• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제19권8호
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• pp.351-359
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• 2021

본 연구는 유산소운동의 실천과 만성질환이 동반된 관절염의 유병률 및 위험도에 대한 관계를 실증적으로 분석하기 위해 수행되었다. 이 연구를 위해 국민건강영양조사 2017-2019년 자료를 활용하였으며, 연구대상으로 17,356명을 선정하였다. 인구사회학적 특성과 만성질환에 따라 유산소운동의 실천과 관절염의 유병률 및 위험도 관계를 카이제곱 독립성 검정과 Breslow-Day 검정으로 분석하였다. 인구사회학적 특성이 여성, 고연령, 저소득층, 저학력층, 지방거주인 경우 유산소운동 실천률이 낮은 반면 관절염의 유병률과 위험도인 오즈비가 상대적으로 높았다. 그리고 만성질환 양성집단에서 유산소운동 실천을 하는 집단이 실천하지 않는 집단보다 관절염의 유병률과 발병할 위험도가 낮았다. 특히 유산소 운동 실천은 고혈압, 당뇨, 이상지질혈증이 있는 사람들에게 관절염의 유병률과 위험도를 낮추는데 효능이 있는 보완재가 된다. 따라서 인구학적 특성에서 관절염의 유병률이 높은 집단과 만성질환이 동반된 관절염이 있는 사람들이 걷기와 천천히 달리기, 에어로빅 댄스와 같은 일상의 유산소운동을 반드시 실천할 수 있도록 예방의학과 보건의료 차원에서 권장되어야 함을 시사한다.

• 보건교육건강증진학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.99-107
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• 2011

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between health promotion behaviors and chronic disease prevalence of Korean elderly and to provide information for preventing chronic diseases and improving health conditions of the elderly. Methods: A subset of 584 cases in the fourth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey was used for secondary analysis. Chi square test was used to compare chronic diseases prevalence by general characteristics and health promotion behaviors. Logistic regression analysis was used to identify the factors associated with chronic diseases. Results: Gender, occupation, subjective health status, smoking, and alcohol drinking have significant association with chronic diseases. Conclusions: Gender-specific health education for the elderly should be implemented at the health center, and opportunities for social participation can be enhanced through job creation for the elderly. Active campaigns on smoking cessation and moderate drinking are needed to prevent and manage chronic diseases of the elderly.

• Childhood Kidney Diseases
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.1-13
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• 2011

Hypertension is a major risk factor of atherosclerosis which results in cardiovascular disease, and remains a major health problem worldwide. While children are more likely to have secondary hypertension, recent studies support the theory that the prevalence of essential hypertension in children and adolescents is increasing with the global epidemic of childhood obesity, and close attention is needed. Evaluation of hypertension in the pediatric age group should be guided by the age at presentation, and renal diseases must be considered in every child with hypertension, because of the prevalence of renovascular and renal parenchymal disorders as the etiology in any age group. The majority of children with chronic kidney disease are hypertensive, and many have associated end organ damage. Thus, once hypertension has been confirmed, end organ care as well as pharmacologic therapy must be continued. In renovascular hypertension, as cure could be gained with surgical/endovascular intervention, accurate diagnosis is important and it is recommended that every suspected child should undergo angiography.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.555-565
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• 1993

The studies on the liver fluke of Korea have been reviewed. The fluke is Fasciola hepatica. Its intermediate host is Lymnaea biridis, whose principal habitats are rice paddies. The first fascioliasis of Korean native(beef) cattle was reported in 1915. Bovine fascioliasis is present throughout the conuntry, including north Korea, with the average prevalence of 30%. The prevalence of the disease is about the same in dairy cattle, which have been imported from other countries since 1960s. The disease was also found in Korea in other species of animals such as sheep, goats, deer of zoo and farms, and guinea pigs of a laboratory. Human fascioliasis was reported ; 35 cases by fecal examination and 11 by both parasitology and pathology. Of the latter 11 cases, 5 were ectopic parasitism. Economic loss due to the reduced carcass weight and milk production, and liver condemnation was great. Almost all flukicides developed in other countries are commercially available in Korea.

• 한국직업건강간호학회지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.171-176
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• 2003

Purpose: To investigate difference in health status by social classes in Korea through second analysis the 1999 Social Statistic Survey raw data performed by National Statistic Office. Method: 52,100 subjects were 20-64 years old and students were excluded. Health status was measured self-rated health and disease prevalence past 2 weeks. Social classes were classified 5 categories by occupations and working status and 1 category by unemployment. Result: Unemployed people reported the worst self-rated health on average, the lower social classes, the worse self-rated health and higher disease prevalence. Health inequality still existed between social classes after adjusting sex, age, and education level. Conclusion: A certain strategy for improving unemployed people's health and people who are working in craft, simple manual labor, agriculture, fishery, and forestry.

