1.The Health Management Experience of Vietnamese Married Immigrant Women Living in the City
Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing 2021;32(4):506-517
Purpose:
The purpose of this study was to explore the health management experience of Vietnamese Married Immigrant Women living in the city.
Methods:
The study participants were 11 Vietnamese immigrant women residing in the urban area who felt bad about their health. Data collection was conducted in depth through individual interviews, and the collected data were analyzed through Strauss & Corbin data analysis.
Results:
The core category was “health is not a necessity but a choice in a strange land called Korea”. The contextual conditions were, “The hard thing-exposing “myself” to the world”, and “Hurts hidden, to be away from people’s eyes”. For the causal condition, the categories of “Unfamiliar life to live alone”, “Unfamiliar life different from expectation”, and “Symptoms of body suddenly suffering alone”, were derived. Through action-interaction, the immigrant women revealed that in their Korean social-structural context, they tended to follow “Health pushed away in turbulent life”. The intervening conditions were “a person who is able to help me”, “places that can give a helping hand nearby”, and “Vietnamese women’s grit”. A Vietnamese married immigrant woman had her own “Health in the chain with life”. As a result, they gained “Health, which is a top priority in life” or “Health oppressed by the weight of life”.
Conclusion
This study enhanced the understanding of the healthcare process of Vietnamese married immigrant women living in urban areas.
2.The Relationships among Social Discrimination, Subjective Health, and Personal Satisfaction of Immigrants.
Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing 2017;28(4):375-385
PURPOSE: This study aims to examine the relationships among social discrimination, subjective health, and personal satisfaction based on the country of origin. METHODS: The analysis was based on 16,958 immigrants who participated in the National Survey of Multicultural Family 2015 in Korea. This study conducted stratified cross-analysis of social discrimination for the differences in subjective health and personal satisfaction. Multivariate-adjusted odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for the relationships among social discrimination, subjective health, and personal satisfaction were examined with multivariable logistic regression. RESULTS: There were differences in experience of social discrimination, subjective health status, and personal satisfaction according to the country of origin. Groups without the experience of social discrimination had better subjective health and personal satisfaction than the other groups. CONCLUSION: This study demonstrates that a discrimination prevention program needs to be developed based on a cultural approach.
Diagnostic Self Evaluation*
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Discrimination (Psychology)
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Emigrants and Immigrants*
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Humans
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Korea
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Logistic Models
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Odds Ratio
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Personal Satisfaction*
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Social Discrimination*
3.Systematic Review of Extended Reality Digital Therapy for Enhancing Mental Health Among South Korean Adolescents and Young Adults
Serim LEE ; Jiyoung YOON ; Yeonjee CHO ; JongSerl CHUN
Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2023;34(4):204-214
Digital therapy using extended reality (XR) holds great promise for addressing the mental health needs of adolescents and young adults.This study addresses a notable research gap in South Korea by systematically reviewing XR-based digital therapy for the mental health of South Korean adolescents and young adults. We analyzed 26 studies encompassing various aspects, including study type, publication date, research field, research methodology, data sources, program types, program content, sample characteristics, target population, assessment tools, and program effectiveness. Notably, 46.15% of the studies employed an experimental design, whereas over 53% utilized non-experimental approaches. Experimental studies lacked a genuine design, standardized questionnaires, and control variables. Similarly, non-experimental studies failed to report specific literature selection criteria. Consequently, future studies should adopt rigorous methodologies to enhance reliability and validity. Moreover, over 85% of the 26 studies focused solely on virtual reality and did not incorporate augmented or mixed reality. This study identifies the limitations of the previous research. These findings emphasize the need for structured investigations to advance the development of XR-based digital therapy to promote mental health in adolescents and young adults in South Korea.
4.Internet Gaming Disorder and Mental Health Literacy: A Latent Profile Analysis of Korean Adolescents
Jiyoung YOON ; JongSerl CHUN ; Soo-Young BHANG
Psychiatry Investigation 2024;21(3):300-310
Objective:
This study identified latent subtypes of mental health literacy (MHL) for Internet gaming disorder (IGD) and explored their characteristics and differences in various factors in adolescents.
Methods:
This study analyzed secondary data from the 2019 Youth Smart Digital Media Survey and included data from 1,936 middle and high school students (14–18 years old). Thirteen items of the MHL questionnaire were used for latent profile analysis. We compared the characteristics and predictors of the identified types using various statistical analyses, including one-way ANOVA, chi-square test, and multinomial logistic regression.
