Depressive symptoms, chronic medical illness, and health care utilization: findings from the Korean Longitudinal Study of Ageing (KLoSA)

Kim, Hongsoo; Park, Sang Min; Jang, Soong-Nang; Kwon, Soonman

doi:10.1017/s1041610211000123

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“…In the KLoWF, the CES-D 10 has values ranging from 0 to 30, with a score of 30 indicating the most severe depressive symptoms. This Korean version of CES-D 10 has been reported as valid in previous studies [32,33].…”

Section: Depressive Symptomsmentioning

confidence: 85%

Effects of Women’s Work-Family Multiple Role and Role Combination on Depressive Symptoms in Korea

Kang

2020

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This study set out to investigate the effects of multiple roles on depressive symptoms in women. The role of women was divided into worker, household worker, spouse, parent, and caregiver roles to identify the differences in depressive symptoms according to the number of roles, role-fulfillment, and role-combination. Using the sixth raw data of the 2016 Korean Longitudinal Survey of Women and Families for analysis, the data had 6198 respondents who did not have missing values in the major variables. There are three main findings of this study: (1) as the number of roles increased, depressive symptoms of women was decreased. In addition, role-combination was a more meaningful element; (2) women who did not have any roles tended to be more depressed; (3) the caregiver role showed a negative effect on depressive symptoms of women. This study was to include the various aspects of women’s roles and to determine the effects of multi-roles on depressive symptoms in women.

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Section: Depressive Symptomsmentioning

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Effects of Women’s Work-Family Multiple Role and Role Combination on Depressive Symptoms in Korea

Kang

2020

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“…18 Inequality in inpatient or outpatient service utilization has remained even after adjusting for health status among older adults. 19 A literature review showed that income, wealth, education, previous or current employment status, housing, and region were predictors of health expenditure among older people. 20 Under the relatively weak Korean social pension system, older people with low incomes faced considerable financial burden due to health expenditures, resulting in lower health care service use.…”

Section: Aging and Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

Health and Long-Term Care Systems for Older People in the Republic of Korea: Policy Challenges and Lessons

Jeon

Kwon

2017

Health Systems & Reform

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The Republic of Korea is experiencing a rapidly aging population with increased life expectancy and lowered fertility. National health insurance has provided universal access to health care for all since 1989, and mandatory long-term care insurance (LTCI) was introduced in 2008, in which everybody who contributes to health insurance simultaneously contributes to LTCI. Although health services and long-term care are universally accessible, health differentials remain across socioeconomic groups. LTCI covers about 7% of older people through eligibility assessment and provides benefits for institutional and home-based care and cash benefits in exceptional cases. Long-term care (LTC) benefit eligibility has been criticized for being excessively reliant on physical functionality, and recently eligibility has been extended to people with dementia. Despite the oversupply of LTC providers, quality of care has been a concern and calls for more investment in the quality evaluation system and training of care workers. There continues to be overreliance on inpatient care and unmet health care needs among LTC users as a result of weak gatekeeping by primary care and a lack of effective coordination between health care and LTC.

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“…People with mental illness, such as psychotic illness, have significantly poorer physical health compared to the general population (Kim et al . ; Laursen et al . ; Scott et al .…”

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Investigating the exercise‐prescription practices of nurses working in inpatient mental health settings

Stanton

Happell

Reaburn

2015

Int J Mental Health Nurs

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Nurses working in mental health are well positioned to prescribe exercise to people with mental illness. However, little is known regarding their exercise-prescription practices. We examined the self-reported physical activity and exercise-prescription practices of nurses working in inpatient mental health facilities. Thirty-four nurses completed the Exercise in Mental Illness Questionnaire - Health Practitioner Version. Non-parametric bivariate statistics revealed no relationship between nurses' self-reported physical activity participation and the frequency of exercise prescription for people with mental illness. Exercise-prescription parameters used by nurses are consistent with those recommended for both the general population and for people with mental illness. A substantial number of barriers to effective exercise prescription, including lack of training, systemic issues (such as prioritization and lack of time), and lack of consumer motivation, impact on the prescription of exercise for people with mental illness. Addressing the barriers to exercise prescription could improve the proportion of nurses who routinely prescribe exercise. Collaboration with exercise professionals, such as accredited exercise physiologists or physiotherapists, might improve knowledge of evidence-based exercise-prescription practices for people with mental illness, thereby improving both physical and mental health outcomes for this vulnerable population.

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Depressive symptoms, chronic medical illness, and health care utilization: findings from the Korean Longitudinal Study of Ageing (KLoSA)

Abstract: Background: This population-based study examined the relative and combined relationships of chronic medical illness (CMI) and depressive symptoms with health care utilization among older adults in South Korea.

Cited by 26 publications

References 20 publications

Effects of Women’s Work-Family Multiple Role and Role Combination on Depressive Symptoms in Korea

Effects of Women’s Work-Family Multiple Role and Role Combination on Depressive Symptoms in Korea

Health and Long-Term Care Systems for Older People in the Republic of Korea: Policy Challenges and Lessons

Investigating the exercise‐prescription practices of nurses working in inpatient mental health settings

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