• 대한가정학회지
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.117-196
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• 2000

The purpose of the study was to provide ground information to develop social adjustment programs for North Korean residents who might migrate into South Korea when free transmigration is allowed in the process of reunification. For this purpose, two research methods were employed. First, depth interviews for 10 North Korean defectors were used to find out their social adjustment realities and problems. In addition, empirical survey research was carried out with 397 subjects to identify South Koreans'altitude toward North Korean defectors and the willingness to support them financially and emotionally. North Korean defectors's social adjustment problems were approached based on lifestyle. The depth interviews revealed that difficulties the defectors had experienced at first were mainly in the aspect of consumption caused by lack of understanding about capitalism. However, they could overcome difficulties and assimilate their ways of living to those of South Koreans soon. Other adjustment problems in family living and child rearing especially related with values had more complicated issues. Results of the empirical survey showed that South Koreans' level of interest in defecters was moderate but they thought them rather positively, sympathetically. Concerning supports, South Koreans were agreeing with governmental support more with emotional support than financial support by individuals. In conclusion, present formal education programs provided to defectors were not effective enough for them to team South Korean living culture. To learn by living with interactions with South Koreans was one of the best policies to help defectors' adaptation. Findings that South Koreans were willing to help them emotionally matched and balanced with defectors' needs.

• 여성건강간호학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.285-299
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• 2020

Purpose: This systematic review aims to identify factors associated with risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy (RRSO), including the uptake rate and decision timing, among women at high risk for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC). Methods: We found 4,935 relevant studies using MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, and PsycINFO on July 6, 2020. Two authors screened the articles and extracted data. Twenty-four studies met the inclusion criteria. Quality assessment of articles was conducted using the Risk of Bias for Nonrandomized Studies tool. Results: Five types of factors were identified (demographic factors, clinical factors, family history of cancer, psychological factors, and objective cancer risk). The specific significant factors were older age, having child(ren), being a BRCA1/2 carrier, mastectomy history, perceived risk for ovarian cancer, and perceived advantages of RRSO, whereas objective cancer risk was not significant. The uptake rate of RRSO was 23.4% to 87.2% (mean, 45.2%) among high-risk women for HBOC. The mean time to decide whether to undergo RRSO after BRCA testing was 4 to 34 months. Conclusion: RRSO decisions are affected by demographic, clinical, and psychological factors, rather than objective cancer risk. Nonetheless, women seeking RRSO should be offered information about objective cancer risk. Even though decision-making for RRSO is a complex and multifaceted process, the psychosocial factors that may influence decisions have not been comprehensively examined, including family attitudes toward RRSO, cultural norms, social values, and health care providers' attitudes.

• Child Health Nursing Research
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.292-304
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• 1999

The lengthened average span of human life by virtue of recent developments in medicine has caused the Population of elders to increase. The development of modern industrial society has transformed family structure from the large family system to that of a nuclear family. Due to the shift in family structure, the problem of support for the aged has surfaced as a nursing problem as well as a social problem. With regard to this problem, this study aims to investigate the adolescent's understanding of elders and aging. By identifying their understanding and classifying their attitude patterns, this study will help the nursing assessment of the support of elders in the family. This study employed Q-methodology and the research was conducted from December 1998 to May 1999. One method of the research included deep interviews with elders, those who are in their 50's. 40's or 30's. and the adolescent. 183 Q-Populations taken from literary works such as poems or novels were also formed as another method. Finally. 36 Q-cards were made after consultation with Professors of the nursing department. The subjects of the P- sample were 30 high sohoolboys/girls - who were in first, second, and third years. The result showed that 3 factors provided an explanation for 59.14% of the whole variables: the first factor, 41.37%; the second factor. 11.49%, and the third factor. 6.28%. These three factors were analyzed and categorized as three types. Twenty subjects out of the 30 were included in Type 1: Respecting Elders. The statements which showed the most positive consent were as follows: 'The declining age is a perfect time to prosper completing a worthy life' ; 'Getting old. one needs financial stability' and 'Elders wish the best for their children' The statements showing the most negative response were as follows: 'It is better to die than to live as an older person' ; 'Elders are insignificant' ; and 'Getting old is the worst unhappiness that tortures human.' Four subjects were included in Type 2. Resenting Elders. The statements which showed the most positive consent were as follows: 'Aging is a process of dying that nobody can escape from'. 'Elders should be concerned about his health and try to maintain their health' ; and 'When you set older. you regret about the life in the Past.' The statements showing the most negative response were as follows: 'When You get older. You should stand aloof greed and worldly things' 'When You got older, You become generous and gentle' ; and 'When You set he gets old. You change to become a comfortable and warm person.' Six out of 30 subject were included in Type 3 Caring Elders. The statements which showed the most positive consent were as follows: 'Elders should be concerned about his health and try to maintain their health' ; 'Elders wish the best for their children' ; and 'Elders deserve to be treated with filial respects.' The statements showing the most negative response were as follows 'Elders are insignificant' ; 'Elders have freedom and plenty of free time.' and 'Elders are alienated form and drove out of the society.' The above-mentioned results show that most adolescents in Korea recognize aging as the time of fruition and development: it is a time of benefiting and giving back to society. Aging can also be seen as a time of generosity and magnanimity and the time of respect and favorable treatment from society. despite the change of modern society and the ostensible transformation of a family system. Their recognition seems deeply rooted in the traditional confucian values and the dual family system which is Peculiar especially to the Korea - one which maintains both the superficial form of nuclear family and the substantial mode of the enlarged family system. In sum, many Korean adolescents attribute the meaning of the elderly and aging to the type of the respect with the elderly and the type of the elderly's caretaking.

