| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺東大學 === 社會科教育學系碩士班 === 97 === This research was to discuss self-awareness of health condition, sleep quality and depression of elders in Beinan Township, Taitung County, and to analyze the differences in self-awareness of health condition, sleep quality and depression due to different background factors. The research subject was elders who were more than 65 years old in Beinan Township. The study was conducted with convenient sampling and structural questionnaire interview method. 210 valid questionnaires were collected, and the data was analyzed by T-test and one-way ANOVA, the result was as follow:
1. Elders in Beinan Township had moderate self-awareness of health condition. There was no significant difference among different sex, age, residence condition, and marital status. Subjects with higher education backgrounds, such as high school and college degrees, exhibited higher self-awareness of health condition than those with education below elementary school level; subjects with self-earned incomes exhibited higher self-awareness of health condition than those whom were financially supported by family, society, and pension.
2. 96.19% of the elders in Beinan Township possessed poor sleep quality. About 7.149% of the elders needed sleeping bills for sleep aids, and the average sleep time each night was 6.42 hours. For sleep quality, there was no significant difference (p>.05) among different age, sex, level of education, number of descendants, condition of residence and sources of financial support. Married ones exhibited poorer sleep quality than widows or widowers. Elders suffered from more than 3 chronic diseases definitely exhibited poorer sleep quality than whom were health (p<.05).
3. 21% of the elders in Beinan Township exhibited depression symptoms. 47.67% of them thought they lived in a bad life, and 50.37% of them thought they could not enjoy their lives. For the level of depression, there was no significant difference among different age, sex, marital status, condition of residence, and sources of financial support. Elders without education background exhibited worse depression symptoms than those with elementary education, and elders with no descendant exhibited worse depression symptoms than those with 2 or 3 children (p<.05).
Keywords: elder health, self-awareness of health condition, sleep quality, depression symptoms
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