• The Journal of the Korean dental association
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• v.45 no.2 s.453
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• pp.89-102
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• 2007

Evidence-based dentistry is a new, worldwide trend in the field of clinical dentistry. Despite this fact, it has been neglected in Korean dental community. Thus, its basic concepts and the 5-step procedures are introduced and described in this 2-part series report. Evidence-based dentistry is a method of clinical practice where the clinicians use the best available research evidence for their own clinical decision making. By using this method, the clinical outcomes can be improved and the clinicians themselves can have the ability to keep watch over their daily practices. To clinically apply the principles of evidence-based dentistry, dental practitioners have to formulate a clear question, find the best available research evidence efficiently, critically appraise the evidence systematically, apply the results of the evidence to their practice, and evaluate the clinical outcomes comprehensively. In building a clinical question, it is essential to categorize questions according to their types followed by their organization using the key elements. Then, literature search must be done. There are many web sites for searching evidence, but PubMed is considered to be the leading site. To efficiently search the literature, search term must be selected appropriately and the search results should be limited.

• Journal of Information Technology Services
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.123-141
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• 2019

The goal of this study is to review the major research trend on the convergence studies of AI and healthcare technologies. For the study, 15,260 English articles on AI and healthcare related topics were collected from Scopus for 55 years from 1963, and text mining techniques were conducted. As a result, seven key research topics were defined : "AI for Clinical Decision Support System (CDSS)", "AI for Medical Image", "Internet of Healthcare Things (IoHT)", "Big Data Analytics in Healthcare", "Medical Robotics", "Blockchain in Healthcare", and "Evidence Based Medicine (EBM)". The result of this study can be utilized to set up and develop the appropriate healthcare R&D strategies for the researchers and government. In this study, text mining techniques such as Text Analysis, Frequency Analysis, Topic Modeling on LDA (Latent Dirichlet Allocation), Word Cloud, and Ego Network Analysis were conducted.

• Journal of Korean Biological Nursing Science
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.161-168
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• 2019

Purpose: The purpose of this paper (a literature review study) was to confirm the trend of nursing research for head and neck cancer patients in Korea. Methods: Research databases were reviewed and analyzed from 13 papers (2004 through 2019 using KISS, NDSL, RISS, DBpia, and the National Assembly Library. As a result of this paper, we found that there were many studies that used questionnaires. Results: Measurement variables related to head and neck cancer patients were physical variables related to oral condition, psychological variables related to depression and anxiety, social support, family support related to family, and quality of life as a result variable. Conclusion: Therefore, integrated nursing intervention strategies and clinical nursing research considering the physical, psychological, social, and family aspects of head and neck cancer patients are needed. Based on the results of this study, we propose qualitative research on head and neck cancer patients, development of educational programs, intervention studies to verify effects, and development of clinical practice guidelines.

• Journal of Korean Medical classics
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.171-186
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• 2007

The fusion research subjects of Oriental medicine and Bio-Technology are actively advanced. Development of information analysis algorithm for constitution diagnosis using clinical and biological information is started recently. In addition, the research for providing personal oriented treatment information with Diagnosis result is to in the process of advancing. This paper considers the inside and outside of the country technical development trend of research for using clinical and biological information by analyzing patents and papers. It executed information analysis about changes to number of research papers and patents, present state and star higher officer of research facility from the dissertation which it sees. It is known that our country research result is slight so far in quantity and quality as result of analysis. But hereafter it contains a many developmental possibility. Also it reflects the appearance and a growth of new field like bioinformatics from constitution and bio information application field. The combination of bio information similar to constitution and heredity and computing technology to control those information efficiently comes to think with core technique.

• The Journal of Korean Medical History
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• v.36 no.1
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• pp.89-98
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• 2023

This study aimed to review trends in Korean medical education research from 2003 to 2022. A total of 60 studies were identified, with an increasing trend in publication numbers. The research topics covered various aspects of Korean medicine education, including curriculum, basic science, clinical science, teaching methods, history, and international comparisons. Text mining analysis revealed "Curriculum", "Satisfaction" and "Clinical" to be frequent terms. The study suggests that Korean medicine education research should continue to develop, given its broad scope and growing interest.

