지역사회간호학회지 (Research in Community and Public Health Nursing)
- 제13권3호
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- Pages.513-522
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- 2002
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- 1225-9594(pISSN)
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- 2288-4203(eISSN)
중년기 남성의 스트레스와 갱년기 증상
A Study on the Relationship between Stress and Climacteric Symptoms of Midlife Men
- Chung, Yeon-Kang (Dep of Nursing, Chung-Ang Univ) ;
- Lee, Jae-On (The Foot Care & Health Center) ;
- Han, Kyung-Lim (Seoul MetroRolitan Rapid Transit corporation)
- 발행 : 2002.09.01
초록
This study investigated stress and the extent of climacteric symptoms in mid-life men, and examined their relationship in order to better understand the stress and climacteric symptom experiences of mid-life men, and thereby attempted to offer basic materials for the development of a health improvement program that may help increase the quality of life of mid-life men. Three hundred mid-life men whose ages were between 40 and 59 and resided in the Seoul area were subjects of this study. The data were analyzed with the SAS PC program using descriptive statistics to analyze subjects' general characteristics and variables of stress and the extent of climacteric symptoms of the subjects. The relationship between stress and climacteric symptoms were examined by the Pearson Correlation Coefficient, and stress and the extent of climacteric symptoms in relation to the general characteristics were analyzed by T-test and ANOVA. The study conclusions are as follows: 1. Subjects general characteristics The average, age of the subjects was 46 and 47.0% of them reported ages between 40 and 45. Of the subjects, 98% were married. In marriage satisfaction, those who were generally satisfied with their married life comprised 62.0% of the subjects. In terms of level of education, 95.7% were educated above the high school level. In occupational background, 59.7% had occupations related to technologies. As for religion, 42.7% had no religion. In number of children, 67.3% had 2 children. In residential status, 79,3% were living in their own homes. In terms of living arrangements, 87.7% of the subjects were living in the form of nuclear families. 2. Stress and the extent of climacteric symptoms The level of stress was scored as