• 한국보건간호학회지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.273-284
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• 2009

Purpose: The study examined obesity conditions and related factors in middle aged Korean women who had been diagnosed as obese based body mass index (BMI) or waist circumference (WC) measurement. Presently, BMI alone, WC alone, or BMI + WC were used as obesity measures. Methods: Subjects were 488 women 40~64 years of age living in one city, Korea. Structured questionnaires concerning general characteristics, health behavior practices, and chronic disease history were completed by each subject. Results: The proportions of obesity were 42.4% by BMI, 39.3% by WC, and 51.3% by the combination of both measurements. Chi-square test revealed significant associations of obesity with age, education level, menopausal status, frequency of excessive eating, and history of diabetes mellitus or hypertension. These associations were similar for the three measurement schemes. There was significant positive relationship between BMI and WC, whereas the relationship between BMI and WHR (waist-hip ratio) was not significant. Conclusions: The combination of BMI and WC measurement may be a valid way to evaluate the obesity status in middle-aged women. Developing an obesity management program that includes control of excessive eating, and consideration of menopausal status and history of chronic diseases would be prudent.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.301-311
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• 2021

Background: This study purposed to analyze the relationship between the local extinction index and medical service uses of chronic diseases. The local extinction index is an indicator of the demographic structure and population aging of the region. Methods: The 2014-2018 statistics of National Health Insurance Corporation and Korean Statistical Information Service data were used for the analysis. First, descriptive statistics were used to analyze the general status of research variables. Second, a panel analysis was performed to analyze the relationship between the local extinction index and medical service uses of chronic diseases (hypertension, diabetes mellitus, periodontal disease, arthritis, mental health, epidemic disease, liver disease). Medical service uses were measured by the number of visits/inpatient days and medical charges of seven chronic diseases. Results: Panel analysis results showed that higher local extinction risks (meaning lower local extinction index) had a positive relationship with the number of visits/inpatient days and medical charges of chronic diseases. But the relationships were varied when the seven chronic diseases were analyzed separately. Conclusion: This study showed a significant relationship between the local demographic structure and medical service uses of chronic disease. Analyzing the local demographic structure will be an essential prerequisite step for implementing appropriate regional health care policies.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제37권5호
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• pp.790-800
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• 2007

Purpose: This study was to identify knowledge, perception and health behavior about metabolic syndrome for an at risk group in a rural community area. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional survey design was used. A total of 575 adults with hypertension, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, and/or abdominal obesity were recruited from 11 rural community health care centers. A questionnaire was developed for this study. Anthropometric measures were measured and blood data was reviewed from the health record. Results: Knowledge about the metabolic syndrome was low as evidenced by only a 47% correct answer rate. Only 9% of the subjects ever heard about the disease, and 87% answered they do not know the disease at all. 87% of the subjects were not performing regular exercise, 31% drank alcohol more than once a month, 12.5% were current smokers, and 33.6% are did not have a regular health check-up. Conclusion: Development of systematic public health care programs are needed to prevent future increases in cardiovascular complications and to decrease health care costs. These might include educational programs for the primary health care provider and an at risk group, a therapeutic lifestyle modification program, and a health screening program to identify potential groups.

• 대한치과기공학회지
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.25-36
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• 2012

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the status of oral health behaviors and oral health status, and to analysis the association between health behavior and chronic disease and oral health status of male workers. Methods: The survey used structured self administered questionnaires from September to October in 2009 in Daegu and Gyeongsangbuk-do province, randomize thirty workplace which work more than 50 workers and carry out a survey targeting 30 to 50 age male laborers who work selected workplace. Total of 1,532 replies were analysed. Results: Age, education, monthly income, job was significantly associated with number of toothbrushing, scaling experience, number of missing teeth. Smoking, amount of smoking, frequency of drinking, number of tooth brushing, unmet need and subjective oral health condition, HBP and DM was significantly associated with the number of missing teeth. In logistic regression, age(above 40), monthly income and DM were significant factors on loss of teeth. Conclusion: In conclusion, it is important to provide education on the teeth-brushing and DM management to workers engaged in a small or medium sized workplace with many tooth loss and low educational status, and to recommend a regular scaling as well as to establish policy for creating conditions upon an oral health check-up and a tooth scaling and allow the maintenance of an oral health.

