The impacts of physical health and social networks on depression symptoms of middle and old ages of the Korean urban and rural complexity city
C. Moo-Kwon, S. Taeksoo, P. Ji Young, K. Min-Huk, L. Kyoung-Joung, L. Jin-Kyung, H. Sangwon, L. Jinhee, L. Hyo-Sang, E. Urtnasan
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AbstractISSUE As South Korea is rapidly becoming an aging society, an increasing number of aging people are suffering from social isolation and depression as well as physical health problems. In particular, in the urban-rural complex areas where the young population is rapidly declining and the elderly one is increasing, deepening depression and the increasing suicide rate among the elderly along with the care problems for the elderly are becoming more significant social problems in South Korea. In this context, this study aims at developing a predictive model by using the physical, mental and psychological, and social network data collected with ICT devices (smart watches and phones) from the elderly people living in the urban-rural complex area and a preventive social prescription system that can be utilized in the community level. CONTENT The study presented in this symposia is a preliminary result of investigating the impacts of physical health and social networks on depression symptoms based on the first baseline survey data collection. It collected survey data (N = 685 participants) from middle and old ages residing in Wonju city as one of the Korean urban-rural complex cities and then examined the direct and indirect impacts of their physical health and social networks on their depression symptoms.Keywords: physical health, social networks, depression, perceived social support, stress, aging society
C. Moo-Kwon, S. Taeksoo, P. Ji Young, K. Min-Huk, L. Kyoung-Joung, L. Jin-Kyung, H. Sangwon, L. Jinhee, L. Hyo-Sang, E. Urtnasan (2022). The impacts of physical health and social networks on depression symptoms of middle and old ages of the Korean urban and rural complexity city. Gerontechnology, 21(s),3-3
https://doi.org/10.4017/gt.2022.21.s.818.3.sp3