• Child Health Nursing Research
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.45-57
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• 1996

A serious disease in a family influences the entire family member given the fact that the members closely interact with each other. Especially in terms of pediatric nursing, study on family gains importance as the need to care of families whose children with developmental disabilities and chronic disease This study was done based on The Resiliency Model of Family Adjustment and Adaptation(McCubbin, 1991) is intended to examine the stress of parents whose children suffer from cleft lip or /and cleft palate. It also helps them to cope with the stress and analyze the relationship between the stress and coping This study used Family Inventory of Life Events and Changes (FILE) and Coping Health Inventory for Parents(CHIP) for measuring family stress and coping. The two instruments are revised to fit the social and cultural environment of Korean culture. Data collection was done from April 18, 1996 to May 18, 1996 at 8 University medical centers located in Seoul. Those who answered questionnaires were 84 parents whose children have cleft lip or /and cleft palate. SPSS PC+ was used to analyze the data collotted. Programs used for data analysis were t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficient. The study is summarized as follows .1. The average score of family stress is 10.46(percentage of the full score 24.90) and 'finance and business strains'(3.25), and 'intrafamily strains'(2.65) ranked the highest. The average score of family's coping is 1.93, which is close to the answer of' moderately helpful' and they are measured to put their utmost efforts to' intergration and cooperation of family and optimistic definition on the situation'. 2. There is no significant statistical correlation between the family stress and coping. 3. Mothers show more stress than fathers in the parts of 'illness and family care strains' and 'losses'(t〓-2.34, t〓-2.32, p<.05). 4. Fathers show more willingness to cope with the stress than mothers do in the parts of' seeking social support','self-esteem','emotional comfort' 5. Mothers are more stress than fathers in the parts of family stress and its coping with it by usual traits(t〓-2.78, p<.05). Parents with religion are measured to cope more willingly than those who are not 6. Income of a family shows positive correlationship with family coping (r〓.28, p<.05). The study shows that gender difference is significant variable in studying on family stress and coping. Mothers get more stress than fathers, which has much to do with the fact that they are in charge of raising children and keeping houseworks. Accordingly, managing family crisis and its survival can be induced by giving support for the mothers, studying fathers including the rest of the family members and giving nursing care and arbitration ; religious background is also considered to be one of the important factors in family stress , judging from the relationship between family income and family's coping, caring given to suffering children is needed on societal levels. The above considerations bring up the need to have a longitudinal study of children with congenital anomaly including cleft lip or /and cleft palate and their families about family stress and coping. Resiliency programs on family system and their effectiveness and the relationship between the enlarged families with social and cultural values reflecting Korean tradition are also needed to be studied.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.11-24
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• 1976

