• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.3815-3817
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• 2013

Background: Breast cancer is a common cancer worldwide. With the establishment of Thailand's population-based cancer registry and availability of complete data from 2002-2011, it is of interest to investigate the epidemiologic and clinic-pathological profiles of breast cancer based on the population-based registry data. Methods: The data of all breast cancer patients in the registry for the period of 2002-2011 were included. All medical records of the patients diagnosed from documents of National Cancer Registry of Thailand were retrieved and the following information abstracted: age, clinical characteristics, and histological variables. Thailand census data for the period of 2002-2011 were used to provide the general population's statistics on age, gender, and other related demographic factors. Results: Over the 10 year-period, 7,711 breast cancer cases were included. The disease incidence under age 40 years was relatively low (4.13/$10^5$) while the incidence in the age groups 40 and older was very high (39.2/$10^5$). The vast majority of breast cancer cases (88.8%) were diagnosed by histology as primary lesions in the breast. The most common of patients with breast cancer (36.4%) had regional lymph node involvement and the most common of histopathology diagnosed in patients (84.2%) was an infiltrating duct carcinoma. Conclusions: This study showed a high incidence of breast cancer in older subjects, and high rate of breast cancer in Thailand. Future studies should explore clinical and molecular disease patterns.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.453-460
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• 2018

본 연구는 우리나라 65세 이상 노인인구의 활동제한 유병율, 활동제한 사유, 일반적 특성과 활동제한 유병율과의 관련성 등을 확인하기 위한 자료분석 연구이다. 본 연구자료는 우리나라 질병관리본부에서 수행한 국민건강영양조사 제7기 1차년도 (2016년) 원시자료로부터 추출되었다. 본 연구 대상자는 2016년 1월부터 12월까지 수행된 국민건강영양조사에 참여한 대상자 중 만 65세 이상의 노인인구 1,578명 이었다. 수집된 자료는 SPSS/WIN 8.0 version 프로그램을 이용하여 빈도분석, 교차분석 및 로지스틱 회귀분석 등으로 분석하였다. 2016년도 우리나라 65세 이상 노인인구의 활동제한 유병율은 남성이 17.3%, 여성이 21.1%, 전체는 19.6% 이었다. 활동제한 사유는 등과 목의 문제(19.8%)와 관절염 및 류마티즘(17.1%)이 가장 높게 나타났고, 활동제한 유병율은 연령 및 교육수준과 통계적으로 유의한 관련성이 있었다. 연령에 따른 활동제한 유병율은 65-69세 그룹에 비해 70-74세 그룹은 1.33배(OR 1.33; 95% CI 0.89-2.00, p<0.05), 75-80세 그룹은 1.69배(OR 1.69, 95% CI 1.34-2.50, p<0.05)가 더 높게 나타났다. 교육수준에 따른 활동제한 유병율은 대학졸업 대상자에 비해 초등학교 졸업이하 대상자가 2.30배가 더 높게 나타났다 (OR 2.30; 95% CI 1.28-4.14, p<0.05). 결론적으로 우리나라 65세 이상 노인인구의 활동제한 유병율에 대한 주요 영향요인은 연령, 교육수준, 그리고 등과 목의 문제와 관절염 및 류마티즘 등과 같은 근골격계 질환이었다. 이러한 결과는 우리나라 65세 이상 노인인구의 활동제한 유병율의 감소를 위한 근거 자료로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.167-176
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• 2017

