• 성인간호학회지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.72-86
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• 2011

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore and understand the suicide ideation and survival experience of Korean elders in America. Methods: A phenomenological research method guided data collection and analysis. A total of five elders reported having had suicide ideation participated. Data were collected through individual in-depth interviews. All interviews were audio taped and transcribed verbatim. Coding was used to establish different concepts and categories. Results: The following three constituents have been identified: retrospective focus based on the suicide ideation through the immigrant life, facing reality through comparison between the life in America and in Korea, survival skills and constructing view of life. Conclusion: The result of this study may contribute for health professionals working at various crisis settings to understand Korean immigrant elders with suicide ideation.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.208-214
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• 2021

도시화 진전으로 도시에서 농림어업에 종사하는 노인들이 증가하고 있다. 따라서 단순히 농촌지역 또는 도시지역으로 구분해 노인들의 자살 대응책을 모색하는 것보다는 직업(농림어업 종사)에 따른 노인들의 자살 문제를 고려할 필요가 있다. 이를 위해 본 연구에서는 순위 프로빗 모형을 이용해 농림어업에 종사하고 있는 노인의 자살 의향에 어떤 요인들이 영향을 미치는지를 살펴보았다. 분석결과, 외로움을 느끼는 농림어업 종사 노인의 자살 의향은 3.0% 증가, 일에 대한 가치를 소중히 느끼는 경우 자살 의향은 1.1% 감소, 지역의 소속감을 강하게 느끼는 경우 자살 의향은 2.7% 감소한다. 그리고 매일 만나는 가족이나 친척이 많을수록 농림어업 종사 노인의 자살 의향은 2.5% 감소한다. 하지만 동거 가족수가 매년 감소하고 있기 때문에, 이러한 가족(또는 친척)의 대면 접촉 확대는 한계가 있을 수밖에 없다. 따라서 농림어업 종사자의 외로움이나 가족(친척) 대면 접촉의 한계를 공공기관의 사회적 가치 증진 활동 노력과 연계하는 정책 수립이 필요하다.

• 한국생활과학회지
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• 제24권6호
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• pp.795-809
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• 2015

The suicide rate in South Korea has been the highest among the OECD countries for more than 10 years. In addition, the suicide rate among the rural elderly is much higher than that of the elderly in urban areas and that of younger generations. The purpose of this study was to examine the general tendencies of family ties, community consciousness and suicide ideation of the rural elderly in Korea. Also, this study aimed to verify the mediating effect of community consciousness between family ties and suicidal ideation. The data for this study came from 283 elderly people (over 65 years old) living in 11 villages in South Korea. The data was gathered from July to August 2013. Baron and Kenny's (1986) step based regression from the SPSS Win 18.0 program was used to analyze this data. This study also utilized the Sobel-test. The results of this study are as follows. First, the suicidal ideation of the respondents had a lower score than the median score. However, the magnitude of suicidal ideation was still significant. Second, this study found that family ties and community consciousness have both direct and indirect effects on the reduction of suicidal ideation. Lastly, this study examined the mediating effects of community consciousness. The findings of this study are of great significance because they reconfirmed the importance of establishing a social safety net in local communities to replace adult children who have relocated to urban areas.

• 융합정보논문지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.138-145
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• 2020

본 연구의 목적은 독거노인의 자살생각에 영향을 주는 요인을 규명하여 자살예방을 위한 프로그램 개발과 수행에 필요한 기초자료로 활용되도록 하기 위하여 시행 되였다. 본 연구는 2017년 제4차 노인실태조사 자료를 활용한 이차분석 연구이며 2017년 현재 전국 17개 시·도의 일반 주거시설에 거주하는 65세 이상의 노인 10,299명의 자료를 활용하여 로지스틱 회귀분석을 시행하였다. 분석결과 독거노인 10.5%가 자살에 대해 생각해 보았고 성별, 나이, 만성질환 수, 우울증, 차별경험에서 자살생각 정도가 유의하게 차이를 나타냈다. 따라서 독거노인의 자살예방을 위해서 만성질환자에 대한 지속적인 관리와 우울증환자의 조기발견 및 다양한 사회활동 프로그램에 참여할 수 있도록 공공· 민간영역 모두 관심과 적극적인 관리가 필요하다.

• 대한통합의학회지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.167-176
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• 2024

Purpose: This study aimed to verify the effectiveness of suicide prevention education using the "Life Charger" program for older adults. Methods: This study conducted the "Life Charger"suicide prevention education with 95 older adults in the experimental group. Participants were recruited from a senior welfare center and a senior citizen center in D metropolitan city, and their attitudes toward suicide and sense of competence in providing help before and after the education were investigated. While no measures were taken for the control group, their attitudes toward suicide and help-giving competence were surveyed during the same period. Statistics were analyzed using SPSS 23.0, demographic variables of the experimental and control groups were calculated as percentiles, and Chi-square analysis and paired-sample t-test were performed to verify the homogeneity of the experimental and control groups. Results: To verify the effectiveness of the "Life Charger"suicide prevention education, the effectiveness of attitude toward suicide before and after the education was verified. The experimental group showed a significantly higher level (t=-6.34, p<.000). Their competence in providing help was also at a significantly higher level (t=-10.20, p<.000). Upon verifying the effectiveness of the program, the experimental group's attitude toward suicide was found to be significantly higher; however, the control group showed no change in attitude toward suicide and competence in providing help. Conclusion: This study verified that the "Life Charger"suicide prevention education for older adults was effective in increasing attitudes toward suicide and sense of competence in providing help. To increase the effectiveness of suicide prevention education for older adults, follow-up research should determine whether there are any actual changes after the training, and attitudes toward suicide and help-providing competence should be increase d through universal and repetitive education to prevent suicide among older adults.

