KMID : 0806120050350050763
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´ëÇÑ°£È£ÇÐȸÁö 2005 Volume.35 No. 5 p.763 ~ p.773
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Effects of a Drug Misuse and Abuse Prevention Program on Knowledge, Attitude, and Preventive Behaviors Related to Drug Misuse and Abuse, and Depression in Low-income Elderly Women
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½Å°æ¸²/Shin KR
±èÁ¤¼±/±èÁø¿µ/ÀÌÇý·Ã/Kim JS/Kim JY/Yi HR
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study was conducted to determine the effects of a drug misuse and abuse prevention programon knowledge, attitude, and preventive behaviorsrelated to drug misuse and abuse, and depression in low-income elderly women in the urban area.
Method: The design of this study was a nonequivalent control group
pretest-posttest design. The subjects consisted of 26 in the experimental group and 23 in the control group. The program was performed for about 1hour, once a week for 5 weeks. Data was analyzed by the SAS(ver.8.02) computer program, and it included descriptive statistics, Fisher¢¥s exact test, Mann-Whitney U test, Wilcoxon signed ranks test, and ANCOVA.
Result: There were statistically significant differences in knowledge, attitude, and preventive behaviors related to drug misuse and abuse, and depression between the experimental group and the control group.
Conclusion: This study showed that this prevention program of drug misuse and abuse is appropriate for low-income elderly women, Therefore this program is recommended as a nursing intervention strategy for the elderly.
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