• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제39권3호
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• pp.286-298
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• 2006

The study aimed to identify major factors related to global self-rated health of the community-dwelling elderly people in rural areas. Interviews were conducted with 433 persons over 65 years of age. The socio-economic characteristics, chronic disease status, measures of functional and mental health, life satisfaction, health-related behaviors including smoking, drinking, exercise, social activity, dietary habit, and food intakes were analyzed to determine their influence on self-rated health index. Data on food intake were obtained through the 24-hour recall method. The self-rated health of rural elderly was poor or very poor as reported by 42.6% and 52.4% of the men and women, respectively. Poor self-rated health was found to be related to elderly aged $65{\sim}74$, female, absence of work, more chronic diseases, dependence on Instrumental Activity Daily Living (IADL), higher mental unhealthy days, lower current life satisfaction, less social activity, lower dietary habit scores, lower intake of total food, fruit, eggs, fishes & shell fishes, vitamin C (%RDA), and Nutrient Adequacy Ratio (NAR). The results of the multiple regression analysis showed that poor self-rated health index is significantly associated with more chronic diseases, mental unhealthy days, gastrointestinal disease, musculoskeletal disease, less social activity, and lower intake of fruits. The results also suggested that improving the nutritional status and functional ability, and reducing the burden of chronic diseases are beneficial to the self-rated health index of the elderly.

• 농촌의학ㆍ지역보건
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.1-14
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• 2004

본 연구는 고령자들의 건강검진행동과 인구사회학적 및 일상생활습관의 여러 기본요인들과의 관련성에 대해서 사회적 배경이 다른 도시와 농촌지역간의 차이 및 남녀간의 차이를 검토하고자 하였다. 조사대상은 도시지역과 농촌지역으로 구분하여 층화집략무작위추출(stratified cluster random sampling)에 의하여 도시지역 236명, 농촌지역 228명 합계 464명을 추출하여 면접조사 하였다. 조사내용은 조사대상의 인구사회학적 특성, 일상생활승관, 주관적인 건강상태 및 의료이용상황, 청력, 시력 및 일상생활수행동작(ADL), 건강검진 수진여부 등을 조사하였다. 그 결과 조사대상자의 건강검진 수진율을 보면 도시지역은 남자가 54.5%, 여자가 46.9% 농촌지역은 남자가 59.8%, 여자가 42.7%로 도시 농촌 모두 남자가 여자보다 높은 수진율을 보였다. 남자에서의 수진자군은 비수진자군에 비해 자택 소요군, 비흡연군, 음주 중단군, 만성질환이 있는 군, 식생활습관이 좋은 군에서 높았다. 여자에서의 수진자군은 비수진자군에 비해 저연령군, 부부동거군, 자택소유군, 식생활습관이 좋은 군, 최근 3개월간 외래진료를 받은군, 건강에 대해 불안감을 갖고 있는군, 요실금이 있는 군에서 높았다. 지역별수진자군과 비수진자군의 차이는 연령, 가족유형, 현재하고 있는 일, 가게 월수입, 주택소유상황, 음주여부, 식생활습관, 관적인 건강상태, 최근 3개월간의 외래진료 유무, 건강에 대한 불안감 유무 IADL 상태 등이 항목에서 도시 농촌지역간에 유의한 차이를 보였다. 다변량회귀분석 결과 건강검진 수진행동에 영향을 미치는 요인으로는 도시지역의 경우 주택 소유여부, 단골의사 여부, 건망증 및 요실금 여부, 만성질환 유무 등이 선정되었으며 농촌지역의 경우는 단골의사 여부, 뇨실금 여부, 건강불안, 하력, 주택소유여부, 만성질환 유무 등이 선정되었다. 결론적으로 고령자들에서의 건강검진행동은 개인의 인구사회학적 특성에 따라 다양한 차이를 보이는 것은 물론, 이들의 일상생활습관, 주관적인 건강상태, 건강검진수진상황, 신체적 건강상태 및 ADL상태 등에 따라서도 많은 차이를 보이게 됨으로 향후 건강검진계획에는 이 같은 변수를 고려할 것이 요망되며, 또한 지역적인 특성을 고려할 필요가 있을 것으로 본다.

