Research in Community and Public Health Nursing

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The Effect of a Comprehensive Intervention Program on the Functional Status and Bone Density of the Socially-Vulnerable and Frail Elderly: In Sook Lee, Kwang Ok Lee; J Korean Acad Community Health Nurs. 2016;27(1):51-59. Published online March 31, 2016; DOI: https://doi.org/10.12799/jkachn.2016.27.1.51

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PURPOSE
The purpose of this study is to provide a disease management, nutrition education, and group exercise program for three months to the moderately frail elderly whose physical functions have deteriorated, and to investigate its effects in order to develop an intervention program.
METHODS
As a quasi-experiment, this study was conducted based on non-equivalence studies designed as a similar experiment. The milk intake group and calcium intake group participated in the disease education, individual nutrition education, and group exercise program for three months, and the control group was visited once in the three months by a nurse who provided disease education, nutrition education, and oral instruction of exercise, and asked them to exercise on their own every day. For the data analysis, Ï‡2-test, ANOVA and ScheffÃ© test were used.
RESULTS
After three months of intervention, there was a significant difference in the frailty level (p=.029) and bone density (p=.001) between the groups.
CONCLUSION
The comprehensive intervention program had an effect on the bone density and the frailty level of the socially-vulnerable and moderately frail elderly, suggesting that the program can be used as a nursing intervention to prevent functional deterioration and damage of the moderately frail elderly.

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Effects of Calcium/Vitamin D Intake and Taekkyeon Exercise on the Elderly's Frailty
Kwang Ok Lee
Journal of Korean Biological Nursing Science.2016; 18(3): 185. CrossRef

Lifestyles and Factors Influencing the Bone Mineral Density (BMD) among Employees in a Community: Kyung Shin Paek; J Korean Acad Community Health Nurs. 2013;24(2):236-244. Published online June 30, 2013; DOI: https://doi.org/10.12799/jkachn.2013.24.2.236

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PURPOSE
This study was to investigate lifestyles and identify factors influencing the bone mineral density (BMD) among employees in a community.
METHODS
Data were collected from 199 employees. Their lifestyles and BMIs were measured with a self-report questionnaire. As for their BMDs, their calcanei were measured with Quantitative Ultrasound.
RESULTS
Assessing their BMDs with reference to the WHO standards, 52.8% of the subjects' calcaneus BMDs were normal and 44.2% showed osteopenis, 3.0% showed osteoporosis. Age (odds ratio=1.05, p=.029), exercise (odds ratio=.31, p=.006) and the number of eating meals per day (odds ratio=1.97, p=.046) were significant factors influencing the subjects' BMDs.
CONCLUSION
Strategies to emphasize exercise and dietary habits in employees are important for improving their bone mineral density. Programs for improving bone mineral density based on life cycle need to be developed.

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Armin Hatefi, Amirhossein Alvandi
Journal of Applied Statistics.2022; 49(4): 803. CrossRef
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Hee-Sook Lim, Soon-Kyung Kim, Hae-Hyeog Lee, Dong Won Byun, Yoon-Hyung Park, Tae-Hee Kim
Journal of Bone Metabolism.2016; 23(3): 143. CrossRef

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