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KMID : 0922320100170020127
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Journal of Korean Academic Society of Home Care Nursing
2010 Volume.17 No. 2 p.127 ~ p.134
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Effects of a Stress Management Program on Perceived Stress, Depression and Somatic Symptom in the Elderly
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Lee Young-Hee
Park Chai-Soon
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study was done to identify the effects of stress management program on perceived stress, geriatric depression, and somatic symptom in elderly Korean subjects.
Methods: A pre-post test design with a nonequivalent control group was used. Fifty elderly Korean subjects with mild depression were recruited from the registerants at four public senior citizen centers within S-gu in Seoul. They were randomly allotted to the experimental group(n=25) and control group(n=25). The intervention was performed for one hour each week at each center for 5 weeks. The effects were measured by Perceived Stress Scale, Geriatric Depression Scale-Korean, and Patient Health Questionnaire-15.
Results:: Perceived stress and depression were significantly reduced in experimental group. The somatic symptom was not significantly different in the experimental group.
Conclusion: The stress management program may have merit in improving mental health of elderly Koreans, although this conclusion is equivocal pending further well-controlled studies that include mediation techniques such as conversion therapy and health gymnastics.
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KEYWORD
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Stress, Depression, Somatic symptom, Stress management
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