• 대한간호학회지
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• 제34권5호
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• pp.781-790
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• 2004

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to develop a model of an elderly health promotion center after witnessing the effect of a social support program on dependent variables in older adults at a local community health center. Method: The subjects were 60 female adults over 65 years dwelling in a rural area, and they were divided into experimental and control groups each with 30 people. A social support program was implemented 6 hours a day, 3 times a week, for 4 months in the experimental group. Included was health assessment, health education, counseling, consultation, exercise, physical & occupational therapy, primary care, recreation, lunch & transfer service. Data was collected from May 1stto September 14th, 2002 by questionnaires, and analyzed by $x^2$-test, t-test, Pearson's correlation coefficient and stepwise multiple regression using SAS. Result: The social support program in the elderly was very effective on all dependent variables of physical health (t=4.68, p=.001), health knowledge (t=3.60, p=.001), life satisfaction (t=8.65, p=.001), and health promoting behaviors (t=5.23, p=.001). Conclusion: The Social Support Program at a Community Health Center was effective on health promoting behaviors in the elderly.

• 지역사회간호학회지
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.206-219
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• 2018

Purpose: This study tries to identify and clarify the concept of fear of dementia. Methods: The hybrid model method was used to perform a conceptual analysis of fear for dementia. Results from both the theoretical review of 35 studies and the field study with 8 community-dwelling older adults were included in the final stage. Results: Fear for dementia had 4 dimensions with 14 attributes including cognitive factors (direct experience of precursor symptoms of dementia, indirect experience of dementia, preliminary knowledge of dementia, impossibility of cognitive control, and confidence in dementia), emotional factors (negative feelings and pessimistic thoughts), social factors (social isolation, economic instability, embarrassment), and behavioral factors (existing health problems, making efforts to maintain health, impossibility of body control, peripheral autonomic nervous system response) along with 34 indicators. Conclusion: This study is meaningful because it reveals the attributes of Korean elderly adults' fear for dementia. In addition, the results may serve as a basis for the early assessment and management of fear for dementia.

• 성인간호학회지
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.584-594
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• 2011

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the prevalence of visual and hearing impairment and to investigate the effect of visual and hearing impairment on depression and cognitive function in community-dwelling Korean elderly. Methods: The study population consisted of a representative community sample of 4,028 persons aged 65 and older from the Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging 2008. Depression and cognitive function were measured by CES-D 10-item scale and K-MMSE. Visual and hearing impairment were measured by 5-Likert scale. Data were analyzed using Rao-Scott ${\chi}^2$-test, simple and multiple logistic regression. Results: The prevalence of visual and hearing impairment were 37.3% and 14.0%, respectively. Of the participants, the prevalence of depression was 58.4% and cognitive impairment was 50.6%. There were significant differences in depression and cognitive function according to visual and hearing impairment. Far vision and hearing impairment were predictors for both depression and cognitive impairment even after covariates had been adjusted. Conclusion: These data suggest that visual and hearing impairment in older adults may increase their probability of experiencing depression and cognitive impairment. Thus sensory impairment should be considered a risk factor for mental health and the cognitive function of elderly.

• 한국보건간호학회지
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.504-517
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• 2012

Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate gender differences in risk factors and sleep, depression, and mobility of Korean elderly with and without low back pain and sciatica. Methods: Data were derived from the 2011 Korean National Survey on Older Adults. Participants included 10,674 community-dwelling elderly. The group of elderly subjects with low back pain and sciatica and the group of elderly subjects without low back pain and sciatica were compared according to gender. Result: Age, monthly income, exercise, arthritis, osteoporosis, and providing caring support were significant risk factors for low back pain and sciatica in elderly male subjects. On the other hand, monthly income, living arrangement, arthritis, osteoporosis, providing caring support, and television watching time were significant risk factors in elderly female subjects. Significant differences in depression and mobility according to low back pain and sciatica were observed in both genders. Conclusion: Risk factors for low back pain and sciatica in elderly differed according to gender. Low back pain and sciatica showed an association with depression and mobility. These findings should be considered in planning for nursing intervention for low back pain and sciatica.

