• Research in Community and Public Health Nursing
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.179-188
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• 2009

This study is conducted to survey and examine the relationships among anxiety about aging, perceived health status and health promoting behaviors in the elderly, and to provide basic data for health promoting interventions that would improve their successful aging. Me1hods: Data in this study was collected from 333 elderly participants living in Susan. Descriptive statistics, t-test or ANOVA with Scheffe's test, Pearson's correlation coefficients and stepwise multiple regression were used for data analysis. Results: The major findings of this study were as follows. 1) The mean score of anxiety about aging was 2.67 $\pm$ 0.30, perceived health status 2.46 $\pm$ 0.37, and health promoting behavior 2.77 $\pm$ 0.21.2) There was a positive correlation between health promoting behavior and perceived health status (r = 267, P= .000). There was a negative correlation between anxiety about aging and health promoting behavior (r = -.163, P=.003). 3) Health-promoting behavior was significantly associated with perceived health and anxiety about aging, which explained 20.9% of variance in health-promoting behavior. Conclusion: In order to promote perceived health status and to decrease anxiety about aging in the elderly, it is necessary to develop supporting interventions to decrease anxiety about aging

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2007.04b
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• pp.2-4
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• 2007

대다수 국민들이 많은 불안감을 갖고 있는 극저주파전자계(ELF EMF)의 건강영향에 대한 논쟁배경, 전자파와 전자계의 특성 구분, 국민의 전자계에 대한 인식도 조사, 전력시설 건설반대 민원현황을 분석한다. 또한 전자계 건강영향 동물실험 결과, 국내 전력시설별 전자계의 노출현황 둥을 분석하고, 세계보건기구(WHO)의 국제권고기준에 따라 국내 전력시설의 전자계 안전성에 대하여 논하고자 한다.

• Journal of dental hygiene science
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.172-181
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• 2015

This study intends to improve the radiation safety management and the recognition for handling radiation using structured questionnaires to dental hygienists working at Jeollabuk-do from September 1 to October 31 in 2014. As a result, 63% of respondents have not received education for radiation safety management. Moreover, the practical degree for radiation safety management was $2.58{\pm}1.11$, while the degree of knowledge was $3.74{\pm}0.83$ of total 5.0. The results of insecurity for radiation danger were high as $3.88{\pm}0.92$, and insecurity for fetus during pregnancy shows the highest value as $4.43{\pm}0.71$. From the results of statistical significance level, the knowledge degree of radiation safety management is affected by total numbers of radiograpy for a day (p<0.05), and the practical degree of radiation safety management is affected by age group, academic background, monthly income, continuous service year, practice area, present position, and status of radiography in present (p<0.05). In addition, the knowledge degree of radiation safety management have a negative correlation (r=-0.232) with the practical degree, but have a positive correlation (r=0.262) with the insecurity for radiation danger. The high knowledge degree of radiation safety management (${\beta}=0.252$, p<0.001) and the short radiography work period (${\beta}=-0.341$, p<0.05) were the influential factors to the insecurity for radiation danger. Consequently, countermeasures are necessary to encourage dental hygienists to put their radiation safety management knowledge into the practice and to reduce the insecurity degree for radiation danger. Furthermore, it is important to prevent psychological and physical risks by radiation exposure through the improvement of radiation safety management level and recognition for handling radiation to improve medical environment.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.11 no.5
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• pp.289-297
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• 2020

This study was to explore factors determining school-based student health screening participation. Participants were six health coordinators in West Virginia, the United States. They have responsibilities in the student health screening and conducted a phone interview. The results are as follows. First, opt-in of health screening came from the interest in students' health, peer pressure, and free screening. Second, opt-out of health screening came from the indifference to a school newsletter, anxiety about an information disclosure, and the fear of drawing blood. Third, the advantage of health screening was provided for free. Fourth, the primary decision-maker was parents, but sometimes was children. Fifth, non-family members also influenced on the participation in the health screening. Therefore, a school newsletter, parents and teachers education, and free screening may be required to improve the participation rate.

• Journal of agricultural medicine and community health
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• v.29 no.1
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• pp.1-14
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• 2004

Objectives: We investigated the factors related to health examination behaviors, sociodemographic aspects and lifestyles of elderly persons with different social backgrounds, and compared sexual and regional differences in urban and rural elderlies. Methods: The total study subjects(464 individuals) from urban(236) and rural areas(228), recruited by a stratified cluster random sampling were interviewed and examined about their sociodemographic profiles, daily lifestyles, subjective health status, conditions concerning use of medical resources, hearing acuity, visual acuity and ADL(activity of daily living), and whether they receive health examination or not. For statistical analysis, Chi-square test was used for sexual and regional comparisons among the groups who have been given a health examination and the one who have not. Results: In urban areas, the rate of having underwent health examination was 54.5% in men and 46.9% in women, and in rural areas, it was 59.8% in men and 42.7% in women, showing its higher rate in men than in women in both areas. For regional differences between the group who have taken a health examination and the one who have not, there was a significant difference in terms of age, family pattern, current job, monthly household income, owning a house, drinking status, eating habit, subjective health status, whether they have taken outpatient medical service for the recent 3 months or not, anxiety for the health, and IADL conditions according to whether the community is rural or urban. In multiple regressions, the influential factors on the health examination behaviors were selected such as having their own house, their family doctor, amnesia, urinary incontinence and chronic disease in urban districts. But in rural districts, the variables were selected such as having or not of their family doctor, urinary incontinence, anxiety for the health, educational level, their own house and chronic disease. Conclusions: It is suggested that the approach to the health examination of an older patient requires substantial consideration of highly variable individual sociodemographic characteristics involving regional attributes as well as their daily life styles, subjective health status, status of performing health examination, physical health status and ADL conditions.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.611-619
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• 2022

