• 성인간호학회지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.409-421
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• 2013

Purpose: This qualitative study was designed to explore and describe the nursing staff reported experiences of managing the medical needs of nursing home residents in South Korea. Methods: Using a focus group interview method, qualitative data were collected from March to May 2012. Twenty five registered nurses and nurse aids working in nursing homes were recruited through a convenient sampling method. Participants participated in one of four focus group interviews lasted up to two hours in which their day-to-day experiences of taking care of the medical needs of the elderly residents. All interviews were recorded and transcribed in verbatim, and analyzed according to the qualitative thematic analysis method using MAXQDA software. Results: The overriding theme was 'experiencing differences between the requirements of the regulatory system and the actual reality of the work place.' The findings of differences between what were true and what is required was based in four subcategories. The nursing home residents had far more medical needs than what were reported. Another finding was that the family members were seen as non-supportive and negligent towards the residents. Conclusion: The findings of the study support the need for changes in the regulatory system. The regulatory limitations of current system with a shortage of resources pushed the participants to experience discrepancies between the required regulation and the reality. Additional research could contribute more exemplars to support changes.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.768-781
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• 1996

The problem of care of patients and families with Alzheimer's disease has become a conscious raising social policy issue in Korea. The government of the Republic of Korea has become cognizant of the situation and has begun searching for ways to remedy it. Thus, there is a need for a comprehensive under-standing of the situation in which patients and their families are struggling and the enormous problems of care. With a realization of the urgent need, this study was done to investigate the situation and the care needs of families with patients with Alzheimer's Disease, and to compare the effectiveness of services utilized by the families in terms of cost and effects on patient's conditions and on family live. The Subjects for the study were 29 families with hospitalized patients, 25 families utilizing hospital outpatient clinics, 14 families utilizing day care facilities, and 16 families with homebound patients. A total of 84 families were interviewed by four trained interviewers using structured and semistructured questionnaires. The data produced from these interviews included : the patient's stage of Alzheimer's disease, patient's bizarre behavior, hours spent on patient care per day, family burden and quality of life, direct and indirect costs encountered in the care of patients, and the families' evaluation of the effectiveness of the services received. The data were analyzed to determine the relationships between family charactersistics, patient's conditions and services utilization. The effectiveness of each of the service entities was assessed through families evaluation and hoped for service and comparisons were made between services in terms of the cost-effectiveness ratios. After initial comparison of cost-effectiveness ratios, further analysis was done to compare between groups for incremental effectiveness for each incremental unit of cost to determine the most cost-effective service entities. The findings of the study are as fellows : 1. The choice of living arrangement and the types of services are a function of the stage of Alzheimer's condition and the economic status of the family. 2. Comparision of the cost of care showed that most expenses were encountered in by families with hospitalization, families using outpatient services, and families using day care services in that order. The least expense was involved in the care of homebound patients. The economic burden felt by families was in the same order as expenses. 3. The average number of hours spent on daily patient care was 9.9 hours for the outpatient clinic users, 9.7 hours for homebound patients, and 5.4 hours for day care users. 4. There were significant differences in the patient's conditions (CDRL), bizarre behaviors and the families's burden by living arrangement and /or types of service. However, no significant difference was found between groups in the family's quality of life. 5. The families rated the services of day care center as most effective for the care of the patients and families, except for a few families who had experienced some improvement in the patient's conditions. The outpatient clinic users expressed psychological comforts mainly in that the patient was being taken care of. For those hospitalized patients, families expressed the comfort of being relieved of the burden of care and that the patient is being professionally cared for. Form the analysis of the costs, hours of patient care, patient's bizarre behaviors, family's quality of life and burdens, and family's evaluation of services, it is concluded that up to the mid stage of Alzheimer's condition, the utilization of day care center services is found to be the most cost-effective, and toward the end stage of the Alzheimer's disease, it is hoped that there will be a establishment of long term or short term in-patient facilities for the protection of patients and preservation of the integrity of families for less cost. Thus. it was concluded that the family centered system of care is the most effective for Korea with systematic support systems developed for the care of patients and their families according to the needs of families as the patient's condition deteriorates.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.1-22
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• 2003

