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Social Support and Life Satisfaction of Living Alone elderly in Rural Area (농촌 독거노인들의 사회적 지원과 생활만족도)

  • Kim, Young-Soon;Yoon, Hee-Jung;Kwon, Jin-Hee;Moon, Hyo-Jung;Lee, Sung-Kook
    • Journal of agricultural medicine and community health
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    • v.27 no.1
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    • pp.65-78
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    • 2002
  • This study was conducted to identify the social support to living alone elderly in some rural communities and the level of life satisfaction. For the purpose of this study, face-to-face interviews and questionnaire were performed with 315 old people(male 43 and female 272) aged over 65 living alone in rural communities covered by 14 community health posts within Gyeongsangbuk-do Province randomly selected. The followings are summaries of findings; The average score of support from their children was $4.29{\pm}2.73$ out of 8. Variables that showed a significant difference were religion, level of living, type of medical insurance, frequency of meeting with children, time taken from houses of children by usual means of transportation, and subjective health status. It was found that the score of support from children was high for the elderly who had a religion, a good level of living, benefit from medical insurance, a high frequency of meeting with children, or a good subjective health status, or who resided close to their children's houses. The level of the support from friends and relatives showed a significant difference depending on the subjective health status, of which the average score was $4.13{\pm}2.61$ out of 8. The average score of the level of life satisfaction was $6.83{\pm}4.24$(male $7.60{\pm}4.09$ and female $6.71{\pm}4.26$) out of 17. Male elderly showed the higher level of life satisfaction than female elderly. Variables that showed a statistically significant difference in the level of life satisfaction were religion, level of living, medical insurance, hobby, children, disease, subjective health status, and ADL. That is, the level of satisfaction with life was found to be higher for the elderly who had a religion, a good level of living, benefit from medical insurance, a hobby, children, no diseases, or a good ADL, or who thought that they are healthy. The regression analysis with support from children as a dependent variable showed that the level of support from children was higher for the elderly who had a good level of living, frequency of meeting with children, or a good subjective health status. The regression analysis with the level of support from friends or relatives was higher for old people who had a good level of living. The regression analysis with the level of life satisfaction as a dependent variable showed that the factors which related to the level of satisfaction were sex, religion, level of living, hobby, ADL, and subjective health status. That is, it was found that for male elderly who had a religion, a good level of living or a hobby, or who thought that they were healthy, the level of life satisfaction was higher.

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Aseessment of the quality of life related to oral health of middle students in some area (일부지역 중학생의 구강건강관련 삶의 질 평가)

  • Jung, Yong-Hee;Bae, Sung-Suk;Jang, Jong-Hwa;Kim, Suk-Hyang
    • The Journal of Korean Society for School & Community Health Education
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.49-60
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    • 2013
  • Objectives: The main purpose of this study was to examine factors contributing the quality of life related to oral heath such as level of oral health knowledge, subjective knowledge on oral health, awareness of oral health and OHIP-14, and furthermore to analyze any relations among these factors. Methods: The questionnaire survey was carried out on a convenience sample of 230 middle school students at the selected middle school in Chungcheongnam-do. T-test and one-way ANOVA and correlation test were conducted over the collected datas using SPSS 12.0(SPSS 12.0 KOR for Windows, SPSS Inc, Chicago, USA). Results: The results of the study are as follows: 1. 6.38 was average score for oral health knowledge and 10.0 was the maximum. Subjective oral health awareness scored of average 2.99 with maximum of 5.0. OHIP-14 corresponded to average 4.30 and maximum 5.0. 2. Different level of oral heath knowledge was resulted from that of education, which means the greater level of oral health knowledge indicated greater awareness of oral health. 3. OHIP-14 was higher for those who lived with their parents than those who in did not(P=0.012). 4. There exhibits a proportional relationship between subjective awareness of oral health and OHIP-14(r=0.297). Conclusion: It was found that subjective awareness of oral health partially influences to OHIP-14. In other words, subjective awareness of oral health has an effect on the quality of life related to oral health. Hence, there needs more effort on oral health education and oral disorder prevention activities in order to improve subjective awareness of oral health.

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Subjective and objective indicators of socioeconomic status and self-rated health in Korean adolescents

  • Choi, Kyungwon
    • Korean Journal of Health Education and Promotion
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    • v.32 no.5
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    • pp.53-62
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    • 2015
  • Objectives: The purpose of this study was to examine the associations among self-rated health and socioeconomic status. Methods: Analyses were conducted based on cross-sectional data obtained from the Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey. A total of 79,202 students aged 12 to 18 years participated in the study and there was a response rate of 95.5%. Separate logistic regression analyses were performed on each gender group based on a set of independent variables. Those being: the level of parental education level; family affluence scale; subjective household economic status; and subjective school achievement with SRH as the dependent variable. Results: Multivariate analyses revealed significant associations between each SES and adolescent SRH after controlling for other covariates. However, in the models that included all SES indicators, subjective household economic status and subjective school achievement remained significant in boys and girls. Conclusions: The findings demonstrated that subjective SES indicators are more closely related to adolescent SRH when compared with objective indicators.

