• 생명과학회지
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• 제33권7호
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• pp.574-585
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• 2023

노인들에서 근감소증은 의료-간호비용 증가의 주요 원인 중 하나가 되고 있다. 한국에서는 근감소증 예방 대책이 일반적으로 특정 질병이 없는 노인들을 대상으로 하지만, 요양원-요양병원에서 집단 거주하는 노인들의 근감소증 대책도 필요하다. 근감소증은 운동량 감소, 단백질 및 영양분(미네랄, 비타민 포함) 섭취 감소, 테스토스테론 및 성장호르몬 변화, 염증 등의 원인으로 발생한다. 분자 생물학적인 정확한 병태생리 기전의 이해가 요구된다. 근감소증은 골다공증, 낙상으로 인한 골절, 치매, 당뇨병, 심혈관 질환 등의 증상을 연결될 수 있다. 비타민 B 패밀리(B1-3, B5-7, B9 및 B12) 결핍을 근감소증 유발의 연구 대상으로 선택한 이유는 다음과 같다. 이는 비타민 B가 에너지 및 단백질 대사에 직접 관여하여 정상적인 신경 기능 유지에 필수적이다. 비타민 B 결핍은 신경-근육 질환, 신경성 질환으로 나타날 수 있으며, 노인성 근감소증과 병행하는 경우가 많다. 노인들은 적정치 이하의 비타민 B 패밀리 섭취, 흡수 장애 및 무식증 문제 등을 겪을 가능성이 높다. 초고령화 사회에서 elderly가 자립적으로 일상생활을 할 수 있는 'health lifetime'을 유지하는 것은 개인의 행복추구와 사회경제적 부담을 줄일수 있는 최고의 목표이다. 본 연구는 근감소증과 관련하여 노인들의 근육량 감소 및 근육 기능 저하를 조절하는 수용성 비타민 B 패밀리의 최신 정보를 제공한다. 또한, 비타민 B 패밀리를 통한 마이오카인에 의한 근감소증의 조절 가능성도 소개한다.

• 한국노년학
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.195-209
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• 2005

본 연구는 치매노인 발생이라는 가족 위기에 대하여 이를 돌보는 치매가족의 누적스트레스 정도를 확인하고 누적스트레스에 영향을 미치는 변수를 규명하기 위한 서술적 조사 연구이다. 대상자는 가정 내에서 동거를 하며 치매노인을 돌보는 가족 중 편의표출법에 의해 선택된 102명이었다. 연구도구로는 McCubbin(1987)의 누적스트레스 측정 도구, McCubbin, Patterson과 Thompson(1991)의 가족 강인성 측정 도구, McCubbin, Patterson과 Glynn(1982)의 사회적지지 측정 도구, McCubbin, Larsen과 Olson(1982)의 친척 및 친구지지 측정 도구, 그리고 McCubbin, Larsen 과 Olson(1981)에 의해 개발된 가족의 문제해결 및 대응전략 측정 도구를 이용하였다. 본 연구결과 치매노인을 돌보는 가족의 누적스트레스 정도는 평균 1.74점(범위 1.3-2점)로 나타나 비교적 높은 누적스트레스를 나타내었다. 가족의 강인성, 사회적지지, 친척 및 친구지지, 가족의 문제해결 및 대응전략의 점수가 높을수록 가족의 누적 스트레스 정도가 낮아지는 것으로 나타났다. 가족의 누적스트레스에 영향을 미치는 주요변수들은 8%의 설명력을 보여주었고 여기에 치매노인을 돌보는 가족의 일반적 특성 중 주간호제공자가 인지한 본인의 건강상태, 치매노인의 건강상태, 하루 중 치매노인을 돌보는 시간, 치매노인을 돌본 기간, 치매가족의 총수입, 치매노인을 돌보는데 드는 비용 등 모든 변수를 중심으로 다중 회귀분석을 한 결과 이 모형에서는 21.7%의 설명력을 보여주었다. 이 변수들 중 치매가족의 총수입과 치매노인을 돌보는데 드는 비용이 통계적으로 유의하게 나타났는데, 이는 가족의 누적스트레스를 감소하기 위해서는 그 어떤 변수보다도 가족의 안정을 위한 기본 요소인 경제부분이 많은 영향력을 미치고 있음을 알 수 있었고, 차후 치매노인을 돌보는 비용을 감소할 수 있는 정책적이고 구조적인 장치가 필요함을 시사하고 있다.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.623-634
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• 1994

