• 농촌의학ㆍ지역보건
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.44-54
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• 1986

This study was aimed at investigating the health seeking behaviors of patients; For the purpose of analyzing the research theme we classified the study into two phase. First, the types of patients' health seeking behavior were categorized into a scheme according to what medical care resources were utilized in patients' coping process. Second, from patients' first visits to third visits to medical resources, we analyzed variations of factors which noted as crucial elements in constituting the patients' sickness career. To grasp the generalized characteristics from complicated empirical data, we limited the scope of our analysis to third stage of health seeking. A total of 121 persons who had beer suffering from chronic diseases more than 3 months was sampled among the residents of Banwol-Eup, the target Area of Korea University Health Project. The findings are as follows ; 1) In the course of visiting medical care resources, 34 different types of health seeking Behavior were found. From this result we inferred the idea that patients in Banwol-Eup had not any stable norms to cope with their pains. Clinics, hospital, pharmacy, Herb-doctors', folkways (self-treatment) were accessed by patients in orders. But more than half of patients who had utilized clinics or hospitals from their first to third visits, changed medical care resources to others, for example herb doctors or folkways, which had fundamentally different treatment models. Upon these two facts, the diversified types and capricious patterns in the health seeking behavior of Banwol patients, we observed a typical Shopping-Around phenomenon. 2) Factors which influenced patients' to their sickness career were changed along the courses of health seeking, from first to third visits as follows ; $\cdot$ Perceived seriousness of diseases were tended to decrease. $\cdot$ Professional medical personnel tended to be influencial in the patients' sickness career, (5.0%, 25.0% and 65.7%). The influence of the primary interaction groups such as parents, friends, neighbours, tended to decrease ; (90.9%, 71.2% and 30.0%). $\cdot$ The subjective reasons why to choose such a medical care resource were related to economic affordability and disease-itself as main motives. Credibility of health resources tended to increase 14.9%, 24.0% and 31.4 sequently. $\cdot$ Geographic accessibility factors did not change significantly. Most of patients had utilized health resources in Banwol and Anyang area. 3) Cultural inclination in the shopping-around phenomenon has shown difference among age groups. The age group' over 50 years' preferred traditional health resources to modern health resources. 