Journal of agricultural medicine and community health (농촌의학ㆍ지역보건)

Korean Society for Rural Medicine and Community Health (한국농촌의학지역보건학회)
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Smoking Status and the Related Factors in the Rural Elderly

농촌 지역 노인의 흡연상태와 관련요인

  • Beak, Dal-Hyun (Graduate School of Public Health, Kyungbook National University) ;
  • Hwang, Byung-Deog (Department of Health Adminstration, Choonhae College) ;
  • Moon, Hyo-Jung (Department of Health Adminstration, Choonhae College) ;
  • Yoon, Hee-Jung (Department of Preventive Medicine & Public Health, Kyungbook National University) ;
  • Back, Young-Doo (Graduate School of Public Health, Kyungbook National University) ;
  • Lee, Sung-Kook (Department of Preventive Medicine & Public Health, Kyungbook National University)
  • 백달현 (경북대학교 보건대학원) ;
  • 황병덕 (춘해대학 보건행정과) ;
  • 문효정 (춘해대학 보건행정과) ;
  • 윤희정 (경북대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실) ;
  • 백영두 (경북대학교 보건대학원) ;
  • 이성국 (경북대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실)
  • Published : 2008.09.30
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Abstract

Abstract - Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine smoking status and the relates factors in the rural elderly. Methods: This study was conducted with 2,421 elderly people(male 1,273 and female 1,148) residing in the selected 25 villages, and face-to-face interviews with the subjects were made from January 1 through March 30, 2002. Results: The average age of the male subjects was 72.7 and that of the female subjects 72.8. The investigation of smoking states showed that for male subjects, smokers accounted for 49.4%, nonsmokers 26.9%, and abstainers from smoking 23.7% and that for female subjects, smokers accounted for 18.3%, nonsmokers 75.4%, and abstainers from smoking 6.3%. The level of ?low ADL? was significantly higher in abstainers. In men, smoking rate had higher in alone, non-job, queerstreet, 「high ADL」. In women, smoking rate had higher in younger age, queerstreet, unhealthy, 「high ADL」. Conclusions: The smoking rate of the elderly was relatively high, especially at abstainers. The smoking status of elderly was correlated with age, family type, job, economic status by self-assessment, Self-recognition of health status, ADL level.

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