• 제목/요약/키워드: Better Life Index

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Sexuality and Related Factors of Postmenopausal Korean Women

  • Park, Young-Joo;Kim, Hesook-Suzie;Chang, Sung-Ok;Kang, Hyun-Cheol;Chun, Sook-Hee
    • 대한간호학회지
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    • 제33권4호
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    • pp.457-463
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    • 2003
  • Purpose. This cross-sectional survey was conducted to describe the sexuality of Korean women after menopause using a national sample, and to examine relationships between the sexuality and demographic, body mass index, and life style factors including smoking, alcohol use, and physical activity. Method. From Dec. 20, 1998 to April 30, 1999, 2196 naturally postmenopausal women aged between 41 and 65 years were recruited by a disproportional stratified random sampling method from 7 metropolitans and 6 provinces in Korea. The questionnaire was used to obtain information on the demographic characteristics, life style factors, body mass index, and sexual activities. Result. The findings show that the frequency of intercourse after menopause decreased among most of postmenopausal Korean women (64.5%). The frequency of women reported their sexual activity as satisfactory was higher among women doing physical activity, not smoking, with higher educational status, with middle socioeconomic status, without sleep disturbance, with lower body mass index, and with good subjective health status. Conclusion. Further studies need to be designed as the longitudinal studies with larger random samples and better measures of sexuality.

위암 환자에 있어서 위의 절제범위에 따른 수술 후 삶의 질 비교 (Quality of Life after Curative Surgery in Patients with Gastric Cancer: Comparison between a Subtotal Gastrectomy and a Total Gastrectomy)

  • 유완식;이창환;정호영
    • Journal of Gastric Cancer
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    • 제1권1호
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    • pp.44-49
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    • 2001
  • Purpose: Quality of life (QOL) assessment should be applied in surgical settings to compare treatment options. We compared QOL after a subtotal versus a total gastrectomy for gastric cancer to identify which resection would produce a better QOL for the patient. Patients and Methods: We studied 362 patients with no evidence of recurrent disease after curative surgery for gastric cancer. The QOL was measured by assessing patient health perceptions according to the Spitzer index and Troidl score and by treatment-specific symptoms according to Korenaga and others with some modifications. High scores reflect a better QOL. Results: The mean score of the Spitzer index was $8.87\pm1.36$ after a subtotal gastrectomy and $8.80\pm1.23$ after a total gastrectomy. More than $80\%$ of the patients in both groups maintained good quality of life when measured by the Spitzer index. The mean Troidl score was $10.41\pm2.12$ after a subtotal gastrectomy and $9.79\pm2.16$ after a total gastrectomy (p=0.033). Swallowing difficulty was more frequent after a total gastrectomy (p=0.002). There was a statistically significant difference in the meal size (p=0.044). Other variables of the Troidl score revealed no statistically significant differences. Dizziness was significantly more frequent after a total gastrectomy than after a subtotal gastrec tomy (p=0.009). Conclusion: We conclude that in terms of postoperative quality of life, a subtotal gastrectomy has advantages over a total gastrectomy. In those cases where an adequate proximal safety margin can be achieved by a subtotal gastrectomy, that procedure is preferable to a total gastrectomy.

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경남 일부지역 농촌노인의 영양섭취조사 -건강과 노화상태 및 생활만족도를 중심으로 - (Nutrient Intake of the Rural Elderly Living in Kyungnam -Focusing on Health and Aging Status, and Life-Satisfaction-)

  • 이경혜;박미영
    • 대한지역사회영양학회지
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    • 제6권5호
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    • pp.773-788
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    • 2001
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate the difference in nutrient intake according to the level of self-perception of health status, aging status and life satisfaction of the rural elderly. The factors for the study were surveyed by interview method. The subjects were 270 people(71 male, 129 female) aged over 65 years(73.5 $\pm$ 5.6ys) in the Ham-an area. The obtained results as follows : By evaluation of self-perception of health status, 57.5% of subjects answered they are in a bad health condition. The 91.5% of subjects had diseases(rheumatitis & arthritis 31.4%, cardiovascular disease 20.2%, gastric disease 10.2%). The women had more diseases than the men(p < 0.01). The subjects took medical treatment in private hospital(40.5%) and public health centers(35.0%). The men showed better level of aging status(p < 0.001) and life satisfaction index(p < 0.01) than the worsen. Living with spouse influenced the aging status(p < 0.05) and the more pocket money influenced life satisfaction(p < 0.05) and aging status(p < 0.05). The elderly who eat regularly 3 times a day(p < 0.05) and have a good appetite(p < 0.001) appeared to have positive effect on the self perception of health status and aging status. An increasing level of the self-perception of health status and regular exercise worked to improve aging status(p < 0.001). The habits of smoking and alcohol drinking, however had no effect on any index. The self-perception of health status affected the nutrient intake, but only in female elderly. The aging status and the life satisfaction index related overall positively to the intake of nutrients. In conclusion, the study shows that gender did influence nutrient intake in the elderly. The women who live alone rated lowest in social resources and health condition therefore their nutrient intake was also extremely in deficit. For successful aging, a program for rural elderly is needed, i.e. actions to provide minimum economic life, food delivery and psychological/physical health care through regional public health centers.

