Applicability of the 48/6 Model of Care as a Health Screening Tool, and its Association with Mobility in Community-Dwelling Older Adults.

Background: The 48/6 Model of Care is an integrative care initiative for improving the health outcomes of hospitalized older patients; however, its applicability in community-dwelling older adults as a health screening tool has not been investigated. The present study aimed to examine the applicability of this model, prevalence of dysfunction in 6 care areas, and its relationship with self-reported mobility in community-dwelling older adults.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional survey study of community-dwelling adults aged 65 or older.

Factors Associated with Functional Decline in Older Adults After Discharge from an Acute-Care Hospital.

Purpose: This study was conducted to investigate the trend in functional changes over time and factors associated with the number of areas showing functional decline in older adults who had been discharged from acute care hospitals.

Methods: This longitudinal study involved 156 patients aged ≥ 65 years who were admitted to one tertiary hospital in Seoul and discharged home. Authors investigated patient demographic and health-care characteristics and the number of areas showing functional decline at 1 and 3 months after discharge.

The Association Between Vitamin D Deficiency and Metabolic Syndrome in Korean Adolescents.

Purpose: This study aimed to analyze the demographic characteristics associated with vitamin D deficiency, as well as the association between vitamin D deficiency and metabolic syndrome, among Korean adolescents.

Design And Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive study involved 2314 adolescents aged 12-18years. Participant data were extracted from the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey conducted between January 2010 and December 2014.

Development of the Korean framework for senior-friendly hospitals: a Delphi study.

Background: Aging is an inevitable part of life. One can maintain well-being and wellness even after discharge and/or transition if his or her functional decline is minimized, sudden decline is prevented, and functioning is promoted during hospitalization. Caring appropriately for elderly patients requires the systematic application of Senior-Friendly Hospital principles to all operating systems, including medical centres' organization and environment, as well as patient treatment processes.

Nurse staffing and patient mortality in intensive care units.

Background: Research evidence suggests that nurse staffing influences patient outcomes.

Objectives: To examine the relationship between nurse staffing and patient mortality in Korean intensive care units (ICUs).

Methods: Using survey and administrative databases, this study included 27,372 ICU patients discharged from 42 tertiary and 194 secondary hospitals.

Relationship between physician characteristics and their injection use in Korea.

Objective: To determine the relationships among physicians' knowledge and beliefs, perceived patient demand and treatment with injection drugs in Korean primary care settings.

Design: A cross-sectional, nationwide survey.

Setting: A total of 644 clinics were selected from the 9660 clinics with more than 1000 patient visits from April 1 to June 30, 2004, among four specialties (general practice, internal medicine, otorhinolaryngology, family medicine) that dealt mainly with acute upper respiratory infections in primary care settings.

[Variations in nurse staffing in adult and neonatal intensive care units].

Purpose: This study was done to analyze variations in unit staffing and recommend policies to improve nursing staffing levels in intensive care units (ICUs).

Method: A cross-sectional study design was used, employing survey data from the Health Insurance Review Agency conducted from June-July, 2003. Unitstaffing was measured using two indicators; bed-to-nurse (B/N) ratio (number of beds per nurse), and patient-to-nurse (P/N)ratio (number of average daily patients per nurse).

[Comparing the performance of three severity scoring systems for ICU patients: APACHE III, SAPS II, MPM II].

Objectives: To evaluate the predictive validity of three scoring systems; the acute physiology and chronic health evaluation(APACHE) III, simplified acute physiology score(SAPS) II, and mortality probability model (MPM) II systems in critically ill patients.

Methods: A concurrent and retrospective study conducted by collecting data on consecutive patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) including surgical, medical and coronary care unit between January 1, 2004, and March 31, 2004. Data were collected on 348 patients consecutively admitted to the ICU (aged 16 years or older, no transfer, ICU stay at least 8 hours).