• 지역사회간호학회지
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• 제31권spc호
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• pp.563-576
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• 2020

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to identify personal factors, social factors, and environmental factors related to physical activity in older adults in urban and non-urban areas. Methods: We used source data from the 2017 Community Health Survey. The subjects of this study included some older adults aged 65 and over, and analyzed the data of 23,043 older adults living in the urban and 34,063 older adults living in the non-urban area. Results: The common factors influencing physical activity in older adults by region include current smoking and drinking, BMI, sleep duration, and subjective health status, help with neighbors, frequency of meeting with neighbors and friends, participation in social and leisure activities, and falls experience (p<.001). However, the living environment, public transport satisfaction, and medical service use significantly associated with physical activity for only older adults living in the urban area (p<.001). Conclusion: In order to improve physical activity in older adults in the community, it is necessary to consider not only the improvement of individual factors that practice health behaviors but also health promotion strategies that take into account social and environmental factors because there are environmental differences among regions.

• 인지과학
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.111-132
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• 2013

노화에 따라 언어 기능은 다르게 변화한다. 의미 처리에서는 청년과 노인의 수행이 유사하지만 언어산출에서는 노인이 청년에 비해 기능이 감퇴한다고 보고되어 왔다. 설단현상은 음운 정보 산출에서의 실패를 잘 드러내주는 현상이다. 노인은 청년에 비해 설단현상을 더 빈번하게 보고하는데, 이에 대한 설명으로 차단 가설과 전달손실 가설이 제안되었다. 본 연구는 설단현상을 유도하는 질문을 사용하여 음운 정보 산출에서 노화의 영향을 살펴보았다. 실험에서 두 변인이 조작되었다. 첫 번째 변인은 연령조건으로, 참가자는 청년과 노인 집단으로 구성되었다. 두 번째 변인은 단어범주 조건으로, 자극은 총 5가지의 단어 범주로 구성되었다. 참가자는 표적단어에 대한 설명을 듣고 '안다', '모른다', '설단현상'의 세 가지 상태를 보고하였다. 실험 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 청년에 비해 노인에게서 설단현상이 증가하였다. 둘째, 단어범주에 따른 설단현상의 차이가 있었다. 설단현상은 인물 이름, 장소 이름과 같은 고유명사에서 더 자주 발생하였다. 셋째, 설단현상이 더 자주 발생하는 단어범주에서 연령 차이는 더 크게 나타났다. 넷째, 설단현상을 겪는 동안 대안단어의 보고는 청년에 비해 노인이 적었다. 다섯째, 설단현상을 겪는 동안 표적단어에 대한 부분 정보는 글자 단위로 유지되는 경향을 보였다. 본 결과는 한국어 음운 산출에서 노화의 영향을 확인하고, 그 기제에 대해 전달손실가설의 설명을 지지한다. 또한, 한국어의 음운 및 표기 특성이 설단현상 동안의 정보처리과정에 반영되고 있음을 시사한다.

• 대한치과의사협회지
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• 제11권7호
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• pp.469-473
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• 1973

The authors, to collect some necessary data to promote correcting the toothbrushing method, the most basic home dental care, and to arrest the attention to the dentifrices in Korea, observed and evaluated the cervical abrasion experience rate in 8,000 Korean male and female adults from 19 to 52 years in the age, which had been extracted by the stratified random sampling method. The obtained results were as follows; 1. Cervical abrasion experience rate was 18.6% in Korean adults. 2. Cervical abrasion experience rate in male adults was higher than that in female adults. 3. Cervical abrasion experience rate was gradually increased by ageing. 4. It seemed the cervical abrasion experience rates in the adults in Honam and Youngnam district to be higher than those in the other districts. 5. In Korean adults, the further detail inveatigations into the cervical abrasion were required.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2020

Objectives: This study conducted a literature review to systematically confirm the quantitative results of individual studies on oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) among elderly adults. Methods: Studies on quality of life related to oral health among Korean elderly adults were selected as targets, and literature published in Korean journals until January 10, 2019, was examined. A total of 179 papers were reviewed using RISS, KISS, eArticle, and DBpia, and 17 papers meeting the final conditions were selected for analysis. Factors were categorized with publication year, sample size, gender, and statistical analysis as main variables. Relevant factors and effect sizes were then encoded, and the values of correlation coefficients and correlation effect sizes were coded. Results: After classifying the factors affecting OHRQoL among elderly adults according to common characteristics, four studies related to food and diet, five studies related to xerostomia, and four studies related to dentures and denture satisfaction were found to be related. Conclusions: Overall, various factors affected OHRQoL among elderly adults. Therefore, oral health among elderly adults must be developed and managed considering the various factors related to OHRQoL.

