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KMID : 0358120010270040250
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Journal of the Korean Public Health Association
2001 Volume.27 No. 4 p.250 ~ p.259
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A Study on the Factors Affecting Health-promoting Lifestyle in a Community
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Kim De-Hi
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Abstract
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The purposes of this study were fii_stly, to describe the performance in the health-promoting life styles, and secondly, to identify the major factors affecting the health-promoting life styles. This study" sampled the areas randomly from M. City, Korea, and investigated the whole households of the areas sampled. Touil subjects of the survey were 1,445. And the period of the survey was August 10th to 14th, 19%. And the statistical methods used in this study were ANOVA, regression, and factor analysis. The main measures of this study were Hcalth-promoting Lifestyle Profile, Hardiness Questionnaire, and General Self-efficacv Scale. And the other variables were sex, marital status, age, income of a household, religion, education, and perceived health. Factor analyses yielded 2 factors in self-efficacy and 3 factors in hardiness on the basis of the scree test, principal comIx>nents analysis, and varimax-rotated solution. The factors in self-efficacy were persevering orientation and self-confidence. The factors in hardiness were control, challenge, and commitment. The results of this study were as follows: 1. The average score of the HPLP was 2.643 out of the possible range, I through 4. It was the frequency between sometimes and often. 2. This study identified a significant difference of the mean HPLP score among the groups of age, marital status, education, income, religion, and perceived health respectively through ANOVA. 3. .49 was the coefficient of determination(R squared) given by the multiple regression(stepwise) with a dependent variable, the HPLP and independent variables, self-confidence, challenge, control, commitment and income. Self-confidence and challenge had somewhat high effects on the HPLP with beta coefficients, .377 and .349, respectively. Control, commitment, and income exerted relatively low but statistically significant influences on it with betas, .165, .098 and .120, respectively. Health education would be needed for the attitude change in these factors. 4. This study found that old adults were lower in the HPLP score than young and middle-aged adults, although some studies reported in developed countries that old adults had higher scores in the HPLP than both young and middle-aged adults. 5. This study dealt with the growing field of community health promotion. But this kind of study alone would have a limitation to be generalized throughout the country. More studies of this kind will be needed in many communities to be generalized all over the country.
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KEYWORD
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Health-promoting, Lifestyle Profile, Hardiness, Self-efficacy
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