Gender differences in depression, life satisfaction, and health in middle-aged Koreans
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Oksoo Kim, PhD, RN, MSN, BA
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Study presented on Saturday, July 26, 2014:
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate gender differences in health, depression, and life satisfaction among the middle aged in Korea. Also the predictors of depression by gender were identified.
Methods: The data in this cross-sectional descriptive study were derived from the 2010 Survey for Health, Life condition, and Welfare Needs of Middle Aged Koreans conducted by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs. The health related characteristics included perceived health, alcohol drinking, nutrition, exercise, chronic disease, and climacteric syndrome. The participants were asked "Have you ever experienced sadness or helplessness affecting your life for 2 weeks or longer during the past 12 months?" to identify depression. Those who answered 'yes' to the question were designated to the depressed group. Life satisfaction was measured using the 12 item Korean version (Rhee, Suh, Gho & Park, 1994) of Life Satisfaction Index A (Neugarten, Harvighurst, & Tobin, 1961). Statistical analyses were performed using SPSS 21.0 (SPSS, Chicago IL, USA). Chi-square tests were used to identify the differences in health related characteristics, depression, and life satisfaction by gender. T-test was used to compare life satisfaction by gender. The multiple logistic regression model was used to identify the significant predictors for depression in each gender.
Results: The proportion of male alcohol drinkers (75.1%) was higher than that of females (46.5%) (X2 = 345.479, p= .000). 11.6% of males reported that they had experienced discomfort due to the climacteric syndrome whereas 34.5% of females reported discomfort (X2 = 294.651, p= .000). The proportion of females with chronic disease (32.4%) was higher than that of males (28%) (X2 = 9.186, p= .002). 9.1% of males reported their health as poor and 14.1% of females reported their health as poor (X2 = 60.559, p= .000). 6.8% of males revealed that they experienced depressed mood whereas 13% of females reported depressed mood (X2 = 44.303, p= .000). The level of life satisfaction (t=1.968, p=0.049) of males were higher than that of females. There were no significant differences in having a spouse, nutrition, and exercise by gender. Males who had a spouse (OR: 0.510, 95% CI = 0.313-0.830), perceived their health as good (OR: 0.376, 95% CI = 0.200-0.710), or who had higher life satisfaction (OR: 0.922, 95% CI = 0.893-0.952) were less likely to experience depression. Males who had climacteric syndrome (OR: 4.264, 95% CI = 2.779-6.542) were more likely to experience depression. Females who had higher life satisfaction (OR: 0.900, 95% CI = 0.880-0.921), perceived their health as good (OR: 0.429, 95% CI = 0.288-0.641) or fair (OR: 0.469, 95% CI = 0.326-0.675) were less likely to experience depression. Females who had chronic disease (OR: 1.660, 95% CI = 1.218-2.261) and climacteric syndrome (OR: 1.793 95%, CI = 1.349-2.383) were more likely to experience depression.
Conclusion: There were gender differences in depression, life satisfaction, and health in middle aged Koreans. Females had lower levels of life satisfaction than that of males. The proportions of females with depression and poor health was higher than that of males. There were differences in predictors of depression according to gender.
International Nursing Research Congress, 2014 Theme: Engaging Colleagues: Improving Global Health Outcomes. Held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Wanchai, Hong Kong
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Keywords | Depression; Middle Aged Koreans; Life Satisfaction |
Name | 25th International Nursing Research Congress |
Host | Sigma Theta Tau International |
Location | Hong Kong |
Date | 2014 |
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