• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.354-360
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• 2021

사람들은 개인의 삶의 만족을 위하여 일과 삶의 균형을 맞추며 건강하고 행복하게 살아가는 것을 희망하고 있다. 따라서 걱정 없이 행복하고 건강하게 나이가 들어가는 것을 의미하는 웰에이징(well-aging)에 대한 관심이 높아지고 있다. 본 연구는 웰에이징 관련 신문기사를 분석하여 웰에이징과 연관된 요인들을 파악하고자 하였다. 파이썬(Python) 기반의 웹 크롤링(web crawling)을 활용하여 2020년 11월까지 포탈 사이트 다음(daum)의 뉴스 서비스에 게재된 1,199편의 기사를 수집하였으며, 이중 연구 주제에 일치하는 기사 374편을 연구대상으로 선정하였다. 텍스트마이닝의 빈도분석 결과, '노인', '건강', '피부', '웰에이징', '제품', '사람', '노화', '여성', '국내', '은퇴' 등의 순서로 상위 10개의 키워드가 중요하게 파악되었다. 또한 출현 빈도가 높은 45개의 중요 키워드를 기반으로 사회 네트워크 분석을 수행한 결과 '피부-주름', '피부-노화', '노인-건강'이 강한 연결 관계를 나타났다. CONCOR 분석을 수행한 결과 45개의 중요 키워드들은 '삶과 행복', '질병과 죽음', '영양과 운동', '힐링', '헬스산업', '노화와 안티에이징', '건강', '노인서비스'의 8개 군집으로 구성되어, 신문기사들을 기반으로 나타나는 웰에이징과 관련된 요인들을 유추할 수 있었다.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.511-526
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• 2011

This study aims at surveying how Koreans look upon and prepare for the age of longevity("age of 100 years") drawing near at hand, analyzing factors affecting such a perception and behavior. To this end, a telephone survey was launched for 1200 persons sampled to evenly comprise the young, middle-aged, and elderly groups. Our findings indicate that more Koreans looked upon the upcoming "age of 100 years" as a 'disaster' rather than a 'blessing.' The sense of combined uneasiness over the aged life being further elongated while they are unprepared for it, anxiety over maintaining health and so forth came into play. However, the better a person is prepared by way of health management, savings for retirement, preparation for leisure activities and employment for the later life, the more positively he or she looked upon the "age of 100 years". An analysis by group indicates that women rather than men, the elderly rather than the young, the less educated rather than the highly educated, the low-income bracket rather than the high-income bracket looked upon the "age of 100 years" more negatively. Under such circumstances, it is suggested that the nation's social system tailored to a life expectancy of 80 years should be readjusted, tailored to a 'longevity paradigm' and that to this end social systems should be reoriented toward the direction where 'healthy aging' and 'active aging' are fully supported.

• KIEAE Journal
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• 제10권6호
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• pp.81-89
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• 2010

This study focuses on a concrete understanding of the characteristics of perceptions and needs about healthy housing of the elderly, who represent the most vulnerable group of people in society, on the four evaluation dimensions of healthy housing as part of the research for evaluation indicators development for housing health performance in apartments. First, it was found that the elderly perceive an environment where their physical health is well supported as the most important factor for healthy housing. Additionally, the management support of the housing was perceived as the second most important consideration. Second, the most frequently used area for the elderly is the living room and a desired place to be added to indoor spaces was a room of their own or a 'living room', which clearly indicates the importance of the indoor environment for the elderly. Third, the biggest factor for the interior environment that affected the satisfaction level of the elderly in their housing was largely based on the convenience factor that helped lesson the discomfort in their daily life due to the physical aging process, and also on factors related to the pleasant indoor surroundings. Based on the concepts discovered in this study on healthy housing, more concrete items should be developed in the future for an extensive indicator for health performance evaluation, and actual research on the general public should follow suit.