Although the average menopausal age has not changed, women's life span has increased. Today's women live longer after their menopause than those in the past, and this calls for attention in both nursing and medical fields. Many studies have revealed how women reacted to menopause and suffered from it. But they did not discriminate the menopausal meaning and effects from the climacteric phenomena. So, this author tried to clarify what menopause itself meant to the climacteric women, by means of grounded theory methodology. The interviewees were 21 women, whose ages were between 46 and 60 years. They were selected by theoretical sampling technique, and the author tried to include all levels of important variables such as age, educational background, religion and job. Data were collected by the author through in -depth interviews and observations in July, 1994. The interviews were mostly done in the homes of the subjects, or in some cases at the author's office or in a hospital. Interviews took from 30 minutes to 2 hours. Interviews were tape recorded and transcribed later by a research assistant. Data were analyzed as gathered, by the constant comparative method proposed by Strauss and Corbin. Eleven concepts were discovered from the data, and they were grouped under six higher order categories. These six categories were "to give menopause a meaning", "to experience value change", "to have self-help strategies", "to have no strategies", "to live a life worth living", "to have a sense of powerlessness" Among these "to experionce value change" was . selected as the core category. Five major categories were systematically integrated around the core category. Women's adaptation to menopause was defined as proceeding as follows : Most women felt relief and sorrow at the same time when they faced menopause, and some only sorrow or agony. Then, they consulted with others about menopausal symptoms, or tried to think of them by themselves. Finally, they gave menopause a meaning, which was that menopause and its symptoms were natural phenomena. But menopause made women reflect on them-selves and their past lives. As they reflected on themselves, their value on life began to change. As their value changed, some women seeked self help strategies. Those self help strategies were what they had learned from collegues, professionals or mass media. The quality of their lives depended on whether they practiced self help strategies or not. Three types of lives were found. Twelve women enjoyed a life worth living, and practiced the self help strategies, because they accepted menopause a chance to change. They were characterized by a high educational level, having a professional job and a sincere faith in God. Seven women were living as usual, because they did not have the necessity to change. They were high school graduates and house wives. Two women recognized menopause a chance to change, but they did not try self help strategies. Their characteristic was low educational level. Those who did not try self help strategies complained of powerlessness to varying degrees. The educational background, full-time jobs and faith helped women adapt to menopause positively. But social support was not helpful to women's adaptation to menepause. Three hypotheses were derived from the analysis. (1) The higher the educational level, the more theneed to change. (2) Women with higher educational background will practice self help strategies more than those with lower edcational background. (3) The more women practice self help strategies, the worthier lives they will live. Suggestions for further studies are as follows. (1) Studies to test hypotheses are needed. (2) A study to find the relationship between the degree of practicing self help strategies and locus of control. (3) Spiritual approaches would better be applied to help menopausal women. (4) Education through mass media should be given mere frequently.

• 지역사회간호학회지
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.513-522
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• 2002