4) Consistency of health seeking behavior on the shopping around phenomenon has shown difference according to the degrees of patients' economic affordability and those of psychological satisfaction toward modern health services. However, there were some restrictions in this thesis ; a) the study was limited to the 3rd health seeking career so it did not allow us to collect more informations after that, b) the study was not able to carry out causal analysis on patients health behavior determinated by explanatory model of health resources, and c) the study was not able to take into consideration of factors connected with social structural circumstances. Despite of restrictions described above, we are sure that this thesis would promote health providers' understanding toward patients' inclinations, through which they could provide efficient and accurate medical service.

• 농촌의학ㆍ지역보건
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.155-169
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• 2003

본 연구는 농촌지역의 고혈압 관리실태를 파악하기 위하여 전국의 보건진료소 1,849개소를 모집단으로 하여 비례층화표출법에 의해 700개소의 보건진료소를 선정하여 자가보고식 설문지를 2003년 3월 13일부터 5월 13일까지 두 달간 실시하여 수집된 205개의 설문지를 분석하여 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 첫째, 보건진료원의 평균 연령은 42세였고, 근무경력은 11년에서 20년 사이가 62%를 차지하였고 20년 이상의 근무경력자도 17.2%로 나타났다. 교육수준은 간호대 3년제 졸업이 61.3%이고 대학원이상이 7.0%였다. 둘째, 조사대상지역의 생업별 지리적 특성은 농촌인 곳이 77.3%, 어촌이 14.7%이고, 행정적 관할인구는 501-1,000명이 44.3%였고, 실제적 관할인구는 501-1,000명이 53.3%였다. 65세 이상인구의 비율은 평균 26.7%이고, 담당하고 있는 리는 평균 4개이고, 마을건강원의 수는 평균 6명인 것으로 응답하였다. 셋째, 기타 고혈압 사업과 관련된 특성으로는 월평균 혈압측정자 비율은 평균 25.4%, 월평균 방문가구 중 고혈압 관리를 위해 방문하는 가구 비율은 평균 42.4%, 월평균 내소자 중에서 혈압으로 인해 보건진료소를 내소하는 비율은 평균 15.6%였다. 고혈압 사업을 하는데 있어서 운영협의회의 역할이 있다고 응답한 곳은 15.7%였고, 사업을 수행하는데 마을건강원이 도움된다고 응답한 곳이 52.7%이고 보건진료원 자신이 고혈압 사업을 수행하는데 능력이 충분하다고 응답한 곳이 76.2%였다. 보건지소와의 협조는 잘 된다고 한 곳이 43.4%, 안 된다고 한 곳이 56.7%인 것으로 나타났다. 넷째, 일반주민을 대상으로 한 고혈압환자 예방사업 중에서 보건교육과 관련된 항목 중 보건교육내용선정과 교육시간선정은 보건진료원의 판단 하에 결정하는 경우가 50% 이상이었고, 1년 동안 4회 이상의 보건교육을 실시하는 곳이 56.7%이며, 교육방법은 강의와 시청각 매체를 이용하고 주로 사용하는 시청각 매체는 비디오라고 83.6%가 응답하였다. 교육자료는 보건소에서 배부 받아 사용하는 경우가 64.5%였고 교육 후에 평가를 실시하는 곳은 22.1%였다. 고혈압환자 조기발견은 96.1%가 보건진료소를 내소하는 경우에 혈압측정을 통해 발견하였고, 89.3%는 가정방문을 통해 환자를 발견, 49.1%는 지역사회 보건의료기관 및 일반자원으로부터 의뢰를 통해 환자를 발견하였다. 그 외에 집단 행사를 통해 환자를 발견하는 경우는 39.5%이고, 기존 자료를 통해 환자를 발견하는 경우는 35.7%였다. 다섯째, 고혈압환자를 대상으로 한 고혈압환자 등록 및 관리사업에서 고혈압 환자만을 위해 전용기록지를 사용하는 곳이 35.6%이고, 50% 이상이 타의료기관에서 관리받는 환자까지 보건진료소에 등록해서 관리하고 있었다. 고혈압관리수첩은 사용하지 않는 경우가 34.8%였고 고혈압환자 관리를 위해 전산프로그램을 사용하는 경우는 68.5%이고, 사용용도는 월보작성이나 환자치료 및 추구관리를 위해 사용한다고 60%이상이 응답하였고 10.6%는미치료자를색출하는데사용한다고응답하였다. 여섯째, 모든 의뢰환자에게 의뢰서를 발급하는 경우가 22%이고, 반드시 회신서를 확인해서 환자기록지에 보관하는 경우가 26.2%였다. 그외에 민간의료기관과의 공식적, 비공식적인 의뢰체계를 구축한 곳이 64.7%였다. 고혈압환자 치료 및 추구관리에서 투약관리와 혈압 상태관리는 95% 이상이 수행하고 있었으나 생활요법 중에서 스트레스나 비만관리, 식이관리는 약 7%정도가 전혀 확인을 안 하고 있다고 응답하였다. 또한 작년 한해 동안 고혈압환자 및 가족을 대상으로 교육을 실시한 경우가 약 30%였고, 고혈압 환자만을 대상으로 교육을 실시한 곳은 70.7%였다.

