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Comparison of Work-Life Balance, Fatigue and Work Errors between 8-Hour Shift Nurses and 12-Hour Shift Nurses in Hospital General Wards (간호사의 교대근무유형에 따른 일과 삶의 균형, 피로, 업무오류건수 비교)

  • Shin, Yeon Hee;Choi, Eun Young;Kim, Eun Hui;Kim, Yeon Keum;Im, Young Sook;Seo, Sang Soon;Kim, Kyung Soon;Kim, Young Jung
    • Journal of Korean Clinical Nursing Research
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    • v.24 no.2
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    • pp.170-177
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    • 2018
  • Purpose: The aim of this study was to examine effectiveness of 12-hour shifts for nurses compared to 8-hour shifts for the variables: Work-Life Balance, fatigue and work errors. Methods: In 2014, an opportunity to choose a 12-hour shift duty was given to a group of 8-hour shift nurses. In 2016, two years after this change, this study was done to compare the two groups. Data were collected using questionnaires. Data were sampled by a matching method with propensity score matching (PSM). The participants were 128 nurses: 64 nurses on 12-hour shifts and 64 nurses on 8-hour shifts. The comparison was analyzed using $x^2$ test, t-test. Results: The nurses on 12-hour shifts showed higher scores for Work-Life Balance (3.37) than the groups on 8-hour shifts (2.99)(p=.018) whereas were no statistical differences between the groups for fatigue (p=.132) or work errors (p=.703). Conclusion: The Work-Life Balance scores for nurses who chose the 12-hour shift shows an enhancement without an increase in fatigue or work errors.

Short-term Effectiveness of the Movement Direction in Neurodynamic Mobilization for Upper Limb Mobility and Pain

  • An, Hojung;Moon, Okkon;Choi, Junghyun
    • Journal of International Academy of Physical Therapy Research
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    • v.10 no.4
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    • pp.1921-1925
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    • 2019
  • Background: Neurodynamic mobilization is divided into slider mobilization and tensioner mobilization. However, movement direction in neurodynamic mobilization has been overlooked in neurodynamic exercise program. Objective: To examine the effect of movement direction in neurodynamic mobilization on upper limb mobility and pain. Design: Quasi-experimental study Methods: Twenty-two adults positive for neurodynamic test for the median nerve were recruited for participation in this study. Twenty-two subjects were allocated to the applied neurodynamic mobilization at limited side group (ANTLS, n=7), the applied neurodynamic mobilization at contralateral limited side group (ANTCLS, n=7), and the applied neurodynamic mobilization at bilateral side group (ANTBS, n=8). Before the intervention upper limb limited was measured neurodynamic test for the median nerve, pain was measured using visual analogue scale (VAS), movement direction in neurodynamic mobilization was applied to each group, and then re-measured using neurodynamic test for the median nerve and VAS. Differences the Intra-groups before and between the intergroups after intervention were analyzed. Results: In the ANTLS and ANTBS groups, a statistically significant increase in ROM and decrease in VAS score in the population before and after intervention were indicated. Statistically significant differences in VAS and ROM from before to after intervention were found among the ANTLS, ANTCLS, and ANTBS groups. Conclusions: The results of the present study indicate that movement direction in neurodynamic mobilization must be considered within the limits of its selected range of the neurodynamic exercise program.

Photodynamic Therapy Using Topically Applied 5-ALA, MAL and CLC for Canine Otitis Externa

  • Lee, Min-Ho;Song, Hee-Sung;Son, Wongeun;Yun, Young-Min
    • Journal of Veterinary Clinics
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    • v.37 no.1
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 2020
  • Canine otitis externa is a common disorder in small animal practice with prevalence up to 20%. In a large percentage of cases, canine otitis externa is a chronic and recurrent disease also associated with drug-resistant bacteria that is difficult to treat with traditional antibiotics. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a new strategy to exterminate pathogenic microorganisms such as bacteria and fungi. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of photodynamic therapy against canine otitis externa using three photosensitizer (PS); 5-Aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) and Methyl aminolevulinic acid (MAL) with semiconductor laser diode (SLD, 635nm of wave length), Chlorophyll-lipoid complex (CLC) with light-emitting diode (LED, 660nm of wave length). After PDT, dogs showed improved Otitis Index Score (OTIS) in swelling, exudate, odor, and pain. A result of the cytology test revealed decrease of bacteria and malassezia count in the oil immersion field and colony forming units count. PDT was effective as a bacteriocide of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius (MRSP) and a fungicide of Malassezia pachydermatis. MAL and 5-ALA were more effective PS against canine otitis externa than CLC. These results suggest that PDT is a new strategy to exterminate pathogenic microorganisms such as bacteria and fungi. PDT can be considered as a new therapeutic approach for canine recurrent otitis externa and a countermeasure to drug resistance that is a disadvantage of traditional antibiotic and antifungal therapy.

