• 임상간호연구
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.85-93
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• 2010

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of the SMS(Short Message Service) informing patients' surgical operation status to his or her family members on their nursing satisfaction. Methods: A non-equivalent control group non-synchronized design was used. The subjects were the family members of patients underwent spine surgery operation at a general hospital in B city. Twenty five subjects in the experimental group received SMS services whereas the other twenty five subjects in the control group received no intervention. Results: There was a significant difference in the level of nursing satisfaction in the experimental group compared to that of the control group(t=7.14, p=.001). Conclusion: The result above indicates that the level of nursing satisfaction of family members of the patients under surgical operation can be raised by providing SMS informing surgical operational status during the operation. This finding leads to the conclusion that such information service can be used as one of the efficient interventions for improving patient and family satisfactions with nursing care in a surgical unit.

• 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.158-163
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• 2022

Purpose: We subjected scanning electron microscopic (SEM) images of the active layer of EBT3 film to texture analysis to determine the dose-response curve. Methods: Uncoated Gafchromic EBT3 films were prepared for direct surface SEM scanning. Absorbed doses of 0-20 Gy were delivered to the film's surface using a 6 MV TrueBeam STx photon beam. The film's surface was scanned using a SEM under 100× and 3,000× magnification. Four textural features (Homogeneity, Correlation, Contrast, and Energy) were calculated based on the gray level co-occurrence matrix (GLCM) using the SEM images corresponding to each dose. We used R-square to evaluate the linear relationship between delivered doses and textural features of the film's surface. Results: Correlation resulted in higher linearity and dose-response curve sensitivity than Homogeneity, Contrast, or Energy. The R-square value was 0.964 for correlation using 3,000× magnified SEM images with 9-pixel offsets. Dose verification was used to determine the difference between the prescribed and measured doses for 0, 5, 10, 15, and 20 Gy as 0.09, 1.96, -2.29, 0.17, and 0.08 Gy, respectively. Conclusions: Texture analysis can be used to accurately convert microscopic structural changes to the EBT3 film's surface into absorbed doses. Our proposed method is feasible and may improve the accuracy of film dosimetry used to protect patients from excess radiation exposure.

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• 제48권4호
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• pp.159-168
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• 2023

Purpose: Coordinated activity between the jaw and neck muscles is important in oral motor tasks such as chewing. This study examined coherence between the jaw and neck muscles during chewing in healthy adults. Methods: A total of 12 healthy adults underwent electromyography (EMG) of the jaw and neck muscles during right-sided chewing at a frequency of 1 Hz. Surface electrodes were placed over the temporalis (TA), masseter (MS), anterior digastric (DA), and sternocleidomastoid (SM) muscles on the right side. EMG signals were processed for coherence and phase analysis using advanced signal processing techniques. Results: The MS and TA muscle pair exhibited high synchronization when chewing (median coherence=0.992). Contrarily, the coherence values between the MS and DA, as well as the MS and SM muscle pairs, were relatively low (median coherence=0.848 and 0.957, respectively). Phase analysis revealed minimal temporal differences between the MS and TA muscle pair and the MS and SM muscle pair, whereas substantial phase shifts were observed between the MS and DA muscle pair. Conclusions: During chewing in healthy adults, the TA muscle works synergistically whereas the DA muscle antagonistically with the MS muscle, and the SM muscle supports the activity of the MS muscle. The observed synchrony and coordination provide insights into the intricate interplay among these muscles during oral motor tasks.

• 대한치매학회지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.89-94
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• 2024

Background and Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of patients with acute transient global amnesia (TGA) using volumetric analysis to verify whether the brains of TGA patients have pre-existing structural abnormalities. Methods: We evaluated the brain MRI data from 87 TGA patients and 20 age- and sex- matched control subjects. We included brain MRIs obtained from TGA patients within 72 hours of symptom onset to verify the pre-existence of structural change. For voxel-based morphometric analyses, statistical parametric mapping was employed to analyze the structural differences between patients with TGA and control subjects. Results: TGA patients exhibited significant volume reductions in the bilateral ventral anterior cingulate cortices (corrected p<0.05). Conclusions: TGA patients might have pre-existing structural changes in bilateral ventral anterior cingulate cortices prior to TGA attacks.

• 가정∙방문간호학회지
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.166-176
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• 2024

Purpose: This study examined the effects of parenting stress, social support, and job satisfaction on job embeddedness of in shift working married nurses. Methods: The participants were 131 nurses in five general hospitals. Data collection was conducted using self-report questionnaires from Aug 1 to 16, 2023. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, independent t-test, One-way ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficients and multiple regression analysis. Results: There were not significant differences in job embeddedness by general characteristic. The job embeddedness of in shift work nurses were significant correlation parenting stress, social support, and job satisfaction. The factors influencing on job embeddedness of the shift work nurses were job satisfaction. It was found that 61% could explain job embeddedness. Conclusion: It is necessary to nurse' support strategies for improving job satisfaction, and need to develop of program to relieve parenting stress, and strengthen social support to enhance job embeddedness of the shift work nurses.

• 대한예방한의학회지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.1-13
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• 2019

Backgrounds : The market of Complementary Alternative Medicine(CAM) in the United State(U.S.) accounts for a large proportion of the global CAM market and has a high growth rate. The recent introduction of Obama Care has brought the change in the health insurance system for CAM, and we need to analyze it for its implication to Korean system. Objectives : The purpose of this study is to investigate the current status of acupuncture and chiropractic health insurance in the U.S., and to draw implications for expanding the health insurance coverage for Korean traditional medicine through the comparison between the U.S. and Korean health insurance systems. Methods : We examined the data through the literature search and from the websites of both U.S. government departments and related organizations for the health insurance policy. Based on the collected data, we analyzed its CAM health insurance system in Korea. Results : The acupuncture covered by public health insurance in the U.S. has a limit in the number of treatments and a range of applied diseases compared with Korea. In addition, the practice of acupuncture is not subdivided. However, the chiropractic in the U.S. which also has a limited number of coverage and only three categories of practices are similar to that of Korea. Conclusions : Although the use of CAM by public health insurance is not active in the U.S., but the organizations such as Veterans Health Administration in Vermont is already discussing the use of acupuncture to solve the problem of opioid overuse. Thus Korea also needs to discuss to promote the expansion of the insurance system for CAM.

