BACKGROUND: Approxinately 30%-70% of patients hospitalized receive intravenous(IV) therapy[l-4], It is generally believed that many hospitalized patients experienced IV therapy related complications-including infiltration(swelling), phlebitis, pain, suppurative phlebitis and bacterernia. These complications may be critical to ill children in the hopsital. This study was done to assess the IV therapy related complications and characteristics od the phlebitis of the hospitalized children. METHODS: We collected date prospectively from December 8, 1994 to December 14 at the tertiary care hospital in Seoul. The subhects of this study were children who got new IV catheters during that period. RESULTS: There were 306 new cases(176 children) that got IV therapy and which meant 63.8 per 100 discharge patients. Male(62.8%), pediatric surgery patients(70.6%) were more than female(37.2%) and pediatrucs(28.4%) respectively. The usually used IV sites were the upper extermities(71.3%). Among various purposes of IV therapy, the most common was to administer drugs(74.2%) including antibiotics, and next was to keep vein open (41.2%). By the way, 172 cases(56.3%) had IV related complications and 14 resulted in phlebitis. The most common IV related complication of hospitalized children was swelling(35.1%). The incidence of IV related complication of hospitalized children was swelling(35.1%). The incidence of IV phlebits was higher in pediaterics than in pediatrid surgery (P<0.05), over 12 years old than under that aged patients (P<0.01). CONCLUSION: This study revealed that many hospitalized children experienced the IV related complications. In order to decrease the IV related complications, reduce the incidence and thorough care is recommanded.
Anti-Bacterial Agents ; Catheters ; Child* ; Child, Hospitalized ; Humans ; Incidence ; Phlebitis ; Prospective Studies ; Seoul ; Tertiary Healthcare ; Veins

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Antiviral Agents/*administration & dosage/therapeutic use ; Drug Therapy, Combination ; Genotype ; Hepacivirus/genetics ; Hepatitis C, Chronic/*drug therapy ; Humans ; Interferon Alfa-2a/administration & dosage/therapeutic use ; Interferon Alfa-2b/administration & dosage/therapeutic use ; Polyethylene Glycols/administration & dosage/therapeutic use ; Ribavirin/administration & dosage/therapeutic use ; Time Factors ; Treatment Outcome

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to analyse the level of sexual function among breast cancer survivors as compared with that among healthy women. METHOD: A total of 208 women participated in this study: 103 breast cancer survivors attending self-help group and 105 community-residing healthy women in G city. A self-reported questionnaire with the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) was used to obtain data. Data were analyzed using the SPSS Win 14.0 K+ for descriptive statistics, t-test, and two-way ANOVA. RESULTS: The sexual function score of breast cancer survivors was significantly lower than that of healthy women, respectively 14.9+/-9.9 and 20.6+/-11.1 (p<0.001). The sexual function of recurrent breast cancer survivors was significantly lower than that of women without recurrence. However, there were no significant differences in the sexual function score according to the cancer stage, period since diagnosis, and types of cancer treatment modality. CONCLUSION: The findings indicate the importance of sex-related counseling and educational programs to improve the quality of life of breast cancer survivors.
Breast ; Breast Neoplasms ; Counseling ; Female ; Humans ; Quality of Life ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Recurrence ; Self-Help Groups ; Survivors

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Esophagus* ; Melanoma*

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Biological Markers/*blood ; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/*diagnosis ; Humans ; Liver Neoplasms/*diagnosis ; Protein Precursors/*blood ; Prothrombin ; Tumor Markers, Biological/*blood

BACKGROUND: This was concerned with outbreak investigation of the epidemic keratoconjunctivitis (EKC) which occurred from April to May 1996 in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of Seoul National University Hospital in Seoul, Korea. METHOD: We defined the cases by the clinical signs and symptoms and investigated the possible risk factors of this outbreak by case-control analysis. RESULTS: The number of total cases were 17, including neonates (10 cases) and health care workers (7 cases), The index case was thought to be infected by his family, while the other cases may have been transmitted through contact with nurses who cared for or fed the index case. There were no statistically significant differences between case and non-case (control) neonates. However, for nurses, the total amounts of time spent working in the hospital and in the NICU were identified as significant factors. And the incidence of EKC was higher in the nurses who contacted neonates with EKC more frequently. CONCLUSION: According to our contact precautions, we enforced cohort isolation and emphasized strict hand washing and aseptic technique to the health care workers. All of the equipment, especially eye dips used by the cases, was disinfected or sterilized. Fortunately this outbreak ended after about one week when we recognized and started to investigate this outbreak.
Case-Control Studies ; Cohort Studies ; Delivery of Health Care ; Hand Disinfection ; Humans ; Incidence ; Infant, Newborn ; Intensive Care, Neonatal* ; Keratoconjunctivitis* ; Korea ; Risk Factors ; Seoul

