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Factors Affecting the Depression of the Elderly Women in Poverty

빈곤층 여성 노인의 우울에 미치는 영향요인

  • Park, Eun-A (College of Nursing, Seoul National University) ;
  • Lee, In-Sook (College of Nursing, Seoul National University)
  • Published : 2009.09.30
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Abstract

Objectives: This study was to investigate the factors affecting the depression of the elderly women in poverty in community. Methods: The subjects were 1,208 elderly women over 65 years who were enrolled in the Public Health Care Center from Apr. 2008 to Jun. 2008. Data were collected using questionnaires including general characteristics, health related behaviors and health status by nurses at the time of enrollment. The collected data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, $x^2$-test, Pearson correlation coefficients and multivariate logistic regression. Results: The major findings of this study are as follows : The elderly women in poverty show a tendency to have lower level in income, education, self-rated health, cognitive function compared with ordinary women in old age. The predictors of depression of the elderly women in poverty were spouse's existence or nonexistence, type of insurance, cognitive function, and self-rated health. Conclusion: These findings suggest the need to develop nursing strategies for decreasing depression in the elderly women in poverty. To decrease the depression of the elderly women, the above-mentioned major influencing factors should be considered.

본 연구는 65세 이상 빈곤층 여성 노인의 우울에 영향을 미치는 요인을 파악하기 위하여 방문건강 관리사업 대상자 중 노인 교육프로그램 대상에게 수집된 기초자료를 분석한 서술적 조사연구이다. 연구대상자는 방문건강관리사업 대상자로, 2008년 4월 1일부터 5월 30일까지 기초생활수급권자, 차상위계층, 건강보험료부과하위 20%에 속하는 빈곤층 여성 노인 1,410명을 임의표출하여 조사하였다. 방문간호사가 대상자에게 자료 수집 및 방문건강관리서비스 제공에 대하여 설명하고, 대상자가 동의한 이후에 구조화된 설문지를 이용하여 직접 면담을 통해 시행하였고 이 중 1,208명만이 최종분석에 포함되었다. 수집된 자료는 SPSS프로그램을 이용하여 서술적통계분석, Pearson correlation coefficients, $x^2$-test, 다변량 로지스틱 회귀분석을 통해 분석하였고, 연구결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 첫째, 연구대상자의 연령은 75~84세가 54.4%로 가장 많았고, 배우자가 없는 경우가 87.8%로 무 배우자 비율이 높고, 간접적 경제수준인 의료보장 유형에서 의료급여가 74.9%를 차지하였다. 교육수준은 무학이거나 초등학교 졸업이 92.4%로 조사되었다. 둘째, 주관적 건강상태가 ‘나쁨’이 72.7%, 보유 만성질환 수는 평균 2.81개, 인지기능이 13.51점 으로 나타났다. 셋째, 일반적 특성과 건강행태, 건강수준 변수들이 우울에 미치는 영향요인을 분석한 결과, 무배우자일수록(p<.05), 인지기능이 낮을수록(p<.01), 주관적 건강감이 낮을수록(p<.001) 우울한 것으로 나타났다. 연령, 교육수준, 건강행태, 일상생활수행능력, 도구적 일상생활수행능력, 보유 만성질환 수에서는 우울정도에 유의미한 차이를 보이지 않았다. 본 연구결과를 토대로 다음과 같이 제언하고자한다. 첫째, 사회적 지지 및 가족지지를 포함한 심리 사회적 요인이나, 영양, 질병특성을 고려하여 우울에 영향을 미치는 요인을 규명하는 심층연구가 필요하다. 둘째, 빈곤층 여성 노인을 대상으로 우울 감소를 위한 중재프로그램을 제공할 때 우선적으로 차별화된 맞춤식 중재가 요구되며 노인의 기초적인 생활보장문제와 인지기능과 주관적 건강상태를 고려한 지역사회 기반의 통합 프로그램의 개발 및 운영이 요구된다.

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