지역사회간호학회지 (Research in Community and Public Health Nursing)
- 제16권4호
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- Pages.424-436
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- 2005
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- 1225-9594(pISSN)
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- 2288-4203(eISSN)
치매 노인의 문제행동에 영향을 미치는 요인
Factors related to Disturbing Behaviors, Premorbid Personality and Depression in the Pre-demented Elderly and the Mild Demented Elderly
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Yang, Kyung-Mi
(Department of Nursing, Gwangyang Health College) ;
- Kim, Soon-Lae (College of Nursing, The Catholic University of Korea)
- 발행 : 2005.12.01
초록
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify premorbid personality, depression and disturbing behaviors to provide information for developing nursing interventions for the pre-demented and mild demented elderly living as residents of their community. Method: The survey was conducted through direct interviews using a structured questionnaire in J city. Among the subjects contacted, 89 made appropriate replies to the survey. Result: The subjects' disturbing behaviors were significantly related to premorbid personality and depression. The predictors to disturbing behaviors of the pre-demented elderly were sex, extroversion, neuroticism and conscientiousness. The predictors to disturbing behaviors of the mild demented elderly were agreeableness, depression, sex, conscientiousness, and extroversion. Conclusion: In conclusion, disturbing behaviors of pre-demented elderly and mild demented elderly are affected not only by their premorbid personality but also by their depression. Therefore, it is necessary to encourage and respond to them with understanding their disturbing, behaviors in 'relation to their premorbid personality. In addition. it is important to maintain positive emotion in order to reduce their disturbing behaviors.
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