This study was a part of large scale of a prospective study on attitudes of professional students in medicine, nursing and teaching toward population related issues in Korea. The study was first conducted in May 1974 and then in May 1975 for the 1974 class cohot using a questionaire consisted of attitude scales and other items developed by Lee. The purpose of stuay was twohold, namely, to determine the difference in students among specializations on one hand and between the first and second years in the 1974 class cohot regarding tile subject matter. A one-way analysis of variance was used for attitude scale, and absolute and relative frequency were computed for the analysis of non-attitude scale items by employing Fishers' Ratio and Duncan's multiple range test at 5% level and chi square test at 5% level as significance tests. The hypothesis 'students in health profession are more likely to have positive attitudes toward population related issues progressively as class year advances than students in teaching profession' was tested and the following results were obtained: 1) Nursing students were more likely to display favarable attitudes toward family planning than medical or teaching students although the class cohot showed slightly negative improvement in the second year. Medical and teaching students apperaed to have slightly improved attitudes in the second year. 2) Respondents in general perceived national family planning program as a means of population control and this tendency was more true among nursing students as the class year advances than two other professional groups of students. Students in teaching profession appeared to perceive it more as a means to improve individual family welfare while health students were likely to see as to improve maternal and child health. This tendency was progressively improved as the class year advanced. 3) The majority of students regardless of their respective specializations believed that family planning program should be directed toward the improvement of individual family welfare. No progressive changes in the class cohot were observed. 4) About the plan to use contraceptives in future, no singnificant differences were observes among different specializations nor in different class years. However, the majority was confirmed to have a plan to use contracepives in future. An increasing proportion of the undecided category was observed, as class year advanced among health students. 5) Students in health profession were found to be more favorable about 'more leisure opportunities' as motive for limiting number of children whereas education students indicated the reasons as 'facilitate ambitions' and 'economic base' The progressive changes toward positive direction in both groups were observed as the class years advanced. 6) Attitudes toward induced abortions of the health students were observed to be positively related to class years while an inverse relationship was found in teaching students who showed much less favor in the subject matter than health students. This phenomenon may be due to the different exposure to learning environments unique to respective specializations. 7) Health students were found to have more favorable attitudes toward population education in general than the teaching students. The teaching students appeared to have changed more to the negative direction when they became the second year while no such development was observed in health students. The teaching students seemed to hold a very conservative position with regard to sex education in schools. 8) About the equality of sexes, the nursing group was found to be most favorable while the reverse was true in the teaching group. A change in the negative direction as the class year advanced was found in the teaching group. 9) About questions related to fertility values-the 10 percent of respondents regardless of specialization indicated that they would maintain their single status in future, however no change was observed in the second year. The desired number of children was found to be two by the majority of students in nursing, medicine and teaching in order of high proportion. No changes in a different class year were observed. The childless marriage was seen by nursing students as a problem more than other students, but a slight change in positive direction was found when the nursing students became the second year. In summing, as data supported in the above, students in health profession demonstrated more favorable attitudes toward population related issues than the teaching students and this tendency became more apparent in the second year. It was noticed that health students were more conscious about the health aspect of population and family planning program while the teaching students gave more attention to the socioeconomic aspect. The sex variable seemed to have operated in the item related to the equality of sexes. In conclusion, as data presented in the above, the hypothesis of this study was accepted except in the few items. It should be noted that the limitation of this study is the short duration of the observation in measuring the possible attitude changes. It should include curriculum analysis for the respective specializations in order to indentify the area of curriculum impact on students in future study.

• 한국가정과교육학회지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.1-20
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• 2012

이 연구는 2007년 개정 교육과정에 따라 출판된 실과 및 기술 가정 교과서(총 16종)의 '인간발달과 가족'영역의 학습 내용요소를 분석하여, 2007개정 교육과정에서 표방한 초등과 중등의 연계성이 잘 이루어졌는가를 평가하고자 하였다. 이를 위하여 학습 내용의 수직적 연계성은 발전, 반복, 격차, 축소의 기준을 적용하여 분석하였다. 또 내용 기준은 '인간발달과 가족'영역을 "인간발달, 인간관계, 결혼과 가족생활, 가족 돌보기와 가족 복지"의 4개 기준으로 분류하고 이 기준에 속하는 14개 내용요소가 각 학년의 교과서에 어떻게 반영되어 있는가를 분석하였다. 분석의 결과, 먼저 <발전>을 보인 내용요소는 인간발달 과정, 인간발달 특성, 가족관계, 의사소통, 이성교제와 배우자 선택, 결혼과 가정의 의의, 가족의 기초개념 이해, 가족의 변화와 가족 문제 해결에 관한 내용 요소이었다. <반복>을 보인 내용요소는 없었으나, <축소>를 보인 내용요소는 친구 관계, <격차>를 보인 내용요소는 5학년과 7학년의 '인간 발달 특성', '성에 대한 이해 및 임신 출산'에 대한 내용요소였다. 교육과정을 연계성 측면에서 평가할 때, 발전으로 분석된 내용요소는 교육과정에 위계성을 가지고 적절하게 구성된 내용요소들로 평가할 수 있다. 그러나 반복이나 격차, 축소로 분석된 내용요소는 차기 교육과정 개정에서 이들 내용요소에 대한 재검토를 필요로 한다. 특히 축소로 분석된 '친구관계'와 격차로 분석된 '성에 대한 이해와 임신 출산'의 내용요소는 아동후기와 청소년기의 발달에서 또래관계의 중요성이나 사춘기가 조기화되는 발달의 측면을 고려할 때, 초등단계의 교육내용에 반영할 것을 제언한다.

