• 제목/요약/키워드: Clinical Practice Anxiety

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전인적 호스피스간호중재 프로그램이 입원한 호스피스환자의 통증과 불안에 미치는 효과 (Effects of Wholistic Hospice Nursing Intervention Program on Pain and Anxiety for In-patient of Hospice Palliative Care Unit)

  • 최성은;강은실;최화숙
    • 호스피스학술지
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    • 제8권1호
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    • pp.55-67
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    • 2008
  • 목적: 말기환자와 그 가족들은 신체적인 고통뿐 아니라 심리·사회적, 영적 측면에서 전인적인 고통을 겪고 있으므로 이러한 고통을 완화시켜주기 위해서는 간호사, 의사, 성직자, 사회복지사 등의 다학제(multi- discipline) 전문가들과 자원봉사자로 구성된 호스피스 팀에 의해 제공되는 호스피스 간호중재 프로그램의 개발이 필요한 현실이다. 본 연구는 단일군 전․후 유사실험 연구설계로 전인적 호스피스 간호중재 프로그램이 호스피스 병동에 입원한 호스피스 환자의 통증과 상태불안에 미치는 효과를 알아보고자 하였다. 방법: 자료수집은 P시 소재 S병원의 호스피스 병동에 입원한 18세 이상의 환자 27명을 대상으로 2004년 4월 6일부터 2005년 4월 20일까지 구조화된 설문지를 통해 수집하였다. 제공된 전인적 호스피스간호중재 프로그램은 전인적, 다학제적, 개별 및 집단적인 중재형태로 구성되어 있고, 상호협동적인 다학제 전문가팀(간호사, 의사, 성직자, 사회복지사, 무용치료사, 미술치료사, 자원봉사자)이 호스피스 대상자 병실이나 병동에서 매회 120분씩, 총 10회(총1,200분)에 걸쳐 실시한 프로그램이었다. 프로그램 효과를 측정하기 위한 도구로서 통증 척도는 윤영호(1998) 등이 한국형 간이통증 조사지(Korean Version of Brief Pain Inventory, BPI-K)로 개발한 도구 중 일부를 윤매옥(2000)이 사용한 도구, 상태불안 척도로는 Spielberger (1975)의 상태불안 측정도구(State-Anxiety Inventory)를 김정택과 신동균(1978)이 번역하여 사용한 도구를 사용하였다. 자료분석은 수집된 자료를 SPSS/WIN 12.0 프로그램을 이용하여 실수, 백분율, 최대값, 최소값, 평균, 표준편차, Paired t-test로 분석하였다. 결과: 본 연구의 결과는 다음과 같다. (1) 가설 1 ‘전인적 호스피스 간호중재 프로그램을 제공받은 입원 호스피스 환자(이하 실험군)는 실험 전보다 실험 후의 통증 정도가 낮을 것이다’ 를 검증한 결과 실험군은 실험 후의 통증 점수가 유의하게 낮아 가설이 지지되었다(t=-10.585, P= .000). (2) 가설 2 ‘전인적 호스피스 간호중재 프로그램을 제공받은 실험군은 실험 전보다 실험 후의 상태불안 정도가 낮을 것이다’ 를 검증한 결과 실험군은 실험 후의 상태불안 정도가 유의하게 낮아 가설이 지지되었다(t=-8.234, P= .000). 결론: 본 연구의 결과, 전인적 호스피스 간호중재 프로그램은 호스피스 대상자의 통증 및 상태불안을 완화시키고 향상시켜 신체 및 정서적 차원에서 그 효과가 확인되었으므로 호스피스 임상 실무에 적극적으로 활용할 수 있을 것이며, 그로 인해 호스피스 대상자의 통증을 조절하고 불안을 감소시켜 삶의 질을 총체적으로 높일 수 있는 데 기여하리라 사료된다.

