• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Applied Pharmacology
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• 2001.04a
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• pp.3-30
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• 2001

비만은 고혈압, 제2형 당뇨병, 지방간, 고지혈증, 퇴행성관절염, 일부 암성 질환 등 다양한 만성 퇴행성 질환들을 유발할 수 있으므로 비만을 하나의 질환으로 인식하고 치료할 필요가 있다. 비만은 식사요법, 운동요법과 행동수정요법을 병행해야 최상의 치료효과를 거둘 수 있다고 알려져 왔지만, 비만 치료가 끝나고 4년 후에 빠진 체중의 절반만이라도 다시 늘지 않고 유지하고 있는 사람은 10-30%에 불과하다. 그러나 비만 문제가 중요하고 현재까지의 치료방법이 성공적이지 못함에도 불구하고 비만의 약물 치료의 적절성에 대해서는 논란이 있다. 그러나 최근 비만의 약물 치료에 대해 재평가가 이루어지고 있으며, 식사, 운동, 행동요법과 약물치료의 병합 요법이 효과가 있음을 입증하는 연구결과들이 보고되고 있다. 여기에서는 비만증의 진단기준과 치료원칙을 간단히 설명하고 비만증의 약물요법을 위주로 살펴보도록 하겠다.

• Korean Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.63-70
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• 2014

The prevalence of obesity and overweight is increasing in mood disorder, and it is connected to an increased cardiovascular mortality. Because of them, treatment for obesity may be an essential part of mood disorder treatment. Similar to the general population, non-pharmacological treatment such as correction of life habits should be considered first of all. If this approaches are fail, pharmacological treatment for obesity would be required as next step. Any drug for obesity is not approved officially in mood disorder. So approved drugs in general population, and drugs supported by several studies are prescribed in clinical settings. Several treatment guidelines for mood disorder and studies support that orlistat, metformin, topiramate and bupropion is effective and safe.

• Journal of agricultural medicine and community health
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• v.40 no.1
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• pp.9-20
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• 2015

Objectives: This study aimed to explore the persistence and adherence to secondary preventive medication of stroke patients after discharge and to assess the reasons for persistence and nonadherence. Methods: Four hundred twenty-nine patients with stroke were surveyed to determine their behaviors from discharge. Reasons for stopping medications were ascertained. Persistence was defined as continuation of all secondary preventive medications prescribed at hospital discharge, and adherence as continuation of prescribed medications according to health care provider instructions. Results: Of the 429 patients, 86.5% were treatment persistent and 41.2%(non-intentional nonadherence=39.4%, intentional nonadherence=19.4%) were adherent. Independent predictors of persistence included having experience about health education. Independent predictors of non-intentional nonadherence were modified Rankin Scale(mRS) (Exp(B)=2.858, p=0.001) and health education experience (Exp(B)=0.472, p=0.032), and independent predictors of intentional nonadherence were mRS (Exp(B)=2.533, p=0.006), depressive symptoms (Exp(B)=1.113, p=0.016), beliefs about medications questionnaire(necessity, Exp(B)=0.879, p=0.011, concern, Exp(B)=1.098, p=0.019). Conclusions: Although up to one-ninth of stroke patients continued secondary prevention medications, nonadherence is common. Several potentially modifiable patient, provider, and system-level factors associated with persistence and adherence may be targets for future interventions. Specially, interventions to improve adherence should target patients' beliefs about their medication.

• Korean Journal of Biological Psychiatry
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• v.2 no.1
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• pp.131-139
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• 1995

Clozapine, on atypical antipsychotic drug, has been estimated to be a major improvement in the treatment-refractory schizophrenic patients. We evaluated the clozapine efficacy in the treatment of schizophrenic patients who are refractory to classic neuroleptics. The patients were assigned in a prospective, open, comparative trial for 12 weeks. Following an dose titration, 33 inpatients with treatment-refractory schizophrenia diagnosed according to DSM-III-R were given a clozapine(N=17, approximate 300-600mg/day) or haloperidol(N=16, approximate 20-30 mg/day) for 12 weeks. The clinical state was assessed before treatment, and 1st, 4th, 8th and 12th week during treatment using Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale(BPRS) and Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale(PANSS). Assessment of side effects were mode weekly using Simpson-Angus Scale for Extrapyramidal Side Effects and Adverse Events-Somatic Symptoms. Clozapine produces significant improvement than haloperidol on the BPRS and PANSS scores. 77% (13/17) of the clozapine-treated patients were categorized as responders, who showed at least 20% decrease in total BPRS scores, compared with 31% (5/16) of haloperidol-treated patients. Extrapyramidal side effects occurred in only one patient in clozapine group, but nine patients in haloperidol group. Salivation, sleepiness, constipation and hypotension were most frequent adverse effects observed in clozapine group. There was no significant changes in total WBC and neutrophil during clozapine treatment. These findings suggest that clozapine is on effective antipsychotic drug for the Korean treatment-refractory schizophrenic patients, who are nonresponsive to or unable to tolerate classcal antipsychotic drugs due to extrapyramidal side effects.

• Sleep Medicine and Psychophysiology
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.77-83
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• 2016

Objectives: The present study investigated current practices of insomnia treatment among Korean doctors in clinical settings. Methods: A total of 100 doctors participated in the present study and filled out a series of survey questions regarding their treatment of insomnia patients. Results: The results revealed that the primary type of insomnia treatment was pharmacological and that the most popular medication was zolpidem. The majority of doctors reported that they also utilized non-pharmacological treatments such as sleep hygiene education and cognitive-behavioral therapy. However, these treatments tended to result in low satisfaction. In addition, the doctors perceived that patients largely preferred pharmacological treatments to non-pharmacological ones and did not have sufficient knowledge of non-pharmacological treatments. Conclusion: Many doctors believed that non-pharmacological treatments for insomnia were important, but reported that they were difficult to implement in practice. The results of this study suggest that improved medical conditions for non-pharmacological treatments and education of physicians are necessary to appropriately treat insomnia.

