Sejin Ju ¹, Kyung-Sook Kim ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Nursing, Namseoul University, Cheonan, 330-701, KR

Abstract

Objectives: Quality of life is a critical issue of elderly people. This study aimed to examine the factors that influence the
quality of life of the elderly with chronic disease in Korea. Methods: Data collection was carried out on October 29-30, 2010.
After the initial contact to explain the study’s purpose, the Korea Southern Power (KOSPO) assisted the study and provided
a list of fragile elderly with chronic disease. Answer sheets from 125 respondents were gathered, and 101 of them were
analyzed except for 24 incomplete ones. Frequency analysis, t-test, and multiple regressions were used in the research.
Results: The mean age of the participants was 77.45 years, with 76 (75.2%) of them being female. Regarding educational
level, 42 (41.6%) participants were illiterate in status and 25 (24.8%) participants graduated from elementary school.
Regarding religion, 66 (65.3%) of the participants has religion. Of the 101 participants, 16 (18.4%) were good or very good
health status, 33 (37.9%) subjects were moderate health status. The mean of systolic blood pressure was 142.44±15.53,
the mean of diastolic blood pressure was 88.56±10.48 and the mean of blood sugar was 135.69±36.15. The level of their
quality of life was 2.58 ± 0.36 points (ranging 1-3). In correlation analysis, quality of life was significantly correlated with
depression (r=-.514, p<.001), health status (r=.805, p<.001), MMSE (r= .430, p<.001). In multiple analysis, educational
level (t=2.541, p=.014), depression (t=-2.867, p=.006), and subjective health status (t=9.985, p<.001) were found to be
factors significantly associated with quality of life. These variables explained 71.9% of the elderly’s quality of life with
chronic disease. Conclusion: The results of the study showed the significance of depression and subjective health status to
improve the quality of life of the elderly.

Keywords

Chronic Disease, Depression, Elderly, Quality of Life, Subjective Health Status

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Kyung-sook Kim ¹, Hye-gyeong Cha ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Nursing, Namseoul University, 91 Daehakro, Seonghwan-eup, Seobuk-gu, Cheonan-si, Chungnam, 331-707, Korea

Abstract

Objectives: SNS (Social Networking Service) has many advantages, however, it also has shortcomings such as SNS overuse. In this paper, we shall see factors affecting on SNS addiction tendency of university students. Methods/Statistical Analysis: We collected data from university students in C province of Korea on October 1-30, 2015. They responded questionnaires of SNS addiction tendency, loneliness and secure attachment tendency. We gathered 248 answer sheets and analyzed 211 except for the incomplete one. We analyzed data through independent t-test, One-way ANOVA, Pearson’s correlation coefficients and multiple regression analysis. Findings: Findings indicated that the mean score of SNS addiction tendency of the university students was 42.85lete one. We analyzed data through independent t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson’s correlation among the groups (F = 7.094, p = .001). SNS addiction tendency showed a significant correlation with loneliness (r = .293, p<.001) and secure attachment tendency (r = -.410, p<.05). SNS addiction tendency was significantly affected by secure attachment tendency (t = -4.386, p<.001) and loneliness (t = 2.292, p<.05). These variables explained 18.1% of SNS addiction tendency among university students. Improvements/Applications: Therefore, to reduce SNS addiction tendency of university students, it is required to develop psychological and social interventions to reduce their loneliness and to increase secure attachment tendency.

Keywords

Addiction Tendency, Loneliness, Secure Attachment Tendency, Social Network Service (SNS), University Students.

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