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Factors Affecting Depression in the Elderly during the COVID-19 Pandemic

COVID-19 펜데믹 상황에서 노인 우울에 영향을 미치는 요인

  • Ju-youn Hong (Department of Healthcare Administration, Daejeon Institute of Science and Technology University) ;
  • Young-bok Cho (Department of Information Security, Daejeon University)
  • 홍주연 (대전과학기술대학교 보건의료행정학과) ;
  • 조영복 (대전대학교 정보보안학과)
  • Received : 2023.11.13
  • Accepted : 2023.12.05
  • Published : 2023.12.31
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Abstract

This study was conducted to identify factors affecting depression in the elderly using three-year Community Health Survey data from 2020, when COVID-19 was declared an epidemic. Differences in depression according to general characteristics, health behavior, subjective health level, and medical use among 220,921 elderly were analyzed using complex samples t-test and ANOVA, and multiple regression analysis was performed to identify factors affecting depression it was carried out. As a result of the study, the level of depression among elderly women was found to be high, with an average of 1.21±0.01 for elderly men and 1.74±0.02 for elderly women, and there was a difference in generation type, with depression being higher in the first generation for elderly men and the third generation for elderly women. Variables that had a great influence on depression were the experience of depression and perceived stress.

COVID-19가 유행을 선언한 시기인 2020년부터 3개년의 지역사회건강조사 자료를 활용하여 노인 우울에 영향을 미치는 요인을 파악하고자 실시하였다. 노인 220,921명 대상으로 일반적 특성, 건강행태 및 주관적 건강수준, 의료 이용에 따른 우울의 차이는 복합표본 t-test, ANOVA를 이용하여 분석하였고, 우울에 영향을 미치는 요인을 확인하기 위해 다중회귀분석을 실시하였다. 연구결과 우울수준은 남성노인 1.21±0.01, 여성노인 1.74±0.02로 여성노인이 더 높게 나타났고, 차이를 보인 변수는 세대유형에서 남성노인은 1세대, 여성노인은 3세대일 때 우울이 더 높게 나타났다. 우울에 영향력이 큰 변수는 우울 경험과 스트레스인지로 나타났다.

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본 논문은 2023년도 대전과학기술대학교 교내 학술 연구비 지원에 의하여 수행된 것임.

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