• 농촌의학ㆍ지역보건
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.39-49
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• 1998

This paper is conducted to find out the current status of farmers's syndrome and injuries due to agricultural machines and pesticides by questionnaire during 4 days from July 31 to August 2, 1996. The subjects were 706 people, 332 of men and 384 of women those who live in a rural area in Yungduk-gun, Kyungsangbuk-do, Korea. The results obtained are as follow. 1. The rate of farmer's syndrome like that shoulder pain, lumbago, numbness, nocturia, dyspnea, insomnia dizziness and abdominal pain were generally higher in women than men except shoulder pain. Of them, lumbago was highest, 61.2% in men, and 78.1% in women respectively. It was higher in rate and older in age. 2. In the score of farmer's syndrome classified by Kumagai(1943) in Japan, the suspected cases with three points over 60.6% in men and 81.8% in women. 3. The prevalence of injuries by agricultural machine was 31.2% for a year from August 1995 to July 1996. The cumulative rate was 6.66%(11.8% in men and 2.34% in women) with previous cases from the before years. The major sites of injuries were arm, leg and chest in order. Among the injuries cases, 55.32% had been physical impediment. 4. The experience rate of intoxication by pesticides was 24.9% to total subjects. And dermatologic sign was 7.0%. Experience of treatment with only one time was 60.0%, and that with five times over, 20.0% Of them 18 cases had been administered in hospital.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제45권5호
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• pp.470-478
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• 2012

본 연구에서는 골다공증의 취약집단인 농촌지역 폐경 후 여성의 골밀도 변화에 영향을 미치는 식이요인을 추적관찰 하였다. 연구시작년도에 골밀도를 측정하고 계절별 식이섭취 조사를 실시하였으며 2년 후에 골밀도를 다시 측정하였다. 1) 대상자를 골밀도 감소율에 따라 세 집단으로 분류하여 집단 간 영양소 섭취량 차이를 분석한 결과, 2년간 골밀도 변화율과 칼륨, 비타민C, 비타민A, 엽산 섭취량이 상관관계가 있었으며 식품군은 채소류, 난류의 섭취와 유의적인 상관성이 있었다. 2) 상관분석을 통하여 얻어진 변수들과 골밀도의 관계를 고려해 각 부위의 골밀도 변화율에 영향을 미치는 변수들로 모델을 검증한 결과에서는, 2년간의 골밀도 변화율은 연구시작시 골밀도, 비타민A, 채소류, 난류섭취량이 유의한 변수로 나타났다. 종합하면, 2년간 추적조사결과 골밀도 감소율이 큰 집단에 비해 감소율이 작은 집단에서 칼륨 섭취량이 많았으며, 연구 시작 시 골밀도, 비타민A, 채소류, 난류 섭취량이 요골의 골밀도 감소에 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구를 통하여 50세 이상 연령층일지라도 체중 (제지방량)유지, 비타민C 및 비타민A, 무기질 (칼슘, 인, 칼륨)이 풍부한 식품 섭취 등 일상생활에서 조절 가능한 식이요인이 골 건강유지의 중요한 구성요소임을 확인하였다. 이러한 결과는 폐경이후 농촌여성 골밀도 유지를 위한 영양교육 자료로 활용될 수 있으며, 앞으로 폐경이후 농촌여성의 골밀도 변화에 영향을 미치는 식생활 요인에 대한 장기간에 걸친 추적연구가 필요한 것으로 생각된다.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.131-142
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• 2024

