Kweon Yoo Rim, Jeon Hae Ok
Division of Nursing Science, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea.
J Korean Acad Nurs. 2013 Apr;43(2):176-84. doi: 10.4040/jkan.2013.43.2.176.
The purpose of this study was to investigate expectations regarding aging by middle-aged women in the community, and identify factors contributing to their expectations about aging.
Participants in the survey for this study were 303 middle-aged women from community health centers and religious facilities in Seoul, Gyeonggi Province, and Chungcheongbuk Province. Data were collected from March 2 to April 17, 2012 using self-report structured questionnaires. The instruments were the Health Perceptions, Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale (RSES), Family APGAR, Expectations Regarding Aging (ERA-12). The data were analyzed using t-test, one-way ANOVA, Scheffe test, Pearson correlation coefficients and hierarchical multiple regression with IBM SPSS/WIN 20.0 program.
Perceived health status (β=0.16, p=.009) and self-esteem (β=0.20, p=.001) of middle-aged women were identified as significant predictors of expectations regarding aging, after adjusting for age, education, occupation, monthly income and menstrual status.
These results suggest that nurses should make an effort to improve expectations about aging among middle-aged women. Ultimately, community health programs for middle aged women need to be developed to achieve successful aging.
本研究旨在调查社区中年女性对衰老的期望，并确定影响其衰老期望的因素。
本研究的调查对象为来自首尔、京畿道和忠清北道社区卫生中心及宗教设施的303名中年女性。2012年3月2日至4月17日，采用自填式结构化问卷收集数据。所用工具包括健康认知量表、罗森伯格自尊量表（RSES）、家庭APGAR量表、衰老期望量表（ERA - 12）。使用IBM SPSS/WIN 20.0程序进行t检验、单因素方差分析、谢费检验、皮尔逊相关系数分析和分层多元回归分析。
在对年龄、教育程度、职业、月收入和月经状况进行调整后，中年女性的健康感知（β = 0.16，p = 0.009）和自尊（β = 0.20，p = 0.001）被确定为衰老期望的显著预测因素。
这些结果表明，护士应努力提高中年女性对衰老的期望。最终，需要制定针对中年女性的社区健康项目，以实现成功老龄化。
