Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing (대한간호학회지)
- Volume 30 Issue 4
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- Pages.880-892
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- 2000
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- 2093-758x(eISSN)
A Study of Factors Influencing Health Perception in the Elderly
노인의 건강지각에 영향을 미치는 요인에 관한 연구
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Lee, Young-Hee
(Dept. of Nursing College of Medicine, Kwandong University) ;
- Choi, Soo-Jeong (College of Nursing Science, Ewha Womans University)
- Published : 2000.08.01
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors influencing health perception in the elderly, to provide the basic data for health behavior program and nursing intervention. The subjects of this study were 240 elderly person over the age 60, living in Seoul and Kangnung. They were conveniently sampled for this study and the data was collected from June 1999 to September 1999. The instruments for this study were the Health Perception Questionaire developed by Ware(1979), the OARS Functional Assessment Questionaire (Duke University 1978), and Multidimensional Health Locus of Control by Wallston, Wallston, and De Vills(1978). The data were analyzed by using SPSS Win computer Program. The results are as follows; 1. The total mean score of the health perception was 52.02(S.D=