• Child Health Nursing Research
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.80-88
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• 2004

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore the fatigue of the mothers of the hospitalized children's mothers in descriptive study. Method: Two hundred eighty three mothers who take care of the hospitalized children in three University hospitals were enrolled from June, 1 to October, 30, 2003. Data were collected using a questionnaire titled 'Symptom Table on Fatigue Perception' designed by the Fatigue Research Committee of Japan, consisted of a total 30 items categorized into three sub-dimensions: the physical, the psychological and the neuro-sensory. SPSS was used for the analysis of data with 0.05 of significance. Result: 1) The mean average fatigue score of subjects was 1.94(SD:.48): the physical fatigue revealed the highest value with a mean of 2.19(SD:.57), followed by psychological fatigue with a mean score of 1.85(SD:.52), neuro-sensory fatigue with a mean of 1.79(SD:.51). 2) With the respect to the general characteristics of hospitalized children and mothers, there were statistically significant differences in the mothers' fatigue perception by the child sex(t=-2.697, p=.008), the character of child(F=9.032, p=.000), the child condition compared to pre-hospitalization(F=3.523, p=.031), with or without support in domestic households(t=-1.981, p=.049), the amount of sleeping time(t=2.704, p=.007), and with or without of night-time sleep disturbance because of the child hospitalization(t=2.082, p=.038). Conclusion: These results suggest that health care professional need to be aware of the persistent presence of the maternal fatigue related to the child hospitalization and the factors worsen the degree of the fatigue.

• 한국직업건강간호학회지
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.184-196
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• 2017

Purpose: We investigated the effects of emotional labor and workplace violence on various physical and mental health outcomes among female workers. Methods: We obtained data from 24,760 female workers who participated in the 4th Korean Working Conditions Survey (2014). Hierarchical logistic regression analysis was used to analyze the relationships. Results: Female emotional workers were more exposed to workplace violence than were female non-emotional workers. Verbal abuse was the most common type of workplace violence. Logistic regression analyses revealed that (1) emotional labor was significantly associated with higher odds of having musculoskeletal or abdominal pain (physical health outcomes), along with overall fatigue (a mental health outcome), and (2) workplace violence experiences were significantly associated with higher odds of musculoskeletal pain, headache/eye strain, abdominal pain, depression/anxiety disorder, overall fatigue, and insomnia/sleep disturbance, after controlling for covariates. Conclusion: This study demonstrated that both emotional labor and workplace violence have negative effects on physical and mental health. However, workplace violence experience has a stronger negative impact on health outcomes than does emotional labor alone. A management system to eradicate workplace violence and programs aimed at managing emotional labor are urgently needed at the organizational level.

• 환경정책연구
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.113-134
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• 2015

2013년 전체 신규 주택 수요 중에서 아파트 등의 공동주택이 차지하는 비중이 89.9%이다. 이와 같이 공동주택의 다수의 세대가 함께 거주함으로써 이웃 간 층간소음에 관한 분쟁은 지속적으로 증가하고 있다. 한국에서의 층간소음 문제는 세계적으로 상당히 심각한 수준으로 국민의 약 88%가 층간소음 스트레스를 받고 있다. 한편, 정부는 층간소음 분쟁 완화를 위해 바닥두께 및 바닥충격음 저감성능 등과 같은 규제강화와 공동주택 단지별로 자체적인 해결을 유도하고 있다. 하지만 이와 같은 물리적 규제와 소극적인 관리정책으로는 층간소음 분쟁완화에 한계가 있다. 또한, 실내 정온한 생활환경을 위한 삶의 질을 향상시키기 위해서는 층간소음에 대한 건강영향이 고려된 정책마련이 필요하다. 따라서 소음노출에 따른 인체반응 연구사례를 조사하여 소음이 건강에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 이를 바탕으로 층간소음 노출기간에 따른 건강영향을 고찰하였다.