The principal objective of this study was to analyze and conceptualize the socio-psychological burden in utilizing a nursing home for elderly. The subjects were five elderly from a private nursing home located in Seoul and their familial caregivers. An old male and three females were currently staying at the facility, and a female had been discharged already from there. Data were collected through depth interviews, observations and review of records at the facility For analysis, the data were classified by similar contents among significant expressions and factors in common. The subjects' motives to consider admission to the nursing home might be attributed to familial caregivers' burden, a shortage of support, environmental improvement and feeling of helplessness for the case elderly. The concept of burden is including family members' being badly off in living, their weariness, complications among family members, feeling psychological uneasiness, and hospital expenses. The identified image of nursing homes for the elderly in Korea was generally negative at the point of high cost, unreasonable requisites and limitations for admission to the facilities, inferior situations, and especially in that there were few long-term care facilities within the community boundary. From their experience of nursing homes, the interviewees have felt the sentiments of sorry for their old parents, with the thought of being an undutiful, bitterness, and empathy. Additionally, they expressed a sense of anxiety of relative deprivation against the fact that there were no long-term care facilities available for the middle class. On the basis of these, multi-dimensional needs could be identified for the elderly with chronic illnesses.

• Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.153-160
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• 2010

목적: 본 연구는 제주지역에 거주하는 암환자의 요구도와 만족도를 파악하기 위한 조사연구이다. 방법: 2009년 7월 13일부터 7월 30일까지 제주대학교 병원에 내원한 암환자 174명의 의료서비스에 대한 요구도와 만족도를 분석하였다. 보건복지부에서 재가암환자 관리사업 시행 시 제시한 서비스 요구도 및 충족도 조사 항목을 이용하여 조사하였으며, 수집된 자료는 SPSS 12.0 for Windows program을 이용하여 분석하였다. 결과: 대상자는 위암과 대장직장암 등 위장관계 암환자가 33.3%로 가장 많았으며, 52.3%가 진단 후 경과 기간이 1년 이하였으며, 진단 후 5년 이상 경과한 대상자는 5.2%로, 최장기간은 12년이었다. 전체의 60.9%가 암으로 인한 수술 경험이 있었으며, 28.2%가 항암화학요법 경험이 있었다. 요구도가 가장 높았던 항목은 경제적지원(3.38점)이었으며, 치료 계획에 대한 상담(3.22점), 질병에 대한 정보(3.07점), 암 이외의 다른 질병 관리(2.97점) 순이었다. 만족도가 가장 높았던 항목은 종교상담(3.41점)이었으며, 간병보조(3.39점), 직업상담(3.26점), 가족 및 대인관계 상담(3.26점), 물리치료 및 재활치료(3.20점), 보험 상담(3.18점) 순이었으며, 만족도가 가장 낮은 항목은 경제적 지원(1.98점)이었다. 남성의 서비스 만족도는 3.1점으로 여성(2.8점)보다 높았으며, 자녀와 사는 경우 서비스 요구도가 가장 높았으며, 홀로 살거나 자녀와 사는 경우 서비스 만족도가 가장 낮았다. 의료보호 환자 및 암보험에 가입하지 않은 경우 서비스 요구도가 더 높은 것으로 나타났다. 대상자의 연령, 직업, 학력수준, 결혼여부, 종교, 수입에 따른 차이는 없었으나, 60대 및 수입이 높은 그룹에서 서비스 만족도는 가장 높고, 요구도는 가장 낮은 것으로 나타났다. 의학적 진단 및 치료 방법에 따른 서비스 요구도 및 만족도의 차이는 없었으나, 갑상샘암 환자에서 서비스 만족도가 다소 낮았으며, 방사선 치료 및 색전술을 받은 경우 만족도가 다소 낮은 것으로 나타났다. 결론: 암환자들은 경제적 지원 및 치료계획이나 질병에 대한 정보를 얻고자 하는 요구도가 높으며, 실제 경험하는 증상에 대한 관리는 잘 이루어지지 않는 것으로 보인다. 또한, 환자의 지지체계 및 경제적 지원 체계의 확보 여부에 따라 의료서비스에 대한 요구도도 다양하고, 주요 5대암 이외의 암환자에 대한 지원이 다소 부족한 것으로 보인다. 따라서, 의료기관에 내원 중인 암환자 및 재가암환자 모두를 대상으로, 대상자 특성 및 요구도를 고려한 지속적인 정책적 노력이 필요할 것이다.