• 한국전자통신학회논문지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.309-316
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• 2022

기술의 발전은 사람의 삶을 편하게 개선했고, 더 쉽고 안전하고 간단하게 발전해 왔다. 우리는 주로 화장실에서 물의 온도를 맞추기 위해 뜨거운 물로 틀고 온도를 점점 맞춰가며 자신이 원하는 온도를 피부로 찾는다. 이러한 상황에서 '만약 물의 온도를 눈으로 볼 수 있고, 안전한 시스템을 포함하면서 화장실의 인테리어까지 도울 수 있는 장치가 있으면 어떨까'라는 생각을 했고, 안정성을 중요시하는 시스템을 만들고자 했다. LCD와 LED를 넣어 우리가 온도를 촉각적으로 느끼기 전에 시각적으로 먼저 알 수 있게 하여, 보다 나은 안전성을 확보하는 것이 가장 큰 목적이다. 실험 결과 수온 센서에서 감지되는 온도와 LCD에서 표시되는 온도는 실 온도와의 오차가 없었고 초음파 센서를 이용한 거리 측정 실험에서는 27cm까지는 오차가 발생하지 않았다. 28cm 이상부터는 2% 정도의 오차가 발생했지만, 수도꼭지라는 카테고리 안에서 사용하기에는 큰 불편함은 없다.

• 대중서사연구
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.95-124
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• 2021

본고는 시대와 사회에 따라 의미를 달리해 온 소녀가 최근 포스트휴먼 상상력과 결합하여 영화 속 싸우는 소녀로 등장한 현상에 주목하였다. 이에 포스트휴먼 소녀라는 이미지를 배태한 사회적 맥락과 그 재현 양상을 분석하고, 미래 여성 신체에 대한 한국 사회의 상상의 허용치와 '싸우는 기술증강 소녀'라는 새로운 이미지를 둘러싼 의미경합을 밝히고자 하였다. 21세기 고도로 발달한 디지털 영상기술로 인하여 영화는 기존의 상상만으로 가능했던 미래 존재를 시각적으로 구현할 수 있게 되었다. 그러나 성인 남녀와 달리 미성숙하다고 여겨진 소녀가 포스트휴먼으로 상상될 때에는 오히려 강한 실감효과를 추구하는 그 가능성으로 인해 감히 재현할 수 없는 불가능한 영역이 생기게 된다. 즉, 포스트휴먼 소녀는 인간의 원형을 최대한 보존한 신체증강형에 그쳤으며, 인간과 비인간의 경계를 탈하는 비판적 형상화를 구현하지는 못했다. 그러나 기술로 증강된 미래 신체는 에로틱한 폭력에 기대지 않는, 또한 모성애와 이성애에 매몰되지 않는 싸우는 위험한 소녀의 이미지를 만들었다. 물론 인간의 순수한 프로토타입에 근거한 포스트휴먼 소녀의 이상화는 기술의 인간화를 확신하는 기술도구주의에 경도되어 있다. 근대적 휴머니즘에 영합하는 이러한 기술 사유의 한계에도 불구하고, 포스트휴먼 소녀는 자기 파괴적 대항을 통해 기술-객체의 새로운 정치성을 보여준다. 이들은 테크노크라시와 신자유주의 정치적 감수성을 표출한 우울한 신체에서 벗어나 있으며, 생명 정치의 위계에 균열을 내는 체제전복적 행위를 구사했다. 포스트휴먼은 한 사회가 고도화된 기술시대로 이행하는 과정 중에 일어나는 다양한 힘들의 경합을 예시하는 하나의 사례로 볼 수 있다. 이러한 점에서 한국 영화 속 포스트휴먼 소녀는 여전히 이상화된 소녀 이미지를 고수하려는 인간형상중심주의를 예증하지만, 미시사회적 수준까지 침투한 기술생명권력의 폭압적 지배방식에 윤리적 고찰을 제공했다는 점에서 의의가 있다.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.1-13
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• 1974