• Journal of Korean Biological Nursing Science
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.135-142
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• 2007

Purpose: This study was conducted to investigate degree of stress level in CCU patients, and to give a baseline data in developing nursing intervention program to reduce the stress. Method: Subjects of this study were the 100 hospitalized patients of C University Hospital in Seoul City from February to December 2003. The collected data was analyzed by using the SAS program: t-test, Scheff$\acute{e}$ test, and ANOVA analysis were employed to find differences in stress level. Result: The highest stress factor was 'Concern', and next were 'Dependency & limitation', 'Uncertainty', 'Treatment procedure', 'Sleep disturbance', 'Environment' in order. The perceived stress level of CCU patients was 1.65 scores; the highest scored item was 'have to void urine and feces on the bed', next were 'have to use the toilet bowel lying on the bed' in order. The stress level according to characteristics of the subjects was significantly different with the marital status, the presence of religion, the hospitalized days, the economic status, and the admission experience. Conclusion: The stress level of patients in the coronary care unit was high in concern of a disease, family and economic state, in limitation and dependency, and in uncertainty about prognosis of a disease. Further researches are necessary to develop and apply the intervention method of reducing stress level of CCU patients. In addition studies on family members of CCU patients are also recommended.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제39권6호
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• pp.612-617
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• 2012

Background Packing after closed reduction of a nasal bone fracture causes inconvenient nasal obstruction in patients. We packed the superior meatus with Vaseline gauze to support the nasal bone, and packed the middle nasal meatus with a Doyle Combo Splint consisting of an airway tube, a silastic sheet, and an expandable sponge to reduce the inconvenience. In addition, we aimed to objectively identify whether this method not only enables nasal respiration but also sufficiently supports the reduced nasal bone. Methods Nasal ventilation was measured via spirometry 1 day before surgery and compared to 1 day after surgery. To compare support of the reduced nasal bone by the 2 methods, 2 plastic surgeons assessed the displacementon X-rays taken after the surgery and after removing the packing. The extent of nasal obstruction, dry mouth, sleep disturbance, headache, and swallowing difficulty were compared with visual analog scales (VAS) on a pre-discharge survey. Results In the experimental group, the nasal respiration volume 1 day after surgery remained at $71.3%{\pm}6.84%$ on average compared to 1 day prior to surgery. Support of the reduced bone in the experimental group ($2.80{\pm}0.4$) was not significantly different from the control group ($2.88{\pm}0.33$). The VAS scores for all survey items were lower in the experimental group than in the control group, where a lower score indicated a lower level of inconvenience. Conclusions The nasal cavity packing described here maintained objective measures of nasal respiration and supported the reduced bone similar to conventional methods. Maintaining nasal respiration reduced the inconvenience to patients, which demonstrates that this packing method is useful.

• 동서간호학연구지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.53-60
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• 2004

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of the short term education and reinforcement program to health promotion in women in mid-life. This study has been done between February and April, 2004 and the subjects of the study were 26 women in mid-life. The treatment intervention was applied during total 8 weeks as 5 days for the short term education and 7 weeks for reinforcement with 1 time per a week. The short term education included health education for menopause, effect of exercise, healthy diet, management of stress and management of chronic illness and stretching exercise and recreation. The collected data were processed using the SPSS Win(12.0) program and analyzed using Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test. The result of this study are as follows : 1. The short term education and reinforcement program significantly effected on the total cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, triglyceride. 2. The short term education and reinforcement program significantly effected on the anxiety, but not depression. 3. The short term education and reinforcement program non significantly effected on the sleep disturbance and self-efficacy of exercise. 4. The short term education and reinforcement program significantly effected on the practice of healthy life. In conclusion, the short term education and reinforcement program effected on the physical health index, anxiety and practice of healthy life.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.142-158
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• 1991

