• 한국생활환경학회지
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.360-367
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• 2017

Although the elderly collecting and selling wastepaper is one of the most vulnerable groups in society, this group has not been studied specifically. Subjective health status is an important aspect of quality of life in old age. The purpose of this study is to examine factors affecting subjective health status among the elderly collecting and selling wastepaper. Analyses are based on data from 2014 Korean Elderly Survey. Multiple regression analysis showed that gender, depression, and fear of falling were associated with subjective health status. The results of this study suggest that gender and mental health aspects should be considered in making intervention plan for assessments and providing services for health among the elderly collecting and selling wastepaper. The study findings also indicate that efforts to improve safety in worksite of elderly persons collecting and selling wastepaper are needed.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.747-758
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• 2022

본 연구는 국민건강영양조사 제 7기 자료를 활용하여 스트레스를 받는 20-50대 성인 3,333명을 대상으로 우울에 미치는 영향 요인을 알아보기 위해 실시되었다. 자료는 IBM SPSS 25.0 프로그램을 이용하여 회귀 분석을 실시하여 분석하였다. 20대의 경우 학력, 건강 관련 삶의 질, 비만, 체중변화, 흡연, 주관적 체형이 유의한 영향요인으로 나타났으며, 설명력은 60.3%였다. 30대의 경우 성별, 가구소득 수준, 배우자와 동거, 경제활동, 건강 관련 삶의 질, 음식섭취량, 비만, 음주, 흡연, 주관적 건강이 유의한 영향요인으로 나타났으며 설명력은 30.3%이었다. 40대는 가구소득 수준, 배우자 동거, 경제활동여부, 건강 관련 삶의 질, 흡연, 유산소 운동, 주관적 건강이 유의한 영향요인이었으며 설명력이 34.4%이었다. 50대에서는 성별, 학력, 소득, 경제활동, 건강 관련 삶의 질, 단백질 섭취, 지방 섭취, 고혈압, 당뇨병, 체중조절, 유산소운동, 주관적 건강, 주관적 체형이 유의한 것으로 나타났고 설명력은 42.3%이었다. 따라서, 본 연구를 통하여 스트레스를 받는 성인의 우울에 영향을 미치는 요인이 연령별로 차이가 있음이 밝혀졌으므로 스트레스를 받는 성인의 우울을 낮추고자 할때 연령별 중재전략 수립이 필요하다.

• 한국간호교육학회지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.117-126
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• 2008

Purpose: The aim of this study was to research caregiver trainees, and to understand the degree of subjective quality of life and internal and external locus control, and to examine the relationships between these variables. Method: The subjects of the research were 348 trainees at a Jeonju city caregiver training center. The subjective quality of life and the characteristics of locus control were used as measuring tools. The collected data was analyzed by the SAS 9.1 program. Result: The degree of subjective quality of life was significantly different according to the general characteristics of age (F=2.83, p=0.02), marital status (F=3.34, p=0.01), and willingness to work (F=3.94, p=0.05). The degree of internal locus control was significantly different according to the general characteristic of marital status (F=3.0 p=0.01). External locus control was significantly different according to the general characteristics of age (F=9.77, p=0.00), occupation (F=2.91, p=0.01), educational level (F=9.65, p=0.00), monthly income (F=3.81, p=0.00), educational institution (F=2.06, p=0.04), educational experience (F=4.15, p=0.00), and subjects willingness to work (t=8.71, p=0.00). A significant correlation was identified between the subjective quality of life and internal locus control (r=0.23, p=0.0001). Conclusion: A significant correlation was shown between subjective quality of life and internal locus control of the caregiver trainees.

• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.210-220
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• 2017

Objectives: This study was conducted to prepare fundamental data and prevention measures on health promotion and occupational disease, and to assess the effects of the working environment on subjective health status and absenteeism among workers using data from the third working environment survey in Korea. Methods: This study's subjects were composed of 29,711 wage workers from the 3rd working environment survey data. The dependent variables were several diseases, subjective health status and absences, and the independent variable was the working environment. The collected data were analyzed by One-Way ANOVA, Pearson's correlation and stepwise multiple analysis using the IBM SPSS(ver. 20.0) statistical package program. Results: The effecting factors for cardiovascular disease were age, working shift and emotional state. The effecting factors for anxiety and depression were years of education, working condition, duties, and emotional state. The effecting factors of insomnia were duty and emotional state. The positive effecting factors for absent days were work standing, working shift, number of night shifts, autonomy, and duties. The positive effecting factors of subjective health status were age, work standing, working years, working shift, appropriateness of working hours, leadership of superiors, duties and emotional state. Conclusions: Based on the above results, the author considers that it is necessary to improve the working environment to reduce absent days, such as by reducing of number of night shifts and giving autonomy regarding duties, and to improve the working environment for subjective health status such as by controlling the appropriateness of working hours and stability of the emotional state. In addition, this study provides fundamental data on health promotion and occupational disease among workers.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.56-64
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• 2024

In this study, 293 middle-aged and elderly people in Gwangju·Jeonnam were analyzed for prevalence of hypertension and diabetes and health behavior index using composite logistic regression analysis using SPSS ver 21.0. The prevalence of hypertension was significant in age, education level, and household type, and the prevalence of diabetes was significant in education level. The prevalence of hypertension according to health behavior related indicators was significant in subjective health awareness, prosthesis repair, and discomfort chewing, and the prevalence of diabetes was significant in subjective health awareness, oral examination, discomfort chewing. The variables affecting the prevalence of hypertension were age and prosthetic repair, and the variables affecting the prevalence of diabetes were age, prosthetic repair, discomfort chewing, and annual drinking frequency. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between hypertension, diabetes mellitus prevalence and health behavior indicators of middle-aged and elderly people, and to help the importance of Community Care and oral health care improvement program.

• Human Ecology Research
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• 제57권3호
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• pp.329-340
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• 2019

The 'Sliver-Spoon-Discourse' is currently witnessing growing complaints about the polarization and a sense of despair among many young people in Korean society. The 'Sliver-Spoon-Discourse' that compares one's subjective socioeconomic status to a spoon implies a sense of psychological superiority or deprivation. The present study empirically tested the current popular 'Sliver-Spoon-Discourse' based belongingness and explored how subjective socioeconomic status may affect the psychology of young people. This study examined the effects of subjective socioeconomic status on individual relative deprivation and subjective well-being. Data were collected from 307 undergraduate students enrolled at universities located in Seoul with both parents alive. The findings of this study were as follows. First, student respondents reported moderate levels of subjective socioeconomic status, relative deprivation, and subjective well-being. Second, after controlling for respondents' gender, age and family income, the students' subjective socioeconomic status was negatively associated with their level of relative deprivation. Finally, after controlling for respondents' sociodemographic characteristics, the students' subjective socioeconomic status was not significantly related to all the three sub-factors of life satisfaction, positive emotion and negative emotion as well as total subjective well-being. The results indicate that 'Sliver-Spoon-Discourse' based belongingness may instigate relative deprivation of young people without affecting their subjective well-being. The implications of the results are discussed for youth programs and policies.

• 보건의료산업학회지
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.49-61
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• 2014

Due to the rapid population's aging, the life span's expansion and social & cultural characteristics, the standards of age classes in senescence are changed. Thus, this study aimed to identify the influential factors on health care utilization in the elderly by age class, and targeted 2,937 adults in their ages over 55 years old from the Korea Health Panel's 2009 Yearly Integrated Data. This study investigated the target health care utilization in the elderly in relation with the gender, the education level, the health-care insurance type, the income, the current job state, the chronic disease. In order to analyze the influential factors on health care utilization in the elderly, the multiple linear regression analysis was conducted to the data. As the results from this study, Concerning the influential factors on the health care utilization, the income, the subjective health state, the chronic disease and the regularly meals for the young-old influenced. Concerning the influential factors on the health care utilization, the subjective health state for the old. Concerning the influential factors on the health care utilization, the subjective health state, the income for the older-old influenced. Concerning the influential factors on the health care utilization, the education level, the spouse, the economic activity and the drinking oldest-old influenced. Therefore, it will need to provide systemic health-care & medical services, to develop health-care & medical programs and the health-care & medical policies and to execute them according to the age classes in senescence.

• Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.346-354
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• 2023

Purpose: Approximately 30% of children with chronic liver disease (CLD) are malnourished. However, proper assessment of their nutritional status is difficult. The subjective global nutritional assessment (SGNA) is a comprehensive approach that uses nutrition-focused history and examination, followed by grading of malnourishment. We aimed to study the prevalence of malnutrition in children with CLD using the SGNA tool. Methods: This cross-sectional observational study included patients aged <18 years with CLD. Nutritional assessments were recorded using SGNA tool. Conventional anthropometric measurements were performed and corroborated with nutritional status using SGNA tool. Results: A total of 85 children with CLD and mean age of 62 months were enrolled in this study. The prevalence of malnourished children according to SGNA was 34%; 22% were moderately malnourished and 12% were severely malnourished. We found statistically significant differences in anthropometric parameters among the three groups. A moderate degree of agreement was found between SGNA and weight-for-age (W/A) (p=0.020), mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) (p<0.001), and triceps skin-fold thickness (TSF)-for-age (p=0.029). Furthermore, a fair degree of agreement was found between height-for-age (H/A) (p=0.001) and weight-for-height (W/H) (p<0.001). The sensitivity of W/A for detecting malnutrition was 93%, H/A was 90%, MUAC was 86%, and TSF was 88%. The sensitivity was much lower for W/H and body mass index for age (55% for both). Conclusion: In our study, more than one-third of children with CLD were malnourished. Nutritional assessment using SGNA is a reliable method for evaluating nutritional status and is significantly correlated with common anthropometric measurements.

• 한국노년학
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.1135-1153
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• 2011

본 연구는 우리나라 중년기와 노년기의 주관적 건강, 신체적 건강, 정신적 건강수준의 차이에 학력과 소득의 사회경제적 지위가 어떻게 매개하는지를 알아보기 위한 연구이다. 선행연구에서는 증가하는 노년인구와 더불어 심각하게 증가되는 의존 수명에 대한 다양한 논의가 이루어지고 있다. 그러나 정작 수년 내에 노년기에 접어들게 될 중년기의 건강수준이 노년기와는 각 건강수준에서 어떻게 차이가 나며, 사회경제적 지위에 따른 건강수준이 어떠한가에 대한 연구는 매우 제한적이다. 이에 본 연구에서는 전 국민을 대상으로 한 자료를 토대로 중년기와 노년기의 계층별, 연령별 건강수준을 분석하고자 한다. 분석자료는 한국노동연구원에서 실시한 1차 한국고령화패널(KLOSA)을 활용하였고, 주관적 건강, 신체적 건강, 정신적 건강수준에 소득과 학력이 매개변수로서 작용하는지를 검증하기 위해 경로분석을 실시하였다. 연구결과 중년기에서 노년기로 접어들수록 주관적 건강수준은 낮아지고, 만성질환 유병은 높고, 정신건강수준은 매우 낮아지는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 중년기와 노년기 모두 학력과 소득이 높을수록 건강수준이 높고, 중년기와 노년기의 모든 건강수준에 학력과 소득이 매개효과를 갖는 것으로 나타났다.

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• 제46권4호
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• pp.109-116
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• 2021

Purpose: Xerostomia is subjective feeling of dry mouth. It is complicated and multifactorial, which burdens clinicians in diagnosis and treatment of the problem. The goal of this study was to discuss the clinical importance of salivary flow rate, pH and subjective symptoms for evaluating oral dryness among young healthy male subjects. Methods: Thirty male participants were recruited in this study (mean age±standard deviation of 25.70±1.84). All participants completed 'Xerostomia Inventory' to measure subjective oral dryness scores. Unstimulated saliva and stimulated saliva were collected from each participant twice a day at 12:00 pm and 5:00 pm, using spitting method. Salivary flow rates and pH were measured immediately after collection. Relationship between objective and subjective measurements were analyzed. Results: There were excellent intra-examiner reliability for salivary flow rate and pH and good internal consistency for Xerostomia Inventory. Objective measurements and subjective symptoms did not exhibit positive association. Salivary flow rate in unstimulated and stimulated condition showed positive association and also for salivary pH. Stimulated salivary flow rate also presented positive correlation with stimulated salivary pH. Conclusions: Comprehensive assessment of objective measurements and subjective symptoms may be complimentary for assessing oral dryness, which would assist in implementing early interventions to improve patient's quality of life.