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A study on eating behavior and physical.mental health of the Korean elderly (한국노인의 식생활 양상과 신체적. 정신적 건강에 관한 조사연구 -서울지역을 중심으로-)

  • 곽은영
    • Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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    • v.36 no.4
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    • pp.1-18
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    • 1998
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate relationship between the eating behavior, physical and mental health. For this purpose, the data was collected by using questionnaires and intervews distibuted to 293 the elderly residing in Seoul. This study was designed to observe the eating behavior(eating habit, healthy food preference, smoking, drinking), physical health(weight, height, desease and heath of the current and past, self-awareness of the health) and mental health(weight, height, desease and heath of the current and the past, self-awareness of the health) and mental health(meeting, excursion, exercise, service, activi ty, depression). The major results are: 1. The heathy elderly had the better eating habit and the non healthy tried to stop smoking and drinking for their own health. 2. There were many elderly with neuralgia and arthralgia, especially women were worse. The sleep disorder related to many disease. When physical health was bad, so was mental health. 3. More than 50 percentage of subjects had light depression, especially women and the elderly at 60-75age were more serious. The depressive elderly had no meetings, excursion, exercise, service activity and showed a hight tendency for under-weight or obesity. In conclusion, the relationship between the eating behavior and physical and mental health wa very significant, so it was necessary to provide comfortable living condition to the elderly.

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Unmet Needs for Mental Health Care and Its Implication for Health Education in Canada

  • Park, Jung-Wee;Nelson Connie H.
    • Korean Journal of Health Education and Promotion
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    • v.22 no.3
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    • pp.29-47
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    • 2005
  • Objectives: Individuals' self-reported unmet needs are an important indicator of heath care of their society. Using data from the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) Cycle 1.2, we examine unmet needs for mental health care in Canada and discuss its implications to health education. Results: The most frequently reported reason for unmet needs was barriers to acceptability issues, which stem primarily from lack of knowledge of mental health, negative attitudes towards mental disorder, and mistrust of mental health professionals. Unmet needs for mental health care appeared an especially serious issue among the young. Also, individuals who reported unmet needs tended to have some ill health behavior such as illicit drug use that could be their coping mechanism. On the other hand, emotional and informational support factors have shown an important mitigating effect on unmet needs. Conclusions: These findings of unmet needs pose a major challenge to health education. To effectively address unmet mental health care needs, it is recommended that the focus of relevant policies and programs should be on enhancing a multi-level mental health education strategy including efforts on individual, environmental and professional level education.

Effect of Heath behavior, Physical health and Mental health on Heath-related Quality of Life in Middle aged Women : By using the 2014 Korea Health Panel Data (건강행위와 신체건강 및 정신건강이 중년여성의 건강관련 삶의 질에 미치는 영향 : 2014년 한국의료패널 자료 이용)

  • Kim, Min A;Choi, So Eun;Moon, Ji Hyun
    • Journal of Home Health Care Nursing
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    • v.26 no.1
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    • pp.72-80
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    • 2019
  • Purpose: This study aimed to measure health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and investigate the relevant factors for middle aged women using the 2014 Korea Health Panel data. Methods: The Korea Health Panel data 2014 were collected from February to August 2014 by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs and the National Health Insurance Corporation and included 2,075 people who responded to the questionnaire. Using SPSS WIN program, the data were analyzed by t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficient, and multiple regression analysis. Results: Limited activity was the most influential factor for the health-related quality of life of middle-aged women. For health behavior, the factors affecting HRQoL were drinking, sleeping time, and physical activity. For physical health, factors affecting HRQoL were vision problems, eating problems, and hearing problems. For mental health, the factors affecting HRQoL were suicidal impulse, stress, and frustration. Conclusion: These results indicated that to improve HRQoL for middle-aged women, limited activity and suicidal impulses should be addressed.

