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Child* ; Friends* ; Humans ; Saints*

Authors suggest efforts are needed to further explore the usefulness and utilization of psychoeducation at the community and professional levels as applied to various settings and populations. In addition, if developed and implemented carefully, psychoeducational interventions have promising application on other life challenges across levels of the public health, social, and educational systems. This quasiexperimental three group pre-test post-test study aims to investigate the effect of psychoeducation on the self-esteem and self-efficacy of college students. A total of 105 college students (35 subjects per group) who were enrolled at Saint Louis University, Baguio City, Philippines were included as sample. Sampling technique was purposive. The Rosenberg's Self-esteem Scale and Schwarzer's General Selfefficacy Scale were used as data gathering tools. A self-made psychoeducational module that was validated by experts in mental health and psychiatric nursing was utilized as intervention. SPSS version 20 was used for the statistical analysis. The results on the post-test scores of both treatment arms (informational and comprehensive model) were significantly higher compared to control group after eight sessions of psychoeducation. The researchers therefore conclude that both psychoeducation models (informational and comprehensive) showed evidence of effectiveness in increasing the self-esteem and self-efficacy levels of college students. 

Human ; Male ; Female ; Adolescent ; Self Efficacy ; Universities ; Mental Health ; Psychiatric Nursing ; Public Health ; Saints ; Self Concept ; Students ; Life

BACKGROUND: The effect of pravastatin on insulin resistance (IR) is controversial and poorly studied in prediabetes. METHODS: This study was performed in hyperglycemic patients at Saint Carollo Hospital from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2015. Among them, we selected 40 patients (24 prediabetes and 16 new onset diabetes [NOD]) who had been treated with pravastatin 20 mg daily for 2 or 4 months and in whom fasting insulin and fasting glucose had been measured before and after administration of pravastatin. IR was defined as a fasting insulin level ≥ 12.94 µU/mL, homeostasis model for IR (HOMA-IR) ≥ 3.04 or quantitative insulin sensitivity check index (QUICKI) ≤ 0.32. RESULTS: Pravastatin treatment decreased total cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels by 25.2% and 32.3% respectively (P = 0.000 for all), but did not affect fasting insulin level, HOMA-IR, or QUICKI in total, prediabetes, and NOD groups. Prevalence of IR was significantly different between prediabetes and NOD groups both before and after pravastatin treatment (0% versus 37.5%, P = 0.001), but pravastatin treatment did not affect the prevalence of IR in the prediabetes or NOD group. Fasting glucose level was not significantly different before and after pravastatin treatment in prediabetes (106.8 ± 6.4 mg/dL versus 103.8 ± 8.4 mg/dL, P = 0.223) but was significantly different in the NOD group (171.5 ± 70.1 mg/dL versus 124.4 ± 26.7 mg/dL, P = 0.017). CONCLUSION: Pravastatin treatment did not affect IR or fasting glucose level in hyperglycemic patients. Therefore, we suggest pravastatin can be prescribed to hypercholesterolemic patients with hyperglycemia.
Cholesterol ; Fasting ; Glucose ; Homeostasis ; Humans ; Hyperglycemia ; Insulin Resistance* ; Insulin* ; Lipoproteins ; Pravastatin* ; Prediabetic State ; Prevalence ; Saints

Authors suggest efforts are needed to further explore the usefulness and utilization of psychoeducation at the community and professional levels as applied to various settings and populations. In addition, if developed and implemented carefully, psychoeducational interventions have promising application on other life challenges across levels of the public health, social, and educational systems. This quasiexperimental three group pre-test post-test study aims to investigate the effect of psychoeducation on the self-esteem and self-efficacy of college students. A total of 105 college students (35 subjects per group) who were enrolled at Saint Louis University, Baguio City, Philippines were included as sample. Sampling technique was purposive. The Rosenberg's Self-esteem Scale and Schwarzer's General Selfefficacy Scale were used as data gathering tools. A self-made psychoeducational module that was validated by experts in mental health and psychiatric nursing was utilized as intervention. SPSS version 20 was used for the statistical analysis. The results on the post-test scores of both treatment arms (informational and comprehensive model) were significantly higher compared to control group after eight sessions of psychoeducation. The researchers therefore conclude that both psychoeducation models (informational and comprehensive) showed evidence of effectiveness in increasing the self-esteem and self-efficacy levels of college students. 

