The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of an rehabilitation educational program on anxiety, health compliance and quality of life of the patient with cardiac valve replacement. The 80 Subjects for the study were surveyed at the outpatient clinic in S medical center in Buchon City in Korea. Among them. 40 patients had been taught about the cardiac rehabilitation education program and 40 patients had not been taught while they were in the hospital. Those 2 groups of patients were surveyed with the instruments of Spilberger's anxiety scale. and the questionnaire of health compliance and quality of life. The data were analyzed by using chi-test, t-test, Pearson's correlation. The results of this study were as follows: 1. Anxiety in educated group was significantly decreased(t=-2.60, p=.011) comparing to uneducated group. 2. The health compliance in educated significantly increased (t = 2.09, p=.040) comparing to uneducated group. 3. The quality of life of the' two groups of patients was not different significantly group was (t=1.83. p=.072). 4. The correlation between anxiety and health compliance was significantly reversed (r=-.461, p= .000). The correlation between anxiety and quality of life was significantly reversed(r=-.654, p= .000). The relationship between health compliance and quality of life revealed significant (r=.438. p=.000) Considering above results. the cardiac rehabilitation educational program for the patients with the cardiac valve replacement was strongly recommended to be used.
Ambulatory Care Facilities ; Anxiety* ; Compliance* ; Education ; Heart Valves* ; Humans ; Korea ; Quality of Life* ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Rehabilitation*

The spine is the most common site of skeletal tuberculosis. It is still common disease in our country althoughrecet advanced theraphy developed with the many preventive medicine. 49 cases of tuberculous spondylitis, provedat the Chosum University Hospital, during period of Aug. 1973 to Aug. 1979, were reviewed. 1. The sex ratiobetween male and female was 1:1.4. Age distrubution showed that the group below 10 years was 12%. 2. The ratiobetween urban and rural was 1:5. 3. The most frequent site of the involvement was lumbar spine(40.8%). The nextwas thoracic(28.6%), thoracolumbar(10.2%), lumbosacral(8.2%), sacroiliac(8.2%), cervical (2.0%), and sacral(2.0%).4. 51.0% was associated with pulmonary tuberculosis and 56.0% of them reveal active pulmonary tuberculosis. 5. Themajor roentgenographic finding were remarkable with destruction of the intervertebral body (91.1%), narrowing ofhte intervertebral space(81.6%), kyphosis(75.5%), collapse of the vertebral body(77.6%), cold abscess (65.3%),calcification of the adjacent area(18.4%), formation of the osteophyte(18.4%). 6. There was no relationshipbetween the duration of the disease and the degree of the involvement of the vertebral body.
Abscess ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Preventive Medicine ; Spine ; Spondylitis ; Tuberculosis ; Tuberculosis, Pulmonary

PURPOSE: This study is a correlative study to assess the relationships of fatigue, stress, and burnout among the pregnant nurses in hospital. METHODS: The subjects in this study were 103 nurses aged between 22 and 40 who were confirmed as pregnant by the OBGY (Obstetrics and Gynecology) hospital and working at medical facilities located in J-province of G city during the period of July 15 through September 15, 2010. RESULTS: The level of fatigue of pregnant nurses showed an average of 5.60 out of 10 points, and the level of stress showed an average of 25.91. In terms of burnout, the average was 2.72 out of 5 points. The results of the correlative study to assess relationships among fatigue, stress and burnout showed significant positive correlation between burnout and fatigue (r=.47, p<.001) and stress (r=.53, p<.001) and between stress and fatigue (r=.58, p<.001). Therefore, the results show that increased level of fatigue and stress leads to increased level of burnout. CONCLUSION: The results of the study showed that higher level of fatigue and stress led to higher level of burnout. Therefore, to minimize the burnout of pregnant nurses, many efforts are required in the hospital policy and for the strategies to reduce burnout.
Aged ; Fatigue ; Humans

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Creatinine*

In chronic illness patients, promotion and self-care are important strategies for maintaining and improving health. Self-care behavior of hypertensive patient are affected by various variables. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between three cognitive-perceptual resources-self efficacy, hardiness and perceived barriers and self-care in hypertensive patients. The subjects for the study were 102 patients who admitted to K medical center or visited to out-patient ward. The instruments used for this study included a survey of general characteristic. self-care, self efficacy, health related hardiness and perceived barriers. Analysis of data was done by use of mean, t-test, ANOVA, Person correlation coefficient and multiple regression The results of this study are summarized as follows: 1)The average score for the self-care was 56.18, for the hardiness was 120.90, for the self efficacy was 59.46 and for the perceived barriers was 34.60. 2)The relationships between the variables of self-care and cognitive-perceptual resource-self efficacy, hardiness, perceived barriers were significant. Self-care was significantly related to hardiness(r=.47, p<.001), suggesting that the person with high hardiness got higher self care scores. Self-care was significantly related to perceived barriers(r=-.41, p<.001), suggesting that the person with high perceived barriers got higher self care scores. A slight but significant correlation was also found between self-care and self efficacy(r=.26, p<.01). 3)In the relationships between general characteristics variables and self-care there were significant differences in gender(t=2.46, p<.05), job(t=3.72, p<.05), duration of illness(t=4.92, p<.05). 4)Stepwise multiple regression analysis was performed to examine the relationship between self-care and independent variables(self-efficacy, hardiness, perceived barriers) and selected general characteristics variables-job, duration of illness. These variables accounted for 36% of the variance in self-care score(F=13.34, p<.000). The hardiness was the most predictive factor(R2=19%) followed by job and perceived barriers. The finding of this study have implications for education of hypertensive patients and health care providers. For chronically ill patients adhere to self-care, we should focus on determining their personal resources such as hardiness and perceived barriers.
Chronic Disease ; Education ; Health Personnel ; Humans ; Hypertension* ; Outpatients ; Self Care* ; Self Efficacy

