치매 여부에 따른 여성노인의 SWT 반응특성 연구

Study of the Characteristics of Elderly Women’s Responses to the SWT Acording to Whether they Have Dementia

본 연구는 여성노인의 치매 여부에 따른 SWT(Star-Wave Test)의 반응특성을 통하여 치매 여성노인과 일반 여성노인의 심리적 특성 차이를 파악하는 검사도구로서 활용 가능성이 있는지 알아보고자 하였다. 연구대상은 A시에 거주하는 65세 여성노인으로서, 치매진단을 받은 여성노인 53명과 일반 여성노인 205명, 총 258명이었다. 검사도구는 SWT와 K-MMSE(Korean Mini-Mental State Examination)를 사용하였으며, 자료의 분석은 SPSS 19.0을 이용하여 교차분석을 하였다. 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 형식적 분석의 반응특성은 ‘그림의 양식’, ‘수직적 구조’, ‘수평적 구조’, ‘전체 선의 성질’, ‘전체적인 공간 구조’, ‘지우기’에서 유의미한 차이가 있었다. 둘째, 내용적 분석의 반응특성은 ‘별의 유무, ‘별의 수’, ‘별 필적 안전성’, ‘연결성’, ‘달’, ‘구름’, ‘물고기’, ‘배’에서 유의미한 차이가 있었다. 이러한 연구 결과를 통하여 여성노인의 치매 여부에 따른 심리적 특성 차이를 파악하는 검사도구로서 SWT의 활용 가능성을 제시하였다.

This study would investigate the characteristics of elderly women’s responses to the Star-Wave Test(SWT) according to whether they have dementia to check if it can be applied as an inspection tool to figure out the differences in psychological characteristics between elderly women with dementia and general elderly women. The subjects of the study were 258 elderly women over 65, residing in A City, including 53 elderly women who were diagnosed with dementia and 205 general elderly women. As inspection tools, SWT and Korean Mini-Mental State Examination(K-MMSE) were used, and for an analysis of data, cross-tabulation was conducted, using SPSS 19.0. The results of the study are summarized as follows. First, for the response characteristics of formal analysis, there were significant differences in ‘style of painting , vertical structure , horizontal structure , ‘property of all lines’, ‘overall spatial structure’, and ‘erasure.’ Second, for the response characteristics of content analysis, there were significant differences in ‘presence of stars, ‘the number of stars’, ‘stability of star drawing’, ‘connectivity’, ‘moon’, ‘cloud , fish , and ship.’ Through the above research results, this study suggested the applicability of the SWT as an inspection tool to assess the differences in psychological characteristics according to whether the elderly women have dementia.