영적건강과 정신건강과 기독교 신앙성숙간의 관계

  • Lee, Hwa-In;Choe, Hwa-Suk
    • Korean Journal of Hospice Care
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    • v.3 no.1
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    • pp.1-11
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    • 2003
  • This study was designed to test the correlation among spiritual health, mental health and maturation of christian belief of nursing students and to provide baseline data for nursing education in college. The subject were 222 nursing students at one college in Incheon area. Min's(1996) spiritual health scale, Gou's(1989)mental health scale and Choe's(1987) maturation of christian belief scale were used in this research for data collection. The results of this study are as follows: 1.Nursing students who have belief in religion were 65.3% include Protestant(42.3%), Catholic(15.3%) and Buddhism(7.7%). 2.The mean score on the spiritual heath scale was 3.48±0.64, on the mental health scale was 3.67±0.54 and on the maturation of christian belief scale was 3.24±0.52. 3.Spiritual health between the nursing students who have belief in religion and who have not were noted statistically significant differences(F=65.33, P=0.000). 4.There were positively significant correlation between spiritual health and mental health(r=0.506, P=0.000), spiritual health and maturation of christian belief(r=0.599, P=0.000) and mental health and maturation of christian belief(r=0.280, P=0.003).

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A Study for a Community-based Mental Health Model for House Bound Long-term Mentally Disabled - focusing on the community residents of the Taegu-Kyungpuk area -

  • Lee, Kyunghee
    • Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
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    • v.29 no.5
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    • pp.1155-1166
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    • 1999
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate the residents' opinions about community mental health in the Taegu-Kyungpuk area for the future development of a community mental health program and model appropriate for Korea, The subjects were 152 residents in the Taegu - Kyungpuk area. In July 1999, the data was collected using a convenience sample technique. Mental health status was significantly different for the level of occupational advantage(x$^2$=15.684, p<.05) and physical health(x$^2$=39.262, p<.000). Factor structure for mental health problems with the percentage of variance was as follows. optimistic view(27.518), dark view(10.758), mastery(6.200), discomfiture(6.101) and life style(5.641). Most of the respondents(92.1%) took the mental health problems seriously. The serious aspects of the mental health problem were found to be epilepsy, mental retardation, neurosis and schizophrenia respectively. Concerning about the view of community mental health, most of the respondents answered that the a C.M.H.C. was ‘useful and urgent’ concerning the need for C.M.H,(77.6%). They answered positively on the utilization of C.M.H.C(75.7% ) and preferred the separately new community mental heath center. A psychiatrist was preferred as the key person in charge(44.1%). If community mental health centers were established in a community health center, they answered that the expected major problem would be quality control of care(44.7%). They preferred the psychiatrist's office as the recommended agency for the insane(44.7%). Opinions of the asylum system were found very negative in respect to psychiatric therapy and humanitarianism. The results of this study will help establish a relevant model for this community as the primary site for a community-based mental health model.

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Oriental medical Intervention Research for Post traumatic stress disorder - A Model of Oriental medicine for Disaster Mental Health - (외상 후 스트레스장애에 대한 한방중재 고찰 - 재해정신보건 한의학적 치료 모델 연구 -)

  • Kwon, Yong-Ju;Cho, Seung-Hun
    • Journal of Oriental Neuropsychiatry
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    • v.22 no.4
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    • pp.77-86
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    • 2011
  • Objectives : These days assaults and other natural and human disasters are increasing. But oriental medical treatment researches in Korea are limited in car accident PTSD patients only. Our object is to explore an oriental medical intervention model for the evidence-based approach to PTSD after diverse trauma including disasters. Methods : Domestic papers for Korean researches are obtained from oriental medical related journals by internet searching. International materials are obtained from PubMed searching and a publication from Department of Veterans' Affairs. After assorting searched articles into RCTs and non-RCTs, we analyzed the articles according to the elapsed time from trauma. Results : We confirmed that acupuncture, CBT, and PMR were effective in acute stage after traumatic event. And EMDR, EFT, and relaxation therapy were effective in chronic stage after traumatic event. Building on the findings, we proposed a model of oriental medicine for Disaster Mental Health. Conclusions : Analyzing previous researches about oriental medicine on PTSD, several interventions were confirmed the effectiveness on specific treatment stage. We could find the possibility of Oriental Medicine as a Disaster Mental Heath and proposed a model of Oriental medicine for Disaster Mental Health.

