• Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.264-268
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• 2017

South Korea has the highest reported suicide rate among all countries belonging to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Nitrogen is a colorless, odorless and nontoxic gas. Nitrogen gas has, however, been recently used as a method of attempted suicide, its nontoxity notwithstanding. We herein report on an unusual case involving a 30-year-old male who presented with symptoms after a suicide attempt by nitrogen inhalation. Diffusion-weighted imaging of his brain was showed curvilinear high signal intensity in the bilateral frontal and right occipital cortices, with subtle low apparent diffusion coefficient value. In addition, T2-weighted images and fluid attenuated inversion recovery images revealed subtle high signal intensity in the bilateral frontal cortices, basal ganglia and occipital cortices with contrast enhancement.

• 한국간호교육학회지
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.341-352
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• 2017

Purpose: To identify the types and characteristics of subjective structures among nursing students toward individuals who attempt suicide. Methods: A group of 32 third- and fourth-year nursing students with experience in clinical practice rated 35 Q-statements on a nine-point scale according to their opinion. Data analysis was conducted using the PC-Quanl program. Results: Subjectivity among nursing students toward individuals who attempt suicide was analyzed for three types. Type 1 (social responsibility emphasis) subjectivity recognizes the social responsibility for suicide attempts and emphasizes the importance of social support systems as a preventive effort. Type 2 (rational reprimand) subjectivity emphasizes the willpower and effort to overcome challenges in life, because happiness and unhappiness are dependent on one's thoughts and will. Type 3 (situation acceptance) subjectivity regards the suicide attempt as an optional means to avoid a deeply strenuous, painful, and difficult situation. Conclusion: This study investigated the subjectivity of nursing students toward individuals who attempt suicide and to provide a better understanding of them. In addition, the development of training programs that take advantage of the subjective characteristics of individuals based on subjectivity types demonstrated in this study is expected to provide nursing students with useful educational materials for their future careers as nurses.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.3139-3147
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• 2015

'자살'은 다양한 원인들이 존재하지만 자살생각을 넘어선 자살시도는 곧 청소년 사망과 직결되기 때문에 예방차원의 대안모색이 필요하다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 우리나라 청소년들의 자살시도에 영향을 미치는 요인을 파악하여 청소년들의 자살시도예측요인을 규명하고 더 나아가 청소년 자살예방프로그램 개발 시 기초자료를 제공하고자 한다. 조사대상은 '2013년 청소년 건강행태 온라인조사'대상자인 중 고등학생 72,435명(남학생 36,655명, 여학생 35,780명)이며, 통계분석은 SPSS 21.0프로그램을 활용하였다. 자료 분석은 가중치를 적용하여 백분율을 산출하였고, 인구학적 특성및 건강행태, 자살시도와의 관련성 등은 복합표본 카이제곱검정, 자살시도에 영향을 미치는 요인은 복합표본 로지스틱 회귀분석을 실시하였다. 본 연구결과 자살시도 경험은 중학생 7.3%, 일반계고등학생 3.5%, 특성화고등학생 5.5%로 중학생들의 자살시도가 유의하게 높았다. 자살시도에 영향을 주는 요인은 남녀 공통적으로 승산비가 가장 컸던 변수로 '슬픔과 절망'이었고, 그 외 약물경험, 음주경험, 체중조절, 폭력피해 등이 자살시도 예측변수로 확인되었다. 한편 남녀 자살시도 예측요인으로 차이가 났던 변수는 남학생의 경우 '거주형태'였고, 여학생의 경우는 학교성적으로 확인되었다. 즉 남학생의 경우 보육시설에 거주하는 학생이 가족과 함께 사는 학생에 비해 자살시도 승산비가 약 4배 높았고, 여학생의 경우 학교성적이 낮은 여학생이 성적이 좋다고 응답한 여학생에 비해 자살시도 승산비가 1.309배 높게 나왔다. 따라서 추후 청소년 자살예방프로그램 개발 시에는 남녀 공통적으로 나타난 자살시도에 영향을 주는 변수와 차이가 났던 변수를 고려하여 성별을 고려한 청소년 자살예방프로그램을 개발할 필요가 있다.

