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Effects of a Drug Misuse and Abuse Prevention Program on Knowledge, Attitude, and Preventive Behaviors Related to Drug Misuse and Abuse, and Depression in Low-income Elderly Women
Kyung Rim Shin, Jeong Sun Kim, Jin Young Kim, Hye Ryeon Yi
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing 2005;35(5):763-773.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2005.35.5.763
Published online: March 28, 2017

1Professor, College of Nursing, Ewha Womans University, Korea.

2Full time lecturer, College of Nursing,, Chonnam National University, Korea.

3Researcher, Institute of Human Genimic Study, Korea University, Korea.

4Assistant research professor, Institute of Human Genimic Study, Korea University, Korea.

kjs0114@jnu.ac.kr

Copyright © 2005 Korean Society of Nursing Science

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  • Purpose
    This study was conducted to determine the effects of a drug misuse and abuse prevention programon knowledge, attitude, and preventive behaviorsrelated to drug misuse and abuse, and depression in low-income elderly women in the urban area.
  • Method
    The design of this study was a nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest design. The subjects consisted of 26 in the experimental group and 23 in the control group. The program was performed for about 1hour, once a week for 5 weeks. Data was analyzed by the SAS(ver.8.02) computer program, and it included descriptive statistics, Fisher's exact test, Mann-Whitney U test, Wilcoxon signed ranks test, and ANCOVA.
  • Result
    There were statistically significant differences in knowledge, attitude, and preventive behaviors related to drug misuse and abuse, and depression between the experimental group and the control group.
  • Conclusion
    This study showed that this prevention program of drug misuse and abuse is appropriate for low-income elderly women, Therefore this program is recommended as a nursing intervention strategy for the elderly.
  • Keywords: Aged; substance-related disorder; Knowledge; Attitude; Behavior

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