일부 대학생의 건강 인식에 관련된 요인 = Associated Factors with Self-recognition of Health Status among Students of a University

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

In order to investigate the associated factors of university students with self-recognition of health status, a cross-sectional study was conducted.
Data including self-recognition of health status, life style related with health and present subjective symptoms were collected through questionnaire survey, during March and August 1992 toward 3,338 students of a university in Kwangju City. 1,929 cases with self-estimated healthy group were compared with 1,409 cases with self-estimated unhealthy group.
The result obtained were as follows ;
1. Among the subjects, 57.8% reported that they were healthy, 57.3% of male stutents estimated that they were healthy and 58.9% of female students recognized that they were healthy.
2. Among male groups, meal regularity, taste, frequency of meat intake and vegetable preference were associated with self-recognition of health status and among female group, effort to health promotion, meal regularity, taste, alcohol drinking were associated with that.
3. Prevalence of cardiorespiratory, neuromuscular, gastrointestinal and general symptoms were associated with self-recognition of health status between both groups of sex.
4. Among both sex groups, past history of some diseases was associated with self-recognition of health status.
5. By multiple logistic regression analys, meal regularity, cardiorespiratory, neuromuscular, gastrointestinat, general symptoms, past history of diseases and body mass index were associated with self-estimated health status between both groups of sex, while a grade(school year) was associated with that only among male and effort for health promotion was associated with that only among female group.
In conclusion, the life styles were related with health and the present subjective symptoms of the students were proved to be associated with self-recognition of health status among university students. So planning of health maintenance and promotion program must consider various related factors with health.