Department of Health Administration, Yonsei University Graduate School, Wonju, Korea.
Public Health Network and Quality Enhancement Team, Center for Public Healthcare, National Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
Nurs Open. 2021 Mar;8(2):562-571. doi: 10.1002/nop2.661. Epub 2020 Oct 19.
This study aimed to investigate the correlations between depression, social support and social participation among older adults in farming villages and identify their associations with the use of senior leisure and welfare facilities, called kyungro-dang, so as to provide foundational data for promoting community care in rural farming communities.
A cross-sectional design was used to identify kyungro-dang use among the 156 participants-older adults aged 65.
Data were analysed using descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlation analysis, factor analysis and structural equation modelling.
Older adults with high social support and social participation tended to use kyungro-dang less. Our findings contribute foundational data to promote community care through kyungro-dang. Ministry of Health and Welfare (MoHW) plans to enforce to "Comprehensive community care plan" through kyungro-dang in rural area. The result of this study shows the relation between Kyungro-dang and social support, social participation, depression. This study recommends that MoHW in Korea focuses on enhance social support and social participation to gather before policy implications.
本研究旨在探讨农村老年人群体中抑郁、社会支持和社会参与之间的相关性，并探讨其与使用老年休闲和福利设施（称为“kyungro-dang”）之间的关联，为促进农村社区的社区关怀提供基础数据。
采用横断面设计，确定了 156 名 65 岁以上老年人中使用“kyungro-dang”的情况。
使用描述性统计、皮尔逊相关分析、因子分析和结构方程模型对数据进行分析。
社会支持和社会参与程度较高的老年人使用“kyungro-dang”的频率较低。我们的研究结果为通过“kyungro-dang”促进社区关怀提供了基础数据。韩国保健福利部（MoHW）计划通过在农村地区实施“综合社区关怀计划”来执行“kyungro-dang”。本研究结果表明了“kyungro-dang”与社会支持、社会参与和抑郁之间的关系。本研究建议韩国保健福利部在制定政策时，应关注增强社会支持和社会参与度。
