• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권19호
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• pp.8063-8067
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• 2014

Background: Cervical cancer is a major public health problem in Bangladesh. Persistence of high risk human papillomavirus (HRHPV) influences the progression of the disease, with an important role in followup for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN). Objective: To establish application of high risk HPV DNA test in the follow-up of women after treatment of CIN. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional and hospital based study was carried out among 145 CIN treated women during the previous six months to three years at the colposcopy clinic of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka, between January 2011 and June 2012. Pap smear and HPV samples were collected and colposcopy was performed to find out the persistence of the disease. Cervical samples obtained were tested for HPV DNA using the Hybrid Capture II (HC-II) test. A cervical biopsy was collected whenever necessary. The results were compared to assess the efficacy of different methods during follow up such as Pap smear, HPV test and colposcopy. Results: Mean age of the recruited women (n=145) was 33.6 (${\pm}7.6$), mean age of marriage was 16.8 (${\pm}2.9$) and mean age of 1st delivery was 18.8 (${\pm}3.5$) years. More than half had high grade CIN before treatment and 115 (79.3%) women were managed by LEEP and 20.7% were managed by cold coagulation. Among the 145 treated women, 139 were negative for HPV DNA and six of them (4.1%) were HPV positive. Sensitivity of Pap smear (40.0) and HPV DNA test (40.0) was poor, but specificity was quite satisfactory (>93.0) for all the tests. Conclusions: The high risk HPV DNA test can be an effective method of identifying residual disease. It can be added to colposcopy and this should be applied to all treated women attending for their first or second post-treatment follow-up visit at 6 months to one year, irrespective of the grade of treated CIN.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제13권10호
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• pp.445-458
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• 2015

본 연구는 65세 이상의 노인을 대상으로 만성통증과 사회적지지가 노인의 우울과 자살의도에 미치는 영향을 파악하고자 연구되었다. 연구대상은 복지관을 이용하는 만성통증이 있는 노인을 대상으로 자료수집기간은 2014년 4월 20일부터 5월 20일까지 시행하였고, 최종 178부를 자료를 분석하였다. 수집된 자료는 SPSS를 이용하여 실수와 백분율, 평균과 표준편차, t-test, ANOA, 상관관계, 다중회귀분석을 하였다. 연구분석 결과 만성통증은 우울과 자살의도에 유의한 정적 상관관계가 나타났으며 사회적지지는 우울과 자살의도에 유의한 부적 상관관계가 나타났다. 또한, 만성통증은 자살의도에 영향을 미치며 사회적지지는 우울에 영향 미치는 가장 강력한 변수로 확인되었다. 노인의 우울과 자살의도에 있어서 만성통증이 높을수록 우울과 자살의도는 높아지고 사회적지지가 낮을수록 우울과 자살의도가 높아지는 결과를 나타냈다. 따라서 노인의 우울과 자살을 예방하기 위해 가족과 사회적 관심과 사회적지지 서비스 개발이 필요하며만성통증을 경감시켜 줄 수 있는 다양한 프로그램 개발과 중재가 필요하다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제16권12호
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• pp.8626-8636
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• 2015

본 연구는 S시에 거주하는 근무경력 3년 이상의 지역사회 정신보건간호사 9명의 참여로 2014년 11월 7일부터 2014년 12월 21일까지 정신보건간호사들의 폭력경험의 의미 및 본질을 현상학적 접근방법으로 밝히고자 시도된 질적 연구이다. 연구결과 정신보건간호사의 폭력 경험은 '폭풍우를 만난 쪽배', '망망대해', '푯대를 잃어가는 쪽배', '방향키를 다시 잡은 선장'의 4개 범주와 11개의 주제모음 등으로 나타난 것을 볼 때, 정신보건간호사들이 경험하는 환자로부터의 폭력은 전문가의 안전을 위협할 뿐 아니라 정신보건 간호사의 정체성에도 영향을 미치는 것으로 볼 수 있다. 이는 환자에 대한 양질의 서비스 제공을 위협할 수 있으므로 심각한 현실 문제로 받아들여야 할 것이다. 또한 폭력 발생 예방에 대한 대책마련과 함께 폭력 피해 당사자인 간호사에 대한 간호조직의 지지프로그램 개발이 무엇보다 선행되어 정신보건간호사들의 안전과 질 높은 간호업무 수행을 위해 실제적인 대책을 마련해야 할 것으로 사료되어 진다.

