A Study on Breast Cancer Patients’ Commitment to a Plan for Exercise based on Health Beliefs / 기본간호학회지

Purpose@#The purpose of this study was to identify the factors relating to commitment to a plan for exercise in the breast cancer patient following a mastectomy and to examine the relationship between these factors. @*Methods@#This study was a correlational research and the participants were 152 patients with breast cancer. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire from June to October, 2015. @*Results@#The final regression model showed that income, experience of exercise and current exercise were significant predictors related to commitment to a plan for exercise in patients with breast cancer and explained for 65.9% of the variance in commitment to a plan for exercise. @*Conclusion@#The findings indicate that patients in breast cancer-oriented intervention programs have an enhancing experience of exercise. Current exercise should be provided for patients with breast cancer in order to promote health and quality of life.

The Influences of Quality of Sleep and Mood State on Fatigue in Primary Brain Tumor Patients

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to identify the influences of sleep quality and mood state on fatigue in primary brain tumor patients. METHODS: The participants were 118 patients with primary brain tumors between May 2015 and March 2016. Data were collected using questionnaires including individual and disease related characteristics, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, Linear Analogue Self-Assessment scales, and The Fatigue Scale for Cancer Patients developed by Kim Kyeong-hee (2006). Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation, and hierarchical multiple regression. RESULTS: Fatigue had significant correlations with sleep quality (r=.55, p<.001) and mood state (r=.74, p<.001). The influencing factors for fatigue were mood state (β=.46, p<.001) was the best predictor of fatigue, followed by age (β=.17, p=.049), and performance status (β=-.19, p=.011). CONCLUSION: The research findings show that understanding of psychological factors such as anxiety, depression, confusion, energy and anger should be given priority for fatigue management in primary brain tumor patients. This study provides base data for managing fatigue in patients with primary brain tumors, and is expected to contribute to the improvement of the health of patients with primary brain tumor.

Critical Thinking, Self-Concept and Stress Adaptation of Transfer Nursing Students / 기본간호학회지

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of critical thinking and self-concept on stress adaptation in transfer nursing students. METHODS: For this study, data were collected from 196 transfer nursing students from Busan and South Gyeongsang Province Data collection was done during the period from September to December, 2015. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficients and multiple regression. RESULTS: The results showed that for critical thinking gender (t=2.48, p=.014), age (F=2.90, p=.044) and club activities (t=2.05, p=.041) were significant. Stress adaptation was significant according to academic year (F=3.81, p=.025). Critical thinking, self-concept and stress adaptation had positive correlations. CONCLUSION: Findings indicate that college adjustment for transfer nursing students could be enhanced through the development of programs to promote critical thinking and self-concept in the nursing curriculum.

Mobile Computing: Technologies and Services / 대한의료정보학회지

Mobile computing environment is leading dynamic changes in our life. While the computer has been developed for complex calculation, it came to our life very closely with the help of wireless communication technologies and with the portability of the terminals. In the mobile computing environment, we can easily get the information from the wireless communication system while in the moving. Based on the wireless network technologies, we make use of applicable services for each mobile user. In this paper, we introduce several technologies supporting the mobile computing environment, and present the services, which are based on those technologies.

Effects of 10 % Pentastarch on Hypervolemia and Hemodilution following clipping of cerebral aneurysm / 대한마취과학회지

Cerebral vasospasm following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage is one of the most important causes of cerebral ischemia. Hypervolemic hypertension and hemodilution have been reported to be an effective method for prevention and treatment for cerebral ischemia secondary to cerebral vasospasm.We compared the volume expanding effects between normal saline(20 cases), 10% pentastarch(20 cases) and dextran(20 cases) after clipping of cerebral aneurysm in the patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage and the incidence of vasospasm by transcranial doppler(TCD) postoperatively. The results were as follows ;1) The total amount of infused volume in pentastarch and dextran group were 310+/-46ml, 438 +/-262ml respectively,and were significantly smaller than normal saline group, 1078+/-187ml.(p<0.05) 2) Plasma osmolality was increased by 10 mOsm/kg in pentastarch group, but statistically insignificant. 3) Hematocrit value was decreased significantly in pentastarch and dextran group from 34.9+/-1.03%, 34.8+/-1,4% to 31.6+/-1.38%, 31.9+/-0.9% respectively.(p<0.05) 4) Cases over 80cm/sec by TCD were 3 in normal saline, 2 in pentastarch, and 2 in dextran group. We conclude that 10% pentastareh could be used as an effective blood volume expander after cerebral aneurysm clipping.