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Exploring Psycho-social Determinants to Child Neglect and Abuse among Caregivers with Young Children.

Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing.2016;27(1):81-94. doi:10.12799/jkachn.2016.27.1.81

PURPOSE: The objective of this study was to investigate the relations among psycho-social factors regarding child neglect and abuse using the data from the 2013 Korea National Survey on Children and Youth. METHODS: Data from a sample of 1,062 primary caregivers with young children were analyzed with the SPSS and AMOS programs to examine the interrelationships among depression, parenting stress, marital satisfaction, parent-child attachment, and child neglect or maltreatment. RESULTS: Depression, stress, and attachment had a direct influence on child neglect and abuse. Satisfaction with marital relationship, parenting stress, and attachment were found to play mediating roles in accounting for child neglect and abuse, explaining 12% of the variance. The results of multi group path analysis showed that some coefficients were different according to the age group of the children. For caregivers with infants, parenting stress did not predict either attachment or child maltreatment, whereas for caregivers with toddlers, depression did not have a significant effect on attachment. CONCLUSION: In order to prevent child maltreatment, efforts should be made to develop community-based psycho-social support interventions focused on marital relationship as well as parent-child dyads and to provide practical child care support.
Adolescent ; Caregivers* ; Child ; Child Abuse* ; Child Care ; Child* ; Depression ; Humans ; Infant ; Korea ; Marriage ; Negotiating ; Parent-Child Relations ; Parenting ; Parents

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The Effect of Subjective Xerostomia and Salivary pH in Salivary Glands Stimulated by Laughter Therapy in Frail Elderly Women.

Sun Young LIM ; Kyem Ju LEE ; Su Jin KIM

Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing.2016;27(1):72-80. doi:10.12799/jkachn.2016.27.1.72

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to identify the effect of subjective xerostomia and salivary pH in salivary glands stimulated by laughter therapy in frail elderly women. METHODS: The research used a one-group pretest-posttest design. Data were collected from July 2, 2015 to September 30, 2015. A sample of 41 frail female elderly patients was recruited at A Nursing Home in K City, Korea. We measured xerostomia and salivary pH using a questionnaire and BCP test paper (pH 5.6~7.2). Laughter therapy was given once a week for four weeks (3 items). Data were analyzed through descriptive statistics, independent t-test, ANOVA, paired t-test and Cronbach's using the SPSS 18.0 program. RESULTS: There were significant differences in salivary pH according to oral health (t=-2.06, p<.05). There were significant differences in xerostomia (t=4.41, p<.001) and salivary pH (t=-7.94, p<.001) after salivary glands stimulated by laughter therapy. CONCLUSION: Salivary glands stimulated by laughter therapy improved xerostomia and salivary pH of the frail elderly. Therefore, salivary glands stimulated by laughter therapy may be useful in promoting and maintaining oral health among the frail elderly in the rapidly increasing population of old people.
Aged ; Female ; Frail Elderly* ; Humans ; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration* ; Korea ; Laughter Therapy* ; Laughter* ; Nursing Homes ; Oral Health ; Salivary Glands* ; Xerostomia*

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Nursing Missionary Elizabeth J. Shepping's Education and Holistic Care for Koreans.

Me Ok YOON

Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing.2016;27(1):60-71. doi:10.12799/jkachn.2016.27.1.60

PURPOSE: This study was to present education and holistic care of Elizabeth J. Shepping (1880~1934), a nursing missionary and a founder of the Chosun Nursing Association who visited Korea during the Japanese colonial period. METHODS: Primary and secondary sources were collected and analyzed. RESULTS: This study provides important implications regarding Shepping's holistic nursing as follows: First, she came to Korea after studying nursing and bibliology and being trained for nursing missionary works. Second, she cared for many Koreans, especially Korean women, to protect them from poverty, oppression, ignorance, and illnesses. Third, she continued to spread holistic care in hospitals and other local communities. She trained nurses, developed nursing education, and produced a large number of domestic nursing leaders by establishing women's Bible school. Fourth, she founded the Chosun Nursing Association, serving as its first president for 10 years and applied to join the International Council of Nurses (ICN). CONCLUSION: Finally, suggestions were provided for future research, and it will be necessary to study thoroughly nursing achievements by nurses from other countries who practiced their nursing activities in Korea, and such studies are expected to lead to analysis of nursing missionaries' experiences.
Asian Continental Ancestry Group ; Bible ; Education* ; Education, Nursing ; Female ; Holistic Nursing ; Humans ; International Council of Nurses ; Korea ; Missions and Missionaries* ; Nursing* ; Poverty

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The Effect of a Comprehensive Intervention Program on the Functional Status and Bone Density of the Socially-Vulnerable and Frail Elderly.

