• 한국실내디자인학회논문집
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.122-129
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• 2010

The basic premise of this study was that the elderly family would be one user type to live in apartment houses. This means that apartment houses should be designed by considering the elderly family as well as general young families. The purpose of this study was to carry out POE of apartment houses by the elderly resident and to suggest the design direction of apartment houses from the elderly's point of view. The subject was 150 elderly residents who lived in apartment houses in Jangyu new urban area, Kyungnam. The individual interview was done for this POE by six interviewers. They asked about how degree they were satisfied with 30 design elements of apartment houses. Those consisted of 8 elements related to outdoor environments, 16 ones to indoor environments, and 6 design evaluative elements for the elderly housing. The conclusions were as followings; 1) In general, the elderly subject was very satisfied with their apartment design. However, more considerations of the design evaluative elements for the elderly were needed in order to be apartment houses for the old generation. 2) Natural facilities such as small parks and walks, and local amenities should be arranged systematically to be used easily by the old residents. 3) The design solutions for reducing noise should be added. 4) The same quality of housing environment should be provided in all sizes of housing units.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제50권2호
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• pp.171-179
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• 2017

본 연구는 제 6기 2차년도 국민건강영양조사 (2014년) 자료를 이용하여 거주 지역에 따른 노인의 식생활 행태와 식품 및 영양소 섭취의 차이를 분석하였다. 대상자는 65세 이상 노인으로 건강 설문, 검진조사, 식품섭취조사에 모두 응답한 1,239명 (남 543명, 여 696명)을 선정하였으며, 거주지역에 따라 대상자를 농촌 노인 (867명)과 도시 노인 (372명)으로 분류하였다. 대상자의 끼니결식 여부, 주당 외식횟수, 영양교육 여부, 식품군별 섭취량, 영양소 섭취량을 분석하였으며, 권장섭취량 또는 충분섭취량 대비 영양소 섭취수준은 2015년 한국인 영양소 섭취기준 (KDRIs)과 비교하여분석하였다. 주요연구결과를요약하면다음과같다. 거주 지역에 따른 대상자의 조사 전날 아침, 점심식사의 결식 여부는 유의적인 차이가 나타나지 않았으나, 저녁식사의 경우 도시 노인의 결식률이 농촌 노인에 비해 유의적으로 높았으며 (p = 0.030), 주당 외식횟수도 도시 노인이 농촌 노인에 비해 유의적으로 높았다 (p < 0.001). 영양교육의 여부는 유의적인 차이가 나타나지 않았으나, 농촌, 도시 노인 모두 5% 미만이었다. 거주 지역에 따른 대상자의 식품군별 섭취량을 연령, 성별, 에너지 섭취량을 보정하여 분석한 결과, 농촌 노인의 경우, 물 (p = 0.028), 과실류 (p = 0.006), 해조류 (p = 0.040), 우유및유제품류 (p = 0.045) 섭취가 도시 노인에 비해 유의적으로 낮았다. 반면에 곡류 섭취는 도시 노인에 비해 유의적으로 높았다 (p = 0.027). 연령, 성별, 에너지 섭취량, 교육 및 소득수준을 보정하여 분석한 결과를 보아도 농촌노인의 물 (p = 0.039)과 과실류 (p= 0.006)의 섭취가 도시노인에 비해 유의적으로 낮았다. 두 지역 노인들의 영양소 섭취량을 비교해 보면, 연령, 성별, 에너지 섭취량을 보정하여 분석한 결과, 농촌 노인의 경우, 다가불포화지방산 (p = 0.025), n-6계 지방산 (p = 0.023), 인 (p = 0.039), 철 (p = 0.035), 비타민A (p = 0.009), 카로틴 (p = 0.013), 니아신(p < 0.001), 비타민 C (p = 0.004) 섭취량이 도시 노인에 비해 유의적으로 낮았다. 교육 및 소득수준까지 모두 보정한 경우에도 농촌 노인의 철 (p = 0.042), 비타민 A (p = 0.023), 카로틴 (p = 0.025), 니아신(p < 0.003), 비타민 C (p = 0.009) 섭취량이 도시 노인보다 유의적으로 낮았다. 이러한 결과는 농촌 노인들이 특히 비타민 C, 비타민 A, 카로틴, 니아신의 섭취량과 관련이 있는 과실류와 우유 및 유제품류의 섭취가 유의적으로 낮은 것과 관련이 있어 보인다. 한편 영양소섭취기준 대비 영양소 섭취수준은 농촌 노인의 경우, 비타민 A (p = 0.016), 비타민 C (p = 0.003) 섭취수준이 도시 노인에 비해 유의적으로 낮았으며, 리보플라빈, 칼륨의 섭취수준은 80% 에 미치지 못하였다. 특히 칼슘 섭취수준은 농촌, 도시 노인 모두 60% 이하였다. 이러한 영양섭취 문제는 특히 농촌 노인의 건강에 부정적인 영향을 미칠 수 있으며, 지역별 영양불균형을 초래할 수 있다. 도시, 농촌 지역의 특성에 따라 대상자들이 식품을 구입하고 이용하는 식생활행태가 다를 것이며, 이러한 식환경 특성은 대상자의 영양소 섭취에 영향을 미친다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 식생활 환경 전부를 반영하지 못한 아쉬운 점이 있으나, 두 지역에서 유의한 차이를 보였던 사회경제지표인 소득 및 교육 수준, 연령, 성별, 에너지 섭취량을 모두 반영해서 살펴보았고 이러한 점을 고려해 볼 때 여전히 농촌 노인의 식생활행태와 영양소 섭취는 도시 노인에 비해 문제가 심각함을 확인할 수 있었다. 따라서 농촌 노인의 식생활을 개선하기 위해서는 우선적으로 대상과 환경특성을 반영한 맞춤형 교육 프로그램의 개발이 필요하며, 식품이나 음식을 직접 제공하는 식생활 개선 프로그램이 마련되고활성화되어야할것이다.

