• 대한간호학회지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.259-272
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• 1989

This study was designed to measure the degree of work stress perceived by clinical nurses working in psyciatric ward, and to identify the factors influencing the difference of work stress. The survey method was used and the subjects of this study consisted of 135 psyciatric nurses from 7 university hospitals and 4 provincial general hospitals. The data were collected from August 1 to 20, 1988. The instrument used for this study was PNOSS(Psychiatric Nurse Occupational Stress Scale) which was developed by Bai(1989). The confidence verification of this instrument was computed and the Cronbach $\alpha$ was 0.94050. Data were analysed by t-test and ANOVA on 5% significant level with SPSS program. The results of study were summerized as follow : 1) The degree of perceived stress among psychiatric nurses was considerably high(4.32 out of 6.00). 2) Among the stressors, inadequate staffing(5.04), hospital administrational problems (4.7) and the conflict of nurse-patient relationship were identified as the stress factors with high rank of degree of stress. 3) There was significant relationship between the degree of stress and the demographic variables of nurses such as the marital status, educational level, and the motivation of working in psychiatric ward. 4) There was significant relationship between the job-related variables such as the working duration, the motivation of working and nurse's attitude toward the psychiatric patients. 5) The relationship between several stress factors and some of the demographic and the job-related variables were significantly identified.

• 정신신체의학
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.25-30
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• 2008

최근 노인인구의 급속한 증가로 인하여 정신과에서 노인에 대한 자문의 중요성이 확대되고 있다. 따라서 임상에서의 노인에 대한 정신과 자문의 특징과 지침에 대한 이해가 필요하다. 타과적 질환을 갖는 노인에 대한 정신과적 자문은 다른 연령층과는 다른 특성을 갖는다. 노화에 따른 장기 기능의 변화와 약동학 및 약력학의 변화에 대한 숙지가 노인에 대한 정신약물학적 접근에 매우 필수적이다. 타 연령층에 비해 노인에 대한 정신과적 자문은 상대적으로 적은 것으로 조사되었으나 실제 정신과적 자문이 노인질환의 재원기간이나 기타 사망률 등을 낮출 수 있음을 고려할 때, 노인에 대한 자문을 저해하는 요인들을 분석하고 교정하는 것이 매우 필요하다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권21호
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• pp.9549-9553
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• 2014

Background: Cancer affects patients in many ways including physical, social, emotional, psychological and economic and restricts the functional lives. Psychiatric problems seen among cancer patients may increase the suicide probability and patients perceive suicide as a peaceful death type. The aim of this study was to examine the correlation between functional life and suicide probability among cancer patients. Materials and Methods: This study was conducted with 105 cancer patients as descriptive. The Functional Living Index_Cancer (FLIC)," suicide probability scale" (SPS) and personal information form were used as data collecting tools. Data were evaluated by descriptive analysis, and Pearson's correlation. Results: It was determined that 34.3% of patients thought of suicide. Significant negative correlation was found between functional life and suicide probability (r=-.641, p=0.000), increase being evident in those with poor functional life. Conclusions: It is recommended that cancer patients should be supported for improving their functional lives with help in coping processes for illness and treatment symptoms. Evaluation of the patient mental status to prevent the suicide among this group is an important role for nurses.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.1580-1591
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• 2000

This study was conducted to assess the amount of nursing services for psychiatric inpatients and to estimate psychiatric nursing costs by using the RBRVS. Full details of medical services, including physician and nursing services, for psychiatric inpatients were surveyed and data of general characteristics of hospitals and patients were also collected. The cost of nursing activities was estimated by the multiple conversion factor which was drawn from the Korean RBRVS Development Project to the RBRVS score of each nursing activities, which was drawn from the results of Korean Nurses Association (KNA)'s projects about nursing RBRVS development and cost of nursing activities. The data about 89 inpatients from 3 general hospitals with psychiatric departments were analyzed. The total cost of nursing activities for each patient per admission day was from KRW 22,185 to KRW 27,954 by hospital, and KRW 25,220 in average. The percent of nursing cost to the total cost of medical services was from 36% to 48% by characteristics of patients and 41.4% in average. The cost of nursing activities estimated in this study was between the existing NHI fee schedule and the one suggested by KNA. It is considered as appropriate and acceptable level compared to the total amount of medical services. In the process of KNA's activities to get nursing fee in NHI fee schedule, results of additional studies to estimate the cost of nursing activities balanced with total cost of medical services in every departments should be found and utilized.

