Purpose
This study investigated the relationship between allergic diseases, general anxiety disorder, and depressive symptoms among Korean adolescents.
Methods
A secondary analysis was conducted on the findings of the 18th Korea Youth Risk Behavior Survey (2022). The study included 51,850 adolescents and analyzed the relationships among allergic diseases, general anxiety disorder, and depressive symptoms using complex samples logistic regression analysis.
Results
Among the Korean adolescents, 12.7% experienced general anxiety disorder, while 28.7% experienced depressive symptoms. The prevalence of allergic diseases was 5.7% for asthma, 36.3% for allergic rhinitis, and 22.2% for atopic dermatitis. General anxiety disorder was associated with asthma and allergic rhinitis but not atopic dermatitis. Depressive symptoms were associated asthma, allergic rhinitis, and atopic dermatitis.
Conclusion
Examining the correlation among allergic diseases, general anxiety disorder, and depressive symptoms in adolescents underscores the need for implementing suitable strategies. Moreover, when addressing general anxiety disorder and depressive symptoms in adolescents, it becomes crucial to consider the presence of allergic diseases.

Citations

• Association between allergic diseases and mental health conditions: An umbrella review
  Xianpeng Xu, Sha Li, Yingjie Chen, Xinxing Deng, Jiongke Li, Dajing Xiong, Hui Xie
  Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.2025; 155(3): 701.     CrossRef

Purpose
This study aimed to identify the general characteristics and health behaviors of students with non-therapeutic substance use.
Methods
This secondary data analysis used data from the 17th Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey (2021). Analyses of the 54,848 adolescents used descriptive statistics, the Rao–Scott χ2 test, and logistic regression.
Results
The risk factors for substance use among students were anxiety, loneliness, living separately from family, suicidal ideation, e-cigarette use, and high stress.
Conclusion
The findings help identify the risk factors for non-therapeutic drug use among adolescents. Since South Korea does not have a drug prevention program for its adolescent population, an educational plan based on these findings could help prevent adolescent substance abuse.

Citations

• Factors Associated With Habitual Drug Use Among Adolescents: A Secondary Data Analysis
  Dong-Hee Kim, Yujin Kim
  Asian Nursing Research.2025; 19(1): 78.     CrossRef
• Comparison of Risk Factors for Habitual Substance Use Among Adolescents in Korea by Maternal Nationality: Analysis of 18th and 19th Korea Youth Risk Behavior Surveys (2022 and 2023)
  Hyeon Ok Ju, So Yeon Park
  Children.2025; 12(4): 458.     CrossRef
• Behavioral, Psychological, and Physical Predictors of Adolescent Drug Use in South Korea: Insights Obtained Using Machine Learning
  Jun-hee Kim
  International Journal of Mental Health and Addicti.2025;[Epub]     CrossRef
• The Mediating Effect of Depression on the Relationship between Loneliness and Substance Use in Korean Adolescents
  Hyesun Kim
  Behavioral Sciences.2024; 14(3): 241.     CrossRef
• Protecting our future: environmental hazards and children’s health in the face of environmental threats: a comprehensive overview
  Jungha Lee, Hyo-Bin Kim, Hun-Jong Jung, Myunghee Chung, So Eun Park, Kon-Hee Lee, Won Seop Kim, Jin-Hwa Moon, Jung Won Lee, Jae Won Shim, Sang Soo Lee, Yunkoo Kang, Young Yoo
  Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics.2024; 67(11): 589.     CrossRef

Purpose
This study aimed to identify stress levels due to end-of-life care, coping strategies, and psychological well-being among nurses in neonatal intensive care unit, and to investigate the effect of stress levels and coping strategies on their well-being.
Methods
A total of 128 nurses in the neonatal intensive care units of general hospitals in B city participated. The data were collected using a self-report questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, the t-test, ANOVA, the Pearson correlation coefficient, and hierarchical regression with SPSS version 22.0.
Results
The coping strategy that nurses most often used was seeking social support. The factors affecting the well-being of the participants were wishful thinking, problem-focused coping and seeking social support, in order. Those 3 variables explained 21 % of the total variance in psychological well-being. Problem-focused coping and seeking social support were positively associated with psychological well-being, while wishful thinking showed a negative association.
Conclusion
In order to improve the psychological well-being of nurses in neonatal intensive care units, it is necessary to provide nurses with a program to build a social support system and to improve their problem-based coping skills.

Citations

• Emotional and psychological experiences of nursing students caring for dying patients: an explorative study at a national referral hospital in Uganda
  Asha K. Nabirye, Ian G. Munabi, Aloysius G. Mubuuke, Sarah Kiguli
  BMC Medical Education.2025;[Epub]     CrossRef
• Palliative Care for Infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
  Eun Sook Kim, Sue Kim, Sanghee Kim, Sujeong Kim, So Yoon Ahn, Hyejung Lee
  Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing.2024; 26(1): 14.     CrossRef
• NICU nurses' moral distress surrounding the deaths of infants
  Soojeong Han, Haeyoung Min, Sujeong Kim
  Nursing Ethics.2023; 30(2): 276.     CrossRef
• Psychometric properties of the Korean version of the Palliative Care Nursing Self-Competence scale for infant use
  Eun Sook Kim, Sujeong Kim, Kyua Kim, Hyejung Lee
  Australian Critical Care.2023; 36(6): 1019.     CrossRef
• A Systematic Review of the Stress-Coping Scales Used in Korean Nursing
  Hyeon Ok Ju, So Yeon Park, Jaeyoung Lee, Hye-Ryeon Park
  Korean Journal of Health Promotion.2023; 23(2): 45.     CrossRef
• Nurses’ attitudes and stress related to perinatal bereavement care in Korea: a cross-sectional survey
  Eunhui Kim, Hae Won Kim
  Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing.2022; 28(2): 134.     CrossRef
• Personal and Emotional Factors of Nursing Professionals Related to Coping with End-of-Life Care: A Cross-Sectional Study
  María Povedano-Jiménez, Carmen Ropero-Padilla, Miguel Rodriguez-Arrastia, María Paz García-Caro
  International Journal of Environmental Research an.2021; 18(18): 9515.     CrossRef
• Factors influencing well‐being in clinical nurses: A path analysis using a multi‐mediation model
  Sung Reul Kim, Ok Lae Park, Hye Young Kim, Ji Young Kim
  Journal of Clinical Nursing.2019; 28(23-24): 4549.     CrossRef

