• 재활간호학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.1-11
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• 2017

Purpose: This was a methodological study to develop a valid and reliable health assessment tool for middle-aged adults in long-term care settings (HATMAL). Methods: At the first stage of this study, initial 56-items HATMAL were derived via literature review, survey for needs assessment, and focus group interviews with experts. At the second stage, 54 items HATMAL were finalized via content validity test with 5 experts and a pilot study with 30 nurses. At the third stage, validity and reliability tests were conducted with 100 middle-aged patients in a long-term care hospital. Data were analyzed by factor analysis using SPSS 18.0 program. Results: Exploratory factor analysis resulted in 3 factors; functional assessment, symptom assessment, and comfort assessment. These 3 factors explained 83.8% of total variance and construct validity was confirmed. Test-retest reliability was .67 for appetite changes, .76 for regulating for behavior problems, and 1.0 for other items. Conclusion: Results indicate that HATMAL is valid and reliable to assess the health for middle-aged patients in long-term care settings. This study would contribute to provide more effective personalized treatment and care for middle-aged patients in long-term care settings considering their own characteristics.

• 가정과삶의질연구
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.157-172
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• 2001

This study was done to examine stressors that middle-aged men experience and how they deal with them. The subjects of this study are married men at the age of thirty five to fifty, the average age is 41.43(SD=5.46),27,580,070 income,1.14 (58= 1.21) children. and married to 13.87 years. The average of every stressor of middle-aged men turned out to be similar, but they are aware of their physical stress at most, stress from family and mentality ranks at second, and stress at job is the lowest. The coping behavior towards stress shows direct-active behavior at most, direct-inactive behavior and indirect-active behavior are in the close level, and indirect-inactive behavior takes the lowest portion. From the analysis, there were differences in stressors and dealing behaviors according to individual character and the family, they use different coping ways depending on stressors. Men became to be highly conscious of the crisis of the middle-aged life in rapidly changing society and family. Therefore, we need to figure out stressors they go through and develop the strategies to cope with stress so that they could support middle-aged men's quality of life.

• 가정과삶의질연구
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.141-149
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• 2002

In order to promote well-being during old age, it is important to start preparing early on for the later life. Based on this thesis, this study examined attitudes of the middle-aged women residing in rural towns on their preparation for old age as well as related variables. For this purpose, survey data from 200 individuals were analyzed using a SAS program. The overall degree of preparation for old age was quantified as about 67 points out of a 100 possible points. The variables that affected the level of preparedness include attitude toward using a paid nursing home ($\beta$=.23), type of agricultural work they engage in ($\beta$=-.21), who do you think is a supporter during your old age($\beta$=.20)］, type of decision-making in the household ($\beta$=.17). The explanatory power of such variables as standards of living ($\beta$=.18), family type ($\beta$=-.18), recognition of the entrance of old age ($\beta$=.17), and preparation behavior for old age ($\beta$=.15) were partially proved in three sub-areas (economical, emotional, and leisure areas) of preparation. The groundwork of this study could be used as basic materials to develop an educational program to improve the attitudes toward preparation for old age.

• 한국보건간호학회지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.38-50
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• 2012

Purpose: This study was conducted in order to investigate the physical activities of vulnerable low-income middle-aged people and their associated factors. Methods: From a health behavior survey of 1,000 vulnerable low-income subjects from a public health center in a metropolitan city, a secondary analysis was conducted for 332 respondents who ranged in age from 40 to 64. Results: The prevalence of walking activity was 45.2% and that of moderately intense physical activity was 9.9%. Prevalence of walking activity showed a significant association with marital status (divorce/widowed/separated, OR=2.263), drinking (drinker, OR=0.430), and CES-D score (over 21, OR=0.434). Prevalence of moderately intense physical activity was greater in subjects who had two chronic diseases, compared with those who had no chronic diseases (OR=3.713). Conclusion: Findings of this study suggest a need for implementation of strategies to improve moderately intense physical activity of low-income, middle-aged people. Also, in addition to studies on socio-demographic and health status and their associations with physical activity, further studies of related factors affecting physical activity, such as self-efficacy, social support, and social networks as internal and external resources, are needed.

• 대한가정학회지
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.213-229
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• 2003

The purpose of this study is to examine the heath status and health behavior of middle-aged Korean men and women. Even though there has been increased concern about extremely high mortality rate of Korean middle-aged men and mental health problems of middle aged women, there is a dearth of empirical studies which examine the health status and health behavior of middle-aged men and women in Korea. This study attempts to fill these gaps. Data gathered from 1,667 men and women aged between 30-59 are analyzed to examine the level of physical health, mental health, perceived health and health behavior and to explore the gender and age group differences in these aspects. The results show that there exist gender difference and age group difference in health status: Women are less healthy than men and as age increased health status declined. Women at their 50s are least healthy and most unhappy suggesting age and gender interaction in health status. There exist a gender difference in health behavior: Men have regular check-ups more frequently than women and exercise more. These results are discussed in terms of the gender differences in the experiences, social roles and life styles over the life course.

• 한국가족관계학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.3-22
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• 2017

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to identify the mediating effects of family resilience and depression in a relation between family stress and psychological well-being among middle-aged. Method: The subjects were 409 of men and women between 40 to 59 living in D and G province. They completed the questionnaire on family stress, family resilience, depression, and psychological well-being. Correlation and structural equation models of SPSS 23.0 and AMOS 22.0 were used to examine the relations between the variables. Results: The results are as follows. First, family stress had no significant effect on psychological well-being of middle age men and women, while it directly influenced on family resilience and depression. Second, family resilience and depression had direct influence on psychological well-being. Third, there were significant mediating effects of family resilience and depression in a relationship between family stress and psychological well-being. Conclusions: Family stress has an indirect effect on psychological well-being among middle age men and women mediated by family resilience and depression. The result suggest that psychological well-being influenced by family stress can be improved by enhancing Family Resilience and reducing Depression.

