Purpose
The developmental tasks of the midlife are to integrate youth and aging, have a positive attitude to aging, and prepare for old age. The purpose of this study was to identify the influence of health condition and awareness of successful aging on preparation for old age of midlife in the community.
Methods
The participants in this study were 247 middle-aged people, aged between 40 and 64 years and living in Korea. The data collection period was from December 2019 to January 2020, and data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, independent t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson’s correlation coefficients, and multiple regression with the SPSS Statistics 23.0.
Results
Results showed statistically significant correlations between health condition and awareness of successful aging (r=.19, p=.002), health condition and preparation for old age (r=.27, p<.001), and awareness of successful aging and preparation for old age (r=.58, p<.001). Age (β=-.11, p=.029), avocation (β=.12, p=.022), health condition (β=.13, p=.017), and awareness of successful aging (β=.53, p<.001) were all factors influencing preparation for old age in final model, and its explanatory power was adjusted R 2 of .39.
Conclusion
Intervention programs such as a regular mental and physical health checkups and tailored post-retirement plans for middle-aged people should be developed to promote health conditions and enhance awareness of successful aging.

Citations

• The Effects of Health Status and Social Support on Happiness in Middle­Aged Women
  Bok Hui Baek, So Young Choi
  Journal of Korean Public Health Nursing.2024; 38(1): 16.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
This study was to identify the effects of the hand acupressure therapy on sleep quality and mood state of adults having insomnia.
METHODS
The study was a one group pretest-posttest design. The subjects for this study were 15 insomniac adults. All the subjects were assessed for their sleep quality and mood state using PSQI(Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index) and POMS(Profile of Mood States). The pellet stimulating hand acupressure therapy was applied using New Seoam Press Pellets 1 Ho for 4 weeks. Data were analyzed by the SPSS 12.0 version program with descriptive statistics and wilcoxon signed-rank test.
RESULTS
The mean total score of PSQI was 6.67 and the POMS was 6.68. There were significant decreases in subject's total PSQI score(p=.000) and in total POMS score(p=.008) after the therapy.
CONCLUSION
These results suggest that pellet stimulating hand acupressure therapy is effective for sleep quality and mood state of adults having insomnia.

PURPOSE
This exploratory study was to identify the use of complementary and alternative medicine(CAM) in women with breast cancer and to analyze which factor influence CAM use.
METHODS
114 patients with breast cancer were identified and approached. The instrument used to gather data were the common types, main reasons and effects as well as stress, mood states and fatigue.
RESULTS
42.7% of all participants reported the use of CAM. The most common types of CAM used were Phellinus linteus, elm tree, and vitamin C. The main reasons for CAM use were to boost the immune system and to prevent recurrence. Prayer, massage, Shitake mushroom, and Ganoderma lucidum were, identified as being more effective than others. 93.6% of the respondents informed their physicians of their use of CAM. Logistic regression analysis determined that stress, mood states, and duration after diagnosis were factors significantly associated with CAM use.
CONCLUSION
CAM use is increasing among patients with breast cancer. Health care professionals are in the main position to identify what treatments patients are using and implement CAM therapies that can be helpful to relieve patient symptoms related to treatment and psychological distress.

PURPOSE
The purposes of this study were to examine the effects of recreational therapy (60 minutes * 3times/week * 6weeks) on dementia behavior & affection, and activity of daily living of senile people with dementia. METHODS: The subjects were 27 senile people with dementia, 16 experimental group, 11 control group, admitted at K hospital in Chungnam province in quasi-experimental study. The recreational therapy program was developed, based on the recreational program for senile welfare made by athletics science research institute in Chungnam National University(1997). It consisted of rhythm game, ball play, and beanbag game. The data were collected through questionnaires from May 1st to June 10th 2003 and were analyzed using descriptive statistics, chi2-test, Fisher' exact test, and Man Whitney U test. RESULT: The dementia behavior and affection score was significantly different between the two groups (U=32.5, p=.005). The ADL score was significantly different between the two groups (U=12.0, p=.000). There were significant decrease in dementia behavior & affection, and improvement in ADL in the experimental group compared to the control group. CONCLUSION: Recreational therapy intervention was proved effect in decreasing dementia behavior & affection and promoting ADL of senile people with dementia. We recommended re-test in containing a communicating variable.

The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of the music therapy, one of the dementia treatment programs, on patients' cognition, behaviors and affection, and thereby, developing a nursing intervention to help them live a quality of life. The subjects of the study were 37 dementia senial people who admitted the mental hospital at K city in chungnam province. The study was designed as repeated measures design for a single test group. The subjects were received music therapy for 40 minutes 2 times a day during 6 weeks from February 16 to March 29, 2000. The tools of study were K-MMSE developed by Park, J. H. and Kuen, Y. C.(1989), Clinical Dementia Rating developed by Morris, J(1993) at Washington university, and A fourteen symptom behavior and mood rating scale developed by Wyatt and Kupfer(1968). For the tools of music therapy, elderly favorite songs (changs, folk songs, old popular songs and children's songs) were recorded. These tapes and other tools were edited according to experts' advices. The music therapy consisted of music listening, rhythmic instrument playing and following-up singing. The therapy was performed at the lounge of the center to which the sample people could get access conveniently. A nurse was asked to observe sample people's cognition, dementia behaviors and affection, evaluated them according to the checklist scale. The collected data were processed using the SPSS WIN 7.5 program for absolute values, percentiles, mean, SD, ANOVA, GLM-repeated measure method. The items of scale and its reliability analyzed were Cronbach's alpha. The results of this study were as follows: 1. As a result of analyzing dementia elderly cognition, behaviors and affection before the music therapy, it was found that the disorder of cognition, behavior and affection was most outstanding. 2. After the therapy, the average scores of subjects' overall cognition, behavior and affection were lowered significantly. It was conceived that the music therapy should continue for 3-4 weeks. 3. Difference of cognition in test groups was significant statistically between pre-test and 2 weeks, 4 weeks, 6 weeks after test (df=3, F=6.39, p=.000), pretest and 4, 6 weeks after test (p=.01, p=.001), which suggests that a continued music therapy would be desirable to treat dementia. Difference of behaviors and affection in test groups was significant statistically between pre-test and 1-6 weeks after test (F=52.01, p = .000), pretest and 3-6 weeks after test (p=.000), which suggests that a continued music therapy would be desirable to treat dementia. 5. It was found that the music therapy was more effective in treating moderate dementia (MMSE-K score 16-23) than severe one (MMSE-K score 15 or lower), and vascular type of dementia than Alzheimer's type of one. After all, it may well be concluded that the musical therapy is an effective nursing intervention to provide the dementia elderly with a quality service and thereby, increase cognition and reduce the problematic behaviors and affection of dementia senile people.