• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.259-267
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• 2004

목적: 전신용 PET에 대한 표준 성능 평가 방법으로 NEMA NU2-2001이 확립되어 제안되었다. 따라서 새로이 설치되는 PET 스캐너뿐 아니라 기존에 사용 중인 스캐너에 대한 성능 평가가 이 표준 방법에 따라서 새로이 이루어 져야 한다. 이 연구에서는 NEMA NU2-2001 방법을 이용하여 CTI ECAT EXACT 47 PET 스캐너의 공간해상도, 민감도, 산란분획, NECR 등을 측정하였다. 대상 및 방법: 공간해상도를 평가하기 위하여 축 방향 시야의 정 가운데와 축 방향 시야 길이의 1/4을 벗어난 횡단면에 F-10을 채운 유리관(내경 1.1 mm)을 횡단면의 중심에서 1, 10 cm 떨어진 지점에 축 방향과 평행하게 위치시킨 후 PET 영상을 얻었다. 민감도를 측정하기 위하여 폴리에틸렌 및 알루미늄 관에 F-18을 채운 후 불응시간 손실이 1%를 넘지 않는 것을 확인한 후 영상을 획득하였다. 산란분획 및 최적 영상 획득 조건을 얻기 위하여 NECR을 NEMA 산란 팬텀을 이용하여 측정하였다. 결과: FBP재구성 방법(화소 크기: $0.515{\times}0.515mm^2$)으로 영상을 재 구성했을 때 스캐너의 중심에서 1cm 벗어난 지점에서 축방향, 횡축방향 공간 분해능은 0.62, 0.66 cm (FBP, 2D와 3D), 0.67, 0.69 cm (FBP, 2D와 3D)이었고 중심에서 10 cm 벗어난 지점에서 축방향, 횡축반경방향, 횡축접선방향 공간 분해능은 0.72, 0.68 mm (FBP, 2D와 3D), 0.63, 0.66 mm (FBP, 2D와 3D), 0.72, 0.66 mm (FBP, 2D와 3D)이었다. 민감도는 스캐너의 횡축방향 708.6 (2D), 2931.3 (3D) counts/sec/MBq, 횡축방향 중심에서 10cm 벗어난 지점에서 728.7 (2D), 3398.2 (3D) counts/sec/MBq 이었다. 산란 분획은 0.19 (2D), 0.49 (3D)이었고 최고 참 계수율과 NECR은 2차원 영상 획득 모드에서 40.1 kBq/mL 일 때 64.0 kcps, 40.1 kBq/mL 일 때 49.6 kcps, 3차원 영상 획득 모드에서 4.76 kBq/mL 일 때 53.7 kcps, 4.47 kBq/mL 일 때 26.4 kcps이었다. 결론: 이 실험에서 NEMA NU2-2001로 측정한 PET스캐너의 물리적 특성은 PET스캐너에 대한 객관적 평가 및 최적화 된 영상 획득과 분석에 유용할 것이다.

• 핵의학기술
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.26-29
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• 2011

[F-18]FDG 제조 후 품질관리를 수행하는데 있어서 품질관리 항목 중 잔류용매 시험은 최종 [F-18]FDG 바이알에 잔류하는 유기용매를 측정하기 위한 것이다. 본 연구는 자동합성장치에 따른 최종 [F-18]FDG 바이알에 잔류하는 유기용매의 종류를 파악하고, 잔류량을 측정하고자 하였다. 불꽃이온화 검출기(Flame Ionization Detector)가 장착된 기체크로마토그래프(Agilent Technologies 7890A)를 이용하여 제조 후 일주일 이내의 밀봉 바이알에 보관한 [F-18]FDG를 기체크로마토그래프에 $1.0{\mu}L$ 씩 주입한 후 각 피크영역을 구하였다. FASTlab은 평균이 에탄올 72 ppm, 아세토니트릴 54 ppm, 초산 1030 ppm으로 나타났으며, TRACERlab MX는 평균이 에탄올 439 ppm 및 아세토니트릴 79 ppm이 검출되어 모두 의약품 잔류용매기준의 허용량 이내에 있었다. [F-18]FDG 주사액에 있는 잔류용매는 모두 허용량 이내로 환자검사에 사용하는데 적합하였다. 또한 최종 [F-18]FDG 바이알에 있을 수 있는 초산의 최대 이론량은 1167 ppm으로 따로 검량을 하지 않아도 되는 것으로 나타났다. 이 결과에서는 자동합성장치에 따라 방사성의약품의 잔류용매의 종류 및 양이 다를 수 있음을 보였다.