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근로자의 생활습관이 THI에 의한 건강상태에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구 (A Study on Health Status by THI Health Index and Life-Style among Workers in an Industry)

  • 이명선
    • 보건교육건강증진학회지
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    • 제13권2호
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    • pp.24-34
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    • 1996
  • This study had been carried out to analyze the relationship among the personal variables, the variales of life style and physical and mental health status of workers. In order to analyze the influence of industrial worker's life-style on physical and mental health status of workers, explore the relaionship between healh status and their life-style. Special interest in this study was the assesment of worker's physical and mental health status measured by the Todai Health Index(THI)-a self-adminstered health stutus screening instrument developed by a University of and Gumma research team. Data were collected from an industry of 1,495 workers at city of Chang Won in Korea. 1. The young age group especially the group who had short work duraion less than two years had high THI scores which were statistically significant. 2. A worker who followed 6∼7 good life style scores were found to be associated with better health status than those who followed 0-3 bad life style scores in most of all dimensions of physical and mental health scales of THI. 3. According to the multiple regression analysis, the variable of life style scores had the greatest influence on physical and mental health status of industrial workers. The variable of age, duration of work, and life style were included in the regression model(R²= 18.8).

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가계의 엥겔계수, 엔젤계수 및 슈바베계수가 생활만족도에 미치는 영향 : 소득계층을 중심으로 (The Effects of Engel Coefficient, Angel Coefficient and Schwabe Index Influencing Household Head's Life Satisfaction : according to Income Quintile)

  • 오윤희;김순미
    • 가정과삶의질연구
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    • 제33권5호
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    • pp.1-24
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    • 2015
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of Engel coefficient, Angel coefficient and Schwabe index influencing Household head's life satisfaction. For this study, the data from the 8th analysis of the 2013 Korea Welfare Panel Survey conducted by Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs were used. For the sample, 903 male Household heads with children under the age of 18, were selected. For statistical analysis, SPSS program (Ver. 21.0) was used. And for statistical methods, frequency and percentile, mean and standard deviation, Pearson's correlation, one way analysis of variance, Duncan's multiple range tests, multiple regression analysis were used. The findings are as follows. First, as a results of analyzing the food costs, education costs and housing costs depending on Income Quintile, the food costs and education costs in the 5th Income Quintile compared with other Income Quintile, were highest. Also, the highest housing cost was in the 2nd Income Quintile, while the least housing cost was in the 1st Income Quintile. Second, by analyzing the differences of Engel coefficient, Angel coefficient and Schwabe index according to Income Quintile, the results show that Engel coefficient and Schwabe index decreases as Income Quintile increases, and Angel coefficient increases as Income Quintile becomes higher. Third, the level of HH's life satisfaction according to Income Quintile, 1st Income Quintile, 2nd Income Quintile, 4th Income Quintile, 3rd Income Quintile, 5th Income Quintile in order, increased. Fourth, as the result of analyzing the influence of Variables related to household and demographics about Engel coefficient, Angel coefficient and Schwabe index, it was shown that the variables effecting Engel coefficient, Angel coefficient, and Schwabe index are age, occupations, Number of workers, House ownership, Income Quintile. Fifth, As a result of analyzing the Variables effecting life satisfaction, especially while Schwabe index is not that significant, Engel coefficient and Angel coefficient are shown to have a significant influence. Therefore, the influence of Food costs and education costs can be confirmed.

도시가계 생계비 산정기준의 다양화를 위한 연구 (A Study of Variations in Cost-of-Living Index)

    • 가정과삶의질연구
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    • 제15권4호
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    • pp.137-148
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    • 1997
  • The purpose of this study is to set the various cost-of-living standards utilizing a published national data. 1995 annual data, The Family Income and Expenditure Survey, were used to set the standards of living. Four index reflecting health and decency level, normal level, minimum of health and decency level, and pauper level were suggested and the cost-of-living of each level were estimated. Results showed that cost-of-living estimated in this study were not quite different from those of former studies, but the name of the standard-of-living need to be changed.

