• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권11호
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• pp.4595-4599
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• 2014

Background: Colorectal cancer is a serious health problem. Early detection of colorectal cancer is crucial for treatment and reducing mortality. Beliefs related to colorectal cancer have been found to be a factor in a person's decision about colorectal cancer screening programs. To determine such beliefs, a valid and reliable instrument is necessary. Objective:The aim of this study was to adapt and determine the psychometric properties of the Persian version of Champion's Health Belief Model Scale of breast cancer screening in the measurement of beliefs toward colorectal cancer (CRC) screening. Materials and Methods: The 'forward-backward' procedure was applied to translate the instrument from English into Persian. This study was conducted in Iran from June 2012 to May 2013. A convenience sample of 200 individuals aged 50 years and older was recruited from the population at the outpatient clinics in the three teaching hospitals. Validity was assessed using content, face and construct validity. To test reliability, the internal consistency was assessed by using Cronbach's alpha coefficient and test-retest (intraclass correlation coefficient) analyses. Exploratory factor analysis was used to assess the construct validity and determine the factors of adapted Champion's Health Belief Model Scale. Results: The mean age of the participants were 62.5 years (SD=10.8 years) and the majority of them (75.5 percent) were female. The results of exploratory factor analysis indicated a six-factor solution for the questionnaire (benefits, motivation and confidence, seriousness, susceptibility, emotional barriers and background barriers) that jointly accounted for 55.52% of variance observed. Cronbach's alpha of the subscales ranged from 0.57 to 0.89 and test-retest reliability ranged from 0.81 to 0.93 indicating a good range of reliability. Conclusions: The findings of this study suggest that the Persian version of Champion's Health Belief Model Scale of CRC screening has good psychometric properties and could be an appropriate measure for health beliefs related to CRC screening in national and international studies.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.413-427
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• 1997

This research is based on the Consumption Values Theory proposed by Sheth(1991). The purpose of this research is finding the factors related to the process of hospital choice. The expectation of six hospital outpatients 600 was analyzed by six consumption values categories: functional value, social value, emotional value, rarity value, condition value, health related values. The main results of this research is as following; 1. In the result of factor analysis 22 consumption value factors which affect the hospital preference were extracted; kindness/clearness, service speed, comfort of space, technical competence in functional values, high income/active social life, low income/blue collar unmarried/man, middle aged/big family, woman/married, introvert in social values, high-class, comfort, reliability in emotional value, newness, classiness in rarity value, social relationship, close to residence, social reputation in conditional values, priority on health, health behavior, active sense of value on health in health related values. 2. The difference of consumption values among hospital types were analyzed. The critical factors in reference for corporate hospitals newly established were kindness/clearness, service speed, convenience, classiness, comfort, and newness. University hospitals were preferred by the factors of reliability, and social reputation. In general hospital, convenience and close to residence were critical factor. 3. In logistic regression, age, marital status, education level and income as socio-demographic variables were significantly related to general hospital choice. Also service speed and close to residence were positively and high income/active social life and high class value were negatively related to general hospital choice. On university hospital choice, age and marital status, education show posive relationship whereas income showing negative relationship. Kindness/clearness, service speed, comfort of space, unmarried/man, comfortable feeling, newness and close to residence showed negative relationship with university hospital selection whereas technical competence, reliability in emotional value, classiness in rarity value, social relationship in functional values showed positive relationship. Lastly kindness/clearness, comfort of space, high income/active social life, unmarried/man, high-class, comfort and newness were positively related to corporate hospitals newly established choice in contrast to negative relationship in reliability in emotional value and classiness. In summary, we found that hospital user also choose to hospital in base of various consumption value. Further studies to investigate the hospital consumer behavior will be needed.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.1117-1123
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• 2015

