Factors Related to Quality of Life among Rural Elderly / 성인간호학회지
Journal of Korean Academy of Adult Nursing
; : 379-388, 2005.
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em Ko
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE: This study was conducted to explore the degree of depression, perceived health status, chronic disease and quality of life(QOL) among rural elderly and to determine the factors related to their QOL. METHOD: The design of this study was a correlational study. The subjects were 423 elderly consisted of 157(37.1%) men and 266(62.9%) women dwelling in a rural area of N City. Data were collected from May to December, 2003 using a structured questionnaire. A stepwise multiple regression analysis was performed to identify the factors related to the QOL. RESULT: It was found that the mean score of QOL was in total with 2.15 out of 5.00 and women elderly's score was significantly lower than men(t=2.20, p=.028). Perceived health status showed statistically significant positive relationship with QOL(r=.608, p<.05), while depression(r=-.751, p<.01) and chronic illness(r=-.336, p<.01) showed statistically significant negative relationship. Depression was found to have the highest correlation with QOL among the subjects. Depression score explained QOL at the most, accounting for 36.8% of the variability, followed by perceived health(8.2%) and the number of chronic illness(.7%). Other factors related to the QOL were economic status and absence of spouse. CONCLUSION: In order to increase the QOL of rural elderly, it is necessary to decrease the depression, to increase their perceived health status and to decrease the number of chronic illness. We suggest the implementation of a program not only to promote physical health status and self-care ability but to take care of mental health for the rural elderly.
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Assunto principal:
Qualidade de Vida
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Autocuidado
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Saúde Mental
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Doença Crônica
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Inquéritos e Questionários
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Cônjuges
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Depressão
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
Limite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
Ko
Revista:
Journal of Korean Academy of Adult Nursing
Ano de publicação:
2005
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Article