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Child* ; Humans ; Hypertension, Portal*

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of proportional thickness of various reline materials on the transverse strength of denture base. The denture base resin used in this study was Vertex RS (Dentimex Zeist., Holland). The reline resins used were Tokuso rebase normal set (Tokuyama Corp., Japan), Rebaron (GC Corp., Japan), KoolinerTM(GC INC., U.S.A). New trulinerTM(Harry J. Bosworth Co., U.S.A). The bulk specimens with 2.5mm thickness of denture base were prepared as the control group. Group 1 was fabricated with 2.0mm thickness of denture base and 0.5mm reline material, group 2 with 1.5:1.0mm. group 3 with 1.0:1.5mm, group 4 with 0.5:2.0mm composition. Measurements of transverse strength were taken for each specimens. The results were as follows: 1. Regardless of the reline resin type, the transverse strength of denture base was decreased after reline procedure. 2. The transverse strength according to the reline resin type was decreased in the following order : Rebaron, Tokuso rebase, Kooliner, and then New truliner and there was a significant difference among the reline materials (P<0.05). 3. The strength of the relined denture base generally decreased as the proportional thickness of the denture reline material increased. These results suggest that increasing the proportional thickness of the reline material progressively decreased the strength of the relined denture base. Thus, the denture base should not be unnecessarily altered during the reline procedure.
Denture Bases* ; Dentures*

The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the lived experience of the family caregivers with the demented elderly. For investigate purposes of this study, data collection was done from May 9th to October 16th 1997, by means of in-depth interviews with 6 individuals in caregiving families. The research question was "What are the lived experiences of being a family caregiver with the demented elderly? "All interviews were tape-recorded and transcribed for the analysis using Colaizzi's method. The main results of this study were as follows : 1) Family caregivers ascribed the cause of the dementia to 'environmental change' and the 'introverted personality of the elderly'. 2) Family caregivers let the demented elderly alone initially and then they restrained the elderly who was in a fit of dementia. 3) The coping response of family caregivers varied. The coping reponses were (1) having their moods go up and down, (2) enduring and praying, (3) avoiding the elderly, (4) hoping for release from responsibility, (5) enduring their conditions(obligations), (6) accepting the elderly, (7) taking an objective view, and (8) taking safety measures. 4) The long ordeal of coping with a demented elderly person resulted in the (1) loss of physical and psychological well-being, (2) ethical conflicts, (3) family conflicts, (4) become desperate, (5) rejection of the aging process, (6) sympathy and understanding for the elderly, (7) awareness that the support system is important and (8) hope of sharing their responsibility. The results of this study may help nurses to understand the lived experiences of the family caregivers with the demented elderly better, in order to provide more basic data for the development of educational programs for dementia family caregivers. It may help to make the coping process easier and more successful for the family members of the demented elderly.
Aged ; Aging ; Alzheimer Disease* ; Caregivers* ; Data Collection ; Dementia ; Family Conflict ; Hope ; Humans ; Linear Energy Transfer

An experimental study was done to evaluate factors influencing guided regeneration of bone in standardized calvarial bony defect. An 8 mm circular transosseous calvarial bony defect was made. Various material such as demineralized freeze-dried bone (DFDB), BioMesh , Millipore filter and its combination was placed in the bony defect. A sequential histopathologic, histochemical, immunohistochemical, and histomorphometric studies were done on the guided bone regeneration in the calvarial bony defect. Bone formation was sigificantly enhanced when the DFDB was retained within the bony defect with a protective bioabsorbable membrane. Inframembranous DFDB-filling was required to prevent collapse of the membrane and preserve spaces for bone regeneration. The bioabsorbable membrane should presumably remain intact for longer than at least 5 weeks to facilitate bone regeneration. The new bone formation was dependent on the barrier-effect (preserving secluded spaces) and inflammation-inducing property of membrane, and guiding bone regeneration of the grafts. Macrophages recruited by grafts were partly involved in decrease of bone regeneration via the sequential events of release of fibronectin, chemotactic effect of the fibronectin to fibroblasts, and collagen lay-down.
Animals ; Bone Regeneration ; Collagen ; Fibroblasts ; Fibronectins ; Macrophages ; Membranes ; Micropore Filters ; Osteogenesis ; Rats* ; Regeneration* ; Transplants