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KMID : 1022120200220030115
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Health and Welfare
2020 Volume.22 No. 3 p.115 ~ p.138
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The Effects of the Social Supports on Life Quality among the Elderly Living Alone in Jeju: Mediating Effects of Depression
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Park Kyoung-Hee
Kim Sang-Mi
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to investigate social support, life quality, and depression among the elderly living alone in Jeju and to test whether depression mediates the effect of perceived social support on life quality. A total of 4,742 elderly living alone found in the registry of the Jeju Special Self-Governing Province Elderly Care Service completed the Medical Outcome Study Survey, Quality of Life survey, and Geriatric Depression Scale. The results of this study can be summarized as follows. First, there were differences in social support and life quality according to sociodemographic variables such as sex and region. Second, depression negatively mediated the relationship between social support and life quality and social support positively affected life quality. In addition, intervention for the prevention and treatment of depression could be needed because depression was identified as an important factor in the deteriorating quality of life in the elderly living alone.
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KEYWORD
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Elderly living alone, Social support, Life quality, Mediating effect
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