• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제17권12호
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• pp.371-380
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• 2016

본 연구의 목적은 성인 신체장애인을 부양하는 배우자의 부양스트레스, 우울, 장애인의 일상생활활동능력을 살펴보고, 각 영역들의 상관관계 및 장애인의 일상생활활동능력이 배우자의 부양스트레스와 우울에 미치는 영향을 알아보고자 하는 것이다. 2016년 7월부터 8월까지 S시와 K도에 소재한 2개의 병원에서 재활치료를 받고 있는 장애인들의 배우자 86명을 대상으로 연구를 진행하였다. 연구결과 부양스트레스 총점은 $71.43{\pm}17.78$점 이었으며, 부양스트레스 하위항목 중 경제적 스트레스와 심리적 스트레스가 다른 항목보다 높았다. 우울총점은 $50.34{\pm}26.41$점으로, 일반 정상 성인들의 평균점수보다 다소 높았다. 대상자의 일반적 특성에 따른 부양스트레스와 우울을 살펴본 결과, 연령이 많은 여성의 경우, 부양비에 대한 지출이 많고 부양시간이 많은 경우, 장애인의 연령이 젊고, 병명이 뇌졸중인 경우 부양스트레스와 우울지수가 높았다. 부양스트레스에 영향을 미치는 요인으로는 장애인의 연령, 장애기간으로 나타났으며, 장애인의 일상생활활동능력은 부양스트레스에 영향을 미치지 못하였다. 우울에는 장애인의 연령, 장애유형 및 등급, 장애인의 일상생활활동능력 모두 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 부양가족들의 스트레스 및 우울을 감소시키기 위하여 경제적, 신체적 혹은 심리적으로 도움을 줄 수 있는 실질적인 정책적 지원이 마련되어야 할 것이다.

• 대한치과기공학회지
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.105-113
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• 1994

This study attempted to find out how much stress Dental Technicians of working in Dental Laboratory have built up in the midst of their daily lives are according to their sex, age, duration of work and their kinds of positions. After self-administered questionnaire were distributed by direct to 230 technicians samplely selected from dental laboratories in Seoul and Pusan of whom 163 technicians responded from october 1 through october 13, 1994. Analysis of the data was processed by t-test, $X^2$-test, ANOVA. This results are as follows. 1. Levels of Stress of the total 163 respondents by sex is not higher among male than female(p>.05). 2. Levels of stress - 36.2%(74 Dental technicians) of all Dental technicians were in stress on the whole and 9.2%(15 Dental technicians) of them were in a serious situation by accumulated stress. 3. Realization of stress - 10.1%(16 Dental technicians) of the dental technicians and 89.9%(143 Dental technicians) were found out to be in a dangerous sign or in a situation by accumulated stress. Further studies which a big size and a delicate method of measuring their general characteristics are needed.

• 융합신호처리학회논문지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.9-15
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• 2019

As the human population increases in the world, the ratio of health doctors is rapidly decreasing. Therefore, it is an urgent need to create new technologies to monitor the physical and mental health of people during their daily life. In particular, negative mental states like depression and anxiety are big problems in modern societies. Usually this happens due to stressful situations during everyday activities including work. This paper presents a machine learning approach to reliably estimating the level of human mental stress using wearable physiological sensors. And also, this paper presents an Android- and Arduino-based stress monitoring and relief system.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.253-264
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• 2010

This study investigates the relationship between daily mortality and heat stress in Seoul, using perceived temperatures (PT) derived from a heat budget model. During the summer season, observed PT intensity showed the biggest magnitude of summer heat stress from the middle 10 days of July to the first 10 days of August. The elderly (65 and above) were found to be the most vulnerable to heat stress. The threshold PT, with a significant increase in excess mortality, was $38^{\circ}C$. No time lagged effect was observed with summer heat stress, while a high correlation was observed between anomalies in PT and relative deviation of mortality. A comparison of the heat index and the discomfort index with excess mortality revealed that the discomfort index underestimated excess mortality, whereas the heat index could not appropriately explain the increase in excess mortality correlated with the increase in excess heat. In contrast, PT was found to be the weather element that best represents excess mortality due to heat stress, and is thus expected to serve as a more reliable forecast index of human biometeorology.

