Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore non-compliant health behaviors among urban-dwelling elderly and identify related environmental factors.Methods: This analyzed integrated data from the 2017 Korean National Survey on Annual Report Air Quality in Korea (N=3,198). In study, included seven recommendations for promoting health. Social physical factors were selected based Bronfenbrenn...

The application of gender theory to analyze Korean literary works is relatively new. This study uses as a foundation examine the identity character Princess Bari in folk literature work "Princess Bari," exploring her relationships with father (the King), Siddhartha Gautama(The Buddha), benevolent elderly couple, older sisters, Muchangsung, and other social connections. As result, each distinct ...

OBJECTIVE The provision of care for elderly people with dementia by healthy elderly caregivers is one of the new health-care paradigms in South Korea. The aim of this study was to determine whether this type of care, which includes cognitive stimulation, would improve the cognitive function of dementia patients and the quality of life of the healthy elderly caregiver. METHODS Totals of 132 de...

BACKGROUND The epidemiology of cough in the elderly population has not been studied comprehensively. The present study aimed to investigate the epidemiology of cough in a community elderly population, particularly in relation with their comorbidity. METHODS A cross-sectional analysis was performed using a baseline dataset from the Korean Longitudinal Study on Health and Aging, a community-bas...

Increase in the elderly population and early retirement imposes immense economic burden on societies. Previous studies on the association between medical expenditure and working status in the elderly population have not adequately addressed reverse causality problem. In addition, the pre-elderly group has hardly been discussed in this regard. This study assessed possible causal association betw...

Received: January 6, 2009. Accepted: February 27, 2009. Corresponding author: Sang Tae Kim, M.D., Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Gaeshin-dong, Heungdeok-gu, Cheongju 361-711, Korea. Tel: 82-43-269-6237, Fax: 82-43-272-0264, E-mail: [email protected] Copyright c Korean Society of Anesthesiologists, 2009 What is the optimal ef...

To produce ginsenoside-Rg3 enriched yeast from ginseng-steaming effluent (GSE), Lipomyces starkeyi, which tends to grow well in GSE, was cultured in sterilized GSE and its growth and production of ginsenoside-Rg3 were determined. Growth of L. starkeyi was 86.1 mg per g GSE and its ginsenoside-Rg3 contents was 0.013 mg per g GSE.

BACKGROUND Satisfaction with medical doctor (MD) has been studied as a possible motivation for trying complementary medicine. This study aimed to explore the relationship between Korean outpatients' satisfaction with their MDs and their use of traditional Korean medicine (KM). METHODS Data were drawn from the 2011 annual Korea Health Panel, a national representative sample. We analyzed the re...

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Copyright © 2017 Korean Society of Exercise Rehabilitation http://www.e-jer.org pISSN 2288-176X eISSN 2288-1778 495 *Corresponding author: Salman Khazaei https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5918-2310 Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran Tel: +98-9212848625, Fax: +98-9212848625, E-mail: [email protected] Received: June 19, 20...