• 가족자원경영과 정책
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.39-58
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• 2013

The purpose of this study was to identify the factors determining the participation of the poor elderly in economic activity. This study analyzed secondary data of the second wave of Korean Longitudinal Study of Ageing. Binary logistic regression was used to identify the factors that are associated with the economic activity of the poor elderly. The results of the analyses showed that age, gender, region, public assistance, education, health status, chronic illness, contacts with acquaintances, and support from children were associated with participation in economic activity. The study's findings have several implications for policies and services. The study identified the need for an age- and gender-specific approach to promoting participation in economic activity among the poor elderly. Regional differences should also be considered in the creation of work opportunities for older adults. In terms of human capital, the positive effect of good health indicates that strategies are needed to address the needs of older adults with health issues. In addition, there is a need for more jobs for elderly job seekers with high levels of education. Finally, policy makers and practitioners should explore interventions for enhancing the social network involvement and community support for the elderly living in poverty.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.2473-2476
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• 2014

Background: Little is known about the cancer screening prevalence and correlates in older adults from different racial backgrounds. In the context of heightened efforts for prevention and early diagnosis, we collected information on screening for two major types of cancers: cervical and breast cancer in order to establish their prevalence estimates and correlates among older South African women who participated in the Study of Global Ageing and Adults Health (SAGE) in 2008. Materials and Methods: We conducted a national population-based cross-sectional study with a multi-stage stratified cluster sample of 3,840 individuals aged 50 years or older in South Africa in 2008. In this analysis, we only considered the female subsample of (n=2202). The measures used included socio-demographic characteristics, health variables, anthropometric and blood pressure measurements. Multivariable regression analysis was performed to assess the association of socio-demographic factors, health variables and cancer screening. Results: Overall, regarding cervical cancer screening, 24.3% ever had a Papanicolaou (PAP) smear test, and regarding breast cancer screening, 15.5% ever had a mammography. In multivariate logistic regression analysis, younger age, higher education, being from the White or Coloured population group, urban residence, greater wealth, and suffering from two or more chronic conditions were associated with cervical cancer screening, and higher education, being from the White or Indian/Asian population group, greater wealth, having a health insurance, and suffering from two or more chronic condtions were associated with breast cancer screening. Conclusions: Cancer screening coverage remains low among elderly women in South Africa in spite of the national guideline recommendations for regular screening in order to reduce the risk of dying from these cancers if not detected early. There is a need to improve accessibility and affordability of early cervical and breast cancer screening for all women to ensure effective prevention and management of cervical and breast cancer.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.1225-1237
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• 2023

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Unhealthy dietary behaviors constitute one of risk the factors for chronic and cardiovascular diseases, which are prevalent in middle-aged and older populations. Milk and dairy products are high-quality foods and important sources of calcium. Calcium protects against osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease. Therefore, this study investigated the association of milk and dairy product consumption with cardio-cerebrovascular disease incidence in middle-aged and older Korean adults. SUBJECTS/METHODS: Data were derived from the Ansan-Anseong cohort study, and a total of 8,009 individuals aged 40-69 years were selected and followed up biennially. Cox proportional hazard models were used to examine the association of milk and dairy product consumption with cardio-cerebrovascular disease incidence. RESULTS: During a mean follow-up period of 96.5 person-months, 552 new cases of cardio-cerebrovascular disease were documented. Milk consumers (< 1 serving/day) exhibited a 23% lower risk of cardio-cerebrovascular disease incidence than non-milk consumers (hazard ratio [HR], 0.77; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.61-0.97; P for trend = 0.842). High yogurt consumption was associated with a 29% lower incidence risk (≥ 0.5 servings/day vs. none: HR, 0.71; 95% CI, 0.53-0.96; P for trend = 0.049), whereas high ice cream consumption was associated with a 70% higher risk of cardio-cerebrovascular disease incidence (≥ 0.5 servings/day vs. none: HR, 1.70; 95% CI, 1.01-2.88; P for trend = 0.070). CONCLUSIONS: This study indicates that less than one serving of milk and high yogurt consumption are associated with a lower cardio-cerebrovascular disease risk in the middle-aged and older populations.

