Journal of agricultural medicine and community health (농촌의학ㆍ지역보건)

Korean Society for Rural Medicine and Community Health (한국농촌의학지역보건학회)
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Comparing the Status of Chronic Diseases between Immigrants and Korean

이주민과 내국인의 만성질환 관리 지표 비교

  • Seong-Woo Choi (Department of Preventive Medicine, Chosun University Medical School) ;
  • Seong-Eun Kim (Department of Internal medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School) ;
  • Yu-Il Kim (Department of Internal medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School) ;
  • Kyung-Hak Kim (Department of Anthropology, Chonnam National University) ;
  • Bong-Kyu Sun (Center for Global Diaspora Studies, Chonnam National University) ;
  • Jin-Hyeong Kim (Gwangju Institute for Public Health and Equity) ;
  • Jun-Hwi Cho (Department of Health Science, Graduate School of Chosun University) ;
  • Sun-Seog Kweon (Gwangju Institute for Public Health and Equity)
  • 최성우 (조선대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실) ;
  • 김성은 (전남대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 김유일 (전남대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 김경학 (전남대학교 문화인류고고학과) ;
  • 선봉규 (전남대학교 글로벌디아스포라 연구소) ;
  • 김진형 (광주광역시 공공보건의료지원단) ;
  • 조준휘 (조선대학교 대학원 보건학과) ;
  • 권순석 (광주광역시 공공보건의료지원단)
  • Received : 2024.03.07
  • Accepted : 2024.06.19
  • Published : 2024.06.30
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Abstract

Objective: This study compared the status of chronic diseases among immigrants and the Korean population. Methods: This study was conducted on 153 immigrants living in Gwangju Metropolitan City in 2022. For comparison, 459 Koreans were selected using the 2021 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES). A survey was conducted on the management status of hypertension, diabetes, and hyperlipidemia using a questionnaire. Results: Immigrants were significantly more likely to have hypertension (50.3% vs. 24.2%, p<0.001) and diabetes (19.0% vs. 11.5%, p=0.002) than Koreans. In awareness, immigrants had significantly lower rates of hypertension (57.1% vs. 73.0%, p=0.031) and hyperlipidemia (immigrants 25.4% vs. 44.5%, p=0.006). In treatment rates, immigrants had significantly lower rates of hypertension (40.3% vs. 69.4%, <0.001) and hyperlipidemia (17.9% vs. 39.6%, p=0.003). In control rates, immigrants had significantly lower rates of hypertension (18.2% vs. 62.2%, <0.001) than Koreans. Conclusions: Chronic diseases are common among immigrants, but awareness, treatment, and control rates are low, so education and prevention policies are critical to improving immigrants' access to medical care and raising awareness.

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본 연구는 2022년 조선대학교 학술연구비의 지원을 받아 수행되었음

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