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Predictive Factors on Level of Physical Activity in the Community Dwelling Elderly (노인의 신체활동 수준별 신체활동 예측요인)

  • Seo, Yeong-Mi;Kang, Mal-Soon;Jeon, Mi-Yang
    • Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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    • v.7 no.6
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    • pp.151-160
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    • 2016
  • The purpose of this study was to identify the factors that affect the level of physical activity targeted elderly and thereby propose a basis for physical activity promotion strategies. Methods : The study subjects were 164 older who agreed to participate and understand the purpose of the study. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS WIN 18.0 program multiple logistic regression. Results : Factors showing significant associations with physical activity are gender, spouse, education, job, chronic disease, BMI, subjective health status, perceived barriers, and social supports. In the logistic regression analysis, BMI and perceived barriers were significant factors related to minimal physical activity while chronic disease, BMI, subjective health status, and perceived barriers appeared to be significantly associated with health enhancing physical activity. The result suggest that policy should be established to increasing the level of physical activity.

Relating Factors on Depressive Symptoms among the Elderlies in Urban Areas (일부 도시지역 거주 노인들의 우울수준에 관련된 요인)

  • Baek, Jong-Tae;Lee, Hu-Yeon;Cho, Young-Chae
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.17 no.5
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    • pp.506-515
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    • 2016
  • The purpose of this study was to identify the factors associated with the levels of depression of the elderly (living in urban areas). Interviews were performed during the period from July 1, 2015 to August 31, 2015 of 386 elderly people in urban areas. The mean score of depressive symptoms was significantly higher in the subjects of higher age, lower educational level, living alone, having a lower monthly income, relying on government subsidy for their living expenses, having a chronic illness, lower state of subjective health, without regular exercise, poorer subjective sleeping time, lower frequency of going out, irregular eating habits, depending on some level of help for their ADL and IADL, and having lower self-esteem and social support. The depressive symptoms showed a meaningful positive correlation with ADL and IADL and a negative correlation with self-esteem and social support. On multiple regression analysis, the meaningful variables related to their depressive symptoms were their education, monthly income, subjective health status, ADL, self-esteem, and social support. Also, according to the variables was 54.1% of depressive symptoms. Therefore, it is considered that the practice of physical and mental health care, as well as social support, is required to reduce the level of depression in the elderly.

A Study on the Operator Performance According to the Drastic Change of Illumination Level and Lighting Environment of Control Room in Nuclear Power Plants

  • Shin, Kwang Hyeon;Lee, Yong Hee
    • Journal of the Ergonomics Society of Korea
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    • v.32 no.1
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    • pp.37-45
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    • 2013
  • Objective: This study describes the change of operator performance in drastic change of illumination level, and proposes an alternative method to cope with it. Background: The control standard of illumination for nuclear power plants(NPPs) is based on the set of limit criteria for maintaining a specific illumination level. However, there is a possibility to cause human errors according to the psychological and physiological influences to operators in the situation of drastic change of illumination such as SBO(Station Black Out), so a basic study is necessary to review the current approach. Method: We assessed the visual fatigue, subjective work load and task performance according to the three illumination situations(Normal Illumination, Emergency Illumination, and Drastic Change of Illumination). Result: Research finding shows that there are not significant differences in task performance between normal illumination (1,000lx level) and emergency illumination (100lx level), only if beyond the dark adaptation limit. However, subjective work load on mental demand and visual fatigue show a potential challenge to visual performance in drastic change of illumination. Conclusion/Application: Several trials can complement this challenge in NPPs by applying 3-way communication, enhancing readability of procedures, and managing the visual factors affecting the operators' performance through a Visual Environment Management Program including visual health aspects, etc.