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호흡기능장애와 관련된 간호진단의 타당도 조사 (Validity of Nursing Diagnoses Related to Difficulty in Respiratory Function)

  • 김조자;이원희;유지수;허혜경;김창희;홍성경
    • 대한간호학회지
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    • 제23권4호
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    • pp.569-584
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    • 1993
  • This study was done to verify validity of nursing diagnoses related to difficulty in respiratory function. First, content validity was examined by an expert group considering the etiology and the signs / symptoms of three nursing diagnoses - ineffective airway clearance, ineffective breathing pattern, impaired gas exchange. Second, clinical validity was examined by comparing the frequencies of the etiologies and signs / symptoms of the three nursing diagnoses in clinical case studies with the results of the content validity. This study was a descriptive study. The sample consisted of 23 experts (professors, head nurses and clinical instructors) who had had a variety of experiences using nursing diagnoses in clinical practice, and 102 case reports done by senior student nurses of the college of nursing of Y-university. These reports were part of their clinical practice in the ICU. The instrument used for this study was a checklist for etiologies and signs and symptoms based on the literature, Doenges and Moorhouse (1988), Kim, McFarland, McLane (1991), Lee Won Hee et al. (1987), Kim Cho Ja et at. (1988). The data was collected over four month period from May 1992 to Aug. 1992. Data were analyzed using frequencies done with the SPSS / PC+ package. The results of this study are summarized as follows : 1. General Characteristics of the Expert Group A bachelor degree was held by 43.5% and a master or doctoral degree by 56.5% of the expert group. The average age of the expert group was 35.3 years. Their average clinical experience was 9.3 years and their average experience in clinical practice was 5.9 years. The general characteristics of the patients showed that there were more women than men, that the age range was from 1 to over 80. Most of their medical diagnoses were diagnoses related to the respiratory. system, circulation or neurologic system, and 50% or more of them had a ventilator with intubation or a tracheostomy. The number of cases for each nursing diagnoses was : · Ineffective airway clearance, 92 cases. · Ineffective breathing pattern, 18 cases. · Impaired gas exchange, 22 cases. 2. The opinion of the expert group as to the classification of the etiology, and signs and symptoms of the three nursing diagnoses was as follows : · In 31.8% of the cases the classification of etiology was clear. · In 22.7%, the classification of signs and symptoms was clear. · In 17.4%, the classification of nursing interventions was clear. 3. In the expert group 80% or mere agreed to ‘dysp-nea’as a common sign and symptom of the three nursing diagnoses. The distinguishing signs and symptoms of (Ineffective airway clearance) were ‘sputum’, ‘cough’, ‘abnormal respiratory sounds : rales’. The distinguishing sings and symptoms of (Ineffective breathing pattern) were ‘tachypnea’, ‘use of accessory muscle of respiration’, ‘orthopnea’ and for (Impaired gas exchange) it was ‘abnormal arterial blood gas’, 4. The distribution of etiology, and signs and symptoms of the three nursing diagnoses was as follows : · There was a high frequency of ‘increased secretion from the bronchus and trachea’ in both the expert group and the case reports as the etiology of ineffective airway clearance. · For the etiologies for ineffective breathing pat-tern, ‘rain’, ‘anxiety’, ‘fear’, ‘obstructions of the tract, ca and bronchus’ had a high ratio in the ex-pert group and ‘decreased expansion of lung’ in the case reports. · For the etiologies for impaired gas exchanges, ‘altered oxygen -carrying capacity of the blood’ and ‘excess accumulation of interstitial fluid in lung’ had a high ratio in the expert group and ‘altered oxygen supply’ in the case reports. · For signs and symptoms for ineffective airway clearance, ‘dyspnea’, ‘altered amount and character of sputum’ were included by 100% of the expert group. ‘Abnormal respiratory. sound(rate, rhonchi)’ were included by a high ratio of the expert group. · For the signs and symptoms for ineffective breathing pattern. ‘dyspnea’, ‘shortness of breath’ were included by 100% of the expert group. In the case reports, ‘dyspnea’ and ‘tachypnea’ were reported as signs and symptoms. · For the sign and symptoms for impaired gas exchange, ‘hypoxia’ and ‘cyanosis’ had a high ratio in the expert group. In the case report, ‘hypercapnia’, ‘hypoxia’ and ‘inability to remove secretions’ were reported as signs and symptoms. In summary, the similarity of the etiologies and signs and symptoms of the three nursing diagnoses related to difficulty in respiratory function makes it difficult to distinguish among them But the clinical validity of three nursing diagnoses was established through this study, and at last one sign and symp-tom was defined for each diagnosis.