The relative state of human iron storage may be ascertained more reliably through determination of the serum iron, iron binding capacity, transferrin saturation and absorption of radioactive iron in conjunction with studies of red cell morphology than from the study of red cell morphology alone. Recent investigations have shown that there is an increase in red cell protoporphyrin concentration in iron deficiency anemia. The significance of the red cell protoporphyrin has been discussed greatly during the years since its discovery. Two of the main factors which appear to influence the amaunt of protoporphyrin are increased erythropoiesis and factors interfering with the utilization of iron in the synthesis of hemoglobin, and iron deficiency. Recently Heller et al. have described a simplified method for blood protoporphyrin assay and this technique could be used assess nutritional iron status, wherein even minor insufficiencies are detectable as increased protoporphyrin concentrations. Based on the evaluation of the relationship between nutritional iron status and red cell protoporphyrin as an index suitable for the detection of the iron deficiency is described in this paper. RESULTS 1. Hemoglobin Concentrations and Anthropometric Measurements. The mean and standard deviations of the various anthropometric measurements of different age and sex groups are shown in table 1. There measurements have been compared with the Korean Standard. In the absence of local standards for arm circumference and skin-fold thickness over triceps, they have been compared with the standard from Jelliffe. Table 2,3, and 4 give anthropometric measurements and frequency (%) of anemia in children surveyed. The mean height of the children studid was 10 to 20 percent; below the Korean Standard. The distribution of height below 80 percent of the Standard was 21.2 percent, however, among anemic group this percentage was 27.7 percent. In general, the mean weight of the children was 10 to 15 percent below the Korean Standard. The percentage of children with weight less than 80 percent of the Standard was about 35 percent. But in the anemic group of the children, this percentage was 44 percent. The mean arm circumference was about 15 percent lower than the Jelliffe's standard. 61.2 percent of the children had values of arm circumference below 80 percent of the standard. Children with low hemoglobin levels, this percentage was 80 percent. The mean skinfold thickness over the triceps of the children studied was about 25 Percent lower than the Jelliffe's standard and 61.2 percent of the children had the value less than 80 percent of the standard. Among anemic children, this percentage was 70.8%. As may be seen from table 5, the mean hemoglobin concentration of the total group was 11.3g/100ml. Hemoglobin concentration was less than 11.0g/100ml. in 65(36.5%) of the 178 children. The degree of anemia in most of these children was mild with a hemoglobin level of less than 8.0g/100ml. found in only one child. In general, the prevalence of anemia was high in female children than male and decreased its frequency with increasing age. Relatively close relationship was observed between hemoglobin level and anthrophometric measurements especially high between arm circumference and skinfold thickness and hemoglobin but very low in height and low in weight and hemoglobin level, estimated by chi-square value. II. Serum iron, Transferrin saturation (1) Serum iron, and transferrin saturation Serum iron, transferrin saturation and red cell protoporphyrin concentrations were estimated in sub-sample of 84 children from 1 to 6 years and 24 older children between 7 and 13 years of age. The findings are presented in table 6. The mean serum iron concentration of the total group was 59ug/100ml. However, the level incrased with age from 36.6ug/100ml. (1-3years) to 80.8ug/100ml. (7-13 years). 60 percent of these children had a serum iron level less than 50ug/10ml. in the 1-3 years age group and 31.4 percent for 4-6 years group. These contrast with the finding of 12.5 percent anemic children in the 7-13 years age group. The mean transferrin saturation for the total group was 18.1 percent and frequency of anemia by transferrin saturation was observed same pattern as serum iron concentration. (2) Red cell protoporphyrin concentrations. (a) Red cell protoporphrin levels of children: Red cell protoporphyrin and other biochemical data are shown in table 4. The mean concentration in red cell of all children was fround 46.3ug/100ml. RBC. and differences with age groups were observed; in the age group 1-3 years, the mean concentration was $59.5{\pm}32.14$ ug/100ml. RBC; 4-6 years $44.1{\pm}22.57$ ug/100ml. RBC. and 7-13 years, $39.0{\pm}13.56$ ug/100ml. RBC. (b) Normal protoporphyrin values in adults: It was observed that in 10 normal adult males studied here the level of protoporphyrin in red cell ranged from 18 to 54 ug/100ml. RBC. and the mean concentration was $47.5{\sim}14.47$ ug/100ml. RBC. Other biochemical determination made on the same subjects are presented in table 8. (c) Red tell protoporphyrin concentration of occupational blood donors: The results of analyses for red cell protoporphyrin as well as serum iron, transferrin saturation and hemoglobin in the 76 blood donors are presented in table 7 and 8. In this experiment, donors were selected at random, however, most of them bled repeatedly because of poor economic situation, I doubt. Table 9 shows the distribution of red cell protoporphyrin concentration and hemoglobin concentration of occupational donors. The mean hemoglobin value for the total was 11.9 g/100 ml. When iron deficiency anemia is defined as a transferrin saturation below 15%, prevalence of anemia was 47.4 percent and the mean serum iron was 27.1ug/100ml. and red cell protoporphyrin, 168.3ug/100ml. RBC. However, mean serum iron and protoporphyrin concentration of above 15% transferrin saturation were 11.6 ug/100 ml. and 58.8 ug/100 ml. RBC. respectively. The mean Protoporphyrin concentration of non-anemic (above 15% transferrin saturation) donors was slightly higher than the results of normal adult males.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제48권1호
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• pp.75-80
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• 2005

