• 한국사회복지학
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• 제56권3호
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• pp.183-205
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• 2004

본 연구는 간병과 일상생활에서 수발을 요하는 만성질환 및 기능손상노인의 가족 수발자들을 대상으로 재가복지서비스의 이용자와 비이용자 간의 차이를 비교하고 서비스 이용여부와 이용수준에 영향을 미치는 요인들을 파악하고자 하였다. 재가복지서비스 이용여부는 164명의 가족 수발자를 대상으로 그리고 이용수준은 그 중 114명의 이용자에 대해서 소인요인, 가능성요인, 욕구요인, 욕구요인과 사회적 지지의 상호작용 변수들을 단계적으로 투입하여 회귀분석 하였다. 주요 분석결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 재가복지서비스 이용자가 비이용자보다 교육수준, 정서적 지지, 노인의 인지적 기능손상 수준이 더 높고 월 가족수입은 더 낮았다. 둘째, 재가복지서비스 이용여부에 대해서는 수발자의 교육수준이 높을수록, 가족수입이 적을수록, 도구적 지지의 수준이 낮을수록 재가복지서비스를 이용하는 경향이 있고 수발자의 건강상태가 나쁘더라도 도구적 지지의 수준이 높으면 재가복지를 이용하지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 재가복지서비스 이용수준에 대해서는 정서적 지지의 수준과 수발자의 우울 정도가 낮을수록 서비스 이용수준이 높고 노인의 신체적 기능손상이 심하더라도 도구적 지지와 정서적 지지의 수준이 높으면 서비스 이용수준이 낮았다. 이러한 연구결과에 따라 재가복지서비스 이용에 대한 실천적 함의가 제시되었다.

• 한국보건간호학회지
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.578-591
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• 2013

Purpose: The purpose of this research was to identify the health behaviors, health status, and utilization patterns of health care institutions for homeless shelter residents as well as to compare these research outcomes between younger and older male homeless shelter residents. Methods: The subjects in this study were 357 homeless shelter residents that were recruited by simple random sampling. Data were collected from August to September 2009. Health behaviors, health status, and utilization patterns of health care institutions were measured using structured questionnaires. Data were analyzed using the Chi square test and Fisher's exact test using SPSS 14.0. Results: Both younger and older male subjects showed unhealthy behaviors, and their health status was lower than that of the Health & Nutrition Examination Survey conducted in 2009. Subjects preferred to utilize national or municipal hospitals as well as pharmacies as opposed to general hospitals, clinics, and public health centers. Conclusion: Differentiated comprehensive health care services and monitoring should be provided to homeless shelter residents based on the needs of each group in order to improve their health status as well as to prevent communicable diseases and complications of chronic diseases.

• 보건의료산업학회지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.113-123
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• 2018

Objectives : The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of participation in social activities on the subjective health satisfaction of the elderly in groups with and without chronic diseases. Methods : Data were used from the "2014 the Korean Elderly Survey" and the subjects were 10,451 persons aged 65 years or older. Data analysis was conducted using SPSS 18.0 statistical package. Results : The results of this study were as follows. In the case of the elderly without chronic diseases, only the employment status (${\beta}=.135$, p<.01) had a significant effect on the health of the elderly. In the case of elderly people with chronic illness, participation in lifelong education (${\beta}=.183$, p<.001), participation in social group (${\beta}=.277$, p<.001), volunteer work experience (${\beta}=.060$, p<.05), and employment status (${\beta}=.342$, p<.001) had a significant effect on health. Conclusions : Policies and systems are needed to actively encourage and support the social activities of the elderly. Additionly, care and attention are needed to provide social jobs for the elderly and build a sustainable network.

• 한국농촌간호학회지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.66-74
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• 2024

Purpose: This study evaluates the effectiveness of providing frailty prevention services by living support workers through a case of community resource connection centered on living support workers to revitalize frailty prevention programs for vulnerable elderly people. Methods: This is a research study using secondary data from a neighborhood health-sharing project among the integrated health promotion projects of one public health center in Daegu Metropolitan City. To assess frailty effects pre-assessments were conducted in August, and post-assessments were conducted in November. Frailty was measured using a 20-item frailty instrument used in home healthcare projects. Data were analyzed using the chi-square, independent t-test, and paired t-test. Results: Preliminary measurements showed that older elderly had higher frailty scores than younger elderly. However, among the elderly aged 75 or older the total frailty score decreased statistically significantly from 5.97 points to 5.30 points (t=3.03, p=.003). Conclusion: The older elderly showed greater effect of frailty prevention than the younger elderly.

