• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.17 no.7
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• pp.656-665
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• 2016

Objectives: This study examined the characteristics and related factors by comparing the lifestyles and health behaviors between Korean Seventh-day Adventists and the general population of Korea. Methods: A survey was conducted of 878 people more than 20-years-old Korean Seventh-day Adventists who live in the metropolitan area and 3,000 people more than 20-years-old who live in the metropolitan area in 4th (2nd year) National Health and Nutrition Survey. A comparison of health behaviors related to health screenings, smoking, drinking, physical activity, subjective stress, weight management, and oral health was analyzed using a chi-square test. Logistic regression analysis was used to identify the contributing factor to the health behavior. Results: Health screening rates among Korean Seventh-day Adventists were higher than the general population (p<0.001), but Korean Seventh-day Adventists showed lower rates of health screening in the 20-30 ages. Lifetime smoking experience rates and current smoking rates were significantly lower in the Korean Seventh-day Adventists than in the general population (p<0.001). The success rate of smoking cessation among ex-smokers of Korean Seventh-day Adventists were very high. In terms of the drinking rate, Korean Seventh-day Adventists were significantly lower than the general population (p<0.001). The drinking rate of men was higher than women (p<0.001). Moderate physical activity of men were higher than women in Korean Seventh-day Adventists (p<0.001). Conclusion: The lifestyles and health behaviors of Korean Seventh-day Adventists, such as tobacco smoking and alcoholic drinking, were eminently healthier than the general population. Nevertheless, further well-organized studies will be needed.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.11 no.5
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• pp.335-340
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• 2020

In this study we conducted a questionnaire survey by purposive quota sampling(n=566) by status of workers(permanent workers, temporary workers and business owners) and age group(20-59 years old) for single households engaged in economic activities in order to compare the health behaviors and health checking by employment type and age. By employment type, the sleep time of permanent workers was significantly less than that of other groups(p<0.001), and the rates of health and oral examinations in permanent workers were significantly higher(p<0.001). By age group, as the age increased, the oral condition was worse(p<0.001), but the rates of not taking oral examinations were significantly higher(p=0.023). This study can be meaningful as basic data for making a healthy living environment according to various characteristics of single households.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.19 no.7
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• pp.546-558
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• 2019

Health inequality means health gaps that can be affected adverse effects to the vulnerable groups in a society. Many scholars argue that it is needed social interventions to reduce health gaps between the vulnerable and the privileged in a society, because social inequalities can be caused and resulted health inequality among them. In this context, this article introduces Korean out of school children health check-up as part of the policies to reduce health inequality in the society. For a long time, many out of school children have been alienated from the national health checkup systems. That means they are not only marginalized groups in Korean society, but also excluded from the benefits of health promotion and health management. Many runaway youths are struggling to live by themselves, who are escaped from their families and they don't have enough resources to keep their health. They are also young and low waged workers who are expelled to the streets, while they don't have any support and protection from the communities. Out of school children health checkup has been conducted to the adolescents who stay in the shelters or study in alternative schools. To get meaningful results as the health inequality reduction policy, it is needed to expand out of children health checkup to the runaway teenagers.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.65-74
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• 2018

This study aimed to analyze convergently the result of the health check-up of the military workers at age of 40, a life transition period in Korea. Data of 4898 military workers who took a health check-up in 2015 was obtained from the national health insurance service and we conducted secondary analysis. As a results, the metabolic syndrome group had a greater current smoking rate, higher number of cigarettes smoked per day, longer period of smoking and higher amount of alcohol consumed. Also, the group scored higher on BMI and had a higher level of total cholesterol, AST, ALT and GGT. In conclusion, as the military workers at age of 40 usually perform important duties, effective programs of reducing smoking and drinking alcohol are needed for their age group, In order to develop health management programs, prior investigation to take into consideration specific age and military rank is necessary.

• Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
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• 2014.11a
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• pp.231-232
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• 2014

건강검진을 위해 병원을 내원한 수검자 중 위장조영검사를 선택한 환자를 대상으로 서비스 만족도 개선을 위해 이 연구를 시행하였다. 수검자를 대상으로 설문조사를 시행하였으며, 2014년 5월부터 2개월 동안 검진센터를 방문한 수검자 147명을 교육 전, 2014년 7월부터 2개월 동안 내원한 수검자 164명을 교육 후 대상자로 하였다. 교육 전 대상자에게 불안감, 설명필요, 설명방식, 조영검사만족도 등을 조사하여 이를 바탕으로 동영상을 제작하였으며, 교육 후 대상자에게 제공하여 불안감 변화, 동영상 설명 만족도, 도움정도, 재시청의향 등을 조사하였다. 교육 전 측정한 불안감은 2.62, 설명필요성 2.52, 설명방식은 대상자의 78.2%가 설명안 내동영상을 선택하였으며, 조영검사만족도는 1.55로 낮게 조사되었다. 교육 후 측정한 불안감의 변화는 2.55, 동영상설명만족은 2.80, 도움정도 2.79, 재시청 의향은 2.80으로 높게 측정되었다. 교육 전과 교육 후의 집단간 교차분석에서 불안감, 시청의향, 도움정도, 동영상만족도 등에서 유의하게 측정되었다(p<0.05). 위장조영검사에 대한 동영상 교육과 사전 정보제공이 환자의 불안감을 감소시켰고, 검사만족도는 증가시켰다.

