Journal of Digital Convergence (디지털융복합연구)

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Management and Knowledge for the Prevention of Infectious Diseases in the elderly

노인의 감염병 예방을 위한 관리 및 지식도

  • Received : 2022.04.19
  • Accepted : 2022.05.20
  • Published : 2022.05.28
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Abstract

The objective of this study is to provide the basic data for the development of educational programs for the prevention of infectious diseases targeting the elderly by researching the degree of personal hygiene practice, perceived risk of infection, and knowledge and importance of infectious diseases for the prevention of infectious diseases of the elderly. Using the structured questionnaire for a month of October in 2021, this study surveyed total 110 elderly people in their 65 or up by using the one-to-one individual interview method through the Gallup Korea. The collected data was analyzed by using the IBM SPSS Statistics 25.0 Program. In the results of analyzing the ranking by converting it into Borich's needs formula and then totaling up the degree of importance and knowledge, it was researched as the 1st place for the transmission path of infectious diseases, the 2nd place for the preventive method of infectious diseases, the 3rd place for the treatment method of infectious diseases, the 4th place for the handling procedure in case an infectious disease was doubted and confirmed, and the 5th place for the major symptoms of infectious diseases. The results of this study could contribute to the improvement of infection preventive practice through the provision of proper information to subjects, by providing the basic data for the development of educational programs for the elderly reflecting the needs of prevention and management of infectious diseases.

본 연구의 목적은 노인의 감염병 예방을 위한 개인위생실천정도, 감염에 대한 지각된 위험, 감염병에 대한 지식 및 중요도를 조사하여 노인 대상 감염병 예방을 위한 교육프로그램 개발을 위한 기초자료를 제공하기 위함이다. 2021년 10월 한 달 동안 구조화된 설문지를 이용하여 한국갤럽을 통해 일대일 개별 면접조사로 65세 이상 노인 110명 조사하였다. 조사 자료는 IBM SPSS statistics 25.0 program을 이용하여 분석하였다. Borich 요구도 공식으로 환산하여 중요도와 지식정도를 합산하여 순위를 분석한 결과, 1순위는 감염병의 전파경로, 2순위는 감염병의 예방 방법, 3순위는 감염병의 치료 방법, 4순위는 감염병 의심 및 확진 시 처리절차, 5순위는 감염병의 주요 증상으로 조사되었다. 본 연구결과는 감염병 예방 및 관리에 대한 요구도를 반영한 노인 대상 교육프로그램 개발에 기초자료로 제공함으로 대상자에게 적절한 정보제공을 통한 감염예방실천 향상에 기여할 수 있을 것이다.

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Acknowledgement

This work was supported by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of the Korea and National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF-2020S1A5C2A04092504)

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