• 여성건강간호학회지
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.486-498
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• 2001

The purpose of this study was to identify transition conditions, health behavior and indicators of healthy transitions among middle-aged women based on Schumacher & Meleis(1994) transition model for developing intervention program for their health promotion. A convenience sample of 221 women aged 40-60 was obtained in Jung-Gu, Seoul and they were asked to complete the questionnaires, which consisted of modified health-promoting lifestyle profile(HPLP), knowledge of menopause, physical well-being, emotional well-being, modified women's role integration protocol (WRIP), Beck's Depression Inventory(BDI), and indicators of healthy transition with subcategories such as subjective well-being, role mastery and well-being of interrelationship. The results were as follows: 1. Women had a mean age of 47.53 years. More than half(53.39%) of the women had jobs and 88.69 % had their spouses, Of 221 women, 51.13 % were premenopausal, 19.91% were perimenopausal, and 28.96% were postmenopausal. 2. Women scored lower on health responsibility and exercise than on self actualization, nutrition and interpersonal support among subcategories of health behavior measured the modified HPLP. Only 11.98% of respondents had breast-self examination and 42.66% had pap smear for screening cancer. 3. In transition conditions, women had poor knowledge about menopause and median level of physical well-being, emotional well-being and stress. 15.45% of the women had clinical depression. 4. As for the outcome index of the transition model, the mean of indicators of healthy transition was 3.69(possible range 1-5). 5. The levels of education and economic and the menstrual status were significantly related to physical well-being, depression and stress in the categories of transition conditions. The total score of health behavior correlated negatively with depression. The total score of indicators of healthy transition correlated with physical well-being, emotional well-being, stress, and depression in the categories of transition conditions. In conclusion, these findings suggested a profile of fragile middle-aged women and contributed to developing the community-based intervention program for health promotion.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.242-253
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• 2014

Background: The low benefit coverage rate of South Korea's health security system causes catastrophic health expenditure. And catastrophic health expenditure can be the cause of the transition to and persistence of poverty. This study was conducted to ascertain the effect of catastrophic health expenditure on the transition to and persistence of poverty, using 6 years of the Korea Welfare Panel Study Data. Methods: This study was conducted among the 22,528 households that participated in the Korea Welfare Panel Study, 2007-2012. Catastrophic health expenditure was defined as equal to or exceeds thresholds (10%, 20%, 30%, and 40%) of household's capacity to pay. The effect of catastrophic health expenditure on the transition to and persistence of poverty was ascertained via multivariate logistic regression. Results: Four-point-seven percent to 20.6% of the households are facing catastrophic health expenditure. Rates of the transition to (relative risk [RR], 18.6 to 30.2) and persistence of (RR, 74.8 to 76.0) poverty of households facing catastrophic health expenditure was higher than households not facing catastrophic health expenditure. Even after adjusting the characteristics of the household and the household head, catastrophic health expenditure was found to affect transition to (odds ratio [OR], 2.11 to 3.04) and persistence of (OR, 1.53 to 1.70) poverty. Conclusion: To prevent catastrophic health expenditure and transition to and persistence of poverty resulting from catastrophic health expenditure, the reinforcement of South Korea's health security system including the benefit coverage enhancement is required.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제43권5호
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• pp.423-435
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• 2010

Objectives: The low benefit coverage rate of South Korea's health security system has been continually pointed out. A low benefit coverage rate inevitably causes catastrophic health expenditure, which can be the cause of the transition to poverty and the persistence of poverty. This study was conducted to ascertain the effect of catastrophic health expenditure on the transition to poverty and the persistence of poverty in South Korea. Methods: To determine the degree of social mobility, this study was conducted among the 6311 households that participated in the South Korea Welfare Panel Study in both 2006 and 2008. The effect of catastrophic health expenditure on the transition to poverty and the persistence of poverty in South Korea was assessed via multiple logistic regression analysis. Results: The poverty rate in South Korea was 21.6% in 2006 and 20.0% in 2008. 25.1 - 7.3% of the households are facing catastrophic health expenditure. Catastrophic health expenditure was found to affect the transition to poverty even after adjusting for the characteristics of the household and the head of the household, at the threshold of 28% or above. Conclusions: 25.1% of the households in this study were found to be currently facing catastrophic health expenditure, and it was determined that catastrophic health expenditure is a cause of transition to poverty. This result shows that South Korea's health security system is not an effective social safety net. As such, to prevent catastrophic health expenditure and transition to poverty, the benefit coverage of South Korea's health security system needs to the strengthened.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제43권5호
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• pp.636-648
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• 2013