• 한국지역사회생활과학회지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.201-210
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• 2010

Over the past few decades, the proportion of elderly people in Korea has been rapidly increasing. In particular, rural areas are experiencing aging of communities more rapidly compared to urban areas. However, public policy for the elderly does not respond to the needs of rural elderly. To distribute health care resources equitably, it is necessary to gather reliable information on the health status of the elderly. The purpose of this study is to explore factors affecting Korean elderly people's ADL functional status. The data sources are from 2004 Elderly Living Condition Survey. The Analysis sample consists of 3,278 cases. Analysis results show that there is a significant residential variability in education, monthly stipend, living arrangement, subjective health status, regular food in-take, and regular exercise. Logistic regression analysis results also show that 'cognitive ability'(exp(B)=6.603), 'subjective health status'(exp(B)=4.576), 'age'(exp(B)=2.610), and 'living arrangement'(exp(B)=.589) are factors affecting ADLs. Namely, when a respondent's cognitive ability is limited, subjective health status is poor, or if their age is over 75, the probability of having a limited ADL has been 6.6 times, 4.6 times, and 2.6 times higher than otherwise. Among these variables, cognitive ability was the best explanation. In contrast, respondents who live with a spouse or adult children have a lower probability of having limited ADL compared with those who live alone. Considering that the most critical criteria in determining eligibility for social welfare services is ADLs, the development of appropriate ADL assessment tools is in an urgent need. Without the accurate assessment on ADLs, particularly on rural as well as the urban elderly, it seems to be hard to achieve effectiveness in the health care policy for the elderly.

• 농촌계획
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.91-101
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• 2012

The time management and allotments for various activities of daily life is much different by age groups. This study analyzes time allotments of different age groups for various activities of daily life to figure out the change of main activity by aging through 2009 time use survey by National Statistical Office. Especially we focus on time allotments of rural elderly population and intangible factors for life quality of people instead of physical and environmental elements. The results show that there is a large gap of time allotments for paid and unpaid working time of rural and urban elderly population. Whereas the time for leisure of elderly women in rural areas is much shorter than that of urban elderly women and rural elderly men spend more time to provide community services and help to other households. However, the percentage leisure time of rural elderly people for passive activities such as TV, radio, magazine etc. is longer than that of urban elderly people. We hope that our analysis data could be used for developing new policies and project to improve the life quality of rural elderly population.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.1057-1068
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• 2004

Purpose: This study was conducted to identify the differences of health patterns; health-related characteristics, health behaviors, health problems, and self-care levels of elderly, living alone in an urban area according to age roup. Method: The study design was a descriptive survey and the subjects were 1,800 elderly consisting of 937 young old, 704 middle old, and 159 old old. Data was collected from May to July 2003 using the structured questionnaire and analyzed by descriptive statistics, $\chi$$^2$-test, Fisher's exact probability test, ANOVA and Scheffe test using SPSS/PC. Result: The health related characteristics which involved body mass index, mental status, use of assistant devices, perceived health, concern of health, and social support were different among the groups and more aggravated by aging. Health behaviors and health problems were also significantly aggravated in the old old group. The self-care levels measured by ADL, physical activity, and self-care ability scores were also significantly decreased in the old old group. Conclusion: For the level of health status, health behaviors and self-care ability were significantly decreased by aging, health care services for the elderly should be planned considering the difference in the health pattern by age group.

