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Quality Characteristics of Salku-Pyun with Various Starches (전분 종류를 달리한 살구편의 품질 특성)

  • 박금순;권진희;허성미
    • Journal of the East Asian Society of Dietary Life
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    • v.9 no.4
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    • pp.452-460
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    • 1999
  • This study was conducted in order to investigate the quality characteristics of Salku Pyun which was made by using mungbean, potato, sweet potato and corn starches. The pH of salku juice was 3.45 to 3.50 and the brix of that was 7.0%. The water content and water activity of salku pyun with potato starch was highest. The result of sensory evaluation showed that appearance, flavor, overall quality were highest in the Salku Pyun made with potato starch while texture, taste were highest in the Salku Pyun made with mungbean starch. Mechanical properties of salku pyun with mungbean starch was significantly higher in adhesiveness, hardness, chewiness. Texture of sensory evaluation were positively correlated with springiness, hardness, and chewiness of mechanical measurement. The factors which affect the overall quality on sensory evaluation were texture quality, taste quality, hardness, color and springiness.

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The Effect of Depression on Quality of Life in Patients with Parkinson's Disease: Mediating Effect of Family Function

  • Bae, Eun Sook;Kang, Hye Seung
    • Research in Community and Public Health Nursing
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    • v.33 no.1
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    • pp.105-113
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    • 2022
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study is to explore the roles and function of family in mediating the relationship between depression and quality of life of patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). Most studies have found that depression is particularly common in patients with PD and further associated with poor quality of life. Family function, as a mediator, is based on a strength orientation perspective that emphasizes not only their responsibilities and risks but also recuperative powers and growth potential. Methods: Overall 157 adults with idiopathic Parkinson's disease were enrolled in this study via outpatient clinic and completed a set of assessment to measure depression using BDI, family APGAR questionnaire, and patients' quality of life using PDQ-8. Hierarchical multiple regression analysis was conducted to examine the mediating role of family APGAR score in the relationship between BDI and PDQ-8. Results: Patients' depression, gait disturbance, duration of illness, and family function were statistically significant on quality of life. These factors accounted for 60% of the variance in quality of life. Family function has a partial mediating effect on the relationship between depression and quality of life. Conclusion: Findings from the study suggest that although PD patients' depression impacts their quality of life, by having strong family function, the extent to which depression impacts the quality of life can be favorably mitigated. Additionally, these outcomes have important implications for future model development regarding PD patients.

Health Related Quality of Life among Organ Transplant Recipients (장기이식환자의 건강관련 삶의 질)

  • 김금순;강지연;정인숙
    • Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
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    • v.33 no.3
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    • pp.365-375
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    • 2003
  • Purpose: This study was aimed to investigate the health related quality of life and related factors of organ transplant recipients. Method: The participants were 188 people who had liver(86), kidney(81), or heart(24) transplanted. Data on the demographic characteristics, transplantation-related characteristics, symptom frequency or discomfort measured by Transplant Symptom Frequency and Symptom Distress Scale by Lough et al(l987), and health related quality of life measured by SF-36(version 2) were collected. Result: Overall health related quality of life score was 492.1 for 100scoring and, 344.9 for norm based. Physical functioning showed the highest quality of life score (77.5) and vitality showed the lowest(51.l). The kidney transplanted showed the highest quality of life (504.4) and the heart transplanted showed the lowest(426.7) Quality of life was related with occupation(p=.016) and symtom discomfort(p < .0001). Conclusion: The health related quality of life of transplated patients was lower than the norm of American. Further studies need to be done to identify the norm of Korean and to investigate the effect of releving symptom discomfort on the increasing the health related quality of life.

The Impact of SWAL-QOL on Overall Quality of Life in Normal Elderly People: Focusing on Jeonbuk Province (정상노인의 삼킴관련 삶의 질(SWAL-QOL)이 노인의 전반적인 삶의 질에 미치는 영향-전북 지역을 중심으로-)