A study on Self-esteem and Subjective Evaluations to Work among Elderly Persons (노인의 일에 대한 주관적인 평가와 자아존중감 간의 관계)

  • 이신숙
    • Journal of Families and Better Life
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    • v.17 no.1
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    • pp.45-56
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    • 1999
  • The purpose of this study was to look into correlations between subjective evaluation on the work and self-esteem of the elderly so as to provide information for finding out ways of developing their self-esteem. The subjects of this study were 318 elderly persons in Chonnam and Kwangju city. The statistics used for data analysis were frequency percentage mean standard deviation reliability stepwise and multiple regression analysis through the SAS package program. the major findings of this study can be summarized as follows; 1) The self-esteem of elderly persons was 25,9 which was above the median 24. 2) According to the results related to subjective evaluations on the work among the elderly the positive correlation was by education level family situation economic state social activity level and health state while the negative correlation was by sex, age, and spouse. 3) According to the results related to subjective evaluations on the work among the elderly the positive correl tion was by worker identity job satisfaction quality of work time. 4) In model 1. variable affecting their self-esteem were health sate education level economic state health state age social activity level and sex. In Model 2, variables affecting their self-esteem were worker identity education level economic state age health state social activity level job satisfaction and sex. Especially self-estee of elderly was highly correlated with subjective evaluations on the work among the elderly persons.

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The Effects of Family Function, Self-esteem, and Loneliness on Subjective Health Status in Middle-aged Women (중년 여성의 가족기능, 자아존중감 및 외로움이 주관적 건강상태에 미치는 영향)

  • Kim, Kye-Ha;Kim, Hyun-Sook;Park, Kyung-Sook
    • Korean Journal of Adult Nursing
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.200-207
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    • 2005
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of family function, self-esteem, and loneliness on subjective health status in middle-aged women. Methods: A five-item family APGAR was used to measure family function. Self-esteem was measured by the Rosenberg's Self-esteem scale, and the level of loneliness was measured using RULS. One-item was used to investigate subjective health status. Result: In this study, the level of family function was moderate. The mean score of self-esteem was 29.06, and subjects revealed moderate loneliness. Subjects rated their health status as 'fair'. There were differences in subjective health status according to education and economic status. Through multiple regression, it was found that self-esteem was a variable predicting subjective health status in middle-aged women. Conclusion: Facilitating self-esteem of the middle-aged women can be one of the important nursing interventions in maintaining subjective health status as good.

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Factors Influencing Subjective Happiness among Adolescents in Busan : Analysis of Data from the 2016 Korean Youth Risk Behavior Survey (부산지역 청소년 주관적 행복감에 미치는 영향요인에 관한 연구 : 2016년 제12차 청소년 건강행태온라인조사 자료 분석)

  • Park, Jung-Hoon
    • The Korean Journal of Health Service Management
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    • v.11 no.4
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    • pp.133-144
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    • 2017
  • Objectives : The purpose of this study was to identify factors affecting the subjective happiness of adolescents in Busan using data from the "12th Online Survey on Youth Health Behaviors, 2016." It intended to provide basic information for the development of intervention programs that can improve the subjective happiness of the youth. Methods : Data on 3,979 adolescents residing in Busan were drawn and statistically examined using frequency analysis, a t-test, an ANOVA, and a multiple regression analysis. SPSS 24.0 was used for all analyses. Results : Subjective happiness showed statistically significant differences depending on the factors of health equity like emotional support, gender, school level, financial state, academic performance, type of residence, and parents' educational level, and on the factors of health status, like subjective health state, depression, sleep and stress. Conclusions : The results of this study suggest that a variety of intervention programs on health status factors need to be developed, and implemented to improve the subjective happiness of adolescents in Busan.

