Effects of Emotional Labor, Work-Life Balance, and Empowerment on the Professional Quality of Life of Korean Nurses.

Background: This descriptive survey study aimed to investigate the effects of emotional labor, work-life balance, and empowerment on nurses' professional quality of life (ProQOL) and provide foundational data for improving the ProQOL of Korean nurses.

Methods: Nurses who had been working for at least six months in hospitals in Yeosu, Suncheon, and Gwangyang, the Republic of Korea, were surveyed in April 2022. Using a structured questionnaire, data were collected on general characteristics, emotional labor, work-life balance, empowerment, and ProQOL.

Effects of a Breastfeeding Support Program on the Prevalence of Exclusive Breastfeeding and Growth in Late Preterm Infants.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of a breastfeeding support program (BSP) on the prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding and growth in late-preterm infants.

Methods: A quasi-experimental study was conducted. The participants were 40 late preterm infants (LPIs), of whom 20 were assigned to the experimental group and 20 to the control group.

Age-Dependent Attitudes of Ischemic Patients Toward Disability After Decompressive Hemicraniectomy for Malignant Middle Cerebral Artery Infarction.

Objective: To investigate patient attitudes toward acceptable levels of disability after decompressive surgery for malignant middle cerebral artery infarction, including impact of patient age, to improve process of surgical informed consent.

Methods: Patients who had experienced a recent minor stroke were asked to complete a questionnaire containing 2 parts: demographic information, including patient age, sex, years of education, working status, religion, and economic status, and acceptable level of disability based on modified Rankin Scale (mRS) with corresponding illustrations to explain mRS levels.

Results: Patient age was identified as an independent determinant of the worst acceptable mRS score with a negative correlation.

[Effects of heat therapy using a far infrared rays heating element for dysmenorrhea in high school girls].

Purpose: The purpose of this study was designed to identify the effects of heat therapy on dysmenorrhea, heat being provided using a far infrared rays heating element.

Methods: The research design for the study was a non-equivalent control group quasi-experimental design. Participants were 22 students for the experimental group, and 26 students for the control group.

[Factors influencing headache in children].

Objectives: This descriptive study was conducted to examine the degree of stress, coping styles, communication with the mother and depression between headache-suffering children and headache-free children and to explore predicted factors for headache occurrence in children.

Method: The subjects of this study consisted of 196 headache-free children and 107 headache-suffering children. They were 4th-6th graders of an elementary school in T city.

[The effects of hand-acupuncture therapy on intermittent abdominal pain in children].

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the effects of hand acupuncture therapy on intermittent abdominal pain in children.

Method: A quasi experimental pre-test and post (1,2)-test design was used. Data was collected from May, 2002 to February, 2003.