The Journal of Korean society of community based occupational therapy (대한지역사회작업치료학회지)

Korean Society of Community Based Occupational Therapy Association (대한지역사회작업치료학회)
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Factors which Influence Quality of Life(QOL) among Asian Migrant Women in Australia a Cross-sectional Questionnaire Study

호주 이민 아시아 여성들의 삶의 질에 영향을 미치는 요소들 : 설문지를 이용한 단면연구

  • Received : 2017.12.27
  • Accepted : 2018.04.24
  • Published : 2018.04.30
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Abstract

Objective : Migration can be a stressful process to people because they have to adjust a lot of things including habits, routine and cultural behavior. Also, Migrant can negatively impact on participation in daily meaningful occupations. Thus, the purpose of this research is to investigate whether participation in meaningful occupations after immigration and environmental factors impact the QOL in migrant women. Method : Migrant females who live in Australia were invited to participate in the study (n= 9). In this study, participation, environmental factors and QOL were measured using the questionnaire, which was developed by researchers. Purposive sampling was used to select the participants who were then asked to fill out a survey. Both quantitative data and qualitative data were collected. The SPSS program was used to process the quantitative data that was transcribed and coded. Result : Spearman's rank correlation coefficient shows that the total scale of QOL and the total scale of occupational engagement were significantly correlated at the 0.05 level. Conclusion : There was a significant relationship between quality of life and occupational engagements. Migrant women tend to have a lack of participation in meaning occupations thus, it seems to impact on their quality of life.

목적 : 이민은 개인이 가진 습관, 일상 및 문화적 행동들 전반을 바꿔야 하므로 개개인의 신체적, 정신적으로 많은 손상을 유발 할 수 있는 스트레스를 불러 올 수 있다. 또한, 이민은 때로는 개인의 의미 있는 일상생활에 참여하는데 부정적인 영향을 끼치기도 한다. 따라서, 본 연구의 목적은 호주에 이민 온 아시아 여성을 대상으로 이민 후 그들의 달라진 환경적 요소가 의미있는 작업 수행에 영향을 미치는 지 분석하고, 작업 참여의 변화가 그들의 삶의 질에 어떠한 영향을 끼치는지 설문지와 질적 인터뷰를 통하여 분석하고자 하였다. 연구방법 : 2015년 6월 1일부터 2주간 총 아홉명의 이민여성을 대상으로 본 연구를 위해 개발된 반구조화된 설문지를 실시하였다. 폐쇄형 질문에서 얻어진 삶의 질, 작업참여도, 환경요소들, 작업참여와 삶의 질의 상관관계를 보기위해 SPSS(version 20,0)이 사용되었다. 개방형 질문에서 얻은 결과는 Liamputtong(2009)이 제시한 주제 분석단계를 통하여 분석하였다. 결과 : 설문지 분석 결과, 이민여성들의 이민 후 작업 참여도가 이민여성들의 삶의 질에 통계적으로 유의미하게 영향을 미치는 요소로 보고되었다. 즉, 이민으로 인해 변화된 환경적 요소 및 거주 기간은 이민자들의 삶의 질에 유의미한 영향을 미치지 못한 반면, 작업의 참여도가 이민여성들의 삶의 질에 매우 중요한 영향을 미치는 것으로 보고되었다. 결론 : 이민여성들 사이에서 삶의 질을 결정짓는 가장 중요한 요인은 개인의 의미 있는 작업에 대한 참여도로 확인되었다. 이민 여성은 달라진 환경 속 에서 일상생활의 작업을 수행 할 수 없었고, 이는 곧 그들의 삶의 질에 영향을 주는 것으로 생각된다. 따라서 향후 이민여성의 일상생활의 작업참여를 위해 지역사회 기반의 작업치료가 긍정적인 영향을 줄 것으로 생각된다.

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