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This study was performed to compare nutrient intake, bone density, total cholesterol and blood glucose in women who lived in Taegu city. The number of subjects participated in the study was 89 and they were classified into 3 groups by age. 30.3% of the subject were in their 20~34 years of age, 37.1% were in their 35~49 years of age and 32.6% were above fifty. A dietary record method was used to assess the nutritional intake of subjects. Anthropometric measurement such as body weight, height and WHR, and blood pressure, blood glucose, cholesterol and BMD were measured. The results were as follows, mean weight, WHR, SBP, and blood glucose and total cholesterol of the subjects above 50 years old were significantly higher than those of 20~49 years of age(p<0.05). Mean bone density in calcaneus of subjects aged above fifty was lower than those of under 49 years of age(p<0.05). Weight, BMI, waist circumference, WHR and SBP were positively correlated with age(p<0.01). WHR and body fat were positively correlated with BMI(p<0.01). Waist circumference was positively correlated with SBP(p<0.01). Bone mineral density was negatively correlated with age and SBP(p<0.01). Also BMD was positively correlated with weight(p<0.05). Energy intakes was positively correlated with bone mineral density(p<0.05). Fat intakes was negatively correlated with SBP and blood glucose(p<0.05). Calcium intakes was negatively correlated with SBP(p<0.05). Ca/P ratio was negatively correlated with age(p<0.05) and WHR(p<0.01). Zinc intakes was negatively correlated with SBP and blood glucose(p<0.05). From the findings, it is suggested that the women after menopause keep the optimum body weight and good eating habits. Especially intake of good quality protein, calcium and carbohydrate seemed to be important.
Adipose Tissue ; Blood Glucose* ; Blood Pressure ; Body Weight ; Bone Density* ; Calcaneus ; Calcium ; Cholesterol* ; Daegu* ; Diet Records ; Eating ; Female ; Humans ; Menopause ; Middle Aged ; Waist Circumference ; Zinc

We measured the blood flow velocity of the anterior cerebral artery via anterior fontanelle approach of fifty five preterm neonates with duplex Doppler sonography and analyzed the waveform and calculated pulsatility index were increased with increasing gestational age, birth weight, and age of the neonate, but resistive indices decreased. In sick babies, characteristic resistive index increment were seen in patients with intraventricular hemorrhage, but no statistical difference was seen in patients with respiratory distress syndrome. Our results suggest that duplex Doppler sonography is a use ful noninvasive means of monitoring cerebrohemodynamics in normal pretem neonates and flow change of sick babies.
Infant ; Male ; Female ; Infant, Newborn ; Humans

PURPOSE: To describe the MR findings for the three phases of eosinophilic granuloma, as defined by Mirra 'sconventional radiographic criteria. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Eighteen lesions in 14 patients with proveneosinophilic granuloma were retrospectively analyzed. Among this total, three vertebral lesions were excluded,and the remaining is were classified as early, middle, or late phase on the basis of Mirra's radiographiccriteria. For each phase, we compared MR findings with regard to signal intensity, homogeneity, contrastenhancement, perilesional marrow edema, and soft tissue change. For the three vertebral lesions excluded becausethe application of radiographic criteria was difficult, MR findings for paravertebral soft tissue reaction anddegree of cord compression were compared. RESULTS: Of the fifteen cases classified, eight were early phase, fivewere mid phase, and two were late phase. During each phase, all lesions except one, as seen on T1-weightedimages(T1W1), showed iso-signal intensity. On T2WI, all lesions showed high signal intensity. Contrast studydemonstrated marked contrast enhancement. Thus, no remarkable differences were found in the signal intensitydegree of contrast enhancement of each phase. With regard to heterogeneity, this was demonstrated in most earlyphase lesions, reflecting necrosis and hemorrhage of those lesions. Soft tissue swelling was more severe duringthe early phase than the mid or late phase, but marrow edema was similar in each of the three phase. One of threepatients with vertebra plana showed para-vertebral soft tissue swelling and cord compression, but this was notseen in the two other cases. CONCLUSION: For evalvating the extent of eosinophilic granuloma and its relationshipwith surrounding structures, MRI was superior to conventional radiography. During the early phase of the disease,lesions showed greater inhomogeneity and more aggressive soft tissue reaction than during the mid and late phase.The use of MRI for the evalvation of eosinophilic granuloma can help decide a therapeutic plan of action andfollow up evaluation.
Bone Marrow ; Edema ; Eosinophilic Granuloma* ; Eosinophils* ; Granuloma ; Hemorrhage ; Histiocytosis ; Humans ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Necrosis ; Population Characteristics ; Radiography ; Retrospective Studies ; Spine

