• 한방재활의학과학회지
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.213-223
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• 2013

Objectives Low back pain (LBP) is one of the most common reason for people in Korea to visit Korean medical institutions. To assess actual amounts of use in the treatment of LBP in Korean medicine and to provide objective base line data for policy decision making, research regarding the current state of LBP patients' treatment in Korean medical institutions are in need. Methods The current study was designed as a retrospective chart review to investigate descriptive characteristics of LBP patients. The clinical records of 304 patients who were hospitalized for the treatment of LBP in Korean rehabilitation medicine inpatient clinics of five different Korean medicine hospitals were analyzed. The percentage of patient characteristics such as sex, age, average duration of admission, insurance type, diagnosed LBP related disease code, and rates of interventions applied were assessed. Results 1. The female sex was significantly predominant among patients with LBP : 105 patients (34.5%) were male and 199 patients (65.5%) were female. Percentage of the patients' age appeared as followed : 76 people (25.0%) were in their 50s, 64 people (21.1%) were in their 40s, 51 people (16.8%) were in their 30s, 37 people (12.2%) were in their 60s, and 33 people (10.9%) were in their 70s. Approximately half of the total LBP patients investigated were older than 50. 2. The average duration of admission was 16.2 days. Approximately one third (30.3%) of the patients were hospitalized for 8 to 14 days. 3. Female patients tended to stay admitted in hospitals slightly longer than male patients. Elderly (age 60~79) patients stayed in hospitals longer (17.8 days) compared to younger (age 20~39) patients (13.5 days). 4. More than half of the patients (171 cases, 56.3%) had their hospital bills covered with automobile insurance. 40.1% (122 cases) of the patients had medical insurance to cover their hospital bills. The average duration of admission of patients who had automobile insurance was 14.2 days, while that of the patients who had medical insurance was 18.4 days. 5. "Sprain and strain of the lumbar spine and pelvis" was the most commonly used (195 cases, 64.1%) disease code in patients with LBP. Patients diagnosed as "lumbar and other intervertebral disc disorders with radiculopathy" required the longest admission duration (22.1 days). 6. Herbal medication was applied to all of the patients during admission. Acupuncture was applied to all of the patients except one case diagnosed as spinal stenosis. Physical therapy, cupping therapy, moxibustion therapy, chuna therapy, and pharmacopuncture therapy were applied to 94.7, 92.8, 85.2, 83.9, and 49.7% of the patients, respectively. 7. There were certain differences among Korean medicine hospitals in terms of the LBP patients' duration of admission, type of insurance, frequency of the disease code use, type of intervention applied. Conclusions It is thought that the current study can be used as reference data in assessing the current state of LBP treatment in Korean rehabilitation medicine and a basis for future research. Provided improvements of certain limitations of the current study in future researches, such data would act as better base line data in policy decision making.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제65권3호
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• pp.191-197
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• 2008

연구배경: 만성폐쇄성폐질환에서 점진적인 폐기능의 악화 및 치료의 장기화는 환자의 삶의 질을 저하시키며 우울증의 발생 가능성을 높인다. 만성폐쇄성폐질환에서 우울증의 빈도, 호흡기 증상과 관련된 삶의 질 정도와 우울증과의 관계 및 관련 인자에 관해 알아보았다. 방 법: 대상은 2007년 3월부터 9월까지 영남대학교 의료원 호흡기내과 외래를 방문한 59명의 만성폐쇄성폐질환환자로 하였으며, 이들에서 폐기능 검사 및 해당 설문조사를 시행하였다. 호흡기 증상과 관련된 삶의 질에 대한 평가는 SGRQ (St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire), 우울증은 우울척도인 CES-D (Center for Epidermiological Studies-Depression Scale)를 사용하였다. 결 과: 연구 결과 만성폐쇄성폐질환자에서 우울증의 유병율은 17.0%로 일반인들의 우울증 유병률보다 높았다.SGRQ 결과 증상, 활동 제한, 영향력 제한, 총 점수 모두 우울증상과 양의 상관관계를 보였다(p=0.010, 0.001, 0.000, 0.046). 폐기능 검사에서 $FEV_1$은 SGRQ 및 우울증상과 음의상관관계를 보였다(p=0.001, 0.000, 0.000, 0.002, 0.006). 만성폐쇄성폐질환 환자에서 생활수준이 낮을수록 우울증상은 증가하였고 삶의 질도 저하되었으나 교육 수준, 신뢰도 정도 등과는 통계적으로 유의한 차이가 없었다. 결 론: 만성폐쇄성폐질환 환자는 일반인들에 비해 우울증의 유병률이 높았으며 우울증상에 관여하는 의미있는 인자는 폐기능의 감소와 경제적 수준이었다.