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제12권7호
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• pp.305-315
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• 2021

본 연구의 목적은 청소년의 자살 태도, 삶의 인식, 우울이 자살(사고, 계획, 시도)에 미치는 영향을 조사하는 것이다. I 지역 중학교 2학년 학생 889명의 일반적 특성, 자살에 대한 태도(ATTS), 삶의 인식, 우울증(K-CESD-R) 등의 자료를 분석하였다. 자살 사고가 있는 학생은 246명(27.6%), 자살 계획은 85 명(9.5%), 자살 시도는 46 명(5.1%)이었다. 남학생보다 여학생이, 외모 만족도가 낮을수록, 우울이 높을수록, 주관적 정신건강, 신체건강이 낮을수록, 여가 만족도가 낮을수록 자살(사고, 계획, 시도)이 높아졌다. 자살 사고의 예측 요인은 우울, 주관적 정신건강, 외모 만족도, 자살 태도 중 해결책, 허용성이었고, 자살 계획의 예측 요인은 우울, 주관적 정신건강, 자살 태도 중 해결책, 허용성이었고, 자살 시도의 예측 요인은 우울, 자살 태도 중 허용성이었다. 본 연구 결과는 청소년 자살 예방 교육에서 우울을 낮추고 삶의 인식과 자살 태도를 바꾸기 위한 다양한 노력이 필요함을 시사한다.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제19권7호
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• pp.149-165
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• 2019

본 연구의 목적은 자살을 시도했던 중년여성을 대상으로 심층 면담을 통해 자살 시도 및 이후 삶의 생생한 경험적 가치를 탐색하는 것이다. 이를 위해 연구목적에 맞는 5인을 선정하여 심층 인터뷰를 통해 자료를 수집하였다. 인터뷰 녹음파일은 모두 전사하였고, Giorgi의 현상학적 방법의 과학적 4단계에 따라 분석하였다. 결과는 22개의 하위 구성요소와 7개의 주요 구성요소를 도출하였다. 고통스러운 현실에서 벗어나고자 '벼랑 끝에서 죽음을 선택' 하였고 이후 '삶과 죽음의 경계에 섬'과 '허상에서 벗어나 삶이 명료해짐'을 경험하며 '다시 삶을 향해 나아감'이 있었다. 중년기 현재 '과거의 삶을 재평가하고 새로운 가능성을 발견함'으로 '지금 여기에서 삶의 생생함을 경험' 했고, '영적 성장과 함께 성찰이 깊어짐'을 알아가며 진정한 의미의 삶을 경험하였다. 이 결과를 실존과 자기완성을 향해 나아가는 존재 차원에서 논의하였고, 자살시도자에 대한 심층적 이해와 인식을 확장했다는 점에서 연구의 의의가 있다.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.30-38
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• 2024

Background: Although Korea ranks first in the suicide rate of elderly individuals, there is limited research on those who attempt suicide, with preventive measures largely based on population-based studies. We compared the demographic and clinical characteristics of elderly individuals who attempted suicide with those of younger adults who visited the emergency department after suicide attempts and identified the factors associated with lethality in the former group. Methods: Individuals who visited the emergency department after a suicide attempt from April 1, 2017, to January 31, 2020, were included. Participants were classified into two groups according to age (elderly, ≥65 years; adult, 18-64 years). Among the 779 adult patients, 123 were elderly. We conducted a chi-square test to compare the demographic and clinical features between these groups and a logistic regression analysis to identify the risk factors for lethality in the elderly group. Results: Most elderly participants were men, with no prior psychiatric history or suicide attempts, and had a higher prevalence of underlying medical conditions and attributed their attempts to physical illnesses. Being sober and planning suicide occurred more frequently in this group. In the elderly group, factors that increased the mortality rate were biological male sex (p<0.05), being accompanied by family members (p<0.05), and poisoning as a suicide method (p<0.01). Conclusion: Suicide attempts in elderly individuals have different characteristics from those in younger adults and are associated with physical illness. Suicides in the former group are unpredictable, deliberate, and fatal. Therefore, tailored prevention and intervention strategies addressing the characteristics of those who are elderly and attempt suicide are required.

• Child Health Nursing Research
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.393-406
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• 2018

Purpose: This study was designed to analyze recent trends in adolescent suicide intervention research in Korea and to suggest future research directions in this area. Methods: Studies Thirty-four studies selected from http://www.riss4u.net over the for last 20 years were analyzed by field and design of the study, study participants, and the outcome variables used in intervention studies. Results: Nineteen (55.9%) of the 34 studies were conducted in the fields of welfare (9), psychology (5) and nursing science (5). Ordinary adolescents were the most frequently studied participants. A nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest design was used in twenty one (61.7%) of the 34 studies. The most frequently measured outcome variables were depression, suicidal ideation and self-esteem. Conclusion: These results suggest that research on adolescent suicide intervention programs is expanding with a focus on ordinary adolescents as and subjects. In order to prevent suicide, research on family, teachers, and friends, who all are important parts of a teenager's support system, is needed. It is also necessary to develop a post-management intervention program to prevent recurrence in high-risk teenagers who have attempted suicide.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제41권5호
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• pp.652-662
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• 2011

