• 대한영양사협회학술지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.292-309
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• 2016

The purpose of this study was to verify the validity of Mealworms as a hospital meal with increased nutrition density. We provided a meal for postoperative patients and conducted analysis of dietary intake and nutritional status of patients and assessment of acceptability of the meal. This study was carried out as a randomized control trial. Patients were supplied either a hospital meal using Mealworms (Experimental group) or a regular hospital meal (Control group). We investigated the administration amounts of parenteral nutrition (PN) and food intake of patients after surgery and measured anthropometry, body composition, and blood tests before surgery and at hospital discharge. We included 34 postoperative patients who were admitted to Gangnam Severance Hospital from March to September. In the groups of patients not supplied with PN, the experimental group ($964.68{\pm}284.6kcal$, $38.82{\pm}12.9g$) had significantly higher dietary calorie and protein intake than the control group ($666.62{\pm}153.7kcal$, $24.47{\pm}4.9g$)(P<0.05). Additionally in the group of patients not supplied with PN, the experimental group (1.37%) showed a significantly higher increase in fat free mass index than the control group (-3.46%)(P<0.05). In all subjects, calorie density and protein density were significantly higher in the experimental group (P<0.001), and acceptability of calorie (P=0.036) and protein (P=0.001) was also significantly higher in the experimental group. Therefore, the results of this study support the validity of the introduction of hospital meals using Mealworms.

• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.95-106
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• 2024

The article is devoted to the design and development of an information system for preserving the results of testing to verify the residual knowledge of students of the resource for training specialists in information and communication technologies. The purpose of the study is to provide a scientific justification for the problem of developing professional training of specialists in information and communication technologies in the process of using an information system to save test results to verify students' residual knowledge and to verify the effectiveness of its implementation in universities. According to the results of the experiment, it can be argued that the introduction of an information system to preserve the results of testing to test students' residual knowledge in the educational process contributes to the professional training of specialists in information and communication technologies at the universities of Ukraine. The practice of development and use of modern information technologies focused on the implementation of psychological and pedagogical goals of teaching and education is fundamentally new mediated by modern technical and technological innovations.

• 한국학교ㆍ지역보건교육학회지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.15-26
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• 2020

Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the education status, knowledge, and perception of oral care among senior nursing students from Republic of Korea who completed all four curricular courses of Introduction to Nursing, Pediatric Nursing, Adult Nursing and Gerontological Nursing in order to provide basic data for effective oral care of inpatients. Methods: A questionnaire survey was conducted for 137 senior nursing students in the Seoul and Gangwon regions who were selected by convenience sampling. The questionnaire consisted of questions about the perception of oral care. A frequency analysis was conducted to analyze education status, perception, and general characteristics of participants. In addition, independent t-test and one-way analysis of variance were conducted to assess differences in the knowledge level according to the characteristics of the students. A p-value less than 0.05 was statistically significant. Results: The study results revealed that 63.5% of the respondents received education on oral care, with 67.8% of them receiving the education during their regular curriculum. Of the responders who said they received education, 41.4% said that education was not enough. Furthermore, the majority of respondents (56.9%) considered dental hygienists to be most suitable for the administration of oral care for inpatients. Conclusion: This study revealed nursing students' positive perceptions of the importance of oral care and dental hygienists'performance of oral care for inpatients. Consideration should be given to healthcare workers in various professions for improving oral health in inpatients, as well as for further study of oral care in the curriculum.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제13권12호
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• pp.6115-6119
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• 2012

Introduction: Increasing prevalence of human papilloma virus (HPV) infection and its association with cervical cancer as a leading cause of death make it necessary to evaluate and improve the public knowledge, especially of university students, about this cause of disease. Methods: A cross-sectional study of knowledge and attitude of a total 669 students from Tabriz University of Medical Sciences was therefore performed with a modified validated questionnaire, arranged into 5 parts and containing 55 questions, in July 2011. Questions were directed to study socio-demographic characteristics of the participant, knowledge about HPV disease, transmission route, relationship with cervical cancer, predisposing factors, and participants attitude toward people with HPV infection. Results: All of the participants were Moslem with a mean age $25.6{\pm}5.33$ years of age. All of the participants had heard of HPV, and acquired their knowledge through university courses (90.6%); the majority of them knew that HPV is a sexually transmitted disease and a potential cause for genital warts but general knowledge about details was not high. Mean knowledge score of residents and post graduate midwifery and nursing students was high as compared to other groups (P<0.001). Statements that indicated the presence of fear to communicate with people suffering HPV and people's avoidance to rely on babysitting of these patients were observed. Educational level (${\beta}$=0.21, P<0.001), age (${\beta}$=0.18, P=0.002,) and smoking (${\beta}$=-0.11, P=0.006) were predicted to effect knowledge. Conclusions: Moderate level of knowledge about HPV among medical university students makes it necessary to set effective national public health efforts on HPV education and prevention considering he excess of young population in Iran vulnerable to cervical cancer.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제50권7호
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• pp.606-612
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• 2007

