• PNF and Movement
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.217-224
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• 2014

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to analyze the hand functions of elderly persons according to their cognitive status and age. Methods: A total of 65 persons voluntarily participated in the study. The subjects were divided into three groups: impairment cognitive group, normal cognitive group, adult group (persons in their twenties). Assessment of cognitive status was performed using a mini-mental state examination for Koreans (MMSE-K). Hand function was assessed using the Purdue pegboard test. The collected data were analyzed using a one-way ANOVA and Pearsonn Acorrelation. Results: There were significant differences in hand functions in the three groups. Post-hoc test results showed significant differences between each group. There were statistically significant differences in the correlation among hand functions, cognitive status, and age. The findings of this study suggest that hand functions have a positive correlation with cognitive status. However, a negative correlation was found between hand function and age. Conclusion: According to the study's results, hand functions are correlated with age and cognitive functions in elderly persons. This study suggests that hand rehabilitation with cognitive intervention increases hand functions in elderly persons.

• 보건교육건강증진학회지
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• 제33권5호
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• pp.23-36
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• 2016

Objectives: This study aims to define the relationships between the sensory, cognitive and physical functions of young-old and old-old individuals. Methods: Participants were 10,451 elderly individuals aged 65 and above, raw data of a 2014 National Survey on Korean Older Persons was used. To investigate the relationships among the sensory, cognitive, and physical functions, a structural equation model was used. Results: The key analysis results are summarized as follows; 5% had poor vision function(young-old 3.5%, old-old 7.1%), 3.8% had poor auditory function(young-old 1.7%, old-old 6.7%), 33.0% had decline in cognitive function(young-old 30.9%, old-old 35.7%), 3.6% were disabled(young-old 1.6%, old-old 6.3%) and cognitive function influences physical function more greatly than does sensory function. Additionally, in the young-old groups, vision among sensory functions, attention among cognitive functions, and IADL among physical functions, turned out to be the most influential. However, in the old-old groups, auditory function among sensory functions, orientation among cognitive functions, and IADL among physical functions, turned out to be the most influential. Conclusions: This study implies that functions in the young-old and old-old individuals must be considered with all three functions-sensory, cognitive, and physical-together at the same time and that this comprehensive approach is necessary in national policy making.

• 생물정신의학
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.122-128
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• 2007

Objectives : The aim of this study was to investigate relationships between psychotic symptoms and cognitive functions in schizophrenia. Methods : The study group was composed of 36 schizophrenic patients. Positive, negative, and disorganization symptoms were assessed using the PANSS. Verbal, visuospatial, attention, memory, and executive functions were assessed using a battery of cognitive tests. Results : Correlation analysis between symptom vs. cognitive measures showed that (a) positive symptoms were significantly correlated with no cognitive measures, (b) negative symptoms were significantly correlated with all cognitive measures, and (c) disorganization symptoms were significantly correlated with executive and memory measures. Correlation analyses between symptom vs. cognitive factors showed that negative-disorganization factor is significantly correlated with executive-memory factor. Conclusion : Significant relationships were confined mostly to frontal symptoms vs. frontal cognitive functions. Thus, the relationships may be mediated mainly by variations in severity of frontal pathology among patients.

• 수면정신생리
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.105-114
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• 1995

Schiophrenia is characterized by a variety of cognitive dysfunctions. A number of research findings suggest that schizophrenic patients have global deficits in cognitive functions, such as attention, memory, executive functions, and motor functions. These cognitive deficits, once they arise, tend to become relatively stable. In spite of much efforts to search for the cognitive dysfunctions in schizophrenia, there are no specific deficits or localizations found. It is necessary that future neuropsychological research of schizophrenia should include relationships between symptoms and cognitive dysfunctions and their relationships to treatment.

• 생물정신의학
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.36-42
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• 1997

Higher cognitive functions refer to the highest level of human intellectual functioning, including concept formation, reasoning, and executive functions. The executive functions can be conceptualized as having four components : volition, planning, purposive action, and effective performance. Because higher cognitive functions represent the most advanced stages of intellectual development, they are often highly susceptible to the effects of brain injuries and mental disorders. The ability to perform effectively within the environment is determined in large part by an individual's adequacy in performing such higher-order functions. Especially executive functions are necessary for appropriate, socially responsible, and effectively self-serving adult conduct. Threfore, an assessment of the psychiatric patient's performance in these areas will provide useful diagnostic information, as well as information concerning social and vocational prognosis.

