• 보건의료산업학회지
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.29-38
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• 2012

The aim of this study was to examine the spouse effects on depressive symptom and suicidal thinking among the elderly aged 65 and over in Korea. The subjects selected from the database of the Fourth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey(KNHANES IV) conducted by Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from 2007 to 2009. Those who were female, older, lower educated, or poorer were more likely to live alone than their counterparts respectively. The elderly living alone experienced depressive symptom as 2.0 times(OR=2.004, 95% CI=1.433, 2.803) as, and suicidal thinking as 1.6 times(OR=1.567, 95% CI=1.111, 2.211) as the elderly couples did, adjusting for socio-economic factor, health status factors, and health behaviors factors. As for the male subgroup, the elderly living alone experienced depressive symptom as 4.0 times(OR=3.997, 95% CI=2.066, 7.732) as, and suicidal thinking as 3.2 times(OR=3.181, 95% CI=1.535, 6.592) as the elderly couples did. On the other hands, there was no significant difference in depressive symptoms and suicidal thinking between the female elderly living alone and couples. The authors suggested policy interventions to promote the mental health of the male elderly living alone.

• 한국임상보건과학회지
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.1056-1064
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• 2018

Purpose. This study reported on body type perception of people aged ${\geq}19years$, regardless of gender, and on its association with disease morbidity and the quality of life and aimed to observe the effects of stress on body weight perception, disease morbidity, and the quality of life. Methods. The data from 218,899 persons aged ${\geq}19years$ who were respondents to the 2010 Community Health Survey were finally analyzed. A designated program was used to perform complex sample analysis; chi-square test was carried out to determine body type perception by the general characteristics and disease status and analyze health-related behavior and weight control behavior by body type perception, and multiple logistic regression was used to observe the effects of body type perception on mental health and the quality of life. Results. 34.9% of all the respondents misperceived their body type and females were more likely to misperceive their body type. The older they were, the more poorly they perceived their body type; those perceiving their body type poorly were significantly more susceptible to both hypertension and diabetes. When correction was made in relation to gender, age, and so on, those perceiving their body type excessively were more susceptible to hypertension (1.43[1.367-1.050]) and diabetes morbidity (1.36[1.294-1.428]). Body type perception affected the quality of life: the respondents perceiving their body type poorly (0.91[0.884-0.940]) or excessively (0.75[0.720-0.770]) showed lower quality of life than those perceiving their body type correctly. Conclusions. Distorted body type perception affected disease morbidity and the quality of life: the respondents excessively perceiving their body type were significantly more susceptible to both hypertension and diabetes and those perceiving their body type excessively or poorly showed lower quality of life than those perceiving it correctly. It is therefore necessary to make multilateral efforts to cultivate correct body type perception.

• 한국보건간호학회지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.221-232
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• 2011

Purpose: The study sought to provide basic information for North Korean defectors (Sae-Tu-Min) by studying the quality of life(QoL) based on their general characteristics and health problems. Methods: The targeted subjects were 1400 North Korean settlers who were receiving settlement service by Korean National Red Cross after finishing their training at Hanawon in 2005. The data was collected from August to October in 2007. The QoL was assessed by Medical Outcomes Study Short Form-36. Collected data were analyzed by ANOVA and t-test with SPSS win 15.0 program. Result: The majority of the 466 subjects were female(77.9%). The average age was 36.8 years, 52.8% lived alone, and 64.0% were unemployed. The average QoL score of the group was $62.4{\pm}18.4$, which was markedly lower in terms of social, physical and mental health compared to the scores of immigrants to South Korea from other countries. The score was the highest for physical ability and the lowest for general health. Influential socio-demographic factors to QoL were gender, age, education, religion, annual salary, occupation, and life insurance. Employed in the subject group showed higher level of QoL on eight categories than unemployed. Concerning health problems that detracted from QoL, 18.5% of the subjects were aware they suffered from anemia and 8.8% of them recognized they suffered from attention deficits. Conclusion: The health conditions of the North Korean settlers had improved since they settled in South Korea, but their QoL was lower than other immigrants. Various programs to maintain and promote the health of North Korean settlers would be useful.

