Health Behavior in the Aged and Related Variables

노인건강행위와 관련요인간의 관계

This study was conducted to find the relation among perceived health status, self-esteem, self-efficacy, and social support related with the health behavior in the aged, and to ascertain the factors which affect the health behavior in the aged. For this study, 271 old men and women were surveyed from June to July, 2008, who lived in Daejeon and Chungnam province, and were 65 years old and over. As a result, it was surveyed that the old having their religious beliefs were good in health behavior, and the old who had a spouse and a high level of education were good in health status. And also, old women had a higher self-efficacy than old men, and the old who had a high level of education had a higher self-efficacy than those who didn't. Among the subjects of this study, there was a significant correlation between the health behavior in the aged and perceived health status, self-esteem, and self efficacy, and one between perceived health status and self-esteem, and self efficacy. And also, there was a significant correlation between self-esteem and self efficacy. Self-esteem was confirmed as the important variable which affected the health behavior of the aged. The limitations, implications of this study and future tasks for the old were discussed.

본 연구는 노인의 건강행위와 관련이 있는 지각된 건강상태, 자아존중감, 자기효능감, 사회적지지간의 관계를 알아보고, 노인건강행위에 영향을 미치는 요인을 확인하기 위해서 시행 되었다. 2008년 6월부터 7월까지 대전 충남에 거주하는 65세 이상 남녀 노인을 대상으로 271명을 조사하였다. 연구결과, 종교를 가진 노인이 건강행위가 좋은 것으로 나타났고, 배우자가 있고 학력이 높은 노인이 지각된 건강상태가 좋은 것으로 조사되었다. 또한, 여자 노인이 남자 노인보다, 학력이 높은 노인이 학력이 낮은 노인보다 자기효능감이 높은 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구에서 노인건강행위와 지각된 건강상태, 자아존중감, 자기효능감간에 유의한 상관관계가 있었고, 지각된 건강상태와 자아존중감, 자기효능감간에 유의한 상관관계가 있었으며, 자아존중감과 자기효능감간에도 유의한 상관관계가 있었다. 노인건강행위에 영향을 미치는 중요한 변수는 자아존중감으로 확인되었다. 본 연구의 제한점과 시사점, 추후 과제가 논의되었다.