• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.201-209
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• 2009

목 적: 한국인 후두암 환자의 방사선치료 과정 및 방법(patterns of care)을 조사하고 병원간의 차이가 있는지를 알아보고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법: 전국의 23개 병원에서 1998년 1월부터 1999년 12월까지 2년간 후두암으로 방사선치료를 받은 환자237명(성문암, 144명; 성문상부암, 93명)을 후향적으로 분석하였다. 환자 및 종양 특성, 진단방법, 치료방법의 선택, 방사선치료의 내용, 부작용 등에 대하여 조사하였으며, 방사선치료의 내용에 관해서는 1998년도 연간 신환 발생수를 기준으로 참여병원을 A군(900명 이상), B군(400명 이상, 900명 미만) 및 C군(400명 미만)으로 나누어 차이가 있는지를 비교하였다. 결 과: 환자의 연령분포는 25~88세(중앙값, 62세)였고 남자가 216명(91.1%)이었다. 임상적 병기는 성문암의 경우 I기 61.8%, II기 21.5%, III기 4.2%, IVa기 11.1%, IVb기 1.4%, 성문상부암은 I기 4.3%, II기 19.4%, III기 28.0%, IVa기 43.0%, IVb기 5.4%로 나타났다. 병기에 따른 치료방법의 선택, 방사선치료범위, 원발부위 방사선량에 있어서 병원군 간의 차이는 없었다. 모의치료방법에서 선량계산방법, 방사선에너지, 조사면배열, 고정기구사용여부에서 병원군간 통계적인 차이가 있었다. 결 론: 우리나라 후두암 환자의 방사선치료는 모의치료방법에서 병원군 간에 약간의 차이는 있으나 비교적 일정하게 시행하고 있음을 알 수 있었고 이 연구 결과는 향후 방사선치료 표준화의 기본자료로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 생각된다.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.238-244
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• 2003

목적: 개별화되어 가는 고선량률 근접치료계획의 추세에 따라, 고성량률 근접치료계획의 절대적 선량과 상대적인 선량분포를 독립적으로 계산하여 환자의 해부영상 위에 겹쳐 표시할 수 있는 품질보증용 컴퓨터 프로그램을 개발한다. 대상 및 방법: 컴퓨터 프로그램은 먼저, 환자의 치료계획에서 계산된 선원의 위치, 각 위치에서의 조사시간, reference point에서의 선량, 치료계획이 실시된 날짜 등의 자료 입력을 필요로 한다. ICWG 권고 수식과 선원의 비등방성 표를 이용하여 $10\times12\times10\;(Cm^3)$의 공간에서 선량분포가 계산된 후 reference point에서의 선량이 자동적으로 치료계획의 결과와 비교된다. 모의치료의 영상이나 자기공명(Magnetic Resonance) 영상을 입력하고 사용자가 선택한 점을 수직으로 교차하는 3개의 평면에서 등선량곡선을 겹쳐서 보여준다. Gamma Med사의 Gam-madot (MDS Nordion, Germany)에서 표준 치료계획을 실행하여 정확성을 확인하였으며, Plato (Nucletron Cor-poration, The Netherlands)에서 실행된 9명의 환자치료계획과 비교하였다. 결과: 3개의 표준 치료계획에서 절대선량은 $2.8\%$ 내에서 일치하였으며 등 선량분포도 좋은 일치를 보였다. 9명의 환자에 대하여 시행된 치료계획과의 비교에서는 평균 $3.4\%$의 오차를 보였다. 결론: 개발된 컴퓨터 프로그램은 정확하고 신속하게 고선량률 치료환자의 치료계획의 정확성을 확인할 수 있게 해주며, 등선량 곡선을 환자의 해부적 영상에 결합할 수 있는 기능은 치료계획의 질을 높이는데 기여할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.$39\%$), 복회음부 절제수술시 32건($97\%$), 측연의 경우 32건($97\%$), 후연의 경우 32건($97\%$), 그리고 전연의 경우 16건($45\%$)에서 부합되는 것으로 나타났다. 결론: 직장암의 수술 후 방사선치료 시 적절한 방사선치료 조사영역의 결정을 위하여 표준적인 조사영역을 제시 하였으나 개별 환자의 병변 위치와 진행상태, 수술 소견 등에 따라 적절한 변형은 필수적이라 하겠다. 이 권고안의 임상적 타당성은 향후 시행될 Patterns of Care 연구를 통하여 증명하는 것이 필요하겠다.정가능하고, 폐에 조사되는 방사선 양도 줄일 수 있었다.저부까지 거리 차이는 종양 크기가 4 cm 미만인 경우는 5.3 mm였으나 4 cm 이상일 때는 19.4 mm로 현저한 변화를 보였다. 자궁경관 굴곡각은 60세 미만인 경우 60세 이상보다 8$^{\circ}$ 정도 더 변화가 있었고, 종양 크기가 4 cm 이상일 때 미만일 때보다 2배 이상 굴곡 변화가 있었다. 결론: 자궁경부암 환자에서 근치적 방사선치료 시 치료에 따른 자궁 크기 및 위치 변화가 다양하고 개별적으로 예측하기 쉽지 않으므로, 특히, 60세 미만이거나 종양 크기가 4 cm 이상인 경우, 삼차원입체조형치료나 강도변조 방사선치료를 이용한 근치적 방사선치료 시 치료 중 개별환자의 계획용표적체적의 변화를 반드시 고려해야 한다고 생각한다.량체적히스토그램, Lymankutcher 모델에 의한 정상조직합병증발생률 및 기타 선량통계값 등 모든 면에 있어서 우월성을 확인할 수 있었다. 향후 이러한 결과가 임상에서 실질적인 합병증 발생률 감소와 잘 연계되는지 계속적인 추적관찰 및