• 한국병원경영학회지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.70-85
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• 2001

This study has been conducted, on the reservation of specific examinations during seven months starting from June 1999 and ending December as the Group I for these of one stop service and as the Group II for those of existing direct reservation made by patients or patrons, to understand the differences between the two groups. The survey was extended to the patients visiting specific departments of K hospital with sample sizes of 154 for the Group I and 155 for the Group II. The findings of the survey are as follows: First, as the general characteristics of the sample, male patients account for 67% of the total and female patients 33%, with the former twice as large as the latter. The average age of the patients is 51, indicating relatively high level. By the geographical area of residence, metropolitan area is 80.7% and the other area 19.3%, showing most of the patients are from metropolitan area. The general characteristics do not have statistical significance between the Group I and the Group II(p>0.05). Second, regarding the ratio by the number of examinations, the Group I shows 37.0% for one examination and 63.0% for two examinations, while the Group IT indicates 30.3% for one examination and 69.7% for two examinations. The populations by the number of examinations do not have statistical difference between the two Groups(p>0.05). Third, regarding the time required for the reservation of examinations by the number of examinations, the Group I shows 9.8 minutes for one examination and 19.8 minutes for two examinations, with the average of 16.1 minutes. The Group IT indicates 19 minutes for one examinations and 25.7 minutes for two examinations, with the average of 23.7 minutes. Though the time required for the reservation by the number of examinations do not have statistical significance, the time required for the Group I was shortened. Fourth, regarding the time required for the reservation of examinations by the age range of patients, the Group I shows 21.7 minutes for 70-79 years of age, 17.5 minutes for 60-00 years of age, and 15.2 minutes for 30-39 years of age. The Group II indicates 27.2 minutes for 70-79 years of age, 26.3 minutes for 60-69 years of age, 24.4 minutes for 50-59 years of age, and 22.4 minutes for 30-39 years of age. The time required for the reservation gets longer as the age range moves up, and has statistical significance (p<0.05). Fifth, regarding the ratio by the range of time of required for reservation, the Group I shows 41.6% for 11-20 minutes, and 38.3% for 1-10 minutes, while the Group II indicates 43.9% for 11-20 minutes, 29% for 21-30 minutes, and 14.2% for 31-40 minutes. Statistical significance is revealed (p=0.001). Sixth, concerning the length of movement course by the number of examinations, the Group I shows 37 meters regardless of the number of examinations. The Group II indicates an average of 188 meters for one examination and 189 meters for two examinations, with the difference 151 meters between the Groups, and representing statistical significance (p=0.001). Based on the above findings. one-stop service contributes to the reduction of both the time and the movement course and therefore is considered to be beneficial to the patients, and the improve the efficiency of the hospitals in terms of the space and the time.

• 치위생과학회지
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.219-225
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• 2010

본 연구는 임플란트에 대한 지식 및 기대도를 조사하여 효과적인 환자상담과 정확한 임플란트 정보를 제공하고자 2008년 3월 23일 부터 2008년 6월 5일까지 서울, 경기, 인천지역에 소재한 치과 병(의)원에 내원하고 있는 의료소비자를 대상으로 설문조사를 실시하였고 수집한 자료는 t-test와 One-way ANOVA 분석, Pearson 상관분석을 수행하였으며, 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 1. 임플란트에 대한 인지여부는 84.7%가 예라고 대답했으며, 인지경로는 주위소개가 26.7%로 가장 많았다. 임플란트에 대한 전반적인 지식정도는 조금 알고 있다가 34.1%로 가장 많았고 적당한 임플란트 가격은 100만원 미만이 47.6%로 가장 높게 조사되었다. 임플란트 가격이 비싼 이유는 33.3%가 보편화 되어 있지 않아서라고 대답했으며, 치료를 원하는 임플란트 시술병원으로는 임플란트 전문병원이 58.5%로 가장 많았고 치료 시 선택기준은 치과의사의 시술능력이 57.7%이었으며, 임플란트 수명은 5년 이상 -10년 미만이 25.4%, 10년 이상-15년 미만이 25.4%로 가장 많았다. 2. 임플란트 시술에 대한 지식을 분석한 결과 최대값이 4.06, 최소값이 3.05로 나타났다. 각 영역별로 살펴보면, 임플란트 시술 후 정기검진이 필요하다는 의견이 4.06으로 가장 높았으며, 임플란트 수명에 담배가 영향을 준다는 의견이 3.82, 임플란트 시술시 통증이 심할 것이라는 견해가 3.79, 임플란트 성공률이 90% 이상이라고 생각한다는 의견이 3.26 순으로 낮게 나타났다. 3. 임플란트 시술에 대한 기대도를 살펴보면 최대값이 4.42, 최소값이 2.62로 나타났다. 각 영역별로 살펴보면, '임플란트 시술능력이 중요하다'는 의견이 4.42로 가장 높았으며, '임플란트 재료의 종류가 중요하다'는 의견이 4.04, '임플란트가 틀니보다 좋다'는 의견 3.99, '임틀란트가 브릿지 보다 좋다'는 견해가 3.78 순으로 높게 나타났다. 4. 일반적 특성에 따른 임플란트 지식과 기대도 차이를 분석한 결과 성별에 있어서 지식정도는 여자가 3.41점, 남자가 3.30점으로 남자보다 여자가 지식의 대한 정도가 높아 유의한 차이가 있었으며 직업에 있어서의 지식정도는 전문직이 3.55점으로 가장 높았으며, 기대도에 있어서는 전문직이 3.31점으로 가장 높게 나타났다. 5. 임플란트에 대한 지식과 기대도 변인 간의 상호 관련성을 분석한 결과 임플란트 지식과 기대도에 대한 상관계수는(r)는 0.362로서 양(+)의 상호관련성이 있는 것으로 분석되었다(p<.01). 위와 같은 결과를 볼때 임플란트에 대한 지식과 기대도는 상호 관련성이 있으며, 임플란트 지식이 기대도 측면에서 중요함을 알 수 있었다.

