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A growing elderly population in the society has brought about the new focus of health delivery system on health service for this population. Since Welfare Law for Elderly was in active in 1981, there has been an increasing need to look at various health problems and socio-psychological problems for institutionalized older population. The purpose of the study was to identify the influencing factors on quality of life in the institutionalized older population. A non-experimental design with survey rescarch was utilized for the study to measure depression, quality of life, and ADL. Total of 48 subjects were recruited from two separate institutions for older people in Tae Jeon Metropolitan City. The data were collected from June, 23 to June, 30 in 2000. The measurements for the study variables were MSQ(Mental Status Questionnaire) for cognitive testing, physical symptom assessment scale(Choi,1991) for objective health status, physical functioning scale(Song,1991), Korean version of Geriatric Depression Scale-short form, medified scale of LSI-Z(Choi,1997) and Facial Expression scale (Andrews & Whithey.1976) for quality of life. The data were analyzed by SPSS/PC with decriptive statistics, x^2-test, Mann-Whitney U test, and regression analysis according to the study problems. The findings of the study are as follows: Among study variables, depression and health status were the most influencing factors on quality of life by both measurements. In conclusion, the study developed to identify an influencing factors on quality of life for institutionalized older people. Further study has been suggested with systematic approach of nursing intervention to reduce depression and consequently to promote health and quality of life for this population.
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