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제2권4호
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• pp.47-52
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• 2011

치주질환(periodontal disease, 잇몸병)은 인구의 50%이상이 이환되는 만성질환이다. 치주질환을 치료하지 않으면, 치아 지지조직의 염증을 악화시켜 치아손실(tooth loss)을 가져온다. 고혈압은 성인의 30%에서 발병하며, 심혈관계통 질환의 이환(morbidity)과 사망(mortality)의 중요한 원인이다. 약 20년 전까지만 해도 두 가지 질환은 깊은 관련이 없어 보였지만, 최근 서로 연관성이 있다는 사실이 밝혀졌다. 심혈관계통의 위험요소에 대한 연구결과, 죽상경화증(atherosclerosis) 합병증 발생은 치주(periodontium) 질환과 관계가 있다. 즉, 뇌졸중(stroke), 관상동맥질환, 말초동맥질환에 대한 위험요소가 치주염이라는 증거가 있다. 이런 인과관계는 두 가지 질환이 서로 공통의 위험요소를 갖는다는 의미이다. C-reactive protein(CRP)은 치주염에서 증가하고, 치주질환 환자는 혈관운동 기능(vasomotor function)이 손상된다는 보고가 있었으며, 치주질환으로 인해 고혈압이 발생한다. 본 연구의 목적은 문헌 고찰을 통해, 치주염과 고혈압을 비롯한 심혈관계통 질환의 인과관계를 밝히고자 한다. 고혈압은 당뇨와 함께 대표적인 생활습관질병이기 때문에, 본 연구를 통해서 적절한 치아관리를 통해 고혈압으로 인한 여러 가지 합병증을 예방하고자 한다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.3581-3585
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• 2013

Background: Accurate statistics on the cancer burden are essential, both for purposes of research and for setting priorities in healthcare management. So that in vast countries with partial registration coverage, such as Iran, local data are more useful. We here estimated the incidence, prevalence and mortality time trend of four major cancer site, lung, stomach, breast and prostate, over the period 2001-2010 and provided short-range projections to 2015 in Isfahan. Materials and Methods: Estimates were derived by applying the mortality-incidence analysis method, a back-calculation approach to estimate and project incidence, prevalence and mortality of chronic degenerative disease, starting from knowledge of mortality and relative survival information. Results: Age adjusted incidence, mortality and prevalence rates in Isfahan exhibited a clear upward trend for all four sites during the period 2001-2015, with marked increasees in prostate and breast predicted for the future. Difference in incidence trends between males and females might be attributable to the difference in risk factors specific to certain cancer sites, with smoking being the main risk factor. Conclusions: In this study, males and females displayed an increasing pattern for incidence and mortality rate over the entire study period until 2015. This information can be used as basis for planning healthcare management and allocating recourses in public health.

• 지역사회간호학회지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.31-39
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• 2012

Purpose: The purpose of this paper was to compare community health status by region and to investigate related factors using community health and social indicators. Methods: Data were collected from statistics of local districts that were provided by KNSO and KCDC. ANOVA and correlation were analyzed using PASW 18.0. Results: The standardized cancer mortality rate was higher in metropolitan areas than in other areas. On the contrary, the mortality of respiratory disease, traffic accident, and suicide were higher in rural areas. Small cities and county districts showed higher prevalence in obesity prevalence than metropolitan areas. Metropolitan areas presented higher prevalence in alcohol drinking during the previous month, perceived stress, and seat belt use. The age-adjusted standardized mortality rate was correlated with higher prevalence of smoking, obesity, percentage of the elderly, number of beds, number of social welfare facilities, number of registered cars, lower percentage of financial independence, number of doctors, and percentage of water supply service & sewage. Conclusion: Since significant differences in mortality rate and prevalence of health risk behaviors exist between regional areas and the mortality rate was correlated with other social indicators and health indicators, health policies and social policies considering these differences should be develop and implemented to the communities.

• Journal of Korean Biological Nursing Science
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.300-307
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• 2019

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to provide basic data on the infection prevention management program, which is one of the infectious disease control program by identifying the prevalence and risk factors of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in healthcare workers. Methods: We surveyed a total of 3,046 LTBI test results, including those of 2,269 existing staff and 777 new employees. An interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA) for the diagnosis of LTBI was performed using QuantiFERON^®-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT-IT). The risk factors of LTBI were analyzed using logistic regression analysis. Results: The overall prevalence of LTBI was 16.0% (487/3,046). The prevalence of LTBI in the existing staff was 17.9% (406/2,269) and the prevalence of LTBI in new employees was 10.4% (81/777). Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that the risk factors of latent tuberculosis infection among the existing staff were gender, age and work period wheres, the risk factor amongst the new employees depended on their age. Conclusion: The LTBI was not related to the type of occupation and work unit. Therefore, while establishing an infection control program for the prevention of tuberculosis infection at medical institurions, institutional heads and infection control experts should encompass a policy for all the employees.

• Journal of Genetic Medicine
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.110-114
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• 2018

Ataxia-telangiectasia (AT; OMIM 208900) is a rare autosomal recessive inherited progressive neurodegenerative disorder, with onset in early childhood. AT is caused by homozygous or compound heterozygous mutations in ATM (OMIM 607585) on chromosome 11q22. The average prevalence of the disease is estimated at 1 of 100,000 children worldwide. The prevalence of AT in the Republic of Korea is suggested to be extremely low, with only a few cases genetically confirmed thus far. Herein, we report a 5-year-old Korean boy with clinical features such as progressive gait and truncal ataxia, both ankle spasticity, dysarthria, and mild intellectual disability. The patient was identified as a compound heterozygote with two novel genetic variants: a paternally derived c.5288_5289insGA p.(Tyr1763*) nonsense variant and a maternally derived c.8363A>C p.(His2788Pro) missense variant, as revealed by next-generation sequencing and confirmed by Sanger sequencing. Based on claims data from the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service Republic of Korea, we calculated the prevalence of AT in the Republic of Korea to be about 0.9 per million individuals, which is similar to the worldwide average. Therefore, we suggest that multi-gene panel sequencing including ATM should be considered early diagnosis.