• 농촌의학ㆍ지역보건
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.89-100
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• 2005

의료서비스 만족도에 영향을 미치는 요인을 분석하고, 만족도가 병원의 재이용 의사에 미치는 영향을 파악하고자 지방도시 일부 종합병원 환자 600명을 대상으로 2004년 2월 1일부터 2004년 4월 30일까지 설문조사를 실시한 결과, 의료서비스 만족지수는 전체 175점 만점에 $113.54{\pm}19.23$점으로 비교적 높은 점수를 나타냈고, 국공립병원 이용자가 $120.20{\pm}18.96$점으로 대학병원 이용자 $106.46{\pm}16.49$, 사립종합병원 이용자 $107.83{\pm}18.48$점 보다 유의한 수준에서 높게 나타났다(p<0.001). 만족지수를 4개영역별로 살펴보면 진료 서비스 만족지수는 총 30점 만점에 19.57점이었고, 간호사나 의사의 친절에 대한 만족지수는 총 55점 만점에 39.10점으로 비교적 높게 나타났으나 서비스 절차 및 시설이용 만족지수는 총 60점 만점에서 36.28점을 나타났으며 환경상태에 대한 영역에서는 30점 만점에 18.59점으로 나타났다. 병원이용 만족지수에 영향을 주는 요인을 알아보기 위해 다중선형회귀분석을 적용한 결과, 이용한 병원이 국공립병원인 경우 (${\beta}=0.16$), 연령이 많을수록 (${\beta}=0.15$), 의료비에 대한 인식이 싸기 때문에 이용한다 라고 생각하는 경우(${\beta}=0.15$) 타 병원 이용경험이 있는 경우 (${\beta}=0.12$)에 만족지수가 유의하게 높았다. 병원의 재이용의사 비율은 긍적적인 비율이 전체 46.8%였고, 진료비가 비싸도 다시 이용하겠다는 비율이 전체 31.3%로 국공립병원 이용자들의 재이용의사 비율(44.7%)이 대학병원 이용자(20.0%), 사립종합병원 이용자(13.3%)의 비율보다 유의하게 높게 나타났다(p<0.001). 또한 이용한 병원의 좋은 점을 주위에 알리겠다고 한 비율이 전체 41.5%이었다. 재이용 의사에 미치는 영향을 분석한 결과, 연령(${\beta}=0.09$)과, 건강검진 여부(${\beta}=0.08$)가 유의하게 영향을 미쳤고 진료 서비스 만족지수(${\beta}=0.35$), 친절 및 대인관계 만족지수(${\beta}=0.17$)가 높은 상관성을 보였다($R^2=0.37$). 이 결과로 병원내의 인적요인에 의한 만족도가 높을수록 재이용 의사가 높아짐을 알 수 있었다. 병원의 마케팅 전략 면에서 한번 방문한 의료서비스 이용자의 재이용 의사는 매우 중요하다. 재이용 의사에는 진료서비스 만족지수가 크게 영향을 미치므로 진료서비스 만족도를 높이기 위한 전략이 중요하다고 생각된다. 특히 진료 서비스 만족도와 구성원의 대인 및 친절에 대한 만족도가 가장 많은 영향을 미치는 것으로 볼 때, 병원의 환경이나 시설보다는 인적관리가 더욱 중요한 것으로 생각된다. 그러므로 마케팅 전략에서 의료인의 질적 수준을 높이기 위한 재교육 및 병원 구성원들의 친절교육을 강화하는 것이 가장 중요하다고 생각된다.

