• 건강소식
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• v.30 no.7 s.332
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• pp.24-25
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• 2006

노인의 피부는 노화로 말미암아 여러 가지 문제가 생길 수 있따. 그러나 적절하게 관리하지 못하여 여러 가지 피부 질환으로 고생하게 되는 경우가 많다. 노인에게 올 수 있는 피부 문제를 알고 대처하는 것이 중요하다. 흔히 노인들은 외모의 변화를 심각하게 고민하지만, 생명과 관련이 없는 현상이기 때문에 무관심하게 되고, 적절한 관리를 받을 기회를 놓쳐 심각한 피부 질환으로 진행되기도 한다. 노인들은 피부의 변화와 주름을 창피하거나 부끄럽게 생각하지 말고, 자신의 삶의 일부를 나타내는 행복의 선으로 받아들여야 한다. 또한 이를 성형수술이나 화장으로 감추려 하지 말고 적절한 관리를 통해 가능하다면 피부 노화가 느리게 올 수 있도록 관리하는 것이 중요하다. 노인에게서 흔한 피부 질환은 피부 소양증, 대상포진, 피부 건조증, 피부암 등이 있다.

• 건강소식
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• v.35 no.2
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• pp.26-27
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• 2011

노인성 난청(presbycusis)은 나이가 들어감에 따라 청력이 점진적으로 악화되는 것으로 성인 난청의 가장 흔한 원인중 하나이다. 미국과 마찬가지로 국내의 여러 연구에서 보면, 65세 이상의 노인 중 보청기를 착용해야 할 정도의 난청이 있는 비율이 전체의 30~35% 정도를 차지하고 있다. 이렇기 때문에 노인성 난청은 노인성 만성 질환 중 퇴행성 관절염, 고혈압에 이어 3대 만성 질환으로 분류되고 있다.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.43-50
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• 2018

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the relationships between self efficacy and health behavior of elderly woman with chronic low back pain. Methods: A descriptive correlational design was used and the participants were 130 eldery women patients with chronic low back pain from one general hospital in 2012. The structured questionnaire included Perceived Self Efficacy Scale, Health Behavior Assessment tool of the Korean Elders. Data analysis included t-test, ANOVA and Pearson's correlation. Results: The mean scores were $67.34{\pm}18.32$ for self efficacy, $99.70{\pm}14.46$ for health behavior. There were significant correlations between self efficacy and health behavior(r=.80). Conclusion: The findings suggest that elderly woman with chronic low back pain need nursing interventions to improve health behaviors by promoting self efficacy.

• 한국노년학
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• v.32 no.3
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• pp.941-954
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• 2012

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of depression and its' correlates among elderly people(young-old vs old-old) with poverty. Methods: The sample was 434 of young-old elderly and 209 of old-old elderly people who were 60 and over and basic livelihood recipient in Korean urban community. Depression was measured by Geriatric Depression Scale by Yesavage et al.(1983) in Korean Version. Results: The prevalence of depression was greater for old-old people(63.2%) compared to young-old people(53.9%). Multivariate logistic regression analysis shows the difference of correlates of depression between young-old and old-old elderly people. Prevalence of depression in young-old people was associated with renting in housing type; bad self-rated health status; lack of regular leisure activity; lack of regular eating habit, whereas old-old people was affected by lower social support; moderate or bad self-rated health status; lack of regular leisure activity Conclusion: The finding of differences in prevalence of depression and its' correlates between young-old and old-old people is expected to promote the screening strategy for elderly at risk of depression in Korean community elderly with poverty.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.21 no.6
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• pp.404-414
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• 2021

This study was to investigate the differences of functional health status and medical service experience and needs between general and vulnerable older people in community. This study is a cross-sectional descriptive research. The data obtained through direct visit surveys from November to December 2016. The target population of the study was older people over 65 years old, the final study subjects were 444 older people residing in one district of Seoul. The chi-square test was conducted to confirm the difference in their functional health areas and medical service experiences, and the necessity of medical service utilization in accordance to the social class. In the experience of abnormality in functional health, the vulnerable older people had higher experience in cognitive function, nutrition, hydration, pain, and falling than the general older people. The rate of experience of using medical service to solve the cognitive function problem for general older people was 31.9%, higher than that of the vulnerable older people. In contrast, the medical service utilization needs of the vulnerable older people in the pain management category was significantly higher than that of the general older people. In setting policy of public medical service programs for general and vulnerable older people in community may be differentially developed based on this study. In order to improve the medical accessibility of the vulnerable older people, public medical institutions should be actively supported to overcome obstacles to medical use due to economic barriers.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.12 no.8
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• pp.310-317
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• 2012

The purpose of this study done by group-based application was to clarify the effect of cognitive health promotion program depending on group size. Data of 377 elderly who had a normal cognitive function was obtained through each health centers located in Incheon city. In the result, there was significant effects on cognition and quality of life, but no effect on depression. Also theres was no difference of the program's effect depending the group sizes. The result of this study would support the program of this study could be provided to more elderly by group-based application.

• 건강소식
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• v.30 no.4 s.329
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• pp.22-23
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• 2006

• Korean Journal of Social Welfare
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• v.66 no.4
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• pp.207-232
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• 2014

This study intended to understand the way loneliness and depression affect psychological and physical health of older adults, and conducted a structural equational modeling of a relationship among loneliness, depression and health status of older adults. A survey was conducted on 329 individuals who were utilizing senior welfare agencies located in Seoul and the surrounding cities. The study examined the effects of loneliness and depression on their health status as well as the role of depression in this process. The data analysis showed a good fit of the structural model and suggested an evidence of depression fully mediating the effect of loneliness on health status. This result indicated that the current focus of services on increasing quantity of social contact among older people may need a paradigm shift towards improving their subjective loneliness and quality of interpersonal relationships.

• Journal of Convergence for Information Technology
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.62-70
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• 2021

The purpose of this study was to identify health literacy among elderly and to investigate the relationships between healthy literacy and health status. A cross-sectional study was conducted with a sample of 158 participants between July and December 2019. The linguistic and functional health literacy (using the KHLAT and NVS) and self-rated physical and mental health were assessed. Above third of elderly have difficulties reading and understanding linguistic and functional health literacy. There were significant differences in health literacy according to residence, spouse, living together, educational level, occupation, monthly income, and number of diagnosed disease. Linguistic and functional health literacy and self-rated physical and mental health are closely related. Sociodemographic and disease related factors such as residence, educational level, monthly income, and multi-morbidity need to be considered when developing educational programs to improve health literacy. It could be possible to promote health status by improving the health literacy through individualized convergent educational program.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2018.07a
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• pp.367-368
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• 2018

본 논문에서는 노인들의 정신건강 중 우울에 관한 정도를 측정해 볼 수 있는 앱의 개발을 위하여 한국형GDS를 활용하는 컨텐츠를 설계하여 노인성 우울을 예방하고 조기 진단하여 노인의 건강한 삶에 도움을 주고자 한다.