• 간호행정학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.54-65
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• 2011

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficiency of community visiting health service units using DEA and to compare the results with those of traditional evaluation methods. Methods: Data were collected using 2008 annual reports of 10 districts in one city. Input variables were number of staff and operational budget per year and output variables were number of managed household per nurse, rate of controlled hypertension, and diabetes mellitus. EMS Window version 3.1 was used to measure efficiency score and bootstrapping Chi-square test was applied to identify differences between efficient and non-efficient unit by organizational factors. Results: The average efficiency score of 10 community visiting health services was about 66%. Only two of the units operated program efficiently. The career of the staff was one among other factors associated with efficiency. The evaluation results from the traditional method and DEA were totally different. Conclusion: These results indicate that, evaluation methods have very important and significant effects on the evaluation results of community visiting health service units. The DEA method is recommend as an alterative method for evaluating community visiting health service.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.17-24
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• 2000

Objectives : To propose the referential data to evaluate the health impacts of Vietnam veterans' children whose father were exposed to herbicides in Vietnam War. Methods : Vietnam veterans who visited to Pusan Veteran Hospital for medical care were recruited from April to October, 1998. They were 71 and asked about their own combat history, symptoms and illness, and health status of their 182 children. The informations were collected by direct and phone interview. Exposure estimation was also performed as exposure score depending on year and unit of participation, and personal episodes related to exposure to herbicide in the war. It classified into three groups; lower(<18.0), moderate(18-53), high$(\geq53)$ exposure group. Results : The mean age and the period into the combat of the veterans were 52.8 years and 15.0 months. The mean exposure score was $18.1{\pm}9.9$, and mainly distributed in lower (46.5%) and moderate(52.1%) exposure group. Most(90.1%) of them were diagnosed as sequelae(21 cases) and suspected sequelae(43 cases) of the herbicides by Korean veteran's hospital diagnostic criteria. The major sequelae was peripheral neuropathy 13 cases, chloracne 5 cases, and the major suspected sequelae was hypertension 20 cases, diabetes mellitus 18 cases, liver disease 12 cases, central neuropathy 11 cases, etc. About birth, 42.2% and 16.9% experienced spontaneous abortion and stillbirth, respectively. The mean exposure score was higher in stillbirth experience group(p<0.05). About half of the children(90 cases, 49.5%) hold the abnormal health status: those were skin pigmentation 38 cases, rash 23 cases, congenital anomaly 15 cases, general weakness 12 cases, purpura 8 cases, visual disturbance 8 cases, etc. These health problems had no association with father's exposure level(p>0.05). Conclusions : These results were depend on their own answers, and expectation for compensation did not excluded, therefore, this study may have limitations: inaccuracy of informations due to recall bias and response bias. Nevertheless, through this study, we could image the fundamental aspect for health impacts of Vietnam veterans' children for preparing the national control program and policy. A large scale epidemiologic study with valid exposure assessment on the health impacts of Vietnam veterans' children is recommneded.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제19권7호
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• pp.253-261
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• 2021

본 연구는 만성질환을 앓은 성인 흡연자에서 금연 의지와의 연관성을 확인하고자 하며, 연구 방법은 국민건강영양조사 제7기(2016~2018) 자료를 활용하여 분석하였다. 대상자는 19세 이상 만성질환자 960명을 대상으로 빈도 분석, Chi-square test, 로지스틱 회귀분석을 실시하였으며 이는 SPSS 26.0 Program을 이용하여 분석하였다. 연구 결과 교육 수준에 따라 고등학교 졸업(OR=1.328, 95% CI=1.004-1.757), 대학교 졸업 이상(OR=1.556, 95% CI=1.167-2.075), 스트레스는 많을수록(OR=1.602, 95% CI=1.217-2.109), 금연 시도가 있었던 경우가(OR=5.263, 95% CI=4.287-6.462) 금연 의지와 연관이 있었다. 금연 의지가 높은 집단을 대상으로 적극적인 금연 프로그램 참여를 통해 흡연율을 감소시키며 적절한 스트레스를 해소할 방안을 마련하여 만성질환을 예방할 필요가 있다.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.23-42
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• 2002