• 대한영상의학회지
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• 제84권4호
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• pp.923-933
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• 2023

목적 응급실의 급성신산통을 호소하는 환자에서 피질-수질기 요로조영술 컴퓨터 단층촬영(이하 CT)에서 요로결석 발견을 기존의 CT 요로조영술과 비교하였다. 대상과 방법 이 후향적 연구는 한국의 두 삼차 병원의 응급실에서 CT 요로조영술을 촬영한 253명의 요로결석이 의심된 환자를 대상으로 시행하였다. 임상 병력을 알지 못한채로 두 명의 영상의학과 의사가 독립적으로 CT 요로조영술의 피질-수질기를 판독하여 요로결석에 관한 정보를 기록하였다. 판독자들의 요로결석 발견에 대한 민감도를 측정하였다. 초기 평가 후, 임상 정보를 바탕으로 다시 피질-수질기를 판독하였고 민감도를 측정하였다. 결과 253명 중 150명(59%)이 요로결석이 있었고, 요로결석이 응급실 방문의 원인(의미 있는 요로결석)이었던 사람은 138명(92%)이었고, 요로 폐쇄로 인한 변화를 보인 환자는 124명 (82.7%)이었다. 의미 있는 요로결석에 대해서는 두 판독자의 민감도는 98.6% (136/138)이었다. 요로 폐쇄로 인한 변화가 동반되었을 때의 민감도는 판독자 1은 99.2% (123/124)였고 판독자 2는 100% (124/124)였다. 임상 정보를 바탕으로 다시 판독했을 때 의미 있는 요로결석 발견의 민감도는 판독자 1이 98.6%에서 100%, 판독자 2는 98.6%에서 99.3%로 증가하였다. 결론 CT 요로조영술의 피질-수질기는 급성신산통으로 응급실을 내원한 환자에서 요로결석을 진단하는데 민감하다.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.165-203
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• 1987

This project was a service-cum-research effort with a quasi-experimental study design to examine the health benefits of an integrated Family Planning (FP)/Maternal & Child health (MCH) Service approach that provides crucial factors missing in the present on-going programs. The specific objectives were: 1) To test the effectiveness of trained nurse/midwives (MW) assigned as change agents in the Health Sub-Center (HSC) to bring about the changes in the eight FP/MCH indicators, namely; (i)FP/MCH contacts between field workers and their clients (ii) the use of effective FP methods, (iii) the inter-birth interval and/or open interval, (iv) prenatal care by medically qualified personnel, (v) medically supervised deliveries, (vi) the rate of induced abortion, (vii) maternal and infant morbidity, and (viii) preinatal & infant mortality. 2) To measure the integrative linkage (contacts) between MW & HSC workers and between HSC and clients. 3) To examine the organizational or administrative factors influencing integrative linkage between health workers. Study design; The above objectives called for quasi-experimental design setting up a study and control area with and without a midwife. An active intervention program (FP/MCH minimum 'package' program) was conducted for a 2 year period from June 1982-July 1984 in Seosan County and 'before and after' surveys were conducted to measure the change. Service input; This study was undertaken by the Soonchunhyang University in collaboration with WHO. After a baseline survery in 1981, trained nurses/midwives were introduced into two health sub-centers in a rural setting (Seosan county) for a 2 year period from 1982 to 1984. A major service input was the establishment of midwifery services in the existing health delivery system with emphasis on nurse/midwife's role as the link between health workers (nurse aids) and village health workers, and the referral of risk patients to the private physician (OBGY specialist). An evaluation survey was made in August 1984 to assess the effectiveness of this alternative integrated approach in the study areas in comparison with the control area which had normal government services. Method of evaluation; a. In this study, the primary objective was first to examine to what extent the FP/MCH package program brought about changes in the pre-determined eight indicators (outcome and impact measures) and the following relationship was first analyzed; b. Nevertheless, this project did not automatically accept the assumption that if two or more activities were integrated, the results would automatically be better than a non-integrated or categorical program. There is a need to assess the 'integration process' itself within the package program. The process of integration was measured in terms of interactive linkages, or the quantity & quality of contacts between workers & clients and among workers. Intergrative linkages were hypothesized to be influenced by organizational factors at the HSC clinic level including HSC goals, sltrurture, authority, leadership style, resources, and personal characteristics of HSC staff. The extent or degree of integration, as measured by the intensity of integrative linkages, was in turn presumed to influence programme performance. Thus as