도시 재가노인의 건강관련 생활양식과 일상생활동작에 관한 연구 = A Study on Health Related Lifestyle and Activities of Daily Living of Elders at Home in an Urban Area

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The purpose of this study was to investigate how health related lifestyles influence activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living among elders living at home, and thus to provide basic data for the development of supportive elderly health care programs.
204 elders aged 65 years and over, living in Wanwol-dong of Masan City were randomly selected, and interviewed at their home with a structured questionnaire by the investigator from March 1 to 14 in 1997. SPSS WIN/PC program was used for the processing data and for providing the statistics including χ²-test and t-test.
Major results were as follows :
1. There were no significant differences in economic variables activities of daily living and self-perceived health status by sex, but there were significant differences in health related practices by sex, activities of daily living by self-perceived health status, and instrumental activities of daily living by the self-perceived health status. (p$lt;0.05 or p$lt;0.01)
2. Each average score of ADL, IADL and TADL was significantly difference by self-perceived health status. (p$lt;0.01)
3. 14.7% of the subjects were not able to practice one of 10 ADL without help and there was significant difference in the distribution by sex. (p$lt;0.01)
In conclusion, it is necessary to take these results into consideration in the process of developing health care programs for elders, and to conduct in-depth studies for such lifestyles which influence health of elders and reduce their ability of daily living.