• 농촌의학ㆍ지역보건
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.10-21
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• 1976

The traditional application of night soil to vegetable gardens and rice paddies results in a most wide spread condition of parasitism, with a variety of helminths found in Korea. In addition to the above fact, the peculiar habit of the consumption of raw vegetables, fish, crustaceans and mammals provides a means of infestations of helminths. During the last sixty years numerous reports were found on the prevalence of helminths amongst the Korean population in different parts of the country, and it was generally recognized that ascariasis, hookworm disease, filariasis, clonorchiasis and paragonimiasis constitute the important helminthic disease in Korea. In practical measures of parasite control activities the main measures are summarized as mass-treatment, night-soil disposal and transmission control. Among the three, the mass-treatment has been commonly applied, however, no reduction of transmission has been obtained by treatment of a population. Therefore, the ultimate eradication of parasites will depend upon the application of comprehensive environmental sanitation measures. The basic environmental measures will be concerned with (a) the safe disposal of human excreta, (b) the provision of adequate and safe water supplies in such a way as to promote a higher standard of personal hygiene in the population, and (c) the prevention of food contamination by faecal material. Additional environmental measures will deal with the improvement of housing and housing hygiene and with general community development. Community development means social and cultural as well as economic development. The control measures on the parasitic endemic diseases, such as clonorchiasis and paragonimiasis are the good examples for community health development in Korea. The control of Clonorchis and Paragonimus infections are theoretically very simple, as the infection can only invade the human body by way of encysted metacercaria which are taken into the body when eating passive intermediate hosts(fishes, crabs and crayfishes). Although prophylactic measures in the case of the infections deal with above merely consist the fishes in cooking or submerging in hot water before eating them, it is exceedingly difficult to carry out such simple measures in face of century old traditions, to which the relatively primitive population clings with great tenacity. There is no one universally applicable method of control. The choice of methods must be dictated by the nature of the environment. the habit and custom of the people. the pattern of transmission and the resources of the country. There must exist a well organized public health infrastructure. Since a control programme is of necessity on a longterm basis and continuity in its implementation is essential. An investigation should be made on the prevalence of the diseases and its relationships to irrigation engineering, freshwater ecology, agricultural methods, hydro-electric schemes, and the development of communities in affected areas. In conclusion, however. the control of clonorchiasis and paragonimiasis in Korea is not an impossible task. A combination of efforts with major emphasis on health education and mass chemotherapy coupled with governmental aid in enforcing legislative public health measures could reduce the diseases. Health education in particular attempts following four things: (a) It supplies a person with enough general knowledge about a disease to make the preventive measures. (b) It makes a person feel sufficiently about the importance of his own health to make him alter his behavior and adopt these preventive measure. (c) It makes him concerned for the health others. (d) It tries to make him feel so strongly about the first three that be supports and even initiates preventive action by the community. Educational efforts should be directed primarily toward school children because it is during the early years that most persons become infected, and also because children are less entrenched in their food habits so that, the educational process should be involved at various levels in successive changes of knowledge, attitude, beha viour, habit and custom of their lives. The most parasitic endemic diseases are related to community diseases. In caring for a sick community. the first stage is to gather epidemiological data, the next is to make inferences from it-to make the community diagnosis. The third is to prescribe community treatment or community health action part of a community health action programme. The community health action is the sum of the steps decided upon to remedy the critical features revealed by the community diagnosis. Action takes various forms; health education is the most important.

