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연구실 탐방 - 아주대 의대 '뇌졸중 및 치매의 중재요법 연구센터'

  • Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies
    • The Science & Technology
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    • v.33 no.11 s.378
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    • pp.78-79
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    • 2000
  • 생명과학의 발달로 사람의 수명이 늘고 있지만 뇌졸증과 치매, 파킨슨병 같은 노인성 질환도 늘고 있어 65세 이상 노인의 14%가 이러한 질병으로 고통을 받고 있다. 미국ㆍ일본 등 선진국에서 이러한 노인성 뇌질환 연구에 박차를 가하고 있는 가운데 아주대 의과대학은 '뇌졸증 및 치매의 중재요법 연구센터'를 설립해 최근 Sulfasalazine을 비롯 신경세포를 보호하는 물질을 다수 발견해 뇌질환의 예방과 치료에 획기적인 계기를 마련하고 있다.

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A Study on Health Statue of the Elderly in Rural Community according to Drinking Pattern (일부 농촌지역 노인의 음주양상에 따른 건강상태)

  • Baek, Dal-Hyun;Hwang, Byung-Deog;Moon, Hyo-Jung;Yoon, Hee-Jung;Lee, Sung-Kook
    • Journal of agricultural medicine and community health
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    • v.31 no.3
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    • pp.263-273
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    • 2006
  • Objectives: This study was conducted to investigate the trend of health statue of the elderly living in rural area according to drinking patterns. Methods: This study was conducted with 2,421 elderly people (male 1,273 and female 1,148) residing in the selected 25 villages, with exclusion of a few elderly people who were in hospital, out for a long time or had an unknown address. This study were carried out, face-to-face interviews with the subjects were made from January to March 2002. Results: The investigation of drinking state showed that for male subjects, drinkers accounted for 48.8%, nondrinkers 35.1% and abstainers from drinking 16.1%, whereas for female subjects, drinkers accounted 15.3%, nondrinkers 80.2% and abstainers from drinking 4.5%. The health status was analyzed according to drinking pattern. For elderly men, abstainers from drinking showed worse health state than nondrinkers and drinkers. Elderly women showed the same result. It is widely known that drinking are the important causes of chronic diseases. Therefore, it is needed to provide the elderly with education on control of preventable health risk factors and effect of living state on health, in order to prevent aggravation of health level of the elder population aged 65 and over. This will also help them promote their health. It will be desirable that for the elderly, the objective will focus on health promotion rather than treatment of diseases. Conclusions: Carry out health plan for rural communities and health maintenance programs and health promotion of the elderly in those communities shall be developed. In addition, preventive education and health examination shall be conducted more frequently with the elderly who drink but are still healthy.

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Factors Affecting Suicidal Ideation in Elderly Attending Community Senior Centers (노인정을 이용하는 지역사회 노인들의 자살생각에 대한 영향 요인)

  • Shin, Jin-Ui;Baek, Seolhyang
    • Journal of agricultural medicine and community health
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    • v.38 no.2
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    • pp.71-84
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    • 2013
  • Objectives: As suicide among the elderly population has been a critical issue in Korea, this study aimed to evaluate correlations of suicidal ideation with protective and risk factors among elderly who reside in a rural community. Methods: A total of 157 elders from Gyeongju city, who had attended senior centers in, were enrolled to answer questionnaires including the Geriatric Depression Scale Short Form-Korea and the Scale for Suicidal Ideation. Data were analyzed using SPSS 18.0K for Windows, and included t-test, Pearson correlation, and a three-step hierarchical multiple regression analyses. Results: Using the hierarchical regression analyses for predicting the elderly's suicidal ideation, male gender and social group variables were entered as predictors in the first step(adjusted $R^2$=0.107, P<0.05). Pain, ADLs, family support variables were not entered in the second step. Depression variable was the only predictor in the third step(adjusted $R^2$=0.384, P<0.001). Conclusions: Although this study confirmed the impact of depression on the suicidal ideation, elderly with risk factors including male gender and social isolation should receive a special attention from community health care professionals.

Convergence study of the Disease Management Educational Experience and Cardiovascular Health Behaviors of Elderly Living Alone having Risk Factors of Metabolic Syndrome (대사증후군 위험 요인을 가진 독거노인의 질병관리교육 경험과 심혈관건강행태에 대한 융합적 연구)

  • Kim, Jong Im;Kim, Yu Mi;Park, Keum Ok;Kim, Tae Hui
    • Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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    • v.9 no.6
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    • pp.329-337
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    • 2018
  • This study was designed to investigate the effect of medical education on the health behavior of elderly people aged 65 years or older who have the diagnosis of metabolic syndrome. From 2014 community health survey data, 9042 people with hypertension and diabetes who had disease management education experience in elderly people over 65 years old were used as the final analysis data. Data were analyzed by Chi-square test and multi-variable logistic regression. The results of the study showed that the perceived rate of cardiovascular health factors was higher in the elderly living alone with disease management education (p <.001), and the probability of walking more than 3 days per week was 1.145(P = .002), not drinking at the present time was 1.212 times (p <.001), eating thinly was 1.184 times (p = .002). From the results of this study, it is required to develop the health promotion policy that reflects the importance of education by health care providers and the health information provided to the elderly living alone.

