Trajectories of Disability and Related Factors in Korean Adults Aged ≥75 years.

This study aimed to identify distinct trajectories of activities of daily living (ADL) disability in older adults aged ≥75 years over 6 years. A growth mixture model and the multinomial logistic regression analysis were used to identify different disability trajectories and to investigate each trajectory. Four distinct disability trajectories were identified: low, moderate, high, and progressive.

A longitudinal study of disability in activities of daily living and activity restriction-induced fear of falling among Korean older people.

Aim: This study examined the effects of the fear of falling (FOF) alone and fear-associated activity restriction (FAR) on future activities of daily living (ADL) disability and analysed predictors of ADL disability among community-dwelling older people with and without FAR.

Design: This prospective study involved secondary data analysis of the Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging.

Methods: We obtained data from 5074 community-dwelling older adults.

Effects of Psychotic Symptoms and Social Cognition on Job Retention in Patients with Schizophrenia in Korea.

This research examined the relationship between psychotic symptoms, social cognition, and job retention among people with schizophrenia in Korea. Participants (158 people with schizophrenia from 15 mental health institutions) were divided into two groups: those with a job retention period of less than six months ( = 75), and those with a job retention period of six months or more ( = 83). Participants completed a survey packet containing the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS), Global Assessment of Function (GAF) Scale, Interpersonal Relationship Functioning Assessment Scale, Basic Empathy Scale, Hinting Task, and Ambiguous Intention Hostility Questionnaire (AIHQ), and provided their job retention status.

[Development and Effects of a Cognitive-behavioral Therapy Based Program in Reducing Internalized Stigma in Patients with Schizophrenia].

Purpose: This study was done to develop a internalized stigma reducing program based on cognitive-behavioral therapy and appropriate for patients with schizophrenia and to evaluate its effectiveness.

Methods: The study design was a mixed method research. Qualitative study, 13 patients with schizophrenia who had experience in overcoming stigma were purposively chosen for interviews and data were analyzed using Giorgi method.

Identification of Risk Factors for Intravenous Infiltration among Hospitalized Children: A Retrospective Study.

This retrospective study was aimed to identify risk factors of intravenous (IV) infiltration for hospitalized children. The participants were 1,174 children admitted to a general hospital, who received peripheral intravenous injection therapy at least once, and had complete records. Data were analyzed with frequency and percentage or mean and standard deviation were calculated, and odds ratio (OR) from univariate and multiple logistic regressions.

[Sleep disorder experience in older patients with depression].

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify sleep disorder experience in older patients living in the community and acknowledging being depressed.

Methods: For this study, 11 older patients with depression were purposively chosen. Data were collected through in-depth individual interviews from July 2013 to January 2014 and analyzed in terms of by Giorgi's phenomenological methodology.

[Effects of carbonated water intake on constipation in elderly patients following a cerebrovascular accident].

Purpose: This study was done to identify effects of carbonated water intake on constipation in elders who have experienced a cerebrovascular accident (CVA) and are bed-ridden.

Methods: Forty elderly patients with CVA were randomly assigned to one of two groups in a double-blind study. Patients in the experimental group drank carbonated water and those in the control group drank tap water for two weeks.

Lived experience of Korean women suffering from rheumatoid arthritis: a phenomenological approach.

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) sufferers number approximately 200 million people around the world. In Korea, there is no accurate statistical information, but 1-2% of the total population have been estimated to be suffering from RA. Current research studies related to RA have been limited to quantitative approaches.