• 보건교육건강증진학회지
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.29-46
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• 2006

Purpose: Since 1994, Asian Health Services, the Korean American Community Advisory Board, and the Center for Family and Community Health (University of California at Berkeley) have conducted periodic, population-based surveys on Korean American community health in Alameda County, California. The present study examines changes in health care access and utilization between 1994 and 2002 among Korean American adults in Alameda County, California. Method: We reanalyzed data from the 1994 and 2002 Korean Health Surveys. The primary variables of interest, health care access and utilization, were operationalized in terms of health insurance coverage, routine check-ups, a usual source of health care and reported barriers to health care. The frequency distribution of each indicator was calculated and its standard error was estimated using SUDAAN. The differences between 1994 and 2002 were examined with chi-square test. Results: Compared to 1994, Korean Americans in Alameda County were more likely to have health insurance coverage in 2002 (74.0% vs. 82.7%). Korean Americans in Alameda County were more likely to have received a recent (prior two years) routine health checkup in 2002 (50.4% vs. 57.2%). Health checkups increased over time for males, for adults with more than 12 years of education, and for employed adults. Also, compared to 1994, employed adults were more likely to have a usual source of health care in 2002 (66.5% vs. 78.4%). In both 1994 and 2002, high cost (58.0% vs. 47.8%) was the most commonly cited barrier to health care, and the next most frequently cited barriers were language (29.2% vs. 27.7%) and no time (29.2% vs. 30.3%). Conclusion: To improve health care utilization and health conditions, it is important to investigate factors related to health care and to monitor changing trends. Ongoing surveillance of health-related factors can contribute to the development of health education programs to reduce morbidity and mortality due to chronic disease, and thereby lead to improvements in health status among Korean Americans.

• 인터넷정보학회논문지
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.87-103
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• 2010

본 연구에서는 국내외의 웹 접근성 동향을 살펴보고 웹 접근성을 보장하기 위한 법제도와 웹 접근성 실태를 소개하였다. 그리고 우리나라의 웹 접근성 지침을 근거로 종합전문요양기관 종합병원 등 80개 의료기관을 대상으로 웹 접근성 실태를 조사하였다. 평가항목은 접근성 베이스 평가기준으로 웹 접근성 지침1의 대체텍스트 제공, 지침2의 프레임사용제한, 키보드로만 운용 등 3개 항목, 사용성 베이스 평가기준으로 음성서비스 제공, 글자크기 조정, 다국어 웹사이트 제공, 웹 접근성 방침 공시 등 4개 항목에 대하여 평가를 실시하였다. 웹 접근성 준수율을 나타내기 위하여 KADO-WAH2.0을 사용하였다. 평가결과 웹 접근성 준수율이 전체적으로 미흡한 수준이었으나, 과거와 비교하여 상당한 수준까지 개선되었다. 그리고 준수하는 의료기관과 그렇지 못한 의료기관의 차이가 매우 크게 나타났다. 한편 많은 병원들이 웹 접근성에 대응하기 위한 노력을 하고 있다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 향후 공공성 공익성이라는 특성을 가진 의료기관에 대해서도 웹 접근성 확보를 위한 독자적인 접근성 지침의 수립, 웹 접근성에 대한 인식의 제고, 지속적인 교육 및 홍보, 법 제도적 보완 등을 적극적으로 추진하는 것이 바람직하다고 본다.