Preventive Effect of an SGLT2 Inhibitor on Cardiovascular Disease in an Observational Study: Results from a Korean Population (관찰연구에서 확인된 SGLT2 억제제의 심혈관질환 예방효과: 한국인의 결과를 중심으로)

  • Ha, Kyoung Hwa;Kim, Dae Jung
    • The Journal of Korean Diabetes
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    • v.19 no.3
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    • pp.135-139
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    • 2018
  • The sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitor (SGLT2i) is a new anti-hyperglycemic agent that have function to concomitantly inhibit the reabsorption of glucose and sodium in the renal proximal convoluting tubule. Recent two cardiovascular outcome trials showed that a lower risk of cardiovascular events with SGLT2i in people with type 2 diabetes. In addition, prior real-world data demonstrated similar SGLT2i effects, but these studies were limited to the United States and Europe. Thus, the CVD-REAL (Comparative Effectiveness of Cardiovascular Outcomes in New Users of Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors) 2 Study was investigated cardiovascular outcomes in those initiated on SGLT2i versus other glucose-lowering drugs (oGLDs) across 6 countries in the Asia Pacific, the Middle East, and North American regions. In Korea, 336,644 episodes of initiation in SGLT2i or oGLD group between September 2014 and December 2016 were identified in Korea National Health Insurance database after propensity score matching. SGLT2i users was associated with a lower risk of all-cause death (hazard ratio [HR], 0.72; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.67~0.77), hospitalization for heart failure (HHF) (HR, 0.87; 95% CI, 0.82~0.92), all-cause death or HHF (HR, 0.81; 95% CI, 0.78~0.85), myocardial infarction (HR, 0.81; 95% CI, 0.74~0.89), and stroke (HR, 0.82; 95% CI, 0.78~0.86) compared with oGLD users. In conclusion, initiation of SGLT2i had a lower risk of cardiovascular events in people with type 2 diabetes compared with oGLDs.

A New Hybrid Weight Pooling Method for Object Image Quality Assessment with Luminance Adaptation Effect and Visual Saliency Effect (광적응 효과와 시각 집중 효과를 이용한 새로운 객관적 영상 화질 측정 용 하이브리드 가중치 풀링 기법)

  • Shahab Uddin, A.F.M.;Kim, Donghyun;Choi, Jeung Won;Chung, TaeChoong;Bae, Sung-Ho
    • Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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    • v.24 no.5
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    • pp.827-835
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    • 2019
  • In the pooling stage of a full reference image quality assessment (FR-IQA) technique, the global perceived quality for any distorted image is usually measured from the quality of its local image patches. But all the image patches do not have equal contribution when estimating the overall visual quality since the degree of degradation on those patches depends on various considerations i.e., types of the patches, types of the distortions, distortion sensitivities of the patches, saliency score of the patches, etc. As a result, weighted pooling strategy comes into account and different weighting mechanisms are used by the existing FR-IQA methods. This paper performs a thorough analysis and proposes a novel weighting function by considering the luminance adaptation as well as the visual saliency effect to offer more appropriate local weights, which can be adopted in the existing FR-IQA frameworks to improve their prediction accuracy. The extended experimental results show the effectiveness of the proposed weighting function.

A Study on Overall Status and Statistical Analysis of Hospitalized Patients after Gynecological Surgery (부인과영역 질환 수술 후 한방입원치료를 받은 환자에 대한 전반적 현황분석 및 통계적 고찰)

  • Lee, Jin-Wook;Kang, Na-Hoon;Yoo, Eun-Sil;Park, Nam-Chun;Park, Kyoung-Sun;Lee, Jin-Moo;Lee, Chang-Hoon;Jang, Jun-Bok;Hwang, Deok-Sang
    • The Journal of Korean Obstetrics and Gynecology
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    • v.30 no.3
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    • pp.40-53
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    • 2017
  • Objectives: This study aims to analyze the current status of hospitalized patients and effects of Korean medical treatment after gynecological surgery. Methods: We analyzed the medical records of patients admitted to our hospital from January 2015 to May 2017 and categorized the pre-operative and post-operative contents. We performed statistical analysis using SPSS ver.20 for the patients' pains among symptoms. Results: Among total 87, patients 82.8% had hysterectomy. The most cause of the surgery were adenomyosis. The average duration of hospitalization was $10.4{\pm}5.7days$ and all patients were treated with acupuncture. Gami-sibjeon-tang was used most frequently. Among the symptoms that occurred after the operation, abdominal pain, low back pain, pelvic pain were in the order of pain and statistically significant decrease in the mean NRS score. In the symptoms of system, general weakness, insomnia, digestive disorder were in the order of the frequency and were improved respectively. Conclusion: We were able to find out the effectiveness of post-operative Korean medical treatment through hospitalized patients. More data collection and systematic research designs are needed.

