• 여성건강간호학회지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.165-176
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• 2002

The purpose of the study was to develop a Web site for the middle-aged women and test the usability of the site. Users' need for information were identified via online survey of 189 middle-aged women. It was found that they had various health problems but very few did any health prevention or health promotion activities. A web site for the middle-aged women was developed based on the result of needs assessment. The site includes content on exercise, diet including weight control, osteoporosis, climacteric, aging, breast and cervical cancer. Besides this health information, FAQ on women's health, my health knowledge test, statistics, link to related institutes and web sites, newspaper articles/mass media clips, journal articles, conferences, papers and other educational information were added. The site was developed as a subsystem of the Healthguide(http://healthguide.kihasa.re.kr). As a way of utilizing the homepage, twenty two women aged 40-50 were recruited at a community-based gathering and health promotion education program was conducted. To test the effectiveness of the education, knowledge, attitude and behavior changes of before and after education were compared. There were significant differences of knowledge and behavior in breast cancer, cervical cancer, osteoporosis, menopause and sexual life. It is expected that Web-based women's health information will contribute to women's health promotion and provide an effective learning media for health education.

• 보건의료산업학회지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.35-44
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• 2012

This study was carried out to identify how a middle-aged woman's consciousness of the death and self-esteem was affected by whether the hospice volunteer's experience exist or not. As a form of descriptive research, this study, which is based on a structured questionnaire intended for the 191 middle aged women doing volunteer work at the non-profit women's organization, had been conducted twice from May 10, 2010, to May 21, 2010. The results of my research work is followed ; First, a middle-aged woman's consciousness of the death and self-esteem showed significant differences depending on whether the hospice volunteer's experience exist or not. Experienced hospice volunteer group showed a lower consciousness of the death and a higher self-esteem compared to non-experienced hospice volunteer group's case. Second, in case that the results show a high self-esteem, the consciousness of death reach at the low stage. Especially, the experienced hospice volunteer group showed an opposite correlation compared to non-experienced group. Third, Anyone's consciousness of death appeared at a low level when she had a religion and higher education background. Anyone's self-esteem oriented sense appeared at low level when she didn't have religion but rather appeared at high level when the health status of the targeted group was in a good shape. As a result, the hospice volunteer activities can be assumed to increase the middle-aged woman's self-esteem, therefore, turn the consciousness of death into a positive attitude.

• 임상간호연구
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.86-96
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• 2020

Purpose: The purpose of study was to provide basic data for developing interventions that could help middle-aged adults prepare for dignified death in the future by examining their attitudes toward death and advance directives (AD), and knowledge of AD. Methods: Data were collected through a survey of 211 middle-aged adults from January 28 to February 28, 2019, in a city located in Gangwon Province. To analyze the data, descriptive statistics, t-test, one-way ANOVA, Scheffé test, Pearson's correlation coefficient and stepwise linear regression were utilized using SPSS/WINdows 21.0. Results: The average score of the participants' attitudes toward death and AD, and knowledge of AD was 91.82±10.89, 15.53±4.27, 46.00±9.45, respectively. There were positive correlations between attitudes toward dignified death and attitudes toward AD, and knowledge of AD. Factors that influence attitudes toward AD were shown in the order of attitudes toward dignified death, knowledge of AD, and intentions to write AD (Adjusted R²=.24). Conclusion: For the dignified death in the future, it is necessary to provide middle-aged adults with an opportunity to think about the need of AD. In addition, extensive education and promotion of AD are required to correct the misunderstanding of AD.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.15-29
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• 2004

