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Self-Care Behaviors and Depressive Symptoms of Low-Income Elderly Women with Hypertension  

Sung, Ki-Wol (Department of Nursing, Catholic University of Daegu)
Kim, Mi-Han (Department of Nursing, Daegu Health College)
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Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing / v.38, no.4, 2008 , pp. 593-602 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose: This study aimed to compare self-care behaviors and depressive symptoms between the young old (65-74 yr) and the old-old (75-84 yr) in low-income women with hypertension. Methods: This study used a descriptive research design. The subjects of this study were 136 elderly women over 65 yr living in D city. Data was collected from September to December 2007 through personal interviews using a questionnaire. The collected data was analyzed using the SPSS WIN 12.0 Program. Results: Self-care behaviors, functional status, and number of medications showed a significant difference between young elderly and middle elderly. There was a negative correlation between self-care behaviors and depressive symptoms. 52.2% of variance in self-care behaviors of young elderly and 76.8% of variance in self-care behaviors of middle elderly were explained by depressive symptoms, number of medications, and functional status. Conclusion: It is necessary to manage depressive symptoms to improve the self-care behaviors of low-income elderly with hypertension. Depressive symptoms need to be considered in planning hypertension programs for low-income elderly women.
Keywords
Aged; Hypertension; Self-care; Depression;
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