In Sook LEE ; Kwang Ok LEE

Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing.2016;27(1):51-59. doi:10.12799/jkachn.2016.27.1.51

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to provide a disease management, nutrition education, and group exercise program for three months to the moderately frail elderly whose physical functions have deteriorated, and to investigate its effects in order to develop an intervention program. METHODS: As a quasi-experiment, this study was conducted based on non-equivalence studies designed as a similar experiment. The milk intake group and calcium intake group participated in the disease education, individual nutrition education, and group exercise program for three months, and the control group was visited once in the three months by a nurse who provided disease education, nutrition education, and oral instruction of exercise, and asked them to exercise on their own every day. For the data analysis, χ2-test, ANOVA and Scheffé test were used. RESULTS: After three months of intervention, there was a significant difference in the frailty level (p=.029) and bone density (p=.001) between the groups. CONCLUSION: The comprehensive intervention program had an effect on the bone density and the frailty level of the socially-vulnerable and moderately frail elderly, suggesting that the program can be used as a nursing intervention to prevent functional deterioration and damage of the moderately frail elderly.
Aged ; Bone Density* ; Calcium ; Disease Management ; Education ; Frail Elderly* ; Humans ; Milk ; Nursing ; Statistics as Topic

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The Effect of Depression and Smartphone Dependency on Female College Students' Career Decision-making Self Efficacy.

Hee Jung CHOI ; Jang Hak YOO

Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing.2016;27(1):43-50. doi:10.12799/jkachn.2016.27.1.43

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship of depression and smartphone dependency with female college students' career decision-making self efficacy. METHODS: This was a descriptive study. The survey participants were 497 female college students in M City and S City. Data were collected from November 16 to December 4, 2015 using self-report questionnaires including BDI (Beck Depression Inventory), Smartphone Dependency Scale, and CDMSES-SF (Career Decision-Making Self Efficacy Scale-Short Form). Data were analyzed through descriptive statistics, independent-samples t-test, ANOVA, and stepwise multiple regression. RESULTS: Career decision-making self efficacy showed significant differences according to religion. Smartphone dependency was found to have a statistically significant negative correlation with career decision-making self efficacy and a positive correlation with depression. Depression was found to have a statistically significant negative correlation with career decision-making self efficacy. Stepwise multiple regression analysis revealed that the predictors of career decision-making self efficacy were depression (7.1%), religion (1.8%), and smartphone dependency (1.3%), accounting for a total of 10.6% of the variance. CONCLUSION: This study suggests that interventions to promote female college students' career decision-making self efficacy should consider their depression, religion, and smartphone dependency.
Depression* ; Female* ; Humans ; Self Efficacy* ; Smartphone

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The Impacts of Job Stress and Job Embeddedness on Presenteeism among Container Terminal Workers.

Ji Hyun LEE ; Eun Kyung CHOI ; Hyang Ok OH ; Hye Kyung MOON ; Sang Min LEE

Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing.2016;27(1):31-42. doi:10.12799/jkachn.2016.27.1.31

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to identify the impacts of job stress and job embeddedness on presenteeism among container terminal workers. METHODS: The participants were 299 workers at the S Harbor in P City. Data were collected from April 22 to June 5, 2015. The data were analyzed using t-test, ANOVA, Scheffé's test, Pearson's correlation coefficients, and logistic regression. RESULTS: These workers on presenteeism were affected by the department of work, annual pay, and exercise of more than 30 minutes per day, revealing a statistically significant difference according to these variables. In other words, when job stress was high, job embeddedness was less, the extent of work impairment was higher, and in turn perceived productivity was lower. Work impairment was 3.11 times higher in workers with above-average job stress than those with lower job stress. Perceived productivity was 2.31 times higher in workers with above-average job embeddedness than those with lower job embeddedness. CONCLUSION: To reduce work impairment and increase productivity among container terminal workers, it is necessary to decrease their job stress, to increase their job embeddedness, and especially to do exercise for more than 30 minutes a day.
Career Mobility ; Efficiency ; Logistic Models ; Stress, Psychological

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Assessment of Long-Term Care Service Needs in the Baby Boom Generation.

Song Yi HAN

Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing.2016;27(1):21-30. doi:10.12799/jkachn.2016.27.1.21

PURPOSE: This research was conducted to identify long-term care service needs in the baby boom generation. METHODS: Data were collected from September 3 to October 9, 2012 targeting 196 baby boomers residing in Seoul and Gyeonggi-do with the measurement of long-term care service needs having five domains. Collected data were analyzed using the SPSS 20.0 program. RESULTS: Demand for long term care service in those who preferred nursing homes was highest as 4.40±0.69 in the safe environment domain. In case of those preferring home care services, demand was highest as 4.37±0.56 in the social interaction domain. People who preferred nursing homes had higher needs in personal health care and improvement of the service quality domains. Those who preferred home care services showed diverse needs according to their characteristics. CONCLUSION: The baby boom generation had high needs in all the domains of long-term care services and such needs were diverse according to their characteristics. However, long-term care services had limitations that they provided standardized and uniformed services only. Therefore, health care services and improved quality services should be provided in a way of meeting the users' needs, and tailored services should be provided in consideration of the users' characteristics.
Delivery of Health Care ; Gyeonggi-do ; Home Care Services ; Humans ; Interpersonal Relations ; Long-Term Care* ; Nursing Homes ; Population Growth* ; Seoul

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Survey Study of Current Status of and Need for Mental Health Education Enhancing Protective Factors in the Elementary Schools.

