A clinical and histologic survey was done on 71 cases of basal cel carcinoma(BCC) filed at Department of Clinical Fathology, Kang Nam, Han Kang, and Kang Dong Sacred Heart Hospital during past 13 year s from 1979 to 1991. The results were summerized as follows: 1. Of all malignant skin tumors BCC accounted for 31.6%. The frequency of BCC in the total number of outpatients visiting the Department of Dermatology was 0.06%. 2. The ratio of men to women with HCC was 1:1.03. 83.8% of the pat.ients with BCC were older than the age of l0 years with the mean age of 56.9 years. 3. 83.8% of the BCC appared in the face, especially on the nose(25.4%), eyelid(20.3%). 4. On the basis of classification of Lever et al, the solid type(66.7% ) was the most com mon histologic pattern, followed by the adenoid(8.8%), pigmented(8.8%), and etc. By the classification of Farmer et al, the nodulocystic type(35.1% ) was the most common histologic pattern followed by infiltrative(31.6%), adenoid(8.8%), pigmented(8.8%), and etc. By the classification on Sexton et al, in the order of decreasing frequency, liistologic subtypes were the nodular(43.9%), mixed (22.8%), infiltrative(19.3%), supeficial(3.5%), morpheic(3.5%), and micronodular(3.5%).
Carcinoma, Basal Cell* ; Classification ; Dermatology ; Female ; Heart ; Humans ; Male ; Outpatients ; Skin

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to understand the meaning of experiences in home visiting nursing service among the elderly in community provided by nursing students. METHOD: This is a phenomenological study to investigate the experience of community-based patients. Data were collected through in-depth interviews from the 4th of March to the 15th of December 2003. Individual interviews were conducted with 8 patients on subjective experiences. Data were analyzed through Colaizzi's method, in which meaningful statements were extracted. RESULT: Four categories were identified from nine theme clusters. The four categories were 'thankfulness', 'dependence', 'sorrowfulness' and 'the sense of being'. CONCLUSION: These results show the importance of visiting nursing service for the elderly in community.
Aged* ; House Calls* ; Humans ; Life Change Events ; Nursing Services* ; Qualitative Research ; Students, Nursing

No abstract available.
Urinary Tract Infections* ; Urinary Tract*

PURPOSE: The purpose of this research was to determine the effects of a safety management program on safety accident-related knowledge, attitude and behavior of elementary school students in Korea. METHODS: This study adopted nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest design. The number of subjects was 34 in the experimental group and 31 in the control group. The safety management program was performed for approximately 50 minutes each session, once a week for 8 weeks. Data were collected from March 14th to June 23th, 2006, and analyzed by chi2 test and independent t-test with SPSS WIN 16.0. RESULTS: There were statistically significant differences in safety-related knowledge (t=3.010, p=.006) and behavior (t=18.833, p=.001) between the experimental group and the control group. The score of attitude was different between the experimental group and the control group but the difference was not statistically significant. CONCLUSION: The safety management program used in this study was appropriate for elemental school students and affected safety-related knowledge and behavior of elementary school students. Therefore safety education should be provided systematically for elementary schools over the whole country.
Accident Prevention ; Education ; Humans ; Korea* ; Safety Management*

OBJECTIVE: Diurnal preference is an attribute reflecting whether people are alert and preferring to be active either early or late in the day. It also referred to as chronotype or morningness-eveningness trait. The PER3 genes have been known to influence diurnal preference. In this study, we have investigated the associations between the PER3 gene polymorphisms and diurnal preference in a healthy young population, controlling for the social and environmental confounding factors. METHODS: The participants in this experiment included 299 unrelated medical college students (M=191, F=108), with a mean age of 22.9 years. Diurnal preference was measured by a single administration of the 13-item Composite Scale for Morningness (CSM). Genotyping of the PER3 VNTR (rs57875989) was performed using polymerase chain reaction. A two-tailed alpha of 0.05 was chosen. RESULTS: The mean+/-SD score on the CSM scale for all subjects was 31.90+/-6.39. There was no significant difference in total CSM score between gender groups, although females showed a trend towards higher morningness score. Although PER3 5R/5R showed the tendency towards high CSM scores, there were no significant differences on CSM scores among genotypes and allele status of PER3 VNTR (rs57875989). CONCLUSIONS: We could not confirm that the PER3 VNTR is associated with diurnal preference in a Korean healthy young population. The future studies need to investigate the association between diurnal preference and other polymorphisms of PER3 gene in larger sample of Korean young healthy population.
Alleles ; Female ; Genotype ; Humans ; Polymerase Chain Reaction