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.85-94
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• 1970

This is a study of 21 tuberculosis patients receiving medical treatment at the Public Health Center in Kyongi Do, Pu Chun Gun and at the General Hospital. The results cover the findings of the period from May, 1969 to November 1970. The information obtained is based on personal interviews with the patients, and symptomatic diagnosis made from observations. The following statistics when not equalling 100% contain only the responses of the two extremes in each case. The findings of the research are as follows: 1. 52.3% of the patients in the study are males and 47.7% are females. 28.6% of the subjects are between 20 and 29 years of age and an equal percent are between 30 and 39 years. 2. 47.5% of the subjects had graduated from primary school, while only 4.8% had graduated from high school. 3. 57.1% of the patients said they had no religions beliefs, while 4.8% professed to being Buddhists or believing in superstition. 4. 47.3% of the people said they were unemployed, while 4.8% classified themselves as labourers. 5. In response to how tuberculosis was first detected in their respective cases, 52.6% became aware of their disease through X-ray results, while 4.8% were discovered to have tuberculosis when being treated for other diseases at the hospital. 6. When asked how many of the patients knew anything about their disease when treated, 57.1% knew nothing about tuberculosis when they received treatment, while 42.9% had some knowledge of the disease. 7. Of those who knew something about tuberculosis, 61.9% learned about from doctors and nurses, while 4.8% learned from other people. 8. 57.1% of the patients knew that tuberculosis is a communicable disease, while 42.9% did not know. 9. 52.4% of the patients did not know the cause of tuberculosis while 4.9% believed the disease was caused by a curse. 10. When asked about the extent of treatment, 52.4% responded that they had undergone continuous treatment, while 4.8% had not received treatment. 11.The reasons given for not continuing treatment were the following: economic factors 55.6%; side reactions to the treatment, lack of knowledge of how to get treatment, of the need for treatment, or of the positive effects of treatment 11.1%. 12. 61.9% of the subjects usually took the medical treatment at home, 9.5% took it in the mountains or at the beach. 13. 42.9% of the patients received drugs for treatment at the local public health center, while 4.8% received them at the hospital 14. 33.3% of the patients received P.A.S＋I.N.H.＋S.M. for treatment of tuberculosis, while 4.8% received P.A.S.＋S.M.. and some secondary drug. 15. Of the patients who took some extra medicine for tuberculosis, 38.1% took a Chinese drug, while 9.5% took herb medicine. 16. 38.1% of the patients had continued treatment for three years, 4.8% had interrupted the treatment. 17. When asked about the development of the disease after treatment, the patients gave the following information: after one month, 90.5% thought the treatment helped, while 9.5% weren't sure; after one year, 55.6% thought it was good, while 5.5% thought it was not; after three years, 63.6% had a very bad condition. while 4.8% didn't know. 18. 61.9% of the patients were unconcerned about covering their mouths when they coughed, while 38.1% covered their mouths. 19. 57.2% were unconcerned they spit, while 23.8% spit into a waste basket. 20. 66.7% were unconcerned about sterilizing tableware, while 9.5% handled it separately. 21. 66.7% were unconcerned about ventilating their room, while 9.5% ventilated the room twice a week.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.78-94
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• 1991

