• Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
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• 2018.05a
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• pp.175-176
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• 2018

최근 스마트 홈이 관심받기 시작하면서 월패드의 중요성이 강조되는 반면에 급속한 고령화로 정보통신 기기의 사용성이 취약한 독거노인이 증가하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 독거노인에게 필요한 주거 형태 조사 및 분석을 통해 독거노인을 위한 공동주택의 사례 중 콜렉티브 하우징 형태를 중심으로 사용성 향상, 소통의 증가, 안전 문제 측면에서 홈 네트워크 월패드의 필요성을 제시한다.

• Journal of Gynecologic Oncology
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• v.29 no.6
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• pp.97.1-97.12
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• 2018

Objective: Women with cervical cancer (CC) found to have positive surgical margins, positive lymph nodes, and/or parametrial invasion receive a survival benefit from postoperative chemoradiotherapy (CRT) vs. radiation therapy (RT) alone. However, older women may not benefit to the same extent, as they are at increased risk of death from non-oncologic causes as well as toxicities from oncologic treatments. This study sought to evaluate whether there was a survival benefit of CRT over RT in elderly patients with cervical cancer. Methods: The National Cancer Database was queried for patients ${\geq}70$ years old with newly diagnosed IA2, IB, or IIA CC and positive margins, parametrial invasion, and/or positive nodes on surgical resection. Statistics included logistic regression, Kaplan-Meier overall survival (OS), and Cox proportional hazards modeling analyses. Results: Altogether, 166 patients met inclusion criteria; 62 (37%) underwent postoperative RT and 104 (63%) underwent postoperative CRT. Younger patients and those living in areas of higher income were less likely to receive CRT, while parametrial invasion and nodal involvement were associated with an increased likelihood (p<0.05 for all). There were no OS differences by treatment type. Subgroup analysis by number of risk factors, as well as each of the 3 risk factors separately, also did not reveal any OS differences between cohorts. Conclusion: In the largest such study to date, older women with postoperative risk factor(s) receiving RT alone experienced similar survival as those undergoing CRT. Although causation is not implied, careful patient selection is paramount to balance treatment-related toxicity risks with theoretical outcome benefits.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.111-119
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• 2018

This study was conducted to evaluate the converge effects of the Be Happy and Strong (BeHaS) exercise program on female elders living alone, using a nonequivalent control-group pretest-posttest design. The BeHaS exercise program was conducted twice each week for 4 weeks (total 8 sessions). The outcome measures included pain, shoulder flexibility, grip strength, depression, and suicidal ideation. Independent t-test, Chi-squre test, paired t-tests and ANCOVA were used for the statistical data analysis. A statistically significant improvement emerged in pain (t=4.044, p=.000) and right and left shoulder flexibility (t=2.192, p=.038 and t=2.568, p=.016) 4 weeks later. In a group comparison, a statistically significant difference arose in changed scores of suicidal ideation (F=7.32, p=.010) between groups. The BeHaS exercise program may effectively improve the physical and psychological health of female elders living alone.

• Proceedings of the KSCN Conference
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• 2006.05a
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• pp.16-34
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• 2006

• Annual Conference of KIPS
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• 2020.05a
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• pp.299-301
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• 2020

본 연구에서는 독거노인의 사회적 단절 문제 해결을 위해 방문후원자-독거노인, 독거노인-독거노인이라는 지속적인 방문 관계를 만들고 웹,모바일 어플리케이션과 방문 기록 리더기를 이용하여 관리하는 돌봄 솔루션을 제안한다.

• Annual Conference of KIPS
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• 2008.05a
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• pp.561-564
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• 2008

사회가 발전하면 할수록 고령화 노령화 되어 가고 있는 요즘에 홀로 사는 독거 노인에 대한 관심이 사회의 중요한 이슈 중 하나이다. 본 논문은 센서 네트워크를 이용하여 나 홀로 독거 노인의 정보(온도, 습도, 조도, 체온)을 습득하고 웹 환경에서 관리함으로써 독거 노인의 위급한 상황시 즉각적인 조처가 취할 수 있는 독거 노인 지킴이 시스템을 구현한다.

