ArticlePsychiatry investigation2016
Insomnia in North Korean Refugees: Association with Depression and Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms.
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- Insomnia and poor sleep quality in refugee and asylum-seeking populations: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2026Pooled it
- Human rights violations are associated with forcibly displaced population's mental health-a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2024Pooled it
- Commentary: Psychological well-being, mental distress, metabolic syndrome, and associated factors among people living in a refugee camp in Greece: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Properties of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in North Korean Defectors: A Scoping Review.Psychiatry investigation · 2023Article
- An online tiered screening procedure to identify mental health problems among refugees.BMC psychiatry · 2023Article
- Assessing Mental Illness Risk Among North Korean Refugees and Immigrants Resettled in South Korea.JAMA network open · 2022Article
- Reciprocal Prediction between Impulsivity and Problematic Internet Use among North Korean Refugee Youths in South Korea by Gender and Adverse Childhood Experience.Psychiatry investigation · 2021Article
- Polysomnographic Sleep and Attentional Deficits in Traumatized North Korean Refugees.Nature and science of sleep · 2021Article
- Effects of Narrative Exposure Therapy on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Depression, and Insomnia in Traumatized North Korean Refugee Youth.Journal of traumatic stress · 2020Article
- The Life Condition of Syrian Asylum Seekers in Turkey and the Effect of These Conditions on the Desire to Migrate to Europe.Psychiatry investigation · 2020Article
- Prevalence of Possible Depression and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder among Community Dwelling Adult Refugees and Refugee Applicants in South Korea.Journal of Korean medical science · 2019Article
- The Contribution of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Depression to Insomnia in North Korean Refugee Youth.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2019Article
- Trauma and Depression among North Korean Refugees: The Mediating Effect of Negative Cognition.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
- The Increased Vulnerability of Refugee Population to Mental Health Disorders.Kansas journal of medicine · 2018Review
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Depression and Anxiety among North Korean Refugees: A Meta-Analysis.Psychiatry investigation · 2017Article
- Factors Affecting Depressive Symptoms among North Korean Adolescent Refugees Residing in South Korea.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2017Article
- Mental health status of North Korean refugees in South Korea and risk and protective factors: a 10-year review of the literature.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2017Review
- Effects of Psychiatric Symptoms on Attention in North Korean Refugees.Psychiatry investigation · 2016Article
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Abstract
objectiveWe investigated the prevalence of insomnia and its clinical characteristics in North Korean refugees.
methodsNorth Korean refugees living in South Korea (48 males, 129 females; mean age 38.22±12.24 years) and South Koreans (112 males, 203 females; mean age 39.48±10.32 years) completed the following questionnaires: the Self-reported Questionnaire on Insomnia, Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression Scale (CES-D), Trauma Exposure Check List for North Korean Refugees, and the Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R).
resultsNorth Korean refugees had insomnia more often than South Koreans did (38.42% vs. 8.89%). Depression combined with insomnia was also more prevalent in North Korean refugees (28.25% vs. 3.17%). Compared with South Koreans with insomnia, North Korean refugees with insomnia showed higher CES-D scores. The North Korean refugees with insomnia had experienced a larger number of traumatic events, and had higher CES-D and IES-R scores compared to North Korean refugees without insomnia. Insomnia in North Korean refugees was also associated with the presence of significant depressive and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms.
conclusionInsomnia was common in North Korean refugees and was closely associated with depressive and PTSD symptoms. Our study suggests that complaints of insomnia may indicate more severe psychopathology, especially in refugees.
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