• 동서간호학연구지
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.22-39
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• 1997

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of rehabilitation education on the reduction of the stress of family members who have patients suffering from stroke and to find a new way to nurse the patients and their family. Subjects & Methods: The subjects were sixty-one family members with the patients who had been hospotalized in K hospital of oriental medicine from september the 9th, 1996 to september the fourteen, 1996. This study was performed by simulated control group pretest-posttest design; pretest was done on the control group through a questionnaire, counselling and observation while posttest was done on the experimental group 1-2 days after systemic rehabilitation education. To teach the patients and their family, the amended version of a book written by Lee Hae-jin was used as a tool for systemic rehabilitation education. As a method to estimate ADL score, modified Kang's method was applied and ADL score was measured by well-trained technician. As for the tool to estimate the degree of family stress, Choi's method adjusted to this study was applied. In the analysis of the data, social property of the patient and the characteristic of the disease were surveyed in $X^2$ examination to confirm the consistency between the experimental group and the control group. The diffrence in the degree of the stress, which is a dependent factor, was examined by t-test. The difference in ADL score between the experimental group and the control group was examined by t-test. The difference in the degree of the stress according to the general feature of the family with stroke patient, social property of the patients and the characteristic of the disease were surveyed by F examination. The difference in family stress according to the degree of ADL was surveyed by F examination. RESULTS: 1. After hypothetically-examined systemic rehabilitation education, the total of the score of family stress surveyed in 34 items of three domains was compared between the experimental group and the control group. There was no statistically significant difference between two groups; mean score of experimental group=2.28, that of control group=2.93(t=.17, df=59, p=. 66). 2. In the survey on family stress in 34 items, the items over mean score 3.0 were firstly the anxiety of possible disability and relapse of the disease and secondly to watch the patient's suffering without doing anything in the domain of the change of the disease and the difficulty in caring. And the items of the lowest stress with less than mean 2.0 score were little chance to meet the relative and friends, inconsistent treatment and attitude of the medical workers and the change of the attitude of the relative due to the patient orderly in the domain of social and personal relation and the responsibility as the family. The items which showed the difference between two groups were aggravation of neighboring patient(t=3.36, df= 59, p=.001) and the possibility of patient's death(t=2.19, df=58.38, p=.033) in the domain of the change of the disease and the difficulty in caring. 3. In the study on the stress difference according to general features of the family with the stroke patient, the score of family stress with the occupation was higher with mean 2.49 than that of the family stress without occupation with mean 2.16, but there was no significant difference. (F=5.21, df=1/59, p=.026). 4. In the study on the stress difference according to social property of the patient and the characteristic of the disease, there was significant difference in the age of the patients (F=2.98, df=3/57, p=.039). These results show that even if there is no statistically significant difference between two groups, sixteen of the experimental group are less than 3.0 in ADL score(standard 6 score)while eight of the control group are less than 3.0 and that ten of the experimental group are in the year range of 39-49 while four of the control group are in the year range of 39-49 which showed significant difference in family stress. These imply that there is a possibility that the experimental group have serious and fundamental stress resulting in high pretest stress compared with the control group. It might be due to the characteristic of simulated control group pretest-posttest design that the psychologic-supportive effect by the education was not observed. On the basis of these results, the followings are suggested. 1) A study on the nursing-mediated method to reduce the stress in the items which are not resolved by rehabilitation education, a study on nursing according to the patient's age and a study on the supportive nursing toward the family with occupation are required. 2) More than two times consecutive nursing-mediated rehabilitation education to measure the family stress is required. 3) Comprehensive and multilateral systemic education program including the instruction on western-eastern medicine, physical therapy, exercise and diet through collaboration of the experts in each field is required. 4) Family stress at home as well as in the hospital needs to be estimated and home rehabilitation and home-nursing needs to be continued.