• 한국화재소방학회논문지
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.122-128
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• 2013

본 연구는 2010년 1월 1일부터 2011년 12월 31일까지 2년간 119구급대로 이송된 병원 전 제세동 가능한 심정지 환자를 대상으로 연구를 진행하였으며 연구대상자들의 구급활동일지와 구급지령서를 분석하였다. 119구급상황관리센터 상황요원(Dispatcher)이 가장 많이 예측한 지령은 실신으로 74건(33.3%)이었다. 다양하게 예측된 지령 중 실신, 흉통, 전신쇠약, 기타와 같은 지령은 심정지로 예측 불가능한 지령으로 112건(50.5%)을 차지하였으며, 심정지로 예측 가능한 의식장애, 호흡곤란, 무호흡, 심정지, 경련과 같은 지령은 110건(49.5%)을 차지하였다. 이 때 심정지로 예측 가능한 지령에서 목격자의 심폐소생술이 유의하게 높았다. 이와 같이 상황요원은 환자의 의식평가와 호흡평가를 구체적으로 질문하여 심정지를 정확하게 분류해야하며, 이렇게 분류된 심정지 환자는 목격자가 심폐소생술을 할 수 있도록 지도해야 한다. 또한 상황요원에 의해 심정지로 예측 가능한 지령(49.5%)을 받은 구급대원뿐만 아니라 심정지로 예측 불가능한 지령(50.5%)에서도 심정지가 아니라고 정확하게 판단되지 않았다면 현장 구급대원은 심정지 상황에 대비하여 현장출동 준비를 해야 한다.

• 의료법학
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.385-411
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• 2008

The goal of medicine is to contribute to promoting national health by preventing diseases and providing treatment. The scope of modern medicine isn't merely confined to disease testing, treatment and prevention in accordance to that, and making experiments by using the human body is widespread. The advance in modern medicine has made a great contribution to valuing human dignity and actualizing a manly life, but there is a problem that has still nagged modern medicine: treatment and healing for terminal patients including cancer patients. In advanced countries, pain care and hospice medicine are already universal. Offering a helping hand for terminal patients to lead a less painful and more manly life from diverse angles instead of merely focusing on treatment is called the very hospice medicine. That is a comprehensive package of medical services to take care of death-facing terminal patients and their families with affection. That is providing physical, mental and social support for the patients to pass away in peace after living a dignified and decent life, and that is comforting their bereaved families. The National Hospice Organization of the United States provides terminal patients and their families with sustained hospital care and home care in a move to lend assistance to them. In our country, however, tertiary medical institutions simply provide medical care for terminal patients to extend their lives, and there are few institutional efforts to help them. Hospice medicine is offered mostly in our country by non- professionals including doctors, nurses, social workers, pastors or physical therapists. Terminal patients' needs cannot be satisfied in the same manner as those of other patients, and it's needed to take a different approach to their treatment as well. Nevertheless, the focus of medical care is still placed on treatment only, which should be taken seriously. Ministry for Health, Welfare & Family Affairs and Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service held a public hearing on May 21, 2008, on the cost of hospice care, quality control and demonstration project to gather extensive opinions from the academic community, experts and consumer groups to draw up plans about manpower supply, facilities and demonstration project, but the institutions are not going to work on hospice education, securement of facilities and relevant legislation. In 2002, Ministry for Health, Welfare & Family Affairs made an official announcement to introduce a hospice nurse system to nurture nurse specialists in this area. That ministry legislated for the qualifications of advanced nurse practitioner and a hospice nurse system(Article 24 and 2 in Enforcement Regulations for the Medical Law), but few specific plans are under way to carry out the regulations. It's well known that the medical law defines a nurse as a professional health care worker, and there is a move to draw a line between the responsibilities of doctors and those of nurses in association with medical errors. Specifically, the roles of professional hospice are increasingly expected to be accentuated in conjunction with treatment for terminal patients, and it seems that delving into possible problems with the job performance of nurses and coming up with workable countermeasures are what scholars of conscience should do in an effort to contribute to the development of medicine and the realization of a dignified and manly life.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.460-470
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• 1998

