• Journal of agricultural medicine and community health
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• v.34 no.3
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• pp.291-302
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• 2009

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to identify and relationships among quality of life, perceived health status, pain and difficulty of daily activity with degenerative arthritis living in island residents. Methods: The participants were 601 degenerative arthritis patients. Data were collected using structured questionnaires from June 23th to Oct. 08th, 2008 and analyzed using the SPSS 12.0 program. and it included descriptive statistics, t-test, $x^2$-test, Pearson correlation coefficient. Results: The mean quality of life score was 115.87, perceived health status was 4.40, pain was 6.31 and difficulty of daily activity was 77.62. On the demographic variables, age, living arrangement, level of economics showed significant difference for the quality of life and sex and age showed significant difference for the perceived health status, pain, difficulty of daily activity. On the disease-related variables, duration of disease, use of analgesic drug showed significant difference for the dependent variables. There was a significant positive correlation among the quality of life, perceived health status, significant negative correlation pain and difficulty of daily activity. Conclusions: These results suggested that nursing intervention program including pain reduction, enhancing the perceived health status, ADL abilities and quality of life were necessary for the osteoarthritis patients in island residents.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.361-368
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• 2021

This study was conducted to analyze the effects of smoking and drinking on quality of life in Adults. The content was analyzed for aged 30 years or older using data from the 7th National Health and Nutrition Survey(2017). The total number of subjects of this study was 5,465. Socio-demographic characteristics, health-related variables and EQ-5D index scores were used for the analysis. Statistical analysis was performed using the IBM SPSS ver.23 program. As a result of the analysis, there were statistically significant differences in smoking status, binge drinking, subjective health status and stress perception with quality of life. In the regression after adjusting the control variables, 'the amount of alcohol consumed at once(β=.106)' was statistically significant. However smoking status and binge drinking were not statistically significant. Therefore, it is necessary to develop Convergence drinking intervention program to improve the quality of life in adults.

• Digital Contents
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• no.10 s.101
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• pp.50-57
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• 2001

2002년도에는 국민의 삶의 질 향상과 지역 균형 발전을 각 정부 부처의 정보화 추진이 이루어 질 것으로 전망되고 있다. 또한 정부의 생산성 향상과 산업경제가 발전하는 데에도 큰 몫을 할 것으로 보여지고 있다. 이는 지난 9월 19일 정부가 이한동 국무총리 주재로 제 16차 정보화 추진 위원회를 개최하여 심의, 확정한 내년도에 각 부처가 추진해 나갈 23개 분야별 2003년도 정보화촉진시행계획에 따른 것이다. 이날 확정된 2002년도 분야별 정보화 촉진 시행계획에 따르면 2002년 정부가 추진할 정보화사업은 총 24,156억원(국비 16,867억원, 지방비 6,782억원, 민자 508억원)으로 집계되었다.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.16 no.5
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• pp.399-409
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• 2016

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine factors influencing health related quality of life(HRQOL) in patients with hypertension. Methods: This study carried out secondary analysis using the data from the $5^{th}$ Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Subject samples who were selected are 1,240 hypertension patients. The data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics, traditional classic regression, and quantile regression. Results: Restriction of activity, depressive mood, and subjective health status had only significant effects on HRQOL(p<.001). After quantile regression, depressive mood and subjective health status had only significant at 20%(p<.001), 40%(p<.001), and 60%(p<.01) of HRQOL. Perceived stress(p<.001) and regular exercise(p<.01) had only significant at 20% of HRQOL. Current drinking status had only significant at 20%(p<.001) and 80%(p<.01) of HRQOL. Conclusions: Quantile regression maybe a better statistical tool in understanding the heterogeneous effect of hypertension patient's HRQOL as health outcome. Therefore interventions are needed for patients with hypertension to manage each of the factors affecting the patient's perceived health status by each quantile.