• 정신신체의학
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.182-197
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• 1996

For the purpose of examining the relationship between smoking, perceived stress and vulnerability factors, and furthermore suggesting interventions to reduce excessive smoking and prevent nicotine dependency effectively, the questionnaires of perceived stress(stressful experiences), ways of stress coping(passive and active copings), smoking motives, social influence, age, amounts of smoking, and nicotine dependency were administered to smokers among medical students in Chosun university(n=186). 1) As a result of classifying smokers by the types of smoking, the most was a type of smokers to reduce negative emotions and the next in order were addictive smokers, smoker for stimulation, smoker for pleasure, etc. 2) The effects of motive, age, and active coping style were significant, but the effects of perceived stress, passive coping style, and social influence were not significant in average amount of daily smoking. 3) The effects of motive, social influence, and age were significant, but the effects of perceived stress, passive and active coping styles were not significant in the degree of nicotine dependency. To summarize, it is concluded that there were a lot of people who smoke to solve negative emotions, but the direct effects of perceived stress and passive coping style on both average amounts of daily smoking and the degree of nicotine dependency were not significant. On the other hand, motive, age, active coping style, and social influence were proved to be more important variables than the others in explaining college students' smoking.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.708-720
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• 2012

In this study, we assessed the effects of ginsenoside Re (GRe) administration on repeated immobilization stress-induced behavioral alterations using the forced swimming test (FST), the elevated plus maze (EPM), and the active avoidance conditioning test (AAT). Additionally, we examined the effect of GRe on the central adrenergic system by observing changes in neuronal tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) immunoreactivity and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) mRNA expression in the rat brain. Male rats received 10, 20, or 50 mg/kg GRe (i.p.) 30 min before daily exposures to repeated immobilization stress (2 h/day) for 10 days. Activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis in response to repeated immobilization was confirmed by measuring serum levels of corticosterone (CORT) and the expression of corticotrophin-releasing factor (CRF) in the hypothalamus. Repeated immobilization stress increased immobility in the FST and reduced open-arm exploration in the EPM test. It also increased the probability of escape failures in the AAT test, indicating a reduced avoidance response. Daily administration of GRe during the repeated immobilization stress period significantly inhibited the stress-induced behavioral deficits in these behavioral tests. Administration of GRe also significantly blocked the increase in TH expression in the locus coeruleus (LC) and the decrease in BDNF mRNA expression in the hippocampus. Taken together, these findings indicate that administration of GRe prior to immobilization stress significantly improved helpless behaviors and cognitive impairment, possibly through modulating the central noradrenergic system in rats. These findings suggest that GRe may be a useful agent for treating complex symptoms of depression, anxiety, and cognitive impairment.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.125-134
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• 2019

Background: Excessive stress causes varied physiological and psychological disorders including male reproductive problems. Here, we attempted to investigate the protective effects of Korean Red Ginseng (Panax ginseng Meyer; KRG) against sub-acute immobilization stress-induced testicular damage in experimental rats. Methods: Male rats (age, 4 wk; weight, 60-70 g) were divided into four groups (n = 8 in each group): normal control group, immobilization control group, immobilization group treated with 100 mg/kg of KRG daily, and immobilization group treated with 200 mg/kg of KRG daily. Normal control and immobilization control groups received vehicle only. KRG (100 mg/kg and 200 mg/kg) was mixed in the standard diet powder and fed daily for 6 mo. Parameters such as organ weight, blood chemistry, sperm kinematic values, and expression levels of testicular-related molecules were measured using commercially available kits, Western blotting, and reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction. Results: Data revealed that KRG restored the altered testis and epididymis weight in immobilization stress-induced rats significantly (p < 0.05). Further, KRG ameliorated the altered blood chemistry and sperm kinematic values when compared with the immobilization control group and attenuated the altered expression levels of spermatogenesis-related proteins (nectin-2, cAMP responsive element binding protein 1, and inhibin-${\alpha}$), sex hormone receptors (androgen receptor, luteinizing hormone receptor, and follicle-stimulating hormone receptor), and antioxidant-related enzymes (glutathione S-transferase m5, peroxiredoxin-4, and glutathione peroxidase 4) significantly in the testes of immobilization stress-induced rats. Conclusion: KRG protected immobilization stress-induced testicular damage and fertility factors in rats, thereby indicating its potential in the treatment of stress-related male sterility.

