BACKGROUND Fracture-risk assessment tool (FRAX) using just clinical risk factors of osteoporosis has been developed to estimate individual risk of osteoporotic fractures. We developed prediction model of fracture risk using bone mineral density (BMD) as well as clinical risk factors in Korean, and assessed the validity of the final model. METHODS To develop and validate an osteoporotic FRAX, ...

The aim of this study was to examine the perspectives on the options for the integration of western and traditional Korean medical services among three types of medical doctors with different disciplines in Korea. We surveyed and analyzed responses from 167 conventional Western medicine (WM), 135 traditional Korean medicine (KM), and 103 dual-licensed (DL) doctors who can practice both. All thr...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the association between insulin resistance (IR) and urinary incontinence in Korean adult women by analyzing the data from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey IV (KNHANES) 2007-2009. METHODS A nationally representative sample of 5318 non-diabetic Korean women ≥19-years-of-age (3043 premenopausal and 2275 postmenopausal women) was included from KN...

OBJECTIVE We aimed to investigate the factors associated with a positive intake of folic acid (FA) during the periconceptional period among Korean women. DESIGN In a cross-sectional study of demographic, obstetric and socio-economic data, history of periconceptional intake of FA and awareness of the benefits of FA supplementation in pregnancy were obtained and analysed using the chi2 test, fo...

With the increasing number of multicultural families in Korea, opportunities and challenges arise, particularly terms children’s welfare education. The present study investigates experiences Filipino women married to Koreans their school parental engagement. Through unstructured interviews, 13 participated regarding involvement affairs child’s attendance at Korean schools. faced by participants...

This study is to verify the effects of the Korean Dance Program for rural middle-aged women on their total cholesterol, triglyceride and climacteric symptoms. In this study, 'Harmony‘, one of the sub-programs of the Korean Dance Program which was developed at Seoul National University Institute Ageing of Woorichum Gymnastics was applied. It was composed of 13 actions and music. Nonequivalent co...

BACKGROUND Marital status is as an important sociodemographic variable for health studies. We assessed the association between marital status and health behavior in middle-aged Korean adults. METHODS This is a cross-sectional study of 2,522 Korean middle-aged adults (1,049 men, 1,473 women) from the 2010 Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. The subjects were classified as ...

PURPOSE A low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] level in the blood has been correlated with an increased risk of diabetes mellitus; however, the association between serum 25(OH)D level and insulin resistance has not been established in a Korean rural population. The aim of this study was to investigate the independent association between serum 25(OH)D level and insulin resistance in rural Kor...

The purpose of the current study was to propose a Korean-specific parameter set for calculating the risk of Down syndrome in the second trimester of pregnancy and to determine the screening performances of triple and quadruple tests in Korean women. Using the data on triple or quadruple screening from three hospitals in Korea during 7 yr, we re-converted the concentrations of four serum markers...

Introduction. The purpose of this study is to examine the use of an online health forum by married Korean women living in the USA who sought help for health and medical issues. Method. A thousand messages posted to a health forum designed for married Korean women living in the USA were collected in September 2010. Analysis. Content analysis of the messages identified the purposes of asking ques...