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KMID : 0387320130230020162
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Korean Journal of Health Policy and Administration
2013 Volume.23 No. 2 p.162 ~ p.175
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Relationship between Social Support, Psychosocial Factors, and Health Behaviors in the Elderly
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Roh Yun-Ho
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Abstract
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Background: The purpose of this study was to analyze the association between social support, psychosocial factors, and health behaviors of old adults in korean society.
Methods: The data which was used in this study was extracted from the second wave of the Korean longitudinal study of aging in 2008. A total of 3,978 elderly aged 65 years or older were included in this study. We conducted -test, t-test for the elderly health behavior in accordance with their social support and psychosocial factors. Also, multivariate logistic regressive analysis was performed in order to find how degree social support and psychosocial factors are associated with health behavior after adjusting sex, age, smoking (alcohol drinking), and other significant variables. The data was processed by SAS ver. 9.1 and Stata SE ver. 11.
Results: Social support in older adults was significantly associated with lower smoking, alcohol drinking, exercise, and eating habit. Also, psychosocial factors were positively associated with smoking, alcohol drinking, regular exercise, and eating habit.
Conclusion: health behaviors of old adults are likely to be vulnerable to social support and psychosocial factors. To increase effectiveness of the health policy for the elderly in Korea, it is important to adapt new strategy to include the empowerment of elderly’s social networks, policy support to enhance subjective expectation, and life satisfaction.
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KEYWORD
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Aged, Health behavior, Social support, Psychosocial
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