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Factors Associated with Perceived Depression of Korean Adults: Secondary Data from the Korean Community Health Survey

Community Mental Health Journal volume 53, pages 288–296 (2017)Cite this article

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This study was aimed to identify factors related with Korean adults’ depression in a community population using secondary data from the Korean Community Health Survey. The results showed factors associated with the Korean adults’ perceived depression were subjective health, alcohol drinking, smoking, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hours of sleep, activity impairments, and stress. Result of this study proposes that community mental health services are required to the population who has problems of activity impairment due to acute or chronic health status, which suggests having mental health problems such as alcohol drinking, smoking, depression, or stress.

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  1. Department of Nursing, Daewon University College, Chungbuk, South Korea

    Mi-Ra Won

  2. Department of Health Improvement, Jecheon Health Center, Chungbuk, South Korea

    Me-Sun Ahn

  3. Red Cross College of Nursing, Chung-Ang University, 84 Heukseok-Dong, Dongjak-Gu, Seoul, 156-756, South Korea

    Yun-Jung Choi

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Won, MR., Ahn, MS. & Choi, YJ. Factors Associated with Perceived Depression of Korean Adults: Secondary Data from the Korean Community Health Survey. Community Ment Health J 53, 288–296 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-016-0035-1

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Keywords

  • Activity impairment
  • Community mental health
  • Depression
  • Stress
  • Substance use