• 성인간호학회지
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.466-476
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• 2012

Purpose: The purpose of this secondary analysis study was to examine the incidence of abuse and the contributing factors for that abuse among the Korean elderly with stroke. Methods: Data were derived from the 2008 Korean National Survey on Older Adults. The participants were 934 community-dwelling elderly with stroke. Data were analyzed using the Rao-Scott $x^2$-test, simple logistic regression and multiple logistic regression with the PASW 18.0 complex samples analysis module. Results: The prevalence of elder abuse was 13.5%. Emotional abuse (10.0%) was the most frequently reported abuse, followed by financial neglect (3.8%), caring neglect (3.3%), financial abuse (2.1%), and physical abuse (1.9%). 44.6% of the perpetrators of emotional abuse were coresidential family members. Participants without spouses (odds ratio=2.05, 95% CI=1.14~3.68), those without diabetes (odds ratio=2.24, 95% CI=1.15~4.39), and depressed participants (odds ratio=2.72, 95% CI=1.34~5.52) were more likely to be abused. Conclusion: Emotional abuse was the most frequently reported type of abuse while physical abuse was least frequent among the elderly with stroke. Nurses caring for the elderly with stroke should be aware of the types of abuse and risk factors such as lack of spouse and incidents of depression.

• 근관절건강학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.36-45
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• 2014

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors increasing fall risk in the residential environment risk and the perceived fall risk among the older adults who received home care services to provide information for developing a comprehensive falls intervention program. Methods: The subjects were 227 community-dwelling elderly aged 65 years and over who were taken care of by home-visiting nurses of the national health centers. The data were collected from July to August in 2012 using the Choi's residential environmental risk scale (2010) and the Hong's fall risk scale (2011). Results: Requires an assistive devices to walk, modified residential environment, health security, approval certificate of LTC, residential safety perception, residential environment risk, and perception of fall risk were statistically significant risk factors. A multiple logistic regression analysis showed that room & kitchen, physical perception, medication & ADL perception, floor-related environmental perception, and daily living tool-related perception were statistically significant predictors of fall. Conclusion: The results showed that the residential environment and the perceived fall risk were associated with fall experiences among the elderly. It is necessary to develope multifactorial intervention programs considering both environmental and perceived risk factors as well as physical risk factors to reduce and prevent falls among the elderly.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제18권8호
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• pp.343-351
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• 2020

본 연구의 목적은 독거노인의 사회적 관계망, 외로움, 수면의 질이 건강관련 삶의 질에 미치는 영향을 파악하는 것이다. 지역사회에 거주하는 독거노인 111명을 대상으로 설문지를 이용하여 자료수집을 하였다. SPSS Statistics 26.0 프로그램을 이용하여 기술통계, independent t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficients, multiple linear regressions로 통계분석하였다. 다중회귀분석 결과, 교육 수준(β=.20, p=.020), 사회적 관계망(β=.31, p=.012) 및 수면의 질(β=-.23, p=.011)은 신체적 건강관련 삶의 질을 예측하는 요인으로 나타났고, 설명력은 25.7%이었다. 외로움(β=-.37, p=.004)은 정신적 건강관련 삶의 질을 예측하는 요인으로 나타났고, 설명력은 31.7%이었다. 독거노인의 건강관련 삶의 질 향상을 위해 사회적 고립을 해소하는 중재를 제공할 필요가 있다.

• 한국노년학
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.837-851
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• 2018

본 연구는 노쇠 수준이 건강상태 및 건강행태에 미치는 연관성을 파악하고, 노쇠가 의료 이용에 미치는 영향을 탐색하고자 수행되었다. 연구를 위해 일개 지역사회(대전광역시)에 거주하는 65~84세의 노인 516명을 대상으로 노쇠, 건강상태 및 행태, 의료서비스 이용에 대해 일대일 면접 설문조사를 시행하였고, 노쇠 수준은 K-frail 도구를 활용하여 측정한 후 노쇠, 전노쇠, 비노쇠 그룹으로 분류하였다. 노쇠 수준과 건강상태 및 행태, 의료서비스 이용 경험과의 관련성을 확인하기 위해 카이제곱검정을 시행하였고, 노쇠 수준이 응급과 입원 서비스 이용 여부에 미치는 영향을 파악하기 위해서는 로지스틱 회귀분석을, 외래서비스 이용 경험 중 외래방문 횟수에 미치는 영향을 파악하기 위해서는 음이항 회귀분석을 실시하였다. 연구결과 비노쇠군에 비해 노쇠군에 속한 노인들에서 주관적 건강상태를 부정적으로 평가하는 비율이 높았고, 만성질환을 2개 또는 3개 이상 진단받은 비율이 높았으며, 낙상위험성, 일상생활 수행 어려움의 비율이 높았다. 또한, 노쇠는 인구사회학적 특성, 주관적 건강상태, 만성질환의 수를 통제한 후에도 응급 서비스 및 외래서비스 이용의 증가와 통계적으로 유의한 관련성을 보였다. 본 연구 결과는 지역사회에서 노쇠를 조기에 발견하여 적극적으로 대처하기 위한 체계와 전략 마련이 중요함을 시사하며, 향후 노쇠에 대한 종적 자료 구축을 통해 노쇠와 건강상태 및 행태, 의료 이용 사이의 인과관계 규명을 위한 심층적인 연구의 필요성을 제안한다.