• 대한불안의학회지
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.55-61
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• 2008

Objective : Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) has been established as an effective treatment for patients with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, the literature is unclear as to whether EMDR is effective in the treatment of other psychiatric disorders. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the potential use of EMDR in the treatment of psychiatric disorders other than PTSD by using a clinician's impression of patient response and a subjective symptom evaluation. Methods : Seventeen diagnostically heterogenous patients without PTSD underwent an average of 4.3 sessions of EMDR. Symptom severity was assessed by the Clinical Global Impression-Change Scale (CGIC), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), and Symptom Checklist-90- Revised (SCL-90-R) before and after EMDR. Those whose CGI-C scores were 'very much improved' and 'much improved' after EMDR were classified as 'responders.' The patients' before and after treatment scores of symptom severity and group differences were compared. Results : Twelve of the 17 participants (12/17, 71%) were classified as 'responders.' The patients' scores on all of the scales, with the exception of the trait anxiety scale and obsession-compulsion scale of the SCL- 90-R, significantly decreased after treatment. There was no difference in sociodemographic and clinical variables between the responders and non-responders. Conclusion : The results of our study suggest that EMDR can be a promising candidate for the treatment of patients with psychiatric disorders other than PTSD, and thus further controlled studies are needed to determine whether EMDR can be applied to various psychiatric populations.

• 한국임상약학회지
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.56-60
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• 2019

Oseltamivir is an antiviral medication prescribed to prevent and treat influenza A and B. A case from a community pharmacy in Korea was reported for an adverse event associated with oseltamivir administration. A 20-month-old boy had psychiatric symptoms after receiving 2 doses of oseltamivir. Therefore, an evaluation of whether the psychiatric symptoms were caused by oseltamivir was required. To determine whether the adverse event resulted from the administrated medication or other factors, three tools were used: the Naranjo scale, the Korean causality assessment algorithm (Ver.2), and the World Health Organization-Uppsala Monitoring Center (WHO-UMC) criteria. The psychiatric symptoms occurred after oseltamivir administration, and were attenuated after oseltamivir termination. A possible cause of the psychiatric symptoms is high fever, but information on the body temperature of the patient was not sufficient. Therefore, it was unclear whether there were other nonpharmacological causes of adverse drug reaction. For these reasons, in terms of causality, the results evaluated by the three tools represented, "possible", "probable", and "probable/likely", respectively.

• 의료법학
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.9-74
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• 2006

Due to the awareness of their rights for medical liability and the advancement of legal principles, it becomes also not hard to find those who seek damages against hospitals, doctors and nurses for the suicide committed under the protection of psychiatric institute in Korea these days. Judgements on these kinds of cases are not enough yet, so that it may be too early to try to find principles used in these cases, however it is hardly wrong to read following things from above cases. That is, to gain the case, plaintiffs should show (1) there exists an obligation of "due care"(there is a special relation between patients and hospitals), (2) the duty is violated on the basis of the applicable standard of care, (3) whatever injures or damages are sustained are proximately caused by the breach of duty and (4) the plaintiff suffers compensable damages. To specific, whether a psychiatric institute was liable for wrong death or not depends upon the patients conditions, circumstances and the extent of the danger the patients poses to himself or herself; in short, the foreseeability of self-inflicted harm(the doctor should have or could reasonably have foreseen the patient's suicide and the doctor's negligence actually caused the suicide). In this context if a patient exhibit strong suicidal tendencies, constant observation should be required. Negligence has been found not exist, however, when a patient abruptly and unexpectedly dashes from an attendant and jumps out a window or otherwise attempts to injure himself or herself. And the standard of conduct that is required to meet the obligation of "due care" is based on what the "reasonable practitioner" would do in like circumstances. The standard is not one of excellence or superior practice; it only re quires that the physician exercise that degree of skill and care that would be expected of the average qualified practitioner practicing under like circumstances. Most of these principles have been established at cases of the U.S.A and Japan. In this article you can also find the legal organizations of medical liability and medical contacts on the suicide of patients who have psychiatric diseases under Korean negligence law.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.54-67
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• 1992