목 적 : 일본이나 우리나라처럼 좌식생활을 많이 하는 동아시아국가에서는 경골 내염전이 많은 것으로 알려져 있다. 경골 내염전이나 지나친 경골 외염전은 미용적인 문제, 기능적인 문제, 정신적인 문제를 일으킬 수 있으며, 성인에서 퇴행성관절염과 연관성이 있는 것으로 보고되고 있다. 이에 제주지역 정상소아를 대상으로 경골 염전의 정도를 알아보기 위하여 본 연구를 시행 하였다. 방 법 : 제주지역 아동을 대상으로 1-12세 사이의 521명, 1,042족을 대상으로 복사 통과 각도를 측정하였으며 나이를 6개월 간격으로 구분하여 분석하였다. 평균 복사 통과 각도의 변화 양상을 적합하기 위하여 2차 회귀 모델과 선형회귀 모델을 사용하였다. 2차 회귀분석에 대해 가장 높은 결정계수를 보여주는 7세가 서로 다른 통계모형에 적합하는 기준점으로 사용되었다. 결 과 : 전체 아동의 평균 복사 통과 각도는 $0.10{\pm}5.79^{\circ}$이었으며, 남아의 평균 복사통과각도는 $0.90{\pm}5.49^{\circ}$, 여아의 평균 복사 통과 각도는 $-0.80{\pm}5.97^{\circ}$이었다. 평균 복사 통과 각도는 1세에 $4.25{\pm}4.04$에서 나이가 들면서 점차 감소하여 4년 7개월에 $-1.98^{\circ}$로 가장 낮은 값을 보였으며 이후 나이가 들면서 점차 증가하여 7세 이후는 $0.67{\pm}1.10^{\circ}$로 일정하게 유지되었다. 결 론 : 영아기의 경골 내염전은 정상적인 성장 발달 과정에서 저절로 좋아지는 것으로 알려져 있다. 그러나 본 연구에서는 우리나라 아동의 경우 오히려 1세 이후 복사 통과 각도가 해마다 감소하여 4년 7개월에서 최저 각도를 보이고 이후 다시 점차 증가하여 7세 이후에 더 이상 교정되지 않고 경골 외염전이 서양 아동들에 비해 약 $10^{\circ}$ 정도 감소한 상태에서 지속되었다. 이는 우리의 전통적인 생활 방식 특히 무릎을 꿇어앉는 습관에 기인하는 것으로 보인다. 따라서 관절과 보행의 이상을 예방하기 위하여 아동기에 경골 염전의 이상을 조기 발견하여 자세를 교정하여주고 필요한 경우에는 조기에 치료를 해줄 필요가 있다고 생각된다. 아울러 우리나라 아동기의 경골 염전에 대한 연구가 보다 폭넓게 이루어져야 될 것으로 생각된다.