The Association of Job Stress, Quality of Sleep, and the Experience of Near-Miss Errors among Nurses in General Hospitals.

This study investigated the association of job stress, quality of sleep, and near-miss error experiences among nurses working in general hospitals. A convenience sample of 195 nurses with over 3 months of work experience in a general hospital participated in the study. Statistical analyses were performed using SPSS 27.

Evaluating Standardized Job Competencies for Managing Students at Risk for Anaphylaxis in Elementary School Nurses.

This study aimed to evaluate standardized job competencies of elementary school nurses in managing the health of students at risk for anaphylaxis (SRAs). A total of 166 elementary school nurses from across Korea participated in this study. The tool utilized was a list of standardized job tasks of elementary school nurses in managing SRAs' health.

Effectiveness of a Participatory Program for Improving the Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Health of Older Farmers in Rural Korea.

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a participatory approach to the cardiovascular and cerebrovascular (CCV) health of older farmers in rural Korea.

Methods: A nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest design was used. Participants included 58 farmers aged ≥ 60 years who were assigned to either an experimental group (n = 28) or a comparative group (n = 30).

Propofol protects against lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammatory response in human amnion-derived WISH cells.

Background: Nonobstetric surgery is sometimes required during pregnancy, and neck abscess or facial bone fracture surgery cannot be postponed in pregnant women. However, dental surgery can be stressful and can cause inflammation, and the inflammatory response is a well-known major cause of preterm labor. Propofol is an intravenous anesthetic commonly used for general anesthesia and sedation.

Dexmedetomidine and LPS co-treatment attenuates inflammatory response on WISH cells via inhibition of p38/NF-κB signaling pathway.

Background: Inflammatory dental diseases that occur during pregnancy can cause preterm labor and/or intrauterine growth restriction. Therefore, proactive treatment of dental diseases is necessary during pregnancy. Dexmedetomidine (DEX) is a widely used sedative in the dental field, but research on the effect of DEX on pregnancy is currently insufficient.

The Mediating Effect of Frailty in the Relationship between Depression and Falls among Older People Living Alone in Korea.

Background: We explored the potential mediating role of frailty in the relationship between depression and falls.

Methods: The participants were 1,408 community-dwelling older people living alone in South Korea. The potential mediating role of frailty in the relationship between depression and falls was evaluated through univariate and multivariate logistic regression.

Maternal Responsive Parenting Trajectories From Birth to Age 3 and Children's Self-Esteem at First Grade.

This paper examines the quality and stability of the responsive parenting practices of mothers with infants and the longitudinal links between these practices and children's self-esteem. Using data presented by the Panel Study on Korean Children, this study identified Korean mothers' responsive parenting trajectories from birth to age three and examined their associations with children's self-esteem at first grade. Korean mothers developed one of three responsive parenting patterns from birth to age three: low (19.

Temperament Types at Age 3 and Smartphone Overdependence at Age 10.

Few studies have addressed the longitudinal links between early temperament types and later problematic smartphone use. This study aims to identify children's early temperament types at age 3 and to examine the link between the temperament types and smartphone overdependence at age 10. This study utilized a population-based data set presented by the Panel Study on Korean Children.

Effects of a Worksite-Based Self-Management Program in Traditional Retail Market Workers: Longitudinal Associations with Metabolic Parameters.

(1) Background: This study explored the effects of a worksite-based self-management program on metabolic parameters in traditional retail market workers during a 3-year period. (2) Methods: Seventy traditional retail market workers who completed 3 years of follow-up were included in this study. The worksite-based self-management program was developed to help traditional retail market workers manage metabolic parameters themselves based on the following content: (I) using a metabolic syndrome action checklist, (II) counseling, (III) creating improvement action plans, and (IV) evaluating implemented improvements.

Effect of air cleaner on stress hormones of pig and pork quality.

The objective of this study is to investigate effect of air cleaner operated during pig breeding period on stress hormones of pigs and their pork quality. The stress hormones (cortisol, epinephrine and norepinephrine) in blood sample of pigs reared in the housing rooms with or without air cleaner have been measured according to a pig's rearing stage: 0 day (farrowing), 21st day (farrowing-weaning), 70th day (weaning-nursery), 140th day (nursery-growing), and 180th day (growing-fattening). The comparison of pork quality according to the application of an air cleaner was performed through the carcass analysis of the pigs shipped from swine house.

Factors Included in T1DM Continuing Education for Korean School Nurses: A Systematic Review.

(1) Background: The aim of this systematic review was to identify key factors for inclusion in continuing education for Korean school nurses to improve their competence in managing students with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). (2) Methods: This systematic review was conducted according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. (3) Results: Twelve studies were included in this systematic literature review.

