• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.149-157
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• 2010

Objectives: To quantify disability level in salespeople with concurrent low back pain (LBP) and to determine the relative associations between demographic, occupational, psychosocial and clinical factors and back disability. LBP is the most common cause of work-related disability in people under 45 years of age and the most expensive cause of work-related disability, in terms of workers' compensation and medical expenses. Evidence suggests high prevalence of LBP in salespeople. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted in which 184 saleswomen with a current episode of self-reported LBP working in a large up-scale department store filled out a battery of 6 self-administered questionnaires and received a standardised physical examination. Results: Saleswomen with concurrent LBP had low disability levels. Factors significantly associated with disability were pain intensity, measured by a visual analogue scale, in the past week (p < 0.001), physical and mental health status (p < 0.001, p = 0.003, respectively), fear avoidance scores for both work and physical activities (p = 0.031, p = 0.014, respectively), past history of LBP (p = 0.019), and self-reported frequency of pushing or pulling objects placed in high positions during work (p = 0.047). A significant level (45%) of the variance in disability status was explained by these variables. Conclusion: In clinical management of LBP workers who required prolonged standing, such as salespeople, clinicians should look for modifiable risk factors associated with disability. Specific measures need to be taken to prevent disability due to LBP among salespeople.

• 한국엔터테인먼트산업학회논문지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.119-129
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• 2020

지적장애인은 인지기능과 조정기술의 손상, 낮은 운동능력 등으로 인해 신체활동수준이 부족하고 음식섭취 욕구가 강하여 생활습관질환의 이환율이 높아 삶의 전 영역에 영향을 미친다. 안타깝게도 현대의학으로는 지적장애인의 삶의 질을 개선시키기에는 많은 어려움이 있다. 하지만 규칙적인 신체활동은 이러한 문제점을 개선시키는 중요한 중재로 인정되고 있다. 본 연구는 유희성과 중독성이 있는 가상현실 게임프로그램을 통한 운동프로그램과 일반적인 빠르게 걷기 프로그램을 통해 건강관련체력과 정신건강수준 등을 비교하였다. 중도탈락자를 제외하고 가상현실 게임운동프로그램군 5명, 빠르게 걷기 운동프로그램군 4명을 대상으로 비모수검증을 통해 비교분석하였다. 가상현실 게임바이크운동프로그램군의 체중, 근지구력 요소에서 유의한 개선이 있었으며, 모든 집단의 중성지방, 유연성, 최대산소섭취량, 운동지속시간에서는 통계적으로 유의하지는 않았지만 개선되는 경향을 보였다. 운동프로그램 전·후 우울, 사회적 부적응, 정신건강에서는 빠르게 걷기 운동프로그램군에 비해 가상현실 게임바이크운동프로그램군에서 유의하지는 않지만 개선되는 경향을 보였으며, 운동 흥미도가 높고, 자각인지도는 낮게 나타났다. 이는 게임기를 이용한 가상현실 운동프로그램의 적용이 게임으로 인한 부정적인 측면보다 운동으로 인한 긍정적인 면이 크다는 것을 의미하므로 지적장애인의 운동프로그램을 계획하는 데 적극적으로 활용할 필요가 있다고 판단된다.

• 대한장애인치과학회지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.39-41
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• 2013

이와 같은 정신질환에 따른 자해성 구강손상의 경우 원인 질환에 따라 다양한 정도와 양상의 구강손상을 발견할 수 있으며 그에 따른 치료방법 또한 그에 맞게 적용되야 한다. 이러한 치료방법의 선택은 임상증상과 세심한 평가 후 선택되어야 하며, 이들 중 행동조절법이나 구강 내 장치의 사용과 같은 보존적 치료를 시도해 본 이후, 보다 침습적인 신체 속박술이나 약물치료 그리고 외과적 수술이나 발치 등을 적용하는 것이 효과적일 것이다.