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore the health-illness transition of patients with Young-Onset Parkinson's Disease (YOPD). Methods: From June to November 2011, 17 patients with YOPD who visited a neurologic clinic in a tertiary hospital participated in the study. Data were collected through in-depth interviews and analyzed using the grounded theory of Strauss and Corbin. Results: The core category of the participants' health-illness transition emerged as 'reshaping identity following uncontrollable changes'. The participants' health-illness transition process consisted of six phases in sequence: ego withdrawal, loss of role, frustration, change of thought, modification of life tract, and second life. Although most participants proceeded through the six phases chronologically, some returned to the frustration phase and then took up the remaining phases. Conclusion: The study results provide an in-depth understanding of health-illness transition experiences in the participants. These findings suggest a need to develop appropriate nursing intervention strategies according to the different phases in the health-illness transition of patients with YOPD.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.515-524
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• 2004

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to develop and test a model to explain the transition state for Korean middle-aged women focusing on the transition concept. Method: A hypothetical model was constructed based on the transition model of Schumacher & Meleis(1994) and tested. Thehypothetical model consisted of 5 latent variables and 11 observed variables. Exogenous variables were demographic characteristics, obstetric characteristics, and health behavior. Endogenous variables were transition state and quality of life with 6 paths. The data from 221 middle-aged women selected by convenience was analyzed using covariance structure analysis. Result: The final model which was modified from the hypotheticalmodel improved to GFI=0.97, AGFI=0.94, NFI=0.94, and NNFI=0.95. The transition state was influenced directly by demographic characteristics, quality of life, and also indirectly by health behaviors. However, the influence of obstetric characteristics was not significant. The transition state was accountable for 68% of the variance by these factors. Conclusion: These results suggest that enhancing health behaviors of the women are necessary to increase quality of life and it consequently contributes toimproving the transition state. This model could be used to explain the health related vulnerability in these ages and to diagnosis individual women.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.172-184
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• 2016

Background: The objective of this study was to examine the effect of occurrence and reoccurrence of catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) on transition to poverty and persistence of poverty in South Korea. Methods: The data of the year 2008-2011 from the Korea Health Panel were used. CHE was defined as the share of total health expenditure in a household out of a household's total income at various threshold levels (more than 5%, 10%, 15%, and 20%). The effect of catastrophic expenditure on transition to poverty and persistence of poverty was analyzed through multivariate logistic regression. Results: The shares of households facing CHE at various threshold levels have increased gradually with 37.7%, 21%, 13.1%, and 9.5% in 2011. Households facing CHE were more likely to experience transition to poverty at thresholds level of more than 5% and 20% in 2010 set. Households facing CHE seemed to experience persistence of poverty, but it was not statistically significant. About 40% of households facing CHE in 2009 encountered another shock of CHE in 2010. Households without CHE seemed to experience more transition to poverty and persistence of poverty, but it was not statistically significant. For household with multiple CHE, those with medical aid were more likely to experience transition to poverty with statistical significance, but the statistical significance disappeared in case of persistence of poverty. Conclusion: The Korean health system needs to be improved to serve as a social security net for addressing transition to poverty and persistence of poverty due to facing CHE.

• 대한임상검사과학회지
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• 제42권2호
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• pp.92-96
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• 2010

The National Health Insurance Corporation (NHIC) was performed population health checkup survey program with especially two target ages, 40 years and 66 years old that were called as "life transition period" for national collective prophylaxis of cardiovascular diseases in Korea. We were investigated and compared between two age groups with the serum levels of cholesterol and triglyceride from data of the survey in Daegu province, Korea at April, 2007. Data of one hundred persons per each age (40 years and 66 years old) were collected and investigated for risk factors for chronic degenerative diseases including serum lipid concentration, health habits of drinking, smoking, exercise etc. In spite of the definite difference of life transition of the each age, the transition from adolescence to adulthood at 40 years old, and from adulthood to senescence at 66 years old, there were no significant difference of total cholesterol and triglyceride between two age groups.