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요통관리에 관한 연구동향 분석 (The Analysis of Research Trend about Management of Low Back Pain)

  • 현경선
    • 재활간호학회지
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    • 제1권1호
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    • pp.51-60
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    • 1998
  • The result of studying papers about management of lower back pain published in domestic and foreign nursing and medical magazines in these 10 years is as follows ; 1. General characteristic of lower back pain ; 1) In sex distribution, there were more men than women in 5 papers and more women than men in 4 papers among 9 papers surveryed. 2) In age distribution, thirties to forties of patients had more lower back pain as surveyed by general hospitals and fifties to sixties of patients had more lower back pain as surveyed by oriental medical hospitals. 3) In cause factor, there were 50 to 65% of sprain, 32 to 44% of herniated intervertebral disc and 13 to 29% of degenerative changes. 4) In symtom distribution, there were 26 to 57% of lower back pain, 42 to 65% of lower back pain with radiating pain and 34 to 99% of paravertevral muscle spasm. 5) In period of pain management distribution, 18 to 40% of patients experienced pain for less than 6 months and 59 to 82% of them experienced pain for more than 6 months in 3 papers among 4 papers. 6) In surveying the treatment, 66 to 88% of patients had conservative treatment and there were treatments of general hospital, oriental medicine, self remedy and traditional practice in conservative treatment. 7) In job distribution, 12 to 50% of them were housekeepers, 23 to 31% office workers, 4.6 to 36% blue color workers and 11 to 15% students. 2. As psychological character lower back pain paients had anxiety, depression, anger-hostility, phobic anxiety, neurasthenia, hypochondriasis, and interpersonal sensitivity. 3. To distinguish the cause of lower back pain, plain lumbar roentgenogram, straight leg rasing test, eletromyelogic findings, somatosensory evoked potentials CT and MRI were performed. 4. To relieve lower back pain. epidural adhesiolysis, epidulal injection of local anesthetic in mixture with steroid, lumbar spinal root block, low level laser therapy, acupuncture like transcutaneous nerve stimulation(AL TENS), topical capsaicin and lumbar orthotics were used in medical field, and relaxation technique was used in nursing field. 5. Mckenzie's extension exercise and William's flexsion exercise for lower back pain were used in medical field and Yoga exercise was applied in nursing field. 6. The more school education and self efficacy were high, the better they had active coping lower back pain positively and the less self efficacy was the more they had serious pain. As a result of studying the paper there have been very little research for lower back pain in nursing fields of Korea and foreign countries. Because 60 to 80% of population expeience lower back pain at least more than once, it is necessary to develop the study and clinical practice for management of lower back pain.

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간호업무 전산화를 위한 표준화된 간호계획의 개발에 관한 연구 (A Study on the Development of Standardized Nursing Care Plans for Computerized Nursing Service)

  • 김조자;전춘영;임영신;박지원
    • 대한간호학회지
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    • 제20권3호
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    • pp.368-380
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    • 1990
  • A central issue in the development of nursing practice is to describe the phenomenon with which nursing is concerned. To identify the health problems which can be diagnosed and managed by the nurse is the first step to organize and ensure the development of nursing science. Therefore the academic world has been discussing the application of the nursing diagnosis in nursing practice as a means of improving quality of care. The objectives of this study were to develop a standardized nursing care plan for ten selected nursing diagnoses to form a database for computerized nursing service. The research approach used in the study was (1) the selection of the ten nursing diagnoses which occur most frequently on medical-surgical wards, (2) the development of a standardized nursing care plan for the ten selected nursing diagnoses, (3) application of the plan to hospitalize patients and evaluation of the content validity by the nurses, and (4) evaluation of the clinical effects after the use of the standardized nursing care plans. The subjects were 56 nurses and 395 hospitalized patients on two medical and two surgical unit. The results of this study were as follows ; 1) The ten selected nursing diagnoses for the development of the standardized nursing care plans were “PAIN, SLEEP DISTURBANCE, ALTERED HEALTH MAINTENANCE, ALTERATION IN NUTRITION, ANXIETY, CONSTIPATION, ALTERED PATTERNS OF URINARY ELIMINATION, DISTURBANCE IN BODY IMAGE, POTENTIAL FOR ACTIVITY INTOLERANCE AND ACTIVITY INTOLERANCE”. 2. The developed standardized nursing care plans included the nursing diagnosis, definition, defining characteristics, etiologic or related factors that contribute to the condition, recording pattern, desired outcomes and nursing orders (nursing interventions). 3. The plan was used with hospitalized patients on medical - surgical wards to test for content validity. The patient's satisfaction with the nursing care and nurses' job satisfaction were investigated to evaluate the clinical effects after the use of the standardized nursing care plans. A comparison of patient satisfaction with nursing care before and after the introduction of the standardized nursing care plans showed a statistically significant higher level of satisfaction with the standardized care plans. There was no difference in the level of job satisfaction expressed by the nursing staff before and after the standardized nursing care plans were introduced. However, when opinions about the use of the standardized nursing care plans were examined it was found that there was a positive effect on clarity in defining the nursing problems, determining nursing cost, more feasible goal setting, effective and systematic nursing records and indications for nursing research. The results of this study suggest that in order to increase the use of nursing diagnoses in the clinical area, it would be effective to select some wards as a pilot project, give the nurses training in the use of nursing diagnosis and develop and use the standardized nursing care plans. In addition to the ten diagnosis used in this study it is recommended that continual development of nursing diagnoses be done using diagnoses that are appropriate to Korea and testing them for validity through standardized care plans.

