Relations among Depression, Life Satisfaction and Health Promoting Behavior in the Elderly

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Res Community Public Health Nurs. 2010;21(2):169-177

Publication date (electronic) : 2014 April 04

doi : https://doi.org/10.12799/jkachn.2010.21.2.169

¹Full-time Lecture, Department of Nursing, Gwangwang Health College, Korea.

²Assistant Profesor, Department of Nursing, Shingyeong University, Korea.

Address reprint requests to: Ryu, Hyun-Sook, Department of Nursing, Shingyeong University, 1485 Namyang-dong, Hwaseong 445-741, Korea. Tel: 82-11-9606-5508, Fax: 82-31-369-9116, rhs5508@hanmail.net

Received 2009 October 26; Revised 2010 June 14; Accepted 2010 June 17.

Abstract

Purpose

The purposes of this study were to examine the relations among depression, life satisfaction and health promoting behavior, and to find factors related with health promoting behavior.

Methods

The subjects were 198 elderly people of over 65 living in K City and S City. Data were collected through a structured questionnaire and analyzed by SPSS/WIN 13.0.

Results

Health promoting behavior was significantly different according to religion, education level, living with family, previous job, pocket money, subjectively economic level, and leisure activities. Depression was significantly different according to education level, living with family, pocket money, economic level, and leisure activities. And life satisfaction was significantly different according to religion, living with family, and pocket money. The variables that affected the degree of health promoting behavior were depression, life satisfaction and living with family, and they represented 29.7% of health promoting behavior.

Conclusion

The health promoting behavior of the subjects was better than average and, at the same time, the lower depression in the health promoting behavior was the higher life satisfaction was. Therefore, in order to decrease depression and to increase life satisfaction, the development of advanced health promoting programs will be helpful to lead health life for the elderly people.

Keywords: Elderly; Health promotion; Depression; Personal satisfaction

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