Physical activity convergence contents for health care of the elderly (융합형 노인건강관리 신체활동 콘텐츠)

  • Kang, Sunyoung;Kang, Seungae
    • Convergence Security Journal
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    • v.15 no.7
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    • pp.63-68
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    • 2015
  • In rapid aging society, the disease prevention and management for healthy life of the elderly is very important. Regular physical activity is known to be a useful intervention for the physical and mental health of the elderly. In this study, we explore the convergence contents using IT technology as the intervention for encouraging the regular physical activity in the elderly. There are u-Healthcare and serious game as the convergence of health care and IT technology, and the serious game which is added special purpose such as education, training, and treatment to the fun-one of the game element- can be suitable to provide a variety of contents that leads to physical activity in the elderly. The contents inducing physical activities are "Puffer(ATARI, USA)", "WiiFit(Nintendo, JAPAN)", "Age Invaders(MXR Lab, SINGAPORE)", "Xbox $360^{\circ}$+kinect(Microsoft, USA)", "Tangible bicycle game(Donsin Univ., KOREA)", and "3D Gateball game(Soongsil Univ., KOREA)", and these contents can help health care of the elderly. By increasing physical activity through the use of these contents, it will be able to promote physical fitness and body function required in daily life, disease prevention, and maintain health in the elderly.

The Association between Personal Health Behaviors and Emergency Room Visit among Elderly Patients with Diabetes (당뇨병 노인의 건강행위 실천과 응급실 내원 간의 관련성)

  • Kim, Su Hyun;Im, Ye-Ji
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.19 no.11
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    • pp.595-606
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    • 2021
  • This study was to understand the relationship between emergency room visit due to illness and personal health behaviors as well as population and illness characteristics of elderly patients with diabetes. This study was a descriptive correlation study that analyzed 956 respondents aged 65 or older and diagnosed with diabetes in the Korean Health Panel's data from 2014 to 2017. Data were analyzed using the SPSS 26.0 program with Mann-Whitney U test, chi-square test, and logistic regression analysis. The respondents who visited emergency room had fewer days of moderate-intensity physical activity and walking activity, were older, had activity restrictions due to disability, had depression, and had a large number of comorbid chronic diseases. In order to prevent elderly people with diabetes from visiting emergency room, it is important to encourage moderate-intensity activity and walking.

Healing Interior Design for Health of Everyone (건강한 삶을 위한 힐링 실내디자인)

  • Kim, Seong-Jin
    • Journal of The Korean Digital Architecture Interior Association
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.53-60
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    • 2013
  • 세계 경제가 고도성장에 따른 산업구조의 변화를 갖게 되었고, 의학기술의 발달로 건강한 고령자의 증가가 나타나는 사회 현상이 나타나게 되었다. 우리나라 역시 65세 이상의 건강한 고령인구의 증가 추세와 고령화 사회로의 진입이 현실화 되고 있다. 또 급속한 핵가족화 등으로 인하여 가족 내의 노인부양 기능이 약화되고 있으며, 건강한 노인 단독세대가 급증함에 따라 해당 관련 복지의 구체적인 정책 실천방향에 대한 요구와 신체적, 사회 심리적 특성에 따른 힐링 환경의 개발요구가 높아지고 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 인류 건강증진 개념 및 고찰을 통해 힐링 환경의 공간특성을 도출하고, 이를 통하여 보다 질적으로 향상된 건강한 주거환경을 제시하고자 하는데 그 의미가 있다. 본 논문에 있어서의 공간에 의한 인류 건강증진은 1. 건강과 질병은 하나의 스펙트럼 상에 놓여 있으며, 한편은 최상의 건강 상태이며 다른 한편은 질병에 의한 사망이라는 개념에 의미를 둔다. 2. 병, 의학 전문가 관점에서 건강을 증진시키는 과정에 중심을 두고 있는 새로운 치료적 환경에 대한 혁신적인 패러다임을 주지하는 입장에서, 안녕(healing)을 양성하는 공간 특성을 도출 개념이다. 3. 환경변화에 적응하는 역동적 건강개념에 그 근거를 두고, "건강은 단순히 무 질병의 개념이 아니라 신체적, 정신적, 문화적 에다가 영적으로 완전한 안녕 상태"라는 개념을 적용한다. 4. 특히, 병, 의학 전문가 관점으로 인해 간과되었던 대상자의 공간으로부터 얻게 되는 심리적, 사회적, 정신적 요구들을 반영하는 안녕(healing) 개념의 힐링 철학의 개념을 갖는다.

Meaning of Sickness for the Elderly in a Folk Healing Practicum (노인의 민간치유관행에 나타난 질병의 의미)

  • Cho, Myoung-Ok
    • Korean Journal of Adult Nursing
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    • v.13 no.4
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    • pp.539-550
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    • 2001
  • Purpose: This ethnography was conducted to describe the meaning of illness of the elderly in traditional folk healing performance. Method: This study was guided by Klienman's explanatory model of health care systems. The fieldwork was conducted in an agricultural clan of Namwon City from January of 1990 to Feburary of 2001. Research data were collected by Ehnographic interview and participant observation. Participants of this study were 10 elders aged 74 years old to 96 years old; two of them were male. The data were analysed with the techniques of taxanomy, flow and decision, and proxemics. Result: The meaning of illness was categorized with four compononts, that is, ritual for life, defeat and failure in power game, humiliating punishment for guilt, and Tal. Conculsion: These meanings were constructed on physical and socio-cultural environment of this clan. The healing strategies were determined based on the meanings of illness. These results can be used to understand the health behavior of the elderly and thus ensure the quality of nursing for the elderly.

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