본 논문에서는 농촌 노인의 건강증진행위에 영향을 미치는 요인들을 성별에 따라 제안한다. 본 연구는 농촌진흥청의 '농촌 노인 맞춤형 돌봄프로그램 개발 수요조사' 자료를 활용하여 분석하였다. 분석대상은 농촌에서 거주하는 만65세 이상 502명의 자료를 활용하였다. 분석방법은 SPSS 25.0 프로그램을 활용하여 기술통계, 교차분석, 상관관계분석, 위계적 회귀분석을 사용하였다. 분석결과 건강증진행위 실천에 있어서 남성과 여성의 차이가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 남성의 경우 연령이 낮고 교육수준이 낮을수록, 배우자와 함께 거주할 때, 사회적 활동에 참여할 때 건강증진행위 수준이 더 높았고, 여성의 경우 연령이 많고, 주관적 건강상태가 좋을수록, 사회적 활동에 참여할 때 건강증진행위 수준이 더 높은 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구는 농촌 노인의 성별에 따라 건강증진행위를 촉진할 수 있는 기초자료가 될 것이며, 이를 바탕으로 정책적·실천적 접근 방안에 대한 시사점을 제시하였다.

• 융합정보논문지
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.64-72
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• 2021

본 연구는 농촌 지역 여성노인의 수영 활동 참여에 따른 신체적·정신적·사회적 건강상태를 비교한 서술적 조사연구이다. 대상자는 C도 G군에 거주하고 있는 여성노인 중 주 3회, 1년 이상 수영 활동에 참여한 41명과 수영 활동을 하지 않은 여성 노인 43명을 대상으로 2019년 12월 2일~2020년 1월 10일까지 6주 동안 자료를 수집하였다. 자료 분석 결과, 수영 활동 참여군과 미참여군은 신체적 건강상태(통증(t=-2.84, p=.006), 유연성(t=2.07, p=.041)), 정신적 건강상태(지각된 건강상태(t=6.16, p=.000), 우울(t=-3.73, p=.000)), 사회적 건강상태(대인관계강화(t=2.51, p=.014))에서 통계적으로 유의한 차이가 있었다. 즉, 수영 활동 참여군이 미참여군보다 신체적·정신적·사회적으로 건강한 상태임을 확인하였다. 따라서 농촌 지역 여성노인의 신체적·정신적·사회적 건강상태를 증진하기 위하여 지역사회 내 체육시설을 활용한 수영 활동에 대한 적극적인 장려와 지원이 뒤따라야 할 것이다.

• 대한지역사회영양학회지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.58-67
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• 2007

For the rapidly growing elderly population, the achievement and maintenance of good nutritional status is critical to health, functioning and quality of life. Elderly women living alone have been identified as a group associated with poor nutrition. The purpose of this study was to assess dietary intakes of elderly women living alone as compared to those of elderly women living with family in a rural area and to examine seasonal variation. The subjects are 49 elderly women living alone and 41 elderly women living with family who reside in Goryeong-gun, Gyeongbuk, and their food intakes were assessed once each time in summer 2005, winter 2005-2006, and spring 2006. The average ages were 74.7 years for living alone and 72.8 years for living with family. Education level was not different between the two groups. Height, weight, body mass index, systolic and diastolic blood pressures, and fasting blood glucose were not significantly different between the two groups. Average intakes of major nutrients, nutrient adequacy ratio, mean adequacy ratio and index of nutritional quality were lower in the elderly women living alone compared with the elderly women living with family in summer, but the differences in intakes of most nutrients became insignificant both in winter and in spring. High carbohydrate and low fat diet was prevalent and intakes of carbohydrate and fat in summer deviated from macronutrient acceptable distribution ranges. Percentages of the subjects who consumed energy less than 75% of the estimated energy requirement and nutrients less than the estimated average requirement were higher than those reported by the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. In summer, the percentage of the subjects who consumed energy less than both 75% of the estimated energy requirement and 4 nutrients less than estimated average requirements was 58.5% of the elderly women living alone, which was higher than 26.5% of the elderly women living with family and that of National Nutrition Survey. Therefore, nutrition policies including nutrition education and support are necessary to improve nutritional status of elderly, especially elderly women living alone and should reflect regional and seasonal characteristics.