Relationship Between Subjective Fatigue Symptoms, Body Type and Health Awareness in Middle School Students (중학생의 피로자각증상과 체형 및 건강의식과의 관련성에 관한 연구)

  • Song, In Soon;Cho, Young Chae
    • Journal of the Korean Society of School Health
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.169-178
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    • 1997
  • In order to investigate the complaint rates of subjective fatigue symptoms and study the relationship between them and body type, health awareness in middle school students, we carried out a survey of 1,209 students (654 boy students and 555 girl students) at a middle school in Taejon City by a self-recorded questionnaire. The survey was conducted in June, 1997. The results obtained were as follows: 1. Among complaints of fatigue, "feel like lying down" was the highest, followed by "feel anxious about things", "feel drowsy", "yawning a lot", "eye strain" and "whole body feels tired" in descending order. 2. In the average weighted score of fatigue complaint, dullness and sleepiness (I) was the highest, followed by a difficulty in concentration (II) and bodily projection of fatigue (III) in descending order. Fatigue seems to create mental stress rather than physical burdens. 3. In the classification of body type based on the $R\ddot{o}hrer$ index, the obesity type (145 and above) was 11.0%, standard type (110~144) was 64.7% and leptosomic type (l09 and below) was 24.3%. Comparison between both sexes revealed that the rate of obesity and leptosomic types were significantly higher in boy students than in girl students. 4. In terms body type awareness, the statistics are the following: those who consider themselves to be standard type, 44.3%, slightly obese 24.5%, leptosomic, 23.5% and obese 7.8%. However, the level of obesity awareness was significantly higher in girl students than in boy students. 5. As for health awareness, 36.5% considered themselves healthy, 5.4% generally healthy and 10.1% a little unhealthy, but the level of unhealthy awareness was higher in girl students than in boy students. 6. In the relationship between body type and health awareness, most students thought that they were obese in spite of their standard body type. Also, many students who were obese and leptosomic tended to consider themselves to be a little unhealthy. 7. The more the students were obese or felt unhealthy, the more the average weighted score of fatigue complaints was high.

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Factors Affecting the Self-rated Health Status in Rural Residents -Using Lalonde Health Field Model- (일부 농촌지역 주민의 주관적 건강수준에 영향을 미치는 요인 - Lalonde Health Field Model을 이용 -)

  • In-Hee Choi
    • Journal of the Health Care and Life Science
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.119-127
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    • 2022
  • The purpose of this study was to identify the factors affecting self-rated health status of the rural residents. Factors affecting self-rated health status were included age, history of disease and gender in biological factors, education level and income level in environmental factors, exercise, drinking, sleeping time, smoking, subjective stress in lifestyle factors and vaccination experience, using health institution and annual unmet health care experience in health care factors were statistically significant. Especially, in the case of smoking, drinking, no experience of vaccination and no using health institution, the self-rated health status was higher than the other. It should be considered in health promotion program.

Factors Affecting Family Caregivers' Burden and Depression in Home-based Long-Term Care Service under the Long-Term Care Insurance System

  • Lee, Hung Sa;Kim, Chunmi
    • Research in Community and Public Health Nursing
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    • v.29 no.4
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    • pp.530-538
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    • 2018
  • Purpose: This study tried to identify changes in family burden after the introduction of the long-term care insurance and to examine the factors influencing subjective and objective caring burden and depression of family caregivers of elders receiving home-based long-term care. Methods: Data were collected from 203 family caregivers of elders from August 1 to 31, 2015 using questionnaires. They were analyzed in descriptive statistics, t test, ANOVA test, and multiple regression analysis. Results: The mean score of depression was 7.24, which suggested mild depression level. The subjective family burden was 2.71 and the objective burden 3.04. The factors affecting depression included subjective burden (t=5.08, p<.001), objective burden (t=2.80, p=.006), time of elderly care per day (t=-3.61, p< .001), caregiving duration (t=3.33, p=.001), age (t=3.13, p=.002), family relationship (t=2.48, p=.014), and economic status (t=1.99, p=.047). Conclusion: The family burden was most important influencing factor on caregiver's depression. Therefore, services and supports to alleviate caregivers' burden in the home-based care should be added to long-term care.