Results:
We identified three subtypes of MHL for IGD in adolescents: “low perception-prefer informal resources,” “moderate perception-preferred resources unclear,” and “high perception-prefer professional resources.” Subtypes showed significant differences in sex, age, family affluence, e-learning time during weekdays, mental health risks, level of problematic smartphone use, and IGD. All variables except IGD predicted one or more latent types.
Conclusion
Practical interventions are required to improve IGD MHL, including customized prevention based on the differences between the three types.
5.Comparison of Spiritual Needs between Patients with Progressive Terminal Kidney Disease and Their Family Caregivers
Ye-Jean KIM ; Oknan CHOI ; Biro KIM ; Jiyoung CHUN ; Kyung-Ah KANG
Korean Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care 2020;23(1):27-38
Purpose:
The purpose of this study was to compare differences in spiritual needs (SNs) and factors influencing SNs between patients with progressive terminal kidney disease and their family caregivers.
Methods:
An explorative comparative survey was used to identify the SNs of patients (N=102) with progressive terminal kidney disease undergoing hemodialysis and their family caregivers (N=88) at a general hospital located in Seoul, South Korea. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, the chi-square test, the independent t-test, one way analysis of variance, the Scheffé test, and multiple regression with dummy variables.
Results:
The SNs among family caregivers were higher than in the patient group. SNs were higher among those who were religious in both groups. Loving others was the highest-ranked subdimension in the patient group, followed in descending order by maintaining positive perspective, finding meaning, Reevaluating beliefs and life, asking “why?”, receiving love and spiritual support, preparing for death, and relating to God. In the family group, the corresponding order was maintaining positive perspective, loving others, finding meaning, receiving love and spiritual support, preparing for death, relating to God, and asking “why?”. The factors that had a negative influence on the level of SNs were not being religious in the patient group and having only a middle school level of education in the family group.
Conclusion
The results of this study may serve as evidence that spiritual care for non-cancer patients’ family caregivers should be considered as an important part of hospice and palliative care.
6.Research trends related to childhood and adolescent cancer survivors in South Korea using word co-occurrence network analysis
Kyung-Ah KANG ; Sook Jung HAN ; Jiyoung CHUN ; Hyun-Yong KIM
Child Health Nursing Research 2021;27(3):201-210
Purpose:
This study analyzed research trends related to childhood and adolescent cancer survivors (CACS) using word co-occurrence network analysis on studies registered in the Korean Citation Index (KCI).
Methods:
This word co-occurrence network analysis study explored major research trends by constructing a network based on relationships between keywords (semantic morphemes) in the abstracts of published articles. Research articles published in the KCI over the past 10 years were collected using the Biblio Data Collector tool included in the NetMiner Program (version 4), using "cancer survivors", "adolescent", and "child" as the main search terms. After pre-processing, analyses were conducted on centrality (degree and eigenvector), cohesion (community), and topic modeling.
Results:
For centrality, the top 10 keywords included "treatment", "factor", "intervention", "group", "radiotherapy", "health", "risk", "measurement", "outcome", and "quality of life". In terms of cohesion and topic analysis, three categories were identified as the major research trends: "treatment and complications", "adaptation and support needs", and "management and quality of life".
Conclusion
The keywords from the three main categories reflected interdisciplinary identification. Many studies on adaptation and support needs were identified in our analysis of nursing literature. Further research on managing and evaluating the quality of life among CACS must also be conducted.
7.Successful Management of Severe Peripheral Tissue Ischemia after Arterial Catheterization in Micro Preemies using Humidification & Topical Nitroglycerin.
Yea Seul HAN ; Songyi SONG ; Tae Jung SUNG ; Jiyoung CHUN
Neonatal Medicine 2017;24(4):197-201
Micro preemies usually undergo arterial catheterization for frequent blood pressure monitoring and blood sampling. Peripheral tissue injury associated arterial catheterization is a well-described morbidity observed in neonates. Despite the potential permanent disability associated with this complication, the currently available therapeutic options remain limited. We report a unique case of a preterm infant who developed severe tissue ischemia after arterial catheterization of the radial artery and was successfully treated using extensive humidification and topical nitroglycerin ointment application over an extended period (36 days) until complete clinical recovery.
Blood Pressure Monitors
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Catheterization*
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Catheters*
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Humans
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Humidity
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Infant, Newborn
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Infant, Premature
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Ischemia*
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Nitroglycerin*
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Radial Artery
8.HIF-1alpha Upregulation due to Depletion of the Free Ubiquitin Pool.
