Factors Related to Depression and Mental Health That Affect the Quality of Life of the Elderly

Table 1

General characteristics.

Characteristics	Categories	n	%
Gender	Male	22	18.3
	Female	98	81.7
Age (year)	65–69	34	28.3
	70–79	58	48.4
	≥80	28	22.4
Religion	Buddhism	54	45.0
	Christianity	14	11.7
	Catholic	17	14.2
	No religion	35	29.2
Education	Junior high school graduate	88	73.3
	High school graduate	24	20.0
	University graduate or higher	8	6.7
Marital status	Married	67	55.8
	Bereavement, separation, divorce	52	43.3
	Single	1	0.8
Living together	Couple	61	50.8
	Married children	21	17.5
	Unmarried children	7	5.8
	Alone	31	25.8
Number of children	0–1	11	9.1
	2	47	39.2
	3–4	51	42.5
	≥5	11	9.2
Dependent child	Has	109	90.8
	None	11	9.2
A person who usually cares and helps	Marriage partner	42	35.0
	Children	60	50.0
	Neighbors and others	18	15.0
Meeting	Senior citizen’s center	48	40.0
	Senior college	15	12.5
	Senior volunteer group	3	2.5
	None	54	45.0
Number of meetings	Once a week	47	39.2
	Once in two weeks	7	5.8
	Once a month	14	11.7
	Once in two months	52	43.3
Occupation status	Has	15	12.5
	None	105	87.5
Economic level	Low	20	16.7
	Medium	82	68.3
	High	18	15.0
Monthly allowance	≥100,000 won	21	17.5
	≥200,000 won	12	10.0
	≥300,000 won	39	32.5
	≥400,000 won	18	15.0
	≥500,000 won	30	25.0
Subjective health status	Very healthy	5	4.2
	Healthy	26	21.7
	Average	56	46.7
	Unhealthy	28	23.3
	Very unhealthy	5	4.2
Disease status	Has	81	67.5
	None	39	32.5