• 한국전문물리치료학회지
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.32-40
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• 2023

Background: Equating is a statistical procedure used to create a common measurement scale across two instruments. Item-level information should be taken into consideration so that scores can communicate interchangeably across the instruments. Objects: To investigate a common measurement scale across two health-related quality of life questionnaires (HRQOL) applied to various cancer survivors who underwent palliative care in healthcare institutions. Methods: A total of 139 cancer survivors who underwent palliative care were recruited from two rehabilitation hospitals and an oriental medicine hospital. Participants consisted of various cancer survivors who presented to the sites for palliative care. They were asked to fill out Korean versions of the World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-BREF) and EuroQOL-5 dimension (EQ-5D) questionnaires following the palliative care. For the item level comparison, the Rasch rating scale model was used to investigate how participants regarded individual test items of two instruments in relation to item difficulty calibrations. Results: All items except the three items fit the Rasch model. One item (anxiety/depression) of the EQ-5D and two items (dependence on medical aids and negative feelings) of the WHOQOL-BREF are misfit. The WHOQOL-BREF targets the survivors well, while the EQ-5D is able to target the survivors with lower HRQOL levels with some ceiling effects. By inspecting the item difficulty calibrations of the two instruments, five items of the WHOQOL-BREF are selected as common items in relation to the EQ-5D. These five items are considered compatible with each other. Differential item functioning (DIF) analysis reveals that the healthcare item of the WHOQOL-BREF vs the self-care item of the EQ-5D exhibits significant DIF. Conclusion: Findings suggest that one paired item should be taken into consideration when equating the WHOQOL-BREF and the EQ-5D applied to cancer survivors who underwent palliative care.

• 대한치매학회지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.107-114
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• 2024

Background and Purpose: Each item in the instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) questionnaire has differential importance to an individual's life functioning based on gender. However, IADL has mostly been utilized for its total score alone, without gender specificity. We identify the impact of each item on the transition from amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) to Alzheimer's disease dementia (ADD), and determine if the impact of each item differs by gender. Methods: Subjects were aMCI or ADD with a global clinical dementia rating of 0.5 or 1. The sample size was 146 men and 154 women. We used logistic regression analysis to determine the effect of each item of IADL on the transition from aMCI to ADD. Results: The odds ratio (OR) for "remembering recent events" had similar values: 27.2 for men, and 27.7 for women. Gender difference was identified in the item with the highest OR value. For women, the "using transportation" item was 63.3, and for men, "conducting financial affairs" was overwhelmingly high at 89.1. Conclusions: Functional decline on items with relatively higher ORs may indicate higher probability of a transition from aMCI to ADD. The OR of "conducting financial affairs" was relatively higher for both genders. In terms of gender differences, "conducting home repair" for men, and "using transportation" for women, have relatively higher impact. This study demonstrates that during the transition from aMCI to ADD, each item of IADL shows a staggered decline in functioning, and that this decline is gender-specific.

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.299-314
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• 1996

