Workforce, task performance, and analysis of organ transplant coordinators in Korea: a survey study.

Background: The workload of organ transplant coordinators is increasing as administrative tasks become more diverse with changing laws and regulations. These changes have heightened the demand for organ transplant coordinators with expertise in the field. This study aimed to determine the status of human resources of organ transplant coordinators and conduct job analysis using the Developing A Curriculum (DACUM) method.

A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Health Literacy and Compliance to Treatment in Organ Transplant Recipients.

This study was conducted to determine the correlations between health literacy, transplant effects, and compliance to treatment in organ transplant recipients and to identify the factors influencing compliance to treatment. The participants ( = 130; males = 66.9%; mean age = 56.

Factors influencing the self-management of kidney transplant patients based on self-determination theory: a cross-sectional study.

Background: Self-determination theory is useful for explaining how kidney transplant recipients self-manage their postoperative health, including drug regimens, but few studies have applied this theory to transplant recipients. This study aimed to examine the influence of health professionals' autonomy support, autonomous motivation and competence on kidney transplant patients' self-management based on the self-determination theory.

Methods: This study included 79 kidney transplant patients from one outpatient clinic in a general hospital in Seoul, Korea.

[Illness experience of adolescents with hematologic malignancies].

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe the experience process of adolescents with hematologic malignancies. The question for the study was "What is the experience of adolescents with hematologic malignancies like?".

Methods: The grounded theory methodology was used for this study.

[Health problems and psychosocial adaptation of children with cancer].

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe health problems and psychosocial adaptation in children with cancer and to determine the relationship between these two variables.

Method: The data were collected from parents of 61 children with cancer, aged 4-11 years at one university hospital in Seoul. The instruments for this study were the Korea Child Behavior Check List (KCBCL) and a physical symptom checklist developed by the researchers.