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Hyperspectral imaging technique to evaluate the firmness and the sweetness index of tomatoes

  • Rahman, Anisur;Park, Eunsoo;Bae, Hyungjin;Cho, Byoung-Kwan
    • 농업과학연구
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    • 제45권4호
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    • pp.823-837
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    • 2018
  • The objective of this study was to evaluate the firmness and the sweetness index (SI) of tomatoes with a hyperspectral imaging (HSI) technique within the wavelength range of 1000 - 1550 nm. The hyperspectral images of 95 tomatoes were acquired with a push-broom hyperspectral reflectance imaging system, from which the mean spectra of each tomato were extracted from the regions of interest. The reference firmness and sweetness index of the same sample was measured and calibrated with their corresponding spectral data by partial least squares (PLS) regression with different preprocessing methods. The calibration model developed by PLS regression based on the Savitzky-Golay second-derivative preprocessed spectra resulted in a better performance for both the firmness and the SI of the tomatoes compared to models developed by other preprocessing methods. The correlation coefficients ($R_{pred}$) were 0.82, and 0.74 with a standard error of prediction of 0.86 N, and 0.63, respectively. Then, the feature wavelengths were identified using a model-based variable selection method, i.e., variable importance in projection, from the PLS regression analyses. Finally, chemical images were derived by applying the respective regression coefficients on the spectral image in a pixel-wise manner. The resulting chemical images provided detailed information on the firmness and the SI of the tomatoes. The results show that the proposed HSI technique has potential for rapid and non-destructive evaluation of firmness and the sweetness index of tomatoes.

Comparison of Quality of Life of Turkish Breast Cancer Patients Receiving Breast Conserving Surgery or Modified Radical Mastectomy

  • Acil, Hande;Cavdar, Ikbal
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • 제15권13호
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    • pp.5377-5381
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    • 2014
  • Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate the differences in quality of life in patients who received breast conserving surgery (BCS) or modified radical mastectomy (MRM) for breast cancer. Materials and Methods: A total of 100 women with breast cancer who underwent either BCS or MRM between September 2011 and April 2012 at a private health center and completed their chemotherapy and radiation therapy cycles were included in the study. To assess the quality of life, we used a demographic questionnaire, the European Organization for the Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-C30) and the Quality of Life assessment in Breast Cancer (EORTC QLQ-BR23). Results: Using QLQ-C30, we found that patients who underwent BCS had better functional status and fewer symptoms than patients who underwent MRM. In QLQ-BR23, independent factors improving the functional scales were BCS, higher level of education and marital status (married); independent factors improving symptoms were BCS, higher level of education, younger age and low and normal body mass index (BMI). In QLQ-C30, independent factors affecting the functional and symptom scales were only BCS and higher level of education. Conclusions: We determined that patients who received BCS had better functional status and less frequent symptoms than patients who underwent MRM.

간호사 행복에 대한 국내 연구 동향 (Domestic Research Trends on Nurse Happiness)

  • 이선혜
    • 문화기술의 융합
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    • 제4권1호
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    • pp.201-206
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    • 2018
  • 본 연구에서는 국내에서 연구된 간호사의 행복에 관한 문헌을 고찰함으로써 간호사 행복의 주요 특성과 추후 연구의 방향을 모색하고자 실시하였다. 연구대상은 국내 검색데이터 베이스(NANET, RISS, KSI-KISS, DBpia)에서 '간호사'와 '행복' 또는 'nurses' and 'happiness'로 각각 조합하여 발표된 학술논문 중 온라인상에서 검색된 총 8편을 선정하였다. 2013년 이후부터 간호사 행복 논문이 출판되었다. 주요 연구결과, 연구출처는 '간호학 저널', '기타 간호학 저널'이, 연구도구는 Lyuvomirsky & Lepper(1999)와 OECD Better Life Index (2012), 생명윤리위원회의 '승인'과 '미승인'이 각각 50% 차지하였다. 추후 연구에서는 간호사의 조직문화를 고려한 행복측정도구개발과 간호사의 행복감을 향상시킬 수 있는 중재방안 모색 등이 요구된다.

대전 지역 일부 성인 남녀의 비만도에 따른 식습관 및 영양소 섭취실태 (A Study on the Dietary Habit and Nutritional State to Obesity Index of Adults Living in Daejeon)

  • 김성환;김나영;여인섭
    • 동아시아식생활학회지
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    • 제15권2호
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    • pp.152-157
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    • 2005
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate dietary habit and to evaluate nutritional status and obesity index about adults living in Daejon area. This study was conducted with 250 subjects (male 130, female 120) who visited periodically a periodic health center in a general hospital from May to June in 2002. Questionaries were used for studying of dietary habit and food frequency method. Dietary intake was assessed by food frequency method and consumption of foods and nutrients was analyzed. The relationship between dietary habit and obesity were also analyzed. Dietary habit was better in female than mail. There was no significant difference in mean of Broca's index between female ($110.6\pm16.6\%$) and male ($110.0\pm13.7\%$). The obesity group showed low dietary habit score in irregular eating behavior, frequent eating out and over-intake of salty foods. Especially mean intakes of energy were lower than Korean RDA in all groups. All groups except obesity group were deficiency of vitamin A and vitamin $B_{1}$ and calcium.

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