1990년 1월 네팔의 돌칼 지역 주민 698명과 1990년 7월부터 8월까지의 한국의 청도 및 경주지역주민 417명을 대상을 불안-우울 통합척도를 사용하여 얻은 성적은 다음과 같다. 평균점은 네팔인이 $51.27{\pm}11.10$, 한국인이 $44.29{\pm}11.79$로 네팔인이 유의하게 높았다. 네팔인이 높게 평가한 상위의 항목들은 안절부절, 우울, 우려, 울음, 피로 순이었고 한국인이 높게 평가한 상위의 항목들은 피로, 수면장애, 불만, 현기증, 불안 순이었다. 양국민이 모두 연령이 증가할수록 불안 우울 성적이 유의하게 높았으며, 모두 힌두교인 네팔인은 교육정도가 낮을수록 성적이 유의하게 높았으나 한국인은 종교와 교육정도에 따라 유의한 차이는 없었다. 불안-우울 통합지수가 50점 이상인 경우는 네팔인이 51.6%, 한국인이 27.8%으로 네팔인이 한국인보다 유의하게 높았다.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.246-254
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• 2018

Psychological stress and physical fatigue, such as anxiety, fear, sleep disturbance, etc., caused by exposure to the war, can lead to post-traumatic stress syndrome(PTSD) or war syndrome. The military has also prepared for drug use to minimize war syndrome and preserve combat strength. However, efforts to prevent war syndrome are still lacking. This study was conducted to identify biomarkers that can track psychophysiological changes. Psychophysiological changes associated with PTSD can be divided into four main categories. The four categories are behavioral changes, changes in brain cognition, neuroimmunological changes, and changes in innate immunity. This study suggest that biomarker profile can be made by the distance moved and the anxiety-like behavior in the open field for behavior category, brain BDNF levels in the brain cognition category, serum corticosterone in the neuroimmunology category, and inflammatory cytokine levels in the innate immunity category.

• 대한중풍순환신경학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2020

■ Objectives The purpose of this study is to report the effectiveness of Korean medicine in the treatment of non-cardiac chest pain. ■ Methods The patient with non-cardiac chest pain was treated with herbal medicine, Insambaekhaokwanjung-tang, and Jungsongouhyul pharmacoacupuncture. The severity of symptom was assessed by daily chest pain frequency, Numerical Rating Scale(NRS) of chest pain. ■ Results After the treatment, the severity of chest pain was reduced from NRS 9 to NRS 0 and the palpitation intensity was reduced from 9 to 0. The chest pain frequency was reduced from 7 to 0. In addition, other symptoms such as anorexia, sleep disturbance, and fatigue have shown improvements. ■ Conclusion The findings of this study suggests that treatment with Korean medicine can be an effective option in treating non cardiac chest pain.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제16권12호
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• pp.351-358
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• 2018

본 연구는 일개 지역 정보통신 직장인의 직무 스트레스, 직무만족도 및 건강행태 간의 관계를 확인하고 직무 스트레스에 영향을 주는 요인을 파악하기 위한 서술적 조사연구이다. 연구 대상자는 J시에 소재한 K회사에 종사하는 138명 근로자이며, 자료 수집은 2017년 4월 17일부터 4월 30일까지 실시하였다. 수집된 자료 분석은 SPSS 20.0을 이용하였다. 직무 스트레스와 직무만족도는 유의미한 역 상관관계가 나타났고(r=-.69, p<.001), 직무스트레스와 수면장애는 유의미한 상관관계가 있었지만 상관계수가 적었다(r=.23, p<.001). 개인의 건강행태 중 흡연, 음주정도는 유의미한 상관관계를 나타내지 않았다. 직무 스트레스에 영향을 미치는 요인은 직무만족도였으며(${\beta}=-.69$, p<.001), 47%를 설명하는 것으로 나타났다(F=121.8, p<.001). 따라서 본 연구결과를 토대로 정보통신 직장인의 직무 스트레스를 줄이기 위해서는 개인적 건강행태의 변화보다는 조직적 차원의 직무 만족도를 높일 수 있는 방안이 마련되어야 할 것으로 생각된다.