1.Influential Factors for Happiness of Adolescents Who Use Community Child Centers.
Young Mi PARK ; Jung Yee KIM ; En Joo JO ; Ji Hyun LEE ; Kyung Mi WOO
Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing 2017;28(1):34-43
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to determine factors affecting happiness of adolescents who attended community child centers. METHODS: We surveyed 154 adolescents attending a community child center in P City with a structured self-report questionnaire from October 3 to October 15, 2016. Data was analyzed by SPSS 18.0 descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Scheffé test, Pearson's correlation coefficients and stepwise multiple regression. RESULTS: The mean scores of family strength, friend support, teacher support, and happiness were 3.8±0.84, 3.8±0.98, 3.7±0.84 and 3.7±0.63. There were significant differences in happiness according to the subjects' number of close friends and duration of their stay at the community child center. There were a significant positive correlations among family strength, friend support, teacher support, and happiness. The most significant factors affecting happiness included friend support (β=.40) and peaceable family strength (β=.35). These variables explained 44% of the total variance in happiness. CONCLUSION: It is desirable to prepare and support measures to increase friends' support and family strength in order to improve happiness of adolescents attending community child centers. The findings suggest that it is necessary to develop nursing intervention programs to promote friend support and family strength.
Adolescent*
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Child*
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Family Health
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Friends
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Happiness*
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Humans
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Nursing
2.The Mildly Elevated Serum Bilirubin Level is Negatively Associated with the Incidence of End Stage Renal Disease in Patients with IgA Nephropathy.
Ho Jun CHIN ; Hyun Jin CHO ; Tae Woo LEE ; Ki Young NA ; Kook Hwan OH ; Kwon Wook JOO ; Hyung Jin YOON ; Yon Su KIM ; Curie AHN ; Jin Suk HAN ; Suhnggwon KIM ; En Sil JEON ; Dong Chan JIN ; Yong Lim KIM ; Sun Hee PARK ; Chan Duck KIM ; Young Rim SONG ; Seong Gyun KIM ; Yoon Goo KIM ; Jung Eun LEE ; Yoon Kyu OH ; Chun Soo LIM ; Sang Koo LEE ; Dong Wan CHAE ; Won Yong CHO ; Hyoung Kyu KIM ; Sang Kyung JO
Journal of Korean Medical Science 2009;24(Suppl 1):S22-S29
Oxidative stress plays various roles in the development and progression of IgA nephropathy, while bilirubin is known as a potent antioxidant. We therefore hypothesized that serum bilirubin would be associated with renal prognosis in IgA nephropathy. The study subjects comprised 1,458 adult patients with primary IgA nephropathy in Korea. We grouped patients according to the following quartile levels of bilirubin: <0.4 mg/dL (Q1), 0.4-0.5 mg/dL (Q2), 0.6-0.7 mg/dL (Q3), and >0.8 mg/dL (Q4). The outcome data were obtained from the Korean Registry of end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Eighty patients (5.5%) contracted ESRD during a mean follow-up period of 44.9 months. The ESRD incidences were 10.7% in Q1, 8.2% in Q2, 2.8% in Q3, and 2.8% in Q4 (p<0.001). The relative risk of ESRD compared to that in Q1 was 0.307 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.126-0.751) in Q3 and 0.315 (95% CI, 0.130-0.765) in Q4. The differences of ESRD incidence were greater in subgroups of males and of patients aged 35 yr or more, with serum albumin 4.0 g/dL or more, with normotension, with eGFR 60 mL/min/1.73 m2 or more, and with proteinuria less then 3+ by dipstick test. In conclusion, higher bilirubin level was negatively associated with ESRD incidence in IgA nephropathy.
Adult
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Bilirubin/*blood
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Disease Progression
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Female
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Glomerular Filtration Rate
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Glomerulonephritis, IGA/*blood/complications
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Humans
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Hypertension/complications
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Incidence
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Kidney Failure, Chronic/*blood/complications
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Risk
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Risk Factors
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Treatment Outcome