• 한국보건간호학회지
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.551-563
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• 2013

Purpose: This study was conducted in order to investigate the incidence and associated factors of suicidal ideation among the elderly according to residence area. Methods: This cross-sectional study used secondary data from the 2011 Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES V-2). A representative sample of 1,464 men and women aged 65 and over was selected. Rao-scott $X^2$-test, multiple logistic regression models based on sampling scheme of the data were used. Results: Of the 1,464 respondents, 22.4% had experienced suicidal ideation during the past year. Higher incidence of suicidal ideation was observed in rural seniors (23.7%) than in urban seniors (21.1%). The incidence of suicidal ideation showed correlation with age, education level, depression, stress, lying in a sick bed, and current smoking status among elderly living in urban areas. However, among elderly living in rural areas, the incidence of suicidal ideation showed correlation with household income, depression, stress, and daily activity. Conclusion: Based on the results, nurses should manage effective and individualized nursing interventions for elders in planning suicide prevention programs with consideration for residence areas, because there were differences in the factors affecting suicidal ideation among elders according to residence area.

• 대한치과보철학회지
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• 제44권4호
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• pp.405-413
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• 2006

Purpose : This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of denture placement on nutrition status and quality of life in the urban elderly Material and method : The first survey was conducted from 45 targeted elderly people(25 experimental group, 20 control). In the first survey, information on general characteristics, chewing ability, food intake and nutrient intake, anthropometric measurement, and degree of satisfaction in life were obtained. The second survey was conducted to evaluate the effect of denture placement with same method as the first survey. Results : Before denture placement, there are no statistical significant differences (in general characteristics, chewing ability, nutrient intake, anthropometric measurement, and degree of satisfaction in life) between experimental group and control. But after denture placement, survey shows that there is statistically significant difference in chewing ability between two groups. The experimental group have higher intake of energy, protein, carbohydrate, iron, and vitamin C. in nutrient intake. And after denture replacement, there is significant improvement in degree of satisfaction in life. After denture placement there are significant changes in agitation and attitude toward own aging according to Lawton's factor classification. Conclusion: In short, this study shows that chewing ability improvement of the elderly has strong positive effects to their food intake, nutrient status and quality of life.

• 대한가정학회지
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• 제35권6호
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• pp.275-288
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• 1997

This paper has two purposes. the one was to find empirical patterns of rural and urban elderly's leisure activities, and the other was to test the effects of elderly's leisure activities on life satisfaction. the data were collected for 319 respondents aged over 50s who resided in Jeonbuk rural and urban areas. Through exploratory factor analysis, we found ten patterns of leisure activities. In addition, we conducted multiple regression analysis to test net effects of those leisure activities on life satisfaction. the results indicate that even no one pattern of leisure activities significantly influences the elderly's life satisfaction, controlling for social correlates (consisted of social structural, family relationship, personality, and socio-economic demographic variables). Rather, the respondent's level of health, level of economic status, and positive relationship with adult children have significant net effects on respondent's life satisfaction. This result suggests that the positive relationship between leisure activities and life satisfaction in the existing empirical studies might be spurious. We recommend that the further studies should conduct survey and analyze the data for affluent elderly residing in more urbanized areas.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.94-103
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• 2015

This study analyzes the influence factors on elderly pedestrian accident. Elderly people are easy to be badly injured by car accidents compared to younger people. Therefore, various plans and measures are required to protect elderly pedestrian from accidents. However, pedestrian accidents studies only focused on microscopic factors such as attribute of driver, pedestrian, road design. In order to prevent pedestrian accident and reduce the severity of the accident, not only microscopic factors but macroscopic variables such as urban planning and facility should be considered. In this regard, this study develops an ordered probit model introduced the characteristics of urban facility which were not considered in the previous studies. The result shows that there is higher level of accident severity in such areas as large commercial area, well-developed area with transportation infrastructure service and non-pedestrian safety zone. Thus, various and appropriate countermeasures should be prepared in order that pedestrian accident can be prevented in the areas mentioned above. In addition to the aforementioned variables, it is revealed that other variables including vehicle speed, gender and age of pedestrian, weather condition, type of vehicle, etc. partly affect the severity of pedestrian accident.

• 한국농촌간호학회지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.53-63
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• 2013

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify leisure activities, health promotion behaviors, and quality of life and regional differences in urban and rural elderly people. Method: This study was a descriptive research and data were collected from 198 elderly people using a questionnaire. Data were analyzed using the PASW WIN 18.0 Program. Result: Urban elders showed significantly higher rate for leisure activities compared to rural elders. While urban elders did not show a significant relationship among leisure activities, health promotion behaviors, and quality of life, rural elders showed a significant relationship among leisure activities, health promotion behavior, and quality of life. While the leisure activities and health promotion behaviors were influenced by recreational and social life in the urban elders, these activities and behaviors had no influence for rural elders. Leisure activities and quality of life were influenced by watching and enjoying activities, services and religious activities, and recreational and social life for urban elders but health sports was an influence for rural elders. Conclusion: Findings indicate regional differences and provide basic information to develop programs and leisure guidelines to enhance leisure activities, health promotion behaviors, and quality of life according to regional characteristics of elderly people.