• Journal of dental hygiene science
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.323-332
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• 2017

This study aimed to investigate the factors influencing the decision on whether to receive regular oral check-ups among the national health insurance beneficiaries with income and aged over 20 years in Korea. This was a cross-sectional study, using the data from the 2014 6th Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES VI-2), conducted by the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The final sample included 2,843 subjects who participated in the health examination survey and oral check-ups. The IBM SPSS Statistics ver. 20.0 was used for the statistical analysis, based on the complex sampling design. The Rao-Scott chi-square test was used to verify the difference in the distribution of independent variables with regard to oral check-ups. The binary logistic regression analysis was used to determine the influencing factors. The ratio of beneficiaries who received oral check-ups was less than half of those who received medical examinations. The Rao-Scott chi-square test, revealed significant differences in the age group (p<0.05) of the predisposing factors, toothache within a year (p<0.001), untreated dental caries (p<0.001) of the need factors, personal income level (p<0.001), educational level (p<0.001), type of medical insurance (p<0.001), and private health insurance (p<0.01) of the enabling factors. In the binary logistic regression analysis, factors influencing oral check-ups were age group, personal income level, educational level, toothache within a year, and untreated dental caries. These findings show a variety of factors influencing the utilization of regular oral check-ups.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.1590-1598
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• 2014

Based on an analysis on the difference on the measurement sites and their relations to osteoporosis diagnosis and prevalence, this study attempts to investigate the patterns of prevalence in skeletal sites in the aging process. The samples were driven by the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2008-2010) on Korean females (n = 4,449) aged from 50 to 89 years. The result shows that the differences on affected sites in the aging process were detected as follow: the osteoporosis prevalence in lumbar spine was relatively high in 50s, 60s and 70s; however, the prevalence in the proximal femur (total hip and femoral neck) was higher in 80s. In terms of the diagnosis identified in a single site, the prevalence in lumbar spine seemed to decrease as age increases; but, the rate went up in the figure of femoral neck. Overall, the osteoporosis prevalence for the diagnosis detected in multiple sites was increased as age goes up. In general, the increase in lumbar osteoporosis prevalence starts earlier than that of femoral neck. The findings of this study also suggests that if the proximal femur site is only used for diagnosing women age in 50s, 60s and 70s, the significant portion of osteoporosis patients could be misdiagnosed as normal.

• 대한예방의학회:학술대회논문집
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• 1998.10b
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• pp.225-226
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• 1998

• Proceedings of the KSLP Conference
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.174-175
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• 2003

후두기능의 전기생리학적 특징에 대한 관심은 1940년대부터 시작되어 1950년대와 1960년대에는 유럽 및 일본에서 Faborg-Anderson, Hirano 등이 후두근전도의 임상적 적용에 대해서 보고한바 있으며, 1970년대부터는 미국에서도 Bleir, Miller등이 후두근전도의 임상적 역할에 대해 보고하고 있다 이와 같이 후두근전도가 임상에 도입된 지 오래되었고 신경후두학 분야에서 후두근육의 전기생리상태를 알 수 있는 아주 중요한 진단도구이나 아직까지 후두근전도는 양적인 평가가 가능한 표준화된 검사는 아니고 내시경이나 방사선학적 검사처럼 경험이 있는 의사에 의해 판독되어지는 검사로 음성장애가 있는 모든 환자에서 집단검진(screening test)으로 이용될 수 있는 검사도구는 아니다. 후두근전도가 임상에서 유용하게 이용되고 있는 질환은 성대운동 장애와 연축성 음성장애이다. 최근 성대운동 장애에 대한 다양한 수술방법이 개발되면서 수술 방법 및 시기 결정, 예후측정에 후두근전도의 이용이 필수적이 되었으며 또한 연축성 음성장애 환자에서 어떤 후두 근육에 botulinum toxin을 주사할 지를 결정하는 데 이용하고 있다. 이번 강의에서는 위 두 가지 질환을 중심으로 후두근전도의 임상적 유용성을 살펴보기로 하겠다.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.233-239
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• 2016

This study compared and analyzed the tooth brushing time per day and dental caries in 1-13-year-old children in the stage of the completion of their permanent teeth based on the 6th primitive at data of objective National Health Nutrition Survey. The results show a meaningful difference between the DMFT and dental caries experience. In particular, the group with a lower toothbrushing rate after lunch generally have a higher incidence of dental caries.