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The Differences of Quality of Life by Gender in Undergraduate : focused on health practice

성별에 따른 대학생의 건강관련 삶의 질 차이 : 건강행위 중심으로

  • Kim, Jeong-Yeon (Dept. of Medical Administration & Information, Daejeon Health Institute of Technology) ;
  • Kim, Young-Ju (Dept. of Nursing Science, Daejeon Health Institute of Technology)
  • 김정연 (대전보건대학교 의무행정정보과) ;
  • 김영주 (대전보건대학교 간호학과)
  • Received : 2019.10.31
  • Accepted : 2019.12.20
  • Published : 2019.12.28
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Abstract

The purpose of the research was to investigate the differences in quality of life by gender and to identify the factors that influence the qulatiy of life focused on health practice. Quality of Life was measured by the Korean health related Quality of Life Scale(KQOLS) which was developed to reflect the regional, cultural and emotional background. Questionnaires were collected from 115 undergraduate male and female students in D city. Male had higher KQOLS than female but there was no statistically significant difference but appeared statistically significantly higher KQOLS in the subdomains of physical functioning, Vitality, Mental health, spiritual health. A difference analysis of determinants of the quality of life in undergraduated male and female focused on health practice showed that the factors that influenced the quality of life in male were disease, regular exercise, BMI and the explanation of antecedent variables stood at 25.1%. On the other hand, these variables did not explain the quality of life in female.

대학생의 건강행위를 중심으로 건강관련 삶의 질 및 관련요인에 있어 성별에 따른 차이를 알아보고자 본 연구를 시도하였다. 삶의 질 측정도구로는 문화적 배경을 반영하여 개발된 KQOLS(Korean health related Qualtiy of Life Scale)l을 이용하였으며 D지역 남녀대학생 115명을 대상으로 자기기입식 설문조사를 시행하였다. 연구 결과 남성의 삶의 질이 여성에 비해 높았으나 통계적으로 유의한 차이는 없었고, 삶의 질 하부요인인 신체적 기능, 활력, 정신적 건강, 영적 건강은 남성이 여성에 비해 통계적으로 유의하게 높게 나타났다. 성별에 따른 삶의 질 영향요인 차이 분석에서는 남성의 경우 삶의 질 영향요인으로 질병유무(t=-2.118, p<.05), 규칙적 운동(t=2.346, p<.05), 정상 비만도(t=2.274, p<.05)가 포함되었으며, 이들 변수는 남자 대학생의 삶의 질을 약 25.1% 설명하였다. 반면에 여성에서는 건강행위가 삶의 질을 설명하지 못하는 것으로 나타났다.

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