• 한국농촌간호학회지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.65-73
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• 2013

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship between intention to use advance directives and level of death anxiety in community-dwelling elders. Method: The participants were 200 older adults who were aged 60 or over and attended the community welfare centers. The level intention to use advance directive was measured by a questionnaire that was developed by the authors for the study. The measure by Kraus and Ellisond was administered to evaluate the level of death anxiety. Result: The average score for intention to use advance directives was $2.05{\pm}0.88$ and that of death anxiety was $6.2{\pm}2.28$. There were significant differences in the intention to use advance directives according to education levels and individual properties. Although there was no significant relationship between the intention to use advance directives and the level of death anxiety, they were negatively associated. Therefore, older adults who had lower death anxiety would tend to use advance directives. Conclusion: It would be necessary to screening the level of death anxiety to promote use of the advance directives. In addition, education programs for advance directives would be essential to consider about advance directives for their end-of-life especially for the community-dwelling elderly in Korea.

• 대한지역사회영양학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한지역사회영양학회 2005년도 10th Anniversary International Symposium
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• pp.96-96
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• 2005

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제18권8호
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• pp.343-351
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• 2020

본 연구의 목적은 독거노인의 사회적 관계망, 외로움, 수면의 질이 건강관련 삶의 질에 미치는 영향을 파악하는 것이다. 지역사회에 거주하는 독거노인 111명을 대상으로 설문지를 이용하여 자료수집을 하였다. SPSS Statistics 26.0 프로그램을 이용하여 기술통계, independent t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficients, multiple linear regressions로 통계분석하였다. 다중회귀분석 결과, 교육 수준(β=.20, p=.020), 사회적 관계망(β=.31, p=.012) 및 수면의 질(β=-.23, p=.011)은 신체적 건강관련 삶의 질을 예측하는 요인으로 나타났고, 설명력은 25.7%이었다. 외로움(β=-.37, p=.004)은 정신적 건강관련 삶의 질을 예측하는 요인으로 나타났고, 설명력은 31.7%이었다. 독거노인의 건강관련 삶의 질 향상을 위해 사회적 고립을 해소하는 중재를 제공할 필요가 있다.

• 한국지역사회생활과학회지
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.343-354
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• 2013

Elderly people living in poverty are one of the most vulnerable population groups who are at risk of experiencing social exclusion. Social participation is an important contributing factor to active aging and social integration of the older adults living in poverty. This study aims to identify factors affecting social participation of the poor elderly. Data from the second wave of the Korean Longitudinal Study of Ageing was used for the analyses and 1,346 poor elderly aged over 65 were analyzed. The findings showed that age, education, health status, a level of depression, financial stress, and economic activity were associated with the social participation of the elderly living in poverty. These results indicated that psychological empowerment and specific needs of the older adults living in poverty should be considered in developing services and programs to promote social participation of the poor elderly.

• 인간행동과 음악연구
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.53-77
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• 2019

본 연구에서는 노인 대상 음악중재연구의 내용 구성과 음악사용에 대한 근거를 확인하여 향후 연구에 필요한 자료와 개선 방향을 제시하고자 하였다. 이를 위해 국내 노인 대상 음악중재연구의 전반적 특성, 중재내용의 특징, 치료 논거 기술 특징 및 적절성 등으로 구분된 기준을 통해 연구 자료를 세부적으로 분석하였다. 국내 KCI등재(후보)학술지 게재논문 33편이 1차 분석 대상으로 선정되었고, 이 중 연구자가 설정한 기준에 따라 23편을 선정하여 2차 분석을 시행하였으며, 최종적으로 5편을 선별하여 기술된 치료 논거의 적절성과 특징을 분석하였다. 분석 결과, 논거 기술에 대상자의 진단적 특성이 고려되지 않았거나 두 가지 이상의 음악 활동이 복합적으로 진행되어 중재의 목표가 분명하게 제시되기 어려운 연구들이 많았다. 또한 음악의 선곡 기준이 목표활동에 대한 음악 요소의 사용논거보다는 대상자의 선호도나 친숙도를 근거로 하고 있음을 확인하였다. 이와 같은 사실은 노인 대상 음악중재연구 시 중재기술의 구체성과 이를 뒷받침하는 치료적, 음악적 논거가 보완되어야 하고 중재 목표에 따른 타당한 이론적 근거의 필요성을 시사하는 결과로 볼 수 있다. 본 연구는 국내 노인 대상 음악중재연구의 치료적 논거를 세부적으로 분석하여 중재의 임상적 자료를 제공하고, 추후 연구에 요구되는 연구의 방향과 개선 방안을 제시하는 데 의의가 있다.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.453-460
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• 2018

