• 지역사회간호학회지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.127-145
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• 2000

The objectives of this study are to identify health behaviors and health problems. and the relations between health behaviors and health problems of female workers in the retail business. The number of subjects were 200 female workers of 6 department stores in Seoul and Kyonggi area, whose jobs last more than 6 months as retail employees. The data was collected during 2 months from July 1 to August 30, 1998. The Cornell Medical Index Health Questionnaire(CMI) was used to measure their health problems, while health behaViorn were investigated in terms of 'smoking', 'alcohol', exercise', 'diet', and 'sleeping'. The data were analyzed with frequency. percentage, t-test, ANOVA test, and $X^2-test$ by SPSS PC+ program. The results of this study are as follows: 1. Out of health problems. Digestive symptoms occupied the highest percent number. nervous ones the second and cardiovascular ones the third among physical health problems of retail female workers. The most frequent mental health problem was 'adequacy' and the next, 'tension' and 'anger', 2, Health problems according to general characteristics of subjects were shown that the younger or the unmarried complained more than the older or the married, especially in the items of 'eye and ear', 'respiratory system', 'cardiovascular system', 'digestive tract', 'nervous system', 'adequacy', and 'depression'. The longer working duration they have had, the more they complained of 'respiratory system' and 'adequacy'. The lower academic careers complained of 'nervous' than the higher ones with statistical significance. 3. The analysis of daily health clinic notes showed that respiratory complaints were the highest percent, successively followed by digestive tract, nervous one, external injury, musculoskeletal system, urinary-reproductive system and others. 4. The level of their health practice was generally low in smoking, diet habit and alcohol intake, exercise, sleeping, very low especially in smoking, diet, alcohol intake, and exercise among them all. 5. Present smokers and ones with past experience complained of physical and mental health problems of 'respiratory system', 'digestive tract', 'skin', 'nervous', 'urinary-reproductive system', 'fatigability', adequacy', 'depression', 'anxiety', 'anger' and 'tension', than non smokers, with statistical difference. Workers without having breakfast and with irregular diet had more complaints on 'digestive tract', 'adequacy' and 'tension', than those who had regular dietary habit. The less the subjects slept, the more they complained of eye and ear, cardiovascular system. The subjects who drank alcohol complained more digestive problem. However, whether they exercise or not did not affect physical and mental health problems in a significant manner. 6. The subjects' age and marital status were statistically significant relating to health behaviors, as the younger or unmarried recorded a low level of health practice in smoking, drinking, dietary habit. Based on the results, the suggestions are made as follows: 1. Health education program on smoking, alcohol intake, diet habit is needed to improve health problems and health behavior of female retail workers. 2. The unmarried workers of late teen and twenties, who are transitional period from teenagers to adulthood are important targets for health promotion program especially for maternal health. 3. Better working environment with sufficient time and facilities for workers to relax is required to promote female sales workers' health. 4. Further research is required to identify the relation between workers' visual fatigue and intense lights for the display of goods.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제42권6호
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• pp.396-408
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• 2016

Objectives: The purposes of this study were to determine the relationship between the prevalence of allergic diseases and urinary cadmium concentration among children from six to 12 years of age, and to evaluate the association between cadmium in urine and other immunologically related factors in two elementary schools with different environmental conditions. Methods: Data on physician-diagnosed prevalence over the past 12 months and potential risk factors for allergic disease were collected from survey results drawn from 236 children living in different regions (central urban vs. suburban) from April to July in 2014 by an ISAAC questionnaire. We analyzed cytokine levels in serum through enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and urinary cadmium concentration by use of inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Results: Concentrations of urinary cadmium in suburban and central urban children were $0.11{\pm}0.11ug/L$, $0.14{\pm}0.17ug/L$, respectively (p>0.05). Results from the analysis of the t-test and chi-square test showed that urinary cadmium levels were positively associated with environmental factors (paternal smoking status, passive smoking, traffic volume and experiences of outdoor odors) and individual genetic factors (parental allergic disease). Cadmium concentrations in urine were also positively associated with the prevalence of allergic disease and immune-related cytokines (eosinophils, IgE, IL-5, IL-33, IL-17). Conclusion: This study suggests that genetic factors (parental history of allergic diseases), environmental factors, and regional status (suburban and central urban) should be considered as probable factors increasing the concentration of urinary cadmium, which has the potential to influence the allergic disease prevalence of school-age children.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제17권sup1호
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• pp.49-53
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• 2016

