• 한국노년학
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.81-91
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• 2010

본 연구는 노인의 인지능력을 기능적 관점에서 평가하기 위해 개발된 인지수행척도(Cognitive Performance Scale, CPS)가 우리나라 요양병원의 임상환경에 적합한지를 검증하기 위해 수행되었다. 이를 위해 CPS와 MMSE(Mini-Mental State Examination), GDS(Global Deterioration Scale)간의 수렴타당도, 조사자간 일치도, 내적 일관성을 측정하였다. 2개의 치매전문 요양병원 입원환자 393명을 대상으로 해당병원의 간호사가 표준화된 작성지침을 이용하여 CPS를 직접 측정하였고, 이 점수가 해당병원의 의사, 간호사가 측정한 GDS점수, 건강보험 청구 자료의 MMSE점수와 상관성이 있는지 분석하였다. 또한 동일 환자에 대해 또 한명의 간호사가 CPS를 한 번 더 측정하여 기존의 CPS점수와 비교하였다. 그 결과 CPS는 GDS와 중등도 이상의 상관관계(r=0.742, p<0.0001)를 보였고, MMSE와는 높은 상관관계(r=-0.794, p<0.0001)를 보였다. CPS의 Cronbach ${\alpha}$ 계수는 0.742로 높은 내적 일관성을 나타냈고 조사자간 일치도를 보기 위해 산출한 문항별 Kappa 계수는 0.772~1.000이었다. 우리나라 요양병원 환경에서도 노인의 인지능력을 기능적 관점에서 평가하기 위해 CPS를 사용하는 것이 타당하다고 판단된다.

• 노인간호학회지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.125-134
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• 2019

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate factors related to use of restraints for older adults with dementia in long-term care settings. Methods: This study analyzed secondary data from the Nationwide Survey on Dementia Care in Korea (NaSDeCK). Demographic characteristics, disease characteristics, and functional characteristics were analyzed. Data were analyzed with χ² test, t-test, ANOVA, and logistic regression analysis. Results: Among participants, 8.2% experienced use of restraints. 'Strap' (78.3%) was the most commonly used restraint and 'Behavioral problem' (51.3%) was a major reason for the restraint. Persons who have low levels of daily activity and cognition deficits, higher levels of dependence, histories of falls within the past 3 months, and living in long-term hospitals have greater probability of restraint experience. Conclusion: Developing interventions for older adults who have a high risk of being restrained is essential to minimize unnecessary restraint use among older adults with dementia in long-term care settings. Further study exploring the interacting roles of organizational and staff factors related to use of physical restraints would provide more comprehensive perspectives in understanding this phenomenon.

• 지역사회간호학회지
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.233-242
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• 2021

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to verify influencing factors affecting service quality provided by caregivers working for the elderly with dementia. Methods: Data were collected using a self-reported questionnaire from 214 caregivers in a long-term care facility in D city. The data were analyzed with service quality, dementia knowledge, work value, and job performance confidence. For data analysis, the descriptive statistics, t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficients, and multiple regression were performed using SPSS/WIN 21.0 program. Results: There were significant differences in service quality depending on the health status. Factors influencing service quality were work value, and job performance confidence with R² value of 38%. The highly influencing factors were work value, and job performance confidence. Conclusion: The results of this study indicate that the effort to improve the service quality of caregivers should focus on work value and job performance confidence.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.349-356
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• 2014

Background: This study aimed to explore factors associated with the non-use of beneficiaries of long-term care insurance services for the elderly in Jeollanam-do Province by analyzing a dataset obtained from National Health Insurance Service. Methods: The study sample consists of 1,663 individuals who were evaluated as eligible for long-term care insurance services in Jeollanam-do Province during the period of July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009. As a dependent variable, the non-use of the service was defined as one when a beneficiary had used it once or more times during one year after he or she was evaluated as eligible and as zero otherwise. A proportion analysis was conducted to describe characteristics of study sample. Chi-square tests were used to compare general characteristics between beneficiaries who had used the services and those who had not used them. Multiple logistic regressions were performed by three models including additional sets of explanatory variables such as socio-demographic characteristics, health conditions, and economic status. Results: Main results are summarized as follows. The proportion of beneficiaries who had not used the service was 14.5% of all beneficiaries. According to the results from the model using all explanatory variables, the factors associated with the non-use of the services were residence location, dwelling place, type of desired service, level of care needs, and instrumental activities of daily life limitations. Conclusion: In particular, regarding the type of desired service, the cash benefit showed a high likelihood of the non-use of the service; it had an odds ratio (OR) of 50.212 (95% confidence interval [CI], 24.00-105.04) compared with home service. In case of dwelling place, a hospital showed also a high likelihood of the non-use with an OR of 20.71 (95% CI, 10.12-42.44) compared with home.