Purpose: The suicide rate of adolescents in Korea is increasing annually. Therefore, this research was done to identify the suicide attempt rate of middle and high school students and to identify factors that influence suicidal attempts. Methods: The Korea Youth Health Risk Behavior Web-based Survey (2007) was used as data. Discriminant analysis and logistic regression were performed to analyze the data depending on gender to consider the gender difference in assessing the influence of each independent variable on suicidal attempts. Results: Discriminant analysis according on gender showed that 13 factors correlated with suicidal attempts for boys, and 20 factors for girls. The most highly correlated factors were smoking, depression and inhalation experience. For inhalation experience, boys had 2.7 times higher possibility of suicide attempts (95% CI 1.8-3.0) and girls, a 2.4 times higher possibility (95% CI 1.7-3.5). Conclusion: The results of the study indicate a need to classify adolescents for expectation of suicide risk and high danger for suicidal attempts through, and introduce suicide prevention programs for these adolescents. In particular, it is necessary to start intervention with students who smoke, have sexual and inhalation experiences and high levels of depression.

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.541-552
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• 2022

본 연구는 학교 밖 청소년의 자살 시도 예측 변수를 조사하기 위해 학업중단청소년 패널조사 1차년도 조사자료를 사용한 2차 데이터 분석 연구이다. 자료 분석은 SPSS 26.0 통계 프로그램을 사용하여 수행되었다. 연구에 포함된 776명의 참가자 중 62명(8%)에서 학업중단 이후 자살 시도가 보고되었다. 로지스틱 회귀분석결과, 학업중단 이전의 자살시도 경험(OR=10.66), 폭력피해 경험(OR=6.97), 음주(OR=3.73), 우울(OR=2.62), 부모애착(OR=0.47), 또래와의 관계(OR=0.63)가 학업 중단 이후 자살 시도의 유의한 예측인자였다. 따라서 학교 밖 청소년의 자살 시도를 예방하기 위해서는 학업 중단 전의 자살 시도 경험을 확인해야 한다. 또한 심리적 상황, 대인관계, 폭력경험 등을 고려한 융합적 자살예방 프로그램의 수립이 필요하다.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.112-119
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• 2020

Suicide has been a long-standing problem for global public health, along with almost 800,000 deaths from suicide worldwide in 2016, accounting for 1.4% of all deaths. South Korea was ranked first in suicide mortality in 2018 among countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. This study aimed to suggest up-to-date information about suicide-related indicators such as the rate of suicidal ideation, suicide attempt, and suicide death, and its trends by applying sampling weight to make it nationally representative. In this study, we used the data sources: Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination (KNHANES, '07-13, '15-18), Korean Community Health Survey (KCHS, '08-09, '13, '17), Korean Wealth Panel Study (KOWEPS, '12-18), Korea Health Panel Survey (KHP, '10-13), and Statistics Korea (1983-2017). The rate of suicidal ideation as recent year was 4.73% (KNHANES, '17), 6.96% (KCHS, '17), 2.29% (KOWEPS, '18), and 5.39% (KHP, '13). That of suicide attempt as recent year was 0.51% (KNHANES, '18), 0.32% (KCHS, '17), and 0.15% (KOWEPS, '18). Annual percentage change (APC) of suicidal ideation was -15.4% (KNHANES, '07-13, '15, '17), -2.5% (KCHS, '08-09, '13, '17), -10.8% (KOWEPS, '12-18), and -10.9% (KHP, '10-13). APC of suicide attempt was -4.4% (KNHANES, '07-13, '15-18), -4.4% (KCHS, '08-09, '13, '17), and -13.6% (KOWEPS, '12-18). APC of death by intentional self-harm was -1.25% (Statistics Korea, '07-18). All suicide-related indicators were found to be decreasing in the overall from 2009. Individuals with lower income level were more likely to experience suicidal ideation and suicide attempts. Even though suicide rate had been continuously decreasing from its highest point in 2011 (suicide rate: 31.7 per 100,000 population) to 2017 (suicide rate: 24.3 per 100,000 population), it increased again in 2018 (suicide rate: 26.6 per 100,000 population). This information would be grounded on policy implementation for suicide prevention, thus continuous data observation is necessary.