• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.20 no.10
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• pp.458-469
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• 2020

Geriatric depression is associated with pathological changes in the brain and increases the risk of cognitive impairment or dementia. However, high cognitive reserve, such as high education, can delay or minimize clinical manifestations of pathologies involving the brain, so the effect of geriatric depression on cognitive impairment or dementia may vary depending on the education level. In this study, the author analyzed data from the Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging (KLoSA) to examine whether the effect of geriatric depression on cognitive function differed depending on education level. Among the 10,254 subjects registered in the KLoSA, the 4,905 subjects who met the inclusion criteria were analyzed by stepwise regression analysis. The results were as follows: first, depressive symptoms predicted low cognitive function after 12 years; second, the negative effect of depressive symptoms on cognitive function after 12 years was higher in the old adult group than in the young adult group; and third, the effect of age was significant only in the low-educated group. These results suggest that depressive symptoms in low-educated old adults may increase the risk of development of dementia in the long term.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.15 no.9
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• pp.233-242
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• 2015

This study was carried out as a preliminary study to analyze how emotion(depression and anxiety) after spouse bereavement in old age affects social interaction and to set a direction of developing programs based on the cause and period of bereavement to promote social interaction for those bereaved people. To that end, welfare facilities and schools for the elderly and churches located in Seoul, and Suwon and Osan areas were visited and surveys were executed on 350 aged people who had experienced spouse bereavement from September 26 through October 25, 2014. Analysis was executed for 325 questionnaires out of the total of 350 using SPSS WIN 20. Study findings are as follows: first, the average of emotion and social interaction due to bereavement was not significantly different between groups; second, the average of emotion and social interaction due to bereavement period was not significantly different between groups; third, the impact of bereavement type and period statistically significant. These findings implies that social interaction programs for the aged people can be developed regardless of bereavement cause or period.

• Korean Journal of Culture and Social Issue
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• v.27 no.4
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• pp.505-528
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• 2021

The current study examined the differential effects of giving and receiving social support in the elderly when relationships(family, friend/neighbor) are important. For this purpose, the mediation effects of meaning in life on the relationship between giving and receiving social support and self-esteem were analyzed. Self-reporting data of 310 adults aged over 60 living in Busan and Gyeongnam in South Korea were collected regarding giving and receiving social support, meaning of life and self-esteem. The mediation analysis showed that giving social support had a positive effect on self-esteem with the partial mediation effect of meaning in life. Receiving social support, however, showed no significant mediation effect of meaning in life. This pattern was similar regardless of both family and non-family relations. The result that giving social support enhances self-worth in the elderly through meaning in life suggests the importance of social interaction with intimate others as a source of happiness in the elderly.

• Proceedings of KHEA Conference
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• 2004.04a
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• pp.189-189
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• 2004

• 한국노년학
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• v.29 no.2
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• pp.729-742
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• 2009

The purpose of this study was to examine the changes of emotion experiences in old age and confirm the effects of emotional characteristics on the subjective well-being in old age by the longitudinal study. This longitudinal study started from 2003 and every two year we performed panel study. We analysed the data from old participants who participated tree-times(2003, 2005, 2007)and over 65 year-old. Finally, 844 old participants(male, 340; female, 504)' data were analysed. The elderly experienced more positive emotions than negatives and these results represented affective optimization. We performed mixed ANOVA method and confirmed significant change of emotion experiences during 6 years. Positive emotion experiences and negative emotion experiences were decreased as they get older. We also examined the effects of emotional experiences on the subjective well-being. In results, emotion experiences were more effective than the demographic variables for maintaining subjective well-being in old age. Decreasing negative emotion experiences and increasing positive emotion experiences can keep happy life up in old age. The importance of the quality of emotional life in old age and the necessity of longitudinal study of aging were discussed.

