• 한국직업건강간호학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.188-198
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• 2016

Purpose: The present study was conducted to examine the effects of a health counseling program by occupational health nurses on the unemployed visiting the Employment Welfare Plus Center. Methods: The one-group pretest-posttest design was used. The study presented a secondary analysis of the data collected in a health counseling program run by occupational health nurses for the unemployed visiting the Employment Welfare Plus Center. Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Shapiro-Wilk test, ${\chi}^2$ test and Wilcoxon signed rank test were used to analyze 158 data collected between October 5, 2015 and January 5, 2016. Results: After the intervention, the participants showed a significant decrease in the level of stress index (uBioMacpa), stress (discomfort), musculoskeletal pain and depression. In addition, the participants showed a significant increase in self-rated general health, exercise and regular eating behavior. Conclusion: The health counseling program offered by occupational health nurses is an effective intervention to improve the physical and mental health of the unemployed individuals visiting the Employment Welfare Plus Center.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.135-140
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• 2023

Introduction: With recent higher awareness of the necessity of improving healthcare workers' wellbeing, we aimed to overview systematic reviews dealing with interventions on well-being, occupational health, and aging of healthcare workers. Methods: From three databases (PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science), a scoping review of systematic reviews was carried out to determine current knowledge on interventions focused on the well-being or aging of healthcare workers. Only systematic reviews were considered, with appropriate extraction and quality evaluation. Results: Of the total of 445 references identified, 10 systematic reviews were included, mostly published since 2019. Nurses were the most frequent targets of interventions, and mental health was the main outcome described. The overall level of quality was also heterogenous, with high to low-quality reviews. Conclusions: Workers' mental health well-being was the major outcome targeted by intervention, with varying level of evidence. Further studies are needed with integrative approaches on global health and life course perspectives, with a focus on the plurality of settings, worker types, and women.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.1283-1293
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• 2013

본 연구의 목적은 성별에 따른 한국 청소년의 건강행태, 정신건강과 인터넷 중독 정도를 비교하여 파악하고, 건강행태와 정신건강의 인터넷 중독과의 관련성을 파악하기 위함이다. 본 연구는 질병관리본부가 실시한 "청소년 건강행태 온라인조사(2010)"의 원시자료를 사용하였으며, 총 조사대상자 73,238명 중, 남학생 38,391명과 여학생 34,847명이 분석에 이용되었다. 연구결과, 남학생의 인터넷 중독 고위험군의 비율은 3.9%(1,512명)였으며, 여학생은 1.9%(684명)로 조사되었고, 인터넷 중독의 잠재적 위험군의 비율은 남학생 13.6%(5,225명), 여학생 9.6%(3,401명)으로 나타났다. 건강행태, 정신건강 및 인터넷 중독의 모든 변수에서 성별에 따른 유의한 차이가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 남학생과 여학생 모두 흡연 경험, 습관적 약물 사용경험, 주관적 건강상태, 스트레스, 우울, 자살생각, 행복감, 수면 충족감이 인터넷 중독 발생에 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 파악되었는데, 여학생은 남학생에 비해 정신건강 관련 요인이 인터넷 중독과의 관련성이 높았고, 남학생은 여학생보다 건강행태 관련요인이 인터넷 중독 위험에 미치는 영향력이 큰 것으로 나타났다. 그러므로 한국 청소년의 인터넷 중독 예방을 위한 간호 중재는 이와 관련 있는 건강행태와 정신건강 향상을 위한 전략을 포함하고, 성별에 따른 차이를 고려하여, 계획하고 적용하여야 할 것이다.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.167-173
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• 2021

Background: Correctional officers (COs) experience elevated rates of mental and physical ill-health as compared with other general industry and public safety occupations. The purpose of this study was to investigate demographic, mental health, job tenure, and work-family characteristics and their prospective association to burnout within and between jail officers during one year of new employment. Methods: In 2016, newly hired jail officers (N = 144) completed self-reported surveys across four time points in a one-year prospective study at a Midwestern United States urban jail. Linear mixed-effects and growth modeling examined how work-family conflict (W-FC) and depressive symptoms relate to perceptions of burnout over time. Results: Jail officer burnout increased and was related to rises in W-FC and depression symptoms. Within-person variance for W-FC (B_pooled = .52, p < .001) and depression symptoms (B_pooled = .06, p < .01) were significant predictors of burnout. Less time on the job remained a significant predictor of burnout across all analyses (B_pooled = .03, p < .001). Conclusions: Results from this study indicate that burnout increased during the first year of new employment; and increased W-FC, higher depression, and brief tenure were associated with burnout among jail COs. Future study of correctional workplace health is needed to identify tailored, multilevel interventions that address burnout and W-FC prevention and early intervention among COs.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제13권10호
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• pp.5171-5176
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• 2012