Evidence shows that tobacco advertising and promotion activities may increase tobacco consumption and usage, especially in youth. Despite the regulation on prohibiting advertisement of any tobacco product, tobacco advertisement and promotion activities are still common in Vietnam. This article presents current exposure to tobacco advertising and promotion (TAP) among school children aged 13 to 15 years in Vietnam in 2014 and potential influencing factors. Data from the Global Youth Tobacco Survey 2014 in Vietnam covering 3,430 school aged children were used. Both descriptive and analytical statistics were carried out with Stata 13 statistical software. Binary logistic regression was applied to explain the exposure to TAP among youth and examine relationships with individual factors. A significance level of p<0.05 and sampling weights were used in all of the computations. In the past 30 days, 48.6% of the students experienced exposure to at least 1 type of tobacco advertising or promotion. Wearing or otherwise using products related to tobacco was the most exposure TAP type reported by students (22.3%). The internet (22.1), points of sales (19.2) and social events (11.5) were three places that students aged 13-15 frequently were exposed to TAP. Binary logistic results showed that gender (female vs male) (OR = 0.61, 95%CI: 0.52 - 0.71), susceptibility to smoking (OR = 2.12, 95%CI: 1.53 - 2.92), closest friends' smoked (OR = 1.43, 95%CI: 1.2 - 1.7) and parents smoking status (OR = 2.83, 95%CI: 1.6 - 5.01) were significantly associated with TAP exposure among school-aged children. The research findings should contribute to effective implementation of measures for preventing and controlling tobacco use among students aged 13-15 in Viet Nam.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.109-112
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• 2008

The G184C and G134A single nucleotide polymorphisms(SNPs) of the CYP1A1 gene result in Ala62Pro and Gly45Asp substitutions, respectively. Here, we tested whether these SNPs are associated with an alteration in lung cancer incidence. We examined 80 Korean subjects with lung cancer and 240 age- and sex-matched controls. For each subject, the CYP1A1 gene was PCR amplified and sequenced. We observed that the odds ratio(OR) for lung cancer was 3.37 higher in subjects with the G184C polymorphism than in controls(95% confidence interval(CI), $0.89{\sim}12.73$, P=0.07). In contrast, the OR for lung cancer was 1.23 in subjects with the G134A polymorphism compared to controls(95% CI, $0.68{\sim}2.20$, P=0.49). The G184C polymorphism exacerbated the effects of smoking on lung cancer development. Gene-smoking interaction analyses revealed that past or present smokers with the G184C polymorphism had a higher incidence of lung cancer(OR, 24.72; 95% CI, $4.48{\sim}136.31$; P<0.01) than control smokers(OR, 6.65; 95% CI, $2.72{\sim}16.28$; P<0.01). However, there was only a slight difference in the ORs for lung cancer between control smokers and smokers with the G134A polymorphism. These findings suggest that the G184C polymorphism, but not the G134A polymorphism, is associated with an increased risk of lung cancer.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.275-280
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• 2016

Background: A tobacco-free workplace policy is identified as an effective means to reduce tobacco use and protect people from second-hand smoke; however, the number of tobacco-free policies (TFP) remains very low in workplaces in Malaysia. This study explored the factors affecting support for a tobacco-free policy on two healthcare campuses in Malaysia, prior to the implementation of TFP. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted among 286 non-smokers from two healthcare training centres and two nearby colleges in Malaysia from January 2015 to April 2015. A standardized questionnaire was administered via staff and student emails. The questionnaire collected information on sociodemographic characteristics, support for a tobacco-free policy and perceived respiratory and sensory symptoms due to tobacco exposure. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed to estimate the independent effects of supporting a tobacco-free campus. Results: The percentage of individuals supporting completely tobacco-free facilities was 83.2% (N=238), as opposed to 16.7% (N=48) in support of partially tobacco-free facilities. Compared to the supporters of partially tobacco-free facilities, non-smokers who supported completely tobacco-free health facilities were more likely to be female, have higher education levels, to be very concerned about the effects of other people smoking on their health and to perceive a tobacco-free policy as very important. In addition, they perceived that tobacco smoke bothered them at work by causing headaches and coughs and, in the past 4 weeks, had experienced difficulty breathing. In the multivariate model, after adjusting for sociodemographic characteristics and other factors, only experiencing coughs and headaches increased the odds of supporting a completely tobacco-free campus, up to 2.5- and 1.9-fold, respectively. Conclusions: Coughs and headaches due to other people smoking at work enhances support for a completely tobacco-free campus among non-smokers.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제11권10호
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• pp.370-379
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• 2011