• 한국노년학
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.993-1011
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• 2012

본 연구의 목적은 각 집단별 노년기 장애발생과 변화에 관련이 있는 영향요인들을 분석하는 것으로 노동연구원의 "한국고령화연구패널(Korea Longitudinal Study of Aging: KLOSA)" 1차(2006년)와 2차(2008년) 기본조사자료를 사용하였다. 연구대상은 65세 이상 남성노인 1,454명(41.7%), 여성노인 2,032명(58.3%)으로 총 3,486명이다. 노년기 장애는 ADL장애와 IADL장애를 측정하였으며 전체노인을 정상노인, 만성질환노인, 치매의심노인, IADL장애노인, ADL장애노인으로 나누어 장애발생과 변화를 분석하였다. 연구결과를 살펴보면 2006년에 장애가 없는 노인들이 2008년에 장애가 발생하는데 영향을 미치는 요인들로는 부상, 시력제한, 인지능력저하, 우울, 건강행태, 사회경제적 특성, 연령 등을 들 수 있다. 부상과 시력으로 인한 일상생활제한 등의 경험은 2006년에 정상노인들이 2년 후 치매의심증상 발생이나 장애발생에 유의미한 영향을 미치고 있으며, 2006년에 인지능력저하를 경험한 노인들은 2년 후 치매의심증상이 나타날 확률이 정상노인의 2배 이상으로 나타났다. 2006년의 만성질환자가 우울증을 갖고 있는 경우는 그렇지 않은 경우에 비해 2년 이후 장애가 발생할 확률이 1.8배 높게 나타났다. 그 외에 흡연과 규칙적 운동의 경험뿐만 아니라 사회경제적 특징들도 비장애노인의 장애발생에 유의미한 영향을 미치고 있음을 알 수 있다. 2006년에 장애를 이미 갖고 있는 장애노인들의 2년 후 장애수준변화에서는 ADL장애노인의 경우는 유의미한 변수가 나타나지 않았으나 IADL장애노인의 경우는 도구적 지지를 적게 받을수록, 연령이 증가할수록 장애수준이 악화되는 가능성이 높게 나타났다. 본 연구결과를 바탕으로 노년기장애발생을 예방하고, 장애악화를 지연시키기 위해서 다양한 수준의 개입이 필요함을 제시하고 있다.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.167-176
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• 2017

Background: This study aimed to analyze the impact of community health care resources on the place of death of older adults with dementia compared to those with cancer in South Korea, using public administrative big data. Methods: Based on a literature review, we selected person- and community-level variables that can affect older people's decisions about where to die. Data on place-of-death and person-level attributes were obtained from the 2013 death certification micro data from Statistics Korea. Data on the population and economic and health care resources in the community where the older deceased resided were obtained from various open public administrative big data including databases on the local tax and resident population statistics, health care resources and infrastructure statistics, and long-term care (LTC) insurance statistics. Community-level data were linked to the death certificate micro data through the town (si-gun-gu) code of the residence of the deceased. Multi-level logistic regression models were used to simultaneously estimate the impacts of community as well as individual-level factors on the place of death. Results: In both the dementia (76.1%) and cancer (87.1%) decedent groups, most older people died in the hospital. Among the older deceased with dementia, hospital death was less likely to occur when the older person resided in a community with a higher supply of LTC facility beds, but hospital death was more likely to occur in communities with a higher supply of LTC hospital beds. Similarly, among the cancer group, the likelihood of a hospital death was significantly lower in communities with a higher supply of LTC facility beds, but was higher in communities with a higher supply of acute care hospital beds. As for individual-level factors, being female and having no spouse were associated with the likelihood of hospital death among older people with dementia. Conclusion: More than three in four older people with dementia die in the hospital, while home is reported to be the place of death preferred by Koreans. To decrease this gap, an increase in the supply of end-of-life (EOL) care at home and in community-based service settings is necessary. EOL care should also be incorporated as an essential part of LTC. Changes in the perception of EOL care by older people and their families are also critical in their decisions about the place of death, and should be supported by public education and other related non-medical, social approaches.

