• 가족자원경영과 정책
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.45-65
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• 2016

The purpose of this study is to investigate the participation in social activities by full-time housewives with infants and preschool children. The data in this study comes from a 1 percent free sample of the 2010 Population and Housing Census collected by Statistics Korea. The statistical methods for this study were percentage, chi-square test, and logistic regression analysis. The findings are as follows. First, there are differences in participation in social activities according to number of infants, number of preschool children, and number of elementary schoolchildren. Second, there was the difference in participation in social activities between full-time housewives and full-time wives' husbands. Third, factors like full-time housewives' age, educational level, number of preschool children and elementary schoolchildren, number of rooms, and occupancy status affected participation in social activities by full-time housewives. These results show that full-time housewives were under pressure in relation to participation in social activities because of their caregiving labor but participated in religious and educational activities actively.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.114-119
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• 2015

Background: There has been considerable interest in Japanese society in the problem of work-related stress leading to depressive symptoms, and an increasing number of primary houseworkers maintain paid employment. The purpose of this study was to examine the differential impact of multiple roles associated with psychological distress among Japanese workers. Methods: We studied 722 men and women aged 18-83 years in a cross-sectional study. The K10 questionnaire was used to examine psychological distress. Results: The proportion of participants with psychological distress was higher in women (17.8%) compared with men (11.5%). Having three roles significantly decreased the risk of psychological distress [women: odds ratio (OR), 0.37-fold; men: OR, 0.41] compared with only one role. In working married women, there was significantly less psychological distress (OR, 0.27), and those with childrearing or caregiving responsibilities for elderly parents had significantly less psychological distress (OR, 0.38) than those with only an employment role. Similarly, working married men who had childrearing or caregiving responsibilities for elderly parents had significantly less psychological distress (OR, 0.41) than those who had only an employment role. Conclusion: The present study demonstrated that participants who had only an employment role had an increased risk of psychological distress. The degree of psychological distress was not determined solely by the number of roles. It is important to have balance between work and family life to reduce role conflict and/or role submersion, which in turn may reduce the risk of psychological distress.

• 한국인구학
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.31-55
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• 2004

노인인구의 급증과 기능손상된 노인에 대한 장기적인 보살핌 제공과 관련 가족에 대한 요구 증가로 인해 노인학대 문제에 대한 환심이 커지고 있다. 이 연구는 다섯 개의 가상적 시나리오를 사용하여 재미한인노인과 그 자녀들의 수발상황에서의 잠재적 노인학대에 관한 인식과 원조요청 태도를 비교 분석하였다. 연구대상은 미국 로스엔젤리스에 살고 있는 한인노인 10명과 며느리를 포함하여 노인들의 자녀 19명으로 구성되었다. 내용분석 결과 수발상황의 잠재적 노인학대 문제에 관한 인식은 가족 내에 상당한 세대차이가 있었으나 원조요청 태도는 유사하였다. Mann-Whitney test로 전체 노인세대와 자녀세대를 집단비교한 결과 노인세대가 잠재적 노인학대 상황을 자녀세대보다 훨씬 덜 학대로 지각하는 경향으로 드러났다. 그러나 원조요청 태도에 있어서는 전체 노인세대와 자녀세대의 집단비교에서도 공적 원조를 활용하겠다는 의사에 유의미한 차이가 없는 것으로 밝혀졌다. 연구결과에 근거해 노인복지실천 및 프로그램 개발에 대한 함의를 논의하였다.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.296-303
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• 2021

Background: Rapid population aging in developed countries has resulted in the working-age population increasingly being tasked with the provision of informal care. Methods: An educational intervention was delivered to 21 carer-employees employed at a Canadian University. Work role function, job security, schedule control, work-family conflict, familywork conflict, and supervisor and coworker support were measured as part of an aggregated workplace experience score. This score was used to measure changes pre/post intervention and at a follow-up period approximately 12 months post intervention. Three random intercept models were created via linear mixed modeling to illustrate changes in participants' workplace experience across time. Results: All three models reported statistically significant random and fixed effects intercepts, with a positive coefficient of change. Conclusion: This suggests that the intervention demonstrated an improvement of the workplace experience score for participants over time, with the association particularly strong immediately after intervention.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제13권8호
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• pp.4141-4145
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• 2012