By expanding health insurance, customers will carry a smaller burden of medical costs. As a result, the number of visits to a physician increase and this result in the improvement of medical accessibility. But medical care utilization may be changed not only by insurance status but also by socio-demographic factor, economic status and other factors. The question thus remains, at which level of accessibility and what price of medical care service in health insurance will the customer and the medical care service be satisfied. The price of medical care service ls comprised of the customer's out-of-pocket money and the costs not covered by health insurance. If the price of medical care services in health insurance are appropriate, medical care utilization should not differ because of the difference in income status or the acuteness of illness. But If the price is not adequate, low income groups will receive relatively low medical care utilization, particularly in the case of chronic disease. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the differences in medical care utilization among the various income groups and those with varying acuteness of illness. The major hypotheses to test in this study are : (i) whether there are differences in medical care utilization among different income groups exist, (ii) whether differences in medical care utilization among different income groups exist with the hospital type. (iii) whether differences in medical care utilization among different income groups exist with the acuteness of illness and with age. The data was collected from the JongRo District Health Insurance Society in Seoul. A total of 118,336 persons were selected as the final sample for this study. The major findings of this study were as follows; 1. The volume of ambulatory utilization among users was statistically significant by income level. 2. Among different income groups, the volume of ambulatory utilization was statistically significant by the acuteness of illness. 3. Higher income groups with chronic diseases had a greater volume of ambulatory utilization than other groups.

• Journal of Trauma and Injury
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.13-17
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• 2020

Purpose: Accurate and appropriate prehospital field triage is essential for a trauma system. The Korean trauma system (established in 2014) uses the trauma field triage algorithm of the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This study evaluated the suitability of the CDC field triage criteria for major trauma cases (injury severity score >15) in Korea. Methods: This retrospective cohort study evaluated trauma patients who presented at the authors' regional trauma center from January 1 to May 7, 2017. The undertriage and overtriage rates of each CDC field triage step were calculated. Receiver operating characteristic curves were constructed, and the area under the curve (AUC) was evaluated for each step. Results: Among the 1,009 enrolled patients, 168 (16.7%) had major trauma. The undertriage/overtriage rates of each step (steps I, II, III, and IV) of CDC field triage were 9.2%/47.4%, 6.3%/50.8%, 4.5%/59.4%, and 5.3%/78.9%, respectively. The AUC values of each CDC triage step were 0.722, 0.783, 0.791, and 0.615, respectively. The AUC values of the separate components of each step (physiologic criteria, anatomic criteria, mechanism-of-injury criteria, and special considerations) were 0.722, 0.648, 0.647, and 0.456, respectively. Conclusions: The CDC field triage system is acceptable, but not ideal, for Korean trauma care. If we follow the protocol, it would be preferable to omit step IV. The Korean Triage and Acuity Scale may be a good indicator for in-hospital triage. However, a new triage protocol that is simple to estimate on-scene while having good performance should be developed.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.116-135
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• 1991

Few studies have been conducted on the detailed routes of medical care utilization under the National Health Insurance. This study was undertaken to identify the utilization patte군 of health care facilities among industrial workers and their dependents. One of the largest health insurance association was purposively chosen for this objective. The association had 345, 757 members as of 31 December, 1990. The study sample of 297, 948 subjects have been drawn from the membership pool on the basis of their continuous membership status during 1 January through 31 December 1990. This study has tried to identify differential utilization patterns between acute and chronic conditions, and among standard income classes. All the diagnoses were recoded in a manner to achieve the objective of this study. As for acute diseases, most age group had used one medical facility as much as by 60% except the age group of 1-4, This young age group had used over three different health facilities as much as by 10.9-15.8%. The finding suggests that some policy measures by sought for remedying the excessive/inappropriate use of services. In addition, mid-income classes(between 17 and 48) were more likely to use multiple sources of care than lower income classes(between 1 and 16) and upper income classes(above 49). This study has revealed that chronic cases are more likely to pursue multiple sources of care, however those with chronic conditions tend to use single health facility more than those with acute conditions(67.9% versus 52.4%). As many as 12.2% have visited more than three health facilities in chronic conditions, but 5.9% for acute conditions. The most likely source of care was primary clinics for both acute and chronic conditions. Compared with the role of general hospital, small-size hospitals found to play a minimal role in the care and referral of patients. This indicates the need of strengthening the function of small-size hospitals. While a minor cross utilization of western medicine and pharmacy was noted, no significant boundary crossing was identified between western medicine and oriental medicine, or between pharmacy and oriental medicine. It is too early to confirm that whether there is substitutability or cross utilization among these alternative sources of care. A further study is needed to identify these relationship.