• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제13권11호
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• pp.433-440
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• 2015

본 연구는 초고령 사회로의 진입이 예고된 가운데 다양한 심리적, 경제적인 난제로 위협을 받고 있는 융복합시대 중년기 성인들이, 어떻게 내적 또는 외적통제성을 발휘하여 생활만족도라는 현실의 인지정서적 균형과 노후준비라는 발달과업을 수행하고 있는가를 파악하고자 하였다. 이에 중년기 성인의 내외통제성을 독립변인으로, 생활만족도 및 노후준비를 종속변인으로 설정하여 검증하였고, 최종적으로 284부의 설문이 결과분석에 사용되었다. 연구결과, 중년기의 내통제성이 생활만족을 높이고, 실제적인 노후준비에도 긍정적인 영향을 미치고 있음을 확인하였다. 또한 생활만족과 노후준비 간에도 서로 상관관계를 나타냈다. 이에, 내통제성과 같은 인간의 심리적 내적자원이 개인의 현실적 삶의 만족과 노후준비와 같은 발달과업에 긍정적인 영향요인임을 확인하였다.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제6권6호
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• pp.527-533
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• 2012

It is thought that calcium (Ca) and magnesium (Mg) may be related to mental disorders such as depression; however, there have been few studies investigating the association between Ca and Mg nutrition status with depression in middle-aged female adults. Study subjects in this study included 105 women between the ages of 41 and 57 years. The subjects were divided into three groups according to the Zung Self-rating Depression Scale (SDS) score: Group I (SDS score < 33 percentile; n = 32), Group II (33 percentile ${\leq}$ SDS score < 67 percentile; n = 37), and Group III (67 percentile ${\leq}$ SDS score; n = 36). Anthropometric measurements, dietary intake survey using 3-day dietary records, SDS questionnaire and measurement of serum Ca and Mg were obtained and analyzed. No differences were observed in Ca, plant Ca, and Mg intake among the three groups. However, animal Ca intake by Group III was 141.3 mg, which was significantly lower than 207.6 mg by Group I and 198.3 mg by Group II (P = 0.0345). There were no significant differences in serum levels of Ca, and Mg among the three groups. Correlation analysis indicated that the SDS score had negative correlations with Ca intake (r = -0.2927, P<0.01) and animal Ca (r = -0.3411, P<0.001) after adjusting for age, menopause and energy intake. In conclusion, dietary Ca and animal Ca had negative associations with SDS score among middle-aged Korean female adults. Additional analysis of factors related to the association of calcium and magnesium nutritional status and depression is necessary.

• 미래기술융합논문지
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• 제2권4호
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• pp.31-36
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• 2023

본 연구의 목적은 안정적이고 행복한 중장년기를 유지하며 성숙해지는 전략을 개발하기 위한 기초 자료를 제공하는 것이다. 우리는 중장년기 동안 행복한 삶을 원한다. 그러나 대부분의 중장년기는 자기조절의 연속이며, 삶 전반에 걸쳐 균형과 통합을 유지하고 감정을 조절하고 생활환경을 효과적으로 조절하기 위해 스트레스 대처 기술을 배우며 살아가고 있다.중장년기에서 겪는 위기를 효과적으로 대처하고, 자신만의 고유한 삶의 의미를 발견하고 추구하여 행복과 불행 사이에서 어려움을 겪지 않고, 안정되고 활기찬 중장년기를 누릴 수 있도록, 지속적으로 삶의 의미에 관한 핵심 자료를 제시하는 것이 이 연구의 목적이다.

• 재활간호학회지
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.61-71
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• 1998