Association between Subjective Social Status and Perceived Health among Immigrant Women in Korea (이주여성의 주관적 사회수준과 주관적 건강 간의 관련성)

  • Mok, Hyung-kyun;Jo, Kyu-hee;Lee, Jun Hyup
    • The Journal of Korean Society for School & Community Health Education
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    • v.18 no.3
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    • pp.1-15
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    • 2017
  • Objectives: About for twenty years, immigrant women in South Korea have steadily increased due to economic growth and industrialization. According to previous studies in terms of immigrants, subjective socio-economic status(SES) as well as objective SES such as income, occupation and level of education predict health outcomes. The purpose of this study was to examine association between subjective social status and perceived health among immigrant women. Methods: We analyzed 12,531 participants from the 2012 National Survey of Multicultural Families. Study variables included subjective SES in Korea, subjective SES in community and perceived health. Control variables were age, household income, employment, education, marital status, ethnicity, language proficiency. For this study, descriptive analysis, Chi-square test, and multivariate logistic regression analysis were performed. Results: Among immigrant women, after adjusting for control variables, level of education in community was not associated with perceived health. Otherwise, subjective social status in Korea(low subjective social status reference group vs high subjective status : OR 2.056) was associated with perceived health. Conclusions: Immigrant women in Korea would be culturally affected by inherent characteristic rather than social economic status. Through this study, in order to improve health inequality among immigrant women, we should consider developing social supports and networks.

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The State and Factors Associated with the Level of Physical Activity and Exercise in Adolescents (청소년의 신체활동 및 운동 실태와 관련 요인)

  • Mun, Young-Hee
    • Journal of Korean Public Health Nursing
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    • v.21 no.1
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    • pp.75-84
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    • 2007
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the state and factors associated with level of physical activity and exercise in adolescents. Method: The subjects in this study included 528 adolescents registered at two junior high schools and two senior high schools in J City. The data were collected between October 20 and 30, 2006. Result: The study results showed that 23.8% of the adolescents engaged in vigorous activities for at least 20 minutes, three times a week, while 3.8% of the adolescents participated in moderate activities for at least 30 minutes, five times a week. The subjective level of health was determined to be $3.51\pm.91$ points on a 5-point scale. The level of stress was $2.58\pm.83$ points on a 4-point scale. The obesity index was $4.26\pm20.84$ points. Significant correlations were found between the subjective level of health and level of stress (r=-.201, p=.000), the subjective level of health and the obesity index (r=-.135, p=.004), and between the level of stress and the obesity index (r=.107, p=.024). Conclusion: These results showed that developing a health promotion program that includes an exercise program specific to gender and level of education, individualized strategies of stress control and optimal weight control is required.

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The Relationship between Subjective Health Knowledge and Environmental Exposure Reduction Behavior among the Elderly in Gongju City (공주시 노인의 주관적 건강 지식과 환경 노출 저감 행동의 관련성)

  • Seo, Myung-Soon;Kim, Kyung-Hee;Choi, Jae-Wook
    • Journal of Environmental Health Sciences
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    • v.46 no.6
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    • pp.676-684
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    • 2020
  • Objectives: In this study, the extent of environmental exposure reduction behavior among the elderly living in Gongju City was identified according to demographic and sociological characteristics of individual health behavior and environmental factors. In addition, the relationship between subjective health knowledge and environmental exposure reduction behavior among the elderly was investigated. Methods: Demographic and sociological factors, subjective health status, environmental factors, and environmental exposure reduction behavior were investigated among 120 elderly people in Gongju City. Through multiple regression analysis, variables with significant relationships with environmental exposure reduction behavior were identified (SPSS ver. 22, IBM, Armonk, NY, USA). The survey (IRB-2018-0096) was conducted over about two weeks (from Dec. 3 to 14, 2018). Results: The extent of practicing environmental exposure reduction behavior by the elderly in Gongju City was high in terms of cleaning, ventilation when cooking food, periodic outdoor activities, and ventilation when smoking. Significant variables were gender, past smoking and current non-smoking, subjective health knowledge, and subjective health status. The most influential variable was subjective health knowledge (β= .411). Conclusion: There was a significant relationship between the level of subjective health knowledge and the level of objective education for health behavior related to the reduction of environmental exposure among the elderly.

Factors Affecting the Level of Self-Perceived Health Recovery among Injured Workers (산재근로자의 주관적 건강회복 수준에 영향을 미치는 요인 분석)

  • Ko, Min-Seok
    • The Korean Journal of Health Service Management
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    • v.9 no.4
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    • pp.183-196
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    • 2015
  • Objectives : The purpose of this study was to analyze the factors affecting the level of subjective health recovery among injured workers. The aim in this study was to find an efficient worker's compensation service for subjective health recovery among injured workers. Methods : From the 1st panel study of worker's compensation insurance, data for 2,000 injured workers was analyzed with SPSS 22.0 and AMOS 22.0. Results : There was a statistically significant difference in the level of self-perceived health recovery depending on socio-demographic characteristics, disability characteristics and medical care services. Factors such as gender, education level, socio-economic level, disability level, claim duration, and treatment duration appropriacy affected the level of self-perceived health recovery. Conclusions : Worker's compensation services should take into consideration the factors that affect the health recovery of injured workers.