The purpose of the present study was to validate the use of tissue radioactivity ratios instead of regional metabolic rates for the assessment of regional metabolic changes in Alzheimer's disease(AD) with [$^{18}F$]FDG PET and to examine the correlation of ratio indices with the severity of cognitive impairment in AD. Thirty-seven AD Patients(age $68{\pm}9 yrs$, $mean{\pm}s.d.$; 36 probable and 1 definite AD), 28 patients with dementia of non-Alzheimer type(age $66{\pm}7 yrs$), and 17 healthy controls(age $66{\pm}4 yrs$) underwent [$^{18}F$]FDG PET imaging. Two simplified radioactivity ratio indices were calculated from 37-66 min image: region-to-cerebellar radioactivity ratio(RCR) and a composite radioactivity ratio(a ratio of radioactivity in the most typically affected regions over the least typically affected regions: CRR). Local cerebral metabolic rate for glucose(LCMRglu) was also measured using a three-compartment, five-parameter tracer kinetic model. The ratio indices were significantly lower in AD patients than in controls(RCR in temporoparietal cortex, $0.949{\pm}0.136$ vs. $1.238{\pm}0.129$, p=0.0004; RCR in frontal cortex, $1.027{\pm}0.128$ vs. $1.361{\pm}0.151$, p<0.0001; CRR, $0.886{\pm}0.096$ vs. $1.032{\pm}0.042$. p=0.0024). On the RCR analysis, 86% of AD patients showed a pattern of bilateral temporoparietal hypometabolism with or without frontal involvement; hypometabolism was unilateral in 11% of the patients. When bilateral temporoparietal hypometabolism was considered to be suggestive of AD, the sensitivity and specificity of the RCR analysis for the differential diagnosis of AD were 86% and 73%, respectively. The RCR was correlated significantly with the macroparameter K [$K_1k_3/(k_2+k_3)$] (r=0.775, p<0.0001) and LCMRglu(r=0.633, p=0.0002) measured using the kinetic model. In patients with AD, both average RCR of cortical association areas and CRR were correlated with Mini-Mental Status Examination(r=0.565, p=0.0145; r=0.642, p=0.0031, respectively), Clinical Dementia Rating(r=-0.576, p=0.0124; r=-0.591, p=0.0077), and total score of Mattis Dementia Rating Scale (r=0.574, p=0.0648; r=0.737, p=0.0096). There were also significant correlations between memory and language impairments and corresponding regional RCRs. The results suggest that the [$^{18}F$]FDG PET ratio indices, RCR and CRR, reflect global and regional metabolic rates and correlate with the severity of cognitive impairment in AD. The simplified ratio analysis may be clinically useful for the differential diagnosis and serial monitoring of the disease.

• 한국태양에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국태양에너지학회 2012년도 춘계학술발표대회 논문집
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• pp.140-145
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• 2012

The purpose of this study is to understand the change of impression by comparing the uniformity lighting with the compound lighting. In previous study, we proposed a light controlling method to harmonize daylight from a window and artificial lights from a ceiling and obtained the results to support our method. We referred this method as the Adjusted Compound-Lighting Model (AC Model). The model claims that lighting in a room with a side-window are perceived as harmonious when the overall light distribution in the room is well approximated by a compound of lights from the window and the entire ceiling. The experiment is carried out with the scaled-models and mock-up spaces that were supposed to be an office space. One is lit by the uniform lighting and the other by the compound lighting in each experimental space. In order to present varying illuminance distributions, thetwo variables were used in this study. One was the ratio of thelight from the window and ceiling in the standard and evaluation box. The standard box was provided by the ratio of 20% to 40% from the window and 80% to 60% from the ceiling as two lighting ratio patterns [Wu20(=Cu80) and Wu40(=Cu60)]. And the evaluation box was provided by the light ratio of 0% to 40 from the window and 100% to 60% from the ceiling [Wcp0(=Ccp100), Wcp20(=Ccp80) and Wcp40(=Ccp60)]. The other variable was themean illuminance level in both boxes. Two level of mean illuminance (700lx and 300lx) were used in this experiment. Each lighting condition was established at equal horizontal mean illuminance level, held constant near 700lx or 300lx in both boxes. Both of them were similar in the shape of distribution when there were same ratios of lights from the window and the ceiling. Subjects were asked to evaluate the point of difference by semantic differential rating on their overall impression after comparing with two rooms. The results showed that the impressions of compound lighting were more positive score than that of uniformity lighting on the items of 'dim-bright', 'dislike-like', 'artificial-natural' and 'closed-open', and that there was no significant difference in impressions between two spaces on other items.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.11-19
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• 2004

