KMID : 0869220130170020074
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Journal of Korean Geriatric Psychiatry 2013 Volume.17 No. 2 p.74 ~ p.78
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A Study of Anxiety and Quality of Life among the Elderly in a Small and Medium-Sized City
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Jang Min-Uk
Na An-Suk Lee Sang-Yeol
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Abstract
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Objectives£º This study was designed to investigate the prevalence of anxiety and to identify demographic variables and clinical characteristics impacting on anxiety and quality of life in the elderly.
Methods£º We analyzed data of 300 patients. Generalized anxiety disorder-7 (GAD-7), World Health Organization Quality of Life Assessment Instrument Brief Form (WHOQOL-BREF), Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, Scale of Social Support (SSS), Brief Encounter Psychosocial instrument (BEPSI-K) were used to evaluate. Patients were divided into anxiety and non-anxiety group according to the GAD-7 score. We compared stress and quality of life between two groups and analyzed multiple linear regression with anxiety and quality of life as criterion variables.
Results£º The prevalence of anxiety in elderly was 27% (n=81). Compared to the non-anxiety, anxiety people appeared significantly lower mean scores all of subscales in WHOQOL-BREF : General Health (t=-6.782, p£¼0.001), Physical Health (t=-6.935, p£¼0.001), Psychological Health (t=-8.816, p£¼0.001), Social Relationship (t=-5.409, p£¼0.001) and Environmental Health (t= -5.667, p£¼0.001). Stress, social support, education, sleep were significant explanation variables for anxiety and anxiety, stress, self-esteem were significant explanation variables for quality of life.
Conclusion£º These results show that the most important variable influencing on anxiety was stress and influencing on quality of life was anxiety.
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KEYWORD
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Elderly, Anxiety, Quality of life
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