• 한국병원경영학회지
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.148-166
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• 2001

The purpose of this study is to classify elderly patient in long-term care facilities using RUG(Resource Utilization Group)-III. It is designed by measuring patient medical characteristics and medical staff time. Elderly patients are classified into 7 categories by clinical(medical and behavioral) hierarchical typology of patients. Through the tertiary split, all 44 groups are formulated. This classification is explained by each patient resource(staff time) utilization level which is called CMI(Case-Mix Index). Major findings are as follows; 1. The objects in this study were classified into 35 groups out of 44 groups. The most frequent category is clinical complex category(CCC; 38.9%). And extensive service category(ESC; 18.8%), reduced physical function category(RPC; 13.1%), special rehabilitation category(SRC; 12.8%), and impaired cognitive category(ICC; 0.00%) are followed. 2. The mean of total CMI was $1.02{\pm}0.36$, ranging from 0.68 to 1.44(1 vs 2.12). The mean of CMI of SRC is only 1.17 which should be the highest. The means of ESC and see are equally 1.20. The means of CMI of CCI, ICC, BPC, and RPC were 0.90, 0.75, 0.83 and 0.96, respectively. 3. The validity of this classification was tested. Trend-test using Regression Analysis was done in the secondary split level. SCC, CCC, ICC, and RPC which covered 68.4% of this research objects showed linear trend of CMI in interim classification. This results were statistically significant. 4. In clinical hierarchy, the trend were showed linearity. But the multiple comparison of categories using Scheffe-test showed that SRC, ESC and see had same level of CMI means and CCC and ICC, too. This results were statistically significant. Classifying elderly patients with RUG-III, the results showed partly linear trend in clinical hierarchy and in interim classification in conclusion. But, in clinical hierarchy, it was failed to show the consistent order of CMI. It can be explained by two reasons. One is that this research subjects were overlapped in each clinical hierarchy group. And the other is that the some of the characteristics for clinical hierarchy is not appropriate for them. For the further study, it needs to have proper sample size and to modify RUG-III to K-RUG to consider our.. medical environment.

• 한국노년학
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.103-123
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• 2017

본 연구의 목적은 노인이 사회적 입원으로 인해 요양병원에서 경험하는 삶의 변화 현상을 탐색하여 그 삶의 경험들 속에 내재되어 있는 본질적 의미와 구조를 파악하고자 하였다. 이에 따른 연구질문은 "요양병원에 입원한 노인의 사회적 입원으로 인한 삶의 변화의 의미와 본질은 무엇인가?"이다. 본 연구는 요양병원에 입원한 노인환자가 사회적 입원으로 인해 경험하게 되는 삶의 변화 현상과 그 의미의 본질을 밝히기 위해 현상학적 연구방법을 적용한 질적 연구이다. 본 연구 참여자는 A시와 B시에 있는 요양병원 입원 환자 중 65세 이상으로 연간 재원기간이 6개월 이상이고 인지기능의 장애가 없고 의사소통이 가능한자로 본 연구 참여에 동의한 노인 15명을 의도적 표집하였다. 자료수집은 개별적인 심층면담을 통해 2016년 4월부터 7월까지 실시하였으며, 자료분석은 Colaizzi(1978)의 현상학적 분석방법에 근거하였다. 본 연구에서 노인의 사회적 입원으로 인한 요양병원에서의 삶의 변화의 본질적 의미를 분석한 결과, 6개의 주제 모음과 19개의 주제가 도출되었다. 6개의 주제모음은 걱정거리가 해소됨, 새로운 관계형성, 환자인 듯 환자 같지 않은 병원생활, 심신이 편안해짐, 퇴원에 대한 두려움, 사회적 고립이었다. 이를 볼 때 요양병원에 사회적 입원을 한 노인의 삶은 의료적 욕구 해결보다는 그들이 안고 있는 사회적, 심리적 욕구 해소에 더 많은 의도를 가지고 입원 생활하는 현상을 나타냈다. 따라서 노인들이 주로 입원하고 있는 요양병원의 현실은 의료법에 근거한 요양병원과 노인장기요양보험법에 근거한 노인요양시설의 기능이 혼재되어 운영됨에 따라 고령사회를 앞둔 현 시점에서 이와 관련된 제도적 보완이나 정부의 지속적 모니터링과 함께 현실적인 문제해결을 위한 다각적인 대책마련이 필요함을 시사해 주었다.

