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KMID : 1035420190070040241
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Journal of The Korean Society of Integrative Medicine
2019 Volume.7 No. 4 p.241 ~ p.251
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The Effect Factors on Stress in Middle-Aged Women
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Park Hye-Sun
Ma Rye-Won
Lim Sun-Young
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Abstract
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Purpose : The purpose of this study was to investigate the depression, self-efficacy, and stress level of middle-aged women and to identify the factors affecting on stress, and to provide base line data for the development of nursing intervention for stress reduction of middle-aged women.
Methods : Participants were 200 middle-aged women aged 40 to 60 who live in Seoul and Gyeonggi Province. Data collection period was from March 1, 2019 to April 15. In this study, the questionnaire of life events-stress, depression scale, self-efficacy was used. Data were analyzed by average, standard deviation, minimum, maximum, correlation and regression using the SPSS Program 21.0.
Results : The results of this study, the correlation between depression, self-efficacy and stress in middle-aged women, depression and self-efficacy(r=-.264, p<.001), self-efficacy and stress(r=-.279, p<.001) had a significant negative correlation, depression and stress (r=.268, p<.001) had a significant positive correlation. Depression and self-efficacy were the factors affecting the stress of middle-aged women. Depression was β=.207(p<.001) and self-efficacy β=-.222(p=.003). Depression had the greatest influence on stress, followed by self-efficacy.
Conclusion : Middle-aged women are an important time to prepare for a successful old age. Considering that the current middle-aged women are the subjects of the future aging society, their physical, psychological, and social problems are very important in preventing the elderly problems of the aging society. Therefore, effective nursing interventions should be developed that to reduce the depression and stress in middle-aged women and to improve self-efficacy and improve the quality of life of middle-aged women.
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KEYWORD
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Depression, Self-Efficacy, Stress, Middle-Aged Women
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