• 대한방사선치료학회지
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.109-117
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• 2017

목 적: 두경부 환자가 입체적 세기변조 회전 방사선치료 시 변화하는 체형과 환자 정열 상태를 조사하고 그에 따라 치료 시 발생하는 선량분포의 변화와 적절한 재 CT 모의치료의 필요성을 평가하고자 한다. 대상 및 방법: 근치적 목적으로 방사선 치료를 시행한 두경부암 89명에 대해 입체적 세기변조 방사선치료계획을 수립하고 치료 기간 동안의 체중을 측정하였다. 그 중 10명의 환자에 대하여 체형변화를 평가하였다. ARIA software(Offline review)를 이용하여 ramus, chin, posterior neck, clavicle 등의 landmark를 지정한 후 skin까지의 거리를 측정하여 차이를 분석하였다. 결 과: 남성 60명을 대상으로 치료시행 $17{\pm}4$회에서 re-CT 모의치료를 시행한 결과 체중 감소율이 $-6.47{\pm}3.5%$로 나타났으며, 여성 29명은 경우는 $17{\pm}5$회에서 체중 감소율이 $-5.73{\pm}2.7%$로 나타났다. 피부위축(Skin shrinkage) 변화를 관찰한 결과 대표 landmark에서의 표준편차는 C1(${\pm}0.44cm$), C3(${\pm}0.83cm$), C5(${\pm}1.35cm$)로서 0.5 kg 감소 당 약 1 mm shrinkage 발생함을 알 수 있었다. 치료 횟수에 따른 피부위축은 1~4 fx (변화 없음), 5~13 fx (-2 mm), 14~22 fx(-4 mm), 23~30 fx(-6 mm)로 나타났다. 결 론: 체형이 약 5 mm 변화하게 되면 중심부 선량은 약 3 % 이상 차이나기 시작하게 되므로 적응증치료에 필요한 CT 모의치료를 추가로 진행하여야만 한다. 또한 적극적으로 lower neck의 CT 모의치료 방법 및 set up 방법에 관하여 연구하고 새로운 고정용구(Immobilization device)의 사용도 검토할 필요가 있다.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제48권5호
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• pp.419-428
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• 2015

본 연구는 한국 성인을 대상으로 인구집단의 식생활지침 실천과 식생활의 질과 수준을 모니터링 하기 위해 식생활평가지수를 개발하였다. 문헌고찰 및 국가의 영양정책과 식생활지침, 전문가 의견을 바탕으로 후보항목을 도출하여 건강결과 변수에 따른 식품 및 영양소 평균섭취량을 비교하고 식품 및 영양소의 섭취량을 5분위수로 나누어 분위수별 교차비와 교차비의 경향성을 검정하였다. 후보항목의 통계분석 결과와 전문가 의견을 근거로 식사의 충분도 영역 9개 항목, 식사의 절제 영역 5개 항목등 총 14개의 지수 구성항목을 선정하였으며, 식생활지침과 2010년 한국인 영양섭취기준을 근거로 점수화 기준을 마련하고 각 항목별로 5~10점을 배정하여 총 점수가 100점이 되도록 구성하였다. 개발된 한국인 식생활평가지수는 식사의 충분도 영역 9항목 (총 과일류, 생과일류, 총 채소류, 김치와 장아찌 제외 채소류, 우유 유제품, 총 단백질 식품, 흰 고기 : 붉은 고기 섭취비율, 전곡류, 아침식사 빈도)과 식사의 절제 영역 5가지 항목 (나트륨, 고열량 저영양 식품 에너지비, 지방 에너지비, 도정곡류, 탄수화물 에너지비)으로 구성되었다. 한국인 식생활평가지수는 식생활지침과 2010년 한국인 영양섭취기준을 기반으로 제5기 국민건강영양조사 데이터를 활용하여 성인 대상 인구집단의 식사의 질을 모니터링 할 목적으로 개발되었으며 향후 타당도 확인과 국가의 식생활지침 개정과 2015년 한국인 영양소 섭취기준 등에 따라 필요시 개정과 보완을 통해 국가의 영양정책 도출 및 사업 결과의 평가 및 활용에 사용될 수 있다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.840-846
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• 2005