Hyperbaric gaseous cryotherapy for postoperative rehabilitation enhances functional recovery of canine stifle joint: a report on a short-term study

  • Han, Ju-Yeol;Kim, Wan Hee;Kang, Byung-Jae
    • Journal of Veterinary Science
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    • v.22 no.6
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    • pp.80.1-80.13
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    • 2021
  • Background: Hyperbaric gaseous cryotherapy (HGC) is a type of cryotherapy used in human medicine for rehabilitation after orthopedic surgeries. Because HGC is known to reduce acute or chronic pain, research is needed to prove its effectiveness in veterinary medicine. Objectives: To compare the effects of HGC between the HGC treatment group and the nontreatment (NT) group on postoperative swelling, range of motion, lameness score, postoperative pain, and kinetic measurements after stifle joint surgery in dogs. Methods: Dogs were randomized in an HGC group or NT groups. In the HGC group, HGC was applied once a day for a total of 2 days after surgery. All parameters were measured postoperatively and at 1, 2, 10, and 28 days after surgery. Results: Twenty dogs were enrolled: 10 in the HGC group and 10 in the NT group. Soft tissue swelling was not significantly different between groups at any time point. In the HGC group, pain scores decreased significantly 24 h after surgery and 48 h after surgery. Dogs in the HGC group showed a significantly decreased lameness and improvement for all kinetic measurements beginning 48 h after surgery. In addition, the HGC group indicated a significant increase in range of motion as compared with the NT group at 28 days after surgery. Conclusions: HGC plays a powerful role in decreasing initial postoperative pain. Furthermore, the improvement in pain affects the use of the operated limb, and the continued use of the limb eventually assists in the quick recovery of normal function.

A Study on the Effect of Energy Voucher Program on the Consumption and Expenditure of User Households (에너지바우처제도가 수급자 가구의 소비·지출에 미친 영향 연구)

  • Lee, Hyunjoo;Kim, Ji-hyun
    • Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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    • v.12 no.12
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    • pp.331-338
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    • 2021
  • This study used data from the 10rd and 15th year of the Korean Welfare Panel to evaluate the effects of the Energy Voucher Program(EVP) on the consumption and expenditure of EVP users' households. The study consisted of program group using EVP and control group not using. Chi-square and t-test were used for the characteristic differences among the groups, and the difference of consumption expenditure was identified by multiple regression analysis. As a result, EVP had a statistically significant effect on the health care costs of EVP users' households, resulting in an increase in health care costs(𝛽=3.06). However, there was no statistically significant effect on the total cost of living, basic cost, education cost, and recreation/entertainment cost. Therefore, in order to increase the effectiveness of the EVP system, it is required to improve the EVP system by expanding the level of benefits and easing the qualification standards for the eligibility for benefits.

The Effect of Team-based Learning Activity on College Students' Character Education (팀 기반 학습활동이 대학생의 인성교육에 미치는 영향)

  • Shin, Myeong-Hee
    • Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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    • v.12 no.12
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    • pp.161-167
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    • 2021
  • The purpose of this study is to provide a solution through a methodological approach so that character education can be naturally acquired in team-based learning activities. In the spring semester of 2021, a total of 69 college students in two groups were studied, and as a result of the study, the total score of character education virtues in the post-test was greatly improved in the experimental group (p<.001). The correlation between sub-items of team-based learning and pre and post-test results for character sub-items, self-regulation, consideration, communication, self-esteem, and responsibility, were statistically significant. This study shows character education through team-based learning had positive results. However, future research through a wider range of subjects is needed, and various teaching methods are being applied to propose verification of the effectiveness of character education.

Comparison of Photobiomodulation Therapy Types for Adults with Chronic Pain

  • Choi, Jae-Hee;Lee, Sun-Woong;Kim, Sang-Won;Lee, Keun-Mi;Jung, Seung-Pil
    • Journal of The Korean Society of Integrative Medicine
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    • v.9 no.3
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    • pp.185-192
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    • 2021
  • Purpose : Our study aimed to compare the effectiveness of low-level laser therapy (LLLT) and light-emitting diode therapy (LEDT) for chronic pain intensity reduction and body temperature increase in older adults with chronic pain. Methods : Overall, 144 of 332 participants' records were used in this retrospective chart review. The study was conducted at a private health center in Busan city and the integrative medical center of a tertiary care hospital in Daegu city, South Korea. Patients experiencing chronic pain for over 6 months were assigned to either the LLLT or LEDT group. Both groups underwent 16 sessions of phototherapy held twice a week for 8 weeks, with each session lasting 60 minutes. The primary outcomes for both groups were the mean visual analogue scale (VAS) scores and body temperatures in both groups. The secondary outcome was the correlation between changes in body temperature and pain intensity. Measurements were recorded at the baseline and at each follow-up session. Results : A decrease in pain intensity and an increase in body temperature (p<.001) were observed in both groups. There was a significant difference in the VAS scores and temperature changes between the groups (p<.001). Odditionally, there were significant differences in the patterns of change in the VAS score and body temperature between the groups as the sessions progressed (p<.01), and a strong inverse correlation between body temperature and pain intensity changes were observed (p<.01). Conclusion : The use of photobiomodulation therapy at a specific wavelength may improve pain severity and simultaneously increase the body temperature among elderly people with chronic pain.