This study utilized the data from 2017, 2019 Korean National Health and Nutrition Survey to analyze the factors influencing depression and suicidal ideation among single-person households. For the analysis, demographic and economic variables as well as health status/behavior variables were considered. Activity restriction (OR: 4.753, p-value: <.0001) and smoking status (OR: 2.013, p-value: 0.044) were significantly associated with depression, and in terms of suicidal ideation, household income (OR: 3.526, p-value: 0.043), subjective health status (OR: 2.945, p-value: 0.007), activity restriction (OR: 2.263, p-value: 0.003) and smoking status (OR: 2.000, p-value: 0.023) showed significant association. In this regard, single-person households are likely to experience psychological angst, and further experience mental problems due to socio-economic and physical crisis. Therefore, it is necessary to establish a social network system in the community to detect those in need and provide appropriate interventions to prevent harmful outcomes.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2008.07a
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• pp.339-340
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• 2008

전자계가 인체건강에 미치는 영향에 대해 막연한 불안감을 갖고 있는 실정이다. 그러나 최근까지도 국내외 주요 동물실험 결과에서 어떠한 과학적 근거도 입증할 수 없는 상태이며, 세계보건기구(WHO)의 연구결과는 국제가이드라인을 반드시 지킬 것을 권장하고 있으며, 과학적 사실에 주의를 기울이면서 관련 연구프로그램을 장려하고, 자의적으로 낮은 노출제한치를 적용하는 것은 정당하지 않다고 발표하였다. 본고에서는 주요 동물실험결과, WHO 연구결과, 국내 전력설비별 전자계 노출현황, 대국민 인식조사 및 소송사례에 대해 검토하고 전자계의 안전성에 대해 고찰하고자 한다.

• Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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• v.21 no.4 s.100
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• pp.80-87
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• 2006

일상생활에서 전자파의 사용이 급증함에 따라 국민들의 전자파에 대한 건강상의 심각한 잠재적 위험성에 대한 관심과 우려가 증가하고 있고, 다른 기기의 오동작 등 전자파환경 문제가 사회적 문제로 대두되고 있다. 전자파에 대한 올바른 이해와 막연한 불안감 해소를 위하여 전자파 환경기술에 대해 전자파 장해와 인체영향 분야로 나누어 살펴보았다. 먼저, 전자파 장해 관련 기술은 규제 차원의 제도적인 문제와 시험 및 대책을 위한 전자파 측정과 대책 설계 등의 해석 기술을 다루었으며, 전자파 인체영향은 잠재적 위험성에 대한 예방정책의 일환인 인체보호기준과 이에 대한 생물학적 근거, 그리고 전반적인 연구분야에 대해 설명하였다. 끝으로 전자파로부터 안전한 전자기기 이용환경을 실현하기 위한 정책 방향에 대해서 제시하였다.

• Korea Petroleum Association Journal
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• s.308
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• pp.44-47
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• 2018

요즘 환경 문제 중 가장 큰 이슈는 바로 미세먼지이다. 필자의 가정에서도 늘 아침에 아이들이 스마트폰의 어플리케이션을 통해 미세먼지 현황을 체크하고 필자에게도 오늘은 마스크를 착용해야 할지 알려주고 있다. 어느덧 미세먼지 현황을 체크하는 것이 일상생활이 되었다. 하지만, 대부분의 국민들은 정확하게 미세먼지가 건강에 어느 정도로 악영향을 끼치는지 알지 못한 채 막연한 불안감만을 가지고 하루하루를 지내고 있다. 또한, 선거철마다 모든 후보자들이 미세먼지 저감 대책을 공약으로 제시하고 있지만, 국민들은 확실하지 않은 대책에 오히려 더 불안해하고 있다. 그리고 대부분의 국민들은 미세먼지 문제의 주범으로 중국을 지목하고 있지만, 중국발 미세먼지가 국내 미세먼지에 어느 정도의 기여도를 가지고 있는지 정확하게 알 수 있는 방법은 존재하지 않는다. 따라서 현재 우리가 할 수 있는 방법은 국내에 미세먼지를 구성하는 성분을 할 수 있는 한 최대한 저감하는 대책을 수립하는 것이다.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.17 no.10
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• pp.569-581
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• 2016

The purpose of this study was to determine factors affecting self-rated health status among the elderly in urban areas. The study subjects were 390 persons aged 65 years and older who had lived more than 5 years in D city. Interviews from the questionnaire were conducted from June through August 2016. The distribution of self-rated health status was rated in terms of dependent variables, with odds ratios and their 95% confidence intervals calculated using unconditional logistic models. As a result, 67.2% of the study subjects answered that they were healthy, whereas 32.8% were unhealthy. In the logistic regression analysis, disability and lowered IADL greatly lowered self-rated health status. The group without an occupation, living expenses from governmental subsidies, frequency of relative contents is seldom, anxiety is high, subjective sleep quality is low, satisfaction of daily life is low, had low levels of self-rated health status. Above results suggest that the self-rated health status of the elderly in urban areas is closely related to sociodemographic characteristics, physical health status, social activity participation, and psychosocial factors.