• 가정과삶의질연구
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.197-206
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• 2002

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of marital characteristics on the marital stability among the elderly couples. Each participant was measured using a scale for the concept of marriage, a scale for marital coherence, a marital stress scale, a coping behavior scale and a marital stability scale. Elderly people who have a living spouse and who are living In Seoul were recruited. The data from two hundred and forty participants over 60-years-old were used in the final analyses. Major findings are as follows First, demographic factors such as educational level, health, economic status, the main source of income, and employment status appeared to significantly predict the elderly folks'marital stability Second, gender seems to be a factor In elderly couples'experience of marital stability. Husbands perceived marital stability to be higher than wives did. Third, the perception of marital stress, positive coping behavior and marital coherence influence the marital stability of the elderly couples. That is, the less elderly couples perceived marital stress and the less they relied on negative coping behaviors, the higher they perceived marital stability. These results imply that a healthful coping behavior to marital stress is important in enhancing marital stability for elderly couples.

• 근관절건강학회지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.180-188
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• 2013

Purpose: This study aims to explore the effect of physical, emotional and environmental status on safety consciousness of the elderly who live alone. Methods: A total of 228 participants were the elderly living alone aged 65 years and older. Three questionnaires were developed to measure safety consciousness, physical status, and environmental status by researchers. Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) was used to evaluate emotional status of the elderly. Data were analyzed by t-test, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficients, and stepwise multiple regression. Results: Average scores of participants were $3.71{\pm}1.49$ (range 0~6) for physical status, $8.28{\pm}3.38$ (range 0~15) for environmental status, $7.21{\pm}3.40$ (range 0~15) for GDS and $17.00{\pm}6.54$ (range 0~37) for safety consciousness. Safety consciousness was significantly associated with education, marital status, drinking, and depression as emotional status. These variables explained 13.6% of the variance in safety consciousness. Conclusion: The levels of safety consciousness among the elderly living alone were low. Education, marital status, drinking, and depression were the factors affecting safety consciousness. Risk assessment and management of these factors are needed to increase safety consciousness of the elderly.

• 한국보건간호학회지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.130-140
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• 2006

Purpose: This study aimed to analyze the conditions of the leisure type, health status, self-esteem, and social support of the elderly living alone. Method: The subjects were 189 elderly. The instrument was a structured questionnaire. The data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, ANOVA, and Pearson correlation coefficient. Results: The frequency of the leisure types of the elderly living alone was in the order of culture, rest, social activity and sports. The following factors showed a statistically significant relation: gender, education, religion and marital status with leisure type; age, economic status, job and leisure type with perceived health status; education, economic status and religion with self-esteem; and economic status, marital status and religion with social support. There was a negative correlation between ADL and both perceived health status, and self-esteem, but positive correlations between self-esteem and perceived health status, and between social support and both perceived health status and self-esteem. Conclusion: To maintain the quality of life of the elderly living alone, this study suggests that providing various leisure activities could raise self-esteem, and thereby complement for any deficiencies in family and social support.

• 한국노년학
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.371-392
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• 2007

이 연구의 목적은 노인인구에 대한 전국규모의 자료를 활용하여 노년기 결혼지위 점유와 건강의 관련성을 실증적으로 밝히는데 있다. 이 연구에서는 첫째, 사별노인과 유배우 노인의 신체 및 정신 건강, 사회관계망의 내용을 비교하였고, 둘째, 유배우노인과 사별노인 간의 건강격차가 사회관계망 특성에 의해 설명되는지를 검증하였다. 마지막으로, 사회관계망이 건강에 미치는 효과가 유배우/사별노인에서 어떠한 차이가 있는가를 살펴보았다. 한국보건사회연구원의 <2004년도 노인실태조사자료>를 분석한 결과, 결혼지위 점유에 따른 신체 및 정신건강 수준은 노인의 연령과 건강차원에 따라 그 양상이 상이하였다. 지각된 건강, 주요 만성질환 수에서는 노인의 결혼지위 점유에 따른 건강 격차가 크지 않았고, 관찰되는 차이는 성, 연령, 계층 등의 사회·인구학적 특성이 고려되자 감소하였다. 그런데 행복감 차원에서는 성과 연령을 비롯한 사회·인구학적 특성이 고려된 이후에도 유배우자는 사별자보다 행복감을 높게 지각하였다. 친한 친구/이웃 접촉, 친한 자녀접촉, 사회활동으로 요약되는 사회관계망의 특성이 신체 및 정신건강에 미치는 효과에서는 사별노인과 유배우 노인에서 차이가 있었다. 이는 사회관계망의 필요성이나 기능이 노인의 결혼지위에 따라 다름을 의미한다.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제48권2호
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• pp.192-198
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• 2015

