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KMID : 0385219990090030006
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Korean Journal of Gerontology
1999 Volume.9 No. 3 p.6 ~ p.16
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Life-Style and Health Status of the Long-Lived Elderly People in Kyungpook Sung-Ju Area
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Gu Bo-Kyung
Baek Ji-Won
Lee Sung-Kuk
Lee Hye-Seong
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Abstract
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the purpose of this study was to find out the common characteristics among the life-style of the long-lived elderly in order to offer the basic data for establishing a set of guidelines for a daily life pattern that may promote longer life for the general population. The subjects of this study were three-hundred elderly people aged over 85 living in Kyungpook Sung-Ju who have no problems in daily living. The surveys which were on various aspects of general characteristics, daily life-style patterns, health status were carried out by individual interview using questionnaires. The subject group was composed of 27% males and 73% females, the average age being 87 years old. The most prevalent family type was one which is traditional in Korea; living with the son’s family(63%). The percentage of illiteracy was 38%. the most common occupation in which the subjects had been engaged was farming(88%), and a majority of the subjects had lived in rural area for over 60 years. Regarding the present physical activity level, "very light" was the most prevalent(45%). The sleeping time of half of the subjects during their adulthoods was over 8-9 hours. The most common sleeping tine at the time of survey was 6-7 hours(46%). Sixty seven percent of the males and 33% of the females had smoking habits. Regarding the life span of the subject’s ancestors, about 75% of both grandparents and parents of the subjects lived over 61-70 years. Seventy seven percent of the subjects considered their health to be in relatively good condition, and 63% was free from disease at the time of survey. The life span of their ancestors were considerably longer than that of the average Korean. The subjects had a remarkably low prevalence of the chronic degenerative diseases. There results strongly suggest the hereditary nature of longevity. Characteristics common in the life-style of a great portion of the subjects were living in rural areas for over 70-80 years without migration and engaging in farming for their whole lives.
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KEYWORD
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The long-lived elderly, Life-style, Health status
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