Ji Hyun LEE ; Hyeoun Ae PARK

Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing.2016;27(1):9-20. doi:10.12799/jkachn.2016.27.1.9

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to survey the current status of mental health education and need for mental health education enhancing protective factors in the elementary schools. METHODS: We surveyed 10 school health teachers and 328 fifth- and sixth-grade students using 19- and 20-item questionnaires, respectively. RESULTS: All of the teachers and 65.2% of the students replied that they were either teaching or being taught mental health in school. Topics covered suicide, depression, school violence, and Internet addiction. All of the teachers and 84.1% of the students expressed the need for mental health education enhancing protective factors in school. Both groups replied that two sessions are enough. The teachers preferred role play and discussion as teaching methods, and audiovisual materials and computer as instructional media. The students preferred lecture and role play as teaching methods, and audiovisual materials and smartphone as instructional media. Both groups ranked self-esteem, parent-child relationship, peer relationship, and emotional regulation as the most important topics to be covered in the education. CONCLUSION: There is a high demand for mental health education enhancing protective factors. Therefore, it is recommended to develop educational programs enhancing protective factors by enabling formal and informal learning using smartphone.
Depression ; Education* ; Health Education ; Humans ; Internet ; Learning ; Mental Health* ; Needs Assessment ; Parent-Child Relations ; School Health Services ; School Nursing ; Suicide ; Teaching ; Violence ; Smartphone

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Depression and Cognitive Function of the Community-dwelling Elderly.

Seong Ok SEO ; Ae Young SO

Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing.2016;27(1):1-8. doi:10.12799/jkachn.2016.27.1.1

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to examine the depression and cognitive function of community-dwelling older adults. METHODS: 243 aged over 65 in Won-Ju in South Korea participated in this study. Data were collected from April to June 2013 through interviews. This study utilized the Geriatric Depression Scale Short Form, the Korean version of MMSE-DS (MMSE for Dementia Screening), and infirmity testing for basic health status. Descriptive statistics, χ2, t-test, ANOVA, Scheffé's test, and Pearson's correlation coefficient were used. RESULTS: 75.3% of the participants belonged to the depression group, and the prevalence of cognitive impairment was 17.3%. There were significant differences in depression and cognitive function according to gender, educational level, type of insurance, subjective health, frailty, and whether to be a client of home care service. The level of depression was significantly higher and the level of cognitive functions was significantly lower in older adults in home care services than in community-dwelling older adults. CONCLUSION: This study is meaningful in that it included older adults in home care services to provide information to develop effective prevention programs for improving cognitive functions. The results of this study can be used to develop future community prevention and intervention.
Aged* ; Cognition ; Dementia ; Depression* ; Gangwon-do ; Home Care Services ; Humans ; Insurance ; Korea ; Prevalence

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Influencing Factors on Functional Health Literacy among the Rural Elderly.

Ji Yeon PARK ; Kyung Ja JUNE

Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing.2011;22(1):75-85. doi:10.12799/jkachn.2011.22.1.75

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to describe the status of the functional health literacy of the elderly living in a rural community and to identify the influencing factors on the functional health literacy. METHODS: Subjects (n=238) aged over 60 years were selected for data collection. Functional health literacy was measured by Korean Health Literacy, which consisted of 15 items including eight numeracy and seven comprehension items. Descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA with Scheffe test, and stepwise multiple regression were used to analyze the data. RESULTS: The mean score of total functional health literacy was 6.66+/-3.31, numeracy was 3.52+/-1.76, and comprehension was 3.41+/-2.10. Of the subjects, 39.1% showed a low score below the median split. In the results of stepwise multiple regression, the factors affecting functional health literacy were basic literacy, age, number of chronic diseases, self-reported health status, and gender. These factors accounted for 33.0% of functional health literacy. CONCLUSION: These results suggest that interventions for improving functional health literacy are necessary to enhance elders' ability of self-care management. In addition, it is needed to take into account the individual characteristics of the subjects depending on their gender, age, and health status.
Aged* ; Chronic Disease ; Comprehension ; Data Collection ; Health Literacy* ; Humans ; Rural Health Services ; Rural Population ; Self Care

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