The purpose of this study was to understand the relationship among knowledge, attitude, and behavior of dental personnel about the defense against dental radiation according to general features, and help them recognize the importance of defense against dental radiation. A questionnaire survey of 187 dental personnel who were working in 121 medical institutions such as university hospitals, general hospitals, hospitals, clinics, and public health centers in Seoul area was conducted from December 2002 to January 2003. Study findings are as follows: 1. The average knowledge score for the defense of radiation was 9.51(full score=14): By the demographic features, the know level for the defense of radiation was appeared to be different with the occupational category, age, academic background, workplace, year of working, and whether having the education of radiation or not. By questionnaire items, the knowledge for the defense of radiation was high in general, but for the item. 'the average amount of being bombed with radiation according occupations cannot be over 20mSv in a year for prescribed 5 years'. it was 18.7%: and for the item. 'the longer the length between focus and film. the less the amount of skin exposure', it was 40.6%. showing less knowledge for these two items. 2. The average attitude score for the defense of radiation was 64.24 (full score=75): By the demographic features, the attitude score was higher with respondents who were 31-35 years old. 11-15 years of working. and having radiation education. The attitude score by questionnaire items was generally high for all the items. 3. The average behavior score for the defense of radiation was 45.43: (a) By the demographic features, the behavior score for the defense of radiation was appeared to be higher with respondents who were dentists for occupational category, the aged for age, holding higher diploma for academic background, working in the university hospitals for workplace, and having longer occupational career for the year of working. (b) The behavior score for the defense of radiation by questionnaire items was lower than that of the attitude score for all the items. For the item, 'the amount of X-ray radiation is adjusted according to such conditions as patients' age, radiating areas, and kind of films', the score was 4.03; and for the item, 'Must receive the education of safety management of radiation periodically', the score was 1.73 and it was the lowest one. 4. As for the correlation among the knowledge, attitude, and behavior for the defense of radiation, the higher the level of knowledge and attitude, the higher the level of behavior.

• 한국노년학
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.369-383
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• 2017

본 연구는 치매의 고위험군인 후기노인을 대상으로 치매인식도, 치매태도 및 신체활동을 조사하고, 치매인식도와 치매태도가 신체활동에 미치는 영향을 파악하여, 후기노인을 위한 맞춤형 복합 신체활동증진프로그램의 개발을 위한 기초자료를 제공하고자 시도되었다. 본 연구는 서술적 조사연구로 K군에 소재하는 9개 노인복지시설을 방문하는 75세 이상 노인을 대상으로 2016년 06월 01일부터 06월 30일까지 일대일 면담을 통한 설문지 작성으로 총 218명의 자료수집을 하였다. 수집된 자료는 SPSS/WIN 18.0 프로그램을 t-test, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficient, hierarchical regression을 사용하여 분석하였다. 연구결과, 연구대상자의 치매인식도, 치매태도 및 신체활동은 모두 낮은 수준이었고, 치매인식도와 치매태도(r=.380, p<.001) 및 신체활동(r=.211, p=.002), 치매태도와 신체활동(r=.405, p<.001) 간은 모두 유의한 정적 상관관계가 있었다. 후기노인의 신체활동에 가장 큰 영향을 미치는 변수는 치매태도(${\beta}=.271$, p<.001)였고, 이외 성별(${\beta}=.207$, p=.003)과 교육수준(${\beta}=.184$, p=.023)이 유의한 영향을 미쳤으며, 이들 변수의 설명력은 28.8%이었다. 결론적으로 노인을 위한 맞춤형 복합 신체활동프로그램 개발시 특히 저학력 여성 후기노인에 초점을 둔 치매인식도 및 치매태도의 제고방안이 포함되어야 한다.

• 대한치위생과학회지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.129-139
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• 2023

