• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.289-297
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• 2003

Objectives : The main objectives of this study are to identify the factors associated with hypertension control and to determine the influencing factors associated with antihypertensive therapy. Methods : The study was conducted on 107 subjects who participated in the 1999 and 2002 Gwacheon Study and who had had uncontrolled hypertension (systolic$\geq$140 or diastolic$\geq$ 90mmHg) in 1999, We compared the characteristics of the controlled and uncontrolled hypertensive group and investigated the characteristics of those taking antihypertensive medication. Univariate associations between hypertension control and its characteristics and the association between antihypertension treatment and its characteristics were tested with $x^2$-test. We also peformed logistic regression analysis. Results : The participants who had their blood pressure checked within 6 months before their first measurement and those who had taken the antihypertensive medication showed significantly better hypertension control during the follow-up. The multivariate analysis showed that baseline antihypertensive therapy was the most important determinant factor of hypertension control during the follow-up. Socioeconomic level and life style did not affect hypertension control when controlled by the treatment variable in this study. The factors associated with antihypertensive therapy at follow-up were previous antihypertensive therapy, old age, and high educational level. Conclusions : Those who received antihypertensive therapy and those who had their blood pressure re-checked within 6 months both showed well controlled hypertension. The subjects with high educational level complied well with the antihypertensive regimen, but those in their forties did not.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.116-143
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• 2000

Considerable attention has been devoted in the accounting literature to identify the factors that cause or drive the costs of overhead activities. This paper extends recent cost driver research to the health care provider. In various case studies, it has been suggested that overhead costs are driven by volume and complexity variables. This paper investigates the significance of these variables in determining hospital overhead costs, how they are structurally related and how the cost impacts of these variables can be estimated in practice. This paper analyzes the determinants of hospital costs using the sample of South Korea hospitals for seven year during the period 1952－1997. The paper focuses on the extent to which hospital overhead costs depend on complexity, efficiency in addition to depending on more conventional volume based measures of hospital activity. The results of regression analysis suggest that volume and complexity factors positively and significantly affect overhead costs in the hospital industry. The results show that the complexity-related cost drivers strongly affected on the overhead costs in tile health care provider industry more than manufacturing industry which is mainly affected by volume-related cost drivers. That means each Industry may have different cost structures. Therefore it Is Important to find their proper cost structures and cost drivers and use them. Futhermore identification of overhead or indirect cost drivers is likely to be particularly useful in heath care. The identification of cost drivers can be of benefit to all health care stakeholders because these facilitates more efficient management of the national resources devoted to health care. While this study has documented that the level of service complexity is a significant determinant of hospital overhead costs, caution should be exercised in interpreting this as supportive of the cost accounting procedures associated with ABC. It is an open question whether even a well-designed ABC system will provide suitable proxies for marginal costs for decision making purposes.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제56권3호
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• pp.231-237
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• 2023

Objectives: This study aimed to identify risk factors associated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) mortality in pre-elderly and elderly individuals in Jakarta, Indonesia. Methods: We employed a case-control study design, utilizing secondary data from the Epidemiology Surveillance, Immunization Prevention, and Disease Control Sections of the DKI Jakarta Provincial Health Office, collected from December 2020 to January 2021. The study included 188 cases and an equal number of controls. Cases were COVID-19 patients confirmed to have died, as reported by hospitals and communities and subsequently verified by healthcare workers. Control subjects were patients who completed a 14-day isolation period and had been officially declared recovered by healthcare professionals. The dependent variable was the mortality of COVID-19 patients in the January 2021 period. The independent variables consisted of demographic data (age and sex), clinical symptoms (cough, runny nose, anosmia, diarrhea, headaches, abdominal pain, muscle pain, and nausea/vomiting), and comorbidities (hypertension, heart disease, and diabetes). Multivariate analysis was conducted using multiple logistic regression. Results: The multiple logistic regression analysis revealed several factors associated with COVID-19 fatalities in Jakarta: age of 60 years or older (odds ratio [OR], 4.84; 95% CI, 3.00 to 7.80), male (OR, 2.38; 95% CI, 2.41 to 3.68), dyspnea (OR, 3.93; 95% CI, 2.04 to 7.55), anosmia (OR, 0.13; 95% CI, 0.04 to 0.46), and heart disease (OR, 4.38; 95% CI, 1.04 to 18.46). Conclusions: The control and prevention of COVID-19 among elderly individuals require particular vigilance. When a COVID-19 case is detected within this demographic, prompt treatment and medication administration are crucial to mitigate the presenting symptoms.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.72-79
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• 2004

