1.Comparative Study on the Health Behaviour and Related Factors of the Korean Elderly and non-elderly Adults.
Journal of Korean Academy of Adult Nursing 1997;9(2):286-296
The aim of this study is to help understanding of the health behaviour of elderly and to promote the development of nursing intervention enhancing health behaviour. This study trys to accomplish this goal by narrating and comparing health behaviours of several age groups and investigating related factors of health behaviour. Concrete Objects are as follows : first, to investigate whether elderly do active health behaviour, and what is the content of health behaviour. Second, to compare factors influencing health behaviour of each group. Subjects are 409 adult community residents. A group(20~39) are 123. B group(40~59) are 117. C group(60~) are 169. The results of this study are as belows. 1. The health state of elderly(C) is worse than other age groups. Health fear and health concern of C is less than A and B. But the rate of practicing health behaviour of C is higher than A and B. 2. The question of what is the most important health factor ; (1) [Regular life and diet] is considered the most important by all age groups(A-30.1%, B-27.4%, C-40.7%). Next is [exercise and rest]. And all age groups thnk that [happy mind] is among health factors. (2) [Frequent outgoing](5.7%), [hard working], [economic stability], [disease control] is also mentioned by elderly. 3. Ill-health behaviour : [smoking], [drinking], [stress], [irregular life and diet] are mentioned by all age groups. Elderly considers [confining at home](7.0%), [having nothing to do](5.6%), [motionless lying] as Ill-health behaviour. 4. The rate of practicing health behaviour : A is 73.2%, B is 74.4%, and C is 78.1%. Health behaviour is mainly made up of the items reflecting physical health concept. 5. The rate of peopl eating food or medicine in last 6 months to promote health : A is 30.3%, B is 45.4%, and C is 54.2%. 6. (1) The rate of health fear is highest at B(80.3%). (2) [Disease contract and worsening] is first item of health fear. A and B mention [can't live healthy], [declining of physical strength], [being fatty], [smoking], [stress], [loss of mobility]. C mention [loss of mobility], [deterioration of vision and hearing], [declining of cognitive function]. (3) The reasons of health fear are [maintenance of living], [cases of other people], [hardship of children] (A and B group), [confining of activity], [hardship of children] (C). 7. [Sex(p=.05)], [health concern(p=.04)] are significant variables in health behavior in all respondents. But they are different among each age groups. [Economic activity(p=.02)], [health concern(p=.05)] (B group), [education level(p=.05)], [having disease or not(p=.05)] (C group) are significant variables. In B group, [the more educated(p=.8)], [the healthier(p=.03)] and [having person to discuss with(p=.05)] were more concerned about health. This study shows the necessity of another detail study to compare health concept and behavior of different age groups, and the variables affecting health behavior. And it is suggested that the results of the study may be applied in planning health program, and in promoting participation of community residents in the program.
Adult*
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Aged*
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Surveys and Questionnaires
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Eating
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Health Behavior
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Humans
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Nursing
2.The Role of Various Osseous Genioplasty Combined with Orthoganthic Surgery.
Journal of the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons 1999;26(4):556-562
Although orthognathic surgery has been performed at the maxilla and the mandibular ramus to obtain a normal functional occulsion and aesthetic improvement of the face, deformities of the chin and disproportion of the soft tissue have been left. Mandibular set-back or advancement usually leaves soft tissue redundancy or deficiency along with its displacement. We have combined genioplasty with orthognathic surgery after intermaxillary fixation through a separate incision to get aesthetic improvement in the chin area in 28 patients. The authors obtained the aesthetic profile of the chin and lower lip according to various soft tissue analysis as follows: 1) The depth of the mentolabial fold 2) The distance from the E-line to labrale inferius (LI) 3) N-ANS/ANS-Me The soft tissue disproportion and residual deformities which were not usually corrected by the orthognathic surgery alone could be improved by combining it with genioplasty.
Chin
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Congenital Abnormalities
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Genioplasty*
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Humans
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Lip
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Maxilla
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Orthognathic Surgery
3.Current Status, Prevention and Control Strategy of Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci (VRE) in Korea.
Korean Journal of Nosocomial Infection Control 1998;3(1):57-64
No Abstract available.
Korea*
4.Multiple, Dissecting Giant Aneurysms in a Childhood: A Case Report.
Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society 2000;29(12):1668-1672
No abstract available.
Aneurysm*
6.Esophagus, Stomach & Intestine; A Case of Esophageal Candidiasis Presenting Recurrent Abdominal Pain in an Immunocompetent Child.
Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 1997;17(1):55-58
Candida albicans is the most common cause of infectious esophagitis and usually is an opportunistic infection in immunocompromised patients. Dysphagia and odynophagia are the usual presenting complaints and, importantly, oral lesions are absent in 50 percent of patients. The role of gastrointestinal endoscopy in diagnosing fungal infections of the esophagus is primary. It is the most definitive and often the only method of detecting esophageal candidiasis. Accurate endoscopic diagnosis by biopsy or brushing leads to the initiation nf effective therapy. We have experienced a case of esophageal candidiasis in an 11-year-old girl who was immunologically normal and whose main symptoms were epigastric abdominal pain and nausea for 4 months. The endoscopic and pathologic findings of esophageal candidiasis were presented.
Abdominal Pain*
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Biopsy
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Candida albicans
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Candidiasis*
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Child*
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Deglutition Disorders
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Diagnosis
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Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal
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Esophagitis
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Esophagus*
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Female
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Humans
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Immunocompromised Host
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Intestines*
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Nausea
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Opportunistic Infections
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Stomach*
7.Aneurysm at the Origin of the Accessory Middle Cerebral Artery : A Case Report.
Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society 2000;29(6):832-835
No abstract available.
Aneurysm*
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Middle Cerebral Artery*
8.Aneurysm at the Origin of the Accessory Middle Cerebral Artery : A Case Report.
Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society 2000;29(6):832-835
No abstract available.
Aneurysm*
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Middle Cerebral Artery*
9.Surgery of Parasplenial Arteriovenous Malformation with Preservation of Vision : A Case Report.
Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society 2000;29(6):815-821
No abstract available.
Arteriovenous Malformations*
10.Surgery of Parasplenial Arteriovenous Malformation with Preservation of Vision : A Case Report.
Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society 2000;29(6):815-821
No abstract available.
Arteriovenous Malformations*