• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제57권1호
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• pp.1.1-1.11
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• 2015

Background: Due to increased interest in animal welfare, there is now a need for a comprehensive assessment protocol to be used in intensive pig farming systems. There are two current welfare assessment protocols for pigs: Welfare Quality$^{(R)}$ Assessment Protocols (applicable in the Europe Union), that mostly focuses on animal-based measures, and the Swine Welfare Assurance Program (applicable in the United States), that mostly focuses on management- and environment-based measures. In certain cases, however, animal-based measures might not be adequate for properly assessing pig welfare status. Similarly, welfare assessment that relies only on environment- and management-based measures might not represent the actual welfare status of pigs. Therefore, the objective of this paper was to develop a new welfare protocol by integrating animal-, environment-, and management-based measures. The background for selection of certain welfare criteria and modification of the scoring systems from existing welfare assessment protocols are described. Methods: The developed pig welfare assessment protocol consists of 17 criteria that are related to four main principles of welfare (good feeding, good housing, good health, and appropriate behavior). Good feeding, good housing, and good health were assessed using a 3-point scale: 0 (good welfare), 1 (moderate welfare), and 2 (poor welfare). In certain cases, only a 2-point scale was used: 0 (certain condition is present) or 2 (certain condition is absent). Appropriate behavior was assessed by scan sampling of positive and negative social behaviors based on qualitative behavior assessment and human-animal relationship tests. Results: Modification of the body condition score into a 3-point scale revealed pigs with a moderate body condition (score 1). Moreover, additional criteria such as feed quality confirmed that farms had moderate (score 1) or poor feed quality (score 2), especially those farms located in a high relative humidity region. Conclusions: The developed protocol can be utilized to assess welfare status in an intensive pig farming system. Although further improvements are still needed, this study is a first step in developing a pig welfare assessment protocol that combines animal-, environment-, and management-based measures.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제64권3호
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• pp.539-563
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• 2022

Nine pig farms were evaluated for the welfare quality in Korea using animal- and environment-based parameters (particularly air quality parameters) during the winter of 2013. The Welfare Quality^® (WQ^®) protocol consists of 12 criteria within four principles. The WQ^® protocol classifies farms into four categories ranging from 'excellent' to 'not classified'. Each of these criteria has specific measures for calculating scores. Calculations for the welfare scores were conducted online using the calculation model in the WQ^® protocol. Environment-based parameters like microclimate (i.e., temperature, relative humidity, air speed, and particulate matter), bacteria (total airborne bacteria, airborne total coliform, and airborne total Escherichia coli), concentration of gases (carbon dioxide, ammonia, and hydrogen sulfide) were measured to investigate the relationship between animal- and environment-based parameters. Correlations between the results of animal- and environment-based parameters were estimated using spearman correlation coefficient. The overall assessments found that five out of nine farms were 'acceptable', and four farms were 'enhanced'; no farm was 'not classified'. The average score for the four principles across the nine farms, in decreasing order, were 'good feeding' (63.13 points) > 'good housing' (59.26 points) > 'good health' (33.47 points) > 'appropriate behaviors' (25.48 points). In the result of the environment aspect, the relative humidity of farms 2 (93.4%), 3 (100%), and 9 (98%) was much higher than the recommended maximum relative humidity of 80%, and four out of the nine farms had ammonia concentrations greater than 40 ppm. Ammonia had negative correlations with 'positive social behaviors' and positive emotional states: content, enjoying, sociable, playful, lively, happy and it had positive correlations with negative emotional states: aimless, distressed. The concentration of carbon dioxide had negative correlations with positive emotional states; calm, sociable, playful, happy and it had a positive correlation with negative emotional state; aimless. Our results indicate that the control of the environment for growing pigs can help improve their welfare, particularly via good air quality (carbon dioxide, ammonia, hydrogen sulfide).

• 기본간호학회지
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.434-446
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• 2002

Purpose: This study was to identify the prevalence of postprandial hypotension and its related risk factors, and investigate the relationship between the related symptoms and the occurrence of postprandial hypotension. Method: The data were collected from the 22th of August, 2000 to 7th May, 2001. The participants were 74 aged over 60 in Seoul and Chungju, Korea. Blood pressure was taken in the sitting Position at 15mins, 30mins and 60mins after starting meals. Result: 1) The prevalence of postprandial hypotension was 12.2% at 15mins, 25.7% at 30mins, 25.7% at 60mins after starting meals. 2) There was no significant difference in a9e, but there was significant difference in basal systolic blood pressure between responders and nonresponders to postprandial hypotension over the three different times. 3) There was no significant relation between the occurrence of postprandial hypotension and its related symptoms over the three different times. Conclusion: Findings indicate that this study will contribute to develop an assessment protocol and nursing strategies to identify risk factors and to prevent postrprandial hypotension for the aged.

• 대한지역사회작업치료학회지
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.77-89
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• 2018

목적 : 본 연구는 뇌졸중 환자에게 적용한 지역사회이동을 위한 작업치료적 중재를 분석한 논문으로, 임상에서 지역사회이동에 대한 중재를 사용하는데 있어 근거를 제시하고자 한다. 연구방법 : PRISMA checklist와 diagram을 통해 체계적 고찰을 시행하였고, 데이터베이스는 PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane library (CENTRAL), ProQuest Dissertations & thesis (PQDT), 한국교육학술정보원(RISS)과 코리아메드(KoreaMed)를 이용하였다. 검색기간은 2005년부터 2018년 9월까지로 하였다. 연구에 선택된 문헌의 질 평가는 RoBANS (Riks of Bias Assessment tool for Non-randomized Study)를 사용하였다. 연구에 포함된 문헌은 총 8개이었다. 문헌에서 사용된 중재들은 종류에 따라 분류하였다. 결과 : 문헌의 연구디자인은 무작위배정 실험연구, 유사실험연구, 전후비교연구, 환자-대조군연구, 횡단적 연구로 다양하게 나타났다. 포함된 문헌의 질적수준은 level I이 1편(12.5%), level II가 6편(75%), level III가 1편(12.5%)으로 나타났다. 문헌의 '편향 위험 낮음' 비율은 62.5%~87.5%로 각 문헌마다 다르게 나타났다. 문헌에 사용된 중재는 가상 현실 및 가상환경을 기반으로 한 중재가 4편(50%)으로 가장 많았고, 프로토콜을 이용한 중재가 3편(37.5%), 휠체어 사용훈련이 1편(12.5%)으로 나타났다. 각 중재의 효과는 전반적으로 유의미하게 나타났다. 결론 : 본 연구는 지역사회이동에 대한 작업치료의 중재효과를 체계적으로 보고하여 임상적 적용근거를 제공하였다. 추후 지역사회이동성에 대해 다양한 형태로 중재를 적용한 연구가 이루어져야 할 것이다.