This is a descriptive correlational study that aimed to determine the status of activities of daily living, communicative ability, spirituality, and loneliness and to identify factors that influence loneliness among the elderly in Korea. The study population were older adults (65 years of age or older) living in one metropolitan city in South Korea, and 146 data collected using a structured questionnaire were used to analyze the results. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, independent t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson's correlation, and hierarchical multiple regression analysis using SPSS WIN/PC 26.0 statistical program. In the results of this study, activities of daily living, communicative ability, spirituality, and loneliness were all found to be significantly correlated (p<.05). In addition, the final multiple regression analysis confirmed that loneliness in the elderly is significantly negatively affected by lower levels of spirituality (β=-.44), lower communicative ability (β=-.29), and being male (β=-.20), in this order. Therefore, strategies to increase spirituality and communicative ability should be developed to reduce loneliness among the elderly in South Korea, and supportive approaches should be strengthened to reduce loneliness among men.
목차
Abstract 1. Introduction 2. Method 2.1 Study design 2.2 Research participants 2.3 Study instrument 2.4 Data collection method 2.5 Method of data analysis 3. Results 3.1 Differences in loneliness based on general characteristics of participants 3.2 Activities of daily living, communicative ability, spirituality, and loneliness of participants 3.3 Correlations between social strategy, life satisfaction, and successful aging 3.4 Affecting factors for participant loneliness 4. Discussion and conclusion REFERENCES
키워드
activities of daily livingcommunicative abilitylonelinessolder adultspirituality
저자
Younsg Soon Im [ Assistant Professor, Dept. of Nursing, Kyungbuk College, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Korea ]
Gie Ok Noh [ Associate Prof., Dept. of Nursing, Konyang University, Daejeon, Korea ]
Corresponding Author
국제문화기술진흥원 [The International Promotion Agency of Culture Technology]
설립연도
2009
분야
공학>공학일반
소개
본 진흥원은 문화기술(Culture Technology) 관련 산·학·연·관으로 구성된 비영리 단체이다. 문화기술(CT)은 정보통신기술(ICT), 문화적 사고 기반의 예술, 인문학, 디자인, 사회과학기술이 접목된 신융합기술(New Convergence Technology, NCT)로 정의한다. 인간의 삶의 질을 향상시키고, 진보된 방향으로 변화시키고, 문화기술 관련 분야의 학술 및 기술의 발전과 진흥에 공헌하기 위하여, 제3조의 필요한 사업을 행함을 그 목적으로 한다.
간행물
간행물명
International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology(IJACT)
간기
계간
pISSN
2288-7202
eISSN
2288-7318
수록기간
2013~2025
등재여부
KCI 등재
십진분류
KDC 600DDC 700
이 권호 내 다른 논문 / International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology(IJACT) Volume 12 Number 4