• 농촌의학ㆍ지역보건
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• 제49권1호
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• pp.1-12
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• 2024

프리젠티즘이란, 몸이 아픔에도 불구하고 회사에 출근을 한 상태로 사회적 비용이 질병휴식보다 훨씬 더 경제학적으로 손해라 알려져 있다. COVID-19 이후, 프리젠티즘에 대한 대응책으로 상병수당에 대한 사회적 논의가 이뤄지고 있으며 특히 농림어업인 근로자는 업무 이외 질병이 발생하였을 때 생계지원에 대한 제도적 장치가 부재한 상황이다. 본 연구에서는 제6차 한국근로실태조사를 이용하여 농업, 어업 및 임업종사자와 프리젠티즘과의 연관성을 살펴보고자 하였다. 2020년 10월부터 2021년 1월까지 국내 17개 시·도를 대상으로 수행된 제6차 근로환경조사 데이터를 사용하였으며 총 34,981명을 연구대상으로 하였다. 통제변수로는 성별, 연령, 자가 건강평가, 교육수준, 야간근무, 교대근무, 월소득, 직종, 주당 근로시간, 고용상태를 평가하였다. 분석결과 농림어업인은 자영업자, 고령자의 특성을 보였으며, 회귀분석 결과 농림어업인은 다른 산업 종사자에 비해 프리젠티즘 경향성과의 연관성을 분석하였을 때 모든 변수가 보정된 모델에서 농림어업인은 다른 산업 그룹에 비해 프리젠티즘 경향이 23% 증가하였다. 본 연구는 제6차 근로환경조사를 활용하여 대표성을 지닌다는 점, 상병수당에 있어 간과될 수 있는 농림어업인에 대하여 상병수당의 필요성을 객관적으로 제시하였다는 점에서 의의가 있다 할 것이다.

• 재활간호학회지
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.257-270
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• 1999

The purpose of this study is to investigate factors related to the intent of using home nursing of chronic disease patients who got out of a university hospital. For the purpose, the study selected 153 patients who were hospitalized and left K university hospital with diagnoses of cancer, hypertension, diabetes and cerebral vascular accident and ordered to be discharged and performed interviews with them and surveys on their medical records to obtain the following results. For this study a direct-interview survey and medical record review was conducted from June 28 to Aug. 30, 1998. The frequency and mean values were computed to find the characteristics of the study subjects, and $X^2$-test, t-test, factor analysis and multiple logistic regession analysis were applied for the analysis of the data. The following results were obtained. 1) When characteristics of the subjects were examined, men and women occupied for 58.8% and 41.2%, respectively. The subjects were 41.3 years old in aver age and had the monthly aver age earning of 0.99 million won or below, which was the most out of the total subjects at 34.6%. Among the total, 87.6% resided in cities and 12.4 in counties. The most left the hospital with diagnosis of cancer at 51.6%, followed by hyper tension at 24.2%, diabetes at 13.7% and cerebral vascular accident at 7.2%. 2) 93.5% of the selected patients had the intent of using home nursing and 6.5%, didn't. Among those patients having the intent, 85.6% had the intent of paying for home nursing and 14.4%, didn't. The subjects expected that the nursing would be paid 9,143 won in aver age and 47.7% of them preferred national authorities as the main servers. 86.3% of the subjects thought that home nursing business had the main advantage of making it possible to learn nursing methods at home and thereby contributing to improving the ability of patients and their facilities to solve health problems. 3) Relations between the intent of use and characteristics of the subjects such as demography-related social, home environment, disease and physical function characteristics did not show statistically significant differences among one another. Compared to those who had no intent of using home nursing, the group having the intent had more cases of male patients, the age of 39 or below, residence in cities, 5 family member s or more, no existence of home nursing servers, leaving the hospital from a non-hospitalized building, disease development for five months or below, hospitalization for ten days or more, non-hospitalization with in the recent one month, two times or over of hospitalization, leaving the hospital with no demand of special treatment, operation underwent, poor results of treatment, leaving the hospital with demand of rehabilitation services, physical disablement and high evaluation point of daily life. 4) Among those patients having the intent of using home nursing, 47.6% demanded technical nursing and 55.9%, supportive nursing. As technical nursing,' inject into a blood vessel ' and 'treat pustule and teach basic prevention methods occupied for 57.4%, respectively, topping the list. Among demands of supportive nursing, 'observe patients 'status and refer them to hospitals or community resources as available, if necessary' was the most with percent age point of 59.5. Regarding the intent of paying for home nursing, 39.2% of those patients wishing to use the nursing responded paying for technical services and 20.2, supportive services. In detail, 70.0% wanted to pay for a service stated as 'inject into a blood vessel', highest among the former services and 30.7%, a service referred to as 'teaching exercises needed to make the body of patients move', highest among the latter. When this was analyzed in terms of a relation between the need(the need for home nursing) and the demand(the intent of paying for home nursing), The rate of the need to the demand was found two or three times higher in technical nursing(0.82) than in supportive nursing(0.35). In aspects of tech ical nursing, muscle injection(1.26, the 1st rank) was highest in the rate while among aspects of supportive nursing, a service referred to as 'teach exercises needed for making patients move their bodies normally'(0.58, the 1st rank). 5) factors I(satisfaction with hospital services), II(recognition of disease state), III(economy) and IV(period of disease) occupied for 34.4, 13.8, 11.9 and 9.2 percents, respectively among factors related to the intent by the subjects of using home nursing, totaled 59.3%. In conclusion, most of chronic disease patients have the intent of using hospital-based home nursing and satisfaction with hospital services is a factor affecting the intent most. Thus a post-management system is needed to continue providing health management to those patients after they leave the hospital. Further, supportive services should be provided in order that those who are satisfied with hospital services return to their community and live their in dependent lives. Based on these results, the researcher would make the following recommendation. 1) Because home nursing becomes more and more needed due to a sharp increase in chronic disease patients and elderly people, related rules and regulations should be made and implemented. 2) Hospital nurses specializing in home nursing should be cultivated.

• Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.77-85
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• 2006

목적: 호스피스 완화간호 실무를 향상시키기 위하여 간호사를 위한 호스피스 완화의료 기본 교육과정을 개발하기 위함이다. 방법 간호사를 대상으로 하는 국내외 호스피스 완화의료 7개 교육과정의 내용을 비교하였으며, 전국의 호스피스 완화의료 기관에서 근무하는 간호사 162명에게 우편으로 교육 요구도를 조사하였다. 결과: 1. 국내외 교육과정에서 공통적으로 다루고 있는 내용은 호스피스 완화요법의 이해, 삶과 죽음의 이해, 말기 환자의 통증 및 증상관리, 기관견학 및 실습, 호스피스 병동 운영의 실제, 가정 호스피스, 건강사정(신체사정), 치료적 의사소통, 아동 호스피스, 호스피스 운영관리, 호스피스 완화의료 팀, 호스피스 완화의료의 윤리와 법, 심리적 사회적 영적 돌봄, 임종 관리, 사별가족관리 등이었다. 2. 간호사의 호스피스 완화의료에 대한 교육 요구도가 3.5점 이상인 문항은 34개였다. 교육 요구도가 높았던 문항은 '죽음의 이해 ', '죽음에 대한 태도와 반응', '통증의 이해와 평가' 등이었고, 이전에 교육받은 경험이 많았던 문항은 '통증 및 증상완화', '호스피스의 윤리와 법', '호스피스 협력 및 홍보체계 구축'이었다. 3. 17개 내용을 강의, 토론 및 증례 등의 교육방법을 통하여 이론교육 48시간과 실습교육 30시간, 총 78시간의 기본 교육과정 을 구성하였다. 결론: 앞으로 개발된 교육과정으로 교육을 시행하여 효과를 평가하고, 호스피스 완화의료기관 실무자들의 교육 요구도를 정기적으로 파악하여 실무의 발전에 기여할 수 있는 표준 교육과정을 개발하는 것이 필요하다.