We here performed a systematic review of PBIC literature using terms analysis in a hope of both identifying potential trends and patterns and exploring methods leveraging traditional literature reviews in this specific area. Articles meeting inclusion criteria were retrieved from PUBMED and translated into dichotomized article records representing presence or non-presence of MeSH terms and a metric consisting of numbers of times of co-occurrence between all pairs of terms identified using a self-designed program. The occurrence of and relations among the terms were calculated and visualized using Excel2007 and UCINET respectively. A total of 1,742 terms were identified from 997 articles retrieved. Put in a descending order, the lines representing the times of term occurrence formed a typical hyperbolic curve; when plotted along the x-axis of whole MESH terms, the lines clustered within four specific regions. Comparison of term occurrence between 2002 and 2011 revealed priority changes in population and subjects (from general groups to priority groups), intervention approaches (from medicine to exercise and psychotherapy), methodology and techniques (from cohort studies to randomized controlled trials) and outcomes (from health and mental health to quality of life, depression etc.). Networks of the terms featured a number of closely linked groups of topics including method and questionnaires, therapy and outcomes, survival management, psychological assessment and intervention, behavioral intervention (individual and community oriented). Terms analysis revealed interesting trends and patterns about PBIC publications and both the analysis methods and findings have implications for future research and literature reviews.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.525-536
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• 2012

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to evaluate effectiveness of a peer support program conducted by older community volunteers for older adults living alone. Methods: Thirty volunteers trained as peer supporters were matched with low-income, older adults living alone in the community on gender. Visits occurred on a weekly basis over the 12 month study period, and the volunteers provided peer support for health management to solitary older adults. Data were collected, before the start of the program and again 6 and 12 months after its initialization, from intervention and control groups regarding physical health, general health, mental health, depression, social functioning, and satisfaction with social support. Repeated measures ANOVA was used to analyze data. Results: By the end of the program, socially isolated older adults in the intervention group had significantly higher scores in physical health and general health than elders in the control group. Significant interaction effects between time and group were found for depression, social functioning, and satisfaction with social support. Conclusion: The peer support program undertaken by older community volunteers was effective in improving physical health, general health, depression, social functioning, and satisfaction with social support in socially isolated, low-income, older adults.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.158-168
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• 2019

본 연구는 국민건강영양조사 제7기 1차년도(2016년) 자료를 이용하여 청소년의 대사증후군과 식생활, 신체활동 및 정신건강과의 관계를 파악 및 분석하여 청소년의 대사증후군 예방과 정신건강 증진을 위한 기초적 자료를 제공하는데 그 목적이 있다. 연구대상자의 연령은 만13세-만18세 청소년으로, 그 중 정상군은 남자 201명(52.6%), 여자 187명(47.4%)으로 나타났으며, 대사증후군은 남자 9명(56.4%), 여자 6명(43.6%)으로 총 403명으로 나타났다. 이에 청소년의 대사증후군과 식생활, 신체활동 및 정신건강과의 관계를 분석하여 연구한 결과, 청소년의 대사증후군에 미치는 주요 영향요인은 다음과 같다. 첫째, 신체특성에서 BMI가 1 증가할 때 마다 대사증후군 유병확률이 1.746배 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 식생활습관에서는 아침식사 빈도에서 주1-2회 식사 시 거의 안할 때 보다 대사증후군 유병확률이 0.87배 감소하는 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 신체활동에서는 평소 하루 앉아있는 시간이 1시간 증가할 때 마다 대사증후군 유병확률이 1.054배 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. 넷째, 청소년의 대사증후군은 정신건강과의 관련성에 미치는 영향이 없는 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 향후 청소년을 중심으로 한 대사증후군 관련 연구에 있어서 식생활, 신체활동 및 정신건강 등에 관한 다양한 변수들의 개발을 통해 보다 확장된 연구가 필요할 것으로 판단되며 또한 청소년의 대사증후군 예방을 위한 식생활요인과 신체활동요인 및 정신건강요인을 접목한 효과적인 건강교육 중재 프로그램개발이 필요하다.