Background: This study aimed to analyze the impact of community health care resources on the place of death of older adults with dementia compared to those with cancer in South Korea, using public administrative big data. Methods: Based on a literature review, we selected person- and community-level variables that can affect older people's decisions about where to die. Data on place-of-death and person-level attributes were obtained from the 2013 death certification micro data from Statistics Korea. Data on the population and economic and health care resources in the community where the older deceased resided were obtained from various open public administrative big data including databases on the local tax and resident population statistics, health care resources and infrastructure statistics, and long-term care (LTC) insurance statistics. Community-level data were linked to the death certificate micro data through the town (si-gun-gu) code of the residence of the deceased. Multi-level logistic regression models were used to simultaneously estimate the impacts of community as well as individual-level factors on the place of death. Results: In both the dementia (76.1%) and cancer (87.1%) decedent groups, most older people died in the hospital. Among the older deceased with dementia, hospital death was less likely to occur when the older person resided in a community with a higher supply of LTC facility beds, but hospital death was more likely to occur in communities with a higher supply of LTC hospital beds. Similarly, among the cancer group, the likelihood of a hospital death was significantly lower in communities with a higher supply of LTC facility beds, but was higher in communities with a higher supply of acute care hospital beds. As for individual-level factors, being female and having no spouse were associated with the likelihood of hospital death among older people with dementia. Conclusion: More than three in four older people with dementia die in the hospital, while home is reported to be the place of death preferred by Koreans. To decrease this gap, an increase in the supply of end-of-life (EOL) care at home and in community-based service settings is necessary. EOL care should also be incorporated as an essential part of LTC. Changes in the perception of EOL care by older people and their families are also critical in their decisions about the place of death, and should be supported by public education and other related non-medical, social approaches.

• International Journal of Human Ecology
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.33-41
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• 2014

The bra is one of the most essential pieces of women's underwear which gives support for the breasts and holds them in position to make better outer appearance of upper body. Despite being worn by most women of all ages, brassiere manufacturers often use brassiere sizes and shapes that are close to the body measurements of women in their 20s, which raises questions whether the bras are suitable for older women's physique. Also, many lingerie markets tend to center on designs and tastes of younger women, leaving those of older women are largely ignored in the manufacturing process despite the fact that their purchasing power and market shares are expected to grow in conjunction with the aging of the global population. Against this backdrop, this study attempts to provide information about bra preferences and breast perceptions of the middle-aged and older US women over the age of 40 years to help manufacturers better understand the bra purchasing priorities and bra elements of older women and prompt them to design bras with a high level of fit and comfort that are appreciated by the population groups as a means to ultimately acquire competitive edge in the fast growing aging market. An email survey and interviews were conducted with 301 US women who live in New York City. The findings of this study suggest that there are internal and external factors such as changes in body and breast shapes with age influence the level of fitness and effectiveness of bra components, and thus the responses to the questions on bra preferences and breast perceptions varied between the researched age groups.

• 한국실내디자인학회논문집
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.141-151
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• 2012

Korea is a fast growing aging society. Growing older population causes various social issues and problems in many aspects. Housing issue is one of them and residential modifications for improving safety and independence for older residents are very important factor for Aging in Place. Under those social circumstances, the purpose of this study was to analyze the residential modification demand by the elderly on the application of ubiquitous home services. Respondents were the residents those who were over 55 years old, were living in a singe detached house and were able to use a computer. The major findings of this study were as follows: the results on current situations and demands for residential modifications showed that respondents already made mean of 4.9 home modification items and wanted to make mean of 12.4 items out of 21 residential modification items. The results on demands for the ubiquitous home services was relatively high(mean 3.82). This study can be an important information which is able to improve the quality of life by providing effective residential modifications for older population to help them ultimately safe, convenient, and independent living.

• 지역사회간호학회지
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.410-420
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• 2017

Purpose: This study was to identify factors explaining health empowerment of older adults with high-risk of cardio-cerebrovascular diseases. Methods: Using a structured questionnaire, data were collected from 148 older adults residing in two areas who have one or more of the following diseases; hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, and atherosclerosis. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, independent t-test, analysis of variance (ANOVA), Pearson correlation analysis, and hierarchical multiple regression. Results: Health empowerment had a positive correlation with health literacy and social support. Perceived health status and social activity participation showed significant contribution in explaining health empowerment. Conclusion: This study showed that enhancing perceived health status and social activity participation are vital in an effort to improve health empowerment of the population. Main findings of this study can contribute to developing health empowerment interventions to improve health behavior practices of the older adults.