• 생물정신의학
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.187-194
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• 2015

Objectives To examine direct causes of attempted suicides, methods adopted to commit suicide, and psychiatric diagnoses among suicide attempters in South Korea. Methods A total of 1359 suicide attempters who had visited emergency department of 17 medical centers due to suicide attempt from May 2013 to Nov 2013 were interviewed using semi-structured questionnaires. Results Psychiatric symptoms were the most common cause of suicide attempts (62.2%), followed by interpersonal relationships (24.4%). Women attempted suicide more often for interpersonal reasons, whereas men were more likely to do so for financial and job-related reasons. Half of participants (55.8%) attempted suicide by drug intoxication, which was more prevalent among females and those who had previous history of psychiatric disease or previous suicide attempt. Men were more likely to use more lethal methods such as pesticide poisoning and gas inhalation than women. Pesticide poisoning was also prevalent among the elderly group and the rural population. Near ninety-five percent (94.5%) of participants received a psychiatric diagnosis : the most frequent diagnosis was depressive disorder. Conclusions This is the first nationwide study of cases of attempted suicide. When stratified by age groups, gender, urbanicity, living alone or not, presence of physical illness, previous psychiatric history, and previous suicide attempt, there were significant differences with respect to causes, methods of attempted suicides and psychiatric diagnoses of suicide attempters.

• 농촌의학ㆍ지역보건
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.167-180
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• 2012

본 연구는 대구광역시 심뇌혈관질환 고위험군 등록관리 시범사업단 고혈압 당뇨병 교육정보센터를 방문한 고위험군환자와 교육자의 교육요구도를 반영하여 질환, 영양, 운동 3영역의 기본, 심화, 개별 3단계로 단계별 교육프로그램을 개발하였다. 이 프로그램의 효과평가를 위하여 교육정보센터에 방문한 기본교육군 32명, 단계교육군 37명을 대상으로 교육 전후 임상적 지표, 행동변화단계, 자아효능감을 측정하였고 주요 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 교육요구도조사결과 고위험군과 교육자의 요구도가 높은 소그룹형태, 30분-1시간이내 수업 및 이론 50%와 실습 50%의 구성과 형태로 이루어지며 3개월의 교육과정인 질환, 영양, 운동영역의 단계 교육프로그램을 개발하였다. 교육요구도조사 결과 교육영역별 교육내용은 고위험군과 교육자의 필요도와 지식정도의 통계적으로 유의한 차이에 따라 5가지 범주로 분류하여 프로그램 구성에 적용할 수 있었다. 첫째, 고위험군과 교육자간의 요구도에 유의한 차이가 없는 항목은 기본과정내용으로 반복하게 하였고 둘째, 고위험군의 인지도가 평균점수 이하인 항목은 기본교육과정내용을 조정하여 효과적인 실습방법으로 모든 단계에서 반복할 수 있도록 하였다. 셋째, 고위험군의 지식정도 평균 편차가 큰 항목은 개별교육과정에 포함시켜 문제를 해결할 수 있는 기술습득을 목표로 이루어지도록 하였다. 넷째, 고위험군과 교육자간 지식정도의 유의한 차이가 있는 항목과 다섯째, 고위험군과 교육자간 요구도에서 유의한 차이가 있는 항목은 고위험군의 참여도가 높은 실습 중심의 심화교육으로 구성하며 교육자도 표준 매뉴얼에 따라 교육방법, 교육환경을 일관성 있게 유지하도록 교육훈련을 강화하여 교육자 간 격차를 줄이도록 하였다. 교육자와 고위험군과의 격차를 줄이기 위하여 자가관리 목표, 단기 계획 설정을 고위험군과 교육자 상호약속에 의해서 계획하여 실천동기와 문제해결능력을 향상시키도록 하는 과정을 단계마다 필수적으로 포함시켰다. 교육프로그램의 평가는 기본교육군, 단계교육군을 대상으로 임상적 지표, 행동변화단계 자기 효능감을 측정하여 비교하였다. 임상지표 중 허리둘레, 수축기혈압, 이완기혈압(p<0.05), 자기효능감 중 혈압/혈당조절 불량시 병원방문, 의사의 지시에 따라 약 복용, 식사량 일정유지(p<0.05), 정기적으로 합병증 검사, 정상적인 혈압/혈당을 유지, 허리둘레 유지, 체중 유지(p<0.01), 행동변화단계에서는 싱겁게 먹기(p<0.05)에서 유의적인 차이가 있었다. 환자와 교육자의 교육요구도를 반영하여 개발된 실습 중심의 단계별 교육프로그램은 이론중심의 기본교육프로그램과 비교한 결과 임상지표, 자기효능감, 행동변화단계에서 유의한 차이가 있었다. 대상자 수가 적고 추구관리기간이 짧았으며 임상지표측정이 부족했던 한계점은 있으나 환자가 노인이며 만성질환환자로서 유병기간이 긴 점을 감안하면 이 프로그램을 지속적으로 시행한다면 환자의 심뇌혈관질환 예방에 기여할 수 있을 것이다.