• 가정과삶의질연구
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.1-14
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• 2004

Although the proportion of frail elderly among the elderly population has been rapidly increasing, there is little preparation to provide housing alternatives for them in Korean society. Long-term care facility a housing alternative for frail elderly that enables them to receive social and medical care services that enhance the quality of their life. This research was conducted to study the opinions of middle-aged Koreans about long-term care facilities for the frail elderly. This study provides useful suggestions for the development of user-paid long-term care facilities in the near future. A survey questionnaire was administered to 600 adults in their 50s to collect data. The sample was stratified according to region, gender, and housing structure type. The results showed that most of the respondents were aware of long-term care facilities for the frail elderly; but they were relatively unwilling to live in these facilities, as compared to other housing alternatives. However, a larger number of respondents said that as they became very frail, they would be willing to live in these facilities. The respondents expressed a high level of need for user-paid long-term care facilities as an alternative to hospitalization. Also, they wanted to have a variety of long-term care facilities that are designed for different levels of disability. The education level of respondents and their spouses, average monthly income, subjective economic level, and religion were major variables that differentiated significantly the opinions about long-term care facilities for the frail elderly.

• 한국전문물리치료학회지
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.47-56
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• 2017

Background: Given the potential benefits of wellness programs promoting physical activity of the community-dwelling frail elderly, it is recommended that comprehensive wellness programs combined with the component of physical activity. This may improve overall health and potentially lower the health care cost of the frail elderly. In general, the frail elderly residing in community or those after being discharged from hospitals are often committed to enhancing the status of participation in physical activity. Objects: The purposes of this study were to identify specific shortcomings of current wellness programs as part of continuum of community rehabilitation services and to propose alternatives for the care of the community-dwelling frail elderly. Through this study, geriatric health care professionals may be able to implement assessments and programs to successfully promote an effective continuum of care for the frail elderly. Methods: Article reviews were summarized and evaluated. Results: A model elaborating the relationship between components of successful wellness program and participation in physical activities for the community-dwelling frail elderly are recommended. First, periodic monitoring the levels of physical activity by the use of online measurement system should be considered. Second, individualized adaptive technologies for selecting optimal physical activities for the elderly may be better fit to individuals' current status of physical activity. Conclusion: The current status of physical activity in community-dwelling frail elderly can be monitored by online assessment systems. Through the innovative measurement system, elderly may assess his/her physical activity status overtime, select optimal physical activities matching the status, and create the elderly's own adaptive wellness programs that match to the status while residing in his/her community.

• 지역사회간호학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.12-20
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• 2010

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the predictors of health-related quality of life and to examine their effects in frail elderly. Methods: This was a correlation study. The subjects were 680 frail elders aged over 65 who were receiving home care from one of 253 public health centers in 16 provinces, and data were collected from the 1st to 30th of April, 2008. Results: The mean health-related quality of life in the subjects was $6.0{\pm}2.0$. The predictors identified in this study significantly explained 41.3% of health-related quality of life. Self-rated health was the most significant predictor of health-related quality of life. ADL and depression had an effect on health-related quality of life. Conclusion: Self-rated health, ADL and depression were the predictors of health-related quality of life in the frail elderly.

• 대한가정학회지
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.81-90
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• 2001

This study focuses on the type of elder care arrangements and its consequences for mental health among physically frail elderly. Based on data from 410 frail older people, this study reveals the following results: (1) Frail elderly in family caregiving situation shows better mental health in terms of depression and psychological well-being than those in self-care or public institutional situation, (2) but this positive effect of family caregiving on mental health, especially depression, among older people is partly explained by the differences in income and marital status among older people in different caregiving situations, (3) the factors which are significantly related to mental health of older people are income in family caregiving situation, and education in both self-care situation and institutional situation. The results of the study emphasize the importance of family resources in family caregiving situation and of personal resources in self7are or institutional situation.

• 지역사회간호학회지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.91-101
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• 2012

Purpose: This study was conducted to examine the effects of exercise on physiological, physical and psychological functions of the frail elderly. Methods: The research design was a nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest design. Data were collected from September 9 to October 10, 2009. The subjects were 56 frail elders who agreed to participate in this study and each subject was randomly assigned to either the experimental group (n=28) or the control group (n=28). The exercise program was provided to each subject in the experimental group twice in a week for 6 weeks. Data were analyzed with frequency, ${\chi}^2$-test, Kolmogorov-Smirnor test and independent t-test using SPSS/WIN 12.0. Results: There was a significant improvement in psychological functions in the experimental group compared to the control group (t=1.726, p=.045). Conclusion: The exercise program showed the effects to improve the psychological functions of the frail elderly with chronic disease. In recommendation, this exercise program could be utilized as a health promoting program for the frail elderly.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.394-405
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• 2019

