• 한국보건간호학회지
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.47-59
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• 2021

Purpose: To assess levels of mental health among community health practitioners during the COVID-19 outbreak in Korea and associations between practitioner mental health and personal and psychosocial factors. Methods: Data were collected from a convenient sample of 275 community health practitioners using an online questionnaire, which included items on mental health (K-WEMWBS), psychosocial factors (COVID-19 sensitivity, COVID-19 self-confidence, social support, perceived stress), and personal characteristics. Collected data were analyzed using the t-test, one-way ANOVA, Scheffe's test, Pearson's correlation coefficients, and multiple linear regression in SPSS 25.0. Results: Mean mental health score was 51.27±8.47. Multiple linear regression revealed that time spent as a community health practitioner, COVID-19 self-confidence, social support, and perceived stress were significantly associated with mental health. Conclusion: The findings of this study suggest that comprehensive intervention with emphases on improving COVID-19 self-confidence, social support, and reducing stress is required to improve community health practitioner mental health. The results also indicate a need for educational programs aimed at improving the mental health of young community health practitioners.

• 한국보건간호학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.280-292
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• 2013

Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine the perceived needs and confidence of school nurses in health education at middle and high schools in Seoul, Korea. Methods: A descriptive survey questionnaire was developed by a research team to investigate the perceived needs and confidence across eight health education areas. A total of 329 school nurses at secondary schools in the metropolitan areas of Seoul participated. Descriptive statistics, the t-test, and ANOVA were conducted to analyze the data. Results: Generally high means in perceived education needs(Mean: 3.8~4.7/5) and health education confidence (Mean 3.3~4.5/5) were reported. However, there were significantly low means of health education confidence related to perceived needs in health education for all areas of health education. While injury prevention and emergency care education were the highest perceived educational needs and were also areas with high confidence of school nurses, mental health, social health, and sexual health were areas where nurses showed a significantly lower confidence. In general, nurses with a longer clinical experience and educational career had a higher confidence in injury prevention, emergency care, and mental health. Conclusions: Multi-level support, including the continuing education and proactive in-service training, for the school nurses needs to be developed to improve their teaching competency.

• Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.177-184
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• 2020

Objectives: This study aims to examine the effect of adolescent suicide survivors' experience on suicide death risk, and the effect of referral to mental health services (hereafter referral) in this regard. Methods: This study used the data of 878 suicide-deceased and suicide-attempted adolescents aged 8-19 years, managed by the Suicide and School Mental Health Institute from 2016 to 2018. Results: Regression analysis for main effects showed that although suicide experience had no direct effect on suicide death, non-referral status was associated with a greater risk of death by suicide. While the "non-suicide survivor with non-referral" and "suicide survivor with non-referral" groups showed 1.87 [adjusted odds ratio=1.87, 95% confidence interval (CI)=1.21-2.89] and 4.59 (adjusted odds ratio=4.59, 95% CI=2.02-10.42) times higher odds of suicide death, respectively, the "suicide survivor with referral" group showed no difference compared to the "non-suicide survivor with referral" group. Conclusion: From these findings, there is a need to strengthen referral to mental health services and apply complicated grief treatment to improve the mental health of adolescent suicide survivors.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.899-910
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• 2017

Objectives: This study was conducted to identify the rates of perceived stress of elderly people over 65 years old and to confirm the influence of stress on general health and oral health status. Methods: Using data from the National Health and Nutrition Survey for 2014, 1,472 people over 65 years of age were selected as final subjects. Stress was used as an independent variable and dependent variables were included physical health (perceived health status), mental health (depression), and oral health (perceived oral health status). The following confounding variables were adjusted for the current study: demographic characteristics (gender, age, education level, house income) and health - related characteristics (drinking, smoking, exercise, frequency of tooth brushing, using oral care product, dental exam, comorbidity, restrict activity). Complex sampling analysis was applied and logistic regression was performed to determine the effects of stress on physical health, mental health and oral health status. Odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (95% Confidence Interval, 95% CI) were calculated. Results: Logistic regression indicated that stress was significantly associated with low physical health (OR=2.18, 95%CI: 1.49-3.20), low mental health (OR=8.68, 95%CI: 4.98-15.11), low oral health (OR=1.53, 95%CI: 1.06-2.21) after adjusting for confounding variables. Conclusions: The perceived stress of the elderly was found to be related to the general health and oral health status. Therefore, it is necessary to evaluate stress as a predictor of health risk for the health promotion of the elderly on multidisciplinary assessment and continuous evaluation. In addition, health support policies should be provided to achieve good health status for elderly.