• 한국노년학
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.683-699
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• 2009

고령화와 가족 구조의 변화로 노인 부양이 사회적인 문제가 되고 있는 가운데 최근 그 비율이 증가하고 있는 배우자 부양자에 대한 연구의 필요성이 대두되고 있다. 배우자 부양은 '돌봄' 외에도 '결혼 생활의 연장'이라는 특징이 있어 성인 자녀를 비롯한 기타 가족 부양자와는 질적으로 다른 경험일 가능성이 크다. 또한 남편과 아내가 처한 맥락이 상이하므로 이들의 성별 차이에 대해 구체적으로 알아볼 필요가 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 배우자를 돌보는 부양자에 초점을 맞추어 배우자 부양자의 부양 동기 및 사회적 지지가 부양 부담에 미치는 영향을 성별 차이를 중심으로 알아보고자 하였다. 이를 위해 2001년 보건사회연구원에서 실시한 「장기요양보호 대상 노인의 수발 실태와 복지욕구」 자료를 이용하여 기술통계 및 T검증, X²검증과 로지스틱 회귀분석 등을 실시하였다. 분석 결과 부양 동기 및 사회적 지지가 부양자의 부양 부담에 미치는 영향은 성별에 따라, 부담의 하위 항목에 따라 차이점과 공통점이 각각 발견되었다. 부양 동기의 경우, 부인을 돌보는 남성의 부양 부담에만 유의미한 영향을 미쳤고, 남편을 돌보는 여성부양자에게서는 부양 동기와 부양 부담과의 관련성이 관찰되지 않았다. 한편, 사회적 지지는 남성 부양자의 부양 부담에는 유의미한 영향을 미치지 않았으나, 여성 부양자의 경우 사회적 지지가 적을수록 경제적 부담을 느낄 승산이 높아지는 것으로 나타났다. 부양자의 건강상태와 피부양자의 ADL 수준은 남녀 모두의 신체적 부담에 영향을 미치는 것으로 타나났다. 이러한 결과에 기초하여, 배우자 부양자의 부담을 줄이기 위한 연구와 정책적 노력에 성인지적 관점의 필요성을 제기하였다.

• 지역사회간호학회지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.183-202
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• 1996

