• 한국노년학
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.1109-1124
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 고정관념 위협이 노인의 공간 기억 및 정서인식기능에 미치는 영향을 확인하고, 개인이 지니고 있는 노화에 대한 인식에 따라 고정관념 위협의 효과가 다르게 나타나는지 검증해 보고자 하였다. 이를 위해 자발적으로 연구 참여 의사를 밝힌 60세 이상 노인 17명(남=7)을 대상으로 연구를 진행하였으며, 첫 번째 방문 시 K-WMS-IV와 MMSE를 포함한 기본 인지기능 검사를 실시하고, 자신의 노화에 대한 인식, 노화 불안, 노화에 대한 태도, 연령 정체성 척도에 응답하도록 하였다. 두 번째 방문 시, 실험군의 경우 노화가 인지기능을 저하시킨다는 스크립트를 읽도록 하여 고정관념 위협에 노출시켰으며, 대조군의 경우 중립적인 스크립트를 읽도록 하였다. 고정관념위협을 조작한 이후 공간 작업기억 과제 (콜시 블록 태핑 과제)와 정서 인식 과제 (얼굴표정 정서인식 과제)를 수행하도록 하고, 수행의 정확도를 관찰하였다. 연구 결과, 고정관념 위협에 노출된 노인 군이 그렇지 않은 노인 군에 비해 정서인식 과제에서 유의하게 저조한 수행 정확도 (p<.05)를 보였다. 또한 자신의 노화에 대한 인식과 고정관념 위협 사이에 상호작용 효과가 확인되어(p<.05), 자신의 노화에 대한 인식이 긍정적인 노인들은 고정관념 위협에 노출되더라도 정서인식 과제와 어려운 공간 작업기억 과제에서 대조군과 유사한 수행 정확도를 보인 반면, 자신의 노화에 대한 인식이 부정적인 노인들은 고정관념 위협에 노출되었을 때, 매우 저조한 수행 정확도를 나타내는 양상을 보였다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 고정관념 위협이 노인의 정서인식 기능에 부정적 영향을 미치는 것을 검증하였으며, 자신의 노화에 대한 긍정적 인식이 고정관념 위협으로 인한 인지기능 저하의 보호 요인으로 작용한다는 것을 확인하였다.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제18권11호
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• pp.527-539
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• 2018

노화로 인한 인지의 변화는 정상 노인들의 통사처리에 부정적 영향을 끼치는데 작업기억용량이 중요한 인지기능을 한다고 알려져 있다. 본 연구는 명사구 연결 전치사구의 이해에 도움이 되는 문맥을 제시할 때와 그렇지 않을 때 정상 노인과 젊은 성인이 어떻게 명사구 연결 전치사구를 처리하는지 단어별 자율조절읽기 방법을 통해 알아보았다. 또한, 이 때 어떤 인지기능이 문맥 이용을 통한 명사구 연결 전치사구의 처리능력과 관련이 있는지도 살펴보았다. 정상 노인은 읽기과제에서 문맥유무에 상관없이 젊은 성인보다 읽기속도가 느렸다. 그러나 두 그룹 모두 문맥이 존재할 때 명사구 연결 전치사구의 처리 속도가 빨랐다. 즉, 노인들의 노화로 인한 인지의 저하는 처리 속도만 느리게 했을 뿐 질적인 면에서 차이는 없었다. 문맥을 이용한 명사구 연결 전치사구 처리 시 관련된 인지기능은 교대주의력으로 나타났으며 본 연구에서는 작업기억용량의 역할은 발견되지 않았다. 이를 통해 노화가 통사처리에 끼치는 영향은 반드시 부정적인 것이 아니라 통사구조에 따라 다를 수 있으며, 통사 구문의 종류에 따라 관련된 인지기능이 다를 수 있음을 시사한다.