• Korean Journal of Social Welfare Studies
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• v.44 no.3
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• pp.347-369
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• 2013

Quality of life for people living with HIV/AIDS is significant as it concerns the treatment process, survival rate, HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment as well. Prevalent prejudice in our society significantly lowers the quality of patient's life. There is a need for an intervention and the effort to eliminate the stigma in order to lessen the negative effects as well. However, there are very few researches that examine the quality of life when it comes to people living with HIV/AIDS; even less when it comes to research that examines the stigma that affects the quality of life negatively. Therefore, this research seeks to verify the moderating effects of social support that seek to eliminate the stigma upon the quality of life in people living with HIV/AIDS. Research had been conducted with 102 people living with HIV/AIDS and the balancing effect of the social effort was verified through hierarchical regression analysis and a simple slope test. As the result of the research, control variables such as educational level and whether the patient has a job or not have significant effect and the stigma that the patient is aware of has significant negative effect. Social support had positive effect in quality of life and that it has a moderating effect on stigma which in turn affects the quality of life. Based on these results, social work related implications that were suggested are as follows; need for information and education as to better the quality of life for people living with HIV/AIDS and eliminate the social stigma and that group support program based on the local community which is needed for social support. Further research was advised based on the limitations of this research.

• Journal of Convergence for Information Technology
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• v.10 no.7
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• pp.215-222
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• 2020

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between mastication problems and quality of life among middle-aged Koreans. The study used data from the 6^th Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey(KNHANES VI). Data on 7,125 respondents aged 40 to 64 were analyzed to evaluate quality of life as measured by the Euro Quality of Life-5D(EQ-5D) index and mastication problems. Quality of life was classified as either low or high based on 0.96. The data were analyzed using SPSS 20.0. The prevalence of low quality of life was significantly higher in the group with mastication problems, at 41.9%, than in the group with no mastication problems(24.4%). After adjusting the general characteristics and oral health status, the odds of a lower quality of life were higher in the those with mastication problems, at 1.77 (95% CI: 1.53-2.06), than in those with no mastication problems. Mastication problem was significantly related to the quality of life. The studies are needed to reflect the oral factors in diverse age groups.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.8 no.4
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• pp.639-648
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• 2013

Metabolic syndrome is the most important risk factors of cardiovascular diseases So, it is judged that Quality of life of persons with metabolic syndrome inevitably deteriorate. For the purpose, the study aims to analyse the number of risk factors, and the relationship between abnormality of each risk factor and Quality of life, targeting adult women aged more than 19. For this study, data from the National Health and Nutrition Behavior Survey in 2007 and 2008 were incorporated and 4,365 subjects were collected for the study. Version 17.0 SPSS was used for data analysis. Statistical significance was defined as p<0.05. As a result of the study, the prevalence rate of metabolic syndrome was 24.2%. According to the number of risk factors of metabolic syndrome the regression coefficient of Quality of life was -0.024 when the number of risk factor was one, -0.048 when there were two risk factors, -0.090 when there were three risk factors, -0.117 when there were four risk factors, and -0.168 when there were five risk factors. The regression coefficient(abnormal/normal)of risk factors of metabolic syndrome were as follows; Waist circumference -0.035, Blood pressure was -0.064, Fasting glucose was -0,026 and HDL cholesterol was -0.012. In conclusion, as it was discovered that risk factors of metabolic syndrome had significant relations with Quality of life, it is suggested that the relations between some significant variables and Quality of life should be actively considered so that adult women can perceive metabolic syndrome properly and endeavor to improve their Quality of life.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.15 no.11
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• pp.385-394
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• 2017

The purpose of this study was identify the factors affecting health related quality of life in urban working elderly. This study used the data from the 6th Korea National Health and Nutrition Examinations Survey and analyzed the demographic characteristics, work related factors, health related factors and health-related quality of life in living urban and aged 65 and over. Data were analyzed using the IBM SPSS 18.0 program. As a result, there were significant differences according to age, sex, marital status, generation composition, education level, family income, house ownership, allowance, private medical insurance, smoking, alcohol, stress. The affecting factors of health-related quality of life were sex, education level, allowance, private medical insurance. According to the results of this study, the health-related quality of life of the elderly should be improved by considering gender specific characteristics and economic status.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2015.05a
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• pp.266-266
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• 2015

