Journal of agricultural medicine and community health (농촌의학ㆍ지역보건)

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Health and Nutrition Status of Grandparents on Grandparents-Grandchildren Family in Rural Area

농촌지역 조손가정 조부모의 건강과 영양상태

  • Published : 2009.09.30
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Abstract

Objectives: This study was to identify and test the health and nutritional status of grandparents in grandparents-grandchildren family in rural area. Methods: The subjects of this study were 70 grandparents of grandparents - grandchildren family in Muan-Gun. The collected data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, regression analysis. Results: The average age of grandparents was 70.1${\pm}$6.6 years old, unhealthy of the subjective health status was 55.7%, MNA score was 21.0${\pm}$3.5 points and 62.2% of the grandparents were shown to have malnutritonal status. The ADL, IADL, depression and fall index of health status were significantly related to the relationship with gender(p<.01), age(p<.05), economic(p<.01) and educational level(p<.01), and partnership(p<.01). MNA score was significantly related to the relationship with acute disease(p<.05), ADL(p<.001), IADL(p<.01), cognitive function(p<.01) and gender(p<.01). And the health status variables and general characteristics were positively correlated while the relationships were positive between health status variables and MNA score. Conclusions: With the above findings, grandparents of grandparents-grandchildren family have the problems of health and nutritional status. Then health and nutritional intervention program for grandparents-grandchildren family is needed to serve.

본 연구는 농촌지역 조손가정 조부모의 건강상태와 건강생활습관 및 영양상태를 분석한 탐색적 연구로 2009년 1월말 현재 지역사회서비스투자사업의 일환으로 실시되는 조손가구 57가구의 70명의 노인을 대상으로 하였다. 연구도구는 '전국노인장기요양보호서비스 욕구조사'도구와 간이영양 사정표를 사용하여 빈도, 백분율, 평균 점수를 분석하고, 이들 변수간의 관련성은 $x^2$-test, F-test 및 상관관계를 보았다. 조부모의 평균 연령은 70.1${\pm}$6.65세이었고, 생활수준은 67.2%에서 어려움을 보였으며 교육수준이 낮은 편이었다. 만성질 환율은 58.6%, 급성질환이환율은 5.7%, 우울노인이 20.0%, ADL과 IADL에서 수발이 필요한 조부모는 각각 14.5%, 35.7%에 해당되었다. 인지기능에서 장애는 22.7%, 낙상지수는 2.93점(표준편차${\pm}$1.09점)으로 나타나 낙상가능성을 시사해주었다. 건강생활습관에서는 흡연율 11.4%, 음주율 35.7%, 건강검진율 67.1%이었다. 영양점수는 평균 21.0점(표준편차 ${\pm}$3.5점)이었으며, '영양양호' 37.8%, '영양불량경계역'56.8%, '영양불량' 5.4%, '비만' 44.6%로 나타났다. 일반적 특성에 따른 건강상태에서는 IADL, 우울상태와 낙상지수가 유의한 지표로 p<.01수준에서 성별, 연령, 생활수준, 배우자유무와 관련이 있었고, 건강특성과 영양상태에서는 급성질환(p<.05), ADL(p<.001), IADL(p<.01) 인지기능(p<.01)의 장애유무와 관련이 검정되었다. 조손가정 조부모의 일반적 특성, 건강상태, 건강생활습관과 영양상태와의 상관관계에서는 이들 지표간의 유의한 상관을 보였다. 따라서 앞으로 조손가정의 조부모의 건강상태에 관여되는 일반적 특성을 고려하여 건강생활습관의 개선이 가능한 건강증진사업을 도모함과 더불어 조손가정의 건강과 영양관리가 이루어질 수 있는 중재서비스의 개입이 이루어져야 할것을 제언한다.

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