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Factors Influencing Depression in Elderly People Living at Home
Myeong Ja Moon
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing 2010;40(4):542-550.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2010.40.4.542
Published online: August 31, 2010

Associate Professor, Department of Nursing, Mokpo Catholic University, Mokpo, Korea.

Address reprint requests to: Moon, Myeong Ja. Department of Nursing, Mokpo Catholic University, 894-1 Seokhyeon-dong, Mokpo 530-742, Korea. Tel: 82-61-280-5126, Fax: 82-61-280-5109, mjmoon@mcu.ac.kr
• Received: January 10, 2010   • Accepted: August 16, 2010

Copyright © 2010 Korean Society of Nursing Science

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  • Purpose
    This study was done to identify the factors which influence depression for elderly people who live at home.
  • Methods
    The participants were 134 elderly people living at home in M city. Data were collected from April 2 to 30, 2009 and analyzed using SPSS/WIN 12.0 and AMOS 5.0 program. I assumed path coefficients by doing path analysis to understand synthetically causal relationship which influences on depression.
  • Results
    Social support, sleep pattern and self esteem had significant direct effects on life satisfaction and accounted for 50% of the total variance in life satisfaction. Physical symptoms, sleep pattern and life satisfaction also had significant direct effects on depression and accounted for 59% of the variance in depression. But social support, self assertiveness and self esteem were not significant for depression.
  • Conclusion
    These results provide guidance for designing useful strategies to reduce depression in elderly people living at home.
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Figure 1
The hypothetical model.
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Figure 2
Path diagram for hypothetical model.
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Table 1
General Characteristics of Participants (N=134)
jkan-40-542-i001.jpg
Table 2
Descriptive statistics of variables (N=134)
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Table 3
Correlational Matrix of the Study Variables
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*p<.05; **p<.01; ***p<.001.

Table 4
Standardized Parameter Estimates in the Model
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*p<.05; **p<.01; ***p<.001.

t-value=estimate (or direct effect)/standard error; SMC=squared multiple correlations.

Figure & Data

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    Figure 1 The hypothetical model.
    Figure 2 Path diagram for hypothetical model.
    Factors Influencing Depression in Elderly People Living at Home

    General Characteristics of Participants (N=134)

    Descriptive statistics of variables (N=134)

    Correlational Matrix of the Study Variables

    *p<.05; **p<.01; ***p<.001.

    Standardized Parameter Estimates in the Model

    *p<.05; **p<.01; ***p<.001.

    t-value=estimate (or direct effect)/standard error; SMC=squared multiple correlations.

    Table 1 General Characteristics of Participants (N=134)

    Table 2 Descriptive statistics of variables (N=134)

    Table 3 Correlational Matrix of the Study Variables

    *p<.05; **p<.01; ***p<.001.

    Table 4 Standardized Parameter Estimates in the Model

    *p<.05; **p<.01; ***p<.001.

    t-value=estimate (or direct effect)/standard error; SMC=squared multiple correlations.


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