Research in Community and Public Health Nursing (지역사회간호학회지)
- Volume 13 Issue 4
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- Pages.639-647
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- 2002
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- 1225-9594(pISSN)
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- 2288-4203(eISSN)
A Correlational Study on Perceived Sex life and Depression in Old Men
남성노인의 성생활인식도와 우울과의 관계연구
- Kim, Myoung-Hee (Department of Nursing, Chung-Ang University) ;
- Lee, Won-Yu (Department of Nursing, Chung-Ang University) ;
- Lee, In-Soon (Department of Nursing, Chung-Ang University) ;
- Chung, Yeon-Kang (Department of Nursing, Chung-Ang University) ;
- Kwon, Seon-Suk (Department of Nursing, Chung-Ang University)
- Published : 2002.12.01
Abstract
Purpose: Sexuality is important for the quality of life in old men, but this issue has been less explored due to social prejudice. Therefore, this study was carried out to describe a correlation between sex life and depression perceived by old men. Method: The subjects were 370 old men who were aged over 60 and lived in a city and three provinces. Instruments used in this study were Perception of Sex life Scale 01 items) and Depression Scale (20 items). The data was collected from December 2001 to February 2002 by written responses of the subjects to the questionnaire as well as one-to-one interview by research assistants for subjects. Statistical analysis for the data was done using SPSS and the level of significance was tested at 95% of confidence interval. Result: 1) Mean age of the subjects was