This study investigated stress and the extent of climacteric symptoms in mid-life men, and examined their relationship in order to better understand the stress and climacteric symptom experiences of mid-life men, and thereby attempted to offer basic materials for the development of a health improvement program that may help increase the quality of life of mid-life men. Three hundred mid-life men whose ages were between 40 and 59 and resided in the Seoul area were subjects of this study. The data were analyzed with the SAS PC program using descriptive statistics to analyze subjects' general characteristics and variables of stress and the extent of climacteric symptoms of the subjects. The relationship between stress and climacteric symptoms were examined by the Pearson Correlation Coefficient, and stress and the extent of climacteric symptoms in relation to the general characteristics were analyzed by T-test and ANOVA. The study conclusions are as follows: 1. Subjects general characteristics The average, age of the subjects was 46 and 47.0% of them reported ages between 40 and 45. Of the subjects, 98% were married. In marriage satisfaction, those who were generally satisfied with their married life comprised 62.0% of the subjects. In terms of level of education, 95.7% were educated above the high school level. In occupational background, 59.7% had occupations related to technologies. As for religion, 42.7% had no religion. In number of children, 67.3% had 2 children. In residential status, 79,3% were living in their own homes. In terms of living arrangements, 87.7% of the subjects were living in the form of nuclear families. 2. Stress and the extent of climacteric symptoms The level of stress was scored as $2.94{\pm}0.74$, and considering that the overall examination score is $27.16{\pm}1.32$, the subjects' stress level was not viewed as particularly high. The average score of the extent of climacteric symptoms was $35.37{\pm}0.27$. The extent of sub-domains of climacteric symptoms included skeleton symptoms ($39.37{\pm}2.81$), joint pain ($39.16{\pm}3.66$), vasomotor symptoms ($35.39{\pm}3.01$), other symptoms ($36.99{\pm}3.02$), psychological symptoms ($34.68{\pm}3.01$), urogenic symptoms ($35.03{\pm}3.27$), and cardiovascular symptoms ($33.70{\pm}2.78$). 3. General characteristics in relation to the stress level The subjects' general characteristics that were significantly related to the level of stress were marriage status (F=4.38, p=.001), marriage satisfaction (F=4.56, p=.001), educational background (F=2.68, p=.012), and age (F=2.48, p=.033). 4. General characteristics in relation to the level of climacteric symptoms The subjects' general characteristics that were significantly related to the level of climacteric symptoms were educational background (F=3.26, p=.007), age (F=2.58, p=.027), marriage status (F=2.62, p=.025), and marriage satisfaction (F=2.78. p=.032). 5. The correlation between stress and climacteric symptoms The subjects' level of stress and climacteric symptoms were significantly related to each other (r=0.578, p=0.000). The subjects' level of stress was correlated with sub-domains of the climacteric symptoms including psychological symptoms (r=0.579, p=0.000), joint pain (r=0.479, p=0.000), skeleton symptoms (r=0.477, p=0.000), other symptoms (r=0.467, p=0.000), vasomotor symptoms (r=0.4615, p=0.000), cardiovascular symptoms (r=0.458, p=0.000), urogenic symptoms (r=0.401. p=0.000). In summary, the climacteric symptoms suffered by mid-life men are positively correlated with their level of stress. In addition, the climacteric symptoms were affected by the level of stress.

• 재활치료과학
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.31-37
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• 2014

목적 : 본 연구는 국내 장기요양보험서비스를 제공받는 치매환자를 대상으로 다양한 분야에서 이루어진 작업 중심 회상치료 프로그램을 중재 적용한 연구 효과에 대해 검토해보고자 체계적 고찰을 시행하였다. 연구방법 : 2009년부터 2013년 까지 한국교원학술정보원을 통해서 확인되는 논문을 검색하였고 주요 검색용어로는 치매, 시설 서비스, 주간 보호 센터, 회상치료, 작업 중심 프로그램 등의 단어를 사용하였다. 연구결과 : 분석 결과 총 6편의 논문이 선정되었으며 선정된 연구에서의 회상치료는 모두 작업 중심 프로그램을 병행한 집단 회상치료이다. 세부 중재 형태는 의사소통 중심 회상치료, 작업 중심 회상치료로 크게 2가지 형태로 나눌 수 있었다. 치매 환자 대상의 회상치료의 효과는 인지기능 유지 및 회상기능 향상, 우울감소, 문제행동 감소, 의사소통 및 사회적 상호작용 향상, 삶의 질 향상 등 총 5가지 효과가 보고되었으며, 연구의 질적인 측면에서는 적은 대상군, 짧은 연구기간, 추적조사 미시행으로 인해 전반적으로 낮은 수준의 내적, 외적 타당도를 보였다. 결론 : 추후의 연구에서는 보다 많은 수의 대상군의 확보와 추적조사를 통한 지속적인 치료적 효과에 대한 연구가 이루어져야 할 것이며 치매환자 대상의 다양한 형태의 작업 중심 회상치료의 연구가 이루어져야 할 것으로 사료된다.