Gender Based Health Inequality and Impacting Factors (성별에 따른 건강불평등 및 관련요인 연구)

  • Song, Mi Young;Lim, Woo Youn;Kim, Jeung-Im
    • Women's Health Nursing
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    • v.21 no.2
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    • pp.150-159
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    • 2015
  • Purpose: This study was aimed to identify gender-based health inequality and explore impacting factors on health inequality in one province in Korea. Methods: This was an explanatory study using the secondary data on Chungnam province from the Fifth Community Health Survey from August 16 to Oct 31, 2012. Variables included in this analysis were education level, poverty, marital status, and residential community for socio-cultural characteristics and subjective health status as an indicator of health inequality. Data were analyzed by ${\chi}^2$-test, t-test, ANOVA, and multiple linear regression. Results: There were gender inequalities and disparities in health, and these inequalities were greater in woman than in man (${\chi}^2$=161.8, p<.001). The impacting factors were education level, poverty, marital status, and residential community, which was accounted for 22.6% of variances of health inequality. Among these variables, gender showed the largest influence in health inequalities. Conclusion: To solve health inequalities, it should be considered gender differences based on social determinants of health. It is necessary to develop long term project based on these results and the social determinants model of World Health Organization.

The Correlation of Residence Near the Airport to Stress Level and Subjective Noisy Perception (공항주변 주거여부에 따른 스트레스 수준 및 주관적 소음 인지도에 대한 상관성 연구)

  • Kim, Sang-A;Koo, Min-Seong;Han, Byoung-Kyu;Park, Woong-Suh;Jung, Sang-Hyuk
    • Korean Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.181-190
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    • 2000
  • This study describes the relationships between aircraft noise and stress and subjective noisy perception by comparing with two areas where the airport is adjacent or not. One area is Yipam-dong and Hak-dong expected to have louder aircraft noise because Kangnung Airport is near the area, and the other area is Songjung-dong as a control. For this study, we used telephone-survey which was targeted to two hundreds people of each area through the random sampling method. The design of the study is cross sectional study and the unit of analysis is a person. As the result of the multiple regression and logistic analysis, under the control of the other control variables, the both stress levels and subjective noisy perception of Yipam-dong and Hak-dong people significantly higher than that of Songjung-dong people and the people graduated middle school had significantly higher both stress levels and subjective noisy perception than the people graduated high school. In the future more studies have to be made that include concrete medical and psychiatric health problems.

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Drinking Behaviors and Affecting Factors of Emergency Medical Technology Students (일부 지역 응급구조학과 학생들의 음주행태와 그 영향 요인)

  • Jo, Hyeon Tae
    • The Journal of Korean Society for School & Community Health Education
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.13-22
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    • 2014
  • Objectives: The purpose of this study was to identify drinking form and analyze affecting factors of emergency medical technology students. Methods: Data were collected by questionnaire and analyzed by using the SPSS WIN 18.0 and Multiple Linear Regression Analysis. Results: In factors of the monthly drinking frequency, start drinking(middle school), smoking, pocket money, education level of mother were statistically profitable(p<.05). In factors of the monthly drinking too much frequency, gender, education level of mother, start drinking(high school), economical level were statistically profitable(p<.05). In factors of subjective model of drinking, discord with parents, education level of mother, age were statistically profitable(p<0.05). Conclusion: Teacher and the authorities of school and government must know seriousness and importance of drinking and endeavor to solve the problem and prepare the political plan and solution.

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A Study on Burden and Adaptation of Caregiver of Industrial Accident Patient (산업재해환자 가족원의 부담감과 적응에 관한 연구)

  • Woo, Mee Kyung;Woo, Seon
    • Korean Journal of Occupational Health Nursing
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.104-114
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    • 2006
  • Purpose: This study was designed to examine the basic data for an effective measure for the caregiver's burden and adaptation of industrial accident patient. Method: The data were computerized by the SPSS/pc for Window. Results: 1) The burden felt by the caregiver of the patients who were in hospital was more than 'average', and objective burden was higher than subjective one. 2) The adaptation felt by the caregiver was more than 'average'. 3) The objective burden of the caregiver based on the general characteristics varied in the relationship between the caregiver and the patient, the level of education of the caregiver, the age of the caregiver, nursing period, nursing time per day, and so forth. The subjective burden was significantly related to the relationship between the caregiver and the patient, the level of education of the caregiver, the age of the caregiver, nursing period, nursing time per day, and the religion. 4) The adaptation of the caregiver based on the general characteristics varied in monthly income and nursing period. 5) The relationship between the burden and adaptation of the caregiver were reverse. Conclusion: Even though the caregiver have high burden, they positively adaptation it.

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