• Journal of Convergence for Information Technology
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• v.10 no.3
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• pp.163-175
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• 2020

The study was undertaken to identify in relation stress perceived, perceived physical health status and Chewing difficulty with over 60 years elderly people. The subjects of the study were 10,806 subjects who answered to National Health and Nutrition survey for (2016, 2017). The response of 1,195 subjects were used for the final analysis. Analysis conducted using SPSS version 12.0 included Chi-square test to identify stress perceived, perceived physical health status and Chewing difficulty rate according to subject characteristics and multivariate logistic regression analysis to determined independent significance. Stress perceived was correlated with perceived physical health status(p=-0.252^**), and had a negatively correlation, Chewing difficulty(p=-.150^**). Therefore it is necessary to evaluate as a predictor of health risk for the health promotion of the elderly.

• Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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• 2010.11b
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• pp.759-762
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• 2010

본 연구는 당뇨인지환자들의 당뇨 조절에 관계되는 요인들을 포괄적으로 반영하는 집단으로 분류한 후 이를 기반으로 보다 효율적인 당뇨관리사업을 할 수 있는 기초자료를 제공하기 위해 수행되었다. 연구를 위해 2007년, 2008년도 국민건강영양조사를 통해 검진에 참여한 당뇨인지환자 666명의 자료를 수집하여 분석하였다. 당뇨인지환자의 관리행태에 대한 군집분류는 K-means 기법을 이용하였다. 당뇨인지환자의 군집은 건강행태사업 대상군, 중점관리사업 대상군, 합병증검사사업 대상군으로 분류되었다. 당뇨 조절율을 높이기 위해서는 각 군집의 특성에 따라 보다 특화된 당뇨관리 프로그램이 적용되어야 할 것이다.

• 한국노년학
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• v.39 no.1
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• pp.109-125
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• 2019

This study examined factors that prevent older adults from using computers and/or smartphones for their health information search and health management. This study conducted face-to-face survey of a total of 240 older adults aged over 65. Based on the responses of open-ended questions, this study conducted semantic network analysis. The results showed that low level of perceived usefulness(PU) (e.g., information I want to find, detailed information, and trustworthiness) and perceived ease of use(PEOU) (e.g., how to search for information, how to install applications, and visibility) are main factors that prevent older adults from using computers and/or smartphones for their health information search and health management. Furthermore, based on the results of semantic network analysis, further hierarchical regression analysis confirmed that PU and PEOU were positively associated with intention to use mobile application. Thus, the results imply that increasing older adults' PU and PEOU can promote their intention to use mobile application.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.18 no.5
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• pp.268-277
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• 2017

This study was performed to determine the level of physical health(ADL, IADL) and mental health (cognitive impairment, dementia) among centenarians and to find the related factors. The study subjects were 268 centenarians who received medical check-ups from the National Health Insurance Corporation during 2011-2014. From the results, the factors that significantly influenced the ADL of the study subjects were gender, residential area, IADL, cognitive impairment and dementia. ADL and cognitive impairment were selected as the influencing factors of IADL, smoking status, ADL and IADL were selected as the influencing factors of cognitive impairment, and gender and ADL were selected as the influencing factors of dementia. These results suggested that the levels of physical and mental health of the centenarians were significantly affected by socio-demographic characteristics and health-related variables. Especially, the levels of physical and mental health were decreased with the poor group of health-related variables such as smoking, alcohol drinking and regular exercise.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.321-327
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• 2013

The purpose of this study is to find out how the adult's mental health in Korea has an impact on the quality of the life. By using '2010 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey' data, 4,211 people among 20-year-old to 59-year-old adults were enrolled in this study. Frequency and percentage t-test using the SPSS WIN18.0 Multiple regression analysis was conducted and the results of this study are as follows. First, it is showed that in the 20s and 30s the females are a little more sleep than the males regarding the relationship between sleeping hours and the quality of the life of adult men and women. However, there are no differences between the 40s and 50s groups. Second, it is indicated that adult men are higher than women for the subjective health status when it comes to the subjective health status and the usual perceived stress. Although there are no statistical differences according to the gender in the 40s and the 50s, they have a little stress in general. Third, it is confirmed that only the subjective health status and usual stress perception give an beneficial influence on the quality of adult's life in the adult's mental health variations and the quality of life. In summary, this study was found that the adults in the 20s and 50s could increase their satisfaction of their life if they have more positive thinking and less stress from their life. Therefore, the systematical education and programs to manage the health and stress are required.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.10 no.12
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• pp.387-397
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• 2019