• 대한통합의학회지
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.143-154
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• 2020

Purpose : This study aims to investigate the effect of instrument-activities daily living training through client-centered home visitation on the cognitive functions, occupational performance, and instrument-activities daily living of elderly at the cognitive support grade(Grade6). Methods : The subject of this study was a 66-year-old woman living in G Metropolitan City, who has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's and mild dementia. The study period was from March 17, 2020 through June 12, 2020, and the A-B-A' design, among the individual case experiments, was adopted as the study design. For the data analysis, descriptive statistic and visual analysis using graph were used for the change of cognitive functions, occupational performance, and instrument-activities daily living. Results : The instrument-activities daily living provided through client-centered home visitation improved the subject's cognitive functions, occupational performance(performance, satisfaction) and instrument-activities daily living. Conclusion : This study showed that daily life training through client-centered home visitation can help elderly people at the cognitive support grade select for themselves the problems of daily life caused by cognitive decline and practice specific action plans, thereby enabling them to maintain and improve the cognitive functions necessary for the performance of activities, such as comprehension, memory, and thinking skills. In addition, it is thought that the activities based on the subject's preferences, performance, and sense of importance assured the subject of feelings of motivation and the possibility of participation, and had a positive effect on the subject's performance speed and rate. With the above in mind, Instrument-activities daily living client-centered home visitation is proposed as a potential practical intervention program for individuals. It can help elderly people at cognitive support grade to maintain and improve their functions, thereby delaying the progress of their condition to severe dementia.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.211-218
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• 2017

본 연구는 부산 M병원에서 전산화 단층촬영이나 자기공명영상촬영에 의해 뇌졸중을 진단받고 입원한 뇌졸중 환자 중 이 연구의 취지를 이해하고 자발적으로 참여하겠다고 서면으로 동의한 환자를 대상으로 전산화 인지재활프로그램을 적용하여 우울 및 인지기능, 일상생활활동에 미치는 영향을 알아보는 연구이다. 뇌졸중환자 44명을 대상으로 2016년 07월 04일부터 2016년 08월 12일까지 6주간 주 5회 1일 30분씩, 총30회기 동안 전산화 인지재활프로그램을 적용한 실험군 22명과 전산화인지재활프로그램을 적용하지 않은 대조군 22명을 6주간 주 5회 30회기를 실시하였다. 중재 전과 후의 우울은 우울척도 검사(BDI)를 통해 알아보았고, 인지기능은 신경학적 인지상태 검사(NSCE), 일상생활활동은 한국판 수정바델지수(k-MBI)를 통해 알아보았다. 연구결과 실험군에서는 우울감의 감소, 인지기능의 증진 및 일상생활활동의 증진을 나타내었다. 그러나, 대조군의 경우 우울감, 인지기능, 일상생활활동이 실험군에 비해 유의하게 증진하지는 않았다는 결과로 나타났다. 따라서 본 연구 결과 전산화 인지재활프로그램을 받은 실험군이 대조군에 비해 우울, 인지기능, 일상생활활동에 긍정적인 영향을 미친다는 것을 알 수 있었으며, 임상에서 뇌졸중 환자의 우울, 인지, 일상생활활동을 위한 치료로서 전산화인지 프로그램을 적극적으로 활용할 수 있을 것이다.

• 국제물리치료학회지
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.453-457
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• 2012

The Goal of this study was to assess the effect of aerobic exercise on cognitive function of elderly people. The participants' cognitive functions were measured before exercise. Exercise was practiced three times a week for nine weeks. The aerobic exercises consisted of warm-up exercises for five minutes followed by cycling for 30 minutes. The exercise intensity was set to 65%~75% of the intensity for the maximum heart rate(220-age). The control group did not perform any exercises. The subjects' cognitive functions were measured nine weeks later. In the aerobic exercise group, between before and after the exercises, significant increases appeared in total K-MMSE scores and scores of some sub items comprising memory registration, concentration and calculation abilities but not in other items. In the control group, no significant differences appeared in any items between before and after the experiment. In a comparison between the aerobic exercise group and the control group, significant differences appeared in total K-MMSE scores and scores of two sub items comprising concentration and calculation abilities but not in other items(p<.05). Aerobic exercises were effective in the improvement of cognitive functions and among sub items of cognitive functions, concentration and calculating abilities were improved. Aerobic exercises performed by elderly persons are considered to be effective in improving cognitive functions.

