• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.14 no.7
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• pp.3275-3283
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• 2013

Purpose: This study is to verify and analyze the influencing factors of successful aging with social support, self-efficacy, community environment and subjective health status on middle and old aged men. Methods: The survey was performed to the men between the ages of 50 and 79 in Seoul and Kyunggi province, Korea. 144 questionnaires were collected and analyzed by SPSS 18.0 program. Stepwise multiple regression was used to identify significant predictors of successful aging. Results: The most influencing factor for successful aging was social support, the second was self-efficacy, the third and the fourth was community environment and subjective health status. This regression model explained 56.7% of the variance in successful aging. Conclusion: The result shows that these variables should be considered in intervention and program of successful aging for middle and old aged men. It can be an important consideration in enhancing promoting care and welfare for the successful aging.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.8 no.5
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• pp.255-263
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• 2017

The purpose of this study was to investigate the meditation effects of self-esteem on the relationship model between Korean new elderly class's recovery resilience and productive aging. This study sampled preliminary elderly people in other provinces nationwide. Data from a total of effective 484 subjects was analyzed. The collected data was processed using the IBM SPSS 20.0 and AMOS 5.0, and underwent descriptive statistical analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, and structure model verification. The results are as follows; First, recovery resilience of Korean new elderly class's affect their self-esteem. Second, recovery resilience of Korean new elderly class's affect their productive aging. Third, self-esteem of Korean new elderly class's affect their productive aging. Lastly thel relationship among recovery resilience, self-esteem and productive aging of Korean new elderly class's shows partial mediation, and there is the mediation effect.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.15 no.11
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• pp.359-373
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• 2015

Cognitive reserve(CR) is the ability to optimize or maximize performance through complementary brain networks. CR is relevant to normal aging in cognitive-linguistic abilities. There are few domestic systematic reviews or meta-analyses that analyze the relationships between multiple CR and cognitive-linguistic domains in healthy older people. This meta-analysis included 32 studies published since 2000. In result, education level topped the list, followed by the occupation, cognitively stimulating activities, and the multilingualism. Most studies were related to memory, global cognition, and language. CR had a modest positive association with cognitive-linguistic performance. Multiple domains including memory and language also showed the significant correlations across most measures of CR. This study provides evidence-based information to support cognitive-linguistic ability in normal aging.

• Journal of Convergence for Information Technology
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• v.8 no.6
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• pp.9-14
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• 2018

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between past smoking period and tooth loss in Korean elderly based on the data the Sixth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2013-2015). The study subjects were 4,037 elderly people (1,737 men and 2,300 women) over 65 years old. The statistical analyses were conducted by applying complex sample analysis technique using SPSS/WIN 22.0(${\alpha}=0.05$). The average number of tooth loss in Korean elderly was 11.14. The analysis result of the relationship of the tooth loss according to the past smoking period, the risk of tooth loss was more than twice higher in over 30 years past smoking period group than in under 10 years past smoking period group. In conclusion, the long term past smoking were associated with tooth loss in Korean elderly. Therefore, it seems to need a continuous oral health care through non-smoking policy and education.

• 한국노년학
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.73-93
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• 2005

This study explores the determinants of economic status and well-being among elderly Koreans. Particular emphasis is paid to the role of intergenerational support in these processes because institutional responses to an aging population in Korea are currently inadequate. Path model results indicate that status maintenance variables have significant effects on economic status and well-being as measured by comprehensive income. Further, inequality in comprehensive income - as measured by the Gini and Theil's indices - is substantial and increases in successive age groups. However, market-based and family-based income, two components of comprehensive income, show different patterns. Inequality in market-based income is apparently increasing, while inequality in family-based income is decreasing gradually in successive age groups. With respect to the role of intergenerational support, results indicate that family-income-focused persons possess highly vulnerable sociodemographic characteristics, and that for the socially disadvantaged elderly Koreans, intergenerational support plays a crucial role in the later stages of life. This study also discusses the implications of these findings for the transition from latency to manifestation of intergenerational support in Korea.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
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• v.25 no.6
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• pp.1112-1121
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• 2001