• The Monthly Diabetes
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• s.285
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• pp.30-34
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• 2013

고지혈증의 치료를 위해서는 올바른 식사와 생활습관의 수정이 필요하다. 미국 당뇨병학회(American Diabetics Association, ADA)는 당뇨병환자의 고질혈증의 치료를 위해 생활습관 조정, 신체 활동 증가, 체중 감소, 금연과 함께 개인별 상황을 고려한 영양적 중재를 권하고 있고, 국립 콜레스테롤 교육 프로그램(National Cholesterol Education Program, NCEP)에서 제정한 고지혈증 치료지침서(Adult Treatment Panel III, ATP III)에서는 비약물 요법의 중요성을 강조하면서 식사요법 및 생활습관의 개선(therapeutic lifestyle change, TLC)으로 고지혈증의 치료를 시작하여 6주 이상 실시한 후에 효과가 없을 때는 약물치료를 하도록 권하고 있다. 따라서 고지혈증 개선을 위해 바람직한 식사 원칙에 대하여 자세히 알아보고자 한다.

• Korean Journal of Clinical Pharmacy
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.274-282
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• 2012

현재 HIV(human immunodeficiency virus) 감염에 대하여 보다 많은 효과적인 약물치료법이 가능하다. Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART)로 언급되는 이 치료법은 항 HIV치료제의 다양한 병용법으로 구성된다. 그러나, 최근에 이렇게 치료된 환자들에게 중요한 독성들(toxicities)로서 빈번하게 상당한 지질이상과 혈중당의 항상성 조절장애와 연관된 몸의 지방 분포 비정상으로서 나타나는, 광범위한 대사성 합병증(metabolic complications)이 출현해왔다. 이러한 합병증의 관리는 표준적인 치료 중재(interventions)와 연관하여 지질과 당 대사와 관련된 항 HIV치료제의 특성 있는 효과를 이해하면서, 항 HIV 약물들을 조절하는 것을 포함한다. 본 증례는 항HIV 약물요법과정에서 나타난 상당한 지질 이상, 매우 높은 LDL 수치와 높은 TG수치에 따르는 후속 약물요법을 보여주며, 개별화된 항 HIV 약물요법을 수행하면서, 대사성 합병증에 관련된 수치의 검사와 주기적인 약물치료과정의 모니터링을 권하여 HIV에 감염된 환자들의 효과적인 치료를 향상시키기 위한 것이다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Information Management Conference
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• 2012.08a
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• pp.143-146
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• 2012

본 연구에서는 MEDLINE에 수록된 논문의 암 관련 우울증 문헌을 대상으로 MeSH(Medical Subject Headings) 키워드를 이용하여 1992년부터 2011년까지 20년간의 연구 동향을 분석하였다. 암과 우울증에 해당하는 MeSH 키워드를 주제로 다룬 논문 3,389편과 50,778개의 키워드를 대상으로 주요 학술지 및 암 발병 위치와 우울증 치료요법을 분석하였다. 암 관련 우울증 논문의 암 발병 위치별 빈도는 유방암이 799편으로 가장 높았으며, 폐암, 전립선암, 뇌종양, 두경부암이 뒤를 이었다. 또한 우울증 치료 요법별 빈도는 비약물치료가 552편으로 약물치료 400편보다 높게 나타났으며 비약물치료는 크게 상담치료와 상담 외 치료에 대한 키워드로 구분되었고, 약물치료는 치료 요법명과 약명으로 다시 구분되었다.

• 한국노년학
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• v.37 no.2
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• pp.445-459
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• 2017

The purpose of this study is to provide a systematic review of the nonpharmacological interventions of ADL improvement for dementia published in foreign journals for the past 10 years, and to provide general information on nonpharmacological interventions and effective intervention methods to dementia expert in clinical practice. We searched published studies in the Medline Complete, PubMed Central, and Scopus databases from January 2007 to November 2016. The main keywords used "Dementia AND (ADL OR Activities of daily living) AND Nonpharmacological interventions" and total of 9 studies were selected for analysis from 974 searched articles. The level of evidence were belonged to 3 each studies in I~III level. The mostly provided nonpharmacological interventions were exercise, the study field was variety of areas including rehabilitation(occupational therapy, physical therapy), nursing, and psychology. The Barthel Index(BI) was most frequently used assessment tools to evaluate basic activities of daily living, Cognition was most dependent variables measured with the ADL. Through this study, we provided evidence for the understanding of nonpharmacological interventions of ADL improvement for dementia. In the future, based on this study, helpful intervention needed for ADL training.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.253-266
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• 2001

Background: The causes of ADHD(attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) are various, so it is impossible to understand the whole characteristics of ADHD, only with simple intelligence testing scales. We compared cognitive characteristics of ADHD group with normal controls with Korean Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children(K-ABC). It is well known to evaluate neuropsychological and cognitive aspects of the children. Materials and Methods: Age and sex matched 40 ADHD patients and 40 normal controls tested with the K-ABC. Each subscales compared between pre-treatment patients and controls, pre-treatment and post-treatment in patient group, post-treatment patients and controls. Results: Significant differences are observed in sequential processing, simultaneous processing, cognitive processing and achievement between pre-treatment patients and controls, and in gestalt closure between pre-treatment and post-treatment patients group. But there are no significant differences between pre-treatment patients and controls in gestalt closure and reading/decoding. Conclusions: Methylphenidate improved the scores of simultaneous scale, which means improvement of executive functions such as divided attention, analysis and organization. Methylphenidate also reduced distractibility.