• The Journal of Korean Physical Therapy
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.7-15
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• 2017

Purpose: This randomized controlled trial was conducted to compare the effectiveness of global postural reeducation to segmental stretching in subjects with neck and shoulder pain. Methods: Sixteen subjects with neck and shoulder pain were randomized into two intervention groups, a global posture reeducation group (n=8) that performed muscle chain stretching, and a segmental stretching group (n=8) that performed conventional static muscle stretching. The intervention program consisted of two 40 minutes individual sessions per week for four weeks. Subjects were evaluated pre-intervention, two-week after intervention and at a four-week follow-up appointment for pain intensity, disability and health-related quality of life. Two-way repeated analysis of variance was used for between-time and between-group comparisons. The significance level was 0.05. Results: Significant pain relief and decreasing discomfort of the neck and shoulder were observed after intervention in both groups, and there was an interaction between time lapse and groups (pain, F=10.31, neck disability, F=25.45, shoulder disability, F=12.82, p<0.05). Quality of life also improved after intervention in both groups. Moreover, the physical components score improved, and a significant interaction was observed between time and groups (F=4.85, p<0.05). However, no significant improvement in mental component score of quality of life and no significant interaction between time and groups were observed (p>0.05). Conclusion: These findings suggest that a GPR intervention in subjects with neck and shoulder pain induces greater improvement of pain and disability and quality of life than segmental stretching.

• Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.28-35
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• 2013

Objectives : The aim of this study was to examine attitudes of middle-school students toward happiness, suicide, and factors associated with suicide. Methods : A self-administered questionnaire was used in a cluster sample of 1,319 middle-school students (male 793, female 526). Data were obtained on a wide range of constructs regarding their attitude towards happiness, suicidal ideation and attempts, and factors associated with suicide. Results : Middle-school students choose 'love within family' as most important factor for their happiness. Subjective mental health status was mostly associated with happiness. Subjects in lower socioeconomic status tended to respond their mental health status was not good and have more suicidal idea. 48.7% of subjects had permissive attitudes toward suicide, especially, girls. However, 65.0% responded that suicide was preventable problem. Compared to older people, middle-school students perceived that environmental factors were more important than innate and personal factors for suicide. Conclusion : Results of the study indicate that middle-school students have permissive attitudes toward suicide, but positive attitudes for the prevention of suicide. This suggest that education in these age group could be effective for the prevention of suicide. Also, approaches to suicide prevention programs should be developed based on the family intervention. Especially, we should care about girls and adolescents in lower socioeconomic status.

• 대한불안의학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.101-108
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• 2022

Objective : The purpose of this study was to investigate depression, anxiety, trauma experience, and suicidal tendency among patients who were hospitalized in a community treatment center and to identify the factors that were associated with each symptom. Methods : A total of 213 patients who were hospitalized in the Tae-reung community treatment center between March 16, 2020 and April 30, 2020 were recruited into this study. A self-report questionnaire or interview by mental health professionals was used to assess PHQ-2, GAD-7, PC-PTSC and P4 screener. In 90 patients who completed the survey, multiple regression modeling was conducted to identify the burden of each psychiatric symptoms and associated demographic characteristics. Results : Female gender was significantly positively associated with GAD-7 score, score of each GAD-7 subscale of 1, 2, 3 or 4 (nervous, control of worry, worry, and trouble relaxing), and sum of GAD-7 subscale scores reflecting cognitive and emotional experience of anxiety (1. nervous+2. control of worry+3. worry+7. afraid). Previous psychiatric history and, number of counseling service used were significantly positively associated with the PHQ-2 score and the duration of isolation was significantly negatively associated with the PHQ-2 score. Conclusion : These results showed that depression and anxiety symptoms were more prevalent in COVID-19 patients at the community treatment center than in the general population. Among the demographic characteristics, female gender was positively associated with cognitive and emotional experience of anxiety. It shows the necessity of an appropriate psychiatric intervention protocol and health-policy preparation for community treatment centers.