• 치위생과학회지
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• 제11권6호
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• pp.583-588
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• 2011

본 연구는 2010년 11월 충북지역 일부 중학생을 대상으로 흡연, 스트레스, 구강건강 및 분야별 건강증진행위 실천정도를 파악하고자 이루어졌으며 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 1. 중학생의 33.8%가 흡연 경험이 있었으며, 처음 흡연시기와(24.1%) 습관적 흡연 시기가(10.4%) 초등학교 고학년 시기에 가장 많아 흡연연령이 점차 낮아지고 있는 추세이다. 2. 스트레스에 따른 중학생의 건강생활실천 수행정도를 비교한 결과, 스트레스가 낮은 그룹이 구강건강을 제외한 모든 항목에서 건강생활실천 수행정도가 높았으며 유의한 차이가 나타났다(p<.05). 구강건강상태도 스트레스가 낮은 그룹이 우식치아수도 적게 나타나 유의한 차이가 있었으며, 구강환경관리능력(PHP)은 유의한 수준은 아니었으나 스트레스가 높은 그룹이 구강환경관리가 잘 되지 않는 것으로 조사되었다. 3. 부모의 양육방식이 자율적일수록 스트레스가 낮은 것으로 조사되었으며(p<.05), 스트레스가 낮은 그룹이 학교생활 만족도가 높은 것으로 조사되었다(p<.05). 4. 중학생의 건강증진행위에 영향을 미치는 변인의 영향력을 살펴본 결과, 표준화 계수 ${\beta}$의 견지에서 정신 건강이 가장 영향력을 미치는 변인으로 나타났다.

• Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.132-140
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• 2017

Objectives: Very early-onset schizophrenia (VEOS) is a type of psychosis having a low frequency, insidious onset, and devastating clinical outcome. In this study, the demographic features, information on medication, clinical outcomes, and intellectual capability of patients diagnosed with VEOS in a hospital were analyzed to provide therapeutic strategies for this type of schizophrenia. Methods: Using the electronic medical records of the National Center for Mental Health, 69 patients with VEOS were identified based on the DSM-5 criteria of schizophrenia. The data were summarized and analyzed according to the demographic characteristics, medications used, intellectual strength measured by the full intelligence quotient (FIQ) score, and current clinical status measured by the Clinical Global Impression-Severity (CGI-S) and various combinations of these parameters. Results: The screened study group contained similar numbers of males and females. The younger the onset of psychosis, the lower the frequency. The study population included a significantly higher proportion of births in the winter season than that of the general population. The 3 most frequently used antipsychotic medications were risperidone and its derivatives, clozapine and olanzapine. Valproic acid and divalproex sodium were the most commonly added drugs for outcome augmentation. 53.5% of the study population had received benzodiazepines and/or hypnotics. The average FIQ of the study population was 69.4, which is quite low compared to previous Korean studies with similar populations. There was a weak negative correlation between FIQ and CGI-S, but it was not statistically significant. The average CGI-S score was 4.2, which meant that the patients were moderately ill. Conclusion: This study demonstrated that patients with VEOS showed more frequent intellectual deficits at baseline and poorer outcomes than the control group. Risperidone, clozapine, valproic acid and their combinations were the most preferred medications for the treatment of psychosis. Benzodiazepines were quite commonly added for various reasons.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제16권7호
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• pp.73-90
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 일본 재난관리 및 재난심리지원 체계를 살펴보고, 국내 재난심리지원체계의 구축 및 개선에 대한 시사점을 얻고자 한다. 이를 위해 일본과 한국의 재난심리지원 체계에 대한 국 내외 문헌을 중심으로 문헌연구가 이루어졌다. 일본에서는 대규모 재난 초동기에는 중앙에서 파견된 재난심리지원 인력인 재해파견정신의료팀(DPAT)에 의한 정신의료적 지원과 함께 적십자사에 의한 심리사회적 지원이 이루어지고, 재난 이후 중장기개입에 있어서는 마음케어센터에 의한 지원이 이루어지고 있다. 재난심리지원의 중앙 컨트롤타워 역할을 하는 재해시마음의정보지원센터는 재난정신건강정보지원시스템을 통해 전국적인 재난관련 데이터를 수집 분석 관리하여 전국적 수준에서 재난상황을 파악하고, 정보의 취합을 통해 중앙에서의 재난심리지원 활동을 관리한다. 일본 재난심리지원체계는 대규모 재난 시 마다 이를 계기로 하여 문제점들을 보완하고 수정하여 현재의 모습을 갖추어 왔다는 점에서 우리나라에 시사점을 준다. 연구결과에 기초하여 논의 및 시사점이 제시되었다.

• Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.12-21
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• 2015

In an effort to expand working opportunities for women and encourage childbirth, the government of Korea introduced the free infant care policy in 2013. This policy, however, was controversial with regard to issues, such as budget shortages and dissatisfaction based on socioeconomic status. In addition, the lack of evidence-based data regarding adequate age criteria for the entry of children into childcare facilities was noted as a challenge. As child development professionals who are concerned with mental health issues, we investigated the influence and challenges of the free infant care policy with regard to infant mental health. In this review, we examined the policies enacted by developed countries, such as the United Kingdom (UK), and compared them with those in Korea. The childcare systems in Korea and the UK differ historically and socially, but show some similarities, such as maternal responsibility for parenting and household issues. Like Korea, the need for UK childcare facilities increased in the 1990's in response to market recovery and associated increase in female employment. Among the new policies in the UK, the Sure Start program has begun to provide integrated services for infants, particularly to those 0-4 years of age, who are vulnerable to social exclusion. Similar to the Dream Start program in Korea, it has been successful in providing family-related services, resulting in improvements in problematic behaviors of children, enhanced parenting skills, and decreased rates of severely injured children.

• 대한불안의학회지
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.45-54
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• 2010

본 연구는 이천시에 거주하는 65세 이상의 인구를 대상으로, 우울증의 유병률과 자살경향성, 우울증과 자살경향성에 영향을 미치는 위험요인을 살펴본 연구이다. 전체적으로 우울증의 유병률은 28% 정도로 파악되어 실제로 65세 이상의 연령대에서 상당수의 노인들이 임상적으로 의미 있는 우울증을 경험하고 있는 것으로 관찰되었다. 또한 자살경향성은 전체 조사대상자의 약 20%에서 자살생각, 자살의도, 자살계획, 자해의도, 자살시도 중 한 가지 이상을 지난 한 달 동안 경험했던 것으로 나타났다. 거주 형태별로 구분하여 비교 분석한 결과, 혼자 생활하거나 시설에서 생활하는 노인들에서 동거가족이 있는 노인들보다 우울증의 유병률이 높고, 증상도 심한 것으로 나타났으며, 이들에게서 자살경향성 역시 높은 것으로 파악되어 이들 고위험군에 대한 보다 집중적인 우울증의 조기 발견 및 자살예방사업이 필요할 것으로 판단되었다. 위험요인 분석에서는 고령, 시설거주, 낮은 사회적 지지 수준은 우울증의 위험요인으로, 독거생활, 시설거주, 낮은 사회적 지지 수준, 두통의 기왕력은 자살경향성의 위험요인인 것으로 파악되었다.

• 사회복지연구
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• 제47권4호
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• pp.361-388
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• 2016

본 연구의 목적은 우리사회에서 정신장애인이 경험하는 사회적 배제의 수준을 실증적으로 고찰하는데 있다. 이를 위해 장애인고용패널 6차 조사자료를 활용하여 경제, 교육, 근로, 주거, 건강, 사회관계망, 사회적 참여, 차별을 포함하는 삶의 제반 영역에 걸쳐 다양한 장애인 집단의 사회적 배제 실태를 파악하고(N=4,161), 정신장애 집단을 기준으로 장애집단별 사회적 배제 승산비를 추정하여 정신장애 집단의 상대적 배제위험 수준을 살펴보았다. 로지스틱 회귀분석의 결과, 정신장애인은 경제, 근로, 주거 측면에서 다른 모든 유형의 장애인에 비해 약 2-11배의 높은 수준의 배제위험에 노출된 것으로 나타났으며, 사회관계망, 사회참여, 차별경험에 있어서도 자폐 지적장애 집단을 제외한 다른 장애인의 약 6-10배 배제위험이 높은 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과를 토대로 결론에서는 지역사회중심 정신보건서비스와 장애인복지서비스를 보장하는 법적 장치가 정신장애 서비스 관련법에 보다 구체적으로 마련되어야 하며 정신장애인의 인권과 사회권을 침해하는 각종 제도적 차별조항이 철폐되어야 할 필요성을 강조하였다.

• 한국생활과학회지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.11-22
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• 1998

Social support may be a crucial aspect in single mothers' adjustment from the loss of spouse. Using a survey data collected from 285 widowed or divorced mothers, this study investigated whether social support buffers the deleterious effects of stress on psychological adjustment among poor single mothers. Results revealed that social support is not provided for at a desirable level. After controlling the single mothers' characteristics, stress in daily life, emotional support, job status and child relationship were associated with depression of them. It was also founded that emotional support buffer the negative effect of stress on depression of single mothers. Therefore, the support programs focused on emotional support are necessary for single mothers to enhance their mental health.