1Doctoral Student, Department of Nursing, Kongju National University, Gongju, South Korea
2Professor, Department of Nursing, Kongju National University, Gongju, South Korea
*Corresponding Author: Hee Kyung Kim Professor, Department of Nursing, Kongju National University, Gongju, South Korea Email: hkkim@kongju.ac.kr
Online published on 21 February, 2019.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between health promotion behavior, self-esteem, social participation activities and life satisfaction in elderly men and to provide basic data for the development of a nursing intervention to improve the life satisfaction of elderly men.
The study was a descriptive research study on 140 elderly men people aged 65 years or older living in the D metropolitan city, and data were collected using questionnaires. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficient and stepwise multiple regression using the SPSS 22.0 program.
The life satisfaction of elderly men was positively correlated with health promotion behavior (r=.493, p<.001), self-esteem (r=.621, p<.001), and social participation activities (r=.296, p<.001) at a statistically significant level. The factors affecting the life satisfaction of elderly men were self-esteem (β=.490, p<.001), health promotion behavior (β=.295, p<.001), and sufficient economic level (β=.251, p<.001), and these variables accounted for 54.5% of life satisfaction.
In order to increase the life satisfaction of elderly men, it is necessary to develop a customized nursing intervention program considering self-esteem, health promotion behavior and economic level, and in particular, the results suggest that research on the development of various programs that can increase self-esteem needs to continue.
Elderly men, Health promotion behavior, Self-esteem, Social participation activities, Life satisfaction
