KMID : 0607320210300040411
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Journal of Korean Academy of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 2021 Volume.30 No. 4 p.411 ~ p.423
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A Comparative Study of the Factors Associated with Geriatric Depression between Two Sex Groups Living Alone
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Hong Eun-Hye
Kim You-Kyung Park Jung-Hyun Kim Hee-Jung
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Abstract
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Purpose: The aims of this study were to identify depression rates depending on the sex among elderly people living alone and to compare depression-related ecological system factors between two sex groups.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted using secondary data from the 7th Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging survey in 2018. A total of 893 elders living alone were included (152 men and 741 women). Hierarchical logistic regression was used to identify depression-related ecological system factors depending on the sex.
Results: Men had significantly higher rates of depression (28.6%) than women (24.0%, p<.001). Depression-related ecological system factors in elderly women were higher educational level, poor subjective health status, impairment of instrumental activities of daily living, low satisfaction with children¡¯s relation, financial based on children¡¯s support, and rare meetings with close people. However, relation satisfaction with children was the only relevant depression-related ecological system factor in the men¡¯s group.
Conclusion: Our study findings show that depression-related ecological system factors vary depending on the sex of elderly people living alone. Thus, mental health professionals should provide sex-specific interventions to develop or implement depression-prevention strategies for the elderly living alone depending on the sex.
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KEYWORD
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Depression, Aged, Living alone, Sex, Ecological system model
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