• Annals of Clinical Neurophysiology
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.25-28
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• 2008

Diabetic polyneuropathy (DPN) is the most frequently encountered form of neuropathy in diabetic patients, and it either relentlessly progresses or remains relatively stable for many years, not showing any trend towards improvement. From this point of view, early detection of DPN is very important to prevent the irreversible change of the peripheral nerve from diabetic insults. Although a number of clinical symptoms and/or deficit scales have been developed for clinical or research purposes, nerve conduction study (NCS) has been known one of the most objective and sensitive tools to detect peripheral nerve dysfunctions in diabetic patients. NCS, however, also have several shortcomings. The next two consecutive articles will focus on debates about diagnostic usefulness of NCS and on recent updates of other diagnostic tests including quantitative sensory testings and skin biopsy in the field of diabetic polyneuropathy.

• Journal of TMJ Balancing Medicine
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.19-23
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• 2016

Therapeutic effect of Yinyang Balancing Appliance of functional cerebrospinal therapy (FCST) for meridian and neurologic yinyang balance was observed in tic disorder patients. Seventy tic disorder cases were managed with the Yinyang Balancing Appliance on temporomandibular joint (TMJ), combined with acupuncture. Clinical outcome measurement was based on subjective measures and overall clinical impressions. Patients showed a trend toward improvement by clinical observations. In some cases, such changes were visible even after the initial treatment, and this effect was observed to be maintained over the follow-up period. Further clinical and biological research on tic disorder is expected with respect to the FCST.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.13 no.12
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• pp.1036-1047
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• 2013

In this study, we applied the time series analysis to the randomized controlled trial (RCT) researches related to insomnia for finding international trends. The data used in the analysis of 379 of ClinicalTrials, Web of Science was the of 132 by several keyword related with 'Insomnia' and 'Randomized Clinical Trial'. In ClinicalTials, RCT studies for insomnia, drug, cognitive behavioral therapy, depression were the key words make up the main network. In WOS, 'melatonin' key word was added in the main network. In addition to, we found the characteristic that the elderly and female subjects were steady studied.

• Journal of Acupuncture Research
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• v.26 no.5
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• pp.117-125
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• 2009

Objectives : This study is to research the trend of the Moxibustion-related studies and to establish the hereafter direction for the study on Moxibustion. Methods : We reviewed the domestic articles published last ten years(2000~2009). Results : We have searched 45 articles in 4 journals of Korean Acupuncture & Moxibusion, Korean Oriental Medicine, Korean Meridian & Acupoint, Korean Oriental Internal Medicine. 1. There were the most research done 2003, 2008. Both of them have 8 articles. In other years there were 2 or more articles. 2. The pattern of study was as follow: the clinical studies were 23, studies of phisical Characteristics and new moxibustion method were 9, the philological study were 5, the reviewed studies were 3, the experimental studies were 2 and the others were 5. The rate of clinical studies was increased. 3. In the clinical studies, the case-control study and non case-control study were more than case study. The disease after stroke were the most predominant. The rates of direct moxibustion and indirect moxibusion were similar. 4. After beginning 2000s, there were more studies of thermodynamic Characteristics. In the mid 2000s, there were more studies of new moxibustion method appearing. Conclusions : We need more studies about various kinds of diseases, side effect and aftereffects. There should be convenient and useful methods of moxibustion.

• The Journal of Churna Manual Medicine for Spine and Nerves
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.43-54
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• 2020

Objectives The purpose of this review was to analyze the trend of clinical research related to fibromyalgia and to suggest the direction of intervention Methods We reviewed the clinical research by searching seven Korean web databases and classified the studies by the year of publication, academic field, and study design. Results A total of 75 clinical studies were selected. Except for 2002, more than one study was annually published; however, the number was below 10. In the academic field, there were 34 in the medical field, 21 in the Korean medicine field, and 15 in the nursing science field. By study design, there were 62 observational studies, mostly case reports and case-control studies. There were 13 experimental studies, including non-random control studies and one group pre and post-test design studies. Conclusions Fibromyalgia-related clinical research requires a greater number of studies, and a study design with a high level of evidence should be conducted along with various observational and intervention studies. Additionally, multidisciplinary and integrated intervention plans and research are needed.