• 대한지역사회작업치료학회지
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2015

목적 : 본 연구는 뇌졸중 환자를 대상으로 뇌졸중 환자의 자아방어기제와 스트레스 및 일상생활활동 수행능력과의 상관관계에 대해 알아보고자 한다. 연구방법 : 2014년 3월 14일부터 2014년 5월 15일까지 대구 부산 지역 내에 위치한 1개의 대학병원과 3개의 재활전문병원에 설문조사를 실시하여 빈도분석과 독립 표본 t검정, 피어슨 상관계수를 하였다. 결과 : 연구 대상자의 자아방어기제 유형에 따른 스트레스와 일상생활활동 수행능력을 분석한 결과 미성숙한 자아방어기제 집단이 성숙한 자아방어기제 집단보다 스트레스를 많이 받는 것으로 나타났으며(p<.05), 성숙한 자아방어기제 집단이 미성숙한 자아방어기제 집단보다 일상생활활동 수행능력이 높은 것으로 나타났다(p<.05). 결론 : 뇌졸중 환자의 스트레스가 높을수록 일상생활활동 수행능력이 낮은 것을 알 수 있었다. 뇌졸중 환자의 재활에 있어서 개인의 성격이나 생활양식에 중요한 영향을 미치는 자아방어기제를 적절히 사용함으로써 뇌졸중 환자의 신체적 기능뿐 아니라 스트레스와 같은 심리 사회적 요소에 대한 재활도 가능할 것으로 생각된다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제33권12호
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• pp.2031-2038
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• 2020

Objective: This study aimed to determine the effect of intermittent feeding and cold water on performance and carcass traits in broiler chickens between 4 to 6 wk of age exposed to daily high temperature. Methods: Broilers were assigned to four treatment groups according to a 2×2 factorial design between 22 to 42 d of age (80 broilers per treatment, 4 replications). Broilers were divided into two main groups as feeding type (ad-libitum [AL] and intermittent [IF] for 6 h daily) and sub-groups as water temperature (normal [NW], 24.9℃ and cold [CW], 16.4℃). Heat treatment was applied between 11.00 to 17.00 h daily between 22 to 42 d of age. Results: Live weight at 6th wk was not affected by feeding type and water temperature, but the live weight was significantly higher in IF chickens at the 5th wk (p<0.05). Average weekly gain of IF broiler chickens were higher compared to AL group at 4, 5, and 6 wk of age (p< 0.05). Although feeding type did not affect feed intake in 4 and 5th wk, feed intake was higher in IF chickens at 6th wk (p<0.01). In addition, feeding type and water temperature did not affect feed conversion ratio and interactions were not significant (p>0.05). Water temperature had no significant effect on heart, liver, gizzard, and abdominal fat percentages (p>0.05). Conclusion: It is concluded that IF increased the average weekly gain in chickens reared under daily heat stress for 6 h between 22 to 42 d of age. IF in hot environmental conditions slightly increased performance without adversely affecting health, welfare, and physiological traits, whereas CW implementation had no significant effect on performance. It can also be said that IF suppresses a sudden increase in body temperature depending on age and live weight.

• 대한가정학회지
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• 제36권8호
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• pp.63-76
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• 1998

The purposes of this research were to find out general trends of the efficiency of the interspouse communication and the level of stress recognition, to estimate the differences of the efficiency of communication and the level of stress recognition according to socio-demographic, communication variables, and to analyze correlations between stress recognition and communication efficiency. The subjects of this study were 220 couples in Kwang-ju. The major results were as follow; 1) The level of wives' stress recognition was higher than husbands' and the level of interspouse communication efficiency was median. 2) Communication efficiency showed significant differences according to number of children, the duration of marriage in wives. The level of stress recognition showed significant differences according to the hours they spend in daily communication, the typeds of communication, the satisfaction of communication in both groups of husbands and wives. 3) Marital communication efficiency was negatively correlated with the level of stress recognition in couples.