1.A case of acute renal failure caused by rhabdomyolysis due to tetanus.
Young Ho LEE ; Sun Sook KIM ; Dae Ryong CHA ; Young Ju KOWN ; Won Yong CHO ; Hyoung Kyu KIM
Korean Journal of Nephrology 1993;12(1):104-109
No abstract available.
Acute Kidney Injury*
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Rhabdomyolysis*
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Tetanus*
2.Educational needs of an integrated health and oral health project for community dental hygienists.
Su Kyung PARK ; Yang Keum HAN ; Young Kyung KIM ; Hyun Ju LIM ; Yang Ok KOWN ; Han Mi KIM ; Mag Yup OH ; Nam Hee KIM
Journal of Korean Academy of Oral Health 2015;39(2):127-133
OBJECTIVES: To determine the educational needs related to an integrated health and oral health project for community dental hygienists. METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, a survey was administered to 1,190 dental hygienists working in community health centers and 627 (about 53%) responded. The dependent variable was educational needs from oral health projects; the independent variables were region, job assignments, job position, and degree of self-development. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and chi-square tests, with PASW 20.0 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA), and the significance threshold was .05. RESULTS: The educational needs of community dental hygienists were found to be high, at about 58.5 points out of 100. The highest educational needs were for oral health projects linked to public health projects. In this regard, participants reported a high need for "identification of issues and projects suited to the current state of the region," "establishment of strategies for integration of health and oral health projects," and "prioritization." CONCLUSIONS: Professional education for community dental hygienists should be expanded to include integration of health and oral health. It should be based on the assessment of these professionals' educational needs.
Community Health Centers
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Cross-Sectional Studies
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Dental Hygienists*
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Education, Professional
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Humans
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Oral Health*
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Public Health
3.Factors associated with Experience of Diagnosis and Utilization of Chronic Diseases among Korean Elderly : Focus on Comparing between Urban and Rural Elderly
Min Ji LEE ; Dong Hyun KOWN ; Yong Yook KIM ; Jae Han KIM ; Sung Jun MOON ; Keon Woo PARK ; Il Woo PARK ; Jun Young PARK ; Na Yeon BAEK ; Gi Seok SON ; So Yeon AHN ; In Uk YEO ; Sang Ah WOO ; Sung Yun YOO ; Gi Beop LEE ; Soo Beom LIM ; Soo Hyun JANG ; Su Jin JEONG ; Yeon Ju JUNG ; Seong Geon CHO ; Jeong Sik CHA ; Ki Seok HWANG ; Tae Jun LEE ; Moo Sik LEE
Journal of Agricultural Medicine & Community Health 2019;44(4):165-184
OBJECTIVES:
The purpose of this study was to identify and compare the difference and related factors with general characteristic and health behaviors, a experience of diagnosis and treatment of chronic diseases between rural and urban among elderly in Korea.
METHODS:
We used the data of Community Health Survey 2017 which were collected by the Korean Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The study population comprised 67,835 elderly peopled aged 65 years or older who participated in the survey. The chi-square test, univariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis were used to analyze data.
RESULTS:
We identified many significant difference of health behaviors, an experience of diagnosis and treatment with chronic diseases between rural and urban. Compared to urban elderly, the odds ratios (ORs) (95% confidence interval) of rural elderly were 1.136 (1.092–1.183) for diagnosis of diabetes, 1.278 (1.278–1.386) for diagnosis of dyslipidemia, 0.940 (0.904–0.977) for diagnosis of arthritis, 0.785(0.736–0.837) for treatment of arthritis, 1.159 (1.116–1.203) for diagnosis of cataracts, and 1.285(1.200–1.375) for treatment of cataracts. In the experience of diagnosis and treatment of chronic diseases, various variables were derived as contributing factors for each disease. Especially, there were statistically significant difference in the experience of diabetes diagnosis, arthritis diagnosis, cataract diagnosis and dyslipidemia except for hypertension diagnosis (p<0.01) between urban and rural elderly. There were statistically significant differences in the experience of treatment for arthritis and cataract (p<0.01), but there was no significant difference in the experience of treatment for hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia between urban and rural elderly.
CONCLUSION
Therefore, it would be necessary to implement a strategic health management project for diseases that showed significant experience of chronic diseases with diagnosis and treatment, reflecting the related factors of the elderly chronic diseases among the urban and rural areas.