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2021 Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinical Practice Guidelines for Endoscopic Sedation

  • Hong Jun Park;Byung-Wook Kim;Jun Kyu Lee;Yehyun Park;Jin Myung Park;Jun Yong Bae;Seung Young Seo;Jae Min Lee;Jee Hyun Lee;Hyung Ku Chon;Jun-Won Chung;Hyun Ho Choi;Myung Ha Kim;Dong Ah Park;Jae Hung Jung;Joo Young Cho;Endoscopic Sedation Committee of Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
    • Clinical Endoscopy
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    • 제55권2호
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    • pp.167-182
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    • 2022
  • Sedation can resolve anxiety and fear in patients undergoing endoscopy. The use of sedatives has increased in Korea. Appropriate sedation is a state in which the patient feels subjectively comfortable while maintaining the airway reflex for stable spontaneous breathing. The patient should maintain a state of consciousness to the extent that he or she can cooperate with the needs of the medical staff. Despite its benefits, endoscopic sedation has been associated with cardiopulmonary complications. Cardiopulmonary complications are usually temporary. Most patients recover without sequelae. However, they may progress to serious complications, such as cardiovascular collapse. Therefore, it is essential to screen high-risk patients before sedation and reduce complications by meticulous monitoring. Additionally, physicians should be familiar with the management of emergencies. The first Korean clinical practice guideline for endoscopic sedation was developed based on previous worldwide guidelines for endoscopic sedation using an adaptation process. The guideline consists of nine recommendations based on a critical review of currently available data and expert consensus when the guideline was drafted. These guidelines should provide clinicians, nurses, medical school students, and policy makers with information on how to perform endoscopic sedation with minimal risk.

통증의 기억과 선행진통 (Memory of Pain and Preemptive Analgesia)

  • 송선옥
    • Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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    • 제17권1호
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    • pp.12-20
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    • 2000
  • The memory of pain can be more damaging than its initial experience. Several factors arc related the directions of pain memory: current pain intensity, emotion, expectation of pain, and peak intensity of previous pain. The possible mechanisms behind the memory of pain are neuroplastic changes of nervous system via peripheral and central sensitization. Peripheral sensitization is induced by neurohumoral alterations at the site of injury and nearby. Biochemicals such as K+, prostaglandins, bradykinin, substance P, histamine and serotonin, increase transduction and produce continuous nociceptive input. Central sensitization takes place within the dorsal horn of spinal cord and amplifies the nociceptive input from the periphery. The mechanisms of central sensitization involve a variety of transmitters and postsynaptic mechanisms resulting from the activations of NMDA receptors by glutamate. and activation of NK-1 tachykinnin receptors by substance-P and neurokinnin. The clinical result of peripheral and central sensitization is hyperalgesia, allodynia, spontaneous pain, referred pain, or sympathetically maintained pain. These persistent sensory responses to noxious stimuli arc a form of memory. The hypothesis of preemptive analgesia is that analgesia administered before the painful stimulus will prevent or reduce subsequent pain and analgesic requirements in comparison to the identical analgesic intervention administered after the painful stimulus, by preventing or reducing the memory of pain in the nervous system. Conventionally, pain management was initiated following noxious stimuli such as surgery. More recently, however many have endorsed preemptive analgesia initiated before surgery. Treatments to control postsurgical pain are often best started before injury activates peripheral nociceptors and triggers central sensitization. Such preemption is not achieved solely by regional anesthesia and drug therapy but also requires behavioral interventions to decrease anxiety or stress. Although the benefit of preemptive analgesia may not be obvious in every circumstance, and in many cases may not sufficient to abolish central sensitization, it is an appropriate and human goal of clinical practice.

