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Humans ; Spouses*

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Humans ; Parturition* ; Spouses*

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to examine symptoms, mood and sleep disturbance in patients with hemodialysis. METHOD: A sample of 96 hemodialysis patients participated. Data were collected using symptom scale of hemodialysis patients, profile of mood state and the sleep scale. Statistical analytic methods included t-test, ANOVA and Pearson correlation analyses. RESULTS: Patients with spouse/partners experienced significantly less symptoms than those with no spouse (F=6.29, p=.003). Mood disturbance was not significantly correlated with age; but older patients experienced higher sleep disturbance (F=4.88, p=.010). Symptoms, mood and sleep disturbance are significantly related with each other. CONCLUSION: It is important to assess symptoms, mood and sleep disturbance in older hemodialysis patients with no spouse. It is needed to repeat extensive study and comparative study with other population in order to define clearly.
Humans ; Renal Dialysis ; Spouses

With the increase in multi-cultural families, Korea is seeing a rapid increase in immigrated housewives, who are closely related to food culture. However, studies for the diet of multi-cultural families, which is most closely related to our lives have not been sufficiently researched. With this background, this study conducted research for immigrated women nationwide about food cultures to provide the possibility which Korean food culture would be developed harmoniously with various foreign food cultures. In this study, the immigrated women seemed to have adapted to Korean food culture quickly, but they showed differences according to some conditions like countries they are from and the time they have been in Korea. To achieve this, we need to conduct consistent and in depth studies for food cultures in multi-cultural families so that we can make healthy development in food culture, harmonious with traditional Korean culture.
Diet ; Female ; Humans ; Korea ; Spouses

Sleep-related behaviors observed in parasomnias can result in serious injuries of patients and/or spouses. Parasomnia is defined as undesirable physical or behavioral phenomenon occurring during sleep. If these disorders are accurately diagnosed, effective treatments are available. Often, these disorders can be even cured. Environmental management for patient and/or spouse safety and good sleep hygiene are the most recommended for individuals behaving abnormally during sleep. The aim of this article is to review the clinical features, diagnosis and treatment of several sleep-related behavior disorders.
Diagnosis ; Humans ; Hygiene ; Mental Disorders ; Parasomnias ; Spouses

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to explore and understanding the nature of the shift workers' experience in industries requiring 24 hours-a-day service provision and support. For the purpose, the present researcher made a research question, "What are workers' experience in the shift work?" METHODS: In the study, 5 male shift workers, 3 female shift worker and a woman (key informant) whose husband is a shift worker participated. Then profound interviews with the participants were made after their agreement. RESULTS: The researcher classified the significant statements under 6 theme clusters, 1) sense of difference; 2) worries about health; 3) draining of emotion; 4) anxiety; 5) sadness; and 6) being comfortable. CONCLUSIONS: Shift work which is inevitable in modern society may have severe influences on shift workers' physical, mental and psychological aspects by causing their work cycle rhythm to be unbalanced. Finally, the researcher hopes that the results of the study would help understand workers' life and increase social concern and support to the workers.
Anxiety ; Female ; Hope ; Humans ; Male ; Spouses

PURPOSE: This study aimed to describe the experience of family breakdown of Hwabyung patients in a socio-cultural context. METHODS: Data for this study came from 5 participants, 2 family members and 1 friend of participant by interviews and participant observations from January 2006 to April 2007. Sociology of everyday lives analyzing method were adopted. RESULTS: There were two processes of family breakdown ; sudden on set and progressive processes. The sudden breakdown was unpredictable death of a husband, the significant family member. On the other hand, their family structure and function were broken down through the husband, who repeatedly destructive and malicious behaviors. The experience of family breakdown of middle-aged women with Hwabyung in a socio-cultural context was weakened or severed family-relationships, exhaustion of economic sources, and the breakdown of participant's body. Participant's experience of family breakdown were influenced by Korean culture, the patriarchal social system and the clan-centered family system. CONCLUSION: Hwabyung is the result of a clan-centered family system and patriarchal system. The approach to Hwabyung should involve not only the person with the illness but also their family.
Female ; Friends ; Hand ; Humans ; Sociology ; Spouses

A cross-sectional survey on present sample of married women in child-bearing age at Huong Long commune, Hue city. The results: Prevalence of lower genital tract infection were 21.37% (95%CI: 16.67% - 26.93%). Having close relation of lower genital tract infection and some factors such as educational level, knowledge of gynecological disease, safe sex practice, birth time numbers, using of domestic water, numbers generation living to gather one family. There are no find the relation of lower genital tract infection and some factors such as: age, occupation, the economic level of family, history of abortion, menstruation regulation, personal hygiene behaviors
Genital Diseases, Female ; Spouses ; Women ; epidemiology

The authors have recently experienced a case of malignant melanoma of the choroid in a 34-year-old Korean house wife. The direct ophthalmoscopic finding was characterized by the presence of oval and round shaped, miliary to rice sized dark brown pigments in the surface of detached retina. Histopathologically the tumor cells were spindle B type. There were no extraocular extension and metaetasis. In addition to some clinical observations, a brief review of literature has been described.
Adult ; Choroid* ; Humans ; Melanoma* ; Retina ; Spouses

A total of 41 anejaculatory men participated in the electroejaculation study. Mean patient age was 33.2 years (range 22 to 54 years). Greater than one million motile sperm were obtained in 26 patients(63.4%). We attempted intrauterine insemination on 25 occasions in 14 subjects' spouses. Four of them(28.6%) became pregnant ;two aborted and the other two delivered fullterm healthy babies.
Humans ; Insemination* ; Male* ; Pregnancy ; Spermatozoa ; Spouses