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KMID : 1023720130610010057
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Journal of Welfare for the Aged
2013 Volume.61 No. 1 p.57 ~ p.83
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The Effects of Physical Diseases on Elderly Depression and Moderate Effects of the Self-Care Performance
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Seo Hong-Lan
Jung Yun-kyung
Kim Hee-Nyon
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of physical health condition on depression and moderating effect of self-care performance between those two variables. Analysis utilized 516 elderly subjects selected from 1,000 older adults who are 65 years and over currently using community service agencies for elderly in K city, Gyoung Sang Nam Do. Health condition and depression of study subjects were examined. Then, after controlling for socio-demographic variables which could affect depression in old age, the effects of physical health condition and self-care performance on depression were analyzed. Finally, moderating effect of self-care performance between two variables described above was examined. Presence of chronic illness and the numbers of illness were proved to be the factors which gave statistically significant effects on depression. It was turned out that as the degree of self-care performance increased, the score of depression decreased. The moderating effect of self-care performance in the association between the number of illness and depression was also significant. Based on the study results, the practical strategies for depression intervention related with physical illness and self-care performance were discussed.
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KEYWORD
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depression in old age, chronic illness, self-care performance
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