The International Continence Society (ICS) defines urinary incontinence (UI) as the complaint of any involuntary leakage of urine. The common pathophysiology of UI in women involves an overactive detrusor or an incompetent urethral sphincter. Therefore UI is categorized as stress urinary incontinence (SUI), urge urinary incontinence (UUI), mixed urinary incontinence (MUI) and overflow incontinence. SUI and UUI are the two most common types of UI in women. According to Korean national survey in 2005, the prevalence of UI is 24.4% and the prevalence of UI increased with age. Of those women, 48.8% reported SUI, 7.7% UUI, 41.6% mixed UI. Therefore the proper diagnostic work-up is needed to increase clinical outcome because many treatment options are being in women with UI. Non-invasive treatments include behavioral therapy, pharmacotherapy. Especially anticholinergics are the cornerstone of UUI treatment, whereas surgical treatments, such as TOT, TVT, are considered as a gold standard of SUI treatment. The cure rate of TOT or TVT surgery for SUI revealed 80-90% according to many studies and complication rate is reported about 5%. Therefore, by effectively identifying and treating incontinence it is possible to significantly improve patients' quality of life.

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• Evaluation of the Physical Health and Dietary Intake of the Low-Income Elderly with Impaired Mobility for the Design of a Health Meals-on-Wheels Intervention Program in Seoul
  Hyeja Chang, Junghyun Kim, Chaewon Park
  Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition.2023; 52(7): 740.     CrossRef
• Enhancement of Production of Bioactive Compound and Antioxidant Activity in Inonotus obliquus by Bioconversion Process using Commercial Enzymes
  Se Bin Kim, Da Hye Gam, Ji Woo Hong, Jin Woo Kim
  Korean Journal of Medicinal Crop Science.2022; 30(1): 12.     CrossRef
• Study on the Awareness and Demands of Korean University Students Majoring in Physical Therapy: Focus on Women’s Health Physical Therapy
  Jin-Su Kim, Han-Suk Lee, Mi-Rim Song, Ji-Min Yu, Jae-Eun Hur
  Journal of The Korean Society of Physical Medicine.2021; 16(2): 31.     CrossRef
• The Effect of Bojungikgi-tang on Stress Urinary Incontinence: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
  Hyun-seo Nam, Tae-hyun Baek
  The Journal of Internal Korean Medicine.2021; 42(3): 293.     CrossRef
• Association between urinary incontinence and bone health in Korean elderly women based on data from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
  Ji Hyun Moon, Yun Hwan Oh, Mi Hee Kong, Jung Sik Huh, Hyeon Ju Kim
  Electronic Journal of General Medicine.2019; 16(3): em140.     CrossRef
• Association between Muscle Loss and Urinary Incontinence in Elderly Korean Women
  Hyun-Jung Park, Se-Ryung Choo, Sang-Hyuk Kim, Hyun-Ki Lee, Ki Young Son
  Korean Journal of Family Medicine.2015; 36(1): 22.     CrossRef
• Randomized Controlled Trial for Salvia sclarea or Lavandula angustifolia: Differential Effects on Blood Pressure in Female Patients with Urinary Incontinence Undergoing Urodynamic Examination
  Geun Hee Seol, Yun Hee Lee, Purum Kang, Ji Hye You, Mira Park, Sun Seek Min
  The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine.2013; 19(7): 664.     CrossRef
• Effect of Kegel Exercise to Prevent Urinary and Fecal Incontinence in Antenatal and Postnatal Women: Systematic Review
  Seong-Hi Park, Chang-Bum Kang, Seon Young Jang, Bo Yeon Kim
  Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing.2013; 43(3): 420.     CrossRef

Background
Many epidemiological studies suggest the pathogenic role of serum uric acid level in development of hypertension. Several cross-sectional studies have shown the relationship between uric acid and development of hypertension in Korea. We investigated whether uric acid associates with the development of hypertension in a retrospective cohort study. Methods: We included 2,353 people who did not have hypertension initially and underwent general medical examination between 1997 and 1998 and were re-examined after 10 years later. Study people divided into three groups according to serum uric acid level tertiles. Results: The incidences of hypertension in tertile groups were 14.1% (108/764), 22.0% (175/769), and 24.3% (193/793) and they showed statistically significant difference. We performed multivariable logistic regression with serum uric acid and other risk factors of hypertension. The incidence of hypertension in second and third tertile group were significantly higher than first tertile group (odds ratio [OR], 1.53; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.11 to 2.10; P = 0.009 in second tertile group and OR, 1.66; 95% CI, 1.17 to 2.37; P = 0.005 in third tertile group). Conclusion: Serum uric acid level is associated with the development of hypertension.