본 연구는 30세 이상 한국성인의 결혼상태와 채소섭취와의 연관성을 분석하고자 하였다. 이를 위해 2007~2010년 국민건강영양조사 자료를 이용하여 조사 참가자의 성별, 연령대별 채소섭취량을 비교하고, 채소를 권장섭취횟수보다 부족하게 섭취할 위험도를 분석하였다. 분석결과, 결혼상태에 따라 성별, 연령대별 채소섭취량에 차이가 있었다. 남녀 모두 유배우자 동거 집단의 김치를 포함한 채소섭취량이 결혼한 적 없는 집단과 별거/이혼/사별 집단과 비교해 가장 높았다. 김치를 포함한 채소를 권장섭취횟수보다 적게 섭취할 위험도는 유배우자 동거집단에 비해 결혼한 적 없거나 별거/이혼/사별인 경우 높아지는 경향을 보였다. 65세 이상 남자의 경우 결혼한 적 없음/별거/이혼/사별 집단은 유배우자 동거 집단과 비교해 채소섭취량이 낮았으며, 채소를 권장섭취횟수보다 적게 섭취할 위험도는 높았다. 결혼상태와 채소섭취량의 관계를 명확히 파악하기 위해서는 결혼상태와 식생활의 변화를 함께 조사할 수 있는 코호트 연구가 수행돼야 한다. 또한 결혼상태의 지속기간, 결혼상태의 만족도 등 결혼상태를 다양하게 파악할 수 있는 정보와 함께, 식생활 상태를 평가할 수 있는 자료를 수집해야 한다.

• 가족자원경영과 정책
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.25-44
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• 2003

The purpose of the present study was to suggest the efficient communication methods for improving the quality of marriage and life in the elderly couples. For this study we considered variables connected with the communication efficiency of elderly couples. We investigated 462 elderly men and women whose spouse is alive and Seoul and the National Capital region. The major findings of this study are summarized as follows. 1) The communication efficiency of elderly couples was over than middle level so we could find that they communicate efficiently. 2) The communication efficiency of elderly couples differs significantly according to sex, education level, economic condition, health status, family type, social activity, sociotropy Personality, self-esteem, internal-external controllability, marital intimacy, relative comparison in the level of living. 3) The communication efficiency of elderly couples was dependently affected by intimacy, economic status, relationship; this variables had 40% explanation for communication efficiency.

• 가정과삶의질연구
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.1-12
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• 2002

This study was conducted to examine the relationship between socio-familial characteristics and health status in early stage of elderly life. In this study, a total of 252 Korean males and females aged 55 to 74 were interviewed to obtain information on various socio-familial characteristics such as age, gender, residence, marital status, education, religion, distance with children, household size, and living arrangements. They were also examined for self-perceived depression and diagnosed health problems. The analysis of the results show that marital status, gender, and living arrangement were major characteristics differentiating health status; widowed women living apart from their children are at lower level for most items of hea1th status such as emotional, circulatory, respiratory, digestive, and muscle and skeletal function. Based on this analysis, suggestions are made for efficient health management. First, widowed females living without children are encouraged to participate in regular health promotion programs in self-organized groups. Second, usual welfare service programs need to be segregated for each age group, so that relatively young elderly are not frustrated from being treated together with extremely frail older elderly. Third, low education group living in rural area are offered preventive medical services for muscular and skeletal related health problems.