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수퍼바이저의 지지가 초심상담자의 심리적 소진에 미치는 영향 : 역전이 관리능력의 매개효과 (The Effects of Supervisor Supports on Novice Counselor's Psychological Burnout : The Mediating Effects of the Countertransference Management Ability)

  • 현민홍;홍혜영
    • 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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    • 제18권2호
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    • pp.301-319
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    • 2018
  • 본 연구의 목적은 수퍼바이저의 사회적 지지가 초심상담자의 심리적 소진에 영향을 미치는지 알아보고 역전이 관리 능력 및 각각의 하위요인들(자기통찰, 자기통합, 공감능력, 불안관리, 개념화 기술)이 매개 역할을 하는지 살펴보는 것이다. 이를 위해 상담경력 3년 이하의 슈퍼비전 경험이 있는 초심상담자 202명을 연구대상으로 하였으며 그 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 첫째, 수퍼바이저의 사회적 지지는 역전이 관리 능력 및 5개의 하위요인 모두와 정적 상관을 나타냈고, 수퍼바이저의 사회적 지지, 역전이 관리능력, 5개 하위요인 모두는 심리석 소진과 부적 상관을 나타냈다. 둘째, 수퍼바이저의 사회석 지지가 심리적 소진에 미치는 영향에서 역전이 관리능력의 매개효과를 검증한 결과, 역전이 관리능력이 완전매개하는 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 수퍼바이저의 사회적 지지가 심리석 소진에 미치는 영향에서 역전이 관리능력의 하위요인들에 대한 매개효과를 검증한 결과, 자기통합, 공감능력, 불안관리는 완전매개하는 것으로 나타났으며, 자기통찰, 개념화 기술은 부분매개하는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과를 통해 역전이 관리능력이 수퍼바이저의 사회석 지지와 심리적 소진 사이에서 강한 영향을 미치고 있음을 확인하였다. 끝으로 본 연구의 시사점과 후속 연구를 위한 제언을 제시하였다.

분노반응척도의 개발과 임상적 적용 (Development of the Anger Response Scale and its Application in Clinical Practice)

  • 고경봉;박중규;김찬형;김도훈
    • 정신신체의학
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    • 제12권2호
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    • pp.122-134
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    • 2004
  • 연구목적 : 본 연구의 목적은 분노반응 척도를 개발하고 임상에 적용하고자 하는 데 있다. 방법: 성인 정상인 123명을 대상으로 분노반응 척도 예비설문을 시행하여 16개 문항을 추출하였다. 그 다음에 이 문항들이 포함된 설문을 정상인 258명을 대상으로 실시하였다. 상기 척도의 임상적 적용은 환자군 189명(불안장애 59명, 우울장애 72명, 신체형장애 58명)을 대상으로 하였다. 결과: 이 자료들을 요인분석한 결과 4개의 하위요인 즉 공격성반응, 짜증반응, 도피반응, 분노억압반응이 추출되었다. 상기 척도의 신뢰도는 정상인 53명에게 2주 간격으로 검사-재검사를 시행, 분석한 결과 4개 하위척도 점수와 척도 전체 점수간의 상관계수가 .53-.71로 모두 유의한 상관성을 보였다. 한편 내적 일치도는 4개 하위척도의 Cronbach's ${\alpha}$가 .62-.72, 척도 전체의 Cronbach's ${\alpha}$가 .76로 유의한 수준을 보였다. 공존 타당도의 평가는 공격성질문지 (Aggression Questionnaire) 총점, 상태-특성분노표출척도(State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory), 스트레스반응척도(Stress Response Inventory)의 분노 및 공격성 하위척도, Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (SCL-90-R)의 적대감 하위척도를 사용하였다. 환자군과 정상군 간에 척도의 전체 점수와 하위척도 점수를 비교한 결과 도피반응과 분노억압반응 하위척도에서만 각각 유의한 차이를 보였고 공격성 및 짜증반응, 척도 전체 점수에서는 유의한 차이를 보이지 않았다. 도피반응 하위척도 점수에서 우울장애군과 신체형장애군은 각각 정상군보다 유의하게 더 높았다. 결론: 이상의 결과들은 분노반응 척도가 신뢰도 및 타당도가 모두 유의한 수준의 도구이고, 특히 도피반응은 우울장애군 및 신체형장애군의 특징적인 분노반응일 가능성을 시사해 준다.

