| Seong Sook Jun | 5 Articles |
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the influencing factors on Posttraumatic Growth(PTG) in patients with colorectal cancer. METHODS Eighty patients who were diagnosed with colorectal cancer at least twelve months ago were recruited from the oncology outpatient clinic of university hospital in Y city. Participants completed four survey questionnaires: Korean versions of PTG Index, Korean versions of Cancer Coping Questionnaire, Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, and a Resilience Scale. The data were analyzed by ANOVA, Pearson-correlation coefficient, and multiple regression analysis. RESULTS The mean score of PTG in these patients was 51.16 indicating relatively high growth. Posttraumatic Growth had significant correlations with coping, social support, and resiliency. In addition to the variables of age and education that are found to be associated with the PTG, the PTG was significantly influenced by resilience, coping, and importance of religion. Forty-nine percent of the variations in the PTG were explained by these three variables. CONCLUSION The identified factors influencing colorectal cancer related to PTG could be considered in developing nursing interventions to promote positive psychological changes in response to adversity which colorectal cancer survivors might experience. Citations Citations to this article as recorded by
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The purpose of this study was to develop spaced retrieval training as a nursing intervention for patients having an mild alzheimer's disease and to determine the effects of the program on their memory and cognitive function across training sessions. METHODS A non-equivalent control group pre test-post test design was used in this study. Participants were recruited from a local community: 14 patients were allocated into experimental group and 12 patients were allocated into control group. The experimental group was asked to participate in spaced retrieval training over 4 weeks, with seven times a week and 1 hour a session based. The study was conducted from June 20, 2011 to July 17, 2011. Data was analyzed with descriptive statistics, chi2-test and t-test using the SPSS/WIN 19.0 program. RESULTS After spaced retrieval training, the experimental group showed significant increases in scores for memory (t=12.40, p<.001) and cognitive function (t=7.69, p<.001) in comparison to the control group. CONCLUSION Spaced retrieval training was effective in increasing cognitive function and memory of patients having mild alzheimer's disease. Therefore spaced retrieval training could be benefit the mild alzheimer's disease.
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The purpose of this study was to test the effectiveness of a cognitive rehabilitation program for the patients having an acute stroke. The variables evaluated were cognitive function, depression and activities of daily living (ADLs). METHODS A non-equivalent control group pretest-posttest design with sixty-two subjects from two separated institutions was the design for the study. Thirty-three patients were assigned to the treatment group and 29 patients comprised the comparison group. The treatment group participated in the nursing intervention for cognitive rehabilitation for a three week period of time. The study was conducted from September 2010 to April 2011. RESULTS Following the three week intervention, the cognitive function and activities of daily living of the treatment group were significantly improved compared to the comparison group (t=6.33, p<.001; t=4.57, p<.001). Specifically, depression was significantly decreased in the treatment group (t=3.95, p<.001). CONCLUSION The cognitive rehabilitation program was effective in increasing the treatment group cognitive function and activities of daily living along with a decrease in depression scores. Therefore, Cognitive Rehabilitation Program could be expected a beneficial nursing intervention in stroke patients.
Diet compliance is very important issue in patients with coronary artery disease(CAD). Diet compliance needs dietetic knowledge of patients and their families basically and families support. Therefore we studied about the dietetic knowledge level and educational needs of CAD patients and their families. For this study, we developed the study tool from the literature review. This tool consists of two main categories, one is about general dietary guidelines and specific food information, and the other is about educational needs of CAD patients & their families. The data were collected from 47 CAD patients and their families from June, 30 to to Semptember, 30, 1998. And they were analyzed using frequency, percentile, paired t-test, and ANOVA by SAS/ WIN. The results of this study were as follows : The results of the analysis of dietetic knowledge were as follows. In the general dietary guidelines, CAD patients knowledge level was lower than families in the importance of diet. And both patients and families had low knowledge level in the nutrition balance, protein intake, and relationship between fiber and cholesterol. In the specific food information, CAD patients knowledge level was low in protein-contained food, cholesterol -contained food, cooking method. The results of the relationship between the knowledge level and the demographic characteristics were as follows. In patients, there were significant statistical differences in the knowledge level of general dietary guidelines according to age and educational level, and the knowledge level of food information according to sex. In families, there were significant statistical differences in the knowledge level of general dietary guidelines according to age and educational level, and the knowledge level of food information according to sex and age. The results of the analysis of educational needs were as follows. Television was most common dietetic knowledge source. The highest educational needs were about recommended/restricted food and daily menu in both CAD patients and their families In th diet compliance, low-cholesterol diet was most difficult in both CAD patients and their farnilies. In conclusion, CAD patients and their families had high educational needs but insufficient concrete knowledge in such as recommended/restricted food, daily menu and cooking method. Nurses must be aware that it is necessary to establish an concrete dietetic educational program for CAD patients and their families.
The purpose of this study was to find out the effeet of midazolam and fentanyl on oxygcn saturation by pulse oximetry in surgical patients under spinal anesthesia. The subjects of this study were 83 patients who were operated on under spinal anesthesia, at a general hospital in Pusan. from December 1st, 1997 to March 31st, 1998. The subjects of Group 1 were 53 patients who did not receive either of midazolam and fentanyl. The subjects of Group 2 were 21 patients who received midazolam. The subjects of Group 3 were 9 patients who received both midazolam and fentanyl. Oxygen saturation was measured with a pulse oximeter by time series. The collected data were analyzed by the SPSS / PC~ program and the results of the study were as follows 1. There were no significant differences among the three experimental groups in terms of age or cardiopulmonary disease. 2. Among the three groups, there were statistically significant differences in Sp02 at 5 minutes after starting the operation or after intravenous injection of drugs. The SpO2 mean for Group 3 was 92.4%, for Group 2 it was 97.7%. and for Group 1 it was 98.2%. 3. Hypoxemia cases occurred in 88.9% of Group 3, 28.6% of Group 2, and 17.0% of Group 1, respectively. It is concluded that oxygen saturation mo4oring should be done routinely to all patients under ~spinal anesthesia, especially during operating tim4. and patients receiving midazolam and fentanyl should be monitored closely. After monitoring oxygen should be administered to all patients who developed hypoxemia.
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