Since the introduction of chemotherapy for the treatment of childhood leukemia more than 50 years ago, the results of childhood cancer have improved dramatically. The 5-year survival rate of disease, many of which were uniformly fatal in the prechemotherapy era, reached to more than 75%. This remarkable improvement in survival is a direct result of the incorporation of chemotherapeutics into treatment regimens that previously relied only on surgery or radiotherapy for the primary tumor. The multimodality approach, which integrates surgery and radiotherapy to control local disease with chemotherapy to eradicate systemic or metastatic disease, has become the standard approach to treating most childhood cancers. The overall improvement in outcomes in childhood solid tumors has been related to the development of multidisplinary cooperative studies that has permitted the development of well-designed tumor treatment protocols characterized by uniform staging criteria, sharing informations in pathologic classification, uniform methods for tumor markers, oncogenes, and other biologic and genetic factors. Important advances in the biologic study of cancer and its genetic basis led to a number of observations that impact directly on the management of childhood solid tumors. Identification of specific genes, oncogenes, tumor markers, and other biologic and pathologic factors plays an important role in both staging and clarifying the risk categorization of individual patients. Treatment of the patient is influenced by the recognition of specific risk factors. This knowledge has resulted in a change in the approach to care based not only on staging criteria, but also on risk-based management. This concept uses various risk factors of outcomes. Risk-based management allows for each patient to maximize survival, minimize long-term morbidity and improve the quality of life, especially for children's growth and development.

• 한국응급구조학회지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.17-37
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• 2017

Purpose: This study describes current curricula for paramedic students in South Korea and proposes a standardization of the curriculum. Methods: Data were collected from 38 colleges and universities from March 1 to 31, 2016. Descriptive statistics were calculated using SPSS 23.0. Results: The proposed standard curriculum was below. Requisite liberal arts consisted of 2 subjects and 6 credits including biomedical ethics, communications and human relationships. Common major subjects were composed of 6 areas, 22 subjects, and 78 credits. The areas of basic medicine consisted of 6 subjects and 16 credits including medical terminology. Introduction to paramedicine consisted of 3 subjects and 7 credits. Emergency patient management consisted of 2 subjects and 9 credits. Particulars to paramedic care consisted of 8 subjects and 31 credits. The law area consisted of 1 subject and 3 credits. Other major areas consisted of 2 subjects and 12 credits including integrated simulation and physician assistance. Common field practice area consisted of 3 to 4 subjects and 9 to 12 credits. Conclusion: It is important to establish and adapt a standardized curriculum for paramedic students in order to ensure competence and to provide high quality emergency medical services.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제50권2호
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• pp.157-162
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• 2007

목 적: 최근 5년간 대전충청 지역에서 세균성 수막염의 원인균과 역학, 임상 양상, 경과 및 예후에 대하여 알아보고자 하였다. 방 법: 2001년 1월부터 2005년 12월까지 만 5년간 대전충청 지역의 10개 종합병원 소아과에서 세균성 수막염으로 진단받았던 1개월부터 만 15세까지의 53례를 대상으로 하여 원인균을 중심으로 발생 빈도와 역학을 알아보았다. 결 과: 대전충청 지역에서 최근 5년간 발생한 소아 세균성 수막염 53례 중 40례에서 균이 배양되었고, 원인균은 S. pneumoniae(32.1%), H. influenzae(18.9%), N. meningitidis(5.7%) 등의 순서로 나타났다. 임상증상으로 발열이 전례에서 있었고, 뇌척수액 검사에서 대부분 백혈구 수는 $100/mm^3$ 이상(88.3%), 당량은 50 mg/dL 미만(79.2%), 단백량은 45 mg/dL 이상(92.4%)이었다. 53례 중 45례(84.9%)는 호전되어 퇴원하였고, 합병증은 경막하삼출(19.0%)과 청력장애(9.4%)가 가장 많았다. 결 론: 대전충청지역에서 최근 5년간 발생한 수막염의 가장 흔한 원인균은 S. pneumoniae로, 폐구균 단백 결합 백신 접종이 활성화되면 S. pneumoniae에 의한 수막염의 발생율은 감소할 것으로 보인다.

