• 지역사회간호학회지
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.188-195
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• 2022

Purpose: With the first generation of marriage-based immigrant women in East Asia now reaching their middle or old age, the need to focus investigations on their health-related quality of life has arisen. This study aimed to examine the extent to which physical and mental health, and psychosocial variables can predict health-related quality of life among Japanese middle-aged immigrant women. Methods: This study has a descriptive cross-sectional design. A convenience sample of 197 Japanese middle-aged marriage-based immigrant women from two regions of South Korea were recruited between December 2017 and March 2018. Participants completed self-administered questionnaires on health-related quality of life, menopausal symptoms, depression, perceived health status, disease morbidity, social support, and acculturation. The data were analyzed using hierarchical multiple regression. Results: Depression was the strongest predictor of health-related quality of life, followed by perceived health status, social support, and household income. Menopausal symptoms, presence of disease, and acculturation appeared to have no additional impact on participant's health-related quality of life. Conclusion: In times of rapid growth of global migration and the aging of immigrants in new destination countries, nursing interventions and public health policies for aging marriage-based immigrant women should be prioritized to improve their mental health by facilitating social support and disease management. In addition, social and employment policies that can help immigrant women transition to a healthy midlife are needed.

• 산업융합연구
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.81-90
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• 2023

본 연구는 한국에 거주하는 중년기 결혼이주여성의 폐경 경험을 확인하기 위하여 시도되었다. 연구참여자는 15년 이상 한국에서 거주한 만 45세 이상의 폐경이 된 6명의 결혼이주여성이었다. 자료수집은 2023년 2월 27일부터 2023년 4월 20일까지 비구조적이고 개방적인 질문을 통해 심층면담을 하였다. 수집된 자료는 Downe-Wambolt (1992)가 제시한 내용분석방법을 이용하여 분석하였다. 분석된 결과로 4개의 범주와 10개의 하위범주로 도출되었다. 4개의 범주는 폐경 후 다양한 변화로 힘들어함, 폐경 증상을 극복하려고 노력함, 폐경이 긍정적으로 다가옴, 폐경을 수동적으로 받아들임이었다. 중년기 결혼이주여성을 위한 개별적인 간호 접근뿐만 아니라 개인의 사회문화적 맥락을 고려한 총체적 간호가 필요함을 확인할 수 있었다.