Behavior-modification approaches are among the most widely used methods for losing weight. The most important concern in these approaches is that the client is helped to achieve long-term weight loss. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of nutritional counseling for weight reduction in office workers. Sixteen overweight office workers (BMI=25.8+/-.5 age=34.1+/-.0) were selected from Poscohuls. Prior to nutritional counseling, their dietary intakes were assessed using the 24-hour recall method, and survey questionnaires for lifestyle and dietary habits were collected. Nutrient intakes were calculated using the Food Processor II program modified for Korean foods. Nutritional counseling sessions were conducted every 2-3 weeks for 5 months. Various techniques tailored to the individual participants were used to facilitate weight loss. After 5 to 6 counseling sessions, questionnaires for lifestyle and dietary habits were re-evaluated. Daily energy intake showed great individual differences. The energy intake of every client decreased by about 15% (p=0.08). Fat consumption was lowered by 39.3%, but consumption of carbohydrate and protein was not changed. The common dietary and lifestyles problems were overeating, binges, dinning out, snacking, and drinking alcohol. Before counseling began, clients ate out an average of 2.8 times per week, and they ate high-fat foods such as belly pork. After counseling, they consumed low-fat dishes such as fish and lean meat in fewer dinning-out sessions. Also, the number of binges decreased slightly, and clients consumed smaller meals. Similar changes occurred with respect to the consumption of alcohol. During the counseling sessions, 25 percent of clients lost weight by approximately 2kg, while 75 percent maintained their weight. In conclusion, multiple nutritional counseling sessions are an effective and efficient approach to change eating pattern to keep losing weight. Furthermore, through multiple nutritional counseling sessions, clients can gain good dietary habits and learn to control their weight through behavior modification. However, clients need to have patience and trust to lose weight since it takes longer periods to show losing weight multiple nutritional counseling sessions.
Behavior Therapy* ; Counseling* ; Drinking ; Eating ; Energy Intake ; Food Habits ; Hyperphagia ; Individuality ; Life Style ; Meals ; Meat ; Overweight ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Snacks ; Weight Loss

Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) lymphadenitis is the most common complication of BCG vaccination. It commonly occurs in infants aged <6 months involving ipsilateral axillary lymph nodes. We described BCG lymphadenitis in a 22-month-old boy presenting swelling of left supraclavicular lymph node that was confirmed by real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and the multiplex PCR targeting the region of difference (RD).
Humans ; Infant ; Lymph Nodes ; Lymphadenitis* ; Male ; Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Mycobacterium bovis* ; Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Vaccination*

No abstract available.
DNA* ; Humans* ; Papilloma* ; Respiratory System*

We report two cases of multiple neurilemmomas occured in a 17-year-old female and in a 76-year-old male. Both cases were histopathologically confirmed as neurilemmoma and immunohistochemical study showed S-100 protein in the tumor cells of case 1.
Adolescent ; Aged ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Neurilemmoma* ; S100 Proteins

We report two cases of multiple neurilemmomas occured in a 17-year-old female and in a 76-year-old male. Both cases were histopathologically confirmed as neurilemmoma and immunohistochemical study showed S-100 protein in the tumor cells of case 1.
Adolescent ; Aged ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Neurilemmoma* ; S100 Proteins