노인의 영적 간호요구 = A Study on Needs for the Aged's Spiritual Nursing Care

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This study was designed to exam the aged's needs for spiritual nursing care.
The purpose was to serve as a basis for the development of spiritual nursing practice.
The major findings are as follows :
1. The degree of needs for spiritual nursing care as area was that needs of love and relationship mean 22.0, needs of meaning and object mean 28.2, needs of forgiving mean 13.5. Total needs for spiritual nursing care mean 63.7, which was on the upper middle level. The needs of meaning and object was rated highest.
2. Among the general characteristics of the subjects, needs of love and relatiohship wasn't significanlty different.
3. Among the general characteristics of the subjects, needs of meaning and object was significantly different according to two factors : age(F=7.260, p=0.001), religion(F=5.275, p=0.001). Higher needs of meaning and object was possessed by the older than the younger, by the one who have religion than the other.
4. Among the general characteristics of the subjects, four factors made a significantly difference to needs of forgiving : sex(t=-2.851, p=0.006), age(F=8.201, p=0.001), religion(F=6.928, p=0.000), disease(t=2.327, p=0.024). Higher needs of forgiving was possessed by man than woman, by the older than the younger, by the one who have religion than the other, by the one who have disease than the other.