Korean Journal of Community Nutrition (대한지역사회영양학회지)

The Korean Society of Community Nutrition (대한지역사회영양학회)
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A Study on Social Factors and Physical Health Status of the Long-Lived Elderly People in Ganghwa-gun Area

강화지역 남녀 장수노인의 사회적, 신체적 건강상태조사

  • Han Hye Kyoung (Department of Food and Nutrition, Duksung Womens University) ;
  • Choi Sung Sook (Department of Food and Nutrition, Duksung Womens University) ;
  • Kim Myung Wha (Department of Food and Nutrition, Duksung Womens University) ;
  • Lee Sung-Dong (Department of Food and Nutrition, College of Health Sciences, Korea University)
  • 한혜경 (덕성여자대학교 식품영양학과) ;
  • 최성숙 (덕성여자대학교 식품영양학과) ;
  • 김명화 (덕성여자대학교 식품영양학과) ;
  • 이성동 (고려대학교 병설 보건대학 식품영양과)
  • Published : 2005.02.01
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Abstract

This study was to performed to assess social factors and physical health status. The subjects of the study were 103 elderly people of age over 85 years living in Ganghwa-gun area. The method of this research was based on the interview-survey with questionnaire. Chi-square test was the main data analysis method. The subject group was composed of 36 males and 67 females, the average age being 91.0 $\pm$ 3.2 years old for the males and 91.1 $\pm$ 3.4 years old for the females. The aged average height and weight were 161.0 $\pm$ 7.9 cm and 54.6 $\pm$ 7.8 kg in males, 141.0 $\pm$ 8.2 cm and 42.2 $\pm$ 7.9 kg in females which were lower than the Korean average standard but the mean BMIs of both male and female showed normal range. Their level of education was lower and they tended to be religious. The aged population might be economically poor. Their level of living standards tended to have been lower-middle and lower class. The mean age of their parents' death were 64.3 $\pm$ 17.2 years in males, 59.0 $\pm$ 14.9 years in females for the father and 70.9 $\pm$ 15.5 years in males, 66.8 $\pm$ 16.6 years in females for the mother. The rate of living together with their family or spouse in the female aged was $83.2\%$ higher than in the male aged. They tended to have engaged in hobbies that require less movement. Of the kinds of hobby, 'TV watching ($47.8\%$ in male and $44.9\%$ in female) was the highest. Ratios of the drinking and the smoking elderly were $30.6\%$, $25.0\%$ in male and $7.5\%$, $18.8\%$ in female but they tended to have never drunken and smoked. Of the subjects, $42.9\%$ spend 8$\~$9 hours for sleeping in male and $35.8\%$ spend 10 hours for sleeping in female. They tended to have not done any particular health behavior. The most common diseases were digestive disease in male, arthritis and hypertension in female. Most elderly males ($47.3\%$) and females ($61.2\%$) had 1$\~$2 diseases.

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