Psychological Health of Forensic Investigators After the 2024 Jeju Air Crash

Euntaek Hong's study, published on figshare in 2026, analyzes the psychological impact on forensic investigators following a mass fatality incident. The cross-sectional survey includes 735 investigators, with 224 deployed to the Jeju Air crash site, and reports prevalence rates for PTSD, depression, anxiety, alcohol use, and suicide risk. The dataset consists of a 30.5 KB DOCX file containing the research paper.

Use Cases

• Analyzing prevalence of probable PTSD based on survey results from 735 forensic investigators.
• Comparing mental health outcomes between deployed and non-deployed personnel as described in the study methods.
• Identifying site-specific risk factors for PTSD related to disaster victim identification procedures.
• Informing the design of trauma-informed mental health initiatives for forensic teams.

Strengths

• Includes specific prevalence statistics, such as 10.2% probable PTSD in the entire sample and 15.2% among deployed investigators.
• Focuses on a specific, under-researched professional group (forensic investigators) in a defined disaster context.
• Study design includes a comparison group (deployed vs. non-deployed) and adjusted logistic regression analysis.

Limitations

• The dataset is a 30.5 KB DOCX document, not a structured data file; analysis requires manual extraction of figures and text.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred from the research paper.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for quantitative reuse.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Euntaek Hong.

Collection Method

Cross-sectional survey conducted 9 months after the Jeju Air crash in December 2024.

Time Range

Survey conducted approximately 9 months after the December 29, 2024 incident.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-29 04:49:06.

Geography

South Korea, specifically related to the Jeju Air crash in Muan.