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Eun Sook Nam 3 Articles
Health-related Quality of Life in Korean Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Association with Pain, Disease Activity, Disability in Activities of Daily Living and Depression
Dong Choon Uhm, Eun Sook Nam, Ho Yeon Lee, Eun Bong Lee, Young Im Yoon, Gong Ju Chai
J Korean Acad Nurs 2012;42(3):434-442.   Published online June 29, 2012
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2012.42.3.434
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Purpose

The purpose of this predictive study was to identify factors affecting health related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

Methods

The participants in this study were 131 patients with RA who were recruited from the outpatient clinic of a university hospital in Seoul. Disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis was evaluated by calculating the Disease Activity Score 28. Disability in activities of daily living (ADL) was assessed with the Korean Health Assessment Questionnaire, and depression with The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale. HRQoL was evaluated using The Short Form 36 Health Survey. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, correlation, and hierarchical multiple regression.

Results

Pain, disability in ADL, disease activity, and depression correlated negatively with physical and mental dimensions of HRQoL. But hierachical multiple regression analysis revealed that disability in ADL and depression were the only variables negatively influencing physical and mental QoL after adjustment for influences of sociodemographic variables.

Conclusion

Results of this study suggest that disability in ADL and depression, rather than disease activity and pain have profound effects on HRQoL in patients with RA. Further studies are needed to assess the predictive ability of disease activity and pain on HRQoL in this population.

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    Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism.2022; 57: 152086.     CrossRef
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    Min-Yi Song, Min-Jeong Park
    Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamentals of Nursing.2022; 29(3): 284.     CrossRef
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    HyunSoo Oh, SuHyang Bang, BoAe Im, SiWon Lee, WhaSook Seo
    Orthopaedic Nursing.2021; 40(1): 23.     CrossRef
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    Journal of Psychosomatic Research.2021; 151: 110662.     CrossRef
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    Sanghyun Bae, Insook Hong, Ok-Hee Cho
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    Kazuto Miura, Osamu Morita, Toru Hirano, Kei Watanabe, Jun’ichi Fujisawa, Naoki Kondo, Takahiro Netsu, Tadamasa Hanyu, Yugo Shobugawa, Naoto Endo
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  • Factors Influencing Quality of Life in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Receiving Transarterial Chemoembolization
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    Laboratory Medicine Online.2014; 4(2): 98.     CrossRef
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    Clinical Rheumatology.2014; 33(5): 631.     CrossRef
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  • Quality of Life in Patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
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    The Korean Journal of Rehabilitation Nursing.2013; 16(2): 122.     CrossRef
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The Effects of Aromatherapy on Pain, Depression, and Life Satisfaction of Arthritis Patients
Myung Ja Kim, Eun Sook Nam, Seun In Paik
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing 2005;35(1):186-194.   Published online March 28, 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2005.35.1.186
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Purpose

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of aromatherapy on pain, depression, and feelings of satisfaction in life of arthritis patients.

Method

This study used a quasi-experimental design with a non-equivalent control group, pre-and post-test. The sample consisted of 40 patients, enrolled in the Rheumatics Center, Kangnam St. Mary's Hospital, South Korea. The essential oils used were lavender, marjoram, eucalyptus, rosemary, and peppermint blended in proportions of 2:1:2:1:1. They were mixed with a carrier oil composed of almond (45%), apricot(45%), and jojoba oil(10%) and they were diluted to 1.5% after blending. The data were analyzed using an 2-test, Fisher's exact test, t-test and paired t-test.

Result

Aromatherapy significantly decreased both the pain score and the depression score of the experimental group compared with the control group. However, aromatherapy didn't increase the feeling of satisfaction in life of the experimental group compared with the control group.

Conclusion

The result of this study clearly shows that aromatherapy has major effects on decreasing pain and depression levels. Based on our experiment's findings, we suggest that aromatherapy can be a useful nursing intervention for arthritis patients.

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Prediction of Breastfeeding Intentions and Behavior: An Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior
Hea Sook Kim, Eun Sook Nam
Journal of Nurses Academic Society 1997;27(4):796-806.   Published online March 30, 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jnas.1997.27.4.796
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The majority of studies on breastfeeding consists of descriptive correlational studies identifying the incidence and correlates of breastfeeding. The theory of planned behavior has been shown to yield great predictive power for behavioral goals over which individuals have only limited control such as improving school grades and weight loss. The purpose of this study was to test the "theory of planned behavior" in the prediction of breastfeeding of mothers who delivered vaginally. One hundred mothers who delivered vaginally in one general hospital in Seoul and one general hospital and three private hospitals in Taejeon participated in this study. The instruments used for data collection in this study were developed by the researchers following the guidelines suggested by Ajzen and Fishbein(1980) and Ajzen and Madden(1986). The instruments included measurement of attitude, subjective norm, perceived behavioral control and intention. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Pearson product moment correlation, hierachical multiple regression and logistic regression. The results are as follows : 1. Intention to breastfeed correlated significantly with attitude, subjective norm and perceived behavioral control. Both attitude and subjective norm did not make a significant contribution to the prediction of intention, but the addition of perceived behavioral control to the regression equation greatly improved the model's predictive power, increasing the R(2) from .05 to .52. 2. Intention to breastfeed alone had a significant predictive effect on actual breastfeeding, resulting in a regression coefficient of .16(x2=8.60, p<.01), but when perceived behavioral control was added to the equation, intention was not a significant predictive variable and only perceived behavioral control showed significant predictive power on actual breastfeeding, resulting in a regression coefficient of .12(x2=4.68, p<.05). In sum, breastfeeding behavior lent only partial support to the second version of the theory of planned to the second version of the theory of planned behavior, and because perceived behavioral control had a strong effect on intention to breastfeed and actual breastfeeding, it would be desirable to develop nursing intervention programs which focus on strengthening the perceived behavioral control for the promotion of breastfeeding.

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