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• Serum Uric Acid Level as a Prognostic Marker in Patients With Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
  Hyun Woo Lee, Sun Mi Choi, Jinwoo Lee, Young Sik Park, Chang-Hoon Lee, Jae-Joon Yim, Chul-Gyu Yoo, Young Whan Kim, Sung Koo Han, Sang-Min Lee
  Journal of Intensive Care Medicine.2019; 34(5): 404.     CrossRef

Background
Although smoking is the major risk factor for atherosclerosis under the age of 40, the smoking rate of adolescent and young adult has been is increasing. In case of young adults, there is no available clinical indices reflecting harmful effects of smoking. The aim of this study was to investigate whether any second derivative of photoplethysmogram (SDPTG) index can be used as a clinical index of acute effects of smoking. Methods: Twenty smoking and eighteen never-smoking males ages between 20-39 without medical history of atherosclerotic disease nor peripheral vascular diseases were selected for this study. We investigated the life styles and risk factors of atherosclerosis through a questionnaire, laboratory test and physical examination. We measured SDPTG at baseline, 3, 5, 10, 15, and 20 minutes for smokers after smoking and walking and for never-smokers after walking. Repeated measures ANOVA and ANCOVA were used for analysing the changes of SDPTG according to time. Results: The heart rate and blood vessel tension (BVT) were different between the smokers and never-smokers after adjusting age, fasting blood sugar, body mass index, depression, and exercise (P < 0.05, P < 0.05, respectively). In contrast to never-smokers, heart rate of smokers at 3 minutes after smoking was increased for 10.1 per minute (P < 0.001) and higher than never-smokers until 15 minutes (P < 0.05). BVT in smokers was decreased at 3 minutes (P < 0.05) from baseline and lower than never-smokers at 3 minutes (P < 0.05). Differential pulse wave index, stress power, remained blood volume, and the changes of these indices according to time were not significantly different between the two groups. Conclusion: BVT and heart rate reflected the acute effect of smoking on blood vessels and could be used to provide motivation to quit smoking and make people more concerned about their own health especially to the young smokers who has no symptoms yet.

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• Diagnostic Features and Potential Applications of PPG Signal in Healthcare: A Systematic Review
  Malak Abdullah Almarshad, Md Saiful Islam, Saad Al-Ahmadi, Ahmed S. BaHammam
  Healthcare.2022; 10(3): 547.     CrossRef
• A Study on Wrist Band Type Vital Sign Acquisition Device
  Hee-Hoon Kim, Kyung-Ho Kim
  The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers.2016; 65(5): 857.     CrossRef

Background
Self-perceived health is a good indicator of health status. It is generally accepted that self-perceived health status has important role on one's health behavior and public health education. Smoking, drinking, and obesity are well known risk factors for one's health. But its effects on self-perceived health status are not known so well in Korea. This study was planned to evaluate the effect of health behavior such as smoking, drinking, and obesity on self-perceived health status. Methods: We enrolled a total of 6,040 Koreans, visited to one general hospital health promotion center from June, 2004 through June, 2007. Data was collected by questionnaire, including basic demographic variables, family history of cancers or cerobrovascular accidents, psycho-emotional factors such as stress, depression, anxiety, insomnia, and health behaviors including smoking, drinking, and exercise. Risk factors for metabolic syndrome were also obtained including waist circumference, blood pressure, triglyceride, high-density lipoprotein (HDL), fasting blood sugar, and body mass index (BMI). Results: Older age, higher alcohol consumption, higher BMI, and regular exercise were associated with higher self-perceived health status. Higher education status, higher score of stress, symptoms such as depression, anxiety, and insomnia, drug medication, operation history, and abnormal HDL status were associated with lower self-perceived health status. Smoking and metabolic syndrome had no relation with self-perceived health status. Conclusion: Drinking and higher BMI were associated with higher self-perceived health status, indicating discrepancies between self-perceived health status and medical advice. More strict education might be required for those risk factors.