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Ear* ; Pilomatrixoma*

PURPOSE: This study was designed to investigate the difference of oral mucositis in hospitalized cancer patients receiving chemotherapy according to characteristics. METHODS: Data were collected from March 1 to April 25 2012 using questionnaires, and the participants were 177. The Oral Assessment Guide (OAG) by observation and The Oral Mucositis Daily Questionnaire (OMDQ) by self-report were used to measure oral mucositis. The data were analyzed using SPSS 18.0. RESULTS: Moderate to severe oral mucositis measured by OAG observation were 94.9% in hospitalized cancer patients receiving chemotherapy, frequently complaints of mouth and throat soreness measured by OMDQ was 42.4%, and intensity of mouth and throat soreness measured by OMDQ was 0.65 out of 10. There were statistically significant differences in the prevalence of oral mucositis according to nutrition state, frequency of chemotherapy, experience of oral examination, combination treatment, and number of chemotherapeutic agents. CONCLUSION: Many hospitalized cancer patients receiving chemotherapy experienced oral mucositis. Cancer patients receiving chemotherapy with poor nutritional status, more frequent chemotherapy and combination treatments should have a more meticulous oral care. So there needs to be an appropriate assessment tool and prevention protocol for oral mucositis that considers related factors.
Diagnosis, Oral ; Humans ; Mouth ; Nutritional Status ; Pharynx ; Prevalence ; Stomatitis ; Surveys and Questionnaires

PURPOSE: This study aimed to investigate the predictive validity of three versions of the Postpartum Depression Predictors Inventory-Revised (PDPI-R) in Korea. METHODS: A descriptive cross-sectional design with a self-administered questionnaire, including 43 items of the PDPI-R, using the Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale as the gold standard was used. Data were collected from 316 women within 6 weeks after childbirth in Busan, Korea, from August to November 2010. RESULTS: The postpartum depression and postpartum depressive symptom (PDS) rate was 22.5%. The area under the curve of the receiver operating characteristic curve was .882 for the prenatal version of the PDPI-R and .927 for the full version. The sensitivity and specificity were 87.3% and 85.1%, respectively, at a cutoff point of 9.5 for the full version, and 91.5% and 66.1%, respectively, at a cutoff point of 5.5 for the prenatal version. The Hosmer-Lemeshow goodness-of-fit statistics was 3.554 (p = .829) for the prenatal version and 8.305 (p = .404) for the full version; this showed a good degree of correspondence between the estimated and observed probabilities of PDS. By age, education, and socioeconomic groups, the discrimination and calibration were generally good for both the prenatal and full versions. CONCLUSION: The PDPI-R showed good predictive validity among women in Korea. It is recommended that the prenatal version of the PDPI-R be used to predict PDS for pregnant women and the full version of the PDPI-R be used for women during the postpartum period.
Calibration ; Depression ; Depression, Postpartum ; Discrimination (Psychology) ; Female ; Humans ; Korea ; Parturition ; Postpartum Period ; Predictive Value of Tests ; Pregnant Women ; ROC Curve ; Sensitivity and Specificity ; Surveys and Questionnaires

PURPOSE: The objective of this study was to analyze effect size of the intervention studies for posttraumatic growth in patients with cancer. METHODS: A total of 871 studies published between 2000 and 2014 were identified by searching Ovid-Medline, CINAHL, PubMed, Scopus, PsycARTICLES, Cochrane library, RISS, and KISS. 15 studies were selected for inclusion in the meta-analysis. Data were analyzed using the Comprehensive Meta-Analysis (CMA) Ver. 3 program and the effect sizes were shown using Hedges's g score. RESULTS: Intervention studies included 5 studies on Cognitive Behavioral Stress Management (CBSM), 4 studies for Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), 2 studies for couple-based intervention, and 1 study each for health coaching, building resilience, yoga and painting intervention. The overall controlled effect size was 0.335 (95% CI=0.231, 0.438), using a fixed effects model. The most effective intervention was the couple-based intervention (0.368, 95% CI=-0.146, 0.883), followed by MBSR (0.340, 95% CI=0.172, 0.508) and CBSM (0.314, 95% CI=0.139, 0.490). CONCLUSION: Cancer is one of the most significant traumatic events that affect patients' lives, a few cancer patients have been known to have posttraumatic growth. Therefore it is necessary to consider nursing interventions to increase posttraumatic growth for cancer patients such as couple-based intervention, MBSR and CBSM.
Humans ; Clinical Trial ; Nursing ; Paint ; Paintings ; Yoga