In this study, the aim was to examine the effects of caring burdens of family caregivers of cancer patients on their quality of life in the east of Turkey. Data were collected at the Chemotherapy unit of Yakutiye Research Hospital of Ataturk University. Participants were 18 years old and older. The sample included 190 family caregivers who were living in the same flats with the patients during caregiving. Data were collected using a questionnaire that included socio-demographic questions for family caregivers and the Burden Interview, and the Caregiver Quality of Life Index-Cancer (CQOLC) Scale. SPSS version 14.0 was used to analyse the data. Descriptive statistics were computed for demographic variables of family caregivers. Pearson correlation analysis was used to analyze the relationship between the care burden and quality of life, linear logistic regression analysis was applied to determine the effect care burdens have on the quality of life, and logistic regression analysis was employed to determine the effect descriptive characteristics and care-related properties have on the quality of life. The score mean of the burden interview of caregivers was $36.6{\pm}11.2$; and their score mean of CQOLC was $81.4{\pm}17.3$. This study concluded that there was a negative relationship between caring burdens and the quality of life (p<0.001); descriptive characteristics, caring-related properties, and caring burden variables were all significant predictors of the quality of life. It is recommended that caregivers are given support by being offered training about providing care.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제43권3호
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• pp.389-398
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• 2013

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to understand and describe the overcoming experiences of family members caring for elderly patients with dementia at home. Methods: Data came from autobiographies on the overcoming experiences of caregiving from 31 participants, who had submitted the autobiographies to a public contest held by the Seoul Metropolitan Center for Dementia in 2012. Data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis. Results: Four overcoming stages emerged from the analysis: confronting stage; challenging stage; integrating stage; and transcendental stage, representing transformation of experiences from frustration and suffering to happiness and new hope in life. The confronting stage illustrates severe negative feelings and exhaustion occurring after the diagnosis of dementia. The challenging stage signifies major driving forces in taking good care of their patients. It includes tender loving memories about the patients as well as family and social supports. The integrating stage shows genuine empathy for the patients' situation and the happiness of 'here and now', while the transcendental stage represents new hope in the future. Conclusion: Health professionals need to support caregivers to find true meaning of caring and happiness in everyday life, while providing specific information on dementia care and relieving various negative feelings.

• 한국노년학
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.127-141
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• 2005

치매노인을 부양하는 배우자와 성인자녀가 접하는 어려움이 다름에도 불구하고, 선행 연구들은 이들을 한 집단으로 묶어 요양시설로의 입소에 미치는 요소를 분석하였다. 미국 뉴저지(New Jersey)와 오하이오(Ohio)주에 거주하는 치매 노인 부양자 456명을 대상으로 사건사 분석(Event History Analysis)을 실시한 결과, 배우자 부양자가 성인자녀 부양자에 비해 치매노인을 더 빨리 요양시설로 보내는 경향을 보여주었다. 치매노인의 연령과 역할 구속감(Role Captivity)은 두 집단 모두에게 유의미한 변수였는데, 치매노인의 연령과 부양자의 역할 구속감(Role Captivity)이 높을수록 요양시설로의 입소가 빨라지는 경향을 보였다. 교육수준과 소득은 성인자녀 부양자에게만 유의미한 변수로, 교육수준이 높을수록 시설로의 입소가 지연되었던 반면, 소득이 높을수록 시설로의 입소는 빨라지는 경향을 보였다. 한편 탁노소(Adult Day Care) 이용과 피부양자의 문제행동(Behavioral Problems)은 배우자 부양자에게만 유의미한 변수였으며, 탁노소를 이용할 경우와 피부양자의 문제행동이 증가할수록 요양시설로의 입소가 빨라지는 경향을 보였다.

