• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.21 no.5
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• pp.970-980
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• 2021

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of depression, sleep, and self-esteem on a dementia preventive behavior in rural elderly people. The participants were 235 elderly people aged 60 or older who lived in J-Gun, J-Do. Data were collected using structured questionnaires and analyzed using t-test, one-way ANOVA, Scheffe test, Pearson correlation coefficients, and stepwise multiple regression with SPSS/WIN 25.0 program. There were significant differences in the dementia preventive behavior according to religion, the level of education, a cohabitation type, an economic level, and dementia education experience. Participants' dementia preventive behavior was positively correlated with self-esteem (r=.52, p<.001) and sleep (r=.31, p<.001). However, it was negatively correlated with depression (r=-.57, p<.001). Factors affecting the dementia preventive behavior were depression, self-esteem, and religion. The explanatory power of variables was 37%. To increase a dementia prevention behavior in rural elderly people, it is necessary to develop dementia prevention programs to reduce depression and improve self-esteem and to create social conditions to facilitate various social participations such as a religious activity.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.17 no.5
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• pp.182-191
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• 2017

The study is conducted to identify the effects of the dementia preventive program on dementia knowledge, depression and cognitive function. A nonequivalent control group with pretest-posttest design was used on 61 elderly who were assigned to the experimental group 30 and control group 31. By using SPSS WIN 21.0 program, independent t-test was performed as analyzing method. The result of this study showed that average level of dementia knowledge was increased statistically (t=3.976, p<.001) at experimental group. Average level of cognitive function was increased statistically significant (t=3.048, p<.05) at experimental group. These findings confirmed that the dementia preventive program for preventing dementia was effective for improving dementia knowledge and cognitive function for elderly. Therefore, it is further encouraged to perform the dementia preventive program for preventing dementia within other Korean community in USA.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.16 no.10
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• pp.59-67
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• 2018

There are not that many m-health related services limited to the elderly. Many of the elderly who are at risk of dementia are unfamiliar to smart devices, so it is required to design an user-customized App. Therefore, I design and embody a mobile voice alert integrated app, which enables voice input to increase the accessibility of the elderly, so as to prevent diseases caused by declined cognitive function such as dementia. I conducted interviews and questionnaire after having the students use the app in Lifelong Education Center in H region of Gyeongbuk, and the analysis result has showed the high satisfaction. It is expected that it will be able to play a key role for M-Health service for the elderly since it is possible to prevent dementia through the voice health care alert app. I would like to learn deep learning in the future to predict the life patterns and the possibility of dementia of the elderly.

• Journal of Korea Entertainment Industry Association
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• v.14 no.8
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• pp.295-303
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• 2020

The purpose of this study was to find out whether the cognitive function, depression, and health promotion lifestyle changes are maintained or improved through the dementia prevention program when applying the dementia prevention program along with the daily life management program to the elderly with mild cognitive impairment. The study was conducted from April 1 to August 9, 2019, and 30 elderly people with mild cognitive impairment who participated in the dementia prevention program at the Dementia Safty Center in Seoul were studied. The study found that cognitive function (MMSE-DS) and health promotion lifestyle (HPLP-II) were maintained and improved compared to control groups in the experimental group that voluntarily implemented daily life management programs along with dementia prevention programs, and that depression (SF-GDS) decreased. Therefore, based on the results of this study, in future studies, we hope to develop a variety of voluntary daily life management programs to maintain and improve the effectiveness of the dementia prevention program for a long period of time. I hope that the prospective study will be done.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.653-663
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• 2018

This study is a descriptive survey to examine the dementia related attitudes and dementia preventive behaviors in middle aged and to determine the relationships between the both sides. In this study, between October 1st and 9th, 2017, data were collected from the middle aged people in their 40s~60s in Korea through online questionnaires. Finally, 220 questionnaires were analyzed by t-test One way ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and etc. The results of the study are as follows. First, 52.7% of the subjects were interested in prevention of dementia, but only 5.9% of them had experience of receiving education related to dementia. Second, fear of dementia was higher than cancer, cerebrovascular disease, and cardiovascular disease, but confidence in coping with the disease, expectation of the possibility of maintaining the daily life, expectation of the help of the family and the surrounding people, expectation of the national medical and economic support were significantly lower. Third, as the dementia preventive behaviors were implemented, the confidence in overcoming the disease, the expectation of the possibility of maintaining the daily life, the expectation of the help of the family and the surrounding people, the expectation of the medical and economic support of the country increased and the burden of the treatment cost was lowered. As a result, it is thought that this personal and social effort will improve the quality of life of the people by reducing physical, psychological, social and economic problems caused by dementia.

• The Monthly Diabetes
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• s.259
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• pp.64-64
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• 2011

대표적인 노인성 질환인 치매는 뇌손상이 생겨 기억력이 감퇴되고 지능이 떨어져 일상생활을 예전처럼 잘 수행하지 못하게 되는 상태를 말한다. 치매를 노망 혹은 나이가 들면 자연히 생기는 병이라 생각하기 쉬운데, 치매도 조기에 치료하면 예방 가능한 질병이다.

• 건강소식
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• v.26 no.9 s.286
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• pp.6-13
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• 2002

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2010.10a
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• pp.621-624
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• 2010

본 논문에서는 시니어(senior)들을 위한 치매예방 및 인지재활을 위한 프로그램으로 시니어들의 정확한 인지운동 반응의 수준을 평가하고, 치매 예방 효과를 검정하기 위한 과학적이고 객관화된 검사 도구를 개발하는 방법을 제시한다. 또한 시니어들에게 스마트폰(smart phone)을 활용한 개별화 훈련을 실시하여 인지운동 발달을 촉진시키고, 스마트폰에 대한 접근기회를 제공하기 위한 인지재활 공학 도구로서의 스마트폰 어플리케이션(application)을 설계를 제안하고자 한다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2013.11a
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• pp.556-557
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• 2013

최근 스마트폰의 보급으로 인해 디지털 기기에 지나치게 의존한 나머지 기억력과 계산 능력이 크게 떨어지는 디지털 치매가 사회적 이슈로 떠오르고 있다. 휴대폰은 점점 발전하여 스마트해지지만 사용자는 그와 반대로 디지털 치매 환자가 되어가는 것이 현실이다. 본 논문에서는 계산 능력을 향상시켜 디지털 치매를 예방하기 위해 간단한 사칙연산을 이용한 기능성 게임을 제시하려 한다. 기존 브레인게임에 없던 무작위 방식으로 남녀노소 모두 시간과 장소의 구애를 받지 않고 즐길 수 있어 디지털 치매 예방에 도움이 될 것으로 기대된다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2022.01a
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• pp.151-152
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• 2022

본 논문에서는 키넥트 센서 기반의 치매 예방 애플리케이션을 설계하고 구현한다. 이 애플리케이션은 치매 예방을 위해 노년층의 인지기능을 높이고, 팔 동작을 활성화할 수 있는 청기 백기 게임의 기능을 구현한다. 청기 백기 게임은 키넥트 센서 기반으로 모션 인식 기능을 활용하여 화면의 텍스트와 음성에 따른 행동을 취함으로써 점수를 획득할 수 있다. 청기 백기 게임은 사용자들이 애플리케이션의 지시에 집중하고, 기억하는 능력과 자기 조절력을 향상함으로써 치매를 예방할 수 있는 기능을 제공한다.