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KMID : 0379220090290010101
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Journal of Korea Gerontological Society
2009 Volume.29 No. 1 p.101 ~ p.116
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The Influence of the Health Promotion Behaviors on the Life Satisfaction of the Elderly with Diabetes -A Mediating Effect of Depression-
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Kim Dong-Bae
Chae Su-Jin
Cho Wan-Ki
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Abstract
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With increasing elderly living with diabetes, health professionals have focused on the relations between behaviors improving health status and life satisfaction. This research attempts to explain the influence of the health promotion behaviors on the life satisfaction of the elderly with diabetes. Also, we are focusing whether there is a mediating effect of depression between health promotion behaviors and life satisfaction of the elderly with diabetes.
685 persons with diabetes over 60 years of age were selected from the data of KLoSA (Korean Longitudinal Study of Ageing), administered by The National Institute of Labor in 2006. Life satisfaction was measured by 5 items: health status, economic status, relationship with a spouse, relationship with children, and the quality of life. Health promotion behaviors were measured by 4 items: regular diet, exercise, smoking, and drinking. The mediating variable is the depression measured by CES-D10. As the method of analysis, the multiple regressions were used with SPSS 12.0. The result of the study shows that the health promotion behaviors have a positive influence on life satisfaction and a negative influence on depression. It was also verified that the depression variable has a partial mediating effect between health promotion behaviors and life satisfaction. These results present the importance of integrated (physical, psychological, and social) approach for the health promotion experts intervening with the elderly with diabetes.
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KEYWORD
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the elderly with diabetes, health promotion behavior, Life satisfaction, depression
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