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PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to provide a clear definition of the health literacy for patients with cardiovascular disease by analyzing the dimensions and properties using Hybrid concept analysis.METHODS: The concept of health literacy of patients with cardiovascular disease was analyzed according to the cyclic process of theoretical phase-field work phase-final analysis phase presented in the Hybrid model. We reviewed 26 literatures and conducted in-depth interviews with 13 patients with cardiovascular disease.RESULTS: The concept of health literacy in cardiovascularpatients is derived from two dimensions and five attributes. Literacy skills, health information search ability and health information utilization skills were derived as attributes in the individual functional dimension, while active communication with the medical team and utilization of health information support resources were derived at the interrelational dimension. It is defined as the individualized and integrated ability of an individual to explore and utilize the various health information needed to make appropriate health decisions during the chronic course after diagnosis of cardiovascular disease, to communicate proactively with medical staffs and to utilize support resources.CONCLUSION: This study will contribute to the development and related research of health literacy measurement tools that can be used in cardiovascular nursing practice based on the attributes and indicators of health literacy for patients with cardiovascular disease.
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PURPOSE: The aim of this study is to investigate and elucidate actual experiences of alcoholics' spouses using familial social gatherings. METHODS: A total of nine women whose alcoholic husbands were attending Al-Anon meetings held in Y Cathedral in S District of Seoul were included in this study. Data collection of this study was conducted through in-depth interviews with participants from September 24 to November 30, 2015. Data analysis was conducted at the same time as the data collection, and analysis was performed according to the method suggested by Colaizzi(1978). RESULTS: We categorized the participants' experiences into five themes including ‘Trapped in a Deep Dark Tunnel’, ‘Life of Walking in an Endless Tunnel’, ‘Reaching a Dead End’, ‘Walking towards a Ray of Light’, ‘Finding Oneself on a Strange Path’. CONCLUSION: The results of this study provide an understanding of the essential structure of the life experiences of alcoholic spouses using familial social gatherings.
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Female , Humans , Alcoholics , Alcoholics Anonymous , Alcoholism , Data Collection , Life Change Events , Methods , Seoul , Spouses , Statistics as Topic , WalkingABSTRACT
DNA found at the scene of a crime is often damaged and degraded to small fragments and remained in low quantity. Therefore, there are some difficulties in forensic STR typing of these DNA samples. In this study, to overcome these limitations as different approach, we applied repairing enzyme to damaged DNA. The efficacy of a repair enzyme system (PreCR Repair Mix) was evaluated by using several types of artificially damaged and naturally damaged DNA. The results showed that autosomal STR amplification produced increased yield in the DNA damaged by UV irradiation, oxidation, or acid/heat, and DNA from dried blood spot and dried saliva spot by treatment of a repair enzyme, but not in DNA extracted from old skeletal remains. In conclusion, a repair enzyme will be efficiently applied to forensic samples which were damaged by UV irradiation, oxidation, and acid/heat.
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Crime , DNA , SalivaABSTRACT
To construct a Korean Y-chromosomal STR database for 22 Y-STRs (DYS19, DYS385, DYS388, DYS389I/II, DYS390, DYS391, DYS392, DYS393, DYS437, DYS438, DYS439, DYS446, DYS447, DYS448, DYS449, DYS456, DYS458, DYS464, DYS635, and GATA H4.1), 708 DNA samples from unrelated Korean males were analyzed using three multiplex PCR systems. During analysis, thirty two microvariant alleles were observed at DYS449, DYS458, and DYS464, and duplicated alleles were occurred once each for DYS19, DYS390, and DYS447. In haplotype analysis for the 22 Y-STRs, a total of 693 different haplotypes were observed with overall haplotype diversity of 0.9999, and of these, 680 haplotypes were unique. By combining each marker for the extended SWGDAM haplotype, DYS458 was the most informative marker. In addition, the diversity of combined haplotypes of DYS447, DYS458, DYS635, GATA H4.1, and the SWGDAM Y-STR loci was comparable to haplotypes of 17 loci in the AmpFlSTR(R) Yfiler(TM) kit.