Objectives: The purpose of the study was to examine the influencing factors of oral health-related quality of life in adults. Methods: A self-reported questionnaire was completed by 300 adults in Seoul and Gyeonggido from June to July, 2015 by convenience sampling method. Except 19 incomplete answers, 281 data were analyzed by t test, one way ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficient analysis, and multiple linear regression analysis using SPSS 18.0 program. The questionnaire consisted of general characteristics of the subjects, health-related characteristics, whole body dry symptoms and subjective perception of dry mouth. The oral health-related quality of life was measured by Likert five points scale, and a higher score indicated a lower quality of life. Results: The oral health-related quality of life in adult varied by age, systemic diseases, oral health status, missing tooth, stress, decayed tooth, gingival disease. The oral health-related quality of life had positive correlations with the subjective perception of dry mouth and whole body dry symptoms. The subjective perception of dry mouth(${\beta}$=0.245) had the influence on the oral health-related quality of life, oral health status(${\beta}$=-0.209), gingival disease(${\beta}$=-0.151), and decayed tooth(${\beta}$=-0.146) in order. Conclusions: The oral health-related quality of life was closely related to the subjective perception of dry mouth and the oral health status. It is necessary to develop the quality of life improvement programs including oral health prevention and care program in the adults.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제16권11호
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• pp.341-352
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• 2018

본 연구는 에코붐 세대의 우울에 영향을 미치는 요인을 파악하기 위하여 시도되었다. 본 연구는 제7기 1차년도 국민건강영양조사 자료를 활용하였으며 만 24세 이상 37세 이하의 성인을 대상으로 우울 관련요인을 파악하였다. 자료 분석은 IBM SPSS 25.0 프로그램을 이용하였다. 연구 결과 에코붐 세대의 우울은 성별, 교육수준, 주택소유여부, 건강보혐종류, 경제활동상태, 종사상지위, 임금근로자의 종사상지위, 근로시간제, 정규직여부, 지각된 건강상태, 흡연, 일 관련 신체활동 여부, 자살계획여부, 자살시도여부, 스트레스, 식사 빈도, 식사 시 동반여부에 따라 유의한 차이가 있었다. 회귀분석 결과, 에코붐 세대의 우울에 영향을 미치는 요인은 성별, 정규직여부, 지각된 건강상태, 흡연, 자살계획여부, 스트레스, 일 관련 신체활동여부, 저녁식사 시 동반여부로 나타났으며 설명력은 37.8%이다. 본 연구의 결과에 따라 에코붐 세대의 우울 중재 시 성별과 일 관련 특성에 따른 접근이 필요하며 우울 예방을 위해 에코붐 세대의 생활양식을 반영한 관리 방안 모색이 필요하겠다.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제53권3호
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• pp.359-369
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• 2023

Purpose: This study evaluated the internal structure (structural validity, internal consistency, and measurement invariance) of the Health-Related Quality of Life Instrument with Eight Items (HINT-8), developed to measure Korean people's health-related quality of life. Methods: A secondary analysis was conducted using data from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, involving 6,167 adults aged over 18 years. The structural validity of the HINT-8 was assessed using exploratory graph analysis and confirmatory factor analysis. Internal consistency and measurement invariance were analyzed using McDonald's omega (ω) and multigroup confirmatory factor analysis, respectively. Results: The HINT-8 had a single dimension and good internal consistency (ω =.804). The one-dimension HINT-8 exhibited matric invariance but not scalar invariance across sociodemographic groups (sex, age, education, and marital status). Further, it exhibited scalar or partial scalar invariance across medical condition groups (hypertension, diabetes, depressive symptoms, and cancer). Conclusion: The study finds that the HINT-8 demonstrated satisfactory structural validity and internal consistency, indicating its suitability for practice and research. However, the HINT-8 scores cannot be compared across different groups regarding sex, age, education, and marital status, as the interpretation varies within each sociodemographic category. Conversely, interpretation of the HINT-8 is consistent for individuals with and without hypertension, diabetes, depressive symptom, and cancer.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제97권2호
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• pp.152-155
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• 2008

The Korean version of Perceived Restorativeness Scale was administered to 150 SanEum Recreational Forest visitors to investigate it's psychometric properties. Factor analysis revealed that the scale consists primarily of four factors related to compatibility, preference, being away and coherence. The internal consistency of the scale was positive. Based on these tests, it appears that the scale is a sound measure of restorativeness or psychological health benefits from forest experience.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.3625-3634
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• 2014

