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<Articles JournalTitle="Iranian Journal of Public Health">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Iranian Journal of Public Health</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>2251-6085</Issn>
      <Volume>48</Volume>
      <Issue>11</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2019</Year>
        <Month>11</Month>
        <Day>03</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">Effects of Facility Adaptation Promotion Program for Korean Older Adults in Nursing Home</title>
    <FirstPage>2041</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>2049</LastPage>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Sohyune R</FirstName>
        <LastName>SOK</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">College of Nursing Science, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea</affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2019</Year>
        <Month>11</Month>
        <Day>03</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">Background: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of facility adaptation promotion program on self-esteem, depression, relationship, life satisfaction, and adaptation to facility of Korean older adults in nursing home.
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Methods: A quasi-experimental pretest-posttest control group design was employed. Study participants were a total of 73 older adults aged 65 yr and older (Experimental: n=36, Control: n=37) who were living at nursing home in Seoul, South Korea in 2016. They were recruited through convenient sampling. Measures were Self-esteem scale, Korean Geriatric Depression Scale, Relationship Change Scale, life satisfaction scale, and facility adaptation scale. Data were analyzed using the SPSS version 21.0 with descriptive statistics, the Chi-squared test, and independent t-test.
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Results: Facility adaptation promotion program increased self-esteem (t=19.067, P&lt;0.001), relationship (t=24.533, P&lt;0.001), life satisfaction (t=16.501, P&lt;0.001), and adaptation to facility (t=24.328, P&lt;0.001), and decreased depression (t=14.491, P&lt;0.001) of Korean older adults in nursing home.
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Conclusion: Facility adaptation promotion program can be implied for improving self-esteem, relationship, life satisfaction, and adaptation to facility, and for decreasing depression of Korean older adults in nursing home.</abstract>
    <web_url>https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/18847</web_url>
    <pdf_url>https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/download/18847/6571</pdf_url>
  </Article>
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