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KMID : 0379720090230020199
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Journal of Korean Community Health Nursing Academic Society
2009 Volume.23 No. 2 p.199 ~ p.206
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A Transition of Health Habits and Self-rated Health Status of Women Aged in Early Adulthood
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Lee Young-Ran
Kim Myung-Ja
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study was designed to compare health habit and self-rated health status among early adulthood women in 1995, 2001, and 2007. Also, it was performed to determine correlations between health habits and self-rated health status.
Methods: This research was investigated to identify a transition of health habits and self-rated health status. Participants who agreed to participate in the study were 18~25years old college women. Data was collected from 380 college students in 1995, 196 college students 2001, and 411 college students in 2007. Health habit assessment questionnaire was developed by authors. The reliability of the questionnaire were Cronbach =.87. Cronbach =.85, Cronbach =.90. The visual analogue scale which had 100 self-rating scores was used. All statistical analyses were used the Statistical Package for Social Sciences for Windows, Statistical analyses included descriptive statistics, Levene’s test, repeated measure ANOVA, Brown-Forsythe test, Turkey test, Games-Howell test, and Pearson correlation coefficient test.
Results: Health habit level, and self-rated heath status were significantly increased over time after 1995. Health habits was correlated with self-rated health status.
Conclusion: Health habits and self-rated health status were influenced by health environments. Health practitioner can use perceived health status to access health habits.
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KEYWORD
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Early adulthood, Women, Health habit, Self-rated health status
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