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KMID : 0904520110300010029
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Health and Medical Sociology
2011 Volume.30 No. 1 p.29 ~ p.48
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A study of Influence Factors on the Suicidal Tendency of Elderly Living alone
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Ko Jea-Ug
Kim Soo-Bong
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study is to establish the suicide prevention policy of elderly living alone. We constructed and analyzed stepwise multi-regression model, which include socio-demographic factors, physical & emotional factors and social relations factors. The data was collected from interviews with 303 elderly living alone in Eunpyeong-gu.
Major finding of this study is that important influencing factors on the suicidal tendency are depression(β=.335, p<.001), sex(β=-.138, p<.05), social support(β =-.117, p<.05) and family-related satisfaction(β=-.114, p<.05).
In conclusion, it"s important to understand, manage and prevent factors which effects on suicide. Also, based on this result, policy implications should be discussed about the aged suicide prevention and built health-welfare cooperation model among community-based institutions.
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KEYWORD
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elderly living alone, suicidal tendency, suicide prevention, depression
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