1단계 수면은, 입면 시점과 관련하여 수면다원기록의 해석에 중요한 정보를 제공한다. 1단계 수면은 각성 상태에서 수면 상태로의 짧은 전이 기간으로, 특징적인 지표가 없어 디지털 분석을 통한 수면 단계 결정에 어려움이 있다. 본 연구에서는, 뇌파와 안전도에 대한 디지털 분석을 통하여 1단계 수면을 자동으로 탐지하는 프로그램을 개발하고자 하였다 야간수면다원기록 중 검사 시작 시점부터 2단계 수면이 출현하기 이전의 자료를 분석하였다. 뇌파의 스펙트럼 분석을 통해 알파파와 세타파의 상대 파워를 계산하였고, 알파파의 상대 파워가 50％ 이하. 세타파의 상대 파워가 23％ 이상일 경우 1단계 수면 판정의 기준 변수로 하였다. 또 안구운동의 지속시간이 1.5초에서 4초 사이에 있는 경우에 느린 안구운동으로 판정하고 1단계 수면 판정의 기준 변수로 하였다. 이 들 세 기준 변수들을 고려하여 해당 판독 단위에 대해 각성 혹은 1단계 수면으로 최종 판정하였다 연구 대상자는 7명으로 모두 남성이었으며, 23세였다 개발된 프로그램을 이용하여 169개의 판독 단위를 분석하였다. 기준과의 일치도는 79.3％였으며, 카파 값은 0.586이고, 통계적으로 유의하였다. 느린 안구운동은169개의 판독 단위 중 54개(32％)에서 나타났으며, 70.4％의 일치도를 보였다. 기존 연구의 디지털 분석을 통한 수면 단계 판정의 일치도는 70％이다. 본 프로그램의 일치도 79.3％는 기존 연구 결과에 비해 향상된 것이며, 본 프로그램이 1단계 수면 판정에 유용하다고 판단된다 뇌파 외에 안전도를 고려한 다중적 접근이 일치도 향상에 기여했을 것으로 생각되며, 1단계 수면 판정에 있어 안전도의 중요성을 확인할 수 있었다. 주입되는 환경에 따라 6가 크롬의 용출량이 증가할 수 있다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 또한 그라우트재가 해안 또는 매립지에 적용될 경우 해수와 침출수에 의한 강도의 변화를 살펴보기 위해 실험한 결과 초순수 중에서 양생 시켰을 때 보다 강도발현 현저히 저하되었으며, 시멘트 종에 따라서는 ‘보통포틀랜트 시멘트>마이크로 시멘트>슬래그’ 시멘트의 순으로 영향을 받는 것으로 나타났다. 이는 강도의 저하로 인한 오염물질의 누출 및 6가 크롬의 용출을 증가시킬 수 있다는 것을 짐작할 수 있다. 이와 같은 결과를 통하여, 그라우트재의 종류에 따라 6가 크롬의 용출량은 현재 규제치를 초과하여 용출되어 질 수 있는 가능성이 있으며, 과압 또는 과량의 주입이 6가 크롬의 용출량을 증가시킬 수 있다고 할 수 있었다. 또한 일반 현장과 다른 특수한 현장에서는 강도 및 pH에 따른 6가 크롬의 용출량을 고려한 재료 선택 및 배합비가 마련되어져야 할 것으로 판단되어진다. 와이어형, 기본형의 순으로 작게 나타났다.한 인자로 제시 되었다. 따라서 채식을 하는 폐경 후 여성의 경우 골격건강을 위하여 단백질의 급원이 되는 식품의 섭취에 더욱 관심이 필요한 것으로 보여 진다. 그러나 본 연구의 경우 대상자의 수가 적은 제한점이 있기 때문에 보다 많은 연구가 계속적으로 수행되어야 할 것으로 생각된다.reas(RW-2 and RW-3), lower part of the dam (RW-1) and seawater areas(RW-4 and RW-5).하는 비율이 가장 높았다. 에너지 섭취를 고려한 INQ는 칼슘과, 비타민 A는 남녀 모두, 비타민 B$_2$는 여자가 1이하로 나타났다. 또한 NAR 중에서도 낮은