노인의 건강지식 및 행위가 건강상태에 미치는 영향 요인 = A Study on Knowldge and Health Practice of Health Affecting to Health Status of the Elderly

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

As the problem of the elderly stands out to be a big social problem, it become mare and rmme important to devise a policy and a measure for the ahed. And this study conducted from November 15, 1995 through February 15, 1996, for about 4 months objective of providing basic data to solve this problem. This questionnaire was prepared by 1,500 subjects; 400 were from big cities like Seoul, Taejeon, and Taegu, 300 were from agricultural districts like Ichon, Pohang, Kimcheon, Kumi and Youngcheon. All of the subjects who selected were interviewed by trained graduate students.
The summary and conclusions are as follows.
1. Health Imowledge level was 10.73 ±2.41 of a perfect score 16(66.1/100). And high level was 25.1%(81.0 and over/100), low level was 19.8%(50 and below/100).
2 Health behavior level was 6.02 ±1.64 of a perfect score 9(66.7/100). In the group of high level, 19.1% were 8 and over (80/100), in low level, 17.3% were 4 and below(44/100).
3. The prevalence rate was 44.6%. The rate was significantly high when the age was older, when the monthly pocket money was less(p＜0.001).
4. Health status by self-decision of the respondents ; 27.9% were healthy, 42.8% were unhealthy.
5. According to the resuly of multiple regression analysis, the factors which have an effect on health status were disease experience, health behavior, sex, occupation. And it could explain 19.4%. The factors which have a significant effect on health knowledge were education level, health behavior, a monthly pocket money, and marital status. And it could explain 16.0%. The factors which have a significant effect on health behavior were health knowledge, health status, a place of residence, sex, education level, disease experience, marital status. These variables could explain 20.5%.
The health knowledge(66.0/100) and health behavior level(66.7/100) of the aged were low. Based on the above results, so in health education and in sociology, the health pormotion program need to be developed immediately for the elderly to heighten this level. Especially the disease and health status of the elderly have an effect on the health knowledge and health behavior level of the aged. So the program including health education, preventive health services should be developed for the elderly, to prevent a disease and to keep being healthy. To do this, government, related group, specialist on health care and problem of the elderly related welfare should try to prevent a disease and to expand welfare facilities for the aged with great interests.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• 緖論
• 硏究方法
• 調査結果 및 考察
• 要約 및 結論
• 參考文獻
• Abstract