본 연구는 식품의 안전성에 대한 관심이 고조되면서 위생적인 식육생산을 위한 방법으로 전자선을 조사하여 이화학적 특성 및 지방산화에 미치는 영향을 조사하고자 실시하였다. 공시재료는 한우암소 지육중 육질등급 1+판정(근내지방도 No.7. 육색 No.4, 성숙도 No.1, 조직감 No.1)을 받은 지육($280\∼300kg$) 6두를 구매하였다. 구매한 원료지육을 1차 수도물로 고압수세하고 2차 $ 50\% $에틸알콜로 소독한 후 발골 정형하여 실험재료로 사용하였다. 모든 처리에서 가열온도가 높아갈수록 포화지방산의 함량이 높아갔다. PBS는 가열온도에 따른 지방산패에서 전자선 비조사구와 조사구 모두 가열온도가 높을수록 높은 지방산 패도를 나타내 었고(P<0.05), OBS 또한 malonsldehyde양이 증가하였다(p<0.05). 가열온도별로는 $ 60^{\circ}C $에 비하여 $ 80^{\circ}C $가 비조사구와 3, 6 kCy 조사구는 약 2배정도의 MA량이 생성되었다(p<0.05). OBS가 PBS보다 많은 양의 malonaldehyde가 생성되었으며, 전자선 조사 수준의 차이에는 수준에 따라 비조사구와 약간의 차이만 나타내었다. 전자선조사수준과 가열온도가 증가함에 따라 콜레스테롤 산화물의 발생량이 증가하였으며, 또한 가열방법 중 PBS가 OBS에 비하여 산화의 정도가 유의적으로 증가하였다(p<0.05).

• 간호행정학회지
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.97-114
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• 1996

INSTRODUCTION Service quality is, unlike goods quality, an abstract and elusive constuct. Service quality and its requirements are not easily understood by consumers, and also present some critical research problems. However, quality is very important to marketers and consumers in that it has many strategic benefits in contributing to profitability of marketing activities and consumers' problem-solving activities. Moreover, despite the phenomenal growth of medical service sector, few researchers have attempted to define and model medical service quality. Especially, little research has focused on the evaluation of medical service quality and patient satisfaction from the perspectives of both the provider and the patient. As competition intensifies and patients are demanding higher quality of medical service, medical service quality and patient satisfaction has emerged as a critical research topic. The major purpose of this article is to explore the concept of medical service quality and its evaluation from both nurse and patient perspectives. This article attempts to achieve its purpose by (1)classfying critical service attibutes into threecategories(satisfiers, hygiene factors, and performance factors). (2)measuring the relative importance of need criteria, (3)evaluating SERVPERF model and SERVQUAL model in medical service sector, and (4)identifying the relationship between perceived quality and overall patient satisfaction. METHOD Data were gathered from a sample of 217 patients and 179 nurses in Seoul-area general hospitals. From the review of previous literature, 50 survey items representing various facets of the medical service quality were developed to form a questionnaire. A five-point scale ranging from "Strongly Agree"(5) to "Strongly Disagree"(1) accompanied each statement(expectation statements, perception statements, and importance statements). To measure overall satisfaction, a seven-point scale was used, ranging from "Very Satisfied"(7) to "Very Dissatisfied"(1) with no verbal labels for scale points 2 through 6 RESULTS In explaining the relationship between perceived performance and overall satisfaction, only 31 variables out of original 50 survey items were proven to be statistically significant. Hence, a penalty-reward analysis was performed on theses 31 critical attributes to find out 17 satisfiers, 8 hygiene factors, and 4 performance factors in patient perspective. The role(category) of each service quality attribute in relation to patient satisfaction was com pared across two groups, that is, patients and nurses. They were little overlapped, suggesting that two groups had different sets of 'perceived quality' attributes. Principal components factor analyses of the patients' and nurses' responses were performed to identify the underlying dimensions for the set of performance(experience) statements. 28 variables were analyzed by using a varimax rotation after deleting three obscure variables. The number of factors to be extracted was determined by evaluating the eigenvalue scores. Six factors wereextracted, accounting for 57.1% of the total variance. Reliability analysis was performed to refine the factors further. Using coefficient alpha, scores of .84 to .65 were obtained. Individual-item analysis indicated that all statements in each of the factors should remain. On 26 attributes of 31 critical service quality attributes, there were gaps between actual patient's importance of need criteria and nurse perceptions of them. Those critical attributes could be classified into four categories based on the relative importance of need criteria and perceived performance from the perspective of patient. This analysis is useful in developing strategic plans for performance improvement. (1) top priorities(high importance and low performance) (in this study)- more health-related information -accuracy in billing - quality of food - appointments at my convenience - information about tests and treatments - prompt service of business office -adequacy of accommodations(elevators, etc) (2) current strengths(high importance and high performance) (3)unnecessary strengths(low importance and high performance) (4) low priorities(low importance and low performance) While 26 service quality attributes of SERPERF model were significantly related to patient satisfation, only 13 attributes of SERVQUAL model were significantly related. This result suggested that only experience-based norms(SERVPERF model) were more appropriate than expectations to serve as a benchmark against which service experiences were compared(SERVQUAL model). However, it must be noted that the degree of association to overall satisfaction was not consistent. There were some gaps between nurse percetions and patient perception of medical service performance. From the patient's viewpoint, "personal likability", "technical skill/trust", and "cares about me" were most significant positioning factors that contributed patient satisfaction. DISCUSSION This study shows that there are inconsistencies between nurse perceptions and patient perceptions of medical service attributes. Also, for service quality improvement, it is most important for nurses to understand what satisfiers, hygiene factors, and performance factors are through two-way communications. Patient satisfaction should be measured, and problems identified should be resolved for survival in intense competitive market conditions. Hence, patient satisfaction monitoring is now becoming a standard marketing tool for healthcare providers and its role is expected to increase.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.61-79
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• 1995