산업장 근로자의 구강보건교육 프로그램개발과 향후 근로자의 구강건강을 증진 유지할 수 있는 구강 보건사업 및 제도 개선에 필요한 기초자료를 제공하고자 2009년 6월 1일부터 12월 31일까지 경북 구미시에 소재하는 49개 산업장에 근무하는 근로자 7,185명을 대상으로 치과의사 4인이 산업장을 직접 방문하여 인공조명하에서 치경과 핀셋, 탐침, 설압자를 이용하여 구강검사를 실시한 후 결손치 유무를 조사하였다. 또한 결손치에 영향을 미치는 문항은 구강검진문진표를 이용하여 조사하였고, 회수된 구강검사결과통보서 7,185개 중 응답내용이 부실한 209개를 제외한 6,976개의 자료를 SPSS 12.0으로 분석하였다. 연령층이 높은 경우, 치석제거를 받지 않은 경우, 치아우식증과 치주질환이 있는 경우, 과거에 흡연을 했거나 현재 흡연을 하고 있는 경우, 양치횟수가 적은 경우, 치아가 욱신한 경우, 잇몸에 통증 및 출혈과 혀 및 뺨이 욱신한 경우에 결손치율은 높았다. 근로자들의 구강건강을 증진 유지시켜 주기 위해서는 결손치의 원인인 치면세균막과 치석을 제거할 수 있는 스켈링의 유효성을 인지시켜, 스켈링의 경험률을 높여주고, 금연을 위한 보건교육프로그램을 개발해야 할 것이다. 또한 검진을 통한 충분한 상담과 교육을 통해 근로자들의 구강건강에 대한 의식을 고취시켜, 근로자의 구강건강을 유지하는데 실질적 도움이 되는 방향으로 개선 보완되어져야 할 것이다.

• 산업융합연구
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.99-106
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• 2023

본 연구의 목적은 자살생각 원인에 따른 우울의 영향을 미치는 요인을 파악하는 것이다. 자료는 2021년 지역사회 건강조사 자료를 이용하였다. 연구 대상자는 20~60세 사이의 성인 중 최근 1년간 자살생각이 있었다고 응답한 5,328명이다. 자살생각의 원인은 경제적 어려움, 대인관계 문제와 질병 및 장애군으로 구분하였다. 자료의 분석은 SPSS 25.0 프로그램을 이용하여 복합표본분석을 실시하였다. 연구 결과는 다음과 같다. 1) 경제적 어려움 군에서는 연령, 성별, 교육수준, 경제활동, 코로나로 인한 직업 변화, 생활만족도, 주관적 건강상태, 스트레스, 수면시간과 연간 미충족 의료가 우울의 주요 관련요인으로 나타났다. 2) 대인관계 문제군에서는 연령, 성별, 교육수준, 경제활동, 생활만족도, 주관적 건강상태, 흡연, 음주, 스트레스와 수면시간이 우울의 주요 관련요인으로 나타났다. 3) 질병 및 장애군에서는 연령, 결혼상태, 교육수준, 생활만족도, 흡연, 스트레스, 수면시간, 연간 미충족 의료가 우울의 주요 영향요인으로 나타났다. 따라서 자살률을 낮추고 우울을 예방하기 위해서는 자살생각의 원인과 우울의 영향요인에 따라 다양한 전략을 수립할 필요가 있다.

• 대한중풍순환신경학회지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.33-39
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• 2009

Objects : This study propose to compare on general characteristics of acute stroke patients between Fire-Heat group and Deficiency of Yin group. Method : We recruited acute stroke patient within 4 weeks after stroke admitted to Department of Internal Medicine of Kyunghee University Oriental Medicial Center, Dongguk University Ilsan Oriental Medical Center, Kyungwon University Songpa Oriental Medical Centar and Kyungwon University Incheon Oriental Medical Center from April 2007 to August 2009. We investigate age, sex, type of stroke, past history, general characteristics, smoking, drinking alcohol, marriage sasang constitution, etc. Result : It was significant different in sex, smoking, dringking alcohol and marriage between Fire-Heat group and Deficiency Yin group. We need more cases for another result that could associate with diagnosis of stroke. Conclusion : We found that Fire heat group was more associated with lifestyle than deficiency yin group. Further study will be needed to analysis for the diagnosis and the treatments of stroke.

