Research in Community and Public Health Nursing

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A Cost Benefit Analysis of Individual Home Visiting Health Care: Jin Hyun Kim, Tae Jin Lee, Jin Hee Lee, Sang Jin Shin, Eun Hee Lee; J Korean Acad Community Health Nurs. 2010;21(3):362-373. Published online September 30, 2010; DOI: https://doi.org/10.12799/jkachn.2010.21.3.362

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PURPOSE
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the costs and benefits of individual home visiting health care using secondary data and literature review.
METHODS
The total number of subjects was 1,008,837. A specific program was classified into disease management, care of infant, child and women, or elderly care. The costs and effects of a program were identified from a societal perspective, and the effects were converted into monetary terms or benefits. The total cost was calculated in the way that medical expenses, travel costs and productivity losses were offset by the decrease in benefits and thus only the program budget was included in the total cost.
RESULTS
The total program cost was 47.6 billion won per year and the total annual benefit was estimated at 435.6 billion won. The benefits of arthritis management were the biggest among disease management programs. The net benefit was 388.0 billion won per year and the benefit/cost ratio was 9.16.
CONCLUSION
Home visiting health care was validated to be economically effective. It made a positive contribution to improving the health status of vulnerable populations and reducing medical expenses. These results suggest that home visiting care should be extended more broadly to vulnerable populations.

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The Effects of a Tai Chi Exercise Program for Patients with Arthritis in Rural Areas: Ae Young So, Kyung Sook Lee, Jung Sook Choi, Eun Hee Lee; J Korean Acad Community Health Nurs. 2010;21(1):118-127. Published online March 31, 2010; DOI: https://doi.org/10.12799/jkachn.2010.21.1.118

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PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of a Tai-Chi exercise program on subjective health and physiological function index.
METHODS
This study was designed as non-equivalent control group pretest-posttest research. Eighteen women in each group completed the posttest with an attendance rate of 78.3 % after 12 weeks. The Tai Chi exercise program was provided two times a week over three months for the experimental group, but no program for the control group. A questionnaire was used for subjective health index, which consisted of Korean-WOMAC Index for joint stiffness, K-HAQ for physical disability, EQ-5D for quality of life and perceived health status, and CES-D for depression. To measure the effect on the physiological function index, femoral muscle strength, shoulder joint and back flexibility were measured.
RESULTS
All variables except left anterior femoral muscle strength had significant homogeneity between the two groups. There were statistically significant differences between the experimental group and the control group in joint stiffness (t=-2.165, p=.03), physical disability (t=-2.231, p=.038), EQ-5D index (t=3.783, p=.001), perceived health status (t=-2.349, p=.025) and femoral posterior muscle strength (t=2.487, p=.038).
CONCLUSION
The Tai-Chi exercise program was beneficial for women with arthritis in rural communities.

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