Defining prediction variables related to metamemory for the adults in aging process has worthwhile meaning from the perspective that the produced results can be helpful to reducing the difficulty of memorizing efforts and it can also enhance quality of life of aged. This study attempted to analysis relationship between perceived health status, depression, memory self-efficacy and meta memory for the subjects of middle age and old age adults. This study was designed by adopting descriptive correlational analysis method for the 468 middle and old age adults who are living in Seoul. Samples were selected by convenience sampling. Data collection was done over 1 month period in june 1998. The instruments used in this study were health status measuring scale including depression measuring scale, memory self efficacy measuring scale and metamemory measuring scale which were verified for reliability. Data collected were analized by using SPSS for frequency, Peason correlation, t-test and ANOVA according to the variables character and the study purposes. Results of the study were as follows. 1. Relationship between perceived health status, depression, memory self-efficacy and metamemory. Relational analyses between perceived health status, depression, memory self-efficacy and metamemory supported the hypotheses of 1st, 2nd and 3rd(p < .01). These results suggested that the aged perceived great health status then their memory self-efficacy, and metamemory showed the high scores. In the case of depression when its level became decreased metamemory was inclined to increased. Thus, it is identified that strong relationship exists between these variables. 2. Perceived health status, depression, memory self-efficacy by subject's general characteristics. Scores of perceived health status were high in the group of man compared to the group of women, and also highly educated group showed great perceived health status. Group of persons having occupation showed high score of perceived health status and low depression score. The score of memory self-efficacy and metamemory showed higher in the middle aged than the old aged. The high scores of memory self-efficacy and metamemory were found in the group of highly educated people and who have continuing education. The high scores of memory self-efficacy were found in the group of persons having their job and high metamemory scores found in the group of persons having religion. In summary, the greater perceived health status and memory self-efficacy, the more metamemory scores were likely increased and the more depression level was decreased, the more metamemory was likely increased. Also it was found that general characteristics like educational level, continuing education and religion influenced the metamemory of the aged. Therefore, prevention the aged from getting depression and activation of health promotion are needed to delay time of memory loss.

• 융합정보논문지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.72-80
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• 2022

본 연구에서는 현재 경제적 어려움이 클 것으로 예상되는 저소득층 중장년 남성을 대상으로 건강만족도와 가족관계만족도가 우울에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지 파악하고, 우울상태가 사회적 친분관계 만족도에 따라 어떤 변화가 있는지 매개효과를 분석하였다. 중장년 연령 50세 이상 64세 이하를 대상으로 15차 한국복지패널 자료로 SPSS 통계 프로그램을 사용하여 빈도분석과 회귀분석을 실시하였다. 우울에 영향을 미치는 사회적 친분관계 만족도의 매개효과 분석 결과 건강만족도에 대해서는 부분매개효과를 보였고, 가족관계만족도에 대해서는 완전매개효과를 보였다. 본 연구결과는 저소득 중장년 남성을 위한 사회적 친분 관계 만족도 향상을 위한 서비스 지원이 우울과 같은 정신건강에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지 명확하게 밝혀냄으로써, 추후 중장년 남성을 대상으로 하는 사회적 관계망 지원 서비스의 타당성 검증에 효과적인 기준을 제공할 수 있다.

• 노동경제논집
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• 제43권3호
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• pp.1-31
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• 2020

본 연구는 중고령층 자영업 이탈에 영향을 주는 요인을 자영업 이탈 이유를 고려하여 분석하였다. 분석에는 고령화 연구 패널(KLoSA)의 1~6차 및 직업력 자료를 이용하였다. 자영업 이탈 이유 중 경영상 어려움으로 인해 이탈한 집단이 다른 이유로 이탈한 집단보다 경제적 어려움에 처할 가능성이 큼에 따라 이들을 중심으로 분석하였다. 분석 모형으로는 경영상 어려움으로 인한 이탈만을 실패로 정의하는 경쟁위험회귀모형(competing risk regression models)을 이용하였다. 그 결과, 자영업 이탈 요인으로 알려졌던 성별, 연령, 학력 변수의 유의성이 사라졌다. 반면 동종 산업 경력이 자영업 이탈 위험률을 낮추는 경향이 있음을 확인하였다. 이에 따라 경제적 어려움과 실업에 직면할 위험이 큰 자영업 이탈을 방지하기 위해서는 동종 산업 내 경력이 부족한 채로 자영업을 시작하는 중고령층을 지원하는 방안이 필요함을 제시할 수 있다.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제45권3호
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• pp.204-208
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• 2012

Objectives: To investigate whether caffeine intake is associated with urinary incontinence (UI) among Japanese adults. Methods: A total of 683 men and 298 women aged 40 to 75 years were recruited from the community in middle and southern Japan. A validated food frequency questionnaire was administered face-to-face to obtain information on dietary intake and habitual beverage consumption. Urinary incontinence status was ascertained using the International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire-Short Form. Results: Mean daily caffeine intake was found to be similar between incontinent subjects (men 120 mg, women 94 mg) and others without the condition (men 106 mg, women 103 mg), $p$=0.33 for men and $p$=0.44 for women. The slight increases in risk of UI at the highest level of caffeine intake were not significant after adjusting for confounding factors. The adjusted odds ratios (95% confidence interval) were 1.36 (0.65 to 2.88) and 1.12 (0.57 to 2.22) for men and women, respectively. Conclusions: No association was evident between caffeine intake and UI in middle-aged and older Japanese adults. Further studies are required to confirm the effect of caffeine in the prevention of UI.