• 한국심리학회지 : 문화 및 사회문제
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.505-532
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• 2012

이 연구는 청소년학생들의 정신건강에 영향을 주는 성장과정의 상처, 열등감, 성격장애 간 관계를 분석하고자 하였다. 최종 분석대상은 중·고교생 2,119명을 표집, 조사·수집된 자료를 분석했다. 차이분석, 중다회귀분석, 경로분석 결과, 성장과정의 상처, 열등감, 성격장애, 정신건강 요인 면에서 여학생들과 고등학생들이, 그리고 가정경제 환경이 곤란한 학생들과 학업성적 수준이 하위권 학생들이 상대적으로 문제가 있음이 의미 있게 밝혀졌다. 열등감에 영향을 주는 성장과정의 상처 요인은 행복감, 안정감, 인정감의 상처 순으로 유의미하게 영향을 주는 것으로 확인되었고, 성격장애에 영향을 미치는 성장과정의 상처 요인은 행복감, 안정감, 자신감, 사랑, 평등감의 상처 순으로 유의미하게 영향을 주는 것으로 밝혀졌다. 또한 정신건강에 유의미하게 영향을 주는 성장과정의 상처 요인은 행복감, 안정감, 자신감, 사랑, 평등감의 상처 순으로 밝혀졌다. 그리고 정신건강에 미치는 관련변인들의 영향력은 전반적으로 성장과정 상처의 직접효과보다 성격장애와 열등감을 통한 간접효과가 높게 나타났다. 이는 성장과정의 상처가 열등감과 성격장애로 이어지고 궁극적으로 정신건강으로 악화될 수 있다는 교육적 시사점과 함께 가정환경의 건강성과 교육적 성장환경의 중요성을 일깨워 준다.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.563-574
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• 2016

본 연구의 목적은 정신요양시설 입소 정신장애인의 정신건강자신감 영향요인을 살펴보고 영향요인 및 메카니즘이 입소기간에 따라서 차이가 있는지를 탐색적으로 고찰하는 것이다. 분석대상은 정신요양시설 실태조사에 참여한 정신요양시설 입소 정신장애인 1,742명으로 구조방정식을 이용하여 분석하였다. 입소기간에 따른 차이를 탐색하기 위해 평균입소기간이 10년 미만 입소 정신장애인(n=962)와 10년 이상 입소 정신장애인(n=780)간 다중집단분석을 실시하였다. 주요 결과는 다음과 같다. (1) 학력, 유병기간, 정신과적 증상, 및 인지된 스티그마는 직 간접적으로 정신건강자신감에 영향이 있는 것으로 나타났다. (2) 영향력의 효과분해 결과 유일하게 유병기간만 인지된 스티그마를 통한 유의한 간접효과를 나타내었다. (3) 다중집단분석 결과는 입소기간에 따른 영향요인 및 메카니즘에 차이가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과를 바탕으로 연구의 의의 및 한계를 논의하였다.

• 항공우주의학회지
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.64-67
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• 2021

When the COVID-19 crisis hit air transport, the whole aviation industry was affected. The change in the behavior of passengers following the COVID-19 crisis, travel restrictions and the ensuing economic crisis have resulted in a dramatic drop in demand for airline services. The COVID-19 pandemic, with all its associated consequences, has had a significant impact on the mental health and well-being of pilots, which could impact operational safety. As the number of international flights has decreased, pilots are exposed to high levels of psychological stress such as job instability, reduced income and increased risk of infection during flight work. Psychological stress lowers work performance and threatens aviation safety. The pilot needs mental health management during the COVID-19 pandemic, but psychological support is weak. For pilot mental health management, it is important to raise awareness about mental health and to continuously respond. To this end, it is necessary to foster a safe and trustworthy culture in which mental health issues are discussed freely and solved together without hiding them. They should also support the establishment of a peer support program that is easily accessible and that allows pilots to discuss their issues with confidence.