• 보건교육건강증진학회지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.73-95
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• 1997

Elderly problem from being aging society, especially health related problem of the elderly is very serious in many parts of this country. The reason is that most of geriatric disease are chronic and debilitating. The cause of chronic and debilitating disease are bad lifestyle and wrong health habit. Health is affected by a result of interaction of environment and human being. Because of difference of lifestyle between a city and a farm village, health behavior and health status of urban elderly and rural elderly may be dissimilar. Thus the purpose of this study was to grasp health behavior and health status, to identify the factors that effect on health status of the elderly. The subfects for this study, 488 persons aged 60 and over who live in Seoul or Cheonbuk Province. The preliminary survey was carried out from Aug. 19, to Aug. 22, 1996. With complement of questions, main survey was carried out from Sep. 29, to Oco. 10, 1996. The data was analysed by using in SPSS/PC+ program. The results were as follows. 1. General Characteristics 1) In the individual characteritics of the respondents, Seoulites aged 80 and over were 24.7%, the average age was 73.14 years old and rural residents aged 60-69 were 63.7%, the average age was 68.90 years old. In Seoul, 142 men and 101 women were respondents. In Cheonbuk Province, 101 men and 144 women were answered. In Seoul, those who graduated form elementary school were 35.4%, in farming region, illiteracy persons were 44.9%. In Seoul, 47.7% of respondents had spouse and in farming village, 66.1% of respondents had spouse. 39.0% of respondents who's imcome type was independent were Seoulite, and 66.1% of respondents who's income type was independent were rural residents. Employed persons in Seoul and in rural region were 16.9% and 62.0%. 2. Health Behavior 1) For the health behavior total score, the difference by region was not statistically significant. But the score of individual item was different and statistically significant. 2) For the Seoulites, younger person(p〈0.01), the female(p〈0.001) showed better health behavior and for the farming village residents, younger person(p〈0.01), the female(p〈0.01), independent income type(p〈0.05), employed person(p〈0.05) showed better health behavior. 3. Health Status 1) For the self-rated health status total score, the difference by region was statistically significant and individual item score was different and statistically significant. For ADL and IADL total score, the difference by region was not statistically significant, but individual item score was different and statistically significant. 2) For the Seoulites, woman(p〈0.05), lower education(p〈0.00l), independent income type(p〈0.05) showed higher score in self-rated health status. For rural residents, woman(p〈0.05), lower education(p〈0.01), independent Income type(p〈0.001) showed higher score in self-rated health status. For the Seoul residents, younger person(p〈0.001), employed(p〈0.05) showed higher score in ADL and IADL, and for the farm area residents, younger person(p〈0.001), higher education(p〈0.01), having spouse(p〈0.001), family type(p〈0.01) showed higher score In ADL and IADL. 3) For the Seoulites, drinking(p〈0.05), breakfast(p〈0.05), exercise(p〈0.05) and for the rural residents, drinking(p〈0.05), deep sleeping(p〈0.05), exercise(p〈0.01), washing hands before meal(p〈0.01) showed higher score In self-rated health status. For the Seoulites, deep sleeping(p〈0.05), exercise(p〈0.05) and for the farm village residents, fruit(p〈0.05), deep sleeping(p〈0.05), exercise(p〈0.001) showed higher score in ADL and IADL. We carried out this study to analyze the effectiveness through health education program in short term which was performed to use the special subject activities. This study was conducted on 63 students who were first grade in S Junior High School from Dec. 1995 to Feb. 1996. To analyze the effectiveness, we performed the Pretest, 1st Posttest, and 2nd Posttest for learned health knowledge. The results were as follows: 1. Most of the students(69.8%) responded that their health were good, and they got the information for health through Mass Com.. The students who had experience of health education were 15.9%, and the 77.8% of the respondents needed the health education. 2. The means of health knowledge on tests were 18.2(Pretest), 21.5(1st Posttest), and 21.4(2nd Posttest). Increase of health knowledge between Pretest and 1st Posttest was 10.9%. 3. The mean of differences between Pretest and 1st Posttest was 3.26, it was significant(p〈0.01). And the mean of differences between Pretest and 2nd Posttest was 3.19, it was significant(p〈0.01);however, the mean of differences between 1st Posttest and 2nd Posttest was not significant(p=0.2514). 4. The significant main contents were Health Facilities(d=0.42), Pregnancy and Labor(d=0.39), Hygiene(d=0.35), Safety Education(d=0.66), and Drug Abuse(d=0.60)(p〈0.01).