• 대한통합의학회지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.53-62
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• 2023

Purpose : This study evaluated the effects of transcranial direct current stimulation and a virtual reality program on the depression, hand functions, cognitive function, and activities of daily living of patients with mild cognitive impairment by dividing 20 patients with mild cognitive impairment and depression. The 20 patients were divided into a treatment group (transcranial direct current stimulation + a virtual reality program) and a control group (placebo transcranial direct current stimulation + a placebo virtual reality program). Methods : This study allocated ten subjects to the treatment group and ten subjects to the control group. The treatment was given five times per week for six weeks (30 sessions), and each session was 30 minutes. This study screened depression by using SGDS-K, a short geriatric depression scale, to examine depression before and after treatment intervention. This study also used the box and block test, NCSE, and FIM to evaluate hand functions, cognitive function, and activities of daily living, respectively. Results : The results showed that depression significantly decreased, hand functions significantly increased, cognitive function significantly improved, and activities of daily living significantly increased after intervention in the treatment and control groups. The magnitude of changes in depression, hand functions, cognitive function, and activities of daily living was significantly different between the two groups after intervention (p>.05). Conclusion : The results showed that the application of transcranial direct current stimulation and a virtual reality program could improve cognitive function, hand functions, and activities of daily living by decreasing depression. Therefore, it can be concluded that the simultaneous application of transcranial direct current stimulation and a virtual reality program is an intervention method, which can be applied for decreasing depression, enhancing hand functions, improving cognitive function, and increasing activities of daily living in patients with mild cognitive impairment.

• 한국노년학
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.147-161
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• 2020

본 연구는 초고령노인의 인지기능을 생애과정이라는 연속선상에서 이해하고자 70대 이후 10년간의 인지기능의 변화를 살펴보고, 인지기능 변화에서 집단 내 차이에 주목하여 서로 다른 궤적의 유형을 살펴보고자 하였다. 또한 배우자 상실과 성별이 인지기능 변화궤적의 다양성과 어떠한 관련이 있는지를 살펴보고자 하였다. 이를 위해 2006년(1차)부터 2016년(6차)까지 총 6차년도 '고령화연구패널'의 응답자 800명을 대상으로 잠재유형성장분석과 다항로지스틱 분석을 실시하였다. 주요 분석결과는 다음과 같다. 잠재유형성장분석 결과, 분석대상자들의 인지기능 변화궤적은 세 가지의 유형, 인지기능의 초기값이 높고 이를 유지하는 [고기능 유지형], 초기값이 낮으며 이후 지속적인 감소를 보이는 [저기능 감소형], 그리고 중간수준의 초기값을 유지하는 [중기능형]으로 구분되었다. 다항로지스틱 분석을 통해 유형과 결혼상태 및 성별과의 관련성을 살펴본 결과, 성별과 결혼상태를 함께 고려하는 경우 여성이 남성에 비해 [고기능 유지형]에 비해 [저기능 감소형]이나 [중기능형]에 속할 가능성이 유의하게 높았다. 성별을 고려하지 않는 경우에는 결혼상태와 인지기능 변화유형과의 관련성이 유의하게 나타나, 유배우상태가 유지된 사람들에 비해 조사기간 중 사별을 경험한 사람들은 [고기능 유지형]에 비해 [저기능 감소형]에 속할 확률이 유의하게 높은 것으로 나타났다. 이와 같은 연구결과는 고령자들의 인지기능 변화가 하나의 궤적을 따르기보다는 다양한 궤적 유형이 존재한다는 점을 보여준다. 또한 이러한 인지기능의 다양성을 이해하는데 있어 성별과 결혼상태, 특히 결혼상태를 배우자 존재 여부의 고정된 상태가 아닌 배우자 상실과 같이 결혼상태에서의 변화 경험을 함께 고려하는 것이 필요하다는 점을 시사한다.