• 재활치료과학
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.111-122
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• 2023

목적 : 연구는 국민건강보험공단의 2015년 노인코호트 database를 이용하여 지역사회 노인의 라이프스타일 위험요인이 일상생활 활동과 인지기능에 미치는 영향을 알아보고자 하였다. 연구방법 : 독립변수로 설정한 라이프스타일의 위험요인은 체질량지수, 흡연, 음주, 격렬한 운동, 중간정도 운동, 걷기 운동에 대한 변수를 분류하여 분석에 사용하였으며, 종속변수는 기본적/수단적 일상생활 활동 그리고 인지기능으로 설정하여 분석하였다. 성별과 연령에 따른 일상생활과 인지기능은 t-test와 일원배치 분산분석을 실시하였다. 라이프스타일 위험요인과 일상생활 활동, 인지기능 간의 상관관계와 영향력을 분석하기 위해 피어슨 상관 분석(Pearson correlation)과 다중회귀분석을 실시하였다. 결과 : 지역사회 노인의 라이프스타일 위험요인이 기본적/일상생활 활동과 인지기능에 통계적으로 유의한 설명력을 보였다. 기본적 일상생활 활동에 영향을 미치는 요인은 성별과 걷기 운동이었으며, 설명력은 1.7%로 나타났다. 수단적 일상생활 활동은 연령과 음주, 걷기 운동이었으며, 설명력은 2.6%를 보였다. 그리고 인지기능은 성별과 연령, 체질량지수, 격렬한 운동과 걷기 운동이었으며, 설명력은 5.3%로 나타났다. 결론 : 지역사회 노인들에서 라이프스타일 위험요인이 기본적/수단적 일상생활 활동과 인지기능에 부분적으로 영향을 미치고 있음을 확인하였다. 이는 생물학적 노화에 직면한 노년기 노인들의 건강한 삶을 개선 및 유지하기 위해 라이프스타일 위험요인을 체계적으로 관리할 필요성을 시사한다.

• The Journal of Korean Physical Therapy
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.29-36
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• 2011

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of 6-week sensorimotoor training on balance ability and lower limb muscle activation during gait in older adults. Methods: Twenty-four community-dwelling older adults between 65 and 90 years of age participated in this study. In the older adults of the experimental group (n=12), the sensorimotor training program was performed bare feet. General exercise was performed in the control group (n=12). Then, both groups exercised three times a week for forty minutes over a 6-week period. Balance ability was evaluated by One leg stand (OLS) test for determining the static balance and Timed Up & Go (TUG) test for determining the dynamic balance. In addition, muscle activation of the dominant lower limb tibialis anterior and gastrocnemius medialis muscles were measured by surface EMG to evaluate muscle activation during gait. Results: A significant improvement was seen in the one leg standing (OLS) time after exercise in both the sensorimotor training (SMT) group and general exercise (GE) group (p<0.05) and the change in the SMT group was greater than that in the GE group (p<0.05). A significant reduction was seen in the Timed Up & Go (TUG) test time after exercise in both the SMT group and GE group (p<0.05). Also, a significant increase was seen in muscle activation of tibialis anterior muscle after exercise in the SMT group (p<0.05), but no such significant increase was seen in the GE group (p>0.05). Conclusion: These results suggest that sensorimotor training improves the balance in older adults and has a more positive effect on muscular strength and gait. Sensorimotor training provided a variance of training environment and COG exercise of the body is thought to be a more effective exercise program that improves balance and gait ability in older adults.