OBJECTIVES: The purposes of this study were to investigate depressive symptoms among married women and to their understand depression through social and interpersonal factors. METHODS: The subjects were consisted of 632 married women who lived in 00 city. They completed the Beck Depression Inventory, Marital Global Distress Scale, Dissatisfaction with Children Scale, and Conflict-coping Method Scale. Descriptive statistics, correlation, chi2-test, ANOVA, step-wise regression, and hierarchical regression were applied to analyze the data. RESULTS: ANOVA analysis showed the differences in education, income, experience of abuse, parent-in-law relationship, marital global distress, dissatisfaction with children, rational coping, emotion/action-expression coping, and avoidant coping among the non-depressive group, mildly depressive group, and depressive group. Step-wise regression showed that the variance of the current depressive symptoms was accounted for by marital global distress, dissatisfaction with children, avoidance coping method, and satisfaction with parent-in-law (total account=36.1%). It was found that the rational coping method and avoidance coping method significantly mediated the relationship between the satisfaction with family relation and depressive symptoms. CONCLUSION: Therapeutic interventions for the married women experiencing depressive symptoms showed include their marital relationship. Based on the finding that the conflict coping methods mediated the association between the depressive symptoms and the family relation satisfaction, the effective conflict coping skills or social problem solving skills should be included in the interventions for married women.
Adaptation, Psychological ; Child ; Depression* ; Education ; Family Relations* ; Female ; Humans ; Marriage ; Social Problems

OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to identify the prevalence of risk factors related to Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM). METHODS:We retrospectively analyzed medical records of 1,091 pregnant women who had a 50 g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) at performed at the department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chungbuk National University Hospital from June, 1999 to March, 2006. The 1-hour plasma glucose level higher than 140 mg/dL was considered as a positive screening result. Patients with positive results underwent a 100 g OGTT as the diagnostic test for GDM, and more than 2 positive results were diagnosed as GDM, according to the American National Diabetes Data Group (NDDG) guideline. We investigated age, prevalence of obesity, weight gain, history of fetal anomaly, fetal death in uterus (FDIU), macrosomia, preeclampsia, GDM and familial history of diabetes mellitus, as the risk factors of GDM. RESULTS:Elderly gravida, history of FDIU, perinatal death, preeclampsia, and GDM, familial history of diabetes mellitus were the risk factors of GDM and macrosomia to a statistically significant degree. We found out that BMI and 50 g OGTT results were increased in GDM group. However, there was a pregnant woman with no risk factors who had been diagnosed with GDM. CONCLUSION : Although the pregnant women with risk factors should be managed carefully to detect GDM, we also suggest all pregnant women to take screening test even if they have no risk factors, to improve pregnancy outcomes by detecting and treating unexpected GDM early in pregnancy.
Blood Glucose ; Chungcheongbuk-do ; Diabetes Mellitus ; Diabetes, Gestational* ; Diagnostic Tests, Routine ; Female ; Fetal Death ; Glucose Tolerance Test ; Gynecology ; Humans ; Mass Screening ; Medical Records ; Obesity ; Obstetrics ; Pre-Eclampsia ; Pregnancy ; Pregnancy Outcome ; Pregnant Women ; Prevalence ; Retrospective Studies ; Risk Factors* ; Uterus ; Weight Gain