1991년 10월부터 1992년 3월까지 부산시에 소재하는 세개 종합병원 임상 각 과의 비정신과 환자 497명과 DSM-III-R진단 기준에 의거하여 정신장애로 진단되어 입원중인 정신과 환자 42명을 대상으로 신불안 우울척도(NADS)와 정신증 척도(PSCS)를 사용하여 평가한 결과는 다음과 같다. 비정신과 환자군의 불안 우울 점수의 평균은 $34.4{\pm}10.4$, 정신과 환자의 점수는 $50.5{\pm}18.3$으로 정신과 환자군이 유의하게 높았다(P<0.001). 비정신과 환자의 정신증 점수 평균은 $3.9{\pm}4.4$, 정신과 환자군은 $20.3{\pm}9.8$로 정신과 환자군이 유의하게 높았다(P<0.001). 사회정신의학적 요인들중 불안 우울 및 정신증 성적에 공통적으로 유의한 영향을 끼친것은 가정분위기 및 가족과의 친숙도에 불만족인 경우(각각 P<0.001, P<0.001) 및 미래 현재 과거의 자아상에 대한 태도에 있어서 비관적인 경우(각각 P<0.001, P<0.001, P<0.001), 과거 정신과적 치료 및 입원 경험이 있었던 경우(각각 P<0.01, P<0.01)등이었다. 불안 우울 척도와 정신증(${\gamma}$ = 0.74), 과거 자아상과 현재 자아상에 대한 태도(${\gamma}$ = 0.45), 현재 자아상과 미래 자아상에 대한 태도(${\gamma}$ = 0.45), 과거 자아상과 미래 자아상(${\gamma}$ = 0.34) 가정 분위기 및 가족과의 친숙도 (${\gamma}$ = 0.49) 사이에 상관관계가 있었다. 희귀분석결과 불안 우울 정도를 설명 예측할 수 있는 변수들의 중요도는 현재 자아상에 대한 태도, 가족과의 친숙도, 미래의 자아상에 대한 태도, 과거 자아상에 대한 태도, 가정 분위기 순이었다. 불안 우울 및 정신증 성적 결과에 따라서 판별 분석 결과, 집단이 잘못 분류된 사례는 비정신과 환자군 중 22명, 정신과 환자군중 2명이었다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제16권11호
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• pp.7812-7819
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• 2015

간호학생들은 정신질환 및 정신질환자간호에 대한 전문적인 지식과 기술부족으로 환자와의 관계형성에 대한 불안과 두려움을 갖게 된다. 시뮬레이션교육은 임상상황과 유사한 비위협적인 환경에서 수행되므로 효과적인 교수-학습방법으로 알려져 있다. 본 연구는 표준화환자를 활용한 시뮬레이션교육이 정신건강간호학 임상실습에 대한 불안과 자신감에 미치는 효과를 확인하기 위한 비동등성 대조군 전후설계에 의한 유사실험연구이다. 연구대상은 3년제 간호대학에 재학 중인 3학년 학생으로 실험군(N=28)은 조현병환자 시나리오로 표준화환자를 활용한 시뮬레이션교육을 실시하고, 대조군(N=18)은 실험군과 같은 내용의 사례를 적용한 토론교육을 하였다. 수집된 자료는 기술통계를 산출하고 비교검증을 위해 t-test와 ANCOVA를 하였다. 연구결과 실험군이 대조군에 비해 정신건강간호학 임상실습에 대한 불안점수가 유의하게 감소하였으나, 자신감은 군간 유의한 차이를 보이지 않았다. 따라서 임상실습 전에 수행한 시뮬레이션교육은 간호학생의 정신건강간호학 임상실습에 대한 불안을 감소시키는데 효과적인 학습방법이라고 할 수 있다.

• Journal of Trauma and Injury
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.304-307
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• 2013

Food bolus impaction is the most common cause of esophageal foreign body obstruction in adults. Other causes include intentional ingestion in psychiatric patients or prison inmates. We experienced successful treatment of a patient with intentional ingestion of multiple sharp foreign bodies(25 cutter and razor fragments). A 47-year-old male patient who was suffering from chronic alcoholism was admitted, via the emergency room, with dysphagia and neck pain. He was suffering from alcoholic liver cirrhosis and psychiatric problems, such as chronic alcoholism, anxiety disorder and insomnia. The patient had intended to leave the hospital after having swallowed the sharp objects. Plain radiographs and computed tomography (CT) scan showed multiple, scattered metal fragments in the esophagus, stomach, and small bowel. We performed emergent endoscopy and successfully removed one impacted blade in the upper esophagus using by a snare with an overtube. The rest of the fragments had already passed through the pylorus, so we could not find them with endoscopy. We checked the patient with simple abdominal radiographs and careful physical examinations every day. All remaining fragments were uneventfully excreted through stool during the patient's 6 day hospital stay. Finally, we were able to confirm the presence of the objects in the stool, and radiographs were negative. The patient was discharged without complications after 14 days hospital stay and then was followed by the Department of Psychiatry.