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Drug Use in the Elderly (노인의 약물 사용 실태 조사)

  • Park, Mi-Sook
    • Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamentals of Nursing
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.195-205
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    • 2008
  • Purpose: This study was conducted to identify drug use by elders. Method: There were 304 participants age 65 or older included in this study. Data were collected using a questionnaire about drug use in the past 4 weeks. The questionnaire, a modification of Uhm's (2005), Lee's (2001), and Ellor and Kurz's (1982) tools, consisted of 17 questions on general and health characteristics, 17 on drug usage and 9 on behaviors related to drug misuse. Results: 85.5% of participants reported laking at least one type of prescription or non-prescription drug. 26.0% of participants reported taking only prescription drugs, 3.9% reported taking only non-prescription drugs, and 55.6% reported taking both prescription and non-prescription drugs. 17.1% of participants reported side effects from the drugs. The mean score for behaviors related to drug misuse was 7.53. Elders taking only non-prescription drugs showed more drug misuse than elders taking only prescription drugs or both. Women used more prescription, non-prescription drugs or both than man. Elders in rural areas used more non-prescription drugs than those in urban areas. Conclusion: Even though pharmacies were separated from medical practices in 2000, most older adults continue to use and misuse prescription and non-prescription drugs.

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A case report of Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo Patient Treated with Dong-Shi(董氏) Acupuncture Therapy (동씨침을 이용한 양성 발작성 체위성 현훈환자 치험 1례)

  • Park, Min-je;Kim, Jung-uk;Kim, Eun-geol;Lee, Won-hui;Hwang, Min-seop;Yoon, Jong-hwa
    • Journal of Korean Medical Ki-Gong Academy
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.37-45
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    • 2007
  • Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo(BPPV) is a common disorder that peripheral vertigo in clinic, it is provoked Paroxysmal vertigo according to positional change. A man, aged 75, suffered from attacks of vertigo when get out of bed, He complained vertigo, nausea and walking trouble So he visited our clinic Based upon the case history and position-provoked vertigo with characteristic findings on the Dix-Hallpike maneuver, we diagnosed as BPPV. Through only Shang-San-Huang(上三黃) of Dong Shi Xue(董氏穴) acupuncture therapy symptoms were vanished completely. This study was showed effect that operating only Dong-Shi acupuncture therapy without maneuver therapy and the other therapies to patient can not tolerate the Dix-Hallpike Maneuver. We need additional researches with methodological improvement and many clinical cases.

Design Alternatives and Residents' Pre-Evaluation of Village Community Center for the Aged Rural Area (고령화 농촌을 위한 마을회관 디자인 및 주민 사전평가)

  • Choi, Byungsook;Park, Sunhee;Oh, Chanohk;Kim, Jusuk
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Rural Architecture
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.9-18
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    • 2008
  • The study was intended to suggest the design alternatives of rural village community center based on the design directions which were derived from the previous research, and to evaluate the alternatives by rural residents. The previous research was carried out to grasp the conditions and user's needs of rural village community center. The subjects were 100 residents who lived in rural area in Chonlabukdo. The interview was carried out using a questionnaire with model and isometrics of two alternatives, which showed floor plan and building shape. The subjects evaluated positively both of two alternatives, but slightly more preferred alternative | because of a spacious diningroom and an indoor toilet. The size of a livingroom and entrance, indoor toilet space/location, storage space and deck were significant elements in two alternatives according to t-test. They responded that both of indoor and outdoor toilet should be planned in rural village center. Also, each toilet and room for man and woman should be separated. Entrance space should be enough to take on/off their shoes in a sitting position and deck space was planned to intermediate between indoor and outdoor space.

