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백혜원(Hye Won Baek),손상준(Sang Joon Son),이강수(Kang-Soo Lee),김현정(Hyun Jung Kim),장기중(Ki Jung Chang),노현웅(Hyun Woong Roh),이윤환(Yunhwan Lee),백종환(Jong Hwan Back),노재성(Jai Sung Noh),정영기(Young Ki Chung),임기영(Ki Young 대한노인정신의학회 2014 노인정신의학 Vol.18 No.2
Objective:Head circumference (HC) has been reported to be an index of cognitive functioning in the elderly and in Alzheimer’s patients. The object of the study is to find the relationship between HC and cognition. Methods:A total of 7,603 subjects over 60 years of age were analyzed from preliminary data of Gwangju Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment Study. HC was manually measured and cognitive functioning was assessed by the Korean version of the Mini Mental State Examination (K-MMSE). Results:Correlational analysis showed that HC was associated with age (r=-0.14, p<0.01), education (r=0.33, p<0.01), height (r=0.26, p<0.01), and K-MMSE (r=0.28, p<0.01). Also, even after adjusting for confounding variables (age, education, height, gender) the positive association between HC and K-MMSE score remained significant (β=0.18, p<0.001). Conclusion:The results suggest that HC may play an important role in predicting cognitive impairment in the elderly.
백혜원(Hye-Won Baek),신일선(Ll-Seon Shin),신희영(Hee-Young Shin),김재민(Jae-Min Kim),김성완(Seong-Wan Kim),윤진상(Jin-Sang Yoon) 대한생물치료정신의학회 2013 생물치료정신의학 Vol.19 No.2
Objectives:This study was aimed to investigate factors affecting successful aging in community-dwelling elderly Korean population. Also, the purpose of this study is to compare factors in living alone elderly and living with others. Methods:This study is a community-based, cross-sectional study that included 434 elderly subjects aged 60 years and more. Subjects completed the questionnaire including sociodemographic characteristics, health behavior, and chronic medical illness. Korean MMSE in the Korean version of the CERAD assessment packet(MMSE-KC), and Short Form of Geriatric Depression Scale(SGDS) were also evaluated. Participants were asked to rate their own degree of successful aging on a scale from 1 to 10(1=least successful, 10=most successful). Results:The mean score for self-rated successful aging was 5.91 in overall sample. In living alone group, mean score was 5.61, whereas 6.04 in living with others group. Subjective ratings of successful aging were significantly correlated with sex, marital status, education, rheumatism/arthritis, MMSE-KC score, and SGDS score in all participants. Education, SGDS score were found to predict subjective successful aging in overall participant(β=0.137, p=0.003 ; β= -0.422, p<0.001). While MMSE-KC score and SGDS score were significant predictors(β=0.212, p=0.020 ; β=-0.302, p=0.001) in living alone group, SGDS score was a significant predictor of subjective successful aging in living with others group(β=-0.503, p<0.001). Conclusion:Depression and education were important predictors of successful aging in all participants, and depression was a common predictor in living alone group and living with others group. Appropriate psychiatric management of depression in elderly is needed to enhance successful aging.