Purpose
The purpose of this study was to develop an experience-based sex education program to improve adjustment to puberty in elementary school students in the upper grades and to verify its effectiveness.
Methods
This study had a pretest-posttest nonequivalent control group design. The subjects of this study were a total of 95 sixth-graders in Y city (experimental group: 48, control group: 47). The measurement variables were sexual knowledge, body image, self-esteem, and satisfaction with life. Four sessions of the experience-based sex education program to improve adjustment to puberty, consisting of 40 minutes per session, were provided to the experimental group.
Results
Children’s sexual knowledge, self-esteem, and satisfaction with life in the experimental group, which participated in the experience-based sexual education program to improve adjustment to puberty, showed a significant increase compared to the control group. However, there was no statistically significant difference in body image.
Conclusion
This study presents the development of an experience-based sex education program for adjustment to puberty to overcome the shortcomings of existing sex education programs that are limited to sexual knowledge and attitudes, and also verified that the sexual knowledge, self-esteem, and life satisfaction of the elementary school students who were provided with the program improved meaningfully.

Citations

• 초기 청소년 대상 부모참여 포괄적 성교육 프로그램이 참여자의 성지식, 성태도, 성관련 의사소통에 미치는 효과 연구*
  유진 이, 은숙 조
  Journal of Family Relations.2024; 29(1): 115.     CrossRef

Purpose
The purpose of this study was to describe feelings and actions of nurses following withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment from children being cared for by the nurses.
Methods
Data were collected by in-depth interviews with 7 nurses from different hospitals where children receiving nursing care had life-sustaining treatment withdrawn. The interviews were conducted from August 2016 to February 2017 when all data were saturated. Interviews lasted 30~90 minutes and were conducted 2~3 times per participant. Data were analyzed using Giorgi’s phenomenological research methodology.
Results
The following factors constituted experiences of nurses working in pediatric wards when life-sustaining treatment was withdrawn from children: “agony and conflict in the aspects of care”, “heavy mind and regret for exhausting care”, “intentionally avoiding parents’ sadness”, “comforting sadness in the heart” and “orientation in the role of caring for children undergoing withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment.”
Conclusion
Findings indicate that support systems and intervention programs need to be developed so that nurses can understand and wisely deal with experiences of withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment from children who receive care from nurses.

Citations

• Factors affecting nurses' attitude toward withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment for children
  Minjin Goo, Yujeong Kim
  Journal of Pediatric Nursing.2024; 77: e31.     CrossRef
• Mediating Effects of Role Perception of Life-sustaining Treatment in the Relationship between Knowledge of Lifesustaining Treatment Plans and Attitudes toward Withdrawal of Life-sustaining Treatment among Nursing College Students
  Youngmi Park, Keumhee Nam, Joohee Bae
  The Korean Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care.2021; 24(1): 36.     CrossRef
• Development of an Instrument to Measure Stress in Korean Nurses Performing End-of-Life Care for Children
  So Yeon Park, Hyeon Ok Ju
  Journal of Pediatric Nursing.2020; 54: e84.     CrossRef
• Pediatric Nurses’ Perceptions related to End-of-Life Care and Turnover Intention
  Sook Young Baek, Sook Jung Kang
  Child Health Nursing Research.2018; 24(4): 353.     CrossRef

Purpose
The purpose of this study was to evaluate levels and correlations of epilepsy specific knowledge, attitude and anxiety in mothers of children with epilepsy.
Methods
Participants were 176 mothers of children with epilepsy living in B and Y cities. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, and Pearson correlation coefficients with the SPSS 21.0 program.
Results
Participants scored 57.2 (±1.7) out of 100 points on epilepsy-related knowledge; 35.6 (±5.0) out of 48 points on attitude toward epilepsy; 58.1 (±15.3) out of 85 on anxiety related to a child’s epileptic condition. The participants had higher levels of epilepsy-related knowledge if their family monthly income was three million KRW or higher (t = -2.92, p = .004); if there was no side effect from the medication (t = -2.91, p = .004); and if the mothers’ perception of the child’s health was good (F = 6.181, p = .001). There was a positive correlation between knowledge and attitude related to epilepsy (r = .321, p < .001), and a negative correlation between knowledge and anxiety (r = -.257, p = .001).
Conclusion
Findings indicate that interventions which reduce mothers’ anxiety by providing epilepsy specific knowledge and help to achieve more positive attitudes to better ways of coping with child’s disease.

Citations

• Investigating family resilience factors for enhancing family adaptation in children with epilepsy
  Hyejun Kim, Anna Lee, Mina Park, Eun Kyoung Choi
  Epilepsy & Behavior.2024; 156: 109817.     CrossRef