• 한국임상약학회지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.254-263
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• 2015

Objectives: The present study assessed the prevalence of the potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) use in Korean elderly patients with Parkinson's disease. In addition, this study examined risk factors that affect PIM use. Method: A retrospective, observational study was conducted using Korean National Health Insurance claims database of 2009. PIM use in Parkinson's disease patients aged 65 years or older was examined based on 2012 Beers Criteria. Multivariable logistic regression was conducted to identify risk factors for PIM use. Results: Among 5,277 elderly patients with Parkinson's disease, 88.9% of patients used PIM(s) at least once. The average number of PIM items used per patient was 4.2. PIM use ratio, the proportion of total amount of PIMs to all medications per patient, was 12.6%. Frequently used PIM therapeutic classes were benzodiazepines (32.7%), first-generation antihistamines (19.2%), and prokinetics (17.5%). Individual PIMs most commonly used included chlorpheniramine (11.4%), levosulpiride (10.9%), diazepam (9.0%), and alprazolam (7.6%). Women (odds ratio [OR] 1.14, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.11-1.16), medical aid (OR 1.18, 95% CI 1.15-1.21), and long-term facilities (OR 2.43, 95% CI 2.22-2.65) were shown to be risk factors associated with PIM use. Of particular, wide variation in PIM use was associated with the types of healthcare facility. Conclusion: The PIM prevalence was very high in elderly Parkinson's disease patients. Nationally effective and systematic efforts to identify and prevent PIM use should be made to ensure patient safety and to improve quality of care in the elderly.

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제6권6호
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• pp.9-15
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• 2015

본 연구는 노인요양시설에 근무 중인 요양보호사의 구강보건지식정도와 인식도를 조사하여 구강보건의료서비스의 질적 향상과 발전 방안 연구를 목적으로 실시하였다. 연구방법은 D광역시 소재 노인요양시설(10개소)에 근무하는 요양보호사 중 연구 참여에 동의한 163명을 대상으로 2015년 5월 1일부터 5월 31일까지 설문조사한 자료를 SPSS Statistics 18. 프로그램을 이용하여 분석 하였다. 그 결과 요양보호사들의 구강보건지식은 총점 26점 만점에 20.09점(77.2%)로, 가장 높은 지식은 '올바른 칫솔질 방법' 93.0%, 가장 낮은 지식은 '구강보조용품사용 지식' 58.1%로 조사되었다. 구강보건교육경험이 있는 사람이 구강보건교육 요구도가 높았으며 (P<0.001), 구강보건교육경험횟수가 많은 사람이 구강보건지식(P<0.001), 요구도(P<0.01), 인지도(P<0.05)가 높아 유의하였다. 요양보호사들의 구강보건인식정도에 영향을 주는 것은 구강보건지식점수(P<0.01), 구강보건교육 요구도(P<0.01)가 높을수록 구강보건인식정도는 높은 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 향후 요양병원 장기입원환자의 구강특성을 고려한 효율적, 지속적, 실질적인 요양보호사의 구강보건교육이 이루어 질 수 있도록 하여야 할 것이다. 또한 구강보건교육의 담당자로 치과위생사의 역할이 필요 할 것으로 전문 인력의 배치를 위한 국가의 제도적 지원도 함께 이루어져야 할 것이다.

• 보건의료산업학회지
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.19-31
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• 2019

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to analyze research trends in age-friendly research and suggest directions for future research. Methods: For this study, 112 articles related to age-friendly research were selected, from 605 published articles in The Korean Journal of Health Service Management (2007-2018). Content analysis and text network analysis were conducted using SPSS 23.0 and NetMiner 4. Results: First, 2 authors (30.4%) and 4 keywords (45.5%) were the most studied. Most of the studies used quantitative research (93.8%). Primary data (61.9%) and SPSS (77.7%) were the most used for analysis. Second, there were seven common keywords in the top 10 in all the centralities. They were Elderly, Geriatric Hospital, Depression, Care Workers, Long-Term Care Facilities, Experience, and Attitude. Conclusions: This study shows the need for diversity of research topics, subjects, research methods, and analytical tools in future age-friendly related studies. In addition, it suggests activating convergence research in this field linked to various industries and services.

• 대한치과보철학회지
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• 제61권4호
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• pp.284-292
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• 2023

안정적인 구치부 교합지지는 적절한 저작기능과 정상적인 안모의 유지를 위해 매우 중요하다. 특히 65세 이상의 고령환자에서는 저작기능이 충분한 영양섭취와 환자의 전신건강에 직접적인 영향을 미친다. 본 증례에서는 상악 무치악, 하악 양측 구치부 치아 상실을 보이는 고령환자의 구치부 교합지지를 회복해주기 위해 상악 총의치를 제작하여 이상적인 교합평면을 설정하였고, 하악 양측 구치부에 컴퓨터 가이드 임플란트 식립 수술을 진행하였다. 임플란트 지지 임시 수복물을 이용한 임플란트 즉시부하를 통해 환자가 수술 후에도 음식 섭취를 원활하게 할 수 있도록 하였다. 하악 구치부 지르코니아 고정성 보철수복을 완료한 후, 상악 총의치 인공치의 교합면을 Cobalt-Chrome계 금속 합금으로 치환하여 마모 저항성을 향상시켰다. 상악 가철성 총의치, 하악 양측 구치부 고정성 보철 치료를 통해 환자의 교합지지와 저작기능을 빠르게 회복해주고, 최종 치료단계에서는 마모에 대한 장기적 안정성도 얻을 수 있었기에 이를 보고하고자 한다.