• Childhood Kidney Diseases
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.7-11
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• 2018

Significant advances in the diagnosis and medical care of children with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are major reasons for the better survival rates of children and adolescents with CKD than the survival rates reported in previous decades. These patients are reaching adulthood, and therefore require a transition to adult medical care. This transition phase is well-recognized to be associated with considerably increased morbidities and medical problems, such as non-adherence, graft loss after transplantation, and loss to follow-up. Low adherence increases morbidity and medical complications and contributes to poorer qualities of life and an overuse of the health care system. However, these tragic outcomes may be avoidable through a structured and well-defined transition program. In the last decade, there has been increasing interest to resolve these medical and psychological problems that occur during the transfer of young adult patients from pediatric to adult renal units. The aims of a successful transition from pediatric to adult medical care include enhancing the individual development of better health-competence and stabilizing, or even improving, the state of health. This review will focus on various aspects of the transition phase of adolescents who have CKD or who underwent kidney transplantation from pediatric to adult nephrology care.

• 대한화장품학회지
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.135-140
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• 2005

본 연구는 고형상 에멀젼의 표면에서 일어나는 물리적 특성을 레올로지를 이용해 관찰해 보았다. 고형상 에멀젼이 전단변형에 따라 고상에서 액상으로의 전이시 전단속도가 큰 고형상 에멀젼의 경우 낮은 전단변형과 높은 전단변형에서 두 번의 전이구간을 보여주는 반면에 전단속도가 작은 고형상 에멀젼의 경우 높은 전단변형에서 전이구간이 한 번만 나타내는 것을 볼 수 있었다. 이는 고형상 에멀젼의 전단변형에 따른 표면의 물리적 특성이 중요한 요소로서 고형상 에멀젼의 구성요소에 따라 변화하게 된다. 유상과 수상으로 구성되어진 고형상 에멀젼에서 수상의 함량이 증가하게 되면 표면전이(surface transition) 구간이 점점줄어들다가 사라지는 것을 볼 수 있었으며, 유상과 분체로 구성되어진 고형상 에멀젼에서는 분체의 함량이 증가함에 따라 표면전이 구간이 점점 증가하는 것을 볼 수 있었다. 그리고 유상, 수상 그리고 분체로 이루어진 고형상 에멀젼에서는 분체의 함량이 증가함에 따라 표면전이 구간이 점점 줄어들다가 사라지는 것을 볼 수 있었다.

• 사회복지연구
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.277-311
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• 2010

빈곤에는 인적자본 및 가족구조 등의 물질적 결핍 뿐 아니라 심리사회적 측면이 주요하게 관련되어 있음이 널리 제기됨에도 불구하고, 국내에서는 이에 대한 관련 연구성과들은 미흡한 실정이다. 이에 주목하여, 본 연구에서는 빈곤층의 심리사회적 측면이 빈곤지위의 결정 및 이의 변화에 어떠한 관련성을 지니는지를 정신건강 변수들을 중심으로 분석하고자 하였다. 분석에서는 한국복지패널 1~4차년도 자료를 활용하여, 우울 및 자아존중감 등의 정신건강 요인과 빈곤지위의 관계를 다양한 측면에서 분석하였는데, 주요 분석결과들은 다음과 같다. 첫째, 빈곤층과 비빈곤층의 정신건강 수준은 유의미한 차이가 있었다. 빈곤층 내부에서도 빈곤이 심각할수록 정신건강이 좋지 못한 것으로 나타나, 빈곤과 정신건강의 부적(-) 관계를 확인할 수 있었다. 둘째, 빈곤탈출 집단과 빈곤지속 집단의 정신건강 수준도 유의미한 차이를 보여, 정신건강이 빈곤지위 변화와도 밀접한 관련성을 지니고 있음을 확인할 수 있었다. 셋째, 빈곤경험 양상은 정신건강에 따라 상당한 차이가 있는 것으로 분석되었는데, 정신건강수준이 양호하지 못할수록 빈곤 경험율 및 빈곤지속의 경험이 높고, 빈곤경험기간도 긴 것으로 확인되었다. 또한, 이들의 빈곤 탈출율은 낮은 반면 빈곤 지속율은 높은 것으로 나타났다. 넷째, 여타 관련 변수들을 통제한 모델에 대한 분석에서는 정신건강이 빈곤지위 및 빈곤지위 변화에의 주요 결정 요인의 하나로 확인되었다. 본 연구 결과는 빈곤지위 및 이의 변화에 정신건강의 주요한 영향을 보여주는 바로, 우리사회의 빈곤문제에 효과적으로 대처하기 위해서는 물질적 결핍에 대한 지원에만 치중된 정책적 접근에서 벗어나 빈곤층의 정신건강 문제에 대한 적극적인 개입 및 지원이 요청됨을 정책적 함의로 시사하여 준다.