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제49권5호
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• pp.275-287
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• 2016

Objectives: C-reactive protein (CRP), an inflammatory biomarker, has been widely used as a preclinical marker predictive of morbidity and mortality. Although many studies have reported a positive association between CRP and mortality, uncertainty still remains about this association in various populations, especially in rural Korea. Methods: A total of 23 233 middle-aged participants (8862 men and 14 371 women) who were free from cardiovascular disease, cancer, and acute inflammation (defined by a CRP level ${\geq}10mg/L$) were drawn from 11 rural communities in Korea between 2005 and 2011. Blood CRP concentration was analyzed as a categorical variable (low: 0.0-0.9 mg/L; intermediate: 1.0-3.0 mg/L; high: 3.1-9.9 mg/L) as well as a continuous variable. Each participant's vital status through December 2013 was confirmed by death statistics from the National Statistical Office. Cox proportional hazard models were used to assess the independent association between CRP and mortality after adjusting for other risk factors. Results: The total quantity of observed person-years was 57 975 for men and 95 146 for women, and the number of deaths was 649 among men and 367 among women. Compared to the low-CRP group, the adjusted hazard ratio for all-cause mortality of the intermediate group was 1.17 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.98 to 1.40) for men and 1.27 (95% CI, 1.01 to 1.61) for women, and the corresponding values for the high-CRP group were 1.98 (95% CI, 1.61 to 2.42) for men and 1.41 (95% CI, 1.03 to 1.95) for women. Similar trends were found for CRP evaluated as a continuous variable and for cardiovascular mortality. Conclusions: Higher CRP concentrations were associated with higher mortality in a rural Korean population, and this association was more prominent in men than in women.

• 농촌의학ㆍ지역보건
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.195-207
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• 1996

일부 농촌 지역 재택 노인들의 일상 생활활동 및 우울정도를 알아보기 위하여 1996년 2월 14일부터 3월 30일 까지 고령군내 보건진료소가 소재하는 12개리에 거주하는 노인 394명을 대상으로 면담조사 하였다. 한가지 이상이라도 ADL에 대한 장애가 있는 비율이 남자(20.1%) 여자(22.5%)이였고 한가지 이상이라도 LADL에 대한 장애가 있는 비율은 남자(72.1%) 여자(56.2%)였다. 우울증 유병률은 남자노인에서(59.1%)로 여자노인(68.8%)보다 낮았다. 일반적 독성과 ADL의 관계에서 연령, 종교, 배우자 유무, 가족거주형태, 생활비부담, 주관적 건강상태, 여가활동, 용도만족도, 음주에서 유의한 차이가 있었으며(p<0.05), 교육수준, 흡연은 유의한 관련성이 없었다. 일반적 특성과 LADL의 관계에서는 연령, 교육수준, 배우자 유무, 가족거주형태, 생활비 부담, 용돈 만족도, 흡연, 음주, 스스로 평가한 건강상태가 유의한 관련성이 있었고(p<0.05), 여가활동, 종교는 유의한 관련성이 없었다. 남녀 모두에서 ADL에 대한 장애가 있는 경우에서 없는 경우보다 우울증 유병률이 유의하게 높았다(p<0.05). 그러나 LADL에 대한 장애와 우울증 유병률과의 관계는 유의한 관련성이 없었다. 이상의 결과로 보아 농촌노인의 기능장애의 우울증정도는 상당히 높으며 ADL과 우울증은 밀접한 관련이 있음을 알 수 있다.