본 연구는 최근 20년간의 치료순응도 관련 국내연구를 수집하여 연구 동향을 파악하고, 계량적 메타분석을 통하여 순응도 향상을 위한 개입 효과를 산출하여 제시하고자 하였다. 연구 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 1980년대 이후 20여년간 치료순응도와 관련된 연구는 133편에 달하였다. 이중 순응도 향상을 위한 실험연구가 11.3%, 단면연구 및 전향적 관찰연구가 88.7%에 해당하였으며, 후자의 경우 주로 순응도 향상 관련 요인에 관한 연구들이었다. 둘째, 연구대상의 상병 종류는 고혈압이 전체 연구의 24.1%로 가장 많았고, 다음으로 기타 만성질환, 당뇨병 및 결핵의 순으로 주로 이환기간이 길고 완치가 어려워서 치료순응도에 많은 노력을 기울일 필요가 있는 질환들이었다. 셋째, 133편 논문의 질적 메타분석과정을 거쳐 선별기준에 부합되는 논문은 10편으로 순응도 측정은 고혈압의 경우 혈압 조절과 같은 건강효과를, 당뇨병의 경우 뇨당, 혈당 저하와 같은 직접적인 지표 측정의 방법을 측정하였고, 이외에도 약속 이행과 환자의 주관적 보고, 약물 복용이행과 같은 객관적 지표를 측정하였다. 한편 개입방법으로는 행동변화를 적용한 1편의 연구 이외에 교육적, 행동적 및 정서적 개입의 방법을 모두 병행하여 적용하고 있었다. 넷째, 이들 중 6편의 논문에 대하여 순응도 향상에 대한 개입의 통합효과크기를 산출한 결과, 개입을 하지 않은 군에 비하여 개입이 이루어진 경우에 치료순응도 향상 효과는 4.1192여서 커지는 것으로 나타났다. 이를 다시 순응도 측정방법으로 구분하여 분석한 결과, 치료 순응도를 건강결과(혈압)로 측정한 경우 개입으로 인한 유효크기는 0.4679였고, 직접 측정지표(혈당/뇨당)에 의한 경우 개입 후 유효크기는 0.7753으로 나타나 순응도가 향상되었음을 알 수 있다. 이상의 결과에서 다양한 개입활동들이 환자의 치료순응도를 향상시키는 데 기여할 수 있음을 제시할 수 있다. 그러나 계량적 메타분석 기준에 부합되는 연구의 논문 수가 제한적이라는 한계점이 있으며, 연구에 사용되는 개입방법의 시도가 더욱 다양화될 필요성이 제시되고 있어 향후 이와 관련된 많은 연구들이 활성화되기를 기대한다.

• 한국안광학회지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.241-247
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• 2012

목적: 본 연구는 녹내장과 대사증후군, 그리고 구성요소간의 상관성을 평가하기 위해 수행되었다. 방법: 제 3기(2005), 4기(2007-9), 5기(2010) 국민건강영양조사 자료에서 40세 이상 19,162 명을 대상으로 녹내장과 대사증후군, 그리고 구성요소(복부비만, 공복혈당장애, 높은 혈압, 이상지질혈증) 간의 연관성을 조사하였다. 로지스틱회귀분석을 통하여 인구학적, 생활방식 그리고 사회경제적 요인을 보정한 후 연관성을 평가하였으며, 녹내장의 위험과 대사약물복용간의 연관성을 평가하였다. 결과: 성별 및 연령을 보정한 로지스틱 회귀분석에서, 공복혈당장애(odds ratio (95% Confidence Interval): 1.78 (1.25, 2.53)) 및 대사증후군(1.45 (1.01, 2.08))이 있는 연구대상자가 그렇지 않은 연구대상자에 비해 유의하게 높은 녹내장 교차비를 보였고, 추가적으로 흡연, 음주, 규칙적 운동, 소득, 교육수준을 보정하였을 때 교차비는 더욱 증가하는 것으로 나타났다(공복혈당장애: 1.89 (1.29, 2.77), 대사증후군: 1.52 (1.03, 2.25)). 또한, 연구대상자가 가지고 있는 이상 대사증후군 요소의 수에 따른 녹내장의 유병률 증가는 경계적 유의성(borderline significant: age and sex adjusted p for trend = 0.055)을 보였다. 고혈압 치료제의 사용 역시 녹내장의 위험과 유의한 상관관계가 있었다. 결론: 대사증후군 및 공복혈당장애는 녹내장과 유의한 상관관계가 있었고, 고혈압 치료제 사용 역시 녹내장과 유의한 상관관계가 있었다.