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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2012.13.3.1203

Comparison of Health Status, Sleep and Depression by the Employment Status in the Elderly  

Jeon, Hae-Ok (Department of Nursing, Cheongju University)
Kim, Ok-Soo (Division of Nursing Science, Ewha Womans University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.13, no.3, 2012 , pp. 1203-1211 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to compare the health status, sleep and depression and to examine relationships between health status, sleep and depression by employment status in the elderly. This study used the data from the "2008 Korean National Survey on Older Adults" by Ministry of Health, Welfare and Family. Out of the total 15,146 Korean elderly surveyed, 5,204 subjects with job and 9,942 subjects without job at the present were used in a final analysis. There were significant differences in health status, sleep and depression by employment status. As for old adults with job, job satisfaction had the greatest effect on depression, followed by perceived health status, difficulty of daily activities by disease, and deep-sleeping days in the order. These variables accounted for 29% of depression. As for old adults without job, perceived health status had the greatest effect on depression, followed by difficulty of daily activities by disease, deep-sleeping days and total sleeping time in the order. These variables accounted for 32% of depression. Therefore, the health-promotion intervention to improve the health status, sleep and depression of the elderly should be planed and provided considering such differences by employment status.
Keywords
Depression; Sleep; Health Status; Aged; Occupations;
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