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PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to test the effect of Taping therapy on Range of Motion, pain, and depression in stroke patients in the home without complete recovery as a means of nursing intervention. METHOD: Twenty seven subjects out of fifty four people who were attending in the stroke self-help group in one community health center in S city were asked to participate in this Quai-experimental study. The Taping therapy was a method that stick to the illness area and the point of pressure pain, the elastic and cross tape without medicine treatment with domestic products. Nursing intervention was independently completed by researcher once a week over two period of 12 weeks from September 2001 to March 2002 year. Data were analyzed using the SPSS win. The homogeneity between the experimental group and control grouup was test by x2 and t-test. The difference of experimental before and after were tested by the unpaired t-test. RESULT: The shoulder joint flexion and abduction, the elbow joint flexion and extension, the hip joint flexion, and the flexion of knee joint in the ROM of the experimental group were significantly improved over those of the control group. In difference of pain, rest and painful movement, the experimental group were significantly decreased over those of the control group. The difference of depression in experimental before and after was significantly decreased in the experimental group over those of the control group. CONCLUSION: The Taping therapy intervention proved effect pain relief and depression decrease as well as promote of range of motion.
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BACKGROUND: It goes without saying for the importance of pre-hospital care in EMS system. At present 119 rescuers take charge of the majority for the pre-hospital care in Korea. But the present activity and job satisfaction of 119 rescuers is not studied. METHOD: The authors analyzed the questionnaire from the 98 rescuers had taken the lessons on emergency medical technician training program at the Central Fire Fighting School, Cheonan city. We used a Likert's five stage barometer for the analysis of job satisfaction. RESULTS: On regional distribution of rescuers 29.6% was in metropolitan city and 70.4% was from each province. On sexual distribution male was 93%, average age was about 30 years old. The academic background was commonly below the high school graduation. Sixty-one of 98 rescuers (62.2%) was married. The monthly mean income is 1.07 million Won. There was a statistical difference of the monthly mean income between the age, sex, and the period of work (p<0.05). The average duration of job was 27 months. In most cases. the patients or relatives decided the evacuation hospital (89.8%). 67.0% of rescuers answered the necessity of emergency communication system during transport. The serious problems during transport were the lack of manpower, the knowledge of emergency care, the deficit of emergency equipment and telecommunication system. The priority of decision for evacuation hospital is the presence of special medical team, the severity of patients, the presence of modern hospital. The emergency equipment of ambulance was satisfactory in general. Almost all the rescuers (99.0%) want continuous education and 92.7% of them want at the emergency center or general hospital twice a year. The degree of job satisfaction was the job of special knowledge and skills, the professional work and self-assurance in order. CONCLUSION: 119 rescuers were gratified generally at the job satisfaction. But it was poor at work condition. The authors think that a government office and the korean society of Emergency Medicine must hard work for the improvement of work condition and the administration of continuous education.
