Publications by authors named "Yeun Hee Kwak"

Objective: To examine the association between positive psychological capital, social support, illness attitudes toward COVID-19, and health-promoting behaviors in Korean adults.

Design: An online cross-sectional study.

Sample: The participants were 820 South Korean adults aged 19-64, recruited through quota sampling.

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Objectives: This study aimed to identify the types of injury experiences affecting adult females and the associations between injury experiences and health-related quality of life.

Methods: This study used a secondary analysis of cross-sectional data from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, which employed a stratified multistage probability sampling design to obtain nationally representative data. Health-related quality of life was measured with the EuroQol Five-Dimension and consisted of mobility, self-care, usual activity, pain/discomfort, and anxiety/depression.

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Background: Despite the increased demand for nurses worldwide, discussion of nurses' duty to care is lacking. This study aimed to examine nurses' duty to care during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and to identify the influencing factors.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional descriptive research study that used a structured online questionnaire.

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Objectives: The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to compare health-related quality of life (QOL) and mental health between older women with and without urinary incontinence.

Method: This study is a secondary data analysis using raw data from 1874 women aged 65 years or older who participated in the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) IV (2008-2009), a nationally representative sample.

Results: In the pain/discomfort dimension of the EuroQol-5, 25.

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