Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine the factors affecting depression in over 50 years one-and multi-person households during the COVID-19 pandemic. The data analyzed were taken from the second year of the 8th National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey(2020). Of the 3,465 survey respondents aged over 50,600 lived in a one-person household and 2,865 in a multi-person household. Statistical analysis was performed with the SPSS 24.0 software, and a multiple-sample analysis was conducted as well. According to the obtained results, the factors affecting in the respondents in both types of households were career, subjective health status, subjective stress level, activity restriction and Unmet medical needs; the factors affecting depression in the respondents in a single-person household were homeownership, subjective body image, hospitalization experience, and eating-out frequency. Thus, it is necessary to identify the degree of depression in over 50 in year one-person households during the pandemic, and it is recommended that interventions for alleviating it be customized for each group.
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