• 지역사회간호학회지
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.358-367
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• 2013

Purpose: This study was conducted to identify the relationship of the elder abuse perception with the caregiving stress of adult caregivers and to investigate influencing factors on them. Methods: Data were collected from 398 adults aged 30-65, and analyzed with the SPSS/WIN program. Results: In the elder abuse perception, there were differences in age, marital status, education, job, person to be taken care of, age of elderly mother, duration of caregiving, economic status and health status of elderly parents. As for the caregiving stress, there were differences in age, marital status, income, health status, relationship with the elder, person to be taken care of, economic status and health status of elder parents. Influencing factors on the elder abuse perception included caregiving stress, education, marital status, health status of elders, and economic status of parents (30%). On the caregiving stress, elder abuse perception, economic status of elders, and relationship between caregivers and elders were influencing factors (24%). Conclusion: The results of this study suggest that it is needed to develop a nursing program to prevent elder abuse and to decrease caregiving stress in caregivers. In addition, it should be considered in tandem with significant influencing factors that were found in this study.

• Human Ecology Research
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• 제53권2호
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• pp.179-193
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• 2015

This study examined the retirement adaptation process for middle-aged and elderly couples. Twelve couples who had experienced retirement were recruited by theoretical sampling. Data were collected through in-depth interviews and analyzed through the grounded theory approach of Strauss and Corbin (1998). This study showed the results of 124 concepts, 41 sub-categories and 17 categories indicated through an open coding process. As a paradigm in axial coding, the causal conditions in the adjustment procedures of elderly couples whose spouses are retired were 'retirement preparation,' 'retirement acceptance,' and 'marital satisfaction.' A central phenomenon was 'crisis and conflicts of twilight couples.' The contextual conditions that correspond to this phenomenon were 'psychological separation from adult children,' 'division of household labor,' and 'economic status.' The action/interaction strategies to control the phenomenon were 'recognition of marital relationships,' 'conflicts coping,' 'resolution methods,' and 'self-reflection.' The intervening conditions that facilitate action/interaction strategies were 'attitudes of husbands,' 'mutual awareness of couple,' 'health status,' and 'support systems.' The consequences were 'readaptation of marital relationships,' and 'unresolved conflicts,' and 'trying alone.' This research classified middle-aged and elderly couples' adaptation into three types such as mutual effort, separation & resignation, and conflicts vestige. The findings provide basic information to develop a retirement adaptation program for the middle-aged and elderly.

• Human Ecology Research
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• 제56권2호
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• pp.175-193
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• 2018

This study identified the rate of income poverty and multidimensional poverty, correlation between income poverty and multidimensional poverty, and adjusted multidimensional poverty rate. We also analyzed the factors that affected the number of poverty dimension and the probability of belonging to the poor or not in 3,159 elderly households including 474 poor households and 2,685 middle class households. First, in poor households, the employment poverty rate was the highest and the housing poverty rate was the lowest. In middle class households, the relation poverty rate was the highest and the employment poverty rate was the lowest. Second, in poor households, correlation between asset poverty and relation poverty had the highest coefficient of .205 and asset poverty and housing poverty had the lowest coefficient of .149. In middle class households, the correlation between income poverty and relation poverty had highest coefficient of -.290 and employment poverty and relation poverty had the lowest coefficient of .038. Third, in poor households, the number of average poverty dimension was 4.30, but the number of average poverty dimensions of middle class households was 2.310. Fourth, the variable affecting the number of poverty dimensions in poor households were gender, age, level of education, marital status; however, the significant variables were gender, education level, marital status, income poverty in the middle class households. The variable that affected the probability of belonging to the poor or not in poor households was age. However, the significant variables were gender, education level, marital status, residence, and income poverty in middle class households.