Abstract
Pain, Depression, and Health-Related Quality of Life of Older Haenyeos (Women Divers)
Highlights
Haenyeos are professional female divers in Korea who harvest seafood by deep-sea diving without using an air feeder or an assisted-breathing apparatus
More than one-third (35.6%) had no schooling, 78.6% identified as Buddhists, 42.3% lived only with their spouses, and 29.5% lived with their families
We found that those who had a higher number of chronic diseases, used more prescription drugs, and had more drug side effects and had a lower quality of life
Summary
Haenyeos are professional female divers in Korea who harvest seafood by deep-sea diving without using an air feeder or an assisted-breathing apparatus. Their diving method is called breath-hold diving, whereby they dive approximately 20 m underwater while holding their breath for about 2 min to harvest seafood before resurfacing. According to the Survey of Professional Diving Fishermen, 4,005 haenyeos were registered on Jeju Island, Korea in 2016. Approximately 88.4% of the entire haenyeo population is 60 years of age or older (Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, 2016). Apart from the occupational hazards, advancing age may affect the health of haenyeos (Kim, Choi, & Kim, 2015; Lee, 2015; Park et al, 2016)
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