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KMID : 0367020090210010062
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Journal of Korean Academic of Adult Nursing
2009 Volume.21 No. 1 p.62 ~ p.76
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Lived Experience of Yangsaeng Exercise through Kouk-Sun-Do among Korean Elderly
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Park Kyung-Sook
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Abstract
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to provide understanding of the meaning of ’Yangsaeng’ through lived experience of the elderly who practiced Kouk-Sun-Do.
Methods: A hermeneutic phenomenological methodology developed by Max van Manen was adopted. The data were collected from the interviews and observations on the actual experience of 9 people who were over 65 years old and practiced Kouk-Sun-Do from August to December 2006.
Results: The essential themes were discovered as ’body in comfort’, ’spouting vigor’, ’improving selfconfidence’, ’developing one’s mind’, ’setting oneself in order’, ’being aware of the value of Kouk-Sun-Do’, ’recognizing importance of value of getting along’
Conclusion: Therefore, practicing "Kouk-Sun-Do" is a suitable exercise for the elderly, as an effective nursing interventions for improving the quality of life of older people.
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KEYWORD
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Elderly, Qualitative research
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