Objectives : This cross-sectional study aimed to quantify the relationship between the bone mineral density at the os calcis and the body mass composition in healthy children. Methods : The areal bone mineral density was measured at the os calcis with peripheral dual energy X-ray absorptiometry. The fat free mass, fat mass and percentage fat mass were measured using bioelectric impedance, in 237 Korean children, aged 9 to 12 years. The sexual maturity was determined by self assessment, using standardized series of the 5 Tanner stage drawings, accompanied by explanatory text. Results : From multiple linear regression models, adjusted for age, sexual maturity and height, the fat free mass was found to be the best predictor of the calcaneal bone mineral density in both sexes. About 15 and 20% variabilities were found in the calcaneal bone mineral densities of the boys and girls, respectively, which can be explained by the fat free mass. After weight adjustment, the percentage fat mass was negatively associated with the calcaneal bone mineral density in both sexes. Conclusions : The findings of this study suggest that the fat free mass, among the body compositions, is the major determinant of bone mineral density at the os calcis in Korean children aged 9 to 12 years. Obesity, defined as the percentage fat mass, is assumed to have a negative effect on the calcaneal bone density in children of the same weight.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.53-61
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• 2003

Background: Body weight is an important factor that influence the bone density in postmenopausal women except estrogen dificiency. However, different results are reported about the relationship between body composition and bone density in the postmenopausal women. We have studied the relationship between age, body weight, body mass index (BMI), waist hip ratio (WHR), muscle mass, fat mass, fat free mass and bone density. Materials and Methods: We have studied 127 persons of postmenopausal women who visited university medical center and examined the inbody 3.0 and Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DEXA) from Jan, 2001 to Jun, 2002. they didn't have any disease and didn't received hormone therapy, osteoporosis therapy or other medication that influence the bone density. Results: The numbers of study subjects is total 127 persons. Mean age is $56.9{\pm}5.14$, mean weight is $59.3{\pm}8.7kg$, mean BMI is $25.37{\pm}3.16(kg/m^2)$, mean fat mass is $20.02{\pm}5.05kg$, mean muscle mass is $37.49{\pm}4.50kg$, mean fat free mass is $39.80{\pm}4.70$, mean BMD is $0.828{\pm}0.148(g/cm^2$). In the result of linear regression analysis, age, height, weight, muscle mass, fat free mass, fat mass, BMI are significant determinants of BMD. In stepwise multiple regression analysis, age is the most significant determinant of BMD and besides age, fat free mass is the most significant determinant of BMD among body composition. Conclusion: In postmenopausal women, age, height, weight, BMI, muscle mass, fat free mass, fat mass are significant determinants of BMD and besides age, fat free mass is the most significant determinant of BMD among the body composition. So, diet and exercise that increase fat free mass will contribute to bone density increment.

• 한국노년학
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.1075-1088
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• 2016

본 연구는 고령자의 활동적 노화가 삶의 만족도에 미치는 영향요인을 분석하여, 고령자의 삶의 만족도를 향상시키기 위한 활동적 노화 증진방안을 모색하는데 목적을 두고 있다. 이를 위해 활동적 노화를 건강요인, 참여요인 및 보장요인으로 구분하고 국민노후보장패널 자료를 활용하여 55세 이상의 가구원 총 5,501명을 최종분석 대상으로 위계적 회귀분석을 실시하였다. 분석결과 고령자의 활동적 노화가 삶의 만족도에 미치는 영향에 대한 설명력은 34%로 나타났으며, 고령자의 활동적 노화 요인 중에서 건강요인인 주관적 건강상태와 심리적 건강상태, 참여요인인 노동시장의 참여 유무 및 보장요인인 소득수준과 주거보장이 삶의 만족도에 영향을 미치는 것으로 확인되었다. 활동적 노화 요인 중에서 삶의 만족도에 영향을 미치는 결정요인은 건강요인으로 확인되었으며, 이중에서도 주관적 건강상태가 삶의 만족도를 가장 많이 설명하는 결정요인으로 나타났다. 따라서 고령자의 활동적 노화를 촉진하고 삶의 만족도를 높이기 위해서는 고령자의 신체적 정신적 건강증진, 노동시장 참여 및 주거보장을 위한 국가적 지역적 차원의 다양한 정책 및 실천이 추진되어야 할 것이다.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.367-377
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• 2008