  • Kim, Se-Yun
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.14 no.6
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    • pp.288-297
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    • 2014
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate the quality of life related to swallowing through Swallowing-Quality Of Life(SWAL-QOL) and examine the impact of SWAL-QOL on overall quality of life measured by Short-Form Health Survey(SF-36) and Geriatric Quality of Life(GQOL). For this purpose, the SWAL-QOL, SF-36 and GQOL have been conducted on 140 old people who were all over 60 years of age and physically and mentally normal. The collected data have been analyzed using a Windows SPSS 21.0 program. The results show that the SWAL-QOL are significant differences according to age(F=7.76, p<.01) and aspiration(t=-4.44, p<.01) and aspiration is ouly factor affecting the SW AL-QOL in elderly people. There are significant correlations between SF-36, GQOL and SW AL-QOL and the pearson product moment correlation coefficient is .39(p<.01) and .33(p<.01) respectively. The SWAL-QOL can predict approximately 36% and 25% of quality of life measured by SF-36 and GQOL. Therefore, this result will be able to utilize as basic data to improvement of quality of life related swallowing and overall quality of life related to health in normal elderly people.

Effects of Kinect-Based Mixed Reality Device on Physical Function and Quality of Life in Breast Cancer Survivors : A randomized controlled trial

  • Byung-Gul Lim;Xinxing Li;Yun-Ho Sung;Si-Woo LEE;Hyun-Jun Kim;Wook Song
    • Journal of The Korean Society of Integrative Medicine
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.49-60
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    • 2023
  • Purpose : We aimed to evaluate the impact of a exercise with kinect-based mixed reality device (KMR) on physical function, upper extremity disability, fatigue, and quality of life in breast cancer survivors. We hypothesized that this exercise program would improve physical function, physical activity, fatigue, and quality of life. Methods : Thirty-nine breast cancer survivors were randomized to either the KMR exercise group (KE) or the home stretch group (HS). The KE participated in 8 weeks of exercise, exercising 3 times per week, while the HS performed 8 weeks of stretching exercises, also 3 times per week. Before and after the intervention period, participants underwent assessments of physical function, including body composition, chester step test (CST), and hand grip strength (HGS). Additionally, participants completed questionnaires including the international physical activity questionnaire (IPAQ), disabilities of the arm, shoulder and hand (DASH) questionnaire, and functional assessment of cancer therapy-breast (FACT-B) questionnaire to measure their physical activity levels, upper extremity disability, and quality of life, respectively. Results : Overall, significant improvements were observed in several shoulder movements, body weight, and physical activity, with no significant interaction effects between groups and time. Furthermore, there was a significant group by time interaction for body weight, left flexion, right flexion, right abduction, and left adduction, as well as for upper extremity disability (K-DASH) and quality of life (FACT-B). Conclusion : In conclusion, the KMR exercise program was found to be effective at improving physical function, upper extremity disability, quality of life, and overall well-being in breast cancer survivors. The significant improvements observed in multiple measures and the significant group by time interactions for various outcomes highlight the potential benefits of this KMR exercise program in promoting a better quality of life for breast cancer survivors.

Effect of Premenstrual Syndrome on Work-Related Quality of Life in Turkish Nurses

  • Kahyaoglu Sut, Hatice;Mestogullari, Elcin
    • Safety and Health at Work
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.78-82
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    • 2016
  • Background: Little is known about the effects of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) on work-related quality of life in nurses. We aimed to investigate the effect of PMS on work-related quality of life in Turkish nurses. Methods: A total of 134 volunteer nurses were included in this cross-sectional study between January 2015 and March 2015. One hundred and thirty-four nurses completed a questionnaire regarding demographic data, the Premenstrual Syndrome Scale (PMSS), and the Work-Related Quality of Life Scale (WRQoL). The nurses were classified as having or not having premenstrual syndrome according to the PMSS. Results: The average age was $29.5{\pm}7.1years$ and the prevalence of PMS was 38.1%. The total score of PMSS was significantly negatively correlated with the overall score (r = -0.341; p < 0.001) and all subscale scores of the WRQoL and ranged from -0.207 to -0.402 (p < 0.05 for all). All of the WRQoL subscale scores except stress at work (p = 0.179) in nurses with PMS were significantly lower than those of nurses without PMS (p < 0.05). The age (${\beta}=-0.258$; p = 0.021) and PMSS total score (${\beta}=-0.314$; p < 0.001) increment negatively; however, optimistic thinking (${\beta}=0.228$; p = 0.008) positively affected overall WRQoL score. Conclusion: Nurses with PMS have decreased levels of work-related quality of life in their professional lives. Methods to help cope with cyclic premenstrual symptoms may be used, and as a result, productivity and work-related quality of life may increase.

