No abstract available.
Low Back Pain*

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to identify turnover intentions in part-time workers with psychiatric disabilities. METHODS: Participants were 146 part-time workers with mentally disabilities living in B-city and Y-city. The data were collected from October 15 to December 22, 2014 using self-report questionnaires which included measures of turnover intentions, working environment, job satisfaction, social support, family support and internalized stigma. For data analysis descriptive statistics, chi2-test, t-test, Pearson correlation coefficients, hierarchial multiple regression analysis were performed using SPSS/WIN 18.0. RESULTS: The average score for turnover intention was 3.1+/-0.7. Turnover intention was related to job satisfaction and case management satisfaction. The predicting factors for turnover intention were job satisfaction, case management satisfaction, male gender, monthly pay and number of disabled workers. These factors explained 82% of turnover intention. CONCLUSION: Based on the outcomes of this study, it is necessary to design an intervention program that emphasizes case management and job satisfaction in order to decrease turnover intentions of part-time workers with mentally disabilities.
Case Management ; Humans ; Intention* ; Job Satisfaction ; Male ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Statistics as Topic

PURPOSE: This study aims at identifying individual- and school-level factors associated with unintentional injuries to Korean adolescents at school by applying multilevel modeling. METHODS: From the database of the eleventh Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey (KYRBS), the researchers selected 68,043 adolescents from the 7(th) to the 12(th) grades. Data were analyzed using χ² test for prevalence and multilevel modeling for related factors of unintentional injuries at school. RESULTS: About 22.9 percent of the adolescents had treatment experiences for unintentional injuries at school in the past 12 months. At the individual level, the significant factors associated with unintentional injuries at school included gender, grade, academic achievement, current smoking, alcohol consumption, frequency of high caffeine intake, depression, and relief of fatigue after sleep. At the group level, the significant factors included number of physical education per week and safety education. CONCLUSION: School based injury prevention programs should be sensitive to both individual- and school-level factors associated with unintentional injury at school among Korean adolescents.
Adolescent* ; Alcohol Drinking ; Caffeine ; Depression ; Education ; Fatigue ; Humans ; Korea ; Multilevel Analysis ; Physical Education and Training ; Prevalence ; Risk-Taking ; Smoke ; Smoking

PURPOSE: This study aimed to compare health risk behaviors among adolescents according to whether or not the parents were born in South Korea. METHODS: From the database of the ninth Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey (KYRBS), the researchers classify adolescents into four groups: those whose parents were both native Korean, those whose mother only was a native Korean, those whose father only was a native Korean, and those whose parents were both foreign-born. Data were analyzed using chi2-test and multiple logistic regression with the SPSS/WIN 18.0 program. RESULTS: The adolescents with a foreign-born mother were less likely to smoke and drink alcohol than those with native Korean parents, but for other health risk behaviors the two groups were similar to each other. The adolescents with a foreign-born father were at a greater risk of drug use, intercourse, depression and violence at school than those with native Korean parents. The adolescents whose parents were born abroad were at a greater risk of smoking, drug use, intercourse, depression, suicidal ideation and violence at school than those with native Korean parents. CONCLUSION: Health promotion approaches differentiated by the type of multi-cultural family are needed in order to improve multi-cultural adolescents' health.
Adolescent* ; Cultural Diversity ; Depression ; Emigrants and Immigrants ; Fathers ; Health Behavior ; Health Promotion ; Humans ; Korea ; Logistic Models ; Mothers ; Parents ; Risk-Taking* ; Smoke ; Smoking ; Suicidal Ideation ; Violence

