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KMID : 0367020080200020187
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Journal of Korean Academic of Adult Nursing
2008 Volume.20 No. 2 p.187 ~ p.199
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A Model Construction for Quality of Life in Single Aged Women
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Baek Sun-Sook
Ryoo Eon-Na
Park Kyung-Sook
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study is to develop a hypothetical structural model of the quality of life of single aged women and to explain the compatibilities between the models and actual data.
Methods: Ten theoretical variables were used to evaluate of the quality of life of single aged women. 300 of single aged women were selected as the subjects. A hypothetical prediction model of quality of life was tested by the covariance structure analysis with PC-LISREL 8.12.
Results: Economy, religion activity, leisure activity, social support, self-esteem, depression and health prompting behavior were the significant variables which affected to the quality of life directly in the single aged women. But social support, self-esteem affected to them indirectly. Knowing perceived health status directly but it affected indirectly to the quality of life in single aged women.
Conclusion: In this study, it was discovered that self-esteem was the most important factor to affect to the quality of life in single aged women and the next was the depression and health promoting behavior. As a result, it was discovered that age, economic status, self-esteem and depression were the significant factors to affect to the quality of life in single aged women.
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KEYWORD
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Women, Elderly, Quality of life
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