• 한국농촌생활과학회지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.131-143
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• 1997

The purpose of this study was to compare health status and diery health practice of middle-aged rural adults with or without hypertension. Eighty three subjects (mean age : 55.6$\pm$11.9), were composed of 22 males and 61 females. Data collection includes serum and urine collections for health status and the questionnaire including dietary habit of salt, sugar, dietary fiber and fat intake for dietary health practice The results were as follows : The subjects were composed 23 persons of under 55 year-old group and 19 persons of over 65 year-old group. Of the 83 subjects, 28.9% were recognized hypertension and 33.7% were measured hypertension by systolic blood pressure. In the aspects of dietary health practice, hypertension group showed that smoking and weight control practice and were significantly low score, alcohol and dietary fiber intake were high score. Hypertension group showed higher frequency in diabetes mellitus and lower in gastrointestinal complain and liver disease. than normal blood pressure group. Serum, TG, bilirubin, BUN and cholesterol, were significantly higher in hypertension than normal blood pressure group. The mean values of serum albumin and urinary creatinine excretion in hypertension group werw significantly lower. The consciousness of health status was lower in hypertension group and also attributed to worse personal feeling health by modified CMI test.

• 대한두개안면성형외과학회지
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.205-210
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• 2022

Background: Nasal bone fractures are the most common type of facial bone fracture, but are under-studied in adults above 65 years of age. Therefore, we investigated the epidemiology and patterns of nasal bone fractures among older adults in comparison to different age groups. Methods: This retrospective study included 2,321 nasal bone fracture patients who underwent surgery at our hospital from January 2010 to December 2017. The patients were classified by age as preschoolers, school-age children, young and middle-aged adults, and the elderly. We performed pairwise comparisons between elderly patients and each other age group in terms of sex, cause of injury, and fracture type. Results: The 2,321 nasal bone fracture patients included 76 elderly patients (50 men [65.8%] and 26 women [34.2%]). In these patients, the two most common injury causes were falling or slipping down (n= 39; 51.3%) and road traffic accidents (n= 19; 25.0%). According to the Stranc and Robertson classification, the most common force vector was lateral, and plane 2 fractures with lateral forces predominated. Conclusion: The elderly showed similar patterns of nasal bone fractures to those observed in young and middle-aged adults, but significant differences from preschoolers (in the injury vector and plane of fracture) and from school-age children (in the sex ratio and plane of fracture). However, elderly patients presented significantly different epidemiological characteristics compared to the other three groups. Therefore, it is necessary to improve the quality of life of the elderly and prepare for the upcoming super-aged society by taking steps to reduce the incidence and severity of fractures. Possible options for doing so include strengthening individual-level safety factors and expanding the social safety net for the elderly.

• 대한치과교정학회지
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• 제47권4호
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• pp.215-221
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• 2017

Objective: This questionnaire study aimed to estimate the overall frequencies of positive perception towards orthodontic treatment among adults categorized according to age, sex, and area of living, and to identify barriers or negative perceptions preventing them from receiving orthodontic treatment. Methods: The participants included 598 adults aged over 20 years (230 men and 368 women) who visited the Dental Hospital of Seoul St. Mary's Hospital. The participants' opinions regarding their consideration of receiving orthodontic treatment were recorded using a specially designed questionnaire. Results: The overall rate of positive perception towards orthodontic treatment was 48.5%. Compared to adults in their 20s (63.2%), those in their 40s and 50s had a lower percentage of interest in orthodontic treatment (46.2% and 45.1%, respectively; p < 0.05). Overall, women (52.2%) had a higher rate of interest than did men (42.6%; p < 0.05). The area of living had no effect on the percentage of interest. The order of priority of chief complaints differed according to age: protrusion for those in the 20s and 30s, and spacing for those in the 40s to 60s. Overall, the main reason for not seeking treatment was the treatment fee. Respondents aged over 40 considered themselves "too old" for orthodontic treatment. Conclusions: The middle-aged had a relatively high percentage of interest (above 45%) in orthodontic treatment. However, demographic characteristics were not significantly associated with the positive interest. These results highlight the need for educating the middle-aged about the limitations and possibilities of orthodontic treatment to increase its acceptance.