본 연구의 목적은 허약노인에 대한 개념의 명확한 속성 규명과 이론적 근거를 마련하는 것이다. 연구방법은 Walker와 Avant(2005)의 개념분석을 위한 기본 원리에 근거하여 절차에 따라 진행하였다. 허약노인에 대한 개념 사용의 연구결과는 허약노인은 건강과 질병의 중간상태에 있다. 허약노인은 신체적으로 근감소증, 염증, 인슐린 저항성에서 신체적으로 취약하고, 진행된 질병의 결과로 입원, 낙상, 장애, 사망에 이를 수 있다. 생리적, 심리적, 사회적 생활습관, 경제적 요인과 관련된 다면적 속성을 가지며, 일상생활에 제한으로 다른 사람의 도움을 필요로 하여 의존적이며, 회복시간과 회복의 정도가 저하되는 것과 소진(exhaustion)의 속성을 가지고 있는 것으로 확인되었다. 즉, 역동적 과정(dynamic process), 다면적 요소(multidimensional factors), 의존성(dependency), 취약성(vulnerability)이다. 허약노인은 건강과 질병의 중간 상태로 변화 가능성을 내포한 역동적 과정이며, 신체적, 정신적, 인지적, 사회 환경적 요소를 포함한다. 또한 일상생활에 어려움이 있는 노인으로, 신체적 취약성과 함께 적응에 어려움을 가지고 있는 노인을 의미하였다. 결론적으로 본 연구는 허약노인의 개념분석과 이해를 통해 노인의 허약 수준을 파악하고, 체계적으로 관리함으로써 장기요양상태에 이르지 않도록 지역사회 방문간호를 포함한 보건의료체계 마련을 위한 기초자료 제공에 기여할 것이다.

• 재활치료과학
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.43-56
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• 2021

목적 : 본 연구에서는 허약노인의 정의를 정리하고, 허약노인 선별 시 사용되는 도구들을 분석함으로써 허약의 구성 요소를 제시하고자 한다. 연구방법 : 고령자에게 허약 선별 평가가 실시된 문헌을 검색하기 위해 CINAHL, Embase, Medline Complete, PubMed를 사용하였다. 검색어는 "assess" AND "frailty" AND "screening" AND ("frail elderly" OR "elderly")를 사용하였다. 결과 : 검색 결과로 얻은 539편의 문헌 중 선정기준에 부합하는 11편의 연구가 최종적으로 도출되었다. 본 고찰을 통해 허약은 다차원적 요인의 기능 저하로 인해 발생하며, 허약노인은 '건강 악화·기능손상·장애 발생의 가능성이 높고, 생명에 대한 위협 수준이 높은 사람'으로 정의되었다. 11편의 문헌 중 허약 선별 평가도구는 총 7종류로 Phenotype of frailty가 5편(45.4%)으로 가장 많이 사용되었다. 7개의 선별 평가도구에서 제시된 허약의 구성 요소는 신체적 요소(신체적 기능), 활동참여(일상생활활동, 수단적 일상생활활동), 영양상태(체중감소, 체질량 지수), 정신적 요소(인지, 정서), 사회적 요소(사회적 상호작용, 사회적지지, 사회적 환경), 전반적 건강 및 나이로 나타났다. 결론 : 본 연구를 통해 허약의 정의 및 구성 요소를 제시하였다. 이는 향후 허약노인 선별을 위한 표준화된 선별 평가도구 및 중재 프로그램 개발에 대한 기초자료가 될 것으로 사료된다.

• 지역사회간호학회지
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.51-59
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• 2016

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to provide a disease management, nutrition education, and group exercise program for three months to the moderately frail elderly whose physical functions have deteriorated, and to investigate its effects in order to develop an intervention program. Methods: As a quasi-experiment, this study was conducted based on non-equivalence studies designed as a similar experiment. The milk intake group and calcium intake group participated in the disease education, individual nutrition education, and group exercise program for three months, and the control group was visited once in the three months by a nurse who provided disease education, nutrition education, and oral instruction of exercise, and asked them to exercise on their own every day. For the data analysis, ${\chi}^2$-test, ANOVA and $Scheff{\acute{e}}$ test were used. Results: After three months of intervention, there was a significant difference in the frailty level (p=.029) and bone density (p=.001) between the groups. Conclusion: The comprehensive intervention program had an effect on the bone density and the frailty level of the socially-vulnerable and moderately frail elderly, suggesting that the program can be used as a nursing intervention to prevent functional deterioration and damage of the moderately frail elderly.

• 대한물리의학회지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.91-98
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• 2013

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to investigate characteristics of the effects of a video strength exercise on grip strength, balance, timed up and go in the frail elderly women. METHODS: Subjects were thirty frail elderly people selected by the screening tool and they were divided into exercise group and control group. The video strength exercise was carried out for three time a week for 12 weeks. Data was analyzed with independent t-test between exercise and control group and paired t-test between before and after. RESULTS: There were not significant differences between exercise and control group. However, there were significant effects between before and after in exercise group. The grip strength and one-leg stand with eyes open were significant improved and timed up and go was significant decreases. CONCLUSION: These results indicate that the video strength exercise for the frail elderly was very effective on improving grip strength and one-leg stand and timed up and go.

• 재활간호학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.153-164
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• 2015

Purpose: This study was conducted to develop a community capacity builded exercise maintenance program for frail elderly women. Methods: As a guideline to develop the exercise maintenance program, the intervention mapping framework, including needs assessment, setting program goals, selecting theory-informed intervention methods, producing program components, planning program implementation and evaluation, was used. Focus group interviews with public health nurses and frail elderly women were conducted for needs assessment. Intervention strategies and components were formulated based on community capacity theory. Results: The developed exercise maintenance program consisted of strategies focusing on leadership development, partnership construction, organization development, community systematization of dimension of community capacity. A exercise maintenance program using health leader, health contract, exercise pocketbook, rhythmic activity suiting song and self-help group was included. Conclusion: The intervention mapping method was found to be useful to develop theory-based valid and community capacity builded exercise maintenance strategies for frail elderly women.