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The Association between Personal Health Behaviors and Emergency Room Visit among Elderly Patients with Diabetes

당뇨병 노인의 건강행위 실천과 응급실 내원 간의 관련성

  • Kim, Su Hyun (College of Nursing, Research Institute of Nursing Science, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Im, Ye-Ji (Kyungpook National University Hospital)
  • Received : 2021.08.03
  • Accepted : 2021.11.20
  • Published : 2021.11.28
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Abstract

This study was to understand the relationship between emergency room visit due to illness and personal health behaviors as well as population and illness characteristics of elderly patients with diabetes. This study was a descriptive correlation study that analyzed 956 respondents aged 65 or older and diagnosed with diabetes in the Korean Health Panel's data from 2014 to 2017. Data were analyzed using the SPSS 26.0 program with Mann-Whitney U test, chi-square test, and logistic regression analysis. The respondents who visited emergency room had fewer days of moderate-intensity physical activity and walking activity, were older, had activity restrictions due to disability, had depression, and had a large number of comorbid chronic diseases. In order to prevent elderly people with diabetes from visiting emergency room, it is important to encourage moderate-intensity activity and walking.

본 연구는 당뇨병을 진단받은 65세 이상 노인들의 인구학적 및 질병 특성, 건강행위 실천과 질병으로 인한 응급실 내원 간의 관련성에 대해 파악하기 위한 서술적 상관연구이다. 연구대상자는 2014~2017년도의 한국의료패널 연간 데이터에 등록된 대상자 중에서 당뇨병을 진단받은 65세 이상 노인 총 956명을 대상으로 하였다. 자료 분석은 SPSS 26.0 program을 이용하여 기술통계, Mann-Whitney U test, 카이제곱 분석, 일변량 회귀분석으로 분석하였다. 연구결과 당뇨병을 진단받은 노인의 중등도 신체활동과 걷기 실천 일수가 적을수록, 연령이 높을수록, 장애로 인한 활동제한이 있을수록, 우울증이 있을수록, 동반 만성질환 수가 많을수록 응급실 내원의 위험이 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 당뇨병을 진단받은 노인들의 응급실 내원을 감소시키기 위해 지속적인 신체활동의 실천을 적극 격려하는 것이 중요하다.

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Acknowledgement

This research was supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT, and Future Planning (NRF-2017R1A1A3A04069500).

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