기후변화로 인한 다양한 문제는 전 세계적인 사항이며, 그 중 물과 관련한 사항은 가장 큰 문제로 주시되고 있다. 물 관련 인프라와 산업이 미비한 국가에서는 다양한 방법을 통해 자국의 물 공급 등 수자원 문제를 해결하려 하고 있으며, 이는 국내에서 물 산업의 해외진출 기회로 작용하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 해외 수자원 인프라 구축으로 인한 실제적인 효과성을 분석하고자 스리랑카 Galle 광역시 상수도 사업을 대상으로 하여 다양한 효과적 측면 중 사회적 측면인 지역주민의 삶의 질 향상, 경제 활성 기여, 성 인지도 제고, 지속가능성 제고에 대해 평가하였다. 지역주민의 삶의 질 향상은 현지의 통계자료 분석, 관계자 면담 등을 통해 취수시간 감소 및 깨끗한 물 공급 달성과 수인성 질병 감소를 조사하였으며, 경제 활성화 기여는 관련 문헌조사와 주민을 대상으로 한 설문조사를 통하여 그 여부를 파악하였다. 성 인지도 제고는 관계자 면담 및 설문조사를 수행하여 여성가사노동 감소 및 여성의 경제활동 참여 증가정도 및 기여도를 분석하였다. 지속가능성 제고는 관련 정책 개선여부에 대하여 조사 및 분석을 수행하였다. 분석 결과 깨끗한 물 공급이 사업 착수 전보다 원활해 졌으며, 수인성 질병 중 하나인 이질 환자가 감소되어 삶의 질이 향상되었다고 사료된다. 또한 상수도 사업을 통한 기간시설의 용수공급이 원활해지고 용수부족 해소 및 관광산업 등 서비스산업 활성화를 촉진시킴으로서 경제 활성화에 기여했다고 판단할 수 있다. 성인지도 제고에 대한 분석은 원활한 물 공급으로 인하여 여성의 물 관련 가사노동 감소에 기여하였으나 여성의 사회참여 기여에 많은 영향을 미치지는 못한 것으로 사료된다. 마지막으로 상수도시설 확충으로 인하여 용수보급률이 증가하고 이에 따라 관련제도를 개선하여 담당 기관의 재무건전성을 제고시킴으로서 지속가능성을 향상시켰다고 할 수 있다. 스리랑카 Galle 광역시 상수도사업의 이러한 성공적인 결과는 해당 국가의 개발정책과 높은 의지와 인구가 밀집되어있고 인구에 비해 급수보급률이 낮은 지역, 관광서비스 산업 밀집지역이 사업대상지로 선정된 요소가 작용하였다고 할 수 있다. 본 연구 결과를 통해 추후 해외 수자원 사업 진출 시 해당국가의 개발정책의지와 대상지역의 현황, 사업으로 인한 다양한 영향력을 고려한다면 성공적인 사업을 수행할 수 있을 것이다.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.12 no.6
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• pp.49-56
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• 2021

This study aimed to identify the factors affecting the health-related quality of life in terms of periodontal disease by using the data from 8,035 respondents aged ≥40 years, excepting those with cancers having an serious impact on the quality of life, in the seventh Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) (2016-2018). The risk of quality of life deterioration was 1.32 times higher in the periodontal disease group than in the healthy periodontal group, those who were ≥50 years of age and had ≥2 comorbidities showed lower quality of life in the periodontal disease group. These results have confirmed that adults with periodontal disease get aware of the adverse quality of life though they have only a few chronic conditions and are expected to be useful as basic data necessary to develop health promotion programs that can help prevent periodontal disease and improve the health-related quality of life for adults.