Jiyoung KIM ; Daeho SO ; Hyun Woo SHIN ; Yang Sook CHUN ; Jong Wan PARK
Journal of Korean Medical Science 2015;30(10):1388-1395
Hypoxia-inducible factor 1alpha (HIF-1alpha), which transactivates a variety of hypoxia-induced genes, is rapidly degraded under nomoxia through the hydroxylation-ubiquitination-proteasome pathway. In this study, we addressed how HIF-1alpha is stabilized by proteasome inhibitors. The ubiquitin pool was rapidly reduced after proteasome inhibition, followed by the accumulation of non-ubiquitinated HIF-1alpha. The poly-ubiquitination of HIF-1alpha was resumed by restoration of free ubiquitin, which suggests that the HIF-1alpha stabilization under proteasome inhibition is attributed to depletion of the free ubiquitin pool. Ni2+ and Zn2+ also stabilized HIF-1alpha with depletion of the free ubiquitin pool and these effects of metal ions were attenuated by restoration of free ubiquitin. Ni2+ and Zn2+ may disturb the recycling of free ubiquitin, as MG132 does. Based on these results, the state of the ubiquitin pool seems to be another critical factor determining the cellular level of HIF-1alpha.
Cell Hypoxia/physiology
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Cell Line, Tumor
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HCT116 Cells
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HEK293 Cells
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Humans
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Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit/biosynthesis/*metabolism
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Leupeptins/pharmacology
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Nickel/chemistry
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Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex/*metabolism
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Proteasome Inhibitors/*pharmacology
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Ubiquitin/*metabolism
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Ubiquitination/*physiology
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Up-Regulation
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Zinc/chemistry
9.Liquid-Based Pap Smear Findings of Uterine Cervical Lymphoma: Three Cases Report.
Jiyoung KIM ; Hyesun KIM ; Sung Ran HONG ; Yi Kyeong CHUN ; Hy Sook KIM
Korean Journal of Pathology 2011;45(4):437-440
Malignant lymphoma of the uterine cervix is rarely diagnosed by cytology because it presents as a subepithelial mass. We report three cases of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma in the uterine cervix with a description of liquid-based pap smear (LBP) findings. All patients were presented with cervical masses, but a suspicion of malignant lymphoma was made in only one case by preoperative LBP. The LBP of two cases showed several atypical lymphoid cells in a clear background. The other case revealed numerous atypical lymphoid cells in a necrotic background. Most tumor cells had an increased N/C ratio, round but focally irregular nuclei, coarse chromatin, and prominent nucleoli. Nuclear blebing, dimpling, and multi-lobulation were also found. Diagnosis of malignant lymphoma by LBP is usually more difficult than by conventional techniques, because of a sparse numbers of cells and the lack of necrotic background. However, well preserved morphological features and a better resolution of nuclear details could be the benefits of LBP.
Cervix Uteri
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Chromatin
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Female
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Humans
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Lymphocytes
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Lymphoma
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Lymphoma, B-Cell
10.Urine biomarkers for monitoring acute kidney injury in premature infants
Yo Han AHN ; Juyoung LEE ; Jiyoung CHUN ; Yong Hoon JUN ; Tae-Jung SUNG
Kidney Research and Clinical Practice 2020;39(3):284-294
Background:
Premature infants are at high risk for acute kidney injury (AKI). Serum creatinine (Cr) has limitations for evaluating kidney function in premature infants. We evaluated whether urine biomarkers could be used to monitor AKI in premature infants.
Methods:
A prospective cohort study was conducted among infants born at < 37 weeks. Urine biomarkers and serum Cr were measured on postnatal days 1, 3, 5, 7, 10, and 14. Infants were divided into 3 groups according to gestational age (GA); < 28, 28 to < 32 and 32 to < 37 weeks.
Results:
AKI occurred in 17 of 83 (20.5%) recruited infants at a median age of 7 (interquartile range 5–10) days. While the most common cause of AKI was hemodynamically significant patent ductus arteriosus (53.8%) in infants of GA < 28 weeks, necrotizing enterocolitis was the leading cause (50.0%) in infants of GA 28 to < 32 weeks. Urinary levels of neutrophil-gelatinase-associated lipocalin/Cr were higher and epidermal growth factor/Cr were lower in AKI group before the onset of AKI in infants of GA < 28 weeks. In infants of GA 28 to < 32 weeks, urinary interleukin-8/Cr levels were higher in AKI group at approximately the time of AKI onset.
Conclusion
Several urine biomarkers were significantly different between AKI and no AKI groups, and some had changed before the onset of AKI. These groups were distinct according to causative factors of AKI and GA. Urine biomarkers could be useful for monitoring the development of AKI in premature infants.