• 핵의학기술
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.110-122
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• 2009

목적: 최근 의료기관평가제도는 의료의 질에 대한 병원들의 관심을 높게 하고 그것을 향상시키기 위한 활동을 활발히 전개하고 있다. 또한 추가된 항목인 환자의 위험관리에 대해서도 많은 관심을 보이고 있다. 의정부성모병원 핵의학과는 2008년도 PET/CT도입으로 시작된 부서내 리모델링은 과내 구조 및 업무 프로세스에 많은 변화를 가져왔다. 따라서 변경된 구조와 기존의 업무 처리방식은 미처 알지 못하는 위험요인을 내포하게 되었다. 그러므로 영상 검사 과정에서 발생할 수 있는 위험요인을 다각도로 찾고 분석하여, 부서의 특수한 환경에 맞는 위험관리 프로세스와 위험요인 제거업무를 포함한 개선 활동을 목적으로 한다. 실험재료 및 방법: 핵의학과의 새로워진 프로세스를 다각도로 분석하여 첫째, 위험관리 응대메뉴얼을 제작하여 교육후 실제 업무에 적용한다. 결과분석은 전년도 위험사고 발생건수와 개선활동 후 위험사고 발생건수를 비교하였다. 둘째, 위험관리 홍보동영상은 제작 후 검사전 해당 환자에게 상영하였고 그 후 자체 제작된 설문지로 해당 환자 100명에게 만족도 조사를 하였다. 셋째, 위험요소를 개선할 수 있는 시설물 참여형 개선활동을 통해서 위험요소를 제거하였다. 결과: 안전사고 발생건수는 개선활동이후 PET/CT와 감마카메라 영상 검사 모두 검사건수대비 투약오류, 낙상, 충돌 등의 안전사고가 0건으로 조사되었다. 설문조사 결과는 동영상 상영 후 검사진행과정 이해 74%, 불안감해소 81%로 "만족한다"는 결과가 조사되었다. "위험요소에 대해 주의했습니까?" 라는 물음의 경우 PET/CT는 94%, 감마카메라는 89%가 주의했다는 결과로 조사되었다. 개선활동을 통해서 핵의학과내에서의 고객위험관리를 효과적으로 수행할 수 있었다. 결론: 본 개선활동을 통하여 영상 검사 시 산재된 위험요소를 체계적으로 나열하고 분석하는 계기가 되었다. 또한 안전사고에 대처하는 방사선사의 업무방법에서도 기준이 되는 응대메뉴얼을 적용시킨다면 안전사고의 최소화와 안전사고시 체계적인 피드백이 가능함을 알 수 있었다. 위험요소를 알려주는 방법론적인 부분에서도 일상생활에서 쉽게 접할 수 있는 시청각자료로 제공 되었을 때 보다 효과적이였다. 따라서 이런 활동이 지속적이고 세부화 된 업그레이드 작업을 통해서 환자들에게 제작되어 제공된다면 핵의학 검사 이용의 안전성과 편리성에 도움을 줄 수 있으리라 생각된다.

• 한국의료질향상학회지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.75-83
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• 2006

Background : Utilization review has been adopted as a vehicle for cost and utilization control of health care services. Its role was further stressed and expanded through the establishment of Health Insurance Review Agency in 2001. This article is to introduce concept, activities, and effect of utilization review based on the experiences of U.S. and to suggest important characteristics for ideal utilization review activities at the national level in Korea. Method : Twenty-five articles related with utilization review were reviewed after being selected through web site search through Med Line and Richis. Result : Utilization review was introduced mainly for health care expenditure control either by insurer, provider or the third parties under the pressure of increasing health care cost. It's activities can be categorized to prospective, concurrent and retrospective review according to the time of service provision. Based on most of studies, utilization review has been effective in controling rising health care cost and utilization. However it's effectiveness assumes a reimbursement structure of managed care like capitation payment. More worse, it is still unknown it's effectiveness on quality of care. Conclusion : Utilization review should be employed to increase the cost effectiveness of medical care by optimizing quality and patient's outcomes while also attempting to reduce the use of resources. So, it should consider outcomes before expenditures, check for both under and over-use, and construct an structure in which consumption is reduced equitably. Aggressive adoption of utilization review in Korean health care setting with fee-for-service reimbursement structure might not be a cost-effective approach before adoption of prospective payment system such as D.R.G. and capitation.

• 한국임상약학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.107-112
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• 2006

This study was aimed to investigate the current status and expectations of orphan drugs in Korea. The Korea Orphan Drug Center was established to supply many medicines for the patients with rare diseases. Among the medicines supplied by the Center, the number designated as the orphan drugs by the KFDA is quite few. However, a few of medicines are not under circulation even if the items are designated as the orphan drugs. Neoplasm-related medicines, infectious and parasitic disease-related medicines, endocrine, nutritional and metabolic disease-related medicines are the ones circulated most. There are several unapproved drugs among the medicines supplied by the Center. It's because the director of the Center can import the goods without a process to getting an approval from the KFDA. The Korea Orphan Drug Center has contributed to the selection of the medicines for treating the rare disease. On the contrary, some problems remain in the supply process. The safety and effectiveness of the medicines supplied by the Center are not guaranteed. So far, rare diseases have no specific legal definition, and therefore are only referred to in terms of the population of patients, which prevent from establishing the range of medicines. The introduction of Special Access Program or Access to Unapproved Therapeutic Goods will be the solution of these problems. In addition, it is another solution to keep intimate relations with the Rare and Intractable Disease Center and the Medicine Safety Information Center which will be open soon.