Perception of Recovery, Self-esteem, Role Performance, and Job Satisfaction in Psychiatric Mental Heath Nurse (정신간호사가 지각하는 정신질환자의 회복에 대한 인식, 자아존중감, 역할수행이 직무만족에 미치는 영향)

  • Ryu, Se-Ang;Moon, So-Hyun;Choi, Jeongsuk;Kim, Boohee
    • Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.434-441
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    • 2012
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify perception of recovery, self-esteem, role performance, job satisfaction and factors influencing job satisfaction of psychiatric mental heath nurses. Methods: Data were collected from 161 psychiatric nurses from G city & J province who understood the purpose of the study and agreed to participate. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, Pearson correlation coefficient, and multiple regression with SPSS 18.0. Results: There were significant differences in job satisfaction between upper 25% and lower 25% group for perception of recovery, self-esteem, and role performance. Results from the multiple regression analysis revealed difference in the related factors and in the magnitude of the relationship evaluated by standardized beta coefficients. Significant factors, listed by the magnitude of beta coefficients, were role performance, self esteem, roles and responsibilities in recovery, expectations regarding recovery in perception of recovery. These variables accounted for 16% of job satisfaction. Conclusion: Results indicate that to improve psychiatric nurses' job satisfaction, there is a need to develop programs including personal qualities and perception of recovery. Further research is necessary in order to establish consensus on roles of the related factors of job satisfaction.

A qualitative study on the case managers' experiences of implementing Assertive Community Treatment model in Korea (한국에서의 ACT(Assertive Community Treatment) 적용에 대한 사례관리자의 경험에 관한 연구)

  • Ha, kyung-hee
    • Korean Journal of Social Welfare Studies
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    • v.41 no.3
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    • pp.107-133
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    • 2010
  • The attention of case management currently has been highlighted and its importance has been highly emphasized in mental heath field. At this point, We conducted a qualitative study on the experience of case managers from the Suwon Community Mental Health Center where it has implemented the ACT model. Through the result of this study, we verified feasibility of ACT model into Korea. and it has shown that assertive service and team approach has been a critical ingredients of ACT and it extended case manager's ability and brought improvement in relationship between clients and them. the clients has brought a positive changes. However case managers have experienced the dilemma between experts initiatives and clients dependency, and they empathised the importance of the familism and mental health system in Korea. In order to implement ACT extensively, we suggested several implications.

The effect of Holistic Health Program on spiritual well-being and mental health in nursing students (전인건강중재 프로그램이 간호대학생의 영적안녕과 정신건강에 미치는 효과)

  • Kang, Eun-Sil;Kim, Young-Hee;Lee, Kyung-Ri
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.12 no.5
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    • pp.2172-2179
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    • 2011
  • The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of Holistic Health Program on spiritual well-being and mental health of nursing students. A one-group pretest-posttest research design was used. The subjects were 42 nursing students attending C College located in Y city. All subjects participated in 13 week holistic health program. The data were analyzed using frequency, paired t-test, Pearson correlation coefficient. The results of this study were as followings; First, the score of spiritual well-being was significantly increased after Holistic Health Program in the subjects. Second, the score of mental heath was significantly increased after Holistic Health Program in the subjects. Based on these results, it was concluded that Holistic Health Program is effective for improving spiritual well-being and mental health of nursing students. Therefore, we recommend this program to be utilized as an effective method for improving spiritual well-being and mental health of nursing students. And this results will provide basic data to develop nursing practice curriculum in the nursing college.