J Korean Acad Community Health Nurs.  2010 Dec;21(4):489-501. 10.12799/jkachn.2010.21.4.489.

The Effects of Health Behavior-related Characteristics, Self-esteem, Activities of Daily Living, and Family Support on Depression in the Community-dwelling Elderly

• Lee SY

• KMID: 2292879
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.12799/jkachn.2010.21.4.489

Abstract

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of health behavior-related characteristics, self-esteem, activities of daily living, and family support on depression in the community-dwelling elderly.
METHODS
The participants were 229 elders sampled from Seoul and other five provinces. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data, and data were analyzed by applying t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficient, and stepwise multiple regression with SAS 8.12.
RESULTS
There was a negative correlation between depression, MMSE-K, self-esteem, ADL, IADL, and family support. Depression and health behavior-related characteristics showed a significant difference according to stress level and the reason of stress. Major factors that affected the elders' depression were self-esteem, the amount of alcohol drinking, sleeping hours, ADL and the cognition of health status, which explained 59.4%.
CONCLUSION
Based on the findings of this study, self-esteem and health behavior-related characteristics including alcohol drinking, sleeping hours and ADL were the influencing factors of depression in the community-dwelling elderly. Therefore, effective psychological and physical health promotion methods need to be developed and applied in nursing interventions to prevent depression in the community-dwelling elderly.

Keyword

Health behavior; Activities of daily living; Depression; Aged

MeSH Terms

Activities of Daily Living*
Aged*
Alcohol Drinking
Cognition
Depression*
Health Behavior
Health Promotion
Humans
Nursing
Seoul
Surveys and Questionnaires

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