• 정보관리학회지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.335-352
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• 2006

정보통신부는 지식정보 강국의 실현을 위해 2000년부터 지식정보자원관리사업을 추진하여 오고 있다. 이 사업으로 역사, 교육, 문화, 과학기술 등의 주요한 지식정보자원이 디지털화되어 인터넷 서비스되고 있다. 역사분야에서는 경상대학교 문천각, 국가보훈처, 국사편찬위원회, 독립기념관, 민족문화추진회, 민주화운동기념사업회, 서울대학교규장각, 성균관대학교 존경각, 전쟁기념관, 한국국학진흥원, 한국여성개발원, 한국학중앙연구원 등의 12개 기관이 참여하였다. 12개의 역사분야 정보시스템은 상이한 기능적 사용자 인터페이스를 가지고 있어 사용자들의 정보시스템 사용에 혼란을 주고 있다. 따라서 사용자의 편리성 증대를 위해 기능적 사용자 인터페이스의 표준화가 시급한 과제이다. 이글에서는 정보검색과 검색결과제시의 두 측면에서 12개의 역사분야 인터넷 정보시스템이 채택한 기능적 사용자 인터페이스의 공통점과 차이점을 기술하여 표준화된 기능적 인터페이스 마련을 위한 기초 자료를 제공하고자 한다.

• 한국사회복지학
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• 제61권3호
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• pp.255-281
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• 2009

본 연구의 목적은 후기노인들의 삶에 나타난 일제강점기와 6.25전쟁에 대한 '개인적인 역사경험'이 어떠한 '현재성'이 있는지 생애사적 맥락에서 '재구성'하는 데에 있다. 이를 위해 Sch$\ddot{u}$tze의 자료수집 방법에 따라 실시한 '생애사적-내러티브 인터뷰' 9개를 Rosenthal의 '내러티브식-생애사 인터뷰 분석'방법에 따라 분석하였다. 그 결과, 개인적인 역사경험의 현재성은 주로 경험방식에 따른 차이를 보임을 알 수 있었다. 즉 '친일경험'으로서의 일제강점기에 대한 직접적인 역사경험과 '국군생활'로서의 6.25전쟁에 대한 직접적인 역사경험은 '개별화된 현재성'이 있는 반면, '남편의 역사적 죽음'으로 표출된 일제강점기나 6.25전쟁에 대한 간접적인 역사경험은 '잠재된 현재성'이 있는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 연구결과에 근거해 개인적인 역사경험의 현재성에 대한 '이해'를 바탕으로 하는 노인복지실천을 위한 제언을 하였다.

• 한국동물위생학회지
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.331-338
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• 2008

The study was carried out to evaluate the diagnostic efficacy of the tube agglutination test (TAT), enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and the 2-Mercaptoethanol agglutination test (2-MAT) to detect human brucellosis patients in Korea. We examined 87 serum samples of people in the rural farm areas where bovine brucellosis had been reported. People in this study were divided into seven groups- farmers and their families, veterinarians, veterinary quarantine workers, livestock health control officers, artificial inseminators, livestock traders and healthy control individuals. Among 87 people, 65 were males and 22 were females ranging in age from 13 to 72 years. Of 87 serum samples, ELISA detected 21.84%, TAT detected 11.50% and 2-MAT detected 8.05% Brucella positive sera. Brucella specific IgG ELISA antibody titer was recorder higher in the individuals between the ages of 50 and 65 years. The highest prevalence rate of brucellosis(29.4%) was recorded in the cattle farmers and their family members followed by quarantine veterinary office workers (25%) and practicing veterinarians 01.1%). The majority of the Brucella sero-positive individuals in this study had a history of direct contact with animals.

• 한방재활의학과학회지
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.85-95
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• 2016

Objectives Military medicine is the study of research which includes health, sanitation, clinic, and quarantine in military personnel. This study is focused on research the acupuncture treatment of military medicine. Methods The study on acupuncture research for Military Medicine was referred from via KoreaMed, OASIS, The Journal of Korean Military Medical Association, KMbase, KAMJE, NDSL, KISS, KISTI, PubMed, MEDLINE, EMBASE, and The Cochran library. As a result, 18 research papers were found and they were analyzed according to the year of publishment, the titles of journals, the nation of research center, the types of study, the purpose of study, the outcome of measurement, the type of acupuncture, and the assessment of acupuncture effect. And then assessed the risk of bias about RCT, NRCT, prospective cohort studies, and before and after studies. Results The number of the published research papers on acupuncture was increased since 2013. The studies were mainly published in the USA and eight out of 18 were RCT. The purpose of study is mostly for musculoskeletal and psychological disease and medical decision for acupuncture. The type of the acupuncture used is not only traditional acupuncture but also the auricular acupuncture. Even though the research results about the effect of acupuncture were excellent and positive, some of studies had a high risk of bias. Conclusions The studies state about acupuncture treatment as mostly positive and effective, however, further clinical studies are required to obtain objective clinical evidence of acupuncture treatment. Furthermore, future trials would be needed to find out effective acupuncture treatments on military duty.