The pregnancy experience of Korean mothers with a prenatal fetal diagnosis of congenital heart disease.

Background: Prenatal diagnosis of fetal congenital heart disease (CHD) is becoming widely available but there is a lack of understanding on such expectant mothers' experiences during pregnancy. This was the first study to investigate the pregnancy experience of Korean mothers with a prenatal fetal diagnosis of CHD.

Methods: In-depth interviews were conducted with 12 mothers regarding their child's prenatal diagnosis of CHD and the adaptive processes during pregnancy.

Parenting stress in mothers of children with congenital heart disease.

Purpose: The main purposes of this study were to examine the relationships among uncertainty, social support and parenting stress in mothers of children with congenital heart disease (CHD) and to identify the factors related to parenting stress.

Methods: This was a survey study using a questionnaire. Fifty-one mothers of children with CHD were recruited at the pediatric cardiac outpatient clinic at one university-affiliated hospital in Seoul between July 14th and September 25th, 2006.

[Factors influencing functional status in patients with heart failure].

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the factors that influence the functional status of patients with heart failure.

Method: A descriptive, correlational study design was used. The participants in this study were 260 patients with heart failure who were admitted at Y University and U University in Seoul, Korea.

[The effect of exercise program on health and depression in the elderly].

Purpose: The main purpose of this study was to compare the effects of OSCE method and the traditional evaluation method on nursing skills performance of students enrolled in fundamentals of nursing courses.

Method: The study was designed as a quasi-experimental, nonequivalent control group post test design with two classes of sophomore students attending fundamentals of nursing courses at one baccaleureate nursing school located in a metropolitan Seoul area. The control group was evaluated using a traditional method and the experimental group was evaluated using the OSCE method.

[Relationship between depression and resilience among children with nephrotic syndrome].

Purpose: The purposes of this study were to describe the relationship between depression and resilience and to identify variables associated with depression among children with nephrotic syndrome.

Method: Data was collected from 45 children who were registered at one hospital in Seoul. The criteria for sample selection were 10 to 15 year-old children who were diagnosed at least 6 month prior.

Relationship between the intention to repeat a papanicolaou smear test and affective response to a previous test among Korean women.

The purposes of this descriptive cross-sectional study were to describe (1). women's affective (emotional) responses before, during, and after a Papanicolaou smear test and after receiving the test result and (2.) the difference in affective response between women who did or did not intend to repeat the Papanicolaou smear test in the future.