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http://dx.doi.org/10.4332/KJHPA.2019.29.4.469

Association between Arthritis and Socio-Demographic Factors in Korean Elderlies: The National Survey of Korean Elderly (2014, 2017) Dataset Analysis  

Ha, Woonkyung (Health Care Business, 3M Korea)
Park, Kwankyu (Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine)
Kim, Taehyun (Department of Hospital Administration, Yonsei University Graduate School of Public Health)
Lee, Kyuhee (Clinical Trial Center, Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital)
Lee, Yongjae (School of Economics, The Graduate School, Yonsei University)
Chung, Woojin (Department of Health Policy and Management, Yonsei University Graduate School of Public Health)
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Health Policy and Management / v.29, no.4, 2019 , pp. 469-481 More about this Journal
Abstract
Background: As South Korea is becoming an aged society very rapidly, the increase in osteoarthritis prevalence raises various public health issues in this country. This study aimed to explore the socio-demographic factors associated with osteoarthritis in the current Korean elderlies. Methods: Using the National Survey of Korean Elderly data (2014, 2017), we analyzed 20,326 elderlies (males, 8,248; females, 12,078) and conducted multivariate logistic regression analyses by sex. The dependent variable is whether a participant was diagnosed with osteoarthritis or not. Independent variables of interest is socio-demographic factors such as age, marital status, household type, residential area, household income, religion, the longest job, the number of close relatives, the number of close friends, and survey year. Control variables are various health behavioral factors and disease-related factors. Results: Prevalence of osteoarthritis was 19.2% in male elderlies and 47.0% in female elderlies. According to the results of the multivariate logistic regression adjusted for all studied control variables, the odds ratio (OR) for having osteoarthritis of under-elementary school graduates (their counterpart was college graduate group) was 1.81 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.29-2.52) in males and 1.67 (95% CI, 1.12-2.47) in females. The OR of those having a job in agriculture & forestry fishery as their longest job (their counterpart was those who had never participated in labor force during their lifetime) was 5.07 (95% CI, 1.46-17.58) in males and 1.49 (95% CI, 1.27-1.74) in females. In males, the second-low quartile group in household yearly income (their counterpart was the highest quartile group) had the OR of 1.22 (95% CI, 0.98-1.53). In females, the OR of those having a religion of Buddhism (their counterpart was those having no religion) was 1.20 (95% CI, 1.07-1.35) and the OR of those who had no relatives (their counterpart was those having more than 3 close relatives) was 1.31 (95% CI, 1.10-1.56). Conclusion: This study found that in Korean elderlies, education, the longest job, household income, religion, and the number of close relatives are associated with their suffering from osteoarthritis. Further study and designing appropriate interventions are needed to alleviate current and future individual and socioeconomic burdens of osteoarthritis in an aged society like South Korea.
Keywords
Osteoarthritis; Republic of Korea; Aged; Chronic disease; Socio-demographic factors;
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