When children are admitted to hospital, they have to adapt to new and unfamiliar stimuli. Children may respond with fear to stimuli such as pain or unfamiliar experiences. One goal of nursing is to help hospitalized children to adapt effectively to their hospital experience. Accordingly, nurses need to assess childrens' fears of their hospital experience to contribute to the planning of care to alleviate these fears. The problem addressed by this study was to identify and measure hospital-related fears(hereafter called HRF) in hospitalized school-aged children. The study was conceptualized with Roy's model. A descriptive qualitative approach was used first, followed by a quantitative approach. This study was conducted from November 30, 1989 to January 12, 1991. The sample consisted of 395 hospitalized school-aged children selected through an allocated sampling technique in nine general hospitals. The HRF questionnaire (three point likert scale ) was developed by a delphi technique. The data were analyzed by an SAS program. Factor analysis was used for the examination of component factors. Differences in the HRF related to demographic variables were examined by t-test, analysis of variance and the Scheffe test. The crude scores of the HRF scale were transformed into T- scores to calculate the standard scores. The results included the following : 1. Forty-four items were derived from 188 statements identifying the childrens' hospital-re-lated fears. These items clustered into 14 factors, fear of injections, operations, bodily harm others' pain, medical rounds, physical examinations, medical staff, disease process, blood and X-rays, drugs and cockroaches, tests, harsh discipline from parents or staff, being absent from school, and separation from family. The 14 factors was classified into four categories,'pain','the unfamiliar','the un-known' and 'separation'. 2. The reliability of the HRF instruments was .92(Cronbach's alpha). In the factor analysis, Cronbach's alpha coefficients for the 14 factors ranged from .84 to .86 and Cronbach's alpha coefficients for the four categories ranged from .70 to .84. Pearson correlation coefficient scores for relationships among the 14 factors ranged from ,11 to .50, and among the four categories, from ,44 to ,63, indicating their relative independence. 3. The total group HRF score ranged from 45 to 130 in a possible range of H to 132, with a mean of 74.51. The fears identified by the children were, in order, injections, harsh discipline by parents or staff, bodily harm, operations, medical staff, disease process, and medical rounds ; the least feared was others' pain. The fear item with the highest mean score was surgery and the lowest was examination by a doctor. HRF scores were higher for girls than for boys, and for grade 1 students than for grade 6 students. HRF scores were lower for children whose fathers were over 40 than for those whose fathers were in the 30 to 39 age group, and whose mothers were over 35 than for those whose mothers were in the 20 to 34 age group. HRF scores were lower when the mother rather than any other person stayed with the child. The expressed fear of pain, the unfamiliar, the un-known and of separation directs nurses' concern to the threat felt by hospitalized children to their concept of self. This study contributes to the assessment of fears of hospitalized children and of stimuli impinging on those fears. Accordingly, nursing practice will be directed to the alleviation of pain, pre-admission orientation to the hospital setting and routines, initiation of information about procedures and experiences and arrangments for mothers to stay with their children. Recommendations were made for further research in different settings and for development and testing of the instrument.

