• Journal of Industrial Convergence
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• v.20 no.11
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• pp.141-148
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• 2022

The purpose of this study was to investigate the health behavior performance between the young adults and the elderly with hypertension. The research data were analyzed using 2018 Korea Medical Panel data. The subjects of this study were 3,117 persons without disabilities or activity disorders among those diagnosed with hypertension. As a result of the study, first, it was found that the medical utilization rate and drug adherence were high overall. Second, the average body mass index(BMI) and obesity over 25 kg/m2 were found to be higher among the young adults. Third, smoking and drinking were higher in young adults in terms of experience and smoking and alcohol consumption. Fifth, the subjective health status was found to be perceived more positively by the young adults. Based on the results of this study, it is necessary to raise awareness of the need for customized health care from a young age and to develop sustainable and effective programs.

• 한국노년학
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• v.36 no.4
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• pp.981-1001
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• 2016

At old age, as people depend on superficial clues when they interpret the overall context of communication, their ability to understand connotative and figurative words and articles could deteriorate. In this study, 50 normal young(junior) people and normal old(senior) people were made to perform a task to understand similes, metaphors, idioms, and proverbs, the sub-areas of figurative language. For the task, participants were made to understand a paragraph consisting of several sentences and select a correct answer representing appropriate figurative language. As a result of the analysis, first, old people showed a lower level of performance than young people in all the sub-areas of figurative language. Second, in understanding idiomatic words and proverbs, old people showed a lower level of performance due to unfamiliarity. Third, for the types of wrong answers, old people mostly understood only the literal meanings in all the sub-areas of figurative language. Due to aging, old people come to have a lowered level of the pragmatic language ability, reasoning ability, and inhibiting ability to efficiently communicate with others considering certain situations and contexts. Thus, old people could have difficulties in understanding inner meanings from others in daily communication.

• 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)

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2017.07a
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• pp.151-152
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• 2017

본 논문에서는 키넥트 센서를 활용하여 노년층을 위한 헬스케어 어플리케이션을 설계하고 구현한다. 이 어플리케이션 메뉴는 전체 동작과 부분 동작으로 구성한다. 각 동작은 국민 건강증진센터에서 노년층에 장려하는 신체 각 부위별 스트레칭 10개 동작들을 구현한다. 신체의 각 부위는 온몸, 목, 무릎, 종아리로 분류한다. 전체 동작은 총 10개의 연속적인 동작들로 구성했으며 각 동작을 5초 이상 취할 경우 다음 동작으로 자동적으로 넘어가도록 구현한다. 각 동작이 진행되면서 동작 캐릭터 상태가 노년에서 청년으로 점점 젊어지게 함으로써 흥미를 느끼도록 한다. 부분 동작은 신체 어느 한 부분을 집중적으로 스트레칭 하고자 하는 사용자들에게 원하는 신체 부위(온몸, 목, 무릎, 종아리) 중 1개를 선택하여 집중적으로 스트레칭 할 수 있도록 구현한다. 전체적인 사운드는 어플리케이션의 분위기에 적합하도록 조용한 종류의 사운드로 구현하여 사용자로 하여금 편안한 감정을 느끼도록 구현한다.

• 한국노년학
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• v.37 no.1
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• pp.1-14
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• 2017

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of vision and hearing limitation on the onset of disability among Korean elderly with the consideration of social participation and depression. Study population consisted of 2,670 people aged 65 and above who participated in both the 1st(2006) and 2nd(2008) wave of the Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging(KLoSA), and also reported no ADL or IADL disability in 2006. As the results, first, it found that vision and hearing limitation, social participation, and depression were significant risk factors for the onset of IADL disability in unadjusted analysis. After multivariable adjustment, however, only vision limitation showed significant association with the onset of IADL disability. Second, in the logistic analysis with four categorized variables(vision/hearing limitation + social participation, vision/hearing limitation + depression), the elderly who had vision or hearing limitation had a significantly 1.7 times higher odds ratio for disability onset if they also had low social participation compared with those who had no vision or hearing limitation, and high social participation. Whereas, depression was not significantly associated with the relationship between vision or hearing limitation, and disability onset. The study suggests that the intervention program developed to prevent social isolation of older people with vision or hearing limitation, may be helpful to reduce and postpone the risk of disability onset as well as early detection and treatment of vision or hearing problems.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.15 no.11
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• pp.359-373
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• 2015

Cognitive reserve(CR) is the ability to optimize or maximize performance through complementary brain networks. CR is relevant to normal aging in cognitive-linguistic abilities. There are few domestic systematic reviews or meta-analyses that analyze the relationships between multiple CR and cognitive-linguistic domains in healthy older people. This meta-analysis included 32 studies published since 2000. In result, education level topped the list, followed by the occupation, cognitively stimulating activities, and the multilingualism. Most studies were related to memory, global cognition, and language. CR had a modest positive association with cognitive-linguistic performance. Multiple domains including memory and language also showed the significant correlations across most measures of CR. This study provides evidence-based information to support cognitive-linguistic ability in normal aging.

• 재활복지
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.1-22
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• 2017

Although not many older Korean parents who take care of children with intellectual disabilities have been reported depression due to care-giving related stresses, little is known about how they could be protected from this. This study examines whether satisfaction with family relationships moderate the relationships between time demands, caregiving stress, and depression of older parents who take care of children with intellectual disabilities. The analyses were conducted based on data from the Korean National Survey on Individuals with Developmental Disabilities and their Families of 2011, and only a total of 276 parents, aged over 60 were examined. Multiple regression analysis shows that older parents with higher level of satisfaction with family relationships were less likely to be influenced by time demands of care-giving. This indicates that satisfaction with family relationships could buffer the relationships between time demands of care-giving, and depression. This finding suggests that satisfaction with family relationships is a protective factor, buffering the negative effects of time demands of care-giving and depression. This supports 'socio-emotional selectivity theory' which family relationships are important to older people. Therefore, it is highly recommended to develop practical intervention that can improve the level of satisfaction of family relationship of the older parents, and to make policy and institutional supplementation.

• Journal of Intelligence and Information Systems
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• v.29 no.3
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• pp.211-227
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• 2023

Personal service robots, a type of social robot that has emerged with the aging population and technological advancements, are undergoing a transformation centered around technologies that can extend independent living for older adults in their homes. For older adults to accept and use social robot innovations in their daily lives on a long-term basis, it is crucial to have a deeper understanding of user perspectives, contexts, and emotions. This research aims to comprehensively understand older adults by utilizing a mixed-method approach that integrates quantitative and qualitative data. Specifically, we employ the Van Kaam phenomenological methodology to group conversations into nine categories based on emotional cues and conversation participants as key variables, using voice conversation records between older adults and social robots. We then personalize the conversations based on frequency and weight, allowing for user segmentation. Additionally, we conduct profiling analysis using demographic data and health indicators obtained from pre-survey questionnaires. Furthermore, based on the analysis of conversations, we perform K-means cluster analysis to classify older adults into three groups and examine their respective characteristics. The proposed model in this study is expected to contribute to the growth of businesses related to understanding users and deriving insights by providing a methodology for segmenting older adult s, which is essential for the future provision of social robots with caregiving functions in everyday life.

• 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

• Proceedings of the Population Association of Korea Conference
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• 2007.06a
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• pp.144-163
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• 2007