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KMID : 0606419990050030327
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Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing
1999 Volume.5 No. 3 p.327 ~ p.336
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Health-promotion Behavior and its correlates of Individuals Seeking comprehensive Health Check-ups
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Lee Jin-Hee
Suh Soon-Rim
Park Chai-Soon
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to identify the health promotion behavior and its related factors of persons who wanted a comprehensive health check-up in order to provide a basis for health education to promote health enhancing behavior. Study variables were induced from Pender’s Health Promotion Model. The subjects were 160 persons who had a check-up at the health promotion center in a university hospital in Tae-Gu, between September 8 and 22, 1998. The following instruments were used in the study : Lee Tae Wha’s Health Promoting Life-style Profile, Park Chai soon’s Self-efficacy Instrument and Moon Jeong Soon’s Perceived Benefit and Barrier Instrument. Data was collected by self-reporting qusetionnaire. Analysis of the data was done by SAS program, t-test, ANOVA and Pearson-Correlaion Coefficient. The results of this study were as follows. 1. The average score for the health-promotion behavior was 104.64. In the subcategories, self-actualization showed the highest degree of performance and physical exercise showed the lowest degree of performance. 2. In the relation of general characteristics of subjects to the level of health-promoting behavior, the male, the married, the group with several symptoms showed a high level of health-promoting behavior. 3. The relationship between the degree of performance in health-promotion behavior and its correlates were as follows: Self-efficacy was positively correlated to health promotion behavior, while the perceived barrier was correlated negatively. But the perceived benefit did not show a significant correlation with health promotion behavior. Results suggest that th development of programs with strategies to strengthen doing physical exercise and concerning health, increase self-efficacy and exclude the barriers to health promotion is recommended to individuals seeking a comprehensive health check-up.
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KEYWORD
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Health promotion behavior, its correlates, comprehensive checkups
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