We developed an interactive mobile-phone based application, SmartDiet, that analyzes daily nutrition intake and patterns of exercise. It provides a personalized diet profile promotes knowledge about using game. evaluated the effectiveness SmartDiet application in terms acquiring dietary information, weight control user satisfaction. A case-control study was conducted over six-week period, with 19 people intervention group 17 group. During study, total 235 successful data transmissions were...

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) is one of the most common gynecological endocrine conditions, affecting both physical and mental health, quality life women. PCOS was associated with diverse disorders but studies in Korean populations were limited. This study aims to investigate risk patients Korea. We evaluated five using health insurance billing data from National Health Insurance Corporation. selected 188,973 412,022 control individuals. Prevalence, cumulative incidence, Hazard ratios...

In February 2024, the South Korean government announced a 67% increase in medical school admissions (2,000 more students), leading to resignation of approximately 10,000 residents from major university hospitals. This study investigated impact these resignations on pediatric emergency department (PED) visits at tertiary hospital Korea. We conducted retrospective observational analyzing PED under 15 years old January 2019 May 12, 2024. After excluding cases with missing diagnostic codes or...

Objective Suicide is a leading cause of death in college age students. Identification the associated risk factors has important implications for how to prevent and respond this population; however, few studies have been performed on topic group. The purpose study was evaluate prevalence with suicide ideation attempts Methods Three hundred sixty-eight students participated cross-sectional observational study. recent (over two weeks) lifetime were defined according Moscicki's behavior index....

Many medication errors can occur when ordering and dispensing medicine in hospitals. The clinical decision support system (CDSS) is widely used an effort to reduce errors. This study focused on the evaluation of user satisfaction with CDSS for at a university hospital. Specifically, this aimed identify factors influencing examine requirements order further improve drug safety.The was based survey data from 218 users (103 doctors, 103 nurses, 15 pharmacists) hospital that uses CDSS. In CDSS,...

Abstract Drugs with strong anticholinergic properties are used under a variety of conditions; however, they can cause various adverse effects including negative impact on cognitive functions, older adults being more susceptible to these effects. We explored whether the use agents (ACs) affects risk Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in terms incidence by using National Health Insurance Service elderly cohort database (2002–2013). As result, AD was higher subjects an increased amount prescriptions for...

The total number of pediatric emergency department (PED) visitors has decreased worldwide since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak. We hypothesized that this might also affect PED visits due to injuries. Therefore, we investigated these changes in after COVID-19 outbreak through a long-term multicenter observational study. assessed proportion injured patients’ weekly and trend rate epidemic began by segmented regression analysis. evaluated change distribution detailed diagnostic...

Abstract Backgrounds As the prevalence of dementia rises, caregiver burden also increases in South Korea, especially for informal family caregivers. This study aimed to analyze factors affecting by severity based on data patients Seoul. Methods A total 12,292 individuals aged ≥65 years enrolled Seoul Dementia Management Project from 2010 2016 an online database were selected. Caregiver’s was assessed using Korea version Zarit Burden Interview. Multiple regression analyses performed determine...

Adenotonsillectomy (AT) improves short-term symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children; however, its long-term effects remain unclear. We aimed to verify the therapeutic AT children with ADHD.

Background: Although uterine leiomyoma causes many problems, including infertility, there are few studies that have investigated the epidemiologic characteristics of in South Korea. The aim this study is to estimate prevalence and incidence Korea analyze treatment trends. Materials Methods: Women reproductive age (15-54 years) were selected from Korean National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) sample cohort dataset, which was collected 2002 2013. Patients with identified by ICD-10...

Collecting valid information from electronic sources to detect the potential outbreak of infectious disease is time-consuming and labor-intensive. The automated identification relevant using machine learning necessary respond a outbreak. A total 2864 documents were collected various websites subsequently manually categorized labeled by two reviewers. Accurate labels for training test data provided based on reviewer consensus. Two algorithms—ConvNet bidirectional long short-term memory...

Background: The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision (ICD-10) has been used in various Asia-Pacific countries for more than 20 years. Although ICD-10 is a powerful tool, clinical coding processes are complex; therefore, many developing have not able to implement ICD-10-based health statistics (WHO-FIC APN, 2007). Objective: This study aimed simplify processes, modify index terms facilitate computer searching provide simplified...

The incidence and prevalence of endometriosis remain unclear due to diagnostic difficulties. Especially, there has been little information regarding the population-based epidemiology endometriosis. purpose this study is estimate in Korea based on health insurance claims data.This a retrospective cohort using Korean National Health Insurance Service-National Sample Cohort, which correspond approximately 1 million populations from 2002 2013. Patients aged 15-54 years were selected, estimated...

The impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on Kawasaki (KD) has not yet been established. We investigated changes in observed number and severity KD cases accompanying coronary artery complications during COVID-19 Korea.This retrospective observational study included patients aged < 18 years with acute-phase diagnosed between March 2018 February 2021. Data were extracted from Clinical Warehouse that houses data five affiliated university hospitals Korea. analyzed patient...

Abstract Helicobacter pylori infection increases age-related diverse overmethylation in gene-control regions, which the risk of gastric cancer. The H. pylori-associated changes subsequently disappear when atrophy and cancer develop. To identify cancer-risk epigenotypes, we traced dynamic methylation background mucosa stomach depending on extent atrophy. Paired biopsy specimens were obtained from noncancerous antrum body 102 patients with 114 pylori–positive 112 pylori–negative controls....

Background: ICD-11 was officially released at the World Health Assembly on 25 May 2019. Objective: To find effective ways to increase accuracy of coding for diagnostic terms in Korea a stable transition from Korean modification ICD-10 (7th Revision Classification Disease, KCD-7) ICD-11. Method: A total 27 skilled health information managers performed KCD-7 and simultaneously (line [56]; case [17]). Accuracy rates percentage agreements were calculated, granularity difficulty rated by...

Background: Propofol-based total intravenous anesthesia (TIVA) improves long-term outcomes after cancer surgery compared with inhalation anesthesia. However, its effect on patients undergoing non-small cell lung (NSCLC) remains unclear. We aimed to compare the oncological of TIVA and curative resection early-stage NSCLC. Methods: analyzed medical records diagnosed stage I or II NSCLC who underwent at a tertiary university hospital between January 2010 December 2017. The primary were...

We report two human cases of tick bite. A 63-year-old male had a pruritic pea-sized brownish nodule on the left popliteal area. Another 41-year-old an asymptomatic bean-sized black in pubic The ticks were identified as Ixodes nipponensis, which are 18th and 19th Korea. Key words: ticks, bite,

The cysteine proteinases of Paragonimus westermani are known to play important roles in invasion and pathogenesis hosts immune modulation nutrient uptake. In this study, we have cloned a new proteinase P. westermani, PwCP2, from adult worms tested its diagnostic usefulness. PwCP2 gene had an open reading frame 816 base pairs conserved catalytic triad cysteine, histidine, asparagine residues. mature form recombinant (rPwCP2) lacking proregion was overexpressed Escherichia coli used produce...