indicated diagrammatically below, organizational factors constituted the independent variables, integration as the intervening variable and programme performance with respect to family planning and health services as the dependent variable: Concerning organizational factors, however, due to the limited number of HSCs (2 in the study area and 3 in the control area), they were studied by participatory observation of an anthropologist who was independent of the project. In this observation, we examined whether the assumed integration process actually occurred or not. If not, what were the constraints in producing an effective integration process. Summary of Findings; A) Program effects and impact 1. Effects on FP use: During this 2 year action period, FP acceptance increased from 58% in 1981 to 78% in 1984 in both the study and control areas. This increase in both areas was mainly due to the new family planning campaign driven by the Government for the same study period. Therefore, there was no increment of FP acceptance rate due to additional input of MW to the on-going FP program. But in the study area, quality aspects of FP were somewhat improved, having a better continuation rate of IUDs & pills and more use of effective Contraceptive methods in comparison with the control area. 2. Effects of use of MCH services: Between the study and control areas, however, there was a significant difference in maternal and child health care. For example, the coverage of prenatal care was increased from 53% for 1981 birth cohort to 75% for 1984 birth cohort in the study area. In the control area, the same increased from 41% (1981) to 65% (1984). It is noteworthy that almost two thirds of the recent birth cohort received prenatal care even in the control area, indicating that there is a growing demand of MCH care as the size of family norm becomes smaller 3. There has been a substantive increase in delivery care by medical professions in the study area, with an annual increase rate of 10% due to midwives input in the study areas. The project had about two times greater effect on postnatal care (68% vs. 33%) at delivery care(45.2% vs. 26.1%). 4. The study area had better reproductive efficiency (wanted pregancies with FP practice & healthy live births survived by one year old) than the control area, especially among women under 30 (14.1% vs. 9.6%). The proportion of women who preferred the 1st trimester for their first prenatal care rose significantly in the study area as compared to the control area (24% vs 13%). B) Effects on Interactive Linkage 1. This project made a contribution in making several useful steps in the direction of service integration, namely; i) The health workers have become familiar with procedures on how to work together with each other (especially with a midwife) in carrying out their work in FP/MCH and, ii) The health workers have gotten a feeling of the usefulness of family health records (statistical integration) in identifying targets in their own work and their usefulness in caring for family health. 2. On the other hand, because of a lack of required organizational factors, complete linkage was not obtained as the project intended. i) In regards to the government health worker's activities in terms of home visiting there was not much difference between the study & control areas though the MW did more home visiting than Government health workers. ii) In assessing the service performance of MW & health workers, the midwives balanced their workload between 40% FP, 40% MCH & 20% other activities (mainly immunization). However, $85{\sim}90%$ of the services provided by the health workers were other than FP/MCH, mainly for immunizations such as the encephalitis campaign. In the control area, a similar pattern was observed. Over 75% of their service was other than FP/MCH. Therefore, the pattern shows the health workers are a long way from becoming multipurpose workers even though the government is pushing in this direction. 