The purpose of this study is to research the actual conditions of industrial accident patients and to produce worker satisfaction and a rational and effective counter measure pain. Direct interviews with 179 cases (in and out patients) were carried out during a three month period from April to July 1990, at six hospitals two general hospitals Sun Lin and Sung Mo in Po Hang, and four general hospitals in Taegu Kyung Pook University Hospital, Dong San Medical Center, Young Nam Medical Center and Catholic Hospital. The results of this study are summarized as follows: 1. Among the 179 cases, 51.6 % were male and 48.4 % were female. The two largest age groups were 30~39, 31.8 % and 20~29, 27.4 %. Among the 179 cases, 51.6% were married, the largest family number was 2 to 3, 41.1% and 4 to 5, 25.6%. Educationally, graduation from high school was the largest group, 46.4% among the patients, followed by middle school and primary school. The largest group income level was from 40~69만원, 45.2%. The largest group of patients who worked over 50 hrs. a week was 52.0%. The largest group of patients who worked less than 1 year was 44.7%, of the patients in work places of less than 100 people, 60.3% were injured and in work places of 100~299 people, 20.1% were injured. In manufacturing, the lagest group injured was 55.3%, the next group was transport, stroage, communication. The largest group of production workers injured was 40.2%. 2. The cause of injury in the largest group was facility problems, 33.5%. The next group was unsafe habits, 30.2% a lack of safety knowledge, 17.9% and insufficient supervision, 12.3%. The 30~39 year age group was head the highest number of injuries, 40.4% work places with more than 10 yeras of work, 44.4% work palces with more than 1000 people, 56.3% and mining accidents, 80.0%. Among these groups the highest cause of injury was due to facility problems. 3. The accident pattern showed machinery injuries 28.5% as the largest group, followed by falls & falling objects 17.3%, fire & electric 15.1%, struke by an object 14.5%, followed by overaction and vehicular accidents. The accident pattern showed 46.4 % among workers over the 50 year age group, workers in the 5~10 year group, 50.0 % places employing more than 1000 workers, 35.3 % : construction 73.7%, and construction workers 57.1%, among these fall & falling objects caused the greatest number of injuries. 4. The largest group of injuries was fractures 54.8%, trauma 14.5%, amputation 11.7%, open wound, and burns. The largest number of fractures occurred in people in the 30~39 year age group, 63.2 % over 10 years of work, 55.6% in work places of 300~400 people, 63.6% construction 63.2% and general workers 57.2 %. 5. The largest group of injuries was upper extremity 45.3%, lower extremity 24.0%, trunk 18.5 % and head or neck 12.2%. Of these groups, upper extremity injuries were the highest in those less 20 years old 75.0%, less than 1 years of work 59.5%, in work places of 500~999 people 60.0%, manufacturing 56.6 % and production workers 55.6%. 6. Periods of injury showed 34 people injured in September, to be the largest followed by October, 32 August, 22 people July, 19 people and the lowest December, 2 people. During the week, Friday had the largest group injured, 35 people followed by Saturday, 26 people and the lowest was Wednesday, 17 people, During the day 1400 hours had the largest group injured, 38 people followed by 800 hours, 31 people. 7. On a basis of 5 as the highest mark, the average, according to worker satisfaction showed facility safety 3.55, work environment 3.47, income 3.44, job 3.21 and treatment 2.98. 8. The correlation between general characteristics and injury showed that age was directly correlated to the duration of work(r=.2591) p<0.01, age was directly correlated to industry (r=2311) p<0.01, and the duration was directly correlated to occupation(r =.4372) p<0.001.

