노인의 스트레스, 우울 및 건강위험 행위에 관한 연구

• Published in: 지역사회간호학회지 Vol. 18; no. 3; pp. 391 - 399
• Main Authors: 김애정(Ae Jung Kim), 김옥수(Ok Soo Kim), 백성희(Sung Hee Baik), 장종화(Jong Hwa Jang), 김정희(Jung Hee Kim)
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Korean
• Published: 한국지역사회간호학회 2007
• Subjects: 간호학
• ISSN: 1225-9594; 2288-4203

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate stress, depression and health risk behaviors in elderly people. Methods: The subjects were 238 Korean elders who had visited the convalescent center. The level of stress was measured by the Korean version of BEPSI, which was developed by Bae, Jeung & Yoo (1992) and modified by Yim et al.(1996). CES-D was used to measure the level of depression. For health risk behaviors, we measured cigarette consumption and alcohol drinking during the last one month. Results: Of the subjects, 17.4% were excessive drinkers and 18.9% were currently smokers. The level of stress was between moderate and high, and 62.7% of the subjects were depressed. There were significant differences in stress and depression according to economic status and self-reported health. In addition, depression had positive correlations with stress and QF score. Conclusion: Stress and depression management programs for the elderly are needed. These findings indicate that nurses must consider stress and alcohol drinking when they take care of depressed elderly people.