• 재활간호학회지
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.27-37
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• 2002

During acute stages of hospitalized stroke patients, family caregivers face many challenges. They often experience emotional distress, social isolation, and financial constraints. However, the burden of caregiving of stroke patients in acute stages has never been studied properly. The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors related to the caregivers' burden with acute stroke. The subjects were 123 acute stroke patients and their caregivers who were admitted to neurology and neurosurgery units at Dan Kook University Hospital in Chung-Nam area. An interview was performed with the use of standardized questionnaire which included data pertaining to the patients/caregivers characteristics, caregiver burden (Modified Zarit's Burden Scale), and social support (Personal Resource Questionnaire). Our results showed that the mean burden score was 3.11, indicating high level of burden. Among the sub-domain scores, financial burden was the highest. In univariate analysis, the factors related to caregiver burdens were: inability to communicate between patients and caregiver(p<.001); low cognitive function of the patients(p<.001); low level of ADL(p<.001); the gender of caregiver(p<.001); the current employment status of caregivers(p<.01); the presence of social support for caregiver(p<.001); and the availability of alternative caregivers(p<.001). In multiple regression analysis, social support for family caregivers (87%), low level of patient's cognition (2%), availability of 2nd caregiver (1%), and gender of caregiver (female, 0.4%) were significant explanatory factors of overall burden. The caregivers' burden in acute stages during hospitalization following stroke was high. Recognition of high levels of caregivers' burden and those relating factors affecting caregiver burden may allow us to develop different nursing strategies to unload the level of burden for caregivers in acute stages of stroke.

• 한국인구학
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.197-220
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• 1999

급격한 사회변동을 경험하고 있는 한국사회가 인구변천의 마지막 단계에 진입하면서 인구관련분야의 정책의 핵심은 출산과 인구통제에서 노령인구의 문제로 옮겨지고 있다. 최근들어 국가가 자가부양(self-care)이나 가족부양(family care)을 보완하기 위해서는 공적 서비스(public service)가 확대되어야 한다는 주장들이 강조됨에 따라 노인부양규범이나 공적 서비스(public service)가 확대되어야 한다는 주장들이 강조됨에 따라 노인부양규범이나 의식의 현황 및 변환에 관한 이해의 필요성이 증대되고 있다. 본 연구는 1994년 보건사회연구원이 실시한 <노인생활실태조사>를 이용하여 노부모들이 어느 정도로 가족, 자신 그리고 국가를 바람직한 노후생활의 부양원으로 보는가를 알아 보고 있다. 다항로짓 모형에 근거한 분석결과에 의하면, 아들이 없는 노부모인 경우 가족이 노인을 부양해야 한다는 전통적인 견해가 약하고, 경제나 건강상 여건이 좋은 노인일수록 자가부양의 견해가 높은 것으로 나타났다. 한편, 경제적으로 열악한 상황에 있거나 건강상태가 양호하지 않은 노인들이 국가의 책임을 강조한다고 가정한 가설은 본 연구결과 지지 받지 못했다. 본 연구의 목적은 정책적 함의나 추후연구를 위한 제안 등은 결론에서 다루어지고 있다.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제11권7호
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• pp.316-327
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 결혼이민여성이 가족생활적응을 위하여 아내, 며느리, 어머니로서 어떠한 적응 전략을 가지고 살아가고 있는지를 밝힘으로서 이들의 실천적 적응 전략을 개발하는데 유용한 함의를 도출하고자 하였다. 이를 위하여 8명의 결혼이민여성을 대상으로 현상학적 연구방법론으로 가족 내 관계의 차원 즉 부부관계, 시부모관계, 자녀관계를 중심으로 가족생활적응전략을 분석하였다. 분석결과, 부부관계 적응전략에서 '착한 남편 바라보고 살기', '남편은 나의 편이어야 함', 시부모관계 적응전략에서 '시집식구 배제하기', '돌봄의 수용', 자녀관계 적응전략에서 '자녀를 결혼생활의 목표로 삼음', '지역사회와 통합', '부모로서의 권위 갖추기', '한국 사람처럼 가르치기', 심리적 적응전략에서는 '정체성의 유지와 변화수용', '자존감 지키기', '마음비우기'의 11개 주제와, 26개의 주제묶음, 76개의 의미를 도출하였다. 이러한 결과를 토대로 결혼이민 여성의 가족관계에 따른 적응전략의 본질을 밝히고 가족생활 적응을 강화하기 위한 방안을 제시하였다.