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Tissue Responses Around Two Types of Dental Implant in Beagle Dog (두 종류의 치과 임플란트 식립후 조직의 반응에 대한 비교연구)

  • Chung, Hyung-Geun;Kwon, Young-Hyuk;Lee, Man-Sup;Park, Joon-Bong
    • Journal of Periodontal and Implant Science
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    • v.29 no.4
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    • pp.929-942
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    • 1999
  • Three beagle dogs aged over one and half years were used in this study. All mandibular premolars were carefully extracted. Two AVANA implants(Sumin, Korea) and two 3i implants(Implant Innovation, USA) were installed at each right and left side respectively. Each dog was sacrificed at 4, 8. 12 weeks. Non-decalcified specimens were made and stained for a light microscopic study. The results were as follows ; 1. Inflammation was not observed in the area of bone tissue adjacent to the implant body. 2. With time, quantity of osseointe-gration increased in each type of den-dental implant. There was no difference between AVANA implant and 3i implant. 3. Maturation of the bone around each type of the dental implant increased with time. 12 weeks after implant installation, the bone around dental implant represented compact bone-like appreance. 4. In case implants were located adjacent to a root, newly-formed periodontal ligament tissue was observed around the implant. And the direction of the periodontal ligament fiber was parallel to the surface of the implant . Within the results of this study, AVANA implants represented similar osseointegra-tion in comparision with 3i implants.

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Satisfaction of Residents on the Publicly Purchased Property Program with Residential Environment and Housing Management (매입임대주택 거주자의 주거환경 및 주택관리 만족도 분석)

  • Park, Keunsuk;Joo, Kwan-Soo;Lee, Hyunjeong
    • Journal of the Korean housing association
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    • v.26 no.3
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    • pp.85-97
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    • 2015
  • The Publicly Purchased Property (PPP) Program since 2004 has allowed low-income households to reside in decent housing at a reasonable expense and to live in a community they choose. With an increasing number of the housing stock, management of the properties becomes a growing concern. The purpose of this research is to find out the satisfaction of the tenants with residential environment and housing management. To collect data, a face-to-face interview survey was conducted for 310 households living in the designated properties of 8 cities in and outside the Seoul Metropolitan Area (SMA). Most of the households were a family of three headed by late middle-aged man and lived in physically sound, small-sized units at an affordable cost. Overall satisfaction with living environment was higher in non-SMA than in SMA, and influenced by building deterioration and unit size. Further, most of the respondents were in favor of housing management services provided by a nearby public housing estate. Building deterioration and regular onsite visits of management staff were determinants in the satisfaction with housing management. The results indicate that proper housing management delays building deterioration and assures decent living for low-income people, leading to high levels of residential satisfaction.

A Study on the Space Composition of Welfare Center for the Old who stay at home by remodeling Closed School -Focused on Samcheok district of Kangwon-do- (폐교를 활용한 재가노인복지센터의 공간구성에 관한 연구 - 강원도 삼척지역을 중심으로 -)

  • Chai, Hee-Jai;Rim, Sang-Kyu
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Rural Architecture
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    • v.10 no.4
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 2008
  • The policy that do so the Geritol generation with advanced age generation's increase may be not estranged and can human down life is necessary times. The Medical treatment and welfare service is essential, and the aged support domiciliary care facility in the rudiments step more expand must. It is real condition that Kangwon-do's number of closed school appears by many things thirdly in whole country and the post management countermeasure is urgent. Because this research chooses the closed school by way to solve the closed school problem that happen by the child of school age decrease the farming and fishing villages or small city and the shortage problem of old people's welfare facilities by population graying at the same time. There is the purpose to grope practical use the possibility of local closed school as welfare center for the old who stay at home present remodeling to welfare facilities for the old man. Keeping the structure condition of a closed school maximum, the welfare center for the old who stay at home by remodeling a closed school ultimately proposed.

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Analysis on the Effects of Health Exercise by Lifestyle Patterns of the Elderly (노인들의 라이프스타일에 따른 건강운동 효과 분석)

  • Ji, Byoung-Tae;Seok, Seong-Ja;Sin, Du-Man;Jung, Jong-Hyeon;Kim, Joo-Won
    • Korean Journal of Health Education and Promotion
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    • v.27 no.2
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    • pp.69-78
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    • 2010
  • Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the basic grounds for the policies of health promotion on the elderly by analyzing lifestyle. Methods: This study recruited 500 seniors aged over 65 years participating in exercise programs for the elderly provided by four branch offices of NHIC in Daegu. Results: 'Ideal type' was a group thinking that exercise programs for the elderly made their life healthy and energetic and living a happy life and 'social type' was a group answering that they helped to manage their health condition and to relieve stress and activated relationship with family members and friends to gain self-confidence. ‘Passive type’ and 'lethargic type’ said that the programs did not influence their life overall. Conclusion: Entrance into an aging society has changed values of the elderly. Their lifestyle becomes various and the effect of exercise programs for the elderly was also different according their lifestyle. Therefore, exercise programs considering lifestyles of the elderly will maximize their effect.