• 융합정보논문지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.29-36
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• 2018

본 연구는 독거노인의 자살생각에 대한 구조모형 분석을 위해 수행되었다. 본 연구는 C 지역에 거주하는 독거노인 300명을 대상으로 한 서술적 조사연구이며 빈도분석, Pearson's correlation coefficients 산출 및 다중희귀분석, AMOS 통계를 실시하였다. 자료수집은 2016년 10월 1일부터 2016년 12월 31일 까지다. 본 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 가족지지, 사회활동은 자살생각에 부적상관관계를 보였다. 가족지지는 경제활동, 종교활동, 자원봉사, 지역사회참여에 직접효과를 나타냈고 통계적으로 모두 유의한 차이(p<.05)가 있었다. 가족지지는 자살생각(자살욕구 ${\beta}=-362$, p=.000, 삶에 대한 부정적 태도 ${\beta}=-.259$, p=.001)에 직접효과가 유의하게 나타났다. 본 연구의 결과는 독거노인의 가족지지 및 사회활동을 강화시켜 자살생각을 줄이고 사회적 안전망을 구축하여 정서적 안정감을 초래하고 관련된 정책수립이 우선적임을 시사한다.

• 한국지역사회생활과학회지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.429-444
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• 2011

The objective of this study was to identify the risk factor and protection factor related to suicide ideation in each life course based on an ecological-system perspective. A questionnaire was carried out for 393 adolescents, 473 adults and 376 aged men living nationwide. The results are as follows. First, the suicide ideation was low with 1.78 points in the full mark of 5 points. Second, the difference in suicide ideation, depression, hopelessness, stress in the organic system variables, family solidarity in the micro system variables, intermediate system variables, residence, the existence/inexistence of counselling center and the influence of mass media in mezo system variables in each life course were significant. Third, the relative influence of organic system variables on the suicide ideation were largest in all life courses. Further, the depression and the influence of mass media in all life courses were a risk factor of suicide ideation and stress was also a risk factor of suicide ideation in the case of adolescents and the aged. When examining protection factors of suicide ideation, family solidarity, minute as it is, works as the protection factor of suicide ideation in the case of adolescents. For the adults, living in a metropolis was a protection factor from suicide ideation. For the aged, family solidarity, family history of suicide and adult children's attention to their friends and neighbors (intermediate system variable) were protection factors from suicide ideation. I suggested that policy, service, counseling and educational program proper to each life course were necessary to lower risk factors of suicide ideation and to improve protection factors.

• 대한안전경영과학회지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.19-25
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• 2010

To investigate acute drug intoxication trends in the elderly visited Emergency Medical Centers, Data was collected from the records of poisoning patients visited Five different Hospitals from January 1. 2007 to December 31. 2007. The analysis was conducted by using 135 cases of 624 cases. When considering only the elderly and making comparisons between the urban areas and the rural areas the following data was produced. In regard to patients with acute drug intoxication, the main substance of choice was pesticides. Cases of acute drug intoxication are definitely higher for those categorized as the rural elderly (75.0%) when compared with those categorized as the urban elderly (44.1%). The male to female ratio, those living together as a family, past suicide attempts, mental state and sobriety condition when they came, monthly distribution etc. between the two groups did not demonstrate a difference between them. In regard to reasons given for acute drug intoxication, suicide was the highest at 60.7% of the cases. When comparing accidental reasons for poisoning, the urban elderly, at 34.2% of their cases, were higher than in the rural elderly, at 23.7%. After first aid was administered, the admission rate was higher for the rural elderly (47.4%) than for the urban elderly (33.9%). This shows that the rural elderly have a more severe acute drug intoxication poisoning problem than the urban elderly do.

• 대한안전경영과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한안전경영과학회 2009년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.51-60
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• 2009

To investigate acute drug intoxication trends in the elderly visited Emergency Medical Centers, Data was collected from the records of poisoning patients visited Five different Hospitals from January 1. 2007 to December 31. 2007. The analysis was conducted by using 135 cases of 624 cases. When considering only the elderly and making comparisons between the urban areas and the rural areas the following data was produced. In regard to patients with acute drug intoxication, the main substance of choice was pesticides. Cases of acute drug intoxication are definitely higher for those categorized as the rural elderly (75.0%) when compared with those categorized as the urban elderly (44.1%). The male to female ratio, those living together as a family, past suicide attempts, mental state and sobriety condition when they came, monthly distribution etc. between the two groups did not demonstrate a difference between them. In regard to reasons given for acute drug intoxication, suicide was the highest at 60.7% of the cases. When comparing accidental reasons for poisoning, the urban elderly, at 34.2% of their cases, were higher than in the rural elderly, at 23.7%. After first aid was administered, the admission rate was higher for the rural elderly (47.4%) than for the urban elderly (33.9%). This shows that the rural elderly have a more severe acute drug intoxication poisoning problem than the urban elderly do.

• 한국인구학
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.115-126
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• 1994