• 한국사회복지학
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• 제66권4호
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• pp.281-306
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• 2014

본 연구의 목적은 장애인들의 장애유형과 장애정도, 그리고 경제활동상태가 결혼생활만족도에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지를 확인하고, 이들 관계에 장애인에 대한 일상생활 차별경험이 매개역할 하는지를 검증함으로써 장애인의 결혼만족도를 높이기 위한 방안을 마련하는데 있다. 조사는 본 연구는 한국장애인고용공단 고용개발원에서 실시한 장애인 고용패널조사 6차년도 자료 가운데 장애를 가지고 있고 직장을 비롯한 일상생활에서 차별을 경험할 수 있는 결혼을 한 장애인 3,463명을 대상으로 하였다. 연구결과 장애유형(신체외부장애, 감각장애, 정신장애, 신체내부장애)과 장애정도(중증, 경증), 경제활동상태(임금근로자, 자영업주, 무급가족종사자, 실업자, 비경제활동인구)는 실업자와 중증을 제외하고 결혼생활만족도와 일상생활 차별경험에 정적(+)인 관계를 형성하는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 장애유형과 장애정도, 그리고 경제활동상태가 결혼생활만족도에 미치는 관계는 일상생활 차별경험을 부분매개로 하여 이루어지고 있었다. 따라서 장애인의 결혼생활만족도를 높이는데 있어 일상생활 차별경험을 줄이는 방안을 적극 고려할 필요가 있다.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.127-135
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• 2021

Background: Dialysis patients are prone to having disabilities. We aimed to evaluate the association between disability and various clinical outcomes in Korean dialysis patients. Methods: This study consisted of 1,615 dialysis patients from 27 centers. We evaluated disability by using four questions on the activities of daily living (ADLs) concerning whether help was needed for feeding, dressing/undressing, getting in/out of bed, or taking a bath/shower. We divided the patients into three groups: no disability (Non-D, none of the four ADL domains required help; n=1,312), mild disability (Mild-D, one ADL domain required some/full help; n=163), or moderate to severe disability (MS-D, two or more ADL domains required some/full help; n=140). We evaluated falls, frailty, health-related quality of life (HRQoL), mortality, and hospitalization. Results: The numbers of participants with a fall during the last 1 year were 199 (15.2%), 42 (25.8%), and 44 (31.4%) in the Non-D, Mild-D, and MS-D groups, respectively (p<0.001). The numbers of participants with frailty in the Non-D, Mild-D, and MS-D groups were 381 (29.0%), 84 (51.5%), and 93 (66.4%), respectively (p<0.001). In both univariate and multivariate analyses, the physical component scale and mental component scale scores decreased as the grade of disability increased (p<0.001 for both scores). Hospitalization-free survival rate at 500 days was 64.2%, 56.7%, and 51.1% in the Non-D, Mild-D, and MS-D, respectively (p=0.001 for trend). Patient survival rate at 500 days was 95.3%, 89.5%, and 92.3% in the Non-D, Mild-D, and MS-D, respectively (p=0.005 for trend). Conclusion: Disability was associated with falls, frailty, HRQoL scales, and survival trends in Korean dialysis patients.

• 보건의료산업학회지
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.115-127
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• 2017

Objectives : To determine the relationship between of subjective recognition of social class and mental health. Method: The participants were adults with mental health experience over the age of 20 from the Korea Health Panel in 2013 (n=5,126). Methods : Data were analyzed using SPSS Statistics 22.0 The chi-square test and logistic regression analysis used to verify the relationship between subjective recognition of social class and mental health. Results : Lower subjective recognition of social class was associated with experience of depression and suicidal ideation. Other factors associated with depression experience were subjective health status, gender, age, marital status, type of medical care, disability, subjective health status, current smoking and frequency of drinking. Experience of suicidal ideation was, by contrast, associated with subjective health status, age, marital status, economic activity, private insurance, subjective health status and frequency of drinking. Conclusions : Health policies and institutions must be established to optimize health and preventive medicine approaches, especially or mental health as well as the provision of services.

• Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.235-243
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• 2017

Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the mental health status of the children of psychiatric patients in order to plan for the resources that may be necessary to help these children achieve their full potential. Methods: Forty-eight children (age 9-18) whose parents were registered in 5 community mental health centers located in Seoul were recruited. Tests assessing 3 psychological domains were conducted: 1) cognition: Korean version of Learning Disability Evaluation Scale, Comprehensive Attention Test, 2) parent reported emotion and behavior: Korean Child Behavior Checklist, Korean attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder Rating Scale, and 3) self-reported emotion and behavior: Korean Beck's Depression Inventory-II/Children's Depression Inventory-II, Korean Youth Self Report). We defined the children as having a high risk of developing mental health problems if their test scores were over the cut-off levels in 2 or more of the 3 domains assessed. Results: Twelve (25%) children were classified as having a high risk of developing mental health issues. 20 (41.6%) children scored above the cut-off in only one of the domains. Conclusion: Our results suggest that the children of psychiatric patients might be vulnerable to mental illness and need early prevention or interven-tions for the sake of their mental health.

• 사회복지연구
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• 제47권4호
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• pp.361-388
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• 2016

본 연구의 목적은 우리사회에서 정신장애인이 경험하는 사회적 배제의 수준을 실증적으로 고찰하는데 있다. 이를 위해 장애인고용패널 6차 조사자료를 활용하여 경제, 교육, 근로, 주거, 건강, 사회관계망, 사회적 참여, 차별을 포함하는 삶의 제반 영역에 걸쳐 다양한 장애인 집단의 사회적 배제 실태를 파악하고(N=4,161), 정신장애 집단을 기준으로 장애집단별 사회적 배제 승산비를 추정하여 정신장애 집단의 상대적 배제위험 수준을 살펴보았다. 로지스틱 회귀분석의 결과, 정신장애인은 경제, 근로, 주거 측면에서 다른 모든 유형의 장애인에 비해 약 2-11배의 높은 수준의 배제위험에 노출된 것으로 나타났으며, 사회관계망, 사회참여, 차별경험에 있어서도 자폐 지적장애 집단을 제외한 다른 장애인의 약 6-10배 배제위험이 높은 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과를 토대로 결론에서는 지역사회중심 정신보건서비스와 장애인복지서비스를 보장하는 법적 장치가 정신장애 서비스 관련법에 보다 구체적으로 마련되어야 하며 정신장애인의 인권과 사회권을 침해하는 각종 제도적 차별조항이 철폐되어야 할 필요성을 강조하였다.

• 대한장애인치과학회지
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.88-91
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• 2008

A female patient (14 years-old) with mental retardation was scheduled for ambulatory general anesthesia to treat peri-apical abscess and multiple dental caries. She had got cleft palate plasty at 5 years, but there was no past history of difficulty airway during general anesthesia or airway obstruction. Following induction of anesthesia using an inhalational anesthetic technique, conventional naso-tracheal intubation was tried. However, with conventional intubation technique we could not insert tube. And following several trial of intubation with laryngoscope, she developed an upper airway obstruction. Her lungs could not be ventilated using a facial mask and oxygen saturation was decreased. A #3 laryngeal mask airway (LMA) was inserted immediately, which allowed us to ventilate her lungs and restore the oxygen saturation. And dental treatment was carried out under LMA insertion successfully.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.277-280
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• 2006

Objective : The aim of this study is to determine which patients with progressively deteriorating acute cerebellar infarction would benefit from surgical treatment and which surgical procedure would best benefit them. Methods : Seventy six patients were treated at our hospital for cerebellar infarction over the past 3 years. Sixty nine patients received conservative management in the neurological department of our hospital. Among them, 7 patients [5 males and 2 females; average age, 49 yrs] were referred to neurosurgical department because of mental deterioration and underwent emergency surgery. Five patients underwent external ventricular drainage with suboccipital craniectomy and two patients underwent suboccipital craniectomy alone. Results : Of the 7 surgically treated patients, 4 patients experienced good recovery and 2 patients experienced moderate disability [disabled but independent] and 1 patient experienced severe disability [conscious but disabled]. There was no death. Conclusion : In patients conservatively treated for cerebellar infarction and showing mental deterioration and radiologically evident brainstem compression and ventricular enlargement, we strongly recommend suboccipital craniectomy [plus optional external ventricular drainage in case of showing hydrocephalus] as a first treatment option.