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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2017.18.11.526

The Effects of Comprehensive Health Care Program for Living Alone Older People on Blood Pressure, Fasting Glucose, Body Composition, Depression at a Senior Welfare Center  

Jang, Ae Sun (Mokpo Eland Senior Welfare Center, Healthcare Center)
Hwang, Eun Jeong (Department of Nursing, Sehan University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.18, no.11, 2017 , pp. 526-535 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was conducted to identify the effects of a comprehensive health care program for elderly living alone on blood pressure, fasting glucose, body composition, and depression at a senior welfare center in M city. The study employed a one-group, pre-posttest design. The comprehensive health care program lasted for three months, from March to June in 2015, and consisted of open health education, exercise class, health consulting and personal education, nutritional consultation, and a self-support group. The sample elements of this study were individuals over 65-years-old with hypertension or diabetes mellitus, living near a welfare center in M city. A total of 34 participants were initially selected, but five subjects who were attended less than five times were excluded; therefore, a total of 29 individuals were included. The t-test and Pearson's correlation were used to analyze the data. The characteristics of subjects were 19 male(65.52%) and 10 female(34.48%). The most common age was 70 (16 subjects;55.17%). Additionally, 14 subjects were suffering from hypertension and diabetes mellitus (48.27%), which were occupied in the largest number in this study. The average attendance number of health programs was 10.28 times(${\pm}4.17$). In this study of subjects were significantly lower systolic blood pressure(t=3.275, p=0.004), body weight(t=3.878, p=0.001), depression(t=3.308, p=0.004) compared to pre-test. As the elderly population has increased, the number of individuals living alone has also increased. Accordingly, then need for physical and psycho-social health programs targeting the elderly is greater.
Keywords
Alone; Blood pressure; Depression; Fasting glucose; Senior Welfare Center;
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