• 치위생과학회지
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.302-311
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• 2023

Background: Oral health is an important element of well aging. And oral health also affects overall health, mental health, and quality of life. In this study, we sought to identify oral health influencing factors and research trends for well-aging through text analysis of research on well-aging and oral health over the past 12 years. Methods: The research data was analyzed based on English literature published in PubMed from 2012 to 2023. Aging well and oral health were used as search terms, and 115 final papers were selected. Network text analysis included keyword frequency analysis, centrality analysis, and cohesion structure analysis using the Net-Miner 4.0 program. Results: Excluding general characteristics, the most frequent keywords in 115 articles, 520 keywords (Mesh terms) were psychology, dental prosthesis and Alzheimer's disease, Dental caries, cognition, cognitive dysfunction, and bacteria. Research keywords with high degree centrality were Dental caries (0.864), Quality of life (0.833), Tooth loss (0.818), Health status (0.727), and Life expectancy (0.712). As a result of community analysis, it consisted of 4 groups. Group 1 consisted of chewing and nutrition, Group 2 consisted oral diseases, systemic diseases and management, Group 3 consisted oral health and mental health, Group 4 consisted oral frailty symptoms and quality of life. Conclusion: In an aging society, oral dysfunction affects mental health and quality of life. Preventing oral diseases for well-aging can have a positive impact on mental health and quality of life. Therefore, efforts are needed to prevent oral frailty in a super-aging society by developing and educating systematic oral care programs for each life cycle.

• 성인간호학회지
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.584-594
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• 2011

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the prevalence of visual and hearing impairment and to investigate the effect of visual and hearing impairment on depression and cognitive function in community-dwelling Korean elderly. Methods: The study population consisted of a representative community sample of 4,028 persons aged 65 and older from the Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging 2008. Depression and cognitive function were measured by CES-D 10-item scale and K-MMSE. Visual and hearing impairment were measured by 5-Likert scale. Data were analyzed using Rao-Scott ${\chi}^2$-test, simple and multiple logistic regression. Results: The prevalence of visual and hearing impairment were 37.3% and 14.0%, respectively. Of the participants, the prevalence of depression was 58.4% and cognitive impairment was 50.6%. There were significant differences in depression and cognitive function according to visual and hearing impairment. Far vision and hearing impairment were predictors for both depression and cognitive impairment even after covariates had been adjusted. Conclusion: These data suggest that visual and hearing impairment in older adults may increase their probability of experiencing depression and cognitive impairment. Thus sensory impairment should be considered a risk factor for mental health and the cognitive function of elderly.

• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.1311-1315
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• 2009

The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of sesaminol glucosides (SG) on age-related cognitive deficits in senescence-accelerated mice P8 (SAMP8). Male SAMP8 (9 month-old) were randomly divided into 3 groups and received diets containing 0, 0.25, or 0.5% SG for 12 weeks. Step-through latency of the SAMP8 control group was higher than that of the senescence-accelerated resistant mice (SAMR) group, whereas it was lowered in the SG-supplemented group on the passive-avoidance test. In the Morris water maze, the escape latency of the SAMP8 control group was increased and recovered in the 0.5% SG-supplemented group. The SG supplementation significantly decreased thiobarbituric acid reactive substance (TBARS) levels in brains of the SAMP8. On the other hand, catalase, superoxide dismutase, and glutathione peroxidase activities in brains of the SG supplemented group decreased compared with the SAMP8 control group. These results suggest that SG could attenuate cognitive deficits caused by aging through its antioxidant capacity.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보통신학회 2018년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.128-129
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• 2018

우리나라는 최근들어 급속한 고령화 사회로 진입하고 있다. 고령화 사회로 인한 노인들의 문제는 여러 분야에서 나타나게 된다. 신체적 취약점으로 인한 문제 뿐 아니라 인지적 저하로 인한 문제 역시 많은 문제가 발생하게 된다. 인지적 저하는 노인들의 일상생활을 수행하는데 어려움을 야기시키게 되며 이로인한 노인들의 삶의 질 역시 부정적으로 나타나게 된다. 본 연구에서는 인지적 저하 노인들을 대상으로 일상생활 수행이 원활하게 이루어질 수 있는 금융관련 교육콘텐츠를 개발하기 위한 사용자 분석을 실시하고자 한다. 이를 통해 인지저하가 나타날 수 있는 대표적 노인 사례를 개발하고 이를 기반으로 금융관련 교육콘텐츠 개발의 기반을 마련하고자 한다.

• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.290-301
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• 2022

Increasing life expectancy leads to a rise in the prevalence of aging-related mental diseases and a concomitant increase in the financial and societal pressures related to their prevention and management. This issue is attracting increasing attention from researchers. Therefore, this study aimed to determine whether a healing program in a forest environment is effective for improving cognitive function, depression, anxiety, and stress in elderly people. A nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest design was used. The experimental group consisted of 18 males and females aged 60 to 80 years who participated in a forest healing program for seven days, while the comparison group comprised 10 people with similar demographics. For the process of data analysis, this study performed a cross-analysis to determine the homogeneity of the data and carried out the Wilcoxon signed-rank test, a nonparametric statistical test, to verify the significance of each group. Participation in the forest healing program led to a significant improve-ment in cognitive function (p=0.030). The levels of depression decreased, but this result was not statistically significant. The levels of anxiety decreased significantly (p=0.004). The mean cortisol score, a measurement of stress, decreased, but it was not statistically significant. These findings confirmed the effectiveness of this program for improving certain mental conditions of elderly people, and affirmed that the use of long-term forest healing programs can be expected to alleviate national pressures created by aging societies.

• 국제물리치료학회지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.1700-1705
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• 2019

Background: Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is also called as aging related memory damage. Decreased cognitive function due to aging is known to be associated with the frontal lobe. Alpha wave is generated in the dominance in the frontal lobe or a wide range of regions in the brain, it should be doubted that the brain function might be degraded. Objective: To determine the effect of sensory stimulation type on learning and brain activity pattern of elderly persons with MCI. Design: Randomized Controlled Trial (single blind) Methods: Twenty elderly persons aged more than 65 with MCI were randonmized to simultaneous visual/auditory stimulation group (SVASG) and or auditory stimulation group (ASG). Ten peoples were assigned to each group and lectroencephalogram test was performed to individuals. In the electroencephalogram test, electroencephalography of prior to sensory stimulation, and during sensory stimulation were measured to compare brain activity pattern according to the study groups and measurement period. Results: The relative alpha power due to a sensory stimulation type showed that the SVASG significantly decreased in the left frontal lobe and the left parietal lobe statistically compared to those of the ASG while sensory stimulation was given (p<.05). The relative beta power due to a sensory stimulation type showed that the SVASG significantly increased in the left and right frontal lobes, the left and right parietal lobes, and the left temporal lobe statistically compared to those of the ASG while sensory stimulation was given (p<.05). Conclusions: Electroencephalographic analysis showed that the type of sensory stimulation can affect the brain activity pattern. However, the effects were not studied that which brain activity pattern help to improved cognitive function of elderly persons with mild cognitive impairment.

• 대한약학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한약학회 2005년도 Proceedings of the Convention of the Pharmaceutical Society of Korea Vol.1
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• pp.90-95
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• 2005

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제35권10호
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• pp.1070-1080
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• 2002

This study was designed to obtain the information concerning food intake, dietary habits, functional status, health condition and cognitive status of the elderly using public health center in Ulsan area. The subjects of this study consisted 154 elderly persons aged 60~82 years. Interviews were conducted using the health habits and food frequency questionnaires to provide basic information for nutrition education program. We evaluated the current food intake, dietary cholesterol intake (cholesterol index), functional status, cognitive function and blood analysis of the subjects. The results of this study were as follows : Mean age of the subjects was 68.7 $\pm$ 6.7years. The average cognitive status score of the subjects was 7.9 $\pm$ 2.0 (full score was 10.0). Male had a higher cognitive status score than female. There was significant difference between cognitive status score and age, education level, pocket money, physical activity and living condition. The subjects who had a higher cognitive status score ate more fish and meats group and milk and milk products than the subjects had a lower cognitive status score. And hemoglobin level, serum triglyceride, HDL-cholesterol and atherogenic index affected to cognitive status while fasting blood glucose and LDL-cholesterol did not any effect on cognitive status. These results have demonstrated that various socioeconomic variables and food intake pattern and nutritional status affect on cognitive status with aging and suggest that proper nutrition education and adequate nutrient intake in quality and quantity are essential in maintaining cognitive status in later life.