• Journal of agricultural medicine and community health
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• v.38 no.4
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• pp.243-256
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• 2013

Objectives: This study was to investigate fear of falling and related factors in elderly living alone based on fall experience. Methods: Participants were 404 elderly women(faller=148, non-faller=256) over 65 years who were homebound living alone in Jeollanam-do Province. Face-to-face interviews were conducted using questionnaires from April $23^{th}$ to June $9^{th}$ 2013. The questionnaires consisted of demographic variables, fall experience, Fear of falling questionnaire(FOFQ), Falls Efficacy Scale(FES) and Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression(CES-D). The collected data were analyzed using the SPSS version 14.0. Results: The fear of falling and the influential factors were different according to fall experience. Regression model for fear of falling in fallers significantly accounted for 46.1%(F=6.71, p<0.001); difficulty of performing activity, depression, fall-efficacy, static balance and assistive devices. Regression model for fear of falling in non-fallers significantly accounted for 55.2%(F=15.16, p<0.001); fall-efficacy, environmental hazards, difficulty of performing activity, risk of nutrition, housing type, dizziness and assistive devices. Conclusion: Results demonstrate that fall is an important health problem for elderly women living alone, and show fall experience for factors influencing fear of falling. These results could be used in the developing fall prevention programs.

• Journal of Family Resource Management and Policy Review
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.43-65
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• 2007

This research aims at finding out how spare time activity, relationships with their children and loneliness affect the satisfaction of life of elderly people who have no spouse. To begin, according to the survey, in the case of elderly people who have no spouse, male elderly people feel more loneliness, lower unification with their offspring, and do less activity in their spare time than female elderly people. The elderly people with a higher educational level, feel less loneliness and have a close relationship with their offspring. When elderly people believe in a religion, they participate in positive activities in their spare time and have a higher satisfaction of life. Secondly, the less the elderly people have for a monthly income, the more they feel a deep sense of isolation. However, if the elderly have a sufficient monthly income, they spend their spare time on positive activities and feel a higher sense of satisfaction in their lives. These results show that economic situation is an important factor for elderly people to maintain good mental health and a good quality of life. Thirdly, the loneliness of elderly people who have no spouse was influenced by whether the elderly people have children or not. If an elderly person loses their spouse through death, they can find themselves in a desperate situation and feeling very isolated. Most elderly people who have no spouse want to live with their offspring and depend on their sons and daughters economically and psychologically. However, the elderly people living alone have lower satisfaction of life because of economic and psychological problems. Therefore, the results shows that the life satisfaction of elderly people who have no spouse was influenced by living with their children and having a close relationship with them. The elderly people who have no spouse feel hopelessness and rely increasingly on their sons and daughters. The elderly people who don't have a sufficient monthly income not only feel more loneliness than other elderly people, but are also restricted in their spare time activities. It proves that the economic situation(monthly income) is also an important factor to maintain personal relationships.

• Journal of Families and Better Life
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.102-114
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• 1995

본 연구의 목적은 단독가구노인들이 편안한 일상생활을 영위할 수 있도록 가사노동의 복지대책마련을 위한 기초자료를 제시하고자 하는데 있다. 연구대상은 전라북도에 거주하는 55세이상의 단독가구노인주부이며, 최종분석에 사용된 자료수는 177부이다. 연구의 내용은 단독가구노인주부의 특성에 따른 가사노동수행의 하위영역인 실행정도, 시간, 선호도를 조사하였고 실행정도, 시간, 선호도간의 상관관계를 보았다. 연구의 결과 연령이 낮을수록, 교육수준, 수입 등의 사회경제적 지위가 높을수록, 주부가 건강할 수록배우자가 있는 주부일수록 가사노동의 실행정도가 높고, 시간이 길며, 선호도가 높게 나타났다. 그리고 이들 하위영역간의 상관관계는 낮게 나타났다.

• 한국노년학
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• v.29 no.4
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• pp.1427-1444
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• 2009

The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence of the suicide ideation, plan and attempt and to examine factors affecting the suicide attempt of the elderly. For these purposes, 1,110 elderly in Chonbuk province were interviewed using structured questionaire. Logistic regression analyses were used to test the association among factors. Major finding of this study are as follow : First, the prevalence of the suicide ideation, plan and attempt was 20.2%, 5.7%, 3.6%. Second, factors for suicide attempt were male sex, the living alone aged, loss of role as a worker, emotional abuse and neglect from family. On the basis of these results, implications for policy and practice are suggested for prevention the suicide of the elderly.