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The Association of Social Support with Health Status and Health Behavior among Rural Aged Population

일부 농촌 지역 노인의 사회적 지지와 건강수준 및 건강행태와의 관련성

  • Jeon, Bo-Young (Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University) ;
  • Lee, Hye-Jae (Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University) ;
  • Shon, Chang-U (Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University) ;
  • Kim, Nam-Kwon (Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University) ;
  • Kim, Ae-Ryun (Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University) ;
  • Park, Ji-Eun (Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University) ;
  • Lee, Eun-Sang (Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University) ;
  • Lee, Jeong-Wha (Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University) ;
  • Choi, Ju-Hyun (Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University)
  • 전보영 (서울대학교 보건대학원) ;
  • 이혜재 (서울대학교 보건대학원) ;
  • 손창우 (서울대학교 보건대학원) ;
  • 김남권 (서울대학교 보건대학원) ;
  • 김애련 (서울대학교 보건대학원) ;
  • 박지은 (서울대학교 보건대학원) ;
  • 이은상 (서울대학교 보건대학원) ;
  • 이정화 (서울대학교 보건대학원) ;
  • 최주현 (서울대학교 보건대학원)
  • Published : 2009.06.30

Abstract

Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the association of social support with health status and health behavior. Methods: This study was conducted with 79 elderly people in Gunja-ri, Dongsan-myun, Chuncheon. We performed face to face interview which was composed of socio-demographic characteristics, social support, health status and health behavior. The association between social support and result variables was analysed by Chi-square test and logistic regression. We used SAS ver9.1 for statistic analysis. Results: Mean age of the study population was 72.0$\pm$7.0, social support score was 14.3$\pm$4.7 with full marks of 20 and 36.25% of the total population were shown to have depression. When the social support score was changed, depression (p=0.0007) and physical exercise (p=0.0312) showed significant difference. The self-rated health status was significantly related to the relationship with family members (OR=0.25, 95% CI=0.07-0.95) and the quality of sleep was also significantly associated to the relationship with family members (OR=0.21, 95% CI=0.06-0.73). The physical exercise was done significantly less in the group without close friends than in the group with many close friends (OR=0.21, 95% CI=0.05-0.94) and the depression was significantly more in the group without community participation than in the group with community participation (OR=4.79, 95% CI=1.62-14.15). Conclusions: Through this study, we could conclude that the social support factors are associated with health status and health behavior. Therefore, to improve the health status of rural elderly, we need to approach to develop social support.

'사회적 지지'는 자신이 사랑 받고 돌보아진다고 믿게 하는 정보로서 인지적 심리적 안정을 도우며 개인의 대응역량을 높여준다. 노인에 대한 사회적 지지는 심혈관 질환 등으로 인한 사망률에 영향을 주고, 우울증을 감소시키고, 스트레스와 우울 사이에 완충 역할을 하며, 건강행태 또한 사회적 맥락 속에서 결정된다고 알려져 있다. 우리나라는 노령인구의 농촌 편중 하에서, 농촌 노인들은 사회적 지지 측면에서도 도시 노인들보다 취약한 것으로 나타났다. 이에 본 연구의 목적은 일부 농촌지역 노인들을 대상으로 사회적 지지와 건강수준 및 건강행태와의 관련성을 알아보기 위함이다. 연구대상은 강원도 춘천시 동산면 군자리에 거주하는 60세 이상 노인들 중 설문에 응한 총 79명이며, 2008년 6월 23일부터 29일까지 구조화된 설문지를 이용하여 직접면접조사를 하였다. 독립변수는 '가족 수, 가족과의 관계, 친한 친구 수, 참여모임 여부 및 사회적 지지 점수(MOS-SSS 수정)'로 하였고, 이에 따른 신체적 건강 즉, 주관적 건강과 만성질환 유무 그리고 정신적 건강으로 우울증을, 건강행태로 흡연, 음주, 규칙적인 운동, 숙면, 아침식사 여부와의 관계를 분석하였다. 대상 인구의 평균 연령은 72.0$\pm$7.0세 이고, 사회적 지지 점수는 20점 만점에서 평균 14.3$\pm$4.7점 이었다. 정신적 건강의 SGDS 점수 측정결과 전체인구의 36.3%가 우울성향을 보였다. 건강수준에 영향을 준 요인으로서, 사회적 지지 점수가 다를 때 우울 성향(p<0.001)과 운동여부(0.031)에서 유의한 차이가 있었다. 가족관계가 보통인 군에서 좋은 군보다 주관적으로 느끼는 건강수준이 낮고(OR=0.25, 95% CI=0.07-0.95), 숙면을 취하는 정도가 더 낮았다(OR=0.21, 95% CI=0.06-0.73). 친한 친구가 없는 군은 친한 친구 수가 5명 이상인 군에 비해 규칙적인 운동을 하는 경우가 더 낮았고(OR=0.21, 95% CI=0.05-0.94), 참여모임이 없는 사람은 참여모임이 있는 사람보다 '우울'로 나타남이 유의하게 높았다(OR=4.79, 95% CI=1.62-14.15). 이 연구를 통해 사회적 지지 점수 및 가족관계, 친구 수, 참여모임 수 등으로 대변되는 사회적 지지가 농촌 노인의 건강수준 및 건강행태와 관련이 있음을 알 수 있었다. 따라서 농촌 노인들의 건강증진을 위해서 사회적 지지를 고취시킬 수 있는 노력이 필요하겠다.

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