• 한국노년학
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.1001-1024
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• 2009

이 연구는 노인의 자아정체성과의 관련성 속에서 부정적 노인담론에 대한 노인들의 대응방식을 밝히는 것이다. 이를 위해 인터뷰를 통한 질적연구방법을 사용하였으며, 연구참여자는 총 14명이다. 이들은 노인정체성의 유무에 따라 크게 '부정'과 '수용'의 형태로 구분되었으며, 여기서 상위 집단인 '부정' 집단은 '전면적 부정'과 '선택적 부정'으로, 상위 집단인 '수용'의 집단은 '순순한 수용', '선택적 수용', '마지못한 수용'으로 구분되었다. '전면적 부정' 유형은 노인의 자아 인식과 노인의 상이 서로 극과극인 경우에 해당한다. 그들이 인식하는 노인의 상은 매우 부정적이며, 그렇기 때문에 자신은 노인집단에 속하는 사람임을 부정한다. '선택적 부정'과 '선택적 수용' 유형은 노인의 상을 두 가지로 구별한다는 특징이 있다. 노인의 상중에서 하나는 긍정적이며, 다른 하나는 부정적이다. 두 가지의 노인의 상중에서 긍정적 노인의 상은 자신의 자아 인식과 거리가 가깝고, 그에 비해 부정적 노인의 상은 자아 인식과 거리가 멀다. 여기서 '선택적 수용'은 현재 자신이 노인집단에 속하고 있음을 인식하는 반면, '선택적 부정' 유형은 현재는 노인집단에 속하지 않는다고 인식하고 있다는 점에서 차이가 있다. '순순한 수용' 유형은 노인의 상과 자아 인식간의 거리가 가깝다. 그들이 인식하는 노인의 상은 그다지 부정적이지 않다. 따라서 그들은 자신이 노인집단임을 자연스럽게 수용한다. '마지못한 수용' 유형은 노인의 상과 자아 인식간의 거리가 가깝다. 따라서 자신이 노인이라고 수용을 한다. 하지만 '순순한 수용'과는 다르게, 이들 집단의 노인의 상에는 부정적 가치평가가 포함된다. 그럼에도 불구하고 부정적 노인의 상을 수용하는 이유는 개인적으로 거부할 수 없는 현실적 상황 때문이다.

• The Journal of Korean Physical Therapy
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.324-330
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• 2014

Purpose: The aim of the current study was to compare the muscle architecture of lower extremity using rehabilitative ultrasound imaging (RUSI) in young adults in Seoul and Hanoi. Methods: The study design was a comparative study of muscle cross-sectional area of lower extremity. Sixty healthy young subjects (Seoul group: 30, Hanoi group: 30) participated in this study. Real-time B-mode RUSI with a 7.5MHz linear transducer was used for measurement of cross-sectional area, pennation angle, and muscle thickness of the rectus femoris, tibialis anterior, and medial gastrocnemius muscles. Independent t-test was used for statistical analysis. Results: Significant difference in cross sectional area of rectus femoris was observed between Korean young adults and Hanoi young adults (p<0.01). Muscle thickness and pennation angle of tibialis anterior in Korean young adults were greater than in Hanoi young adults (p<0.01). In addition, the muscle thickness and pennation angle of the medial part of gastrocnemius muscle were greater in Korean young adults than in Hanoi young adults (p<0.01). In addition, in the results for gender, men had larger muscle architectures than women in both groups (p<0.01). Conclusion: This study, using RUSI, showed significant difference in muscle architectures of lower extremity in a diverse group of young adults RUSI.

