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KMID : 0607720100210040489
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Journal of Korean Community Nursing
2010 Volume.21 No. 4 p.489 ~ p.501
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The Effects of Health Behavior-related Characteristics, Self-esteem, Activities of Daily Living, and Family Support on Depression in the Community-dwelling Elderly
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Lee So-Young
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Abstract
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of health behavior?related characteristics, selfesteem, activities of daily living, and family support on depression in the community?dwelling elderly.
Methods: The participants were 229 elders sampled from Seoul and other five provinces. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data, and data were analyzed by applying t?test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficient, and stepwise multiple regression with SAS 8.12.
Results: There was a negative correlation between depression, MMSE?K, self?esteem, ADL, IADL, and family support. Depression and health behavior?related characteristics showed a significant difference according to stress level and the reason of stress. Major factors that affected the elders depression were self?esteem, the amount of alcohol drinking, sleeping hours, ADL and the cognition of health status, which explained 59.4%.
Conclusion: Based on the findings of this study, self?esteem and health behavior?related characteristics including alcohol drinking, sleeping hours and ADL were the influencing factors of depression in the community?dwelling elderly. Therefore, effective psychological and physical health promotion methods need to be developed and applied in nursing interventions to prevent depression in the communitydwelling elderly.
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KEYWORD
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Health behavior, Activities of daily living, Depression, Aged
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