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Influence of Trauma Experiences and Social Adjustment on Health-related Quality of Life in North Korean Defectors
Eun Joo Jo, Hyun Mee Cho, Eun Joung Choi
J Korean Acad Community Health Nurs. 2018;29(4):488-498.   Published online December 31, 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12799/jkachn.2018.29.4.488
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PURPOSE
This study was conducted to identify the influence of trauma experiences and social adjustment on health-related quality of life in North Korean defectors.
METHODS
The subjects were 117 North Korean defectors living in B and Y city. The data were collected from September 1 to September 20, 2014, and analyzed by the SPSS/WIN 18.0 program.
RESULTS
Significant differences were found in the health-related quality of life with respect to the subjects' education, marriage status, types of dwelling, family types, duration of residence in South Korea, jobs in South Korea and in North Korea, families left in North Korea or other surrounding countries, and subjective health status. Health-related quality of life is negatively related to trauma experiences during escape from North Korea and during their life in South Korea. Health-related quality of life positively is related to social adjustment. The meaningful variables which influenced the subjects'health-related quality include social adjustment, job in South Korea, job in North Korea, current family structure, and trauma experiences in South Korea. Total explanatory power of these factors for health-related quality in North Korean Defectors is 43.0% and social adjustment is the most influential factor.
CONCLUSION
Therefore, in order to enhance health-related quality of life in North Korean defectors, it is necessary for them to increase social adjustment and decrease trauma experiences. In addition, methods are needed to provide job opportunities, better education and family services for North Korean defectors.

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  • The rocky road to freedom: number of countries transited during defection and risk of metabolic syndrome among North Korean Refugees in South Korea
    D.W. Lee, H.S. Lee, S.G. Kim, K.J. Kim, S.J. Jung
    Public Health.2023; 221: 208.     CrossRef
  • Factors associated with posttraumatic growth among North Korean defectors in South Korea
    Mi Kyung Lee, Ocksim Kim, Kyoung-A. Kim, Sang Hui Chu
    Scientific Reports.2022;[Epub]     CrossRef
  • Nursing College Life Experiences of North Korean Defectors
    Jung Suk Park, Eun Joo Jo, Eun Joung Choi, Hyun Mee Cho, Ji Hyun Bae
    Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing.2019; 30(3): 324.     CrossRef
[English]
A Phenomenological Study on the Lived Experience of Train Operators Exposed to Person under Train (PUT)
Young Joo Kim, Hee Seung Choi
J Korean Acad Community Health Nurs. 2017;28(1):98-106.   Published online March 31, 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12799/jkachn.2017.28.1.98
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PURPOSE
To understand the meaning of the lived experience with Person under train (PUT) for train or subway operators.
METHODS
The study was built on hermeneutic phenomenological themes from individual interviews of present-day train or subway operators in South Korea. Eight participants were selected to participate in the study. All qualitative data were analyzed using the heuristic guides of Van Manen.
RESULTS
Four fundamental lifeworld themes and eight sub themes emerged in the findings. The first theme of spatiality had‘the place pressed by the darkness’ and ‘the train drags me there’. The second theme, corporeality had ‘a foreboding fear’, and ‘debris of death that gets stuck in the whole body’. The temporality theme had‘distorted time in chaos’, and ‘memory trapped in time’. Finally the last existential theme of relationality had ‘intrapersonal encounter’ and ‘resentment and guilt’.
CONCLUSION
The four existential lifeworld themes provided a framework for in-depth investigation of the operator's “lived experience.” This leads to clear understanding of effects of PUT experience on related individuals. The findings imply that specific active nursing intervention strategies are necessary in order to treat affected train operators, and to prevent further issues in their work and private life.
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