Quality Characteristics of Wheat Flour Dasiks added by Agaricus blasei Murill Powder (아가리쿠스 버섯 가루를 첨가한 진말 다식의 품질 특성)

  • Choi, Young-Sim;Kim, Young-Tae;Mo, Eun-Kyoung
    • Journal of the East Asian Society of Dietary Life
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    • v.22 no.3
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    • pp.371-377
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    • 2012
  • This study was to investigate the effect of wheat flour dasiks added by Agaricus blasei Murill powder. The moisture content of wheat flour dasiks added by Agaricus blasei Murill powder was significantly different The L color value decreased with the addition of Agaricus blasei Murill powder, while the a-value and b-value increased with the addition of Agaricus blasei Murill powder. Hardness, adhesiveness, gumminess, and chewiness differed significantly with added Agaricus blasei Murill powder, whereas springiness and cohesiveness were not significantly different (p<0.05). The sensory quality characteristics of color, taste, flavor, and overall acceptability were the highest in wheat flour dasiks with 6% added Agaricus blasei Murill powder. In conclusion, the optimal added Agaricus blasei Murill powder for the manufacture of wheat flour dasik was 6%.

Relationships between Symptom Experience and Quality of Life in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation (심방세동 환자의 증상경험 및 삶의 질간의 관계)

  • Baek, Kyung-Hwa;Son, Youn-Jung
    • Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamentals of Nursing
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    • v.15 no.4
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    • pp.485-494
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    • 2008
  • Purpose: In this study, relationships between symptom experience and quality of life in a cross-sectional sample of patients with Atrial Fibrillation (AF) were investigated. Methods: This descriptive study involved a convenience sample of AF patients from S university hospital, C city. One hundred and two AF patients completed psychometric validated measures of AF related symptoms and quality of life. Descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation coefficients with SPSS WIN 14.0 were used for data analysis. Results: Of 16 atrial arrhythmia-related symptoms, the patients reported 'tiredness' as the most frequent and 'shortness of breath' as the most severe. The level of overall quality of life for patients with AF was 53.92. There were significant differences in symptom frequency according to religion, New York Heart Association (NYHA) classification and left ventricular ejection fraction ; symptom severity according to monthly income and stroke ; quality of life according to age, job, alcohol intake, NYHA class and stroke. Quality of life for these patients was positively correlated with symptom frequency and symptom severity. Conclusions: This study demonstrated that patients with more frequent and severe symptoms perceive poorer quality of life than patients with less frequent and less severe symptoms. Symptom experience should be assessed early to improve quality of life for patients.

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A Study on the Sensory Quality of Ssooksulgis Added With Different Ratio of Glutinous Rice and Mugworts (찹쌀 및 쑥의 첨가함량을 달리한 쑥설기의 관능적 품질)

  • 정현숙
    • Journal of the East Asian Society of Dietary Life
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    • v.5 no.2
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    • pp.73-77
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    • 1995
  • This study attempted to examine the sensory quality, color and moisture content of Ssooksulgis added with mugworts. In sensory quality, Ssooksulgis made by 100% rice flour added with 20% Mugworts showed the most favorite characteristics. In view of color, texture, after swallowing and overall quality, 10% Mugworts Ssooksulgis was preferable than those of other Ssooksulgis added 25% glutinous rice flour. Moisture contents was not different another reports. l-value on the control group which was not added mugworts was high, 86.78, 84.42 respectively.

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A Study on the Sensory Quality of Sooksulgis Added with Mugworts (쑥을 첨가한 쑥설기의 관능적 품질)

  • 정현숙
    • Journal of the East Asian Society of Dietary Life
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    • v.3 no.2
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    • pp.175-180
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    • 1993
  • This study was attempted to examine the sensory quality, color and moisture content of Ssooksulgis added with Mugworts. In sensory quality, Ssooksulgis made by 100% rice flour added with 20% Mugworts showed the most favorite characteristics. In view of color, flavor, afterswallowing and overall quality, 10% Ssooksulgis was more preferable than those of other Ssooksulgis added 50% glutionus rice flour. Moisture contents was not different from other reports. L-value on the control group was high showing 86.78 and 85.81, respectively.

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