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주의력결핍 과잉행동장애 한국형 치료 권고안(II) - 진단 및 평가 - (The Korean Practice Parameter for the Treatment of Attention - Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder(II) - Diagnosis and Assessment -)

  • 천근아;김지훈;강화연;김붕년;신동원;안동현;양수진;유한익;유희정;홍현주
    • Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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    • 제18권1호
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    • pp.10-15
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    • 2007
  • Probably the three most important components to a comprehensive evaluation of patients with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are the clinical interview, the medical examination, and the completion and scoring or behavior rating scales. Teachers and other school personnel are often the first to recognize that a child or adolescent might have ADHD, and often play an important role in the help-seeking/referral process. A diagnostic evaluation for ADHD should include questions about ADHD symptoms, other problems including alcohol and drug use, family history of ADHD, prior evaluation and treatment for ADHD. Screening interview or rating scales as well as interviews should be used. When it is feasible, clinicians may wish to supplement these components of the evaluation with objective assessments of the ADHD symptoms, such as psychological tests. These tests are not essential to reaching a diagnosis, however, or to treatment planning, but they may yield further information about the presence and severity of cognitive impairments that could be associated with some cases of ADHD. Screening for intellectual ability and academic achievement skills is also important in determining the presence of comorbid developmental delay or loaming disabilities. The number and type of symptoms required for a diagnosis of ADHD vary depending on the specific subtype. To receive a diagnosis of ADHD, the person must be experiencing significant distress or impairment in daily functioning, and must not meet criteria for other mental disorders which might better account for the observed symptoms such as mental retardation, autism or other pervasive developmental disorders, mood disorders, anxiety disorders. This report aims to suggest a practice guideline of assessment and diagnosis for children and adolescents with ADHD in Korea.

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주의력결핍 과잉행동장애 한국형 치료 권고안 개정안(II) - 진단 및 평가 - (The Revised Korean Practice Parameter for the Treatment of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (II) - Diagnosis and Assessment -)

  • 이문수;박수빈;김경미;김현진;박상원;김윤신;이영식;권용실;신동원
    • Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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    • 제28권2호
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    • pp.58-69
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    • 2017
  • Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a highly prevalent, impairing, and comorbid disorder that persists into adulthood. ADHD should be diagnosed in the same manner as other common adult mental health disorders. The three most important components in the comprehensive evaluation of patients with ADHD are the clinical interview, medical examination, and completion and scoring of behavior rating scales. The diagnostic evaluation of ADHD should include questions about the symptoms, family history, prior evaluation and treatment of ADHD, as well as other problems including alcohol and drug use. Screening interviews or rating scales, as well as interviews, should be used. When it is feasible, clinicians may wish to supplement these components of the evaluation with the objective assessments of the ADHD symptoms, such as through psychological tests. These tests are not essential to reaching a diagnosis, however, or to treatment planning, but may yield further information about the presence and severity of cognitive impairments that could be associated with some cases of ADHD. As comorbidity is the rule rather than the exception, clinicians should carefully screen for comorbid disorders as part of a comprehensive assessment of ADHD. To receive a diagnosis of ADHD, the person must be experiencing significant distress or impairment in his or her daily functioning, and must not meet the criteria for other mental disorders which might better account for the observed symptoms, such as mental retardation, autism or other pervasive developmental disorders, mood disorders and anxiety disorders. This report aims to suggest practice guidelines for the assessment and diagnosis of children, adolescents and adults with ADHD in Korea.