Preliminary evaluation of a web site for depressive symptoms management.

The purpose of this study was to (1) evaluate the characteristics of website users in relation to their depressive symptoms and (2) pilot test the effectiveness of the depressive symptoms management program. Computer-assisted intervention is as effective as face-to-face treatment for managing depressive symptoms, which are one of the most common and destructive mental problems. This kind of system can be particularly useful in Korea where stigmatism exists for those who seek mental health care.

[A review study on the strategies for concept analysis].

Purpose: Concept analysis is an essential part of theory development in nursing. Thus, many strategies or methods of concept analysis have been suggested in nursing literature. However, in Korea, only limited strategies were utilized, without much consideration on a wide range of strategies in choosing a method that coincides with the characteristics of each concept to analyze.

[Effects of abdominal breathing training using biofeedback on stress, immune response and quality of life in patients with a mastectomy for breast cancer].

Purpose: This study was to determine the effects of abdominal breathing training using biofeedback on stress, immune response, and quality of life.

Method: The study design was a nonequivalent control group pretest- posttest, quasi-experimental design. Twenty-five breast cancer patients who had completed adjuvant chemotherapy were enrolled.

Nurses' willingness to maximize opioid analgesia for severe cancer pain, and its predictor.

Goals Of Work: The effectiveness of cancer pain management (CPM) is influenced by nurses' willingness to maximize opioid analgesia for severe cancer pain. The purposes of this study were to identify the willingness of nurses to provide maximum-dose opioids whenever needed for CPM and to determine its associated predictors.

Methods: This multicenter study was conducted among the entire total of registered nurses in seven large hospitals in Korea.

Development of child and adolescent psychiatric nursing practice in Korea, 1980-2000.

Problem: Although the need for mental health services for children and youth is on the rise in Korea, there are no data available regarding the current status of psychiatric nurses working with children and adolescents.

Methods: Descriptive statistics were used to analyze questionnaires from 324 respondents.

Findings: Only 5% of psychiatric nurses in Korea are working at child and adolescent-specific programs.