Breakfast is an important factor for health status of people. This study was carried out to investigate the dietary life related to breakfast of workers and to develope some nutritional convenient diets for the workers. The collected data were consisted of items about general characteristics of the subjects, breakfast pattern, factors affecting on breakfast and opinions on convenient foods. The subjects were classified into labor workers (n = 202) and office workers (n = 227) aged from twenties to fifties. The rate of skipping breakfast in workers was 31.5% and higher according to the increase of age. Their favorite style of breakfast was mostly Korean traditional diets, but only 38.1% of the subjects had cooked rice as breakfast. The main reason for skipping breakfast was that they had no time for it. But 65.4% of total workers had experiences of using convenience diets. They had these kinds of diets because of convenience. These results suggest that recipe development of convenient breakfast is very important for the good dietary life of the workers.
Breakfast* ; Daegu* ; Diet

In 2008, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) estimated that about 430,000 children worldwide became infected with HIV, mostly through mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) during pregnancy, labor, delivery, or breast-feeding. The MTCT prevention program proved to be feasible and effective in reduction of perinatal HIV transmission. Three babies born from HIV-infected mothers were admitted to the National Medical Center in 2009. Only two women received antiretroviral (ARV) therapy during pregnancy, labor, and after delivery, and their infants received zidovudine (AZT) for 6 weeks. The outcome, after a follow-up period of 4 months to 16 months, was favorable in all patients. Thus, we emphasize the need for expansion of antenatal HIV screening of pregnant women, implemented for early HIV diagnosis and effective ARV therapy for reduction of perinatal HIV transmission.
Child ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; HIV ; Humans ; Infant ; Joints ; Mass Screening ; Mothers ; Pregnancy ; Pregnant Women ; United Nations ; Zidovudine

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study to develop a fringed fall prevention program based on King's goal attainment theory and education. This study is applied to the personal, interpersonal, and social systems of fall high-risk patients to test its effects. METHODS: This study was a nonequivalent control group pre- and post-test design. There were 52 fall high-risk patients in the experimental group and 45 in the control group. The experimental group received six sessions, with the group sessions lasting 60 minutes and the individual sessions lasting 20~30 minutes. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, an χ2-test, a paired sample t-test, and a Wilcoxon signed-ranks test utilizing IBM SPSS software. RESULTS: For the 3-month intervention period, the fall prevention program was found to be particularly effective for patients in the experimental group (from 3.38 to 1.69 per 1000 patient days; p=.044), as opposed to the control group (from 1.94 to 1.49 per 1000 patient days; p=.300). For the 6-month follow up period, the fall prevention program was again found to be effective for patients in the experimental group (from 3.26 to 0.76 per 1000 patient days; p=.049) compared to the control group (from 1.98 to 1.01 per 1000 patient days; p=.368). CONCLUSION: These results indicate that the fringed fall prevention program is very effective in reducing falls, not only during the intervention period, but also after the intervention period has ended. We can therefore recommend this program for use concerning fall high-risk patients in long-term care hospitals.
Accidental Falls ; Aged ; Education ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Long-Term Care

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study to develop a fringed fall prevention program based on King's goal attainment theory and education. This study is applied to the personal, interpersonal, and social systems of fall high-risk patients to test its effects. METHODS: This study was a nonequivalent control group pre- and post-test design. There were 52 fall high-risk patients in the experimental group and 45 in the control group. The experimental group received six sessions, with the group sessions lasting 60 minutes and the individual sessions lasting 20~30 minutes. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, an χ2-test, a paired sample t-test, and a Wilcoxon signed-ranks test utilizing IBM SPSS software. RESULTS: For the 3-month intervention period, the fall prevention program was found to be particularly effective for patients in the experimental group (from 3.38 to 1.69 per 1000 patient days; p=.044), as opposed to the control group (from 1.94 to 1.49 per 1000 patient days; p=.300). For the 6-month follow up period, the fall prevention program was again found to be effective for patients in the experimental group (from 3.26 to 0.76 per 1000 patient days; p=.049) compared to the control group (from 1.98 to 1.01 per 1000 patient days; p=.368). CONCLUSION These resultsindicate that the fringed fall prevention program is very effective in reducing falls, not only during the intervention period, but also after the intervention period has ended. We can therefore recommend this program for use concerning fall high-risk patients in long-term care hospitals.