Research in Community and Public Health Nursing

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[English] A Conceptual Analysis of Korean Elders' Yangsaeng in Nursing: Min Kyung Gu; J Korean Acad Community Health Nurs. 2019;30(1):1-10. Published online March 31, 2019; DOI: https://doi.org/10.12799/jkachn.2019.30.1.1

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PURPOSE
This study tries to analyze the concept of Yangsaeng in the Korean aged, with focus on nursing.
METHODS
Rodgers'evolutionary approach was used to identify the common definitions, attributes, antecedents, and consequences of the Yangsaeng concept for the aged. Literature search was conducted at the NAL, NDSL, RISS, ProQuest, PubMed, AMED, and MEDLINE databases from 2004 to 2016, using the keywords â€œYangsaeng,â€â€œhealth promotion,â€â€œhealth management,â€â€œtraditional oriental methods,â€ and â€œtraditional oriental nursing.â€Finally, 20 relevant articles were selected and thoroughly reviewed.
RESULTS
The analysis shows that the model of Yangsaeng for the Korean aged is that of personal adaptive-capacity, totality, challenging, and coping resource and includes physical, social and psychological health and wellness.
CONCLUSION
This work provides some implications on the development of nursing intervention related with Yangsaeng for the Korean aged, and suggests the implementation of such intervention in the practice of Yangsaeng for the Korean aged. Therefore, a better understanding of the Korean aged and Yangsaeng within the context of nursing can be achieved.

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