PURPOSE: This study is a descriptive research study to develop the Nurse's Humor Questionnaire, and then analyze humor's appreciation and use by Korean nurses. METHOD: The three stages used to develop the questionnaire were to make a conceptual framework, make an open questionnaire through the 2nd preliminary inquiry, and make a structured questionnaire based on collected statements through the developed open questionnaire. The subjects that carried out completely a structured questionnaire were 337 nurses. RESULT: 1) The final developed questionnaire consists of 6 domains and 67 items. The reliability of 'When feeling humor's expression'( =0.7079), 'The barrier factors of humor's use'( =0.7895), and 'Humor's values'( =0.8336) was high. 2) The results related to Humor's values of nurses that showed significant differences were as follow: (1) age, marital status, and current position (2)a negative correlation between stress and humor's values (3) humor's sources: daily life and conversation (4) frequency of used humor (5) types of used humor: word humor, imitation, adequate situation and technical terms, and (6) when using humor's expression: tense atmosphere, awkward atmosphere and adequate situation. CONCLUSION: The developed tool can be used for understanding nurse's humor. This will help to develop the humor program as a nursing intervention for health promotion.
Atmosphere ; Health Promotion ; Marital Status ; Nursing ; Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation ; Surveys and Questionnaires

Purpose: This study was conducted to identify the predictors of falls according to the fall risk level in general hospital inpatients. Methods: Data were extracted from electronic medical records from January 2017 to December 2019. This study included 170 fallers and 340 non-fallers, who were matched for gender, age, clinical department, and length of stay before falls among inpatients aged 18 years and over. The collected data were analyzed with the x2 test, Fisher exact test, independent t-test, and logistic regression analysis using SPSS for Windows version 24.0. Results: In the low-risk group, defecation disorder (odds ratio [OR]=12.49, 95% confidence interval [CI]=1.16~134.33, p=.037) and laxative use (OR=9.62, 95% CI=2.14~43.22, p=.003) were statistically significant risk factors for falls. In the medium-risk group, disorientation (OR=2.40, 95% CI=1.11~5.19, p=.026) was a statistically significant risk factor for falls. In the high-risk group, disorientation (OR=12.54, 95% CI=1.39~113.26, p=.024) and hypoglycemic agent use (OR=5.39, 95% CI=1.58~18.44, p=.007) were statistically significant risk factors for falls. Conclusion The results of this study show that risk factors for falls differed among the fall risk groups. It is necessary to use fall prevention strategies tailored to fall risk groups and fall risk assessment tools that have been revised accordingly.

Purpose: This study investigated the effects of abdominal meridian massage on abdominal distention, abdominal pain, and bowel motility recovery after sedated colonoscopy. Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted from July 29, 2019 to September 10, 2019. Participants who underwent sedated colonoscopy at a general hospital in B city were assigned to experimental and control groups (n=27 each). The experimental group received abdominal meridian massage for 10 minutes at five acupoints (cheonchu, jungwan, gwanwon, gihae, daehoeng) post-colonoscopy. As outcomes, abdominal distention (subjective sensation of abdominal bloating and abdominal circumference), abdominal pain, and recovery of bowel movement (time of return of bowel sounds and passing gas post-colonoscopy) were measured. Data were analyzed using the independent t-test, x2 test, Fisher's exact test, analysis of covariance (ANCOVA), and repeated-measures ANCOVA using SPSS for Windows version 25.0. Results: Statistically significant between-group differences were found for subjective sensation of abdominal bloating (F=3.89, p<.024), abdominal circumference (F=11.05, p<.001), time of return of bowel sounds (x2=33.40, p<.001) and passing gas (x2=32.88, p<.001), but not abdominal pain. Conclusion Abdominal meridian massage reduced abdominal distention and was effective for the early return of bowel function. Therefore, abdominal meridian massage can be used as a nursing intervention for relieving abdominal discomfort post-colonoscopy.

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Animals ; Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System* ; Cytochromes* ; Gene Expression* ; Mice*

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to investigate factors associated with the intention to quit smoking in community-dwelling elderly smokers. METHODS: From the database of the Fourth Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES-IV), the researchers selected 448 elderly smokers over the age of 65. Data were analyzed with the chi2 test and multiple logistic regression using the SPSS/WIN 18.0 program. RESULTS: Of the respondents, 45.5% intended to quit. The factors associated with the intention to quit were relative youth, having limit of activity day living and having past attempts to quit. CONCLUSION: Population-based smoking cessation programs, especially those targeted at the elderly, should take these predictors into consideration in the design of interventions.
Adolescent ; Aged ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Humans ; Intention ; Logistic Models ; Nutrition Surveys ; Smoke ; Smoking ; Smoking Cessation

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Humans