Korean Journal of Occupational Health Nursing (한국직업건강간호학회지)

Korean Academic Society of Occupational Health Nursing (한국직업건강간호학회)
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The Factors Affecting the Depression in Pneumoconiosis Patients

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  • Bak, Jue Hyeon (Graduate School of Public Health, the Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Lim, Hyeon Woo (Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, the Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Chae, Jung MI (Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, the Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Cho, Hyun Ju (Department of Psychiatry, Chung-Ang University Medical Center) ;
  • Jung, Hye Sun (Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, the Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Jo, Sun Jin (Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, the Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Lee, W.C. (Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, the Catholic University of Korea)
  • 박주현 (가톨릭대학교 보건대학원) ;
  • 임현우 (가톨릭대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실) ;
  • 채정미 (가톨릭대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실) ;
  • 조현주 (중앙대학교병원 신경정신과) ;
  • 정혜선 (가톨릭대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실) ;
  • 조선진 (가톨릭대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실) ;
  • 이원철 (가톨릭대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실)
  • Published : 2007.05.30
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Abstract

Objectives: The objective of this study was to analyze factors affecting depression in pneumoconiosis patients. Methods: The subjects were 200 pneumoconiosis patients hospitalized in Pneumoconiosis Hospitals in An-san and Tae-beck. Collected 114 surveys were used in this study among 200 surveys since 86 surveys offered insufficient data. SAS for Windows 8.01 was used to analyse the data Results: Percentage of normal and mild depression is 2.6%, Percentage of moderate depression is 14.9%, Percentage of severe depression is 79.8%. In order to analyze the factors affecting depression rate, the factors with p-values less than 0.1, such as age, education, religion, work department, hospitalized period, physical pain existence, daily living ability, family supports and internal locus of control, were selected as independent factors and analyzed using a stepwise multiple regression. As results, the factor that affected the rate of depression were of the age, education, ADL(Activities of Daily Living), the internal locus of control, family support. Conclusion: It is necessary to develop health program which can improve the patient's ADL(Activities of Daily Living), enforce internal locus of control to minimize the depression rate in pneumoconiosis patients.

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