연구배경: 우리나라 65세 이상 고령 인구는 2023년 18.4%로, 향후 계속 증가하여 2025년에는 20.6%로 초고령사회로 진입 전망이다. 임상에서 치과위생사의 노인차별주의는 고령화에 따른 노인 환자의 증가로 인하여 치위생 처치 시 어려움을 경험할 수 있고 이는 업무 부적응과 이직으로도 이어질 수 있기 때문에 예비 치과위생사인 치위생학과 학생을 대상으로 노인의 이해에 대한 교육이 반드시 필요하고 사료된다. 이에 노인차별주의와 노인의 지식 및 태도의 관련성 연구를 통해 초고령화 사회를 대비하고 대학의 교육과정 변화 및 노인관련 프로그램 개발을 위해 연구를 실시하였다. 연구방법: D지역 치위생학과 재학생 204명을 대상으로 SPSS/WIN 25.0 프로그램을 이용하여 분석하였다. 대상자의 노인차별주의, 노인에 대한 지식, 노인에 대한 태도는 평균과 표준편차로 구하였다. 대상자의 일반적 특성에 따른 노인차별주의 차이를 검증하기 위해 t-test, one-way ANOVA를 실시하였으며, 사후검증은 Scheffe' test를 실시하였다. 대상자의 노인차별주의, 노인에 대한 지식, 노인에 대한 태도는 상관관계분석을 실시하였다. 결과: 노인차별주의는 4점 만점에 2.03±0.36점이었다. 노인에 대한 지식은 신체적 영역 0.57±0.15, 사회적 영역 0.36±0.17, 심리적 영역 0.35±0.20 순이었다. 노인에 대한 태도는 3.86±0.27로 나타났다. 노인에 대한 지식은 25점 만점에 평균 11.27±3.30점이었다. 노인에 대한 지식 정답률이 가장 높은 문항은 '체력은 나이가 들면서 감소하는 경향이 있다'로 93.1%였다. 연구대상자의 일반적 특성에 따른 노인에 대한 태도는 연령(p=0.009)에서 노인 차별주의는 성별(p=0.040), 연령(p=0.026), 조부모와 생활경험(p=0.001)유의한 차이를 보였다. 연구 대상자의 노인 차별주의는 노인에 대한 태도와 지식 모두 음의 상관관계를 보였으며, 노인 차별주의 중에서도 정서회피(r=.892, p<0.001)와 관련하여 높은 양의 상관관계를 보였다. 결론: 대학생들은 노인 부양의 주도적 역할자이자 고령화 사회문제에 직접적인 영향을 받게 된다. 그러므로 노인들에 대한 긍정적인 사고 형성과 노인차별을 야기 시키는 부정적 편견을 지양할 수 있도록 국가와 사회, 교육기관에서 다양한 프로그램의 적용이 필요할 것으로 사료된다.

• 성인간호학회지
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.441-450
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• 2001

The purpose of this study was to identify the effects of cancer prevention and early detection education on cancer-related knowledge, attitudes, and preventive health behavior of middle-aged women in Korea. The research design was a nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest design. The subjects of this study were 38 middle-aged women from a church in Taegu. An Experimental group of 19 and a control group of 19 women were studied. The study was conducted from September 21, 2000 to October 27, 2000. The cancer prevention and early detection education had been provided to the experimental group for 2 weeks. The contents of the education program for the third most prevalent cancer of Korean women were : 'the risk factors of cancer', 'the early symptoms of cancer', 'the diagnostic test for cancer detection', and 'the cancer prevention methods'. The instruments used for this study were modified, cancer-related knowledge, and attitude, preventive health behavior tools of Suh et al.(1998). Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, $\chi^2$-test, t-test, ANCOVA with SPSS WIN 9.0/PC. The results were as follows : 1) Hypothesis 1 that the women who get cancer prevention and early detection education will have higher scores of the cancer-related knowledge than the women do not get cancer prevention and early detection education was accepted(F=4.732, p=.037). 2) Hypothesis 2 that the women who get cancer prevention and early detection education will have higher scores of cancer-related attitudes than the women do not get cancer prevention and early detection education was rejected(F=.118, p=.733). 3) Hypothesis 3 that the women who get cancer prevention and early detection education will have higher scores of cancer-related preventive health behavior than the women who do not get cancer prevention and early detection education was rejected(F=2.250, p=.143). On the basis of the above findings, the following recommendations are suggested : 1) It is necessary to identify the variables affected on cancer-related knowledge, attitudes and preventive health behavior. 2) It is necessary to develop a well organized cancer prevention and early detection education program to change cancer-related attitude and preventive health behavior.

• 대한지역사회영양학회지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.290-301
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• 2012

