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Relationship Between Social Supports and Depression Symptoms Among the Elderlies at Care Facilities

일부 요양시설 노인들의 사회적 지지와 우울수준과의 관련성

  • Lim, Young-A (Department of health care administration, Seoyeong University)
  • 임영아 (서영대학교 보건의료행정과)
  • Received : 2019.09.20
  • Accepted : 2019.11.01
  • Published : 2019.11.30
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Abstract

This study was undertaken to investigate the relationship between social support and depression of the elderly in care facilities. We enrolled 328 elderly people aged 65 years or older, admitted to 15 care facilities located in D metropolitan city. Data were collected through personal interviews conducted by interviewers who visited each care facility, from March 1 to May 31, 2018. Our results indicate a significantly higher distribution of depression in the group having lower social support; the score of depression was determined to be in a significant positive correlation with social support. Considering logistic regression, the adjusted odds ratio in the depressed group increased significantly by 2.7 times in the high group (Q3), 5.4 times in the middle group (Q2) and 10.1 times in the low group (Q1), which had the very high group of social support score. Multiple regression analysis revealed that the factors influencing depression include religion status, relationship with children, subjective health status, physical disabilities, smoking status, breakfast status, and social support, and the explanation power of the injected variables is 41.1%. Taken together, our findings indicate that the level of depression amongst the elderly in care facilities is significantly related to the social support available.

본 연구는 요양시설 노인의 사회적 지지와 우울수준과의 관련성을 규명하고자 시도하였다. 조사대상은 D광역시에 소재하고 있는 15개소의 요양시설에 입소하고 있는 65세 이상 노인 328명을 대상으로 하였으며, 자료 수집은 2018년 3월 1일부터 5월 31일까지의 기간 동안에 조사원이 조사대상 요양시설을 직접 방문하여 면접조사에 의하였다. 연구 결과, 조사대상자에서의 우울군의 분포는 사회적지지 점수가 낮은 군일수록 유의하게 높았으며, 우울수준 점수(CES-D)는 사회적지지 점수와 유의한 음의 상관관계를 보였다. 로지스틱 회귀분석 결과, 우울군에 속할 위험비는 사회적지지 점수가 가장 높은 군(Q4)보다 높은 군(Q3)에서 2.7배, 중간 군(Q2)에서 5.4배, 낮은 군(Q1)에서 10.1배 유의하게 증가하였다. 다중회귀분석 결과, 우울수준에 영향을 미치는 요인으로 종교유무, 자녀와의 관계, 주관적 건강상태, 신체의 부자유유무, 흡연상태, 아침식사여부 및 사회적지지가 유의한 변수로 선정되었으며, 투입된 변수들의 설명력은 41.1%이었다. 위와 같은 연구결과는 요양시설 노인의 우울수준은 사회적 지지와 유의한 관련성이 있음을 시사하고 있다.

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