• 농촌의학ㆍ지역보건
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.43-63
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• 2004

이 연구는 일부 농촌지역주민들을 대상으로 수집된 건강의식 및 형태 조사자료를 이용하여 농촌지역주민들의 건강행위를 유형화하고 건강행위유형과 건강상태 및 건강관리실태와의 관련성을 규명하기 위해 시행된 것으로서 본 연구의 주요결과와 합의는 다음과 같다. 1. 건강행위유형은 식생활군, 흡연군, 운동군, 음주군, 건강무관심군, 수동적 태도군으로 구분되 있으며 각각의 구성비는 67.8%, 10.9%, 6.2%, 2.6%, 0.5%, 11.9%로 각 건강행위유형별 구성비는 전국민자료를 이용한 선행연구결과와 다소 상이하였다. 전체적으로 식생활군이 보다 많았고, 수동적 태도군의 구성비가 적었다. 또 건강행위유형을 구성하는 건강행위별로 계량화된 건강행위점수도 다소 차이가 있었다. 이는 연령구성, 직업구성, 소득수준 뿐 아니라 식생활을 중시는 농촌지역의 특성과 낮은 흡연율 등 건강행위의 차이에서 기인하는 것으로 보인다. 2. 각 건강행위 유형별 일반적 특성의 경우에도 전국적 자료를 이용한 연구결과와 차이가 있었다. 평균연령은 전국적 자료를 이용한 경우 건강 무관심군이 가장 많았으나 본 연구 결과에서는 가장 적었고 오히려 음주군의 평균연령이 가장 많았다. 성별 구성을 보면 음주군, 흡연군, 건강무관심군의 경우에 여성이 거의 없었고. 수동적 태도군, 식생활군 등에서 여성의 구성비가 높았고 운동군에서도 비교적 높았던 것은 전국결과와 유사하였다. 교육수준은 전국결과에서는 운동군이 가장 높았으나 본 연구결과에서도 운동군과 수동적 태도군에서 고졸이상의 고학력자가 비교적 많아 전국결과와 유사하였다. 직업의 경우, 음주군의 경우 비사무직이 많았고 심한 육체적 노동에 종사하는 사람들의 구성비가 높은 점. 음주군과 건강무관심군의 경제적 수준이 가장 낮았고 운동군의 소득수준이 높았던 점, 건강관련 정보원이 있는 경우가 음주군이 상대적으로 낮고 운동군이 높았던 점 등도 전국결과와 유사하였다. 그러나 건강검진율은 전국평균에 비해 높았고 전국자료에서는 음주군에서 가장 낮았고 운동군에서 가장 높았으나 본 연구는 음주군에서 상대적으로 높았으나 본 연구에서는 음주군에서 상대적으로 높았고 운동군은 50%로 비교적 낮았다. 3. 연구대상자 건강행위유형별 건강상태를 보면 우리나라 한 지역농촌인구가 가장 보편적으로 보이고 있는 건강행위유형인 식생활군과 비교할 때 운동군의 만성질환 이환경험율이 더 높았고 흡연군, 음주군, 건강무관심군, 수동적 태도군 등의 경험율이 오히려 더 낮았다. 이는 이 지역주민들의 건강행위가 질병의 경험에 종속되어 있기 때문에 나타난 현상으로 보았다. 4. 건강행위유형별로 건강관리실태를 보면 건강상태를 보정하고도 식생활군에 비해서 운동군은 건강관리행위를 유의하게 더 많이 하는 것으로 나타났고 수동적 운동군 건강검진율은 유의하게 낮아 각 건강행위유형에 기대되는 건강관리실태를 보였다. 이는 일부이기는 하나 농촌지역에도 건강할 때부터 건강을 지키고 증진하기 위한 활동을 하는 사람들이 있으며 건강상태와 무관하게 적극적으로 행하는 건강관리에 소극적인 집단이 존재함을 시사하는 것이다. 5. 이러한 결과를 바탕으로 할 때, 건강증진 사업을 시행함에 있어 주민들에게 조성되어 있는 건강관리에 대한 소극적 태도를 극복하기 위한 대안을 마련하는 한편, 건강관리에 적극적인 운동군들을 발굴하여 지역내 건강증진사업의 확산에 활용하는 방안을 검토하는 것이 필요할 것으로 본다. 건강무관심군은 비교적 젊은 군이나 소득이 낮고 주관적으로 인지하는 건강수준이 낮으며 건강염려를 많이 하는 것으로 보아 건강에 부여하는 가치 등의 문제 뿐 아니라 건강활동에 참여할 시간적 여유의 부족이나 기타자원의 부족에 기인할 수 도 있음을 감안해야할 것으로 보인다. 6. 그러나 이 연구는 단면연구로서 장기적인 추적관찰을 통해 이 연구의 결론이 지지되기를 기대하며 더 발전된 연구에 의해 이 연구가 가진 다음과 같은 한계들이 극복되기를 바란다. 1) 다른 목적으로 조사된 자료를 이용하였기 때문에 측정변수의 정밀성을 높이기 어려웠다. 주관적 건강평가의 경우에 주관적 건강인지의 구성요인에 따라 구조화된 설문지로 측정되어야 하나 단 하나의 문항으로 측정하였다. 주관적 건강인지와 건강행위 유형과 특정한 관계가 예상되었으나 유의한 관련성이 없었던 것은 이와 관련이 있을 것으로 판단된다. 2) 건강형태의 유형화가 가지는 유용성의 문제로서 인지적 건강수준이나 건강과 관련된 형태의 많은 부분을 설명하지 못하였다. 이는 건강행위의 유형화에 투입된 변수의 신뢰성의 문제와 아울러서 건강과 관련된 신념 등 인지적 용인이 유형화변수에서 비제되었기 때문이라고 추정하였는데 투입된 변수가 개인의 건강생활양식을 고루 반영하는지의 타당성도 더 검증되어야 할 문제로 보인다. 3) 군집분석을 통한 건강생활약식의 유형화를 시도하였으나 군집분석의 경우에 그 신뢰성과 타당도가 표본수에 따라 민감하게 반응한다. 따라서, 적은 표본수로 인해 결과의 신뢰성이 낮아졌을 가능성이 있으며 보다 대용량 자료를 이용한 분석이 필요할 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제45권5호
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• pp.301-308
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• 2012