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• Perceptions of health and healthcare needs in low-resource settings: qualitative insights from Bengaluru's urban slum and rural areas
  Keerthi Dubbala, Wanda Spahl, Carolin Elizabeth George, Luc de Witte
  Frontiers in Public Health.2025;[Epub]     CrossRef
• The association between tooth brushing during lunchtime and obesity in South Korean adolescents
  Yoonjin Cho, Heejae Shin, Seunghoon Lee, Jinhyun Kim, Jaeyong Shin, Hyunkyu Kim
  Scientific Reports.2024;[Epub]     CrossRef
• A Study on Characteristics Related to the Current Use of Heated Tobacco Products among Adolescents
  Jun Ho Cho
  Journal of Environmental Health Sciences.2023; 49(2): 118.     CrossRef
• Effects of Subjective Health Perception on Health Behavior and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Patients with Prediabetes and Diabetes
  Sungjung Kwak, Yoonmi Lee, Seunghui Baek, Jieun Shin
  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.2022; 19(13): 7900.     CrossRef
• Association between Normal Weight Central Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Middle-Aged Men
  Hyun Joe, Jung-Eun Oh
  Korean Journal of Clinical Geriatrics.2022; 23(1): 59.     CrossRef
• The effects of health empowerment and social support on health promotion behavior in older adults: A cross-sectional study
  Kyungmi Lee, Semi Lim
  Journal of Korean Gerontological Nursing.2022; 24(4): 433.     CrossRef
• The Effect of Physical and Mental Health and Health Behavior on the Self-Rated Health of Pregnant Women
  Eunwon Lee, Jiyoung Song
  Healthcare.2021; 9(9): 1117.     CrossRef
• Associations Between Positive and Negative Affect and the Way People Perceive Their Health Goals
  Ekaterina Plys, Olivier Desrichard
  Frontiers in Psychology.2020;[Epub]     CrossRef
• The longitudinal associations between self-rated health, binge drinking, and depression among Korean adults
  Hye Chung Cho, Eun Sook Lee
  Korean Journal of Health Education and Promotion.2019; 36(2): 11.     CrossRef
• Trajectories of Self-rated Health among One-person Households: A Latent Class Growth Analysis
  Eunjoo Kim, Hyang Kim, Ju Young Yoon
  Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing.2019; 30(4): 449.     CrossRef
• Field Application and Evaluation of Health Status Assessment Tool based on Dietary Patterns for Middle-Aged Women
  Hye-Jin Lee, Kyung-Hea Lee
  Korean Journal of Community Nutrition.2018; 23(4): 277.     CrossRef
• What Causes Health Promotion Behaviors in College Students?
  Mi Young Kim, Yu Jeong Kim
  The Open Nursing Journal.2018; 12(1): 106.     CrossRef
• Association between working time quality and self-perceived health: analysis of the 3rd Korean working conditions survey (2011)
  Jaeyoup Jung, Gyuree Kim, Kyusung Kim, Domyung Paek, Sung-il Cho
  Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.2017;[Epub]     CrossRef
• Self-rated Health and Health Service Utilization of Chronic disease Patients
  Eun-Ju Park
  The Journal of Korea Institute of Information, Electronics, and Communication Technology.2016; 9(4): 404.     CrossRef
• Impact of Childhood Socioeconomic Position on Self‐Rated Health Trajectories of South Korean Adults
  Joan P. Yoo, Min Sang Yoo
  Asian Social Work and Policy Review.2016; 10(1): 142.     CrossRef
• Study on the Effect of Social Trust and Disability Identity on Subjective Health and the Moderating Effect of Social-economic Status
  Dong Chul Yu, Dong-Ki Kim, Kyung Mee Kim, Yu-Ri Shin
  The Journal of the Korea Contents Association.2016; 16(7): 337.     CrossRef
• Association of selected health behaviors with perceived health, depressive symptom and fatalism among the aged 50-69 living in Seoul
  Eun Jin Choi, Min Hye Kim
  Korean Journal of Health Education and Promotion.2015; 32(2): 53.     CrossRef
• Survey on Relationship among Health Relating Factors Sasang Constitution and Stress
  Mi-Young Jeong, Hee-Young Kim, Young-Hae Chung, Eun Namkung, Hwa-Young Ann, Soo-Jung Park
  Journal of Korean Medicine.2015; 36(3): 14.     CrossRef