3. Villagers were much more likely to visit the health sub-center clinic in the study area than in the control area (58% vs.31%) and for more combined care (45% vs.23%). C) Organization factors (admistrative integrative issues) 1. When MW (new workers with higher qualification) were introduced to HSC, it was noted that there were conflicts between the existing HSC workers (Nurse aids with less qualification than MW) and the MW for the beginning period of the project. The cause of the conflict was studied by an anthropologist and it was pointed out that these functional integration problems stemmed from the structural inadequacies of the health subcenter organization as indicated below; i) There is still no general consensus about the objectives and goals of the project between the project staff and the existing health workers. ii) There is no formal linkage between the responsibility of each member's job in the health sub-center. iii) There is still little chance for midwives to play a catalytic role or to establish communicative networks between workers in order to link various knowledge and skills to provide better FP/MCH services in the health sub-center. 2. Based on the above findings the project recommended to the County Chief (who has power to control the administrative staff and the technical staff in his county) the following ; i) In order to solve the conflicts between the individual roles and functions in performing health care activities, there must be goals agreed upon by both. ii) The health sub·center must function as an autonomous organization to undertake the integration health project. In order to do that, it is necessary to support administrative considerations, and to establish a communication system for supervision and to control of the health sub-centers. iii) The administrative organization, tentatively, must be organized to bind the health worker's midwive's and director's jobs by an organic relationship in order to achieve the integrative system under the leadership of health sub-center director. After submitting this observation report, there has been better understanding from frequent meetings & communication between HW/MW in FP/MCH work as the program developed. Lessons learned from the Seosan Project (on issues of FP/MCH integration in Korea); 1) A majority or about 80% of the couples are now practicing FP. As indicated by the study, there is a growing demand from clients for the health system to provide more MCH services than FP in order to maintain the achieved small size of family through FP practice. It is fortunate to see that the government is now formulating a MCH policy for the year 2,000 and revising MCH laws and regulations to emphasize more MCH care for achieving a small size family through family planning practice. 2) Goal consensus in FP/MCH shouBd be made among the health workers It administrators, especially to emphasize the need of care of 'wanted' child. But there is a long way to go to realize the 'real' integration of FP into MCH in Korea, unless there is a structural integration FP/MCH because a categorical FP is still first priority to reduce the rate of population growth for economic reasons but not yet for health/welfare reasons in practice. 3) There should be more financial allocation: (i) a midwife should be made available to help to promote the MCH program and coordinate services, (in) there should be a health sub·center director who can provide leadership training for managing the integrated program. There is a need for 'organizational support', if the decision of integration is made to obtain benefit from both FP & MCH. In other words, costs should be paid equally to both FP/MCH. The integration slogan itself, without the commitment of paying such costs, is powerless to advocate it. 4) Need of management training for middle level health personnel is more acute as the Government has already constructed 90 MCH centers attached to the County Health Center but without adequate manpower, facilities, and guidelines for integrating the work of both FP and MCH. 5) The local government still considers these MCH centers only as delivery centers to take care only of those visiting maternity cases. The MCH center should be a center for the managment of all pregnancies occurring in the community and the promotion of FP with a systematic and effective linkage of resources available in the county such as i.e. Village Health Worker, Community Health Practitioner, Health Sub-center Physicians & Health workers, Doctors and Midwives in MCH center, OBGY Specialists in clinics & hospitals as practiced by the Seosan project at primary health care level.