본 연구는 우리나라 65세 이상 노인인구의 활동제한 유병율, 활동제한 사유, 일반적 특성과 활동제한 유병율과의 관련성 등을 확인하기 위한 자료분석 연구이다. 본 연구자료는 우리나라 질병관리본부에서 수행한 국민건강영양조사 제7기 1차년도 (2016년) 원시자료로부터 추출되었다. 본 연구 대상자는 2016년 1월부터 12월까지 수행된 국민건강영양조사에 참여한 대상자 중 만 65세 이상의 노인인구 1,578명 이었다. 수집된 자료는 SPSS/WIN 8.0 version 프로그램을 이용하여 빈도분석, 교차분석 및 로지스틱 회귀분석 등으로 분석하였다. 2016년도 우리나라 65세 이상 노인인구의 활동제한 유병율은 남성이 17.3%, 여성이 21.1%, 전체는 19.6% 이었다. 활동제한 사유는 등과 목의 문제(19.8%)와 관절염 및 류마티즘(17.1%)이 가장 높게 나타났고, 활동제한 유병율은 연령 및 교육수준과 통계적으로 유의한 관련성이 있었다. 연령에 따른 활동제한 유병율은 65-69세 그룹에 비해 70-74세 그룹은 1.33배(OR 1.33; 95% CI 0.89-2.00, p<0.05), 75-80세 그룹은 1.69배(OR 1.69, 95% CI 1.34-2.50, p<0.05)가 더 높게 나타났다. 교육수준에 따른 활동제한 유병율은 대학졸업 대상자에 비해 초등학교 졸업이하 대상자가 2.30배가 더 높게 나타났다 (OR 2.30; 95% CI 1.28-4.14, p<0.05). 결론적으로 우리나라 65세 이상 노인인구의 활동제한 유병율에 대한 주요 영향요인은 연령, 교육수준, 그리고 등과 목의 문제와 관절염 및 류마티즘 등과 같은 근골격계 질환이었다. 이러한 결과는 우리나라 65세 이상 노인인구의 활동제한 유병율의 감소를 위한 근거 자료로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.671-681
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• 2010

Objectives : This study was to evaluate the association between perceived oral health and perceived oral symptoms among adults in Daegu. Methods : All 437 subjects aged 18 or more selected convenience sampling were surveyed cross-sectionally via the self-administrated questionnaire. The questionnaire was measured perceived oral symptoms and perceived oral health, and also obtained socio-demographic characteristics, oral health behaviors. To assess the crude associations, bivariate analysis were applied. For the adjusted association between perceived oral health and perceived oral symptoms, multivariate linear regression multiple regression analysis was conducted. Results : 33.2% of the adults rated their perceived oral health was good, and 30.9% as poor. Older age, low education, had peridontal disease was negatively perceived their oral health(p<0.05). As oral symptoms were more frequently perceived, the perceived oral health were negative. Among the factors of perceived oral symptoms, trouble biting/chewing, poor periodontal status, trouble of appearance of teeth were positively associated with the perceived oral health after adjusting for socio-demographic characteristics, oral health behaviors in the regression model. Age, education, income, recent dental treatment, and all perceived oral symptoms showed the highest impact of association with perceived oral health in the baseline-category logit model. Conclusions : Perceived oral health are significantly associated with perceived oral symptoms among adults in Daegu. The findings of this study will be helpful to design plans of oral health promotion in welfare institutions to increase the oral health related quality of life among the adults.