• 대한치위생과학회지
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.41-51
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• 2019

Introduction: This study intended to identify the current oral health care status and demand of care workers for oral health education. Methods: A survey was distributed to care workers working in 11 nursing homes for older people located in the Chungcheongdo Province. Of those distributed, 217 questionnaires were collected and analyzed. To analyze the collected data, a frequency analysis, t-test, and one-way analysis of variance(ANOVA) were performed using SPSS version 18.0. Results: The demand for an educational course on the 'Management of Oral Health Care for the Aged People' had a score of 4.22 points(full marks were 5.0 points), whereas the score for the necessity for control of oral health was 4.29 points. The control of oral health for the aged people suffering dysphagia scored 4.27 points, whereas the control of oral health for older people who have dementia was 4.27 points. The score for a course on the nutritional control for aged people having difficulties in masticating foods was 4.27. Conclusion: It is clear that the development of educational courses and standardized manuals for care workers on aspects of oral health care is necessary. Therefore, it would be desirable to develop institutional infrastructure for dental hygienists to educate care workers on oral health.

• 한국경영과학회지
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.15-27
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• 2013

Because consumers tend to have negative opinion about a company that neglects social issues like poverty or pollution while it focuses on its own profit, a lot of companies have invested their resources in Corporate Social Responsibility(CSR). CSR has merits of image improving and profit gaining, on the other hand, it has also many shortcomings. First, the cost of CSR may become a heavy financial burden. Specifically, CSR tends to be implemented by a company's unilateral backup, and then this may impose a heavy burden on the company. Second, one cannot expect effects of CSR in a short-term. Because of these shortcomings, the unilateral CSR has gone into alteration of the type of CSR since 1980's. Instead of unilaterality, Cause-Related Marketing(CRM) began to be used for mutual profits among company, consumers, and society. That is, CRM has become to be spotlighted as a new type of CSR. It focuses on partnership between a company and consumers based on cause and mutual profit pursuing through this partnership. So, many contemporary companies prefer CRM activities that derive their positive corporate image, that increase their sales, and that reduce their financial cost. The IBM Matching Grants Program, which is the largest of the IBM-Employee partnership programs, is a typical CRM. This program enables employees and retirees to increase the value of their donations to educational institutions, hospitals, hospices, nursing homes, and cultural & environmental organizations with a matching gift from IBM. Hundreds of educational institutions and thousands of nonprofit organizations have benefited from the contributions by IBM. There might be various types of matching grants. For example, an employee might choose a lump-sum expense or partitioning a lump-sum into a series of small ongoing expenses for his (or her) donation, and a firm might match the employee's total contribution with a lump-sum expense or might match the employee's total contribution with a series of small ongoing expenses. However, it is not easy to find an academic research on which type of matching grant is preferred by employees. This paper shows that an employee prefers the type of matching grants that consists of a lump-sum expense for his (or her) contribution and a series of small ongoing expenses for a firm's contribution [or the type of matching grants that consists of a series of small ongoing expenses for an employee's contribution and a lump-sum expense for a firm's contribution] to the other types of matching grants.

• Architectural research
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2006

