Journal of Korean Society of Rural Planning (농촌계획)

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The Effects of the Level of Plant Growing Activity on the Subjective Health, Depression, and Human Relations of the Elderly Participating in Weekend Farms

주말농장 참여 노인의 식물재배 활동수준이 주관적 건강, 우울, 인간관계에 미치는 영향

  • Jeong, Sun Jin (Urban Agriculutural Research Division, National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science, RDA) ;
  • Jang, Hye Sook (Urban Agriculutural Research Division, National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science, RDA) ;
  • Yoo, Eun Ha (Urban Agriculutural Research Division, National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science, RDA) ;
  • Kim, Jae Soon (Urban Agriculutural Research Division, National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science, RDA) ;
  • Lee, Geun Woo (Urban Agriculutural Research Division, National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science, RDA)
  • 정순진 (농촌진흥청 국립원예특작과학원 도시농업과) ;
  • 장혜숙 (농촌진흥청 국립원예특작과학원 도시농업과) ;
  • 유은하 (농촌진흥청 국립원예특작과학원 도시농업과) ;
  • 김재순 (농촌진흥청 국립원예특작과학원 도시농업과) ;
  • 이근우 (농촌진흥청 국립원예특작과학원 도시농업과)
  • Received : 2019.09.09
  • Accepted : 2019.11.19
  • Published : 2019.11.30
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the general characteristics of the elderly who participate in the planting activities of weekend farms and the effect of the planting activity levels on the subjective health, depression, and human relationships of the elderly. Data were collected and analyzed using subjective health, depression, and human relationship measures that can represent physical, mental, and social health. The main results were as follows. The educational level, the status of spouses, and the number of diseases of the general characteristics of the elderly who participated in the weekend farm showed significant differences in all subjective health, depression, and human relationships. Plant cultivation activity level was positively correlated with the subjective health of the elderly and had a significant effect. The higher the level of plant cultivation activity, the more positively it affected the human relationship. Plant cultivation activity was negatively correlated with the depression of the elderly.

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