Background
Adequate bowel preparation is essential for accurate double-contrast barium enema (DCBE) examination. Several protocols have been performed including controlled diet, split dosage of cathartic, fasting dinner 1 day before the exam. The aim of this study was to compare the effect of remind calls on the quality of bowel preparation. Methods: We conducted a clinical trial for 248 subjects who did DCBE at the health promotion center of a single hospital. One hundred and seven patients received instructions and remind calls one day before starting bowel preparation, and the others received only instructions. Two specialized radiologists rated the quality of bowel preparation on a scale of excellent/good/fair/poor. In addition, we collected data for age, sex, education, income, and the reason for the exam with a detailed questionnaire. Results: The basal characteristics of subjects between 'remind call' and 'no remind call' groups were similar except age (57.0 ± 9.8 years, 54.4 ± 8.1 years, respectively P = 0.021). The proportion of 'excellent' was higher in the 'remind call' group (35.5%) than in the 'no remind call' group (23.4%) with statistical significance (P = 0.037). The adjusted odds ratio was 2.015 for 'remind calls' (P = 0.017), and 0.958 for age (P = 0.011). Conclusion: Remind calls and age were associated with the quality of bowel preparation. Remind calls increased the proportion of 'excellent' quality of bowel preparation, which can help accurate assessment.

Background
Overweight in Korean adolescents has continuously increased over the past few years and it is recognized as a public health problem. We investigated the relationship between socioeconomic status and overweight in Korean adolescents. Methods: The data was obtained from the 2007 Korean Youth's Risk Behavior Web-based Study. We included adolescents aged 12 to 18 yearswho were ≥ 5th percentile of the BMI cut-off point based on the Korean child growth curve. Logistic regression analysis was performed to examine the association between socioeconomic status and overweight. Results: The adjusted odds ratios for overweight were 1.116 (95% confidence interval [CI],1.021 to 1.220), 1.390 (95% CI, 1.242 to 1.555) in girls having middle and low grade family affluence scale (FAS), respectively, compared in girls having high grade FAS (P < 0.05). However, in boys, there was no significant relationship between FAS and overweight. In both gender, perceived household economic status and parental education level were negatively related to overweight in adolescents (P < 0.05). Conclusion: Lower socioeconomic status increased the risk of overweight in Korean adolescents. Efforts to reduce socioeconomic disparities in adolescents should be initiated for overweight prevention.

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• Relationships between objective and subjective socioeconomic status and physical health among adolescents in South Korea
  Sue‐Lynn Kim, Joan P. Yoo
  Asian Social Work and Policy Review.2022; 16(2): 197.     CrossRef
• Predicting South Korean adolescents vulnerable to obesity after the COVID-19 pandemic using categorical boosting and shapley additive explanation values: A population-based cross-sectional survey
  Haewon Byeon
  Frontiers in Pediatrics.2022;[Epub]     CrossRef
• The Distribution of Weight Status according to Familial Socioeconomic Status in Korean Adolescents: The Twelfth Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey, 2016
  Jinyoung Jang, Young Gyu Cho, Jae-Heon Kang, Hyun Ah Park, Kyoungwoo Kim, Yang-Im Hur, Ki Byeong Park
  Korean Journal of Health Promotion.2018; 18(1): 23.     CrossRef
• Factors Influencing the Health-related Quality of Life by Socioeconomic Level during Early Adolescence
  Soo Young Jun, Yeong-Suk Song
  Journal of the Korean Society of School Health.2017; 30(1): 81.     CrossRef
• Effects of family affluence on the health behaviors of Korean adolescents
  Min H. Park, Eun H. Hwang
  Japan Journal of Nursing Science.2017; 14(3): 173.     CrossRef
• Family Factors and Obesity in High School Students
  Sang-Mi Lee
  Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society.2016; 17(8): 84.     CrossRef

Brain atrophy is caused by the neuronal loss and reduction in Betz cell numbers. Among the many causes of brain atrophy, alcohol related atrophy is largely accounted for by a reduction in white matter volume. And the degree of brain atrophy correlates with the rate and amount of alcohol consumed over a lifetime, and it is at least partially reversible with alcohol abstinence. Alcohol-related brain damage mechanism correlates with that ethanol selectively and potently inhibits the function of NMDA receptors. Chronic alcoholics often have a low intake of folate, hence a sustained hyperhomocystenemia can frequently be observed, then this cause a pathological increase in receptor activity and subsequent excitotoxic damage. Even the consumption of light and moderate doses of alcohol lead to shrinkage of the brain and to increases in white matter volume and decrease in grey matter volume. We report the case of severe brain atrophy incidentally found at medical check-up in a young man who has drunken alcohol too much for 10 years.