Predictors of Pain, Perceived Health Status, Nutritional Risk, Social Support and Self-Transcendence on Depression Among Lower Income Senior Citizens

The purpose of this study was to identify the degree of effect that lower income senior citizens' pain, perceived health status, nutritional risk, social support and self-transcendence have on depression, and to develop a nursing mediation method. This is a descriptive research that was conduct...

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Published in:Indian journal of science and technology 2015-01, Vol.8 (S1), p.178-178
Main Authors: Kim, Hyangsoo, Kim, Heekyung, Byun, Bokja
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis of variance
Depression
Health
Income
Mediation
Pain
Regression
Risk
Statistics
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Summary:The purpose of this study was to identify the degree of effect that lower income senior citizens' pain, perceived health status, nutritional risk, social support and self-transcendence have on depression, and to develop a nursing mediation method. This is a descriptive research that was conducted on 164 subjects who were users of the S welfare center and P welfare center, located in D City, Korea. A questionnaire was conducted from July 27 to July 31, 2013 to collect data. Data was analyzed using SPSS 18.0 program, to conclude the descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficients and stepwise multiple regression. The study results show that the mean score for the elderly's pain was 7.37 and the total of perceived health status was 5.47 points, which is lower than the median. Nutritional risk was 9.85 points indicating a high risk of nutrition, while social support and self-transcendence were 33.67 points and 23.85 points, respectively, which are both below median.
ISSN:0974-6846
0974-5645
DOI:10.17485/ijst/2015/v8iS1/59099