Lee Yu-Ri, Hyun Jinhee, Sohn Sunju, Lee Jong-Sun, Huh Hyu Jung, Kang Kyonghwa
Department of Social Welfare, Nambu University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea.
Department of Social Welfare, Daegu University, Daegu, Republic of Korea.
Psychiatry Investig. 2025 Jun;22(6):650-659. doi: 10.30773/pi.2024.0272. Epub 2025 May 27.
After the Sewol Ferry Disaster, most empirical studies on the bereaved families of victims conceptually categorized their depressive symptoms. However, the actual depressive features of bereaved families and the factors that influence such features remain unclear. Accordingly, this study aimed to categorize latent types of depression using latent profile analysis based on the sub-variables of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 and identify the influencing factors for each type.
This study included 302 individuals aged ≥15 years who were members of the bereaved families of Sewol Ferry Disaster victims. Data were collected through an online questionnaire survey platform between October 5 and December 13, 2021.
Latent profiles were divided into three groups: "overall low-level" (LOW), "lethargy and physical symptoms" (LPS), and "overall high-level" (HIGH). The participants with lower levels of social support and higher levels of family relationship stress were more likely to belong to the HIGH than LPS group. Moreover, the participants with higher levels of non-family relationship stress were more likely to belong to the LPS than the LOW group. Furthermore, the participants with poorer physical health and lower levels of social support were more likely to belong to the HIGH than LOW group.
Since bereaved families with poorer physical symptoms showed a higher risk for depressive symptoms, strategies to prevent their physical health problems are needed to ensure that their depressive symptoms do not become worse in the future.
“岁月号”客轮灾难发生后，大多数关于遇难者遗属的实证研究在概念上对他们的抑郁症状进行了分类。然而，遗属实际的抑郁特征以及影响这些特征的因素仍不明确。因此，本研究旨在基于患者健康问卷-9的子变量，通过潜在剖面分析对抑郁症的潜在类型进行分类，并确定每种类型的影响因素。
本研究纳入了302名年龄≥15岁的“岁月号”客轮灾难遇难者遗属。数据于2021年10月5日至12月13日通过在线问卷调查平台收集。
潜在剖面分为三组：“总体低水平”（LOW）、“无精打采和身体症状”（LPS）和“总体高水平”（HIGH）。社会支持水平较低且家庭关系压力较高的参与者更有可能属于HIGH组而非LPS组。此外，非家庭关系压力较高的参与者更有可能属于LPS组而非LOW组。此外，身体健康较差且社会支持水平较低的参与者更有可能属于HIGH组而非LOW组。
由于身体症状较差的遗属出现抑郁症状的风险较高，因此需要采取策略预防他们的身体健康问题，以确保他们未来的抑郁症状不会恶化。
