Purpose:The purpose of this study was to identify factors influencing quality of life in kidney transplant recipients and to understand the concrete pathway of influence and the power of each variable, so that integrated prediction model to promote the quality of life of kidney transplant recipients could be developed. Methods: The sample was composed of 218 patients in follow-up care after a kidney transplant in one of 4 university hospitals in the Honam area. A structured questionnaire was used and the collected data were analyzed for fitness, using the LISREL program. Results: This model was concise and extensive in predicting the quality of life of kidney transplant recipients. Conclusion: The research verified the factors influencing quality of life for kidney transplant recipients and it verified that direct factors such as perception of health state, compliance, self-efficacy, stress and indirect factors such as self-efficacy and social support can be important factors to predict the quality of life for recipients. Moreover, those variables represent 87% of variance in explaining quality of life in a prediction model so that the variables can be utilized to predict quality of life for kidney transplant recipients.

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Objectives: This study compared the effect of pelvic floor muscle exercise with electric stimulation therapy for middle-aged women with stress urinary incontinence. Methods: It was conducted by non-equivalent control group pre-test and post-test design among sixty community-based residents. A total of 60 women, recruited from KwangJu area, was assigned to 2 groups; 31 to the pelvic floor muscle exercise group and 29 to the electric stimulation therapy group. The interventions were provided twice a week for six weeks, and study measurements were taken at the beginning and 6th week of intervention. Results: Subjects had mild incontinence. In multiple comparisons, peak and mean pressure of pelvic floor muscle contraction (PPPFMC, MPPFMC) of electric stimulation group were significantly increased more than those of pelvic floor muscle exercise group, respectively (p=.041; p=.019). Leaked urinary amount (LUA) and urinary incontinence score (UIS) of the electrical stimulation group were no significantly decreased more than those of pelvic floor muscle exercise group. Conclusions: Compared to pelvic floor muscle exercise group, the effect of electric stimulation therapy group using portable machine on PPPFMC and MPPFMC was stronger. It was suggested that the interventions might be implemented longer than six weeks for improving urinary incontinence under the repeated measures randomized controlled design.

Purpose: This study aimed to identify the factors that impact the intention of sexual abstinence among female college students. The approach was based on Ajzen's theory of planned behavior and the parent-adolescent communication of contextual factors.Methods: A total of 189 female university students in the first to fourth grades at two universities in Honam region participated in the study. The collected data were analyzed using hierarchical stepwise multiple regression using SPSS 21.0.Results: The major factor that influences the intention of sexual abstinence among female college students was attitudes toward sexual behavior ( =0.53, p<0.001). Other factors, in descending order of their impact, were β subjective norms toward friends ( =0.25, p<0.001), experience of sexual intercourse ( =-0.19, p<0.001), and β β subjective norms toward parents ( =0.09, p=0.040). Taken together, the aforementioned factors explained 81.1 β % of the total variance. Conclusion:Female college students' intention to abstain from sexual behaviors requires education promoting moderate and conservative positions. The participants subjective norms concerning sexual behaviors as perceived ' by friends and parents were also important. The results of this study provide meaningful implications for education of parents, sexual education of female college students, and sexual counseling programs.Key Words: theory of planned behavior, college students, sexual behavior, sexual abstinence Yu HI So HS. Factors Influencing Intention of Sexual Abstinence Among Female College Students Based on the Theory of Planned Behavior ㆍ 116 https://doi.