• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.167-174
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• 2019

It is a descriptive study for the relationship between appearance management behaviors and mental health of some female college students. We analyzes 433 self-administered questionnaires from March to June 2017 for female students who enrolled in three-year colleges in Seoul and Gyeonggi province, South Korea. The conclusion is as follows. We used IBM SPSS Statistics 22.0(SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA) for the analysis by person's characteristics, t-test and one way ANOVA, multiple regression analyses. The second-year grade shows higher points than the first-year grade in appearance management behaviors and mental health level(p<0.001, p<0.05). In addition, when students has the higher level of the household as the humanities students, they have higher level of mental health level(p<0.001). The most influential factors affecting the mental health level of female college students are domestic economic level and cosmetic management behavioral factors. The level of mental health was higher in the middle and upper group of the domestic economic level. When they do more cosmetic management behavior, they have lower the mental health level. In conclusion, it is deemed necessary for students to attend intensive and sufficient counseling with an academic advisor. The continuous attention through school counseling management services depending on grade, domestic economy level, and cosmetic management behavior is necessary in order to enhance the level of mental health for female students. In addition to that, the college needs to develop individual customized psychology counseling and educational programs through U-mental healthcare service in order to lessen the great pressure of sensitive information and provide mental consultation. The college needs to consider students' characteristics and needs from the results of this study. It is considered that a smart mental healthcare program will be needed to identify mental health of the individual through the systematic approach.

• 한국의료질향상학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.11-28
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• 2019

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to derive implication on the adoption of PROMs (Patient-Reported Outcome Measures) to improve quality of care in South Korea. With this purpose, the paper examines the status of PROMs in South Korea and other countries including OECD's PaRIS (Patient Reported Indicators Survey) initiative, and reviews policy cases that have adopted PROMs to improve performance of healthcare system. Methods: We conducted literature review on OECD reports on PaRIS, peer-reviewed journals, and information from the websites of relevant institutions such as ICHOM, NQF and OECD. Results: To identify healthcare services of best values and support patient-centered health system, OECD has initiated PaRIS which develops, collects and analyzes patient-reported indicators for cross-countries comparison. PaRIS is implemented on two work streams: 1) collect, validate and standardize PROMs in the areas where patient-reported indicators already exist such as breast cancers, hip and knee replacement, and mental conditions, 2) develop a new international survey on multiple chronic conditions. Countries like England, U.S., Sweden and Netherlands use PROMs for measuring performance of hospitals and performance evaluation at the national level, and provide the financial incentives for reporting PROMs. Conclusions: The use of PROMs can support the current policy agenda that is the patient-centered healthcare system which has been emphasized to reinforce the primary and the community-based care. For the use of PROMs, it is recommended to actively participate in PaRIS initiative by OECD, select appropriate instruments for PROMs, and continue on standardization of them. This will assure patients' involvement in improving health system performance, systemize information generated in the process of adopting PROMs, and develop a system to evaluate performance.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제38C권12호
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• pp.1106-1113
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• 2013

치매와 같은 노인성 정신질환 환자들에게 운동량과 일광량은 환자의 투약량과 조절과 진료에 있어 중요한 단서가 된다. 따라서 환자들의 안전과 건강한 삶을 위해 일상생활의 건강정보 모니터링이 필수적이다. 이러한 서비스를 제공하기 위해 환자에게는 휴대가 간편하고 항상 착용 가능한 센서 디바이스와 데이터를 모니터링할 서버의 구성이 필요하다. 본 논문에서는 치매환자의 건강정보를 실시간으로 모니터링하고 관리하기 위해 환자가 착욕하는 시계형 디바이스(스마트 시계)와 서버시스템을 개발했다. 본 논문에서 개발한 스마트시계는 GPS, 가속도센서, 조도센서를 포함하며 환자의 위치 추적, 운동량, 일광량을 측정해 환자의 실시간 건강정보를 취득 할 수 있다. 서버시스템은 스마트시계를 통해 취득한 센서 데이터를 통해 의사, 보호자가 모니터링 할 수 있는 웹 서버와 센서 데이터의 분석 알고리즘을 포함한다. 본 논문에서 제안한 데이터 분석 알고리즘은 가속도센서를 통해 취득한 환자의 움직임에서 걸음 수를 검출해 운동량 정보를 취득하며 이를 검증하기 위해 빠른 걸음, 느린 걸음, 보통 걸음에 해당하는 3가지 경우로 실험한 결과 96%의 정확도를 보였다. 본 논문을 통해 개발된 치매환자를 위한 u-Health Care 시스템을 적용한다면 치매환자들에게 더 질 높은 의료서비스를 제공할 수 있을 것이다.