Human ; Male ; Female ; Self Efficacy ; Universities ; Mental Health ; Psychiatric Nursing ; Public Health ; Saints ; Self Concept ; Students ; Life ; Nursing ; Students

PURPOSE: This study aimed to compare the perception of the academic learning environment between medical laboratory science students and nursing students at Saint Louis University, Baguio City, Philippines. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey research design was used to measure the perceptions of the participants. A total of 341 students from the Department of Medical Laboratory Science, School of Natural Sciences, and the School of Nursing answered the Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM) instrument from April to May 2016. Responses were compared according to course of study, gender, and year level. RESULTS: The total mean DREEM scores of the medical laboratory science students and nursing students did not differ significantly when grouped according to course of study, gender, or year level. Medical laboratory science students had significantly lower mean scores in the sub-domains 'perception of learning' and 'perception of teaching.' Male medical laboratory science students had significantly lower mean scores in the sub-domain 'perception of learning' among second year students. Medical laboratory science students had significantly lower mean scores in the sub-domain 'perception of learning.' Nursing students identified 7 problem areas, most of which were related to their instructors. CONCLUSION: Medical laboratory science and nursing students viewed their academic learning environment as 'more positive than negative.' However, the relationship of the nursing instructors to their students needs improvement.
Cross-Sectional Studies ; Education ; Humans ; Learning* ; Male ; Medical Laboratory Science* ; Natural Science Disciplines ; Nursing* ; Philippines ; Research Design ; Saints ; Students, Nursing

BACKGROUND: Elderly patients usually have comorbid and poor general conditions. They are more likely to have complex coronary lesions with cardiac dysfunction. Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in octogenarians remains controversial. In this study, we determined the safety after PCI for octogenarians and their younger counterparts with coronary artery disease. METHODS: We reviewed 1,057 patients (110 octogenarians vs. 947 younger counterparts) who underwent PCI for coronary artery disease at Saint Carollo Hospital. We analyzed the baseline characteristics, angiographic findings, in hospital mortality, and post procedural complications between the two groups. RESULTS: The mean ages of octogenarians and younger counterparts were 83.1+/-4.5 years and 62.6+/-10.3 years, respectively. The octogenarian group had a significantly (p<0.001) higher ratio of female patients compared to their younger counterpart group (57.3% vs. 27.5%). However, the octogenarian group had a significantly (p=0.035) lower ratio of patients with history of diabetes mellitus compare to their younger counterpart group (22.7% vs. 32.6%). Incidence of acute myocardial infarction in octogenarians was significantly (p<0.001) higher than that in the younger counterparts (43.7% vs. 18.0%). There was no significant difference in admission duration, major complication, or in-hospital mortality between two groups. CONCLUSION: Our results revealed that hospital mortality and incidence of major complications in octogenarians who underwent invasive PCI were not higher than those in their younger counterparts, suggesting that PCI could be safely used in patients aged 80 years or older. However, long-term follow-up data are needed.
Aged ; Aged, 80 and over* ; Coronary Artery Disease* ; Coronary Vessels* ; Diabetes Mellitus ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; Hospital Mortality ; Humans ; Incidence ; Myocardial Infarction ; Percutaneous Coronary Intervention* ; Saints

BACKGROUND: Nail diseases reflect systemic diseases or other dermatologic diseases and also have many kinds of primary diseases on the nail apparatus itself. Recently, the proportion of the nail disorder is steadily increasing among many dermatologic diseases. Although there have been many studies about nail disorders, there have been no studies on the long-term observation of nail disorder in Korea. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to analyze recent changes in the incidence of nail disorders and compare the incidence with previously reported data. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 3,384 patients with nail disorders who visited Yeouido Saint Mary's Hospital during the last 11 years (2000~2010). RESULTS: There were 1,504 patients with onycomycosis (44%) among 3,384 patients with nail disorders. Among 1,504 patients, 809 were male and 695 were female and the ratio of men to women was 1:0.86. There were 1,880 patients with various nail diseases except onychomycosis; infectious or inflammatory disease (10.1%), traumatic nail disorder (7.1%), nail involvement in dermatological disease (5.7%), pigmentary disorder (3.4%), nail tumor (3.3%), nail involvement in systemic disease (2.1%), medication-induced nail disorder (0.6%), congenital disease (0.3%), other nail disease (23.1%) including twenty-nail dystrophy (3.2%). CONCLUSION: Most results were compatible with those of other previous studies, but the ratio of onycomycosis to total nail disorder was slightly decreased, and patients with drug induced nail disease, nail tumor and twenty-nail dystrophy increased slightly. Due to increasing average life expectancy and improvements in the quality of life, patients with nail disease that visit the hospital are increasing constantly. To correspond with this tendency, more concern, and prospective and large-scale study are necessary.
Female ; Humans ; Incidence ; Life Expectancy ; Male ; Medical Records ; Nail Diseases ; Nails ; Nails, Malformed ; Onychomycosis ; Quality of Life ; Retrospective Studies ; Saints

