Abstract
this study attempted to provide basic data on mental health by identifying factors that influence the personal characteristics of the elderly on social participation activities and hopes. Data collection conducted from October 1, 2019, to December 31, 2019, with the consent of the subjects, and a questionnaire used, and 144 participants used for the final analysis. The questionnaire was composed of demographic characteristics, social participation activities, and hope. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation, and multiple regression using SPSS 21.0 statistical program. Because of this study, differences in social participation activities according to general characteristics showed significant results in education, religion, cohabitation type, standard of living, and health concern. Hope showed significant differences in religion, marriage, cohabitation, monthly income, standard of living, housing, subjective health, and health concern. Social participation activities showed a positive correlation with hope, negative correlation with health concern, and hope had a negative correlation with subjective health status and health concern. In the results of the regression analysis, the factors influencing hope were in order of living standards and health concerns, and the factors used in the analysis showed 30.5% of the influencing factors.
Highlights
In modern society, general living standards have improved due to the development of science, the improvement of national income by economic growth, and the improvement of living environment, with the development of medicine and the improvement of health and hygiene, the average life expectancy of the elderly is prolonging [1].Elderly people are generally used to mean 'old people because they are very old,' but it is not easy to clearly distinguish the concept
The elderly are generally classified by age, the elderly welfare law in Korea stipulates that the age of 65, the national pension benefit, is called the elderly [2]
This study aims to identify factors influencing social participation activities and life hopes according to the general characteristics of the elderly
Summary
General living standards have improved due to the development of science, the improvement of national income by economic growth, and the improvement of living environment, with the development of medicine and the improvement of health and hygiene, the average life expectancy of the elderly is prolonging [1]. People are generally used to mean 'old people because they are very old,' but it is not easy to clearly distinguish the concept. The elderly are generally classified by age, the elderly welfare law in Korea stipulates that the age of 65, the national pension benefit, is called the elderly [2]. Scholars define the concept of the elderly in various ways. Expected life expectancy of the elderly aged 65 years or older is 78.5 years for males and 85.1 years for females, and 1 out of 5 households are elderly households [3], and the proportion of the elderly is increasing
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