PURPOSE
The aim of this study was to describe health status and to identify the factors related to health behavior in older adults in South Korea.
METHODS
A cross-sectional survey was conducted with a convenience sample of 186 older people (mean age =68.2yrs, 65.1% Female) registered at one senior center. Data were collected by self-report questionnaires or through face to face interview. The instruments were the Modified Health Behavior Assessment Scale, Stanford Research Instruments for Chronic Disease, Self-Efficacy, SOF Frailty Index and Quality of life questionnaire. The data were analyzed using t-test, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation, and stepwise multiple regression.
RESULTS
58.6% older adults perceived their health status positively. Education level and economic status were significantly related to health behaviors of older adults. Self-rated health, sleep, stress, quality of life, health distress, depression, and frailty were significantly correlated with the health behaviors of older adults. Frailty, education level, and sleep disturbance were the significant factors predicting the health behaviors.
CONCLUSION
The findings from this study suggest that nurses should take into consideration education level of older adults to promote their health behaviors and health promotion program which focuses on maintaining the quality of sleep and preventing frailty.

Citations

• Mediating Effect of Health Behavior between Meaning in Life and Happiness Related to Aging among Commuity-dwelling Older Adults During COVID-19: A Cross-Sectional Study
  Eun-Ju Mun, Jin-Hwa Park
  Journal of Korean Gerontological Nursing.2022; 24(3): 311.     CrossRef
• Development and validation of the geriatrics health behavior questionnaire (GHBQ)
  Maryam Bakhshandeh Bavarsad, Mahshid Foroughan, Nasibeh Zanjari, Gholamreza Ghaedamini Harouni, Zahra Jorjoran Shushtari
  BMC Public Health.2022;[Epub]     CrossRef
• Daily Time Use by Activity of Community-Dwelling Older Koreans: Focus on Health Management
  Hana Ko
  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.2021; 18(4): 1688.     CrossRef
• Factors Influencing Health Behavior Related to Particulate Matter in Older Adults
  Min Kyung Park, Gwang Suk Kim
  Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing.2020; 50(3): 431.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
This study aimed to explore the constituents and structure of adaptation experiences in their everyday life among senior patients of a nursing home in order to provide nursing intervention data for the satisfaction and the improvement of life of senior patients by appreciating the nature of their adaptational experience.
METHODS
The participants were five female and one male senior patients who were 65-years old or older and admitted at a nursing home in a metropolitan city. The interview data were analyzed by the Giorgi's phenomenological analysis method.
RESULTS
As the results of analysis, the following three constituents have been found out: retrospective focus based on the meaning of admission, expanding a view and facing up to the reality, reconstructing views about the meaning of life and the world.
CONCLUSION
With the increasing number of senior in facilities, nurses not only play a key role in caring for seniors but also in managing their maladaptation. Thus, it is considered that the results obtained from the this study provide valuable information for both the senior patients and their families as well as for the nurses, by presenting the data about senior patients' adaptational experiences of nursing home admission.