In order to find out the status of Health Care and Daily life of Aged peaples in rural area, a study carried out, through analyzing the datas of health screening examination for 304 persons and questionaired survey for 242 persons out of 586 old persons in a rural community, Su-Dong Myun, Nam-Yang Ju Kun, Kyung-Gi Do, Korea, during the September of the year of 1987 and the October of the year of 1988.
The following results were obtained
1) Out of 242 respondents in 1988 survey, 67.4% of them was complained of suffering sickness and out of 304 old persons nealth examined in 1987, 68.1% of them also nad suffered from more than one kind of illness, in the other words two-thirds of old persons in study rural area are complaing their health problems to-day.
2) The disease order of old persons, found through health examination was degenerative joint disease(30.8 % ), chroinic gastritis(13.5 % ), diabetes mellitus (7.2 % ), hypertension (6.3 % ), anemia(5. 8%) and chronic bronchitis(4.8%) respectively.
3) The rate order of receiving treatment or care by first choice in sick old persons was drug stores(73.1 % ), medical facilities(16.1 %) and just waiting unitil getting well without any medical care(9.1 % ).
4) The rate of favorite foods for old persons were 50.4% in greens and 38.8% in meats in total, and 53.6% in meats among males and 70.0% in greens among females.
5) The food order of the favorite taste for old persons was suitable taste (23.1% hot taste (15.3% sweet taste(14.5%), hot and salty taste(10.8%) and hot and sweet taste(9.9%) respectively.
6) The habitually smokling rate was 76.8% in male and 50.0% in female and the drinking rate was 74.1% in male and 38.5% in female.
7) Out of 242 respondents, 773% of them are living with son and grandson together within same family, 17.3% of them are living with wife or husband and 5.4% are living alone.
8) In the religion of respondents, the rate order of belirever was buddist(38.9%), christian(13.2% ), and catholic(2.1 % ).
9) The satisfactory rate for daily life circumstance was 59.1% out of 242 olol personus.
10) Out of 242 responodents, 83.1% of them are still working in the farms and houses around
every day.
11) The place order of rest for daily pleasure was own house(54.5%) and "No-In Jung" or old aged peoples hall(31.3%) in male, and own house(73.9%) and friend´s house(20.80 in female.
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