• KIEAE Journal
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.5-16
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• 2013

As rapid aging society comes and people have growing interest in health, health issue has become an important value in modern society. The demand for healthy and comfortable residential environment has also increased and people themselves have made effort to build healthy residential environments. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to identify the characteristics of health housings planned and built by ordinary people. The study analyzed the contents of healthy houses that were broadcasted on TV with the title of healthy houses. Analyzed items were the planning elements and motives of building such healthy houses reflected in the samples of respective healthy houses. The result of the study revealed there were many examples of housings for healing purpose and the planning elements were in the order of architecture elements, natural elements, decoration elements, other elements and technical elements. While the experts usually put priority on technical elements for developing of healthy houses, ordinary people put priority on natural elements. This study comprehensively presents the overall characteristics of healthy houses which ordinary people pursue, on empirical basis. It is expected that this study will inspire to think about the desirable direction of healthy houses for the residents by comparing with or along with the concepts of housings that experts pursue.

• International journal of advanced smart convergence
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.168-174
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• 2021

Korea is ranked as the world's No. 1 country in its aging rate. While the interest and demand for health is rapidly increasing, the health status of the elderly is in the lowest among OECD members. Increased chronic diseases, the burden of medical costs and digital/untact changes of societies after COVID-19 have caused the direction of healthcare to be changed from treatment oriented to health care and prevention oriented, along with increased income levels and a desire for a healthy life. Amid this paradigm of change, the gap in health standards and health inequality for the elderly according to local structure and social conditions affects not only socio-economic but also the quality of life for individual senior citizen. Utilizing prior data of Aging Research Panel Survey, this study aims to compare and analyze health conditions and regional gaps which are significant influences on the satisfaction of the life of the elderly, and to suggest direction of studies for health care to provide solutions for health inequalities. The findings are intended to be a basic data for researching models of the New Normal Smart Healthcare System that bridge the health gap between the elderly and enhance life satisfaction with health care models suitable for regional characteristics in aging society.

• 대한지역사회작업치료학회지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.13-22
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• 2019

목적 : 본 연구는 정상노화 과정에 따른 일화기억 저하 양상을 일화기억의 하위요소인 사물, 공간위치, 시간순서 기억을 중심으로 파악하고자 하였다. 연구방법 : 20대부터 80대 이상까지의 건강한 젊은 성인과 노인 77명이 본 연구에 참여하였으며, 일화기억을 평가하기 위한 컴퓨터 인지과제를 수행하였다. 인지과제는 사물, 공간위치, 시간순서 기억을 각각 평가하기 위한 세 가지 항목으로 구성되어 있었으며, 주변에서 흔하게 볼 수 있는 사진 10장을 이용하여 검사를 진행하였다. 사진 10장을 본 이후에 사진 속의 사물의 종류, 사물의 위치, 사진이 제시된 순서를 물어보는 과정을 통해 평가를 진행하였으며, 각 하위검사의 정답률을 연령대별로 분석하였다. 결과 : 연구 결과, 사물과 공간위치 기억은 정상노화에 큰 영향을 받지 않는 반면, 시간순서 기억은 정상노화 과정 속에서 큰 폭으로 저하되는 것을 알 수 있었다. 세부적으로 살펴보면 시간순서 기억은 40대 이상부터 20~30대에 비해 유의한 저하가 발생하는 것을 관찰할 수 있었고 80대 이후에는 사물 기억이 가장 높은 것으로 확인되었다. 즉 정상 노화 과정에 따라 시간순서 기억이 가장 먼저 감소되고 사물 기억이 가장 마지막에 저하되는 것을 확인하였다. 결론 : 본 연구는 정상노화 과정에 따른 일화기억의 하위요소별 저하 양상을 제시하였다. 사물 기억에 초점을 맞춘 기존의 신경심리학적 검사들을 통해 제한적으로 확인하였던 공간위치와 시간순서 기억의 저하 양상을 세부적으로 확인할 수 있었다. 본 연구 결과는 정상노화에 따른 일화기억의 저하에서 벗어난 일화기억의 손상을 선별하는데 도움이 될 것이며, 정상노인에게 시행되는 예방적인 인지 중재에 공간위치와 시간순서 기억의 훈련이 포함되어야 할 근거를 제시한다.