This study was designed out to develop a home health care service for nurses working in community care services. This study investigates actual conditions at welfare institutions related to health needs the demands of clients, and the state of home health care services we hope that this study will improve upon the current service system. In Korea home health care services are still developing and only new becoming a part of the health care supply system. The data was collected by recording the client home nursing assessments modified to the situation of UTMB home health agency. In this study 107 clients were selected for home care who needed care for physical and mental deficits. The study lasted from March to November of 1995 at one of the welfare service institutions in Chunchon city. The results show that those who most frequently needed care services were over 50 years old with a health deficit of 80.3%, followed by sex as women who needed care at 59.8%. 50.5% of the clients had very little education. 99.1% of the clients live with their family, and a medical diagnostic analysis reveals that 73.9% of the 5 year period of illnesses were the following : 38.8% - muscular -skeleton system disorder, 24.4% - hypertension and stroke, 25.7% sole disease of arthritis. For behavioral conditions 43.3% of the patients were without care services, 56.6% of the patients were taking treatment that 73.5% of those were taking medication. The most main complaint of patients were 22.4% of pain in the extremities, next were 16.8% of a limitation of body activities, 15.0% was lumbo-sacralgia. According to the investigator who was a senior student nurse, the following suggestions were made: 32.7% for curative medical services, 29.9% for physical exercise, 19.6% for emotional support. Consultation nursing services consisted of 67.2% for physical therapy, 11.2% for the maintaining healing, 9.4% for counseling. The patients at home, required assistance most frequently for muscular-skeleton problems under the category of physical systems (33.3%). But, on the other hand, 49.5% of the patients required care givers at home, 28.2% had a knowledge deficit, 21.0% had malnutrition, 18.4% had bad impaired communication. The character of health problems were devided into chronic disease(67.0%), accidents(I3.1%), and general disease(15.9%). 86% of the disabled client had an impairment of the physical system. Eating (86.9%) , Toileting(77.6%), and personal care showed much the same of ADL condition, the level and range of achievement of mobility, the most frequently self performed was 81.3% only in a room size area, and 40.2% were completely dependent when going out. Although there were a large number of home care services in th community at these welfare institutions, many clients needed a variety of curative services. As policy changes have gathered momentum, responsibility for the development of a more suitable program was demanded by the clients from the community.

• 한국아동복지학
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• 제40호
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• pp.73-107
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• 2012

이 연구의 목적은 위탁아동을 입양한 부모의 양육경험을 이해하고자 하는 것이다. 연구목적을 달성하기 위하여, 이 연구에서는 요보호아동을 위탁하여 보호하다가 입양한 사례들을 접촉하여 개별적으로 면접을 진행하였으며, 이를 통해 수집한 자료들을 가지고 사례 내 분석과 사례 간 분석을 실시하였다. 네 사례에서 수집한 자료들을 개별적으로 분석하여 사례별로 중요한 이슈들을 파악하였으며, 전체 사례들에서 나타나는 공통적인 주제들을 발견하여 기술하였다. 분석결과로 나타난 주제는 '특별한 만남: 우연, 인연, 필연', '이미 내 아이', '사소하지만 본질적인 차이', '사회적 지원의 단절: 잃은 것과 얻을 수 있는 것', '숨길 수 없는 진실, 숨겨야 하는 진실', '가족의 운명' 등이었다. 이러한 연구결과를 근거로, 위탁아동 입양가족들의 적응을 돕기 위한 정책과 실천 지침들을 제언하였으며, 연구의 한계를 극복하고 더 풍부한 정보를 확보하기 위해 필요한 후속연구들에 대해서도 제언하였다.

• 지역사회간호학회지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.181-199
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• 1998

This study was designed to examine Home Nursing Care in Hospital-based and Community-based programs. This study investigates actual conditions of nursing needs and demands of clients and their family and the state of home nursing services. We hope that this study will improve upon the current home nursing care system. In Korea Home-Nursing Care programs are still developing and only now becoming a part of the health care delivery system. The data was collected by a questionaire the clients developed and modified through literature review by this writer and through 10 nurses who are members of 4 hospital and 3 community- based agencies. In this study 173 clients were selected. The study lasted from Oct. 1997 to March of 1998. The results show that the average age was 64.3, years older than most women clients (63.0%), the average age of a caregiver was 50.9 years old and most were female(77%). Two types of agency clients with a significant difference between social conditions [25.7%] used some form of insurance; 54.3% had the spouse pay expenses; pay 58.5% son and daughters of Hospital-based agencies: patients of social workers were 24.0%, the highest in the community agency. The condition of patients was 63.2% of the foley and nelaton catheter insertion at hospital based agencies. The range of nursing services offered is one of the highest among the 34 kinds of servies including nasogastric tube management basic nursing, ROM exercise, bladder irrigation, wound and sore dressing. For an effective care service factors that disturb each program such as a non-cooperatative family as well as patients themselves need to be lessened. Further more, the following must be emphasized, supportive counsel 27.0%, steady care for patient, 13.3%maintain a sense of security(11.7%), dressing sores and nutrition(10.0%). Although there were a large number of home nursing care services in the community, policy changes have gathered momentum. Fortunately, the scope and level at legal support will be increased in the future. The program should intergrate and link the district or community together. A project to develop a community based home nursing system as soon as possible should be developed. In conclusion, home nursing care nurses training curriculum should be strengthened.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.291-304
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• 2019

