KMID : 0367020040160020297
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Journal of Korean Academic of Adult Nursing 2004 Volume.16 No. 2 p.297 ~ p.305
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Depression in Physically Disabled Persons
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Kim Kye-Ha
Kim Ok-Soo Kim Jung-Hee
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Abstract
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PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to investigate whether subjective health and social support influence depression directly or indirectly through self-control of the physically disabled.
METHOD: A five item General Health Short Form (SF-36) Health Survey Questionnaire was used to measure subjective health. Social support and self-control were measured by Social Support Questionnaire 6 and Mastery Scale. The level of depression was measured by CES-D (Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression).
RESULT: The level of depression was high (M=22.23). Seventy percent of the subjects were depressed. Subjective health and satisfaction with social support influenced self-control. Subjective health influenced the level of depression directly and indirectly, but self-control influenced the level of depression only directly.
CONCLUSION: Subjective health and satisfaction with social support influenced depression through self-control in physically disabled persons. Therefore, when we manage these subjects¡¯ depression, it is seemed that program which lowers the level of depression by assessing and correcting these factors should be prepared.
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