노인들의 건강증진행위가 만성질환 및 건강상태에 미치는 영향 = An Effect which Seniors` health promotion activity has on chronic diseases and health conditions

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This study conducted the secondary analysis using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention`s raw data of <the 2007 National Health and Nutrition Survey 4th>. Surveyed materials were a total of 4,594 cases and the final analysis target were 532 people of age 65 or older with more than one chronic disease. The following conclusions were drawn from the final analysis. In the first model, we examined whether each path is significant through the path coefficients and the result is that the significant factors for chronic diseases are oral health and the body type and the significant factors for health conditions are the body type, stress, exercise, oral health, chronic disease. That is, chronic disease rate is higher as the body type is thinner, as less attention is paid for the oral health, and the healthy body rate is higher as the body shape is better, as the stress is less, as exercise is more, as less attention is paid for the oral health and as the chronic disease is less. Second, the effects of variables on health condition is summarized as following. The chronic disease, stress and oral health in order have a high effect. That is health status is better as chronic disease is less, as stress is lower and as les attention is paid for the oral health.