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남성노인의 성생활인식도와 우울과의 관계연구

 A Correlational Study on Perceived Sex life and Depression in Old Men

지역사회간호학회지 2002년 13권 4호 p.639 ~ 647
KMID : 0607720020130040639
권선숙 ( Kwon S.S. ) - 중앙대학교 간호학과

김명희 ( Kim Myoung-Hee ) - 중앙대학교 간호학과
이원유 ( Lee Won-Yoo ) - 중앙대학교 간호학과
이인순 ( Lee In-Soon ) - 중앙대학교 간호학과
정연강 ( Chung Yeon-Kang ) - 중앙대학교 의과대학 간호학과

Abstract

Purpose: Sexuality is important for the quality of life in old men but this issue has been less explored due to social prejudice. Therefore this study was carried out to describe a correlation between sex life and depression perceived by old men.

Method: The subjects were 370 old men who were aged over 60 and lived in a city and three provinces. Instruments used in this study were perception of sex life scale (11 items) and depression scale (20 items). The data was collected from December 2001 to February 2002 by written responses of the subjects to the questionnaire as well as one-to-one interview by research assistants for subjects. Statistical analysis for the data was done using SPSS and the level of significance was tested at 95% of confidence interval

Result: 1) Mean age of the subjects was 69.35±5.70 A total of 253 subjects (68.6%) had spouse and 191 of the subjects (52.3%) had sexual intercourse as frequently as 3 times per month. The average score of perception of sex life was 21.25±5.06 out of the total score of 44 and that of depression was 35.08±9.29 out of the total score of 80 2) Perception of sex life was statistically significant by age education disease medication living arrangement marital status presence of girlfriend pattern of inter-coitus pocket money age of last coitus subjective health state age of last coitus subjective health state and relationship (P<0.05) 3) Depression was statistically significant by age education disease medication living arrangement marital status satisfaction for marriage life pattern of inter coitus feeling for change of sex life pocket money subjects health state and relationship (P<0.05) 4) The correlation between perception of sex life and depression was negative showing that depression tended to decrease as perception of sex life increases.

Conclusion: It is concluded that depression in old men is colsely related to their sex life. Positive sex life may have an important effect on the quality of life in old men.
KeyWords
남성노인, 성생활인식도, 우울
Old men, Perception of Sex life, Depression
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