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KMID : 0379220070270040897
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Journal of Korea Gerontological Society
2007 Volume.27 No. 4 p.897 ~ p.912
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A Study on the Related Factors and Status of Body Mass Index in Rural Elderly
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Cho Yoo-Hyang
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to investigate body mass index and to test the obesity prevalence and health status as the morbidity, subjective health status and health examination, dementia, depression, ADL, IADL, and lifestyle factors such as smoking and drinking habits and helath examination of rural elderly in Korea. The interview survey was performed in September 2004 with structured questionnaires to 770 respondents of the elderly who lived in Muan-Gun of Chonnam Province. The questionnaire was the abridged Scale of Long Term Health Need Survey. The covariate, F-test or t-test, and Chi-squire method were used for some of the cross-sectional data. The 770elderly respondents were composed of 51.3% male and 48.7% female. Average weight of male was 62.3±7.44kg, and average weight of female was 52.9±7.94kg. The average of BMI was 21.9(±2.67) and obesity rate was 9.4%, and the under weight rate was 12.9%. About the subjective health status that 54.3% of the respondents have been answered not good health status, 87.9% of the respondents have been health examination. 59.1% of the elderly had chronic disease, and 11.8% of the elderly had acute disease. The under weight rate and lifestyle factors(exercise in male, drinking and health examination in female) and health status(subjective health status, chronic disease and acute disease in male, chronic disease ADL, IADL in female) was positively correlated. These results suggested that weight control pregram and education programs of the health habits such as drinking, physical exercise and health examination habits were necessities for the elderly of rural area. Further research would be required to specify the necessities and operation researches.
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KEYWORD
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elderly, health status, BMI, obesity rate, Lifestyle
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