Objectives: To examine the association between alcohol consumption habit, types of beverages, alcohol consumption quantity, and overall and cancer-specific mortality among Korean adults. Methods: The alcohol consumption information of a total of 16 320 participants who were 20 years or older from the Korean Multicenter Cancer Cohort were analyzed to examine the association between alcohol consumption habit and mortality (median follow-up of 9.3 years). The Cox proportional hazard model was used to estimate the hazard ratio (HR) of alcohol consumption to mortality adjusting for age, sex, geographic areas, education, smoking status, and body mass index. Results: Alcohol drinkers showed an increased risk for total mortality compared with never drinkers (HR, 1.72; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.38 to 2.14 for past drinkers; HR, 1.21; 95% CI, 1.06 to 1.39 for current drinkers), while past drinkers only were associated with higher risk for cancer deaths (HR, 1.84; 95% CI, 1.34 to 2.53). The quantity of alcohol consumed per week showed a J-shaped association with risk of mortality. Relative to light drinkers (0.01 to 90 g/wk), never drinkers and heavy drinkers (>504 g/wk) had an increased risk for all-cause and cancer deaths: (HR, 1.18; 95% CI, 0.96 to 1.45) and (HR, 1.39; 95% CI, 1.05 to 1.83) for all-cause mortality; and (HR, 1.55; 95% CI, 1.15 to 2.11) and (HR, 2.07; 95% CI, 1.39 to 3.09) for all cancer mortality, respectively. Heavy drinkers (>504 g/wk) showed an elevated risk for death from stomach and liver cancers. Conclusions: The present study supports the existence of a J-shaped association between alcohol consumption quantity and the risk of all-cause and cancer deaths. Heavy drinkers had an increased risk of death from cancer overall and liver and stomach cancer.