The purpose of this study is to analyze the relationship between health related physical fitness, cognitive function, depression and quality of life variables of elderly people in a comprehensive way based on quantitative evaluation. The subjects of this study were 385 people who voluntarily participated in the elderly welfare center in Gyeonggi and Seoul the elderly people. As for the data collection methods, were measured the characteristics, depression and quality of life, cognitive function questionnaires along with measures of lower and upper body strength, dynamic equilibrium and agility, total endurance and grip strength. As a result, the first was a statistically significant correlation between integrated health of the elderly, cognitive function, quality of life and depression. Second, the analysis of cognitive function, elderly integrated health, quality of life, and depression revealed statistical significance among all variables. Third, there was the partial intervention effect of function in the quality of life and depression of the elderly.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.19 no.12
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• pp.584-591
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• 2018

This study was conducted to determine the levels of cognitive impairment (MMSE-K) among centenarians, and to reveal their association with related variables. The study subjects were 268 centenarians who received medical check-ups from the National Health Insurance Corporation during the period of 2016-2017. The levels of cognitive impairment were significantly reduced among females as well as those living with spouses and children, lower monthly income, lower BMI and individuals who engaged in smoking and alcohol consumption without regular exercise relative to their respective counterparts. The risk of definitive cognitive impairment in study subjects was significantly higher among women (ORs=9.85, 95% CI=2.88-33.59) than men and was lower in obese group (ORs=0.25, 95% CI=0.07-0.86) than in low weight groups, as well as in non-smoking (ORs=0.30, 95% CI=0.10-0.83) than smoking groups. The factors influencing the cognitive impairment of study subjects were sex, living status, monthly income, BMI and smoking status. Taken together, these results suggest that the levels of cognitive impairments among centenarians differed significantly in response to socio-demographic characteristics and health related variables. Especially, the levels of cognitive impairments decreased among those with poor health related variables such as smoking, alcohol consumption and regular exercise.

• Journal of dental hygiene science
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.21-27
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• 2008

This research aims to investigate into company workers' general characteristics and their awareness of the hygiene of the mouth and practice of it, in order to prepare schemes to improve the hygiene of their mouth. The findings of the research are listed in the following: First, the workers have a high level of awareness of the effect of tooth-brushing to prevent periodontal diseases but a low degree of awareness of its effect to prevent decayed teeth and of the necessity of mouth hygienic supplies. Second, they have a high level of awareness of the necessity and importance of scaling, but most of them do not have their teeth scaled periodically. To repeat, they have a high level of awareness of the necessity of dental examination, but not many of them put such awareness of theirs into practice. Third, married workers have a higher level of awareness of the hygiene of their mouth than unmarried ones do. The higher concern they have about the hygiene of their mouth, the more awareness they have of the hygiene of their mouth. Fourth, the higher monthly average income they have, the more frequently they put into practice their awareness of the hygiene of their mouth. And the poorer hygiene of their mouth they have, the more strongly they put into practice their awareness of the hygiene of their mouth.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.21 no.8
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• pp.277-286
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• 2020

This study aimed to examine bone health awareness and knowledge and the bone mass-improving behaviors of female nursing college students. The subjects were 172 nursing students attending nursing colleges. The data were collected from March 16 to April 4, 2020, by using bone health awareness, bone health knowledge, and bone mass-promoting behavior assessment tools. Descriptive statistics are presented, and t-tests, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation, and multi-regressions were used for data analysis. Students' bone health awareness was 1.79, bone health knowledge was 8.86, and bone mass-promoting behavior level was 2.78. There were significant negative correlations between bone mass-promoting behavior level and age of menarche (r = 0.21, p = .004) and sun exposure (r = 0.44, p < .000). Also, bone mass-promoting behavior level and knowledge of bone health were negatively correlated (r = 0.21, p = .005). Regression analysis showed that knowledge of bone health (β = 0.21, p = .005), age of menarche (β = 0.20, p = .005), and sun exposure (β = 0.38, p < .000) were significant predictors of bone mass-promoting behaviors and their variance explanation power was 20.6%. Based on these results, education to improve knowledge of bone health will help to improve bone health and increase bone mass-promoting behaviors among young women.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.73-81
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• 2016

Elderly consumers of these days have economic power because of economic growth and live longer because of medical science development. Therefore, they have become very important customers to companies. However, if companies want to understand elderly consumers and induce them to spend money, empirical studies should have done first of all. So, this study examines the relationship between psychological characteristics of elderly consumers and purchase intention of health functional food. The results are: First, three psychological characteristics of elderly consumer are statistically significant to purchase intention of health functional food. 'Innovation-Achievement' and 'Elderly-Awareness' are positively significant to purchase intention of health functional food. Second, 'Trend-Convenience' and 'Elderly-Awareness' are more statistically significant to purchase intention of health functional food. Third, 'Trend-Convenience' is negatively significant to purchase intention of health functional food.