• The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.153-167
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• 2019

Purpose: The aim of this study was to examine factors influencing health-related quality of life in middle and old adult one-person households. Method: This study carried out secondary analysis using the data from the $7^{th}$ Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Subject samples who were selected are 497 middle and old adult one-person households over 40 years. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, simple and multiple regression techniques with the SPSS/WIN 24 program. Result: Factors influencing health-related quality of life in middle adult one-person households were activity limitation, depression, exercise, smoking habits with 57% prediction. In male old adult one-person households they were subjective health, metabolic syndrome, activity limitation, perceived stress with 44.8% prediction and in female old adult one-person households they were subjective health, activity limitation, home income with 35.9% prediction. Conclusion: Therefore, to improve their health-related quality of life it needs to develop & to apply national and local promotion policy and intervention program on health-related quality of life of middle and old adult one-person households.

• Food preservation and processing industry
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.3-16
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• 2014

${\bigcirc}$ SWOT 분석 내용을 토대로 신바이오틱스를 활용한 노년층 맞춤형 건강기능식품 시장 진입에 있어 고려 사항에 대하여 다음과 같이 제언함. ${\bigcirc}$ (노년층 맞춤형 건강기능식품에 대한 차별성 강조) 기존 시중에 판매되고 있는 건강기능식품의 경우 특정 연령층을 대상으로 한 제품이 아닌 전 연령층을 대상으로 한 기능성을 강조한 제품으로 각 업체별 시장 진입시 '노년층 맞춤형 건강기능식품'이라는 점을 부각, 차별성 확보 방안이 필요함. ${\bigcirc}$ (신바이오틱스의 기능성 홍보 방안 마련) 상기한 바와 같이 현재 홍삼 및 비타민 중심의 시장이 형성되어 있어 프로바이오틱스를 포함한 신바이오틱스에 대한 인지가 낮은 상황으로 이를 해소할 수 있도록 신바이오틱스 기능성을 강조한 홍보 방안 마련이 필요함. ${\bigcirc}$ (환자식 제품시장 진입 고려) 현재 국내 노년층 건강식품시장은 아직 규모 및 활성화가 미비한 도입기에 시장으로 판단되는 만큼, 노인 건강기능식품 시장에 우선 진입함으로써 가질수 있는 선발자 우위 확보 전략 또는 신비아오틱스 활용이 가능한 관련 시장 중 환자식(특수의료용도식품)제품 시장에 제품차별화를 통해 기존 시장에 진입하는 전략 등에 대한 고려가 필요.

• Fiber Technology and Industry
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.128-140
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• 2004

젊은이들이 시장을 지배하는 시대는 끝났다. 빠른 속도로 성장하며 영향력을 확대하는 새로운 인구집단이 등장하고 있다. 미래학자 피터 드러커의 말이다. 실버 세대는 태풍의 눈처럼 겉으로 드러나지는 않지만 조용히, 그 위력을 키워나가고 있다. 현대 의학의 발달로 평균수명이 연장되면서 노인인구가 증가하고, 일생의 주기 중에서도 노년기가 길어지고 있다. 실버세대가 경제적 자립을 하면서 노년층이 거대한 소비 세력으로 자리 잡고, 소비 트렌드를 좌우하는 소비주체로 분류되고 있다. 노인의 의ㆍ식ㆍ주 생활과 관련된 노인복지에 대해 관심이 고조됨에 따라 선진 기업들은 전략적 시장개척을 위한 다양한 기술 개발과 실버산업에 적극 투자하고 있다. (중략)

• 한국노년학
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• v.32 no.3
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• pp.895-912
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• 2012

The authors aimed to identify the patterns of mutual support between aged parents and their adult offsprings and to analyze the demographic and social characteristics of each pattern and the quality of living for the aged parents. The data of the study were drawn from the 2008 Survey of the Living Conditions and Welfare for the Elderly published by the Ministry of the Health and Welfare. The sample of our analysis was 14,843 aged persons with their adult offsprings. A cluster analysis produced four types of mutual support patterns: High mutual supporters, parents as beneficiaries, parents as benefactors, ans low mutual supporters, with parents as benefactors as the most frequent pattern of mutual support. The study showed that the group of high mutual supporters was highest in the quality of life while the group of parents as beneficiaries lowest. This findings imply that the support relationship between old people and their adult offsprings may undergo transformation towards a two-way relation of mutual support.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nutrition Society Conference
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• 2003.05a
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• pp.131.2-131.2
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• 2003