A Study on Lolita Looks Revealed in Modern Mass Media (현대 대중매체에 나타난 롤리타룩에 관한 연구)

  • Ko, Youn-Jung;Kim, Min-Ja
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
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    • v.33 no.5
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    • pp.691-700
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    • 2009
  • "Lolita," a novel by a Russian-American novelist, Vladimir Nabokov, has been the center of controversy since its first publication in 1955. As it gained wide fame across culture, it has exercised a great influence, altered or developed to diverse forms. Lolita, the title of the novel as well as the heroine's name, now takes a significant part in our society through all cultures and is used as various meanings and symbols. The purpose of this study is to reanalyze and reinterpret the current use of Lolita based on the characteristics initially portrayed in Nabokov's novel. The traits of the heroine were categorized into purity, seductiveness, and dualism and the commercial use of each in the mass media and fashion in Korea was closely examined. First, purity was interpreted as the archetypal image of a 12-year-old girl, while seductiveness was construed to involve temptation and enticement, ultimately leading a man astray. The dualism of an under-aged sexualized nymphet delineated in the novel as a poor little girl as well as a depraved temptress was stated as another trait of Lolita.

Analysis of Serum Lipids of Medical Check-up Subjects by Age and Sex (건강검진자를 대상으로한 혈청지질 분석 -특히 이상지혈증의 빈도를 중심으로-)

  • Seok, Seong-Ja;Shin, Du-Man
    • Korean Journal of Clinical Laboratory Science
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    • v.38 no.2
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    • pp.105-110
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    • 2006
  • This study was carried out to establish the normal values of serum lipids by age and sex for healthy adults and the frequency of dyslipidemia as a risk factor of coronary atherosclerosis. Total cholesterol, triglyceride, and HDL-cholesterol were measured for 14,485 average adults (8,712 males and 5,773 females) aged 20 to 69 years and analyzed using the auto-analyzer Hitach 7600 in enzyme method. Mean values of total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol and atherogenic index were higher in men than in women at the ages of 20-40 years but significantly higher in women than in men in the age group of 60 years. Theses findings suggest that the mean concentrations of total cholesterol, triglyceride and LDL-cholesterol in men and women vary with age. The frequency of hypercholesterolemia ($${\geq_-}200mg/dL$$) in men and women was about 31.4% and increased with age.

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Cognitive Performance and Hyperactivity in Terms of Eating Behavior and Physical Growth among Preschoolers: - 2. The relationships of several factors (nutritional and social factors, cognition and hyperactivity) on preschoolers- (식행동과 신체발달, 인지능력 및 과잉행동간의 관련성에 관한 연구 -제2보: 취학전 아동의 식행동과 각 변인간의 관련성에 대한 보고-)

  • Kim, Kyung-A;Shim, Young-Hyun
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Food Culture
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    • v.10 no.4
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    • pp.269-279
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    • 1995
  • The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships of nutritional and social factors among 100 children aged $5{\sim}6$ years. Forty five children (45%) were selected from families with low socioeconomic status, while 55 children (55%) were from those with high socioeconomic status. Cognitive performance of the children was measured by the Draw a man test and the degrees of hyperactivity were assessed by both children's mothers and their teachers using two different Check List (Behavior check list and Conner's rating scale). There were few associations between cognitive performance and nutritional variables. However, levels of hyperactivity were related positively to diversity of food intake and weight percentage for age, and negatively to animal and processed food preferences. These results indicate a possible role of nutrition on psychological development.

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