• 한국직업건강간호학회지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.110-127
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• 1997

The aim of this study is to present the basic datum for the promotion of effectiveness and improvement of nursery tasks, by grasping the situation of operating room nurses tasks and the degree of their fatigue. For these researches, 70 nurses out of the operating rooms of 3 university-affiliated hospitals-two in Seoul and one in Pusan, were chosen at random by a non-probability sampling method. These researches were done from April 14 to April 26 in 1997 by questionairing method. The questionaire was composed of 30 items, which asks the examinees of their physical, mental, and neurosensory symptoms, with 10 items respectively. The reliability of the research instrument was turned out very high with Cronbach's ${\alpha}=.9376$. The datum were electronically processed using Statistics Program for Social Sciences(SPSS). The analysis of datum in this study has a general character, in which the demosociological character and the special ex-officio character was calculated by frequency and percentage. The situation of tasks in operating rooms was calculated by frequency and percentage. The fatigue of operating room nurses was calculated by average and standard deviation. To compare the fatigue with regard to the character of operating room nurse's tasks, t-test and F-test(ANOVA) were used after the character of variations, and the variations at the level of P<.05 which might have some meaning was verified after the fact with Duncan's Multiple Range(DMR). The results of this research are as follows : 1) The nurses working in operating rooms show their fatigue in three fields-in Group I physical symptoms 3.28, in Group III neurosensory symptoms 2.85, and in Group II mental symptoms 2.73, which shows I Dominant type (general type). 2) They complain, in Group I they are "feeling the heavy legs," 3.28 and in Group II they "occasionally forget soon what to do," 3.09. and in Group III, they "feel lumbago," 3.47, which is the highest rate of the three. The highest rate results from the character of their tasks, in which they have to move rapidly the heavy appliances and do their jobs standing many hours, especially wearing heavy radiation protector. 3) As to transportation, subway using group feel the greatest fatigue, 3.18(F=4.315, P=.008). 4) As to department, nurses in the orthopedic's surgery part feel the greatest fatigue, 3.26(F=2.040, P=.050). 5) As to the change of physical symptoms, the group answering that they found physical abnormality after working in operating rooms show the greatest fatigue, 3.12(t=-3.13, P=.003). 6) At to the general circumstances, the group answering that they receive insufficient consideration on their physical abnormality in their department, show the greatest fatigue, 3.10(F=3.200, P=0.47). 7) As to the relation with superior officers, the group answering that their superior officer has an impetuous temperament, show great fatigue, 3.11(F=4.855, P=.011). 8) As to the time of feeling fatigue, the fatigue reaches the highest point 1~2 hours after operations, 3.04(F=2.703, P=.046). 9) When they feel fatigue after scrub nurse duties, they feel the greatest fatigue 2 hours after the duties, 3.09( F=2.841, P=.038). 10) As to the operation instruments, when they use complex instruments borrowing from the outside in addition to the basic instruments, their fatigue becomes the greatest, 3.09(F=7.831, P=.000). 11) As to the kind of operation, when they participate in orthopedic's surgery operations, they feel the greatest fatigue, 3.18(F=4.362, P=.000). With the above results, it is proved that the degree of operating room nurses' fatigue is considerably high. So it may be concluded that the measure for lessening the fatigue should be find immediately, not on the level of personal matters but on the level of hospital nursing administration.