• 보건의료산업학회지
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.43-57
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• 2018

Objectives: This study analyzes whether the leisure activities satisfaction of elderly and older elderly patients differs with population sociology characteristics for the leisure activities services provided by geriatric hospitals, and to provide basic information to make reasonable decisions. Methods: Difference Analysis of the difference (T-test, ANOVA) in leisure activities satisfaction was conducted for the elderly and older elderly patients hospitalized in nine hospitals. Results: First, In the planning stage of leisure activity program, it is necessary to consider the tendency of men and women to prefer gender-based leisure activity service. Second, It was found that old elderly patients were more in number than elderly patients. Third, managers of geriatric hospitals in Busan and Kyungnam area should consider the needs of the patients in the planning and implementation of leisure activities and improve their leisure activity programs or develop more programs for better customer satisfaction.

• ALGAE
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.295-299
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• 2003

The population dynamics of Ecklonia stolonifera was investigated at Tongyeong coastal area in the South Sea of Korea. The blade length and width, stipe length and diameter, mean total length and mean weight were measured from randomly collected fifty individuals in every month. The plants in Tongyeong population were relatively bigger than those of Busan Korea and Aomori Japan in terms of their blade length and width. The population biomass was low in winter and high in spring and summer. The sporangial sori were found from August to December but prominent in September and October. About 90 % of the Tongyeong population was consisted of one- and two-year old plants and the zoosporangial sori were observed mostly in two-year old plants. It was different from the results of Busan and Aomori population in which the zoosporangial sori were observed from the plants older than three years. The new populations were developed from the zoospores of two-year old plants and their generation time was relatively shorter than those of Busan and Aomori.

• 한국인구학
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.1-30
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• 2010

본 연구는 2004~2007년 기간 중 혼인통계에 관한 통계청의 마이크로데이터서비스시스템 원자료를 사용해 지역, 교육수준, 직종, 결혼종류 등 각 항목별로 남녀 결혼연령차 및 여성연상혼 현황을 분석하고, 여성연상혼에 영향을 미친 결정요인을 로짓모형(logit model)과 다항로짓모형 (multinomial logit model)을 활용해 고찰한다. 본 연구의 분석결과에 따르면, 여성연상혼은 여성의 교육수준이나 직종 자체보다는 남녀의 교육수준 차이나 소득차이와 더 큰 관련성을 갖고있는 것으로 나타났다. 즉 여성연상혼은 여성의 교육수준과 직종(소득)이 남성보다 우월할 때 더 많이 발생하였다. 보다 구체적으로, 남성의 소득이 여성보다 100만원 더 적을 경우에 여성연상혼 확률은 0.7% 가량 증가하였다. 동갑혼 선택확률의 결정요인은 여성연상혼과 비교해 약간 차이가 났다. 예를 들어, 여성이 재혼인 경우에는 남성연상혼과 비교해 여성연상혼 선택확률은 증가하였지만 동갑혼 선택확률은 감소하였다. 본 연구는 그간 일반 대중매체를 통해서 종종 논의되었던 사회적 관심문제를 과학적 분석방법을 통해 규명해본다는 점에 의의가 있다.

• 한국주거학회논문집
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.47-54
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• 2005

By 2019, Korea is expected to be an aged society, age group of 65 and older being over $14\%$ of the total population, considering their rapid increase today. Also the phenomenon of population structure are accelerated by a low birth rate and long life span. This study was intended to find out the inconvenient details in houses pointed out by the elderly. This survey was taken by trained interviewers from the people of ages 65 and older living in Daejeon city. Statistical analysis was implemented from 583 appropriate data out of 624 questionnaires using (SPSS PC+ 10.0). The results were as follows. The elderly were put to inconvenience noises in room, old facility in living room and outmoded facility in kitchen and bathroom in detached house. And they were put to inconvenience the size of room, living room and bathroom and old-fashioned facility in kitchen in apartment. The stairway and bathroom in detached house and balcony, elevator and bathroom in apartment were pointed out dangerous spaces in house.