Determinants of Intention Toward Dementia-Preventive Behaviors Among Middle-Aged Korean Adults.

This study aims to determine the influence of the constructs of the health belief model and fear of dementia on the behavioral intention to prevent middle-aged Korean adults' dementia. Applying a descriptive design, 163 middle-aged adults were recruited. Structured questionnaires were used to collect data regarding fear of dementia, behavioral intention to prevent dementia, the expanded health belief model's variables (i.

Evaluation of factors related to glycaemic control among South Korean patients with type 2 diabetes.

Aims: To examine specific self-care behaviours, depression, and diabetes-related stress among South Korean patients with type 2 diabetes and to evaluate whether these factors are related to glycaemic control.

Methods: This cross-sectional study included 171 patients with type 2 diabetes who visited an endocrinology clinic. A structured questionnaire and electronic medical records were used to collect data regarding self-care behaviours, depression, diabetes-related distress, and glycaemic control between May 2015 and July 2015.

Factors affecting fatigue in patients with type II diabetes mellitus in Korea.

Purpose: This study aimed to characterize and identify the factors affecting fatigue in patients with type II diabetes mellitus in Korea.

Methods: A total of 180 patients with type II diabetes mellitus were recruited from the outpatient clinic of a tertiary care hospital. For data collection, a questionnaire survey of diabetes history, hypoglycemia symptoms, and fatigue was conducted between January and February 2011.

Relationships among subjective social status, weight perception, weight control behaviors, and weight status in adolescents: findings from the 2009 Korea Youth Risk Behaviors Web-Based Survey.

Background: This study identified relationships among subjective social status (SSS), weight perception, weight control behaviors, and weight status in Korean adolescents using nationally representative data collected from the 2009 Korea Youth Risk Behaviors Web-Based Survey.

Methods: Data from 67,185 students aged 12-18 years were analyzed. Relationships among SSS, weight perception, and weight control behaviors in boys and girls were examined using chi-square.

[The effects of a weight control program with competence].

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the effects of a weight control program and compliancy in overweight women.

Method: This program was composed of strategies to modify diet and exercise and to change compliance and self determination over an 8 week period. The subjects were 19 overweight women who participated in our project voluntarily.