PURPOSE: Improved survival of patients with childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) has drawn attention to the potential for late consequences of previous treatments among survivors, including metabolic syndrome. In this study, we evaluated changes in 3 parameters, namely, random blood glucose, body mass index (BMI), and Z score for BMI (Z-BMI), in children with ALL during chemotherapy and after completion of treatment. METHODS: Patients newly diagnosed with ALL from January, 2005 to December, 2008 at Saint Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, who completed treatment with chemotherapy only were included (n=107). Random glucose, BMI, and Z-BMI were recorded at 5 intervals: at diagnosis, before maintenance treatment, at completion of maintenance treatment, and 6 and 12 months after completion of maintenance treatment. Similar analyses were conducted on 2 subcohorts based on ALL risk groups. RESULTS: For random glucose, a paired comparison showed significantly lower levels at 12 months post-treatment compared to those at initial diagnosis (P<0.001) and before maintenance (P<0.001). The Z-BMI score was significantly higher before maintenance than at diagnosis (P<0.001), but decreased significantly at the end of treatment (P<0.001) and remained low at 6 months (P<0.001) and 12 months (P<0.001) post-treatment. Similar results were obtained upon analysis of risk group-based subcohorts. CONCLUSION: For a cohort of ALL patients treated without allogeneic transplantation or cranial irradiation, decrease in random glucose and Z-BMI after completion of chemotherapy does not indicate future glucose intolerance or obesity.
Blood Glucose ; Body Mass Index ; Child ; Cohort Studies ; Cranial Irradiation ; Glucose ; Glucose Intolerance ; Humans ; Korea ; Matched-Pair Analysis ; Obesity ; Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma ; Saints ; Survivors ; Transplantation, Homologous

PURPOSE: The study assessed the effect of exogenous surfactant on oxygen and ventilator requirements and long-term prognosis of neonates with respiratory deterioration due to pulmonary hemorrhage. METHODS: From March 2007 to March 2011, neonates with respiratory deterioration due to pulmonary hemorrhage in Saint Mary's Hospital were identified from the database. Among 20 patients with pulmonary hemorrhage, 10 patients received surfactant therapy and the other 10 did not. We compared outcomes of these two groups. The primary outcome was changes in respiratory status following surfactant therapy, as reflected by oxygen index (OI), fractional inspired oxygen (FiO2) and mean airway pressure (MAP). Secondary outcomes were the duration of ventilation, nasal continuous positive airway pressure (NCPAP), oxygen inhalation days, progression to severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia or death, and retinopathy of prematurity, which required laser therapy. RESULTS: Surfactant treatment group had higher FiO2, MAP, and OI than the non-treatment group during pulmonary hemorrhage. But, there were no differences in FiO2, MAP, and OI after 2 hours of pulmonary hemorrhage between the two groups. There were no significant side effects during surfactant treatment in the surfactant treatment group. Surfactant treatment group had fewer ventilator days, NCPAP days (P<0.05) and a tendency towards shorter oxygen days than the non-treatment group (P=0.09). Also, the surfactant treatment group had less severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) or death than the non-treatment group (10% vs. 70%, P<0.05). CONCLUSION: Exogenous surfactant appears to be a useful adjunctive therapy with neonates of severe respiratory deterioration due to pulmonary hemorrhage. Also, exogenous surfactant treatment dose not seen to be associated with any significant side effects during the therapy.
Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia ; Continuous Positive Airway Pressure ; Hemorrhage ; Humans ; Infant ; Infant, Newborn ; Inhalation ; Lung ; Oxygen ; Prognosis ; Pulmonary Surfactants ; Respiratory Insufficiency ; Retinopathy of Prematurity ; Saints ; Ventilation ; Ventilators, Mechanical

PURPOSE: Influenza B-associated myositis is an infrequent and poorly known complication of influenza B virus infection in children. The aim of this study was to describe the clinical and laboratory manifestations, diagnosis, and outcomes of influenza B-associated myositis in Korean children. METHODS: A retrospective analysis was conducted in patients aged <16 years who had been diagnosed with influenza B-associated myositis at the Catholic University Bucheon Saint Mary's Hospital between April 2010 and May 2010. RESULTS: Overall, 16 cases were analyzed. Influenza B-associated myositis typically occurred in preschool-aged children with a 3:1 male predominance. The mean age was 4.6 years (range, 3 to 7 years). The median interval between onset of influenza infection and onset of influenza B-associated myositis was 3 days (range, 1 to 7 days). Only the calf muscles were involved in all patients. Blood creatine phosphokinase concentration was elevated in most patients. Median duration to clinical recovery was 3 days (range, 1 to 4 days). No patient had rhabdomyolysis, renal failure, or related sequelae. All patients had a favorable outcome without administration of antiviral drugs. CONCLUSION: Clinical and laboratory findings of influenza B-associated myositis are very characteristic and allow a rapid diagnosis during the influenza season. Outcomes of influenza B-associated myositis are good with only proper supportive treatment.
Aged ; Child ; Creatine Kinase ; Humans ; Influenza B virus ; Influenza, Human ; Male ; Muscles ; Myositis ; Renal Insufficiency ; Retrospective Studies ; Rhabdomyolysis ; Saints ; Seasons