This survey of 836 midlife women ($51.0{\pm}4.0$ yrs) was undertaken by exclusively a face to face interview by well-trained interviewers guarantying data collection of higher quality. This survey data was analyzed using the SPSS program. The main purpose of this study was to describe the factors affecting self-rated health status, including dietary habits and physical mental social factors. In the self-rated health status of a 'good' group, age was lower (p < 0.05), monthly income was higher (p < 0.01), dietary habits score (p < 0.001) and appetite (p < 0.001) and the degree of movement (p < 0.001) and life satisfaction (p < 0.001), marital intimacy (p < 0.001) and relationship satisfaction with their children (p < 0.001) were significantly higher than the 'bad' group. The level of depression (p < 0.001) and severe feeling of menopausal symptoms (p < 0.001) were significantly higher in the 'poor' group. The results of correlation analysis demonstrated that educational level (r = 0.069, p < 0.05), income (r = 0.157, p < 0.001), eating habits (r = 0.235, p < 0.001), appetite (r = 0.263, p < 0.001), life satisfaction (r = 0.197, p < 0.001), marital intimacy (r = 0.167, p < 0.001), child relationship satisfaction (r = 0.149, p < 0.001), positive attitude toward menopause (r = 0.070, p < 0.05) showed a positive correlation, but depression (r = -0.122, p < 0.001) and menopausal symptoms (r = -0.292, p < 0.001) showed a negative association with self-rated health status. The predictable factors affecting the self-rated health status of middle-aged women were examined by multiple regression analysis. The 'menopausal symptoms - physical discomfort' was the most important variables followed by the 'appetite', 'eating habits', 'menopause symptoms - sensory problems', 'BMI', 'positive attitude toward menopause' and 'high marital intimacy'. These results showed that the 'appetite' and 'eating habits' are important factors affecting the self-rated health status. Therefore, a program of dietary education must be considered for the effective health education and counseling of middle-aged women.

• 감성과학
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.129-140
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• 2018

본 연구는 고령에 접어들고 있는 베이비부머 집단의 보행 운동용 스마트 스포츠웨어 및 스포츠 애플리케이션에 대한 수용태도를 분석하고 베이비부머 집단의 특성에 맞는 스마트 워킹웨어 및 연동 애플리케이션 개발방향을 제시하는 것이다. 연구 방법은 조사연구로 설문지법을 사용하였으며 측정 도구는 기존 스마트 스포츠웨어와 스포츠 애플리케이션의 디자인, 기능성 사용성에 대한 수용태도를 묻는 문항 등으로 구성되었으며, 조사대상은 50세 이상 65세 미만의 베이비부머 집단을 대상으로 진행됐다. 연구결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 베이비부머 소비자들은 스마트 스포츠웨어의 기능 및 성능안전성에 대해 긍정적으로 인식하나 관리 및 내구성에 대한 우려가 있어 스마트 스포츠웨어의 내구성 및 편의성 개선방향 및 사후 처리에 대한 고려가 필요하다. 스포츠 애플리케이션의 경우 새로운 정보를 얻을 수 있는 교육적인 기능으로 인식하며, 인지용이성 및 접근성에 대해 젊은 세대에 비하여 어려움을 느끼는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구 결과를 바탕으로 베이비부머 소비자의 보행운동용 워킹웨어의 디자인 및 기획방향으로는 '일반 스포츠웨어 디자인의 일상적 디자인', '소비자의 선호가 반영된 기능', '관리의 편의성 및 내구성을 높인 디자인' 등을, 보행운동용 애플리케이션의 기획 방향으로는 '쉬운 스포츠 애플리케이션 구성', '교육적 운동 콘텐츠 구성' 등을 제시하였다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제17권sup1호
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• pp.37-42
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• 2016

Studies have shown that smoking is a learnt behavior, often initiated during adolescence. This paper aims to describe tobacco-related knowledge, attitude and associations among school adolescents aged 13-15 with exposure to anti-smoking information. Using data from the Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) in Viet Nam, 2014, knowledge was measured through 4 questions about tobacco use, and attitude was assessed through 3 questions on personal, social and environmental aspects. Students giving most anti-tobacco responses to all questions were considered as having correct knowledge or appropriate attitude or both. Access to anti-smoking information was determined by exposure to any media messages on tobacco control during the past 30 days and teaching in school about the danger of tobacco use during the past 12 months. A substantial percentage of students thought that being near others who smoke might be harmful to them and smoking is harmful to health (89.4% and 89.6% respectively). However, only 46.4% reported that it is definitely difficult to quit smoking and 66.9% thought that smoking for only 1 or 2 years, once stopped, is harmful to health. Slightly more than half of the respondents reported appropriate attitude that young smokers have fewer friends than others and smoking makes them less attractive and less comfortable at social events. Noticing anti-smoking messages in the media together with having lessons in school about the dangers of tobacco substantially increased the likelihood of having correct knowledge, appropriate attitude and both. Despite relatively high awareness about smoking harms, effective educational communication is still highly needed to improve the level of comprehensive knowledge and an appropriate attitude regarding tobacco use.