본 연구는 암환자를 돌보는 가족원이 인식하는 암 관련 건강정보이해력과 사회적 지지가 돌봄부담에 미치는 영향을 파악하기 위한 서술적 상관관계 연구이다. 경상남도 J시 G대학교병원에 입원했거나 외래 방문한 암환자를 돌보는 가족원 130명을 대상으로 하여 2018년 7월 17일부터 11월 7일까지 구조화된 설문지를 사용하여 자료수집 후 SPSS/WIN 23.0으로 통계 분석하였다. 회귀분석 결과, 암환자를 돌보는 가족원이 환자의 배우자이면서(${\beta}=.252$, p=.002) 주관적 건강상태(${\beta}=-.207$ p=.012)와 자가간호 건강정보이해력이 낮을수록(${\beta}=-.411$, p<.001), 환자의 요구도와 선호도(${\beta}=.268$, p=.042) 및 의료인과의 적극적 관계에 대한 건강정보이해력(${\beta}=.247$, p=.037)이 높을수록 돌봄부담이 높은 것으로 파악되었으며, 37.9%의 설명력이 있는 것으로 나타났다(F=5.922, p<.001). 본 연구를 통해 암환자 가족의 돌봄부담에 주관적 건강상태와 건강정보이해력이 영향을 미침을 알 수 있었다. 따라서 암환자 가족원의 돌봄부담을 감소시키기 위해서 그들의 건강정보이해력을 향상 시킬 수 있는 개별화된 교육프로그램을 개발하여 적용하는 연구를 제언한다.

• 한국주거학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국주거학회 2002년도 추계학술발표대회
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• pp.137-142
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• 2002

The purpose of this study was to examine the features that make residents feel “at home” in ALFs in Southwest Virginia and to suggest further policy and design guidelines for better Quality of ALFs as a “home.” For this purpose, residents' needs, experiences, and opinions of the physical environment, the social environment, and the organizational environments such as policies and programs of ALFs were identified. As a multi-case study, five ALFs in Southwest Virginia were studied using constant comparative methos of data analysis. In addition to face-to-face interviews with 25 residents and five administrators of five ALFs, observations were conducted with personal journal. Overall, the five sites selected presented homelike features showing the philosophy of assisted living which combines housing and services. Each facility was designed to be a single-family house or multi-family dwelling in outside appearance. As a whole, residents felt isolation and loneliness and they did not have active interaction with other residents because of diverse background among the residents. However, all of them had close relationships with the staff. The staff's attitude and behavior seemed to influence greatly the residents' feeling “at home.” Despite the provision of diverse activities by the facilities, many residents did not participate in the programs. Most of the residents agreed that the rule and regulations were fair. In spite of high satisfaction with the facility, many people did not think of their current dwelling as a real ‘home.’ As the biggest difference between living in their own homes and living in the ALF, people pointed out a lack of independence, freedom, and autonomy. Residents of ALFs may have reordered their priorities in their current life situation so that safety, security, and care were more important to them than feeling “at home.” Among the three factors --physical, social, and organizational-- that affect the residents' perception of ALFs as a “home, ” many emphasized the importance of social factors such as relationships with the staff and residents, and social support from their family or friends.