• 가정∙방문간호학회지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.266-275
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• 2021

Purpose: This study was conducted to explore the mediating effect of menopausal symptoms in the relationship between occupational stress and quality of Life in middle-aged working women Method: Data collection was conducted from May 2019 to July 2019. A sample of 130 middle-aged working women was recruited from three cities in Korea. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-tset, ANOVA, Scheffé test, pearson correlation, and a three step regression analysis. The mediating effect was analyzed using PROCESS macro with a 95.0% bias corrected bootstrap confidence interval (5,000 bootstraps resampling). Results: Quality of life had a negative correlation with occupational stress and menopausal symptoms, while there was a positive correlation between occupational stress and menopausal symptoms. Menopausal symptoms showed a direct effect on quality of life through occupational stress as a mediating variable. Conclusion: These results suggest that menopausal symptoms should be considered when developing interventions to improve quality of life through occupational stress control of middle-aged working women

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제52권6호
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• pp.598-607
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• 2022

Purpose: This qualitative study aimed to explore the lived and true meaning of experiences of middle-aged patients with complex regional pain syndrome. Methods: The participants were 10 men and women aged 40 to 60 years who received outpatient treatment at a university hospital, could communicate, and agreed to participate in the study. Data were collected through individual interviews using open and semi-structured questions from September 2019 to July 2021 and were analyzed using the content analysis method suggested by Hsieh and Shannon (2005). Results: As a result of this study, 42 summarized semantic units related to life experience, 15 subthemes, and seven themes were derived. The seven themes were "pressed by severe pain," "frustrated because I cannot be part of the community," "distressed because people do not recognize my disease," "sad about conflicts with family," "unmotivated because of desperate life," "appreciating for support," and "putting oneself together and living daily life." Conclusion: The vivid experiences of the participants derived in this study are the basic data for developing treatment guidelines. In the future, we propose a study on life and family care experiences according to the developmental characteristics of the life cycle of patients with complex regional pain syndrome and develop and apply programs to support patients and their families.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.563-573
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• 2020

본 연구의 목적은 중년여성의 노화불안에 영향을 미치는 요인을 파악하여 중년기 이후 여성들의 삶의 질을 향상시킬 수 있는 프로그램 개발의 기초자료를 제공하기 위해 시도되었다. 자료수집은 2019년 3월 8일부터 4월 11일까지 전국 8개 도시의 중년여성 256명을 대상으로 서면 동의를 받은 후 구조화된 설문지를 통해 이루어졌다. 수집된 자료는 SPSS/WIN 18.0 프로그램을 이용하여 기술통계, independent t-test, One-way ANOVA, 상관관계, 단계적 회귀분석 방법으로 분석하였다. 연구결과 대상자의 노화불안은 직업과 결혼생활 만족도에 따라 통계적으로 유의한 차이가 있었다. 노화불안은 지각된 건강상태(r=-.300, p<.001), 회복탄력성(r=-.537, p<.001), 결혼만족도(r=-.316, p<.001), 자존감(r=-.424, p<.001)과 음의 상관관계를 나타냈다. 중년여성의 노화불안에 가장 큰 영향을 미치는 요인으로는 회복탄력성(β=-.47, p<.001)과 직업(β=-.19 p=.003), 자존감(β=-.19 p=.014)이었고, 전체 설명력은 36.9%였다(F=14.34, p<.001). 중년여성의 노화불안을 감소시키기 위해서는 중년기 이후에 직업이나 사회활동 참여를 돕고 회복탄력성 및 자존감을 향상시킬 수 있는 프로그램의 개발이 필요하며, 이를 통해 노화를 긍정적으로 받아들일 수 있는 교육 및 중재가 제공되어야 할 것이다.

• 동아시아식생활학회:학술대회논문집
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• 동아시아식생활학회 2003년도 춘계학술대회: 동아시아의 주식문화
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• pp.78-79
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• 2003

본 연구는 여러 요인에 의해 성인병 유발이 많아지는 중년기 여성을 대상으로 정기적으로 에어로빅 운동을 수행하는 자와 좌식 생활자의 영양섭취실태, 특히 지방산 섭취실태를 조사연구 하였다. 조사대상자는 서울 근교 도시에 거주하는 평균 42.0$\pm$4.7세의 중년 여성 57명이다. 이들은 모두 폐경전 여성으로 에어로빅을 수행하는 자(A group) 44명, 좌식생활자(S group) 13명이다. 에어로빅 운동수행자는 주당 4일 이상 1일 1시간 정도의 에어로빅 운동을 6개월 이상 지속한 자이며 운동강도는 VO$_2$ max. 60% 정도로 실시되었다. 식이섭취 조사방법은 24시간 회상법을 이용하여 2일간 섭취한 식품을 조사하여 기록하였으며 섭취영양량은 컴퓨터프로그램 CANPro(한국영양학회, 영양재단)를 이용하여 1일 평균 섭취량을 산출하였고 식이콜레스테롤과 지방산의 1일 섭취량은 식품성분표(농촌진흥청)를 이용하여 산출하였다.(중략)