• 대한골관절종양학회지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.48-54
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• 2007

목적: 대퇴골 근위부의 광범위 골 파괴를 보이는, 전이성 골 종양에 의한 병적 골절 환자들을 대상으로 종양 대치물 삽입술 시행 후 임상 결과를 알아보고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법: 2005년 10월부터 2006년 10월까지 전이성 골 종양에 의한 병적 골절로 진단 받은 환자 중 대퇴골 근위부에 광범위 전이를 보여 근위부 절제술 및 종양 대치물 삽입술을 시행한 6예를 대상으로 하였다. 평균 연령은 61세(범위, 48~77)였으며 평균 추시 기간은 10.5개월(범위, 6~16)이었다. 원발 종양으로는 다발성 골수종이 2예, 폐암이 1예, 유방암이 1예, 신장암이 1예, 원발 종양을 확인할 수 없었던 경우가 1예였다. 6예 모두에서 $MUTARS^{(R)}$ proximal femur system (Implantcast, Munster, Germany)를 이용하여 재건을 시행하였다. 하지 기능평가에는 Musculoskeletal Tumor Society 1993 score를 사용하였으며, 수술 전 후 동통의 정도를 Visual Analogue Scales (VAS)로 평가하였다. 결과: 최종 추시 시에 모든 환자들이 생존하였으며 하지 기능 점수는 평균 17.8(59.3%)점(범위, 12~25)이었다. VAS는 수술 전 평균 8.5에서 수술 후 최종 추시 시 평균 2.5로 호전되었다. 수술 후 가능한 한 조기 보행을 독려하여 수술 후 평균 7.3일(범위, 3~16)에 보행이 가능하였다. 수술 후 삽입물 주위 골절, 치환물의 해리 또는 감염은 없었으며, 1예에서 수술 후 재발성 탈구가 발생하였다. 결론: 전이성 골 종양의 대퇴골 근위부 광범위 침범 소견이 있는 병적 골절 환자에서 종양 대치물 삽입술은 조기에 동통의 경감 및 하지 기능 회복을 기대할 수 있으면서도 수술 후 합병증 발생이 적어 상대적으로 안전한 술식으로 전이성 골 종양의 치료 취지에 부합되는 적절한 치료로 생각된다.

• 핵의학기술
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.41-47
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• 2024

Purpose: ¹⁸F-FET, a radiopharmaceutical based on a Tyrosine amino acid derivative using the Sodium-Potassium Pump-independent Transporter (System L) for non-invasive evaluation of primary, recurrent, and metastatic brain tumors, exhibits distinct characteristics. Unlike the widely absorbed ¹⁸F-FDG in both tumor and normal brain tissues, ¹⁸F-FET demonstrates specific uptake only in tumor tissue while almost negligible uptake in normal brain tissue. This study aims to compare and evaluate the usefulness of ¹⁸F-FDG and ¹⁸F-FET Brain PET/CT quantitative analysis in brain tumor diagnosis. Materials and Methods: In 46 patients diagnosed with brain gliomas (High Grade: 34, Low Grade: 12), Brain PET/CT scans were performed at 40 minutes after ¹⁸F-FDG injection and at 20 minutes (early) and 80 minutes (delay) after ¹⁸F-FET injection. SUV_max and SUV_peak of tumor areas corresponding to MRI images were measured in each scan, and the SUV_max-to-SUV_peak ratio, an indicator of tumor prognosis, was calculated. Differences in SUV_max, SUV_peak, and SUV_max-to-SUV_peak ratio between ¹⁸F-FDG and ¹⁸F-FET early/delay scans were statistically verified using SPSS (ver.28) package program. Results: SUV_max values were 3.72±1.36 for ¹⁸F-FDG, 4.59±1.55 for ¹⁸F-FET early, and 4.12±1.36 for ¹⁸F-FET delay scans. The highest SUV_max was observed in ¹⁸F-FET early scans, particularly in HG tumors (4.85±1.44), showing a slightly more significant difference (P<0.0001). SUV_peak values were 3.33±1.13 for ¹⁸F-FDG, 3.04±1.11 for ¹⁸F-FET early, and 2.80±0.96 for ¹⁸F-FET delay scans. The highest SUV_peak was in ¹⁸F-FDG scans, while the lowest was in ¹⁸F-FET delay scans, with a more significant difference in HG tumors (P<0.001). SUV_max-to-SUV_peak ratio values were 1.11±0.09 for ¹⁸F-FDG, 1.54±0.22 for ¹⁸F-FET early, and 1.48±0.17 for ¹⁸F-FET delay scans. This ratio was higher in ¹⁸F-FET scans for both HG and LG tumors (P<0.0001), but there was no statistically significant difference between ¹⁸F-FET early and delay scans. Conclusion: This study confirms the usefulness of early and delay scans in ¹⁸F-FET Brain PET/CT examinations, particularly demonstrating the changes in objective quantitative metrics such as SUV_max, SUV_peak, and introducing the SUV_max-to-SUV_peak ratio as a new evaluation metric based on the degree of tumor malignancy. This is expected to further contributions to the quantitative analysis of Brain PET/CT images.

• Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.65-72
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• 2014

Objectives : The objective of this study was to evaluate the treatment duration and adherence of osmotic-controlled release oral delivery system (OROS) methylphenidate for treatment of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Methods : A total of 843 children with ADHD were recruited : 213 children (25.3%) who had previously taken medications for ADHD and 630 drug-na$\ddot{i}$ve children (74.7%) were recruited. The dosage was adjusted according to the clinician's judgment. The primary efficacy endpoint of this study was treatment retention rate, which was estimated at Week 12 and Week 20 using the Kaplan-Meier curve. The Swanson, Nolan and Pelham-IV (SNAP-IV), Clinical Global Impression-Severity (CGI-S), Clinical Global Impression-Improvement, and the side effect rating scale were measured at every visit. Remission rates were presented based on SNAP-IV and CGI-S, respectively. Results : The treatment retention rate at 12 weeks and at 20 weeks was 76.2% and 66.8%, respectively. Divided according to 6-8, 9-11, 12-14 and 15-18 years of age, younger children tended to show a statistically higher treatment retention rate (p=.02). Based on SNAP-IV and CGI scores, children with better response to medication showed tendencies of statistically higher treatment retention rate. The most common adverse events included loss of appetite (7.1%) and insomnia (3.3%). There was no serious adverse event related to the treatment, such as death. Conclusion : The use of OROS methylphenidate for treatment of ADHD was safe and tolerable for children. In this study, lower age and better treatment response showed a statistically significant relationship with higher treatment adherence. Boys showed a trend of high treatment adherence. The treatment adherence at 20 weeks was satisfactory, however, the treatment adherence after 20 weeks showed a sharp decrease. Therefore, treatment persistence for six months after the beginning of ADHD treatment is important. In addition, the positive role of psycho-education for children and parents is necessary for increasing treatment adherence.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.2055-2060
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• 2015

Purpose: To present information about prognostic factors of gastric cancer patients treated in our Erzurum center including age, gender, tumour location, pathological grade, stage and the effect of treatment on survival. Materials and Methods: This retrospective study was performed on patients who applied to our clinic and diagnosed as gastric cancer. Age and gender of the patients, primary location, histopathological characteristics, TNM stage of the gastric cancers (GCs), treatment applied, oncological treatment modalities and survival outcomes were studied. A univariate analysis of potential prognostic factors was performed with the log-rank test for categorical factors and parameters with a p value < 0.05 at the univariate step were included in the multivariate regression. Results: A total of 228 patients with a confirmed diagnosis of gastric cancer were included in the study with a male/female ratio of 1.47. Median follow-up period was estimated as 22.3 (range, 3 to 96) months. When diagnosis of the patients at admission was analysed, stage III patients were most frequently encountered (n=147; 64.5%). One hundred and twenty-six (55.3%) underwent surgical treatment, while 117 (51.3%) were given adjuvant chemotherapy. Median overall survival time was 18.0 (${\pm}1.19$) months. Mean overall survival rates for 1, 2, 3 and 5 years were $68{\pm}0.031%$, $36{\pm}0.033%$, $24{\pm}0.031%$and $15.5{\pm}0.036%$, respectively. Univariate variables found to be significant for median OS in the multivariate analysis were evaluated with Cox regression analysis. A significant difference was found among TNM stage groups, location of the tumour and postoperative adjuvant treatment receivers (p values were 0.011, 0.025 and 0.001, respectively). Conclusions: This study revealed that it is possible to achieve long-term survival of gastric cancer with early diagnosis. Besides, in locally advanced GC patients, curative resection followed by adjuvant concomitant chemoradiotherapy based on the McDonald regimen was an independent prognostic factor for survival.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제49권4호
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• pp.205-219
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• 2016