• 대한치과교정학회지
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• 제46권2호
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• pp.81-86
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• 2016

Objective: The aims of this study were to assess the direction and degree of lip-line cant in Korean adult orthodontic patients and to identify the effects of sex and age on changes in the cant severity. Methods: In this cross-sectional retrospective study, lip-line cant was measured in the frontal photographs of 585 Korean patients (92 men and 493 women) aged 18-48 years. The outcome variables (direction and degree of lip-line cant) were assessed in terms of predictor variables (sex, age, sagittal skeletal relationship, and menton deviation angle). Results: The direction of lip-line cant did not differ according to sex, age, or skeletal classification. Patients had $1.6^{\circ}$ of lip-line cant on average before orthodontic treatment. Middle-aged adults displayed a significant trend toward a lower degree of lip-line cant compared to younger adults (p < 0.01). Multiple linear regression analysis showed that the degree of lip-line cant was weakly negatively correlated with age (p < 0.001). Conclusions: While the direction of lip-line cant did not differ according to the parameters explored here, the degree of cant was correlated with age in adults, independent of menton deviation. Specifically, middle-aged adults tended to display significantly lower degrees of lip-line cant than did younger adults.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.571-580
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• 2020

Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the factors associated with unmet dental needs among adults with activity limitations. Methods: Data were obtained from the seventh Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES). The final sample consisted of 945 adults aged 20 years or older with limited activity. Logistic regression analysis was used to examine the influence of predisposing, enabling, and need factors on unmet dental needs. Results: The proportion of adults with unmet dental needs during the last year was 52.2% in the middle-aged group and 45.5% in the older adult group. Higher household income was associated with fewer unmet dental needs in both groups. In the older adult group, married people were less likely to have unmet dental needs. In the middle-aged group, adults who perceived their oral health as poor were more likely to have unmet dental needs. Conclusions: All three factors (predisposing, enabling, and need) were found to be associated with unmet dental needs among adults with activity limitations. Special efforts should be made to improve access to dental care services for middle-aged adults with activity limitations.

• 대한지역사회영양학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.26-37
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• 2012

This study was done to analyze the consumption patterns of health functional food (HFF) as well as to perform needs assessment for the development of web-contents on HFF according to age of adults. The subjects were 238 male and female adults, divided into 4 groups by their age. This study collected all information by self-administrated questionnaires. The awareness on HFF was high in the older adults. The younger adults showed more negative responses to reliability and safety on HFF. The main reason for the consumption of HFF was to supplement nutrients and to prevent diseases. The main types of HFF consumed by adults were nutritional supplementary food, red ginseng products, and glucosamine products. There was higher consumption of nutritional supplementary food in the younger adults and glucosamine products in the older adults. Internet users had low level of satisfaction, with tendency to complain poor contents, reliability, difficulties in searching as problems of the pre-existing HFF websites. As useful methods for provision of information on HFF, most adults wanted general information, articles written by experts and videos. They also wanted to know the safety and side effects of HFF. Requirement of contents composition were various in-depth information, clear indication of citation, fresh updated data while that of display composition was easily-findable, uncomplicated, allowing mutual exchange of communication through bulletin board. These results can be used as basic data that reflect the consumer's needs for developing HFF web-contents according to age of adults.

• 대한영양사협회학술지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.295-309
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• 2019

The purpose of this study were to identify the dietary practices of vulnerable older adults and to assess the foodservice and food provision service programs perceived by the health and welfare service providers in the community. A survey was conducted on health and welfare service providers working in outreach community centers and community health centers in Seoul. A total of 260 nurses and social workers participated in the survey and 224 responses were used for data analysis after excluding significant missing data. The respondents consisted of nurses (58.5%) and social workers (41.5%). In terms of the dietary life of the vulnerable older adults, they perceived that the food cost was burdensome to the older adults and poor dental conditions prohibited them from eating various foods. The health and welfare service providers rated highly for 'home-delivered meal and side dish services are effective for checking older adults' conditions' but rated low for availability of menu choices. In targeting vulnerable older adults for food and nutrition service programs, the home-delivered meal service was found to be suitable for older adults living alone, those over age of 80 years, those with mobility difficulties, and those with economic difficulties. The food provision service was appropriate for older adults living with their spouse or other family members. Vulnerable older adults are a heterogeneous population with diverse needs related to food and nutrition. Home-delivered meal/side dish service and food provision services will achieve their goals when they reach the correct targets with a customized service.