Various housing measures are needed for the rapidly aging society of Korea. In particular, the welfare policy for the elderly has changed towards the community care. Taking this fact into consideration, it is necessary to have the establishment of a system that offers the elderly appropriate welfare services at their appropriate residence (ageing in place) for the effectiveness of the community care. In this aspect, there are a number of implications to Korea to study merits and demerits of the Health Facilities for the Aged (HFA) in Japan. The society of Japan has been rapidly aging since 1970, and Korea is to face the same situation. As for the data of this study, a total of 2,393 facilities (as of November 1999) mentioned in the annual report of the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare were classified based on types of their establishment: (1) free-standing structures (603 facilities); (2) annexes to hospitals (981 facilities); (3) annexes to welfare facilities (511 facilities); and (4) annexes to clinics (298 facilities). Next, 239 facilities were selected through taking a sample of 10 percent from each type of the HFA mentioned above. This was done through the random sampling method with the computer program of MS EXCEL. The Implications of the results of analyses are as follows. First, most of the health facilities were planned with the scale that was larger than the scale of standard special nursing homes in terms of the total floor area. Precise equations that were to obtain precise results of the scale of the HFA and the appropriate number of residents were obtained through the method of the regression analysis. Korea and Japan have similarities in terms of culture, society and family relations; however, the two countries also have differences in terms of the application of laws on the establishment of houses, hospitals, and welfare facilities. As for planning the scale of the HFA, the realities of Korea should be considered. Second, as for the functional aspect of the HFA with a condition of returning home, the place before and after the HFA showed the pattern of 'from a residential place to a residential place' and 'from a hospital to a hospital.' This reveals a close correlation with the types of the HFAs and operational ways of the facilities. Its cause is considered to be the aspect of the operation and management of the HFA rather than the aspect of its function of providing services in association with medical and health facilities. Therefore, when intermediate welfare facilities are considered in Korea, it is strongly advised to consider the problem of annexes to other facilities and efficiency of sharing of the facilities in terms of its operation and management.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제21권8호
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• pp.52-59
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• 2020

본 연구는 고령자의 우울과 기능 및 삶의 질에 대한 현수 복합 운동의 영향을 파악하여 일상생활기능과 삶의 질에 미치는 것에 대해 알아보고자 하는 것이다. 연구방법으로는 D시에 소재한 M병원의 요양 노인 중 65세 이상의 대상자 중 40명의 고령자를 현수 복합 운동 프로그램 그룹(n=20)과 대조군(n=20)으로 무작위 배정하여 비교하였다. 이는 현수 복합 운동프로그램과 현수가 없는 같은 프로그램을 12주 동안 주 2일 60분간의 실험 전후를 분석하였다. 또한 삶의 질은 자기효능감을 사용하여 측정하였다. 그룹 내 비교를 위하여 대응표본 t-검정을 그룹간의 비교에는 독립표본 t-검정을 사용했습니다. 연구결과 실험 군은 대조군과 비교하고 모든 평가(GDS, FIM, 자기 효능감)에서 유의하게 높은 변화를 나타났다(p<.0.05). 그리고 실험군 그룹의 일반적 자기효능감에서는 큰 변화가 없었다(p>0.05). 본 연구를 통하여 알 수 있는 것은 현수 복합운동프로그램이 노인들의 삶의 질 개선에 효과적인 것으로 나타났다. 또한 실험을 프로그램은 노인의 우울과 일상생활기능과 삶의 질 개선에 도움이 될 수 있다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.203-210
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• 2018

영국은 사회복지 돌봄에서 시장화를 유럽에서 가장 먼저 추진한 나라로 유명하다. 영국의 시장화 정책은 사회민주주의 국가에게도 영향을 끼칠 정도로 여러 나라가 시장화 정책을 도입해서 추진하고 있고 우리나라도 장기요양보험제도를 통해서 시장화 정책을 적극 도입했다. 본 연구의 목적은 영국 정부가 최근에 단행한 성인 돌봄 시장의 감독 강화 개혁을 분석하고 이를 토대로 한국 장기요양보험의 정책적인 시사점을 모색하는데 있다. 연구결과에 따르면, 영국은 시장을 적극적으로 관리 감독하고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 특히, 대규모 요양시설의 갑작스러운 파산 이후에 '2014년 돌봄 법'을 제정해서 돌봄품질위원회(Care Quality Commission)가 6단계별로 대규모 서비스 제공기관의 재정 상태와 서비스 질 등 측면에서 파산의 위험성을 사전적으로 분석하고 있다. 이를 통해서 제공기관이 일정한 수준으로 위험성이 높아지면 그 결과를 지방정부에 통보해서 파산과 같은 상황에 체계적으로 대응하도록 했다. 영국의 개혁은 장기요양 시장에 문제가 있는 한국에 시장에 대한 감독 강화, 새로운 감독 시스템 구축, 공공 감독 조직의 확대, 국민건강보험공단의 정보 공개 등의 정책적인 시사점을 제시한다.