• 한국실내디자인학회논문집
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.217-226
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• 2015

As the aging society is globally increasing, the guide for the aged-friendly city is suggested by WHO and many cities are preparing to meet with it. The base of this guide for an age-friendly city is an active aging. This study examined how degree the neighborhood environment is age-friendly from older persons' standpoints. The data were collected through the interview with old persons who aged more than 65 years, 117 persons in an urban area and 110 ones in a rural area. The age-friendly degree of neighborhood environment was examined from two aspects. One is how close 12 neighborhood facilities were from the elderly's houses. Another one is how degree the elderly were considered in 4 areas: pedestrian road, traffic, the amount of housing for the elderly, and space layouts of their houses. Findings were as follows. First, the elderly related neighborhood facilities in urban area were closer located to old persons' houses than in rural area, except the senior center. Second, in case of the age-friendly degree of their neighborhood environments, the space layout of house was the highest, and then traffic, pedestrian road, and the amount of housing for the elderly, in order. The consideration degree of wheelchair users was the lowest. Third, the age-friendly degree of pedestrian road, traffic, and room layout of house in rural area were higher than in urban area. However, the amount of housing for the elderly in urban area was higher than in rural area.

• 한국운동역학회지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.289-296
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• 2011

The purpose of this study was to quantify the biomechanical characteristics of the ground reaction force(GRF) during the Taekwondo's Apkubi, one of the basic movement in Taekwondo and the walking. The GRF profiles under the stance foot of Apkubi movement and walking were directly measured in sample of 20 healthy older persons. In the anterior-posterior and vertical direction, the GRF of the Apkubi movement reached to the peak braking force at 10% of the normalized stance time percent and the peak driving force at 90% of stance time, but that of the walking reached to the peak braking force at 20% of stance time and the peak driving force at 80% of stance time. In vertical force, the GRF of the walking showed two peak values, but that of the Apkubi movement seemed three peak values. Moreover the first peak vertical force was significantly(t=6.085, p<.001) greater in the walking(about 1.8 times of body weight) than the Apkubi(about 1.4 times of body weight). The walking velocity was affected significantly(over p<.05) by the braking impulse, the peak braking force and the first peak vertical force. Futhermore the peak braking force in the Apkubi showed a significant effect on the Apkubi's stride length(p<.01). So, we concluded that the braking force after the right touch down, the stance foot on the ground contributed to move the leg forward.

• 성인간호학회지
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.235-245
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• 2017

Purpose: Reported insomnia and decreased sleep quality are common among older adults. The purpose of this study was to identify factors contributing to insomnia and decreased sleep quality among elderly persons living within a community. The data will be verified with Actigraph which is a non-invasive measurement of rest/activity cycles. Methods: 137 participants over 65 years old were recruited from a senior welfare center. Their mean age was $74.07{\pm}5.18years$ old and majority was women (69.3%). The quality and quantity of nighttime sleep were assessed using Varren-synder-Halper Sleep Scale and a sleep log. Depression and fatigue were assessed using Geriatric Depression Scale Short Form and Fatigue Severity Scale, respectively. Pain was assessed using 11-point Numeric rating scale. An actigraph was used to verify the self-reported sleep. Results: Ninety-two participants (67.2%) reported insomnia. Sixty-eight subjects (49.6%) reported good sleep. Of the participants, 56.2% reported depression and 33.6% reported fatigue. In logistic regression, depression was related to insomnia (OR=3.09, p=.003). Sleep quality was related to depression (OR=2.13, p=.045) and fatigue (OR=2.24, p=.044). The data from the Sleep logs correlated with data obtained from the actigraph. Conclusion: Depression significantly influenced insomnia and sleep quality whereas fatigue only influenced sleep quality. Thus, depression and fatigue should be closely monitored among elderly persons with sleep disturbances.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제66권2호
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• pp.439-446
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• 2017

Portable low-cost Kinect sensor was used to analyze standing balance ability of the elderly. Eighty subjects who can walk alone and have a normal cognitive level participated in this experiment. Based on Berg Balance scale (BBS) test with 52 points, subjects were divided into Healthy older (HO: 46 persons, BBS: $53.80{\pm}1.19$) and Impaired older (IO: 34 persons, BBS: $49.06{\pm}2.03$) group. Each subject performed 30 seconds four different standing balance tests (EO: Eyes Open, EC: Eyes Close, EOf: Eyes Open on foam, ECf: Eyes Close on foam). Five variables (Mean distance, Range of distance, Root mean square, Mean velocity, 95% ellipse area) were calculated from the hip joint center movement of Kinect sensor. Results showed that there were significant differences between groups for four different standing tests. Calculated variables from kinect sensor showed significant correlation with BBS score. Especially, mediolateral mean distance, mediolateral root mean square, mediolateral range of distance and 95% ellipse area showed discriminative ability for all tests. Mean values of variables of IO were higher than those of HO, which means the decreased balance ability in IO compared with HO. Therefore, it was possible to estimate simple balance assessment of the elderly using portable low-cost Kinect sensor.