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. 2019 Nov;48(11):2041-2049.

Effects of Facility Adaptation Promotion Program for Korean Older Adults in Nursing Home

Sohyune R Sok  1
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Effects of Facility Adaptation Promotion Program for Korean Older Adults in Nursing Home

Sohyune R Sok. Iran J Public Health. 2019 Nov.

Abstract

Background: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of facility adaptation promotion program on self-esteem, depression, relationship, life satisfaction, and adaptation to facility of Korean older adults in nursing home.

Methods: A quasi-experimental pretest-posttest control group design was employed. Study participants were a total of 73 older adults aged 65 yr and older (Experimental: n=36, Control: n=37) who were living at nursing home in Seoul, South Korea in 2016. They were recruited through convenient sampling. Measures were Self-esteem scale, Korean Geriatric Depression Scale, Relationship Change Scale, life satisfaction scale, and facility adaptation scale. Data were analyzed using the SPSS version 21.0 with descriptive statistics, the Chi-squared test, and independent t-test.

Results: Facility adaptation promotion program increased self-esteem (t=19.067, P<0.001), relationship (t=24.533, P<0.001), life satisfaction (t=16.501, P<0.001), and adaptation to facility (t=24.328, P<0.001), and decreased depression (t=14.491, P<0.001) of Korean older adults in nursing home.

Conclusion: Facility adaptation promotion program can be implied for improving self-esteem, relationship, life satisfaction, and adaptation to facility, and for decreasing depression of Korean older adults in nursing home.

Keywords: Adaptation; Aged; Nursing home; South Korea.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interests The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests.

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