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KMID : 0861120170210010031
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Korean Journal of Oriental Preventive Medicine
2017 Volume.21 No. 1 p.31 ~ p.39
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The Evaluation of the effect to the Program for Preventing Dementia on Korean Medicine for Elderly in Community
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Jeong Heon-Yong
Park Kum-Sook
Kim Young-Hee
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Abstract
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Objectives : This study was conducted to identify the effects of the program for preventing dementia on Korean medicine on the Knowledge of dementia, Preventive behavior, Depression and Hwa-Byung for elderly.
Methods : A non-equivalent control group pretest-posttest design was used with 41 elderly who were assigned to the experimental and control group. Study outcomes were measured by structured questionnaires from August to November 2016. For data analysis, the Chi-square test, the Fisher’s exact probability test, t-test, the Mann-Whitney U test, were performed using SPSS version 20.0.
Results : There were significant differences in Knowledge of dementia(U=112.500, p <.010), Preventive behavior (U=124.000, p =<.024), and Hwa-Byung (U=129.000, p =<.034) between the two groups in pretest and posttest.
Conclusions : The findings have confirmed that the program for preventing dementia on Korean medicine is effective to improve Knowledge of dementia, Preventive behavior, and Hwa-Byung of community elderly. It can be recommended as a public health program for the elderly in communities.
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KEYWORD
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Korean medicine, Knowledge of dementia, Preventive behavior, Depression, Hwa-Byung, elderly
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