Objectives: No children-specified review and meta-analysis paper about the short-term effect of fine particulate matter ($PM_{2.5}$) on hospital admissions and emergency department visits for asthma has been published. We calculated more precise pooled effect estimates on this topic and evaluated the variation in effect size according to the differences in study characteristics not considered in previous studies. Methods: Two authors each independently searched PubMed and EMBASE for relevant studies in March, 2016. We conducted random effect meta-analyses and mixed-effect meta-regression analyses using retrieved summary effect estimates and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) and some characteristics of selected studies. The Egger's test and funnel plot were used to check publication bias. All analyses were done using R version 3.1.3. Results: We ultimately retrieved 26 time-series and case-crossover design studies about the short-term effect of $PM_{2.5}$ on children's hospital admissions and emergency department visits for asthma. In the primary meta-analysis, children's hospital admissions and emergency department visits for asthma were positively associated with a short-term $10{\mu}g/m^3$ increase in $PM_{2.5}$ (relative risk, 1.048; 95% CI, 1.028 to 1.067; $I^2=95.7%$). We also found different effect coefficients by region; the value in Asia was estimated to be lower than in North America or Europe. Conclusions: We strengthened the evidence on the short-term effect of $PM_{2.5}$ on children's hospital admissions and emergency department visits for asthma. Further studies from other regions outside North America and Europe regions are needed for more generalizable evidence.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.847-856
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• 2000

Parents are primary care taker for the children and have an important role for the assessment and managent of children's pain following surgery. The purpose of the present study was to examine the validity and clinical utilization of the Postoperative Pain Measure for Parents (PPMP) developed by Chambers et al. Subjects were 52 children aged 4-12 years admitted for tonsillectomy and other minor surgery and their mothers. Faces Pain Scale, State Anxiety, and Postoperative Pain Measure for Parents were used. The data were collected by two research assistant on the operation day and 1st day after surgery at hospital during the period of July 20 to August 28, 1998. The results are as follows: 1. Eta correlation coefficient between 15 items of PPMP and child rated pain were calculated. Correlation coefficients were more than .2 for both day. 2. Internal consistency for PPMP were .82 and .83. 3. The scores of the PPMP were 10.73 (SD=3.71) and 9.27(SD=4.07) on the operation day and 1st day after surgery and there was no significant difference between two days(p=.056) On the other hand, there was a significant difference on the child rated pain by Faces Pain Scale between operation day and 1st day after surgery(p=.001). 4. The correlation(Spearman Rho) between PPMP and child rated pain were .40(p=.003) and .56(p=.000). The score of the PPMP and the children's state anxiety were highly correlated on the operation day and 1st day after surgery (.60, .52, p=.000). 5. Partial correlation between PPMP and child rated pain except state anxiety were .18(p=.23) and .48(p=.001) on the opration day and 1st day after surgery. 6. Using a cut-off score 10 out of 15, the measure showed excellent sensitivity (>80%) and moderate specificity (46.15%, 60% ). This study provides preliminary evidence for the use of the PPMP as a valid pain assessment tool with children between the ages of 4-12 years following surgery. It is suggested to explore the validity with a different subjects with other surgery and to examine the validity for infant and younger children.