• 한국학교보건학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.79-88
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• 2015

The purpose of the study was to investigate mental health and mental health-related factors of adolescents with allergic diseases. Methods: The subjects were 72,060 middle and high school students, the data of whom were extracted from the 2014 Korean Youth' Risk Behavior Web-based Survey. Allergic diseases included asthma, allergic rhinitis and eczema. Mental health was measured by indicators such as perceived stress, depression, and suicidal ideation. To compare the mental health of adolescents who have allergic diseases with that of those who don't, the study used ${\chi}^2-test$ and calculated odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI). In addition, the study used ${\chi}^2-test$and multiple logistic regression, calculating OR and 95% CI, to analyze the association between mental health and allergic diseases and other variables. Results: Of 72,060 adolescents who participated in the study, 51.6% had allergic diseases(asthma 9.2%, allergic rhinitis 32.2%, eczema 23.9%). And 37.1% reported perceived stress, 26.6% depression, and 13.1% suicidal ideation. The adolescents with allergic diseases, compared to the adolescents without allergic diseases, were 1.26 times, 1.28 times, and 1.29 times more likely to experience perceived stress, depression, and suicidal ideation, respectively. The mental health-related factors of adolescents with allergic diseases were school type, sex, socioeconomic status, and academic performance. Conclusion: The adolescents with allergic diseases had poorer mental health than the adolescents without the diseases. Further studies should be done to verify this. And based on the study's findings, school-based intervention programs for mental health of adolescents with allergic diseases need to be developed.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제11권9호
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• pp.225-237
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 청소년의 자아정체감, 사회적지지와 정신건강과의 관계를 검증하였다. 연구대상은 경기도 지역 K시에 소재한 중 고등학교 각 2개 학교의 중학생 169명, 고등학생 178명으로 총 347명을 대상으로 상관계수와 중다회귀분석을 실시하였다. 그 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 청소년의 자아정체감, 사회적지지, 정신건강 간의 관계를 살펴보면, 청소년의 자아정체감, 사회적지지의 하위변인에서 정신건강의 하위변인 중 강박증과 친구지지, 적대감 및 공포증과 교사지지, 신체화와 미래확신성, 친밀성, 교사지지, 친구지지, 우울증과 미래확신성, 정신증과 미래확신성을 제외한 모든 하위영역에서 상관이 있는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 중다회귀분석 결과, 정신건강에 영향을 미치는 가장 높은 변인은 자기수용성, 목표지향성, 부모지지, 친밀성, 주체성 순으로 나타난 반면, 미래확신성, 주도성, 교사지지, 친구지지는 통계적으로 유의미한 예측변인이 아닌 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구의 결과는 자기수용성, 목표지향성, 친밀성, 주체성 수준이 높은 청소년과 부모지지를 높게 지각하는 청소년의 정신건강 수준이 높음을 나타내고 있다.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.216-227
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• 2022

Background: Food insecurity may contribute to mental health indicators such as stress, anxiety, or depression. We investigated whether food insecurity was associated with mental health indicators and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in a representative sample of the Korean population. Methods: This study enrolled 12,987 adults without a history of medically serious disease from the 2012, 2013, and 2015 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Household food security status was categorized as "food security," "mild food insecurity," and "moderate/severe food insecurity." The association between mental health and HRQoL was evaluated using a multivariate logistic regression model with food security as the reference group. Results: The adjusted odds ratio of adverse mental health or low HRQoL increased significantly in mild or moderate/severe food insecurity compared to food security. In the moderate/severe food insecurity group, it was 1.98% (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.31-2.99) higher for perceived stress, 3.58% (95% CI, 2.44-5.26) higher for depression symptoms, 4.16% (95% CI, 2.68-6.45) higher for suicidal ideation, and 2.81% (95% CI, 1.91-4.15) higher for quality of life. Conclusion: Food insecurity was strongly associated with negative mental health status and poor HRQoL. There is a need for a dietary support program that provides psychosocial support to those experiencing food insecurity.