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KMID : 0379220170370020369
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Journal of Korea Gerontological Society
2017 Volume.37 No. 2 p.369 ~ p.383
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Influences of Dementia Knowledge and Dementia Attitude on Physical Activity of Old-Old Elderly
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Lee Jeong-Hwa
Suh Soon-Rim
Kim Eun-Hwi
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to investigate levels of dementia knowledge, dementia attitude, and physical activities and whether dementia knowledge and dementia attitude affect physical activities in old-old elderly who had high risk of dementia. A descriptive study design was used. Participants were 218 old-old elderly above 75 years at 9 elderly welfare facilities in K county from June 1 to 30 in 2016. Collected data were analyzed by t-test, ANOVA, Pearson’s correlation coefficient, hierarchical regression using SPSS WIN 18.0 program. The mean scores of dementia knowledge, dementia attitude, and physical activity of participants were low, there were positive correlations between dementia knowledge and dementia attitude (r=.380, p<.001), and physical activities (r=.211, p=.002), and between dementia attitude and physical activities (r=.380, p<.001). The significant predictors of physical activities were dementia attitude (β=.271, p<.001), gender (β=.207, p=.003) and education level (β=.184, p=.023). These variables explained 28.8% of physical activities. In conclusion, we need to develop a customized multifactorial physical activity program with considering dementia knowledge and dementia attitude especially for old-old elderly women with low education level.
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KEYWORD
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Aged , Attitude , Dementia , Knowledge , Physical activity
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