• BMB Reports
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• 제50권4호
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• pp.160-161
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• 2017

Proper maintenance of biological components is crucial for longevity and healthy aging. Although the role of homeostatic maintenance systems for DNA and protein in longevity is established, it remains largely unknown for RNA. In our recent work, we show that nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) promotes longevity in the roundworm C. elegans by enhancing RNA quality control. We find that the activity of NMD decreases during aging, raising the possibility that RNA quality declines in old animals. We then show that key components of NMD complex are required for prolonged lifespan in C. elegans. In addition, animals with reduced insulin/insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) signaling (IIS), a representative longevity model, display increased NMD activity. Thus, up-regulation of NMD appears to play crucial roles in longevity conferred by reduced IIS via enhancing mRNA quality control. As both IIS and NMD pathways are evolutionarily conserved, mammals including humans may be equipped with similar RNA quality control systems to achieve longevity.

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.91-96
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• 1982

Influence of aging on plasma renin activity was evaluated in healthy normotensive subjects (age range $21\sim63$ years, 413 males) devoid of cardiorenal or endocrinological problems. The age-related decrease of plasma renin activity in the subjects between $21\sim28$ years group and $36\sim42$ years group was slight, but over the 43 years groups was significantly different. The age-related suppression of plasma renin activity was much more smooth and continuous all over the age ranges evaluated. The sexual difference in plasma renin activity was noticed between the subjects of 22 years old group(34 males) and 19 years grop(34 females) (p<0.003). The data suggest that the age-related suppression of plasma renin activity appeared in healthy normotensive subjects should be considered in the case of evaluation of low renin essential hypertension.

• 말소리와 음성과학
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.95-101
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• 2013

Aging is related to anatomical and physiological changes in respiratory and phonation organs. These changes influence articulation which leads to inaccurate speech and slow articulatory diadochokinesis(DDK). DDK indicates the range, rate, regularity, accuracy, and agility of articulation that reflect motor speech function. The purpose of this study is to investigate the rates and regularities of DDK in healthy Korean elderly through passive acoustic analysis (Praat). Thirty subjects between the ages of 65 and 94 participated in this study. Rate was observed for 5 seconds, while regularity was calculated based on the standard deviation on the following: 1) syllable duration of each task; 2) gap duration between syllables. Then, simple regression analysis was conducted in order to examine the effect of age on performance. The result showed that the slow rate was not a significant factor in terms of advancing age. Furthermore, regularity indicated a significant difference in the following: 1) /pʌ/, /kʌ/ and /pʌtʌkʌ/ in syllable duration; 2) /kʌ/ duration in the gap between syllables. In conclusion, articulatory coordination is reduced with the onset of aging. In particular, /kʌ/ would be a sensitive task for articulatory coordination.

• 농촌의학ㆍ지역보건
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.65-75
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• 1993

This study was conducted to compare the frequency and to find epidemiologic characteristics of the diseases by analyzing the results of routine first health examination for partial healthy public officials. The total number of the examined was 1.128(876 male, 252 female) The results were as follow; 1. The prevalence rate of suspicious disease was liver disease 5.9% hypertension 5.4%, hyperlipemic disease 3.8%, pulmonary tuberculosis 1.2% by order. 2. The mean systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure showed increasing trend by age increasing. The mean of blood pressure in man was rather higher than that in woman. 3. The prevalence rate of suspicious borderline hypertension increased by aging. And the distribution of high cholesterol group and over than overweight group increased by aging. 4. In male, significant relation among age, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, relative body weight was found. And significant relation between total cholesterol level and relative body weight was found. In female, age and relative body weight was related to systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure and total cholesterol level. 5. According to the retrospective follow-up for those who had suspicious disease, correspondence rate of results was 5.2% in circulatory disease and 1.5% in liver disease.