본 연구는 치과기공사의 건강관련 삶의 질 관리에 필요한 자료를 제시함으로써 치과기공사의 건강 위험 예방 및 관리를 위한 기초자료를 제공하고자 실시되었다. 조사대상은 대전지역 30개 치과기공소와 해당 업체에 근무하는 치과기공사 141명으로 하였으며, 2011년 12월 20일부터 2012년 1월 31일까지 작업환경을 측정함과 동시에 구조화된 자기기입식 설문지를 이용하여 설문조사를 실시하였다. 수집된 자료의 분석결과 건강지수 총점은 개인수준 요인인 근무시간과 흡연상태에 따라 통계적으로 유의미한 차이를 보였으며, 신체적 건강지수는 개인수준 요인인 흡연상태와 운동습관에 따라 통계적으로 유의미한 차이를 보였다. 정신적 건강지수는 개인수준 요인인 근무시간과 흡연상태에 따라 통계적으로 유의미한 차이를 보였다. 집단수준의 예측변수에서는 유의미한 변수가 나타나지 않았다. 결론적으로 치과기공사의 건강관련 삶의 질 수준은 집단수준 요인보다 개인수준 요인에 더 큰 영향을 받는 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국농촌간호학회지
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.110-119
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• 2009

Purpose: This study was done to identify Community Health Practitioner's (CHP's) perception of barriers to research utilization Method: Participants were 153 CHPs working in Chungbuk Province. Modified Barriers Scale was utilized in the research, and 4 sub-scales were nurse factor, organization factor, research factor and communication factor. Data was analyzed by using SPSS/WIN12.0. Results: Research factor showed the highest barrier score among four sub-scales, and nurse factor was the lowest. CHPs with membership in any nursing academic society showed lower scores on the four sub-scales. Those who had taken a course related to research were less likely to see the research factor or communication as barriers. Barriers to research utilization were not associated with work experience years or to demographics. Conclusion: It is highly recommended that CHPs be trained in research methods and evidence-based practice and that research articles be written more clearly.

• 지역사회간호학회지
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.488-498
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• 2018

Purpose: This study was conducted to identify the influence of trauma experiences and social adjustment on health-related quality of life in North Korean defectors. Methods: The subjects were 117 North Korean defectors living in B and Y city. The data were collected from September 1 to September 20, 2014, and analyzed by the SPSS/WIN 18.0 program. Results: Significant differences were found in the health-related quality of life with respect to the subjects' education, marriage status, types of dwelling, family types, duration of residence in South Korea, jobs in South Korea and in North Korea, families left in North Korea or other surrounding countries, and subjective health status. Health-related quality of life is negatively related to trauma experiences during escape from North Korea and during their life in South Korea. Health-related quality of life positively is related to social adjustment. The meaningful variables which influenced the subjects'health-related quality include social adjustment, job in South Korea, job in North Korea, current family structure, and trauma experiences in South Korea. Total explanatory power of these factors for health-related quality in North Korean Defectors is 43.0% and social adjustment is the most influential factor. Conclusion: Therefore, in order to enhance health-related quality of life in North Korean defectors, it is necessary for them to increase social adjustment and decrease trauma experiences. In addition, methods are needed to provide job opportunities, better education and family services for North Korean defectors.

• 한국보건간호학회지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.244-254
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• 2011

Purpose: The study was designed to develop an instrument to measure risk factor-related deviant behavior (RFRDB) for the elderly. Methods: The preliminary instrument including 52 items to measure the risk factor-related deviant behavior for the elderly was developed through conceptual framework based literature review. The items were reviewed by experts to reveal the Content Validity Index (CVI). Then, construct validity and reliability were tested using factor analysis, comparative groups, and Cronbach's alpha with data from 233 elderly. Results: Among 52 items, 27 questions in the RFRDB instrument were selected from content validity and 21 questions in the final RFRDB were developed from testing validity and reliability. Results of empirical analysis(retest) of RFRDB were supported by 70% congruity with conceptual framework through literature review. The RFRDB has been completed by validity testing by known-group technique. The final developed RFRDB of the elderly has 21 questions each with a 4-point Likert Scale. Conclusion: The RFRDB may be utilized as a measurement to assess the risk of elderly deviant behavior.