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The Relationship of Stress, Social Support and Depression in the Elderly
Pyoung Sook Lee, Yong Mi Lee, Ji Young Lim, Ra IL Hwang, Eun Young Park
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing 2004;34(3):477-484.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2004.34.3.477
Published online: March 28, 2017

1College of Nursing, Korea University, Korea.

2College of Nursing, Korea University, Korea.

3Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, Inha University, Korea.

pslee@korea.ac.kr

Copyright © 2004 Korean Society of Nursing Science

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  • Purpose
    This study was to identify the relationship between stress, social support and depression in the elderly.
  • Method
    The subjects were 283 elderly adults over 60 in Seoul. Data was collected by questionnaire surveys using convenience sampling. The instruments used in this study are the ELSI developed by Aldwin(1990), the Interpersonal Support Evaluation List developed by Cohen & Hoberman (1983), and the Geriatric Depression Scale by Yesavage & Brink(1982). Data was analyzed by the SAS program, using descriptive statistics, Pearson Correlation Coefficient, t-test, ANOVA and progressed Multiple Regression.
  • Result
    The relationship between stress and depression had a positive correlation (r= 0.33), but the relationship between stress and social support had no significant correlations. The relationship between social support and depression had a negative correlation (r= -0.38). The most powerful predictor of depression was the economic status and then a combination of stress, and social support account for 39% of the variance in depression in the elderly.
  • Conclusion
    These results suggested that stress and social support deficits can be potential risk factors in old age depression. Therefore, these findings give useful information for constructing an intervention program focused on depression in the elderly.

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