• Child Health Nursing Research
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.60-75
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• 1998

The parents have much expectation upon the pregnancy and child birth, and in most cases, they expect the healthy parturient child. However, we can be placed on the high-risk conditions which have the physical, social and immature infant, due to the unexpected results, among the new-born. Accordingly, these high-risk newborn and premature infants will be mostly in NICU, which the concentrated medical treatment can be given, upon their conditions. After their birth and during these periods, they will be divided from the parents, and the nurse will accomplish the bringing-up activities which they can take care of the infant, expected by the parents after their birth. The hospitalization of high-risk newborn including these premature infants is the shocking experience to the parents of family, and thus they can feel the fear and uneasiness, and these reactions of parents are troubled in the behavior at the usual days, and cause the disorder and spiritless status, and these results break the supporting ability of parents, and cause the obstruction. Also, the unavoidable division between the parents and the children as like hospitalization of children can make the parents to feel the alienation emotionally, and this causes the results which the pride on the bringing-up ability of baby gets to be lost. These problems can cause the difficulties on the bonding or the parenting in the further days, and can be related to the neglect and abuse of children. Also, it is gradually increased to study and report which the emotional division by the physical division between the mother and the baby obstructs the normal affection course between the parent and the infant. The stress caused by the birth and the hospitalization of high-risk newborn, as like this, is important in the points which it can uncertainly affect the potential energy for the relationship of parent-child who are finally healthy. Accordingly, the significance and purpose of this study are to understand the contents and degree of stress which the parents of high-risk newborn including the immature child can be experienced from the hospitalization of ICU for their new borns, and thus to offer the basic program to the nursing intervention program for these. The subject of this study is the mother of newborn in NICU of 10 General Hospitals located at the 3one of Pusan, Korea from September 1997 to October 1997, and thus makes the subject of 95 person of parents who agreed to take part in the study and it is descriptive study related to the stress of mother having the newborn in NICU. The method is based on the preceding study related to the stress of mother having the experience of child hospitalization and chronic disease child, and then acquires the advice of specialists group as like 5 nursing professors, and then is amended and supplemented. Total number of questions is 43 items and consists of 5 factors as like medical treatment &nursing procedures, disease status & prognosis, role of parents, communication & inter-personal relationships, hospital environment, and is 5 point Likert Scale. The reliability of this study method is very highly shown to be Cronbach α=0.95. The collected data is analysed as Average, Frequency, Standard Deviation, T-test, ANOVA, Pearson Correlation Coefficient, Duncan multifulrange test by use of SPSS /PC (V7.5). The results of this study is summarized as under. 1. Every characteristics of subject is which the party of mother is 28.70age(±7.48) in the average ages, 51% in the high-school graduate, 38.5% in the christianity, total monthly income is 212.55 thousand won(±1.971), 74.5% in the housewife, 72.9% in the parents and children together living and the number of children to be 1.48person(± 0.6) in average, the recognition on the prognosis of baby is 74.0% in 'Don't know', the relationship with the husband after the hospitalization of babyis 37.3% in 'More Intimate', the relationship with the family of husband to be 48% in 'No-change', and the degree which is consulted with the husband about the baby is 55% in 'very frequently' and the visiting number per week is 4.59(±1.63) in average and the accompanying person in the time of visiting is which the number of husband is 56.3% and thus is the highest. The characteristics of baby is which the age is 21.88days(±16.47) after the birth in average, the sex to be 50 person in the female 52.1% and the order of birth to be 54.2% in the first chid, and the weight in the birth to be 2770gm(±610) and the height in the birth to be 46.26cm(±7.62) in aver age. The medical diagnosis is 37.5% in the premature infant, the career of hospitalization is 96.9% in 'None', and the operation plan is 90.6% in 'None' and the execution of operation is 88% in 'None' and the nursing of incubator is 55.2% in 'Yes', and the method of feeding is 50.5% in 'Oral' and the contents of feeding is 46.9% in the 'Milk'. 2. The total stress degree of subject is almost highly shown to be as 3.36(±0.86). If it is compared upon each cause, 'stress on disease status & prognosis' is highest 3.79(±1.28), and it is in the order of 'stress on medical treatment & nursing procedures' 3.70(±0.93), 'stress on hospital environment' 3.14(±0.86), 'stress on role of parents' 3.18(±0.92) and 'stress on communication & inter personal relationship' 2.62(± 0.77) 3. As the results of checking the notworthiness of stress degree upon each variable of subject, the variable showing the noted difference was the birth weight(γ=-0.16, P=0.04), birth height(γ=-0.23, P=0.03), nursing in the incubator(F=8.93, P=0.04), feed method(F=2.94, P=0.04). That is to say, it is shown which the smaller the birth weight is, the higher the stress degree of mother is noteworthily. Also, the smaller the birth height baby is, the higher the stress of mother is. In the incubator, it os shown which the mother whose baby is nursing in the incubator is higher in the stress degree than other mothers. Upon the feeding method of baby, that is to say, TPNis the highest, and it is shown in the order of NPO, Tube feeding, and P.O. feeding. When we review the above-mentioned results, as the status is serious, it is thought which we include the supporting nursing for coping with the stress of parents in the setting-up od nursing plan for the baby in the NICU.