I
Il-Young Jang
Researcher at University of Ulsan
Publications - 68
Citations - 962
Il-Young Jang is an academic researcher from University of Ulsan. The author has contributed to research in topics: Sarcopenia & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 13, co-authored 54 publications receiving 482 citations. Previous affiliations of Il-Young Jang include Asan Medical Center.
Papers
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
Prevalence of Frailty and Aging-Related Health Conditions in Older Koreans in Rural Communities: a Cross-Sectional Analysis of the Aging Study of Pyeongchang Rural Area
Hee-Won Jung,Il-Young Jang,Young Soo Lee,Chang Ki Lee,Eun Il Cho,Woo Young Kang,Jeoung Hee Chae,Eunju Lee,Dae Hyun Kim +8 more
TL;DR: The current study provides a basis to guide public health professionals and policy-makers in prioritizing certain areas of care and designing effective public health interventions to promote healthy aging of this vulnerable population of Koreans.
Journal ArticleDOI
Frailty and Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment.
TL;DR: Frail older adults often have multi-domain risk factors in terms of physical, psychological, and social health, and therefore frailty assessment based on understanding CGA and its relationship with frailty, can help establish treatment strategies and intervention in frail older adults.
Journal ArticleDOI
Usual gait speed is associated with frailty status, institutionalization, and mortality in community-dwelling rural older adults: a longitudinal analysis of the Aging Study of Pyeongchang Rural Area.
Hee-Won Jung,Hee-Won Jung,Il-Young Jang,Chang Ki Lee,Sang Soo Yu,Jae Kyoon Hwang,Chawoong Jeon,Young Soo Lee,Eunju Lee +8 more
TL;DR: Gait speed was related to age, sex, frailty status, and geriatric health outcomes in Korean rural community-dwelling older adults and should be considered a gait-speed cutoff value based on sex-specific quartiles to prevent misclassification in sarcopenia and frailty diagnosis.
Journal ArticleDOI
Impact of a Wearable Device-Based Walking Programs in Rural Older Adults on Physical Activity and Health Outcomes: Cohort Study.
Il-Young Jang,Hae Reong Kim,Eunju Lee,Hee-Won Jung,Hyelim Park,Seon-Hee Cheon,Young Soo Lee,Yu Rang Park +7 more
TL;DR: The authors' “Smart Walk” program improved physical fitness, anthropometric measurements, and geriatric assessment categories in a small group of older adults in rural areas with limited resources for monitoring.
Journal ArticleDOI
Geriatrics Fact Sheet in Korea 2018 From National Statistics.
TL;DR: The profile, socioeconomic status, health-related lifestyles, geriatric syndromes with major comorbidities, and use of healthcare services in the aging population in South Korea are summarized.