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KMID : 0915920080110020138
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Korean Parent-Child Health Journal
2008 Volume.11 No. 2 p.138 ~ p.148
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A Study of Relationship between Dan Jeon Breathing and Health Status in Adult Women
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Kim Kyung-Won
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study was to examine the effects of Dan Jeon Breathing and health status in adult women.
Method: This study was a quasi-experimental with a nonequivalent control group pre-post test design. The subjects of this study were classified into the experimental group and the control group. The experimental group had 32 adult women who did Dan Jeon Breathing, the control group consisted of 32 adult women. Dan Jeon Breathing carried out
for 60 minutes a day, 5 times a week for 3 weeks between April 20 and May 20, 2006. The significance between the experimental group and the control group was verified with x2-test and t-test.
Results: In the score of general symptoms health, respiratory-circulatory health, digestive health, and hand?foot?muscular-skeletal health, and urology health, the experimental group which participated in Dan Jeon Breathing had higher score than the control group.
Conclusion: It was verified that Dan Jeon Breathing was effective in developing health status. Therefore, in terms of nursing practice, Dan Jeon Breathing can be utilized as an exercise intervention for health promotion of adult women.
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KEYWORD
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Breathing exercise, Health promotion, Women
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