to the color red in this study instead of black as in Stewart's test. 2. University students and primary school students' ratings were not very difteferent. 3. Pain color circle reliability was $\alpha$＝0.3468, Test - retest reliability was supported (t＝0.02~0.97, p＝0.337~0.988) 4. Differences in the rating of the pain intensity order were related to the subjects' age and sex, but not to religion. It was concluded that the pain color circle measurement tool is worth for further study as a research instrument with both Korean adult and child clients for validity and reliability.

• The Korean Nurse
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• v.26 no.1 s.139
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• pp.43-48
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• 1987

분만진행에 수직체위가 효과적이라는 것을 연구하는 연구자는 이러한 체위가 자궁수축력을 강화하고 분만시간을 단축하여 분만시 동통을 감소시킨다는 것을 파악했다. 분만과 출산 시 쪼그리고 앉는 방법이 역사적으로 오랜 기간 동안 적용되어 왔음에도 불구하고 연구자들은 여러가지 분만방법의 장점에 대한 연구가 부족한 실정이다. 임상 경험에 의해 쪼그리고 앉는 자세가 보다 효과적임을 알면서도 여러가지 위험을 우려하여 적용을 기피하고 있다. 그러나 연구자들은 앞으로 이러한 체위의 가치를 확인하고 특별히 다른 체위와 비교하여 쪼그리고 앉는 행위가 경관열상의 빈도, 분만 1,2기의 시간, 분만 중이나 분만 후의 뇨정체의 유무, 제대탈출의 빈도등이 어떠한지를 파악하여야 할 것이다. 쪼그리고 앉는 체위에 대한 가장 좋은 잇점을 얻기 위해 조산자는 이러한 체위를 언제 어떻게 할 것인가에 대한 지식을 가져야 한다. 또한 융통성있고 창조적인 접근방법을 시도하여 의학적수행과 분만시 사정을 용이하게 하고 산부와 의료요원이 보다 편안하도록 하여야 한다. 조산교육자나 조산자는 분만시 그들의 체위에 대한 교육을 포함하여 쪼그리고 앉은 방법의 효과적인 적용을 위해 노력해야 한다. 임부에게 안전, 편안함, 분만의 효과적인 진행, 모든 선택 가능한 체위들을 교육하고 그러한 체위 중 쪼그리고 앉는 방법을 선택하도록 격려해야 한다.

• Childhood Kidney Diseases
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.252-255
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• 2009

Seminal vesicle cysts have been rarely detected. Most of them are caused congenitally, and two-thirds of them are accompanied with ipsilateral renal agenesis or dysplasia. They are usually present with dysuria, urinary frequency, perineal pain, epididymitis, pain after ejaculation, scrotal pain or infertility in the second to fourth decade of patient's life. Occasionally cysts are palpable by digital rectal examination, but radiologic imaging study is necessary to diagnose. We report a case of an infant with seminal vesicle cyst accompanied with ipsilateral renal agenesis detected incidentally in postnatal sonogram. The infant's right side of kidney was diagnosed as antenatally multicystic dysplastic kidney.