The purpose of the study was to investigate and make comparison of brand images of men's wear brands and women's wear brands targeting middle-aged people or older people. Thus, the study could be an exploratory study to search apparel niche-market for middle-aged or older consumers. The questionnaire consisted of questions on 28 brand image. The subjects were to evaluate their brand images and rate on 5 point Likert-type scales of 28 adjectives. Most of the subjects were designers or merchandisers who worked for men'wear brands or women's wear brands. The SPSS/WIN Program was used to calculate frequency, t-test, and cluster analysis. The results from the study were as follow : 1) The common images which men's wear brands and women's wear brands strongly pursued were prestigious, luxurious. 2) Each 37 men's wear brands and 36 women's wear brands were clustered into one groups by brand images. The common images included in first clusters of men's wear and woman's wear brands consisted of prestigious. luxurious, formal, comfort, and conservative. This market needs to be more segmented by differentiated brand images.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2020.05a
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• pp.310-313
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• 2020

디지털 시대에서 스마트폰은 없어서는 안 될 존재가 되었다. 스마트폰이 단순한 통신 기능 뿐만 아니라 다양한 서비스업의 기능까지 수행하면서, 빠르게 발전하였다. 이러한 빠른 발전 속도를 따라가지 못한 노년층은 스마트폰의 사용에 어려움을 겪고 있다. 본 연구는 노년층이 디지털 시대에서 소외되지 않고, 스마트폰을 쉽게 사용할 수 있도록 돕는 애플리케이션을 제안한다. 애플리케이션은 전화 및 메시지 기능의 사용 방법을 안내하고, 위급 상황을 빠르게 알리며 보이스피싱의 위험으로부터 보호하는 기능을 가지고 있다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2023.01a
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• pp.277-278
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• 2023

최근 고령화 사회로 인해 전 세계적으로 노년층 인구수가 증가하고 있다. 하지만, 노인들의 신체 능력은 더욱 약화되고 있으며 병원을 찾아가 진료 및 재활을 받는 것은 신체적으로 부담이 갈 것은 자명한 사실이다. 또한, 재활 치료는 본인이 느끼는 것에 따라 진단 결과가 나오며 의사 또한 정확한 수치를 확인할 수 없어 제대로 된 진단 결과를 받을 수 없다는 문제가 있다. 본 논문은 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위해 병원을 직접 찾아가지 않고, 자택에서 측정 및 재활이 가능한 시스템을 제안한다. 재활 치료를 받는 환자의 신체정보를 근전도 센서, 심박 수 센서 등을 활용하여 상시 체크를 하고 의사가 실시간으로 모니터링을 하며 환자의 상태를 확인 및 상담과 조치를 취할 수 있는 시스템을 만들어 최근 증가하고 있는 노년층들이 신체적, 금전적 제약을 받지 않고 진료 받을 수 있게 할 것이다.

• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• v.6 no.4
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• pp.257-262
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• 2006

Purpose: We analyzed the clinicopathologic features, including treatment and outcome, and the survival rates between young and elderly patients with gastric cancer. Materials and Methods: Clinical information was reviewed for 1086 patients who had undergone a gastrectomy for gastric cancer during a 10-year period from 1990 to 1999, and the patients were assigned to one of two groups: the A group (<40 years of age, 91 patients) and the B group (${\geq}70\;years\;of\;age,\;85\;patients)$). Results: Compared to the B group, the A group had more females (47.3% vs 32.9%), a greater frequency of family history of cancer (15.4% vs 3.5%), and greater proportions of histologically poorly differentiated tumors (84.5% vs 40.2%) and Lauren diffuse-type tumors (69.1% vs 35.1%)(P<0.05). There was no difference in TNM stage. Cardiopulmonary co-morbidities were more in the B group, respectively, 1.1% (A group) and 11.8% (B group)(P<0.01), but the morbidity and the mortality were similar. Although there was no difference in curability, the B group underwent less aggressive operations in lymph-node dissection above D3 and had a shorter operation time, a smaller number of retrieved lymph nodes, and less adjuvant chemotherapy (P<0.001). However, there were no differences in the disease-specific 5-year survival rates, 67.6% and 67.0% respectively. Conclusion: Young and elderly patients with gastric cancer had different clinicopathological features. Especially, elderly patients underwent relatively less aggressive treatment. In spite of these facts, the outcome of treatment and the disease-specific survival rates were not different.

• 가정의 벗
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• v.37 no.10 s.434
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• pp.4-5
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• 2004

우리나라의 노년층에 대한 이해에 있어 가장 어려운 점은 성에 대한 인식의 부족에서 오는 경우가 많다. 실제 상당수의 노인이 노화로 인해 신체적으로 퇴화되더라도 성기능을 보전하고 싶어 하는 욕구나 이성교제에 대한 관심도 많은 편이다. 이제 노인의 성에 대한 인식을 새롭게 하고 건강하고 활기찬 생활이 되도록 노력하는 것이 필요하다.