Anti-inflammatory effects of dexmedetomidine on human amnion-derived WISH cells.

To maintain the normal pregnancy, suppression of inflammatory signaling pathway is a crucial physiologic response. Dexmedetomidine has been used for labor analgesia or supplement of inadequate regional analgesia during delivery. And it has been reported that dexmedetomidine has an anti-inflammatory effect.

Optimal effect-site concentration of remifentanil to prevent hemodynamic changes during nasotracheal intubation using a video laryngoscope.

Background: Nasotracheal intubation is the most commonly used method to secure the field of view when performing surgery on the oral cavity or neck. Like orotracheal intubation, nasotracheal intubation uses a laryngoscope. Hemodynamic change occurs due to the stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system.

Anti-inflammatory effect of remifentanil in lipopolysaccharide-stimulated amniotic epithelial cells.

Background: Sometimes general anesthesia is required for dental surgery in pregnant women. Facial bone fractures or neck abscess should be treated immediately. Dental surgery, however, creates a stressful situation that can cause inflammation.

Korean mothers' alcohol consumption trajectories from childbirth to 6 years postpartum and children's executive function difficulties at first grade.

Purpose: This study aims to identify Korean mothers' alcohol consumption trajectories during early parenthood (from birth to 6 years postpartum) and to examine associations between these trajectories and their children's executive function difficulties at first grade (age 7).

Methods: Participants were 1010 mothers and their children, a subset of the Panel Study of Korean Children. Mothers' postpartum alcohol consumption trajectories were identified using growth mixture modeling.

Propofol Suppresses LPS-Induced Inflammation in Amnion Cells via Inhibition of NF-κB Activation.

Background: Preterm labor is a leading risk factor for neonatal death and long-term impairment and linked closely with inflammation. Non-obstetric surgery is occasionally needed during pregnancy and the anesthetic drugs or surgery itself can give rise to inflammation. Here, we examined the influence of propofol pretreatment on the expression of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) and prostaglandin E (PGE) after lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulation.

Sex differences in metabolic risk indicator of dementia in an elderly urban Korean population: A community-based cross-sectional study.

Aim: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the age-specific prevalence of dementia, and develop a metabolic risk indicator for dementia according to sex.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out from September 2007 through December 2012 with 19 935 elderly participants in metropolitan Seoul, Korea. Multiphase assessments were used to measure metabolic risk factors and confirm dementia according to sex.

Associations of adverse childhood experiences with depression and alcohol abuse among Korean college students.

This study investigated adverse childhood experiences of Korean college students and the impact such experiences have on students' depression and alcohol abuse. Using an online questionnaire, 939 college students were surveyed regarding their adverse childhood experiences, depressive symptoms and alcohol use habits. About half of the participants claimed to have experienced at least one adversity in their childhood.

Relationship between Clinical Parameters and Brain Structure in Sporadic Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Patients According to Onset Type: A Voxel-Based Morphometric Study.

Background And Purpose: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a rapidly progressing, phenotypically heterogeneous neurodegenerative disease affecting mainly the motor neuron system. The present voxel-based morphometry (VBM) study investigated whether patterns of brain atrophy differ among sporadic ALS subtypes.

Material And Methods: Sporadic ALS patients (n = 62) with normal cognition and age-matched healthy controls (n = 57) were included in the study.

Analysis of Workplace Health Education Performed by Occupational Health Managers in Korea.

Purpose: To evaluate workplace health education as practiced by occupational health managers based on standardized job tasks and suggest priority tasks and areas to be trained.

Methods: The study was conducted between November 10, 2013 and April 30, 2014. The tool used in this study was standardized job tasks of workplace health education for occupational health managers which was developed through methodological steps.

Effect of occupational health nursing practice on musculoskeletal pains among hospital nursing staff in South Korea.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to identify whether occupational health nursing variables serve as the contributing factors to musculoskeletal pains (MSP).

Methods: A self-administered questionnaire composed of demographic characteristics, the practice of occupational health nursing and information regarding MSP was designed based on in-depth interviews with eight nurses. This study included 226 hospital nursing staff who worked at three university hospitals located in Seoul, South Korea.

Utility of action checklists as a consensus building tool.

The present study's objective was to determine the mechanisms for enhancing the utility of action checklists applied in participatory approach programs for workplace improvements, to identify the benefits of building consensus and to compare their applicability in Asian countries to find the most appropriate configuration for action checklists. Data were collected from eight trainees and 43 trainers with experience in Participatory Action-Oriented Training. Statistical analysis was performed in SPSS using the package PASW, version 19.