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KMID : 0379720130270010113
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Journal of Korean Community Health Nursing Academic Society
2013 Volume.27 No. 1 p.113 ~ p.128
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Effect of Suicidal Risk, Meaning in Life on Age-dependent Life Respect in Patients at Public Hospital
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Wang Mi-Suk
Hwang Sun-Suk
Jeong Hyeon-Cheol
Han Suk-Jung
Kang Kyung-Ah
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Abstract
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the degree of suicidal risk, meaning in life, and life respect in various ages of patients and identify factors influencing their life respect. Method: The participants were 229 patients in a public hospital who completed questionnaires. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, Fisher`s exact test, ANOVA with Duncan post hoc test, and multiple regression. Results: There was a negative correlation between the meaning of life and life respect in the old age group (r=-.23, p=.02) and all subjects (r=-.14, p=.01) after controlling for age. Factors significantly influencing life respect were gender (β=0.11, p=.050) and educational status (β=-0.17, p=.022), and the multiple regression model explained 16.7% of the variance in all subjects (p<.001). In the early adulthood group, factors significantly influencing the life respect were gender (β=0.18, p<.001) and suicidal thoughts (β=0.21, p=.028), and the multiple regression model explained 6.8% of variance in all subjects (p=.001). Conclusion: The results of this study suggest that suicidal prevention and educational programs for increasing an appreciation of life should consider subject`s characteristics, such as gender and educational status.
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KEYWORD
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Suicide, Respect for life, Life cycle stages
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