한국건강관리협회에 내원한 환자 중 설문에 응해준 268명(여성 136명, 남성 132명)의 연령, 체질량지수 (BMI) 및 생활습관과 골밀도(BMD)의 관계를 연구하였다. 골밀도는 이중에너지 X선 흡수계측기를 이용하여 요추(lumbar spine)와 대퇴경부(femoral neck)에서 측정하였다. 그 결과 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 여성의 평균키는 $155.8{\pm}6.0cm$, 평균체중은 $56.8{\pm}7.9kg$, 평균체질량지수는 $23.4{\pm}3.1kg/m^2$으로 나타났으며, 남성의 평균키는 $169.1{\pm}6.0cm$, 평균체중은 $69.0{\pm}9.5kg$, 평균체질량지수는 $24.1{\pm}2.7kg/m^2$이었다. 연령이 증가할수록 골밀도가 감소되었으며, 연령과 골밀도는 매우 유의한 관련성을 보였다(p<0.01). 그러나 여성의 골밀도는 50대 이후에 급격히 감소되는데 비해, 남성의 골밀도는 연령의 증가와 더불어 점진적으로 감소되었다. 그리고 남녀 모두 요추의 골밀도가 대퇴경부의 골밀도보다 낮았다. 체질량지수가 증가할수록 골밀도가 대체로 높아졌으며, 특히 50대에서는 뚜렷하게 높아졌다. 그러나 이들의 관계는 통계적으로 유의하지 않았다. 골밀도 범주의 분포를 보면, 여성은 40대까지는 정상이 대부분이었으나, 50대에서는 정상과 골감소증의 비율이 비슷하였으며 60대 이상에서는 골다공증이 많았다. 그러나 남성은 70대를 제외한 모든 연령층에서 대부분 정상의 골밀도 범주에 속했다. 커피나 탄산음료는 골밀도에 영향을 주지 않았으나, 음주는 영향을 주었다. 음주집단이 비음주집단보다 골밀도가 높았으며, 유의한 관련성(p<0.05)을 보였다. 또한 흡연과 운동은 골밀도와 유의한 상관관계를 나타내지 않았다.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.1049-1057
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• 1999

The central concept of the Salutogenic Model is sense of coherence, which is defined as a global orientation that expresses the extent to which one has a feeling of confidence that one's internal and external environments are comprehensible, manageable, and meaningful. Sense of coherence is proposed as a determinant of positive health consequences and successful coping. The purpose of this article is to review Antonovsky's Salutogenic Model, the concept of sense of coherence, and its central components and sources. For conceptual clarity, sense of coherence is compared and contrasted with the concept of hardiness. The empirical research findings are integrated to better understand sense of coherence and to enhance future implications for nursing research and practice.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.1135-1139
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• 2016

Background: Head and neck cancer (HNC) is one of the deadliest cancers worldwide. Early detection is a key determinant of HNC prognosis. Hence, raising awareness of this disease may improve survival rates. The present study evaluated the level of awareness and screening status for HNC in the general population of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Materials and Methods: An e-questionnaire was distributed during our HNC awareness campaign at the Red Sea Mall in Jeddah. The questions assessed HNC knowledge and screening status among participants. Results: Of the 112 respondents, 68% indicated that they had no knowledge of HNC. Social media was the major source of information (39%) for respondents. The majority (40%) believed that it was the joint responsibility of dentists, dental hygienists, and general physicians to screen for HNC; 82% had never been screened. Conclusions: Knowledge and awareness of HNC must be increased in the general population and among dental health professionals.

• 가정과삶의질연구
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.187-195
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• 2005

The purpose of this study is to examine the influence of parent-to-child financial transfers and economic resources on financial transfers, caregiving, and time donated from middle-aged adult children to their elderly parents. Analyzing data from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study, which provides long-term observations of financial reciprocity and recent reports about elder care, the current study finds strong positive effects of prior parent-to-child financial transfers in the models of caregiving and time; which indicates the importance of reciprocity. In terms of determinants of resource transfers, the findings of logistic regression analyses suggest that the economic resources of parents and adult children are strong determinants of child-to-parent financial resource transfers. Sociodemographic characteristics of parents and respondents were observed as strong determinants of caregiving or time. In addition, caregiving responds more to the health and income levels of parents whereas donated time is responsive to the net worth of parents and parents' status. For adult children, gender is a strong determinant of both caregiving and time donation. The long-term health problem of adult children is a statistically significant predictor of caregiving, while the employment status of adult children and the number of siblings have statistically a significant association with time donated to care for the parents.