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전시자/Chon, Si Ja
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Abstract
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This study was conducted to determine and compare depression and self-esteem in the hospitalized elderly patients and nursing home residents.
The 79 subjects of the study were selected by convinience. Among them, 34 hospitalized elderly patients were drawn from the medical-surgical wards of a general hospital in Seoul during the period from January 11, 1988 to January 14, 1988. The other 45 female subjects were selected from a city-owned nursing home for women in Seoul.
Data was collected by interview with a structured questionnaire by the investigator and two assistants.
Revised Zung´s Depression Scale by the investigator, and translated Rosenberg´s Selfesteem Scale by Choi were used for the study.
Data were analyzed by the SPSS computer program. Mean, frequency, and percentage were used to describe characteristics of the subjects.
To determine the differences of depression and self-esteem between the hospitalized elderly patients and the nursing home residents, t-test was used.
By Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient, the relationship between depression and self-esteem of the subjects were analyzed.
The results of study were as follows
1. The level of depression of nursing home residents was higher than that of hospitalized elderly patients. (t=2.44, p=.006) 56% of nursing home residents and 32% of hospitalized elderly patients were identified as depressed.
2. Nursing home residents showed lower level of self-esteem than that of hospitalized elderly patients (t=4.89, p=.00). The percentage of those low self-esteem were 53% for nursing home residents, and 9% for the hospitalized elderly patients.
3. For nursing home residents, the more positive their health attitude, the higher their health attitude, the higher their self-esteem, and the shorter their residency in nursing home, the higher their depression.
4. Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient between depression and self ?esteem of the subjects were r=-.59(p=.001), suggesting the higher the depression, the lower the self-esteem of the elderly persons. In conclusion, there is a need for nursing intervention to alleviate depression and to promote self-esteem especially for nursing home residents.
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KeyWords
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원문 및 링크아웃 정보
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등재저널 정보
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