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KMID : 1137920060310030263
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Journal of Agricultral Medicine & Community Health
2006 Volume.31 No. 3 p.263 ~ p.273
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A Study on Health Status of the Elderly in Rural Community according to Drinking Pattern
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Baek Dal-Hyun
Hwang Byung-Deog
Moon Hyo-Jung
Yoon Hee-Jung
Lee Sung-Kook
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Abstract
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Objectives: This study was conducted to investigate the trend of health statue of the elderly living in rural area according to drinking patterns.
Methods: This study was conducted with 2,421 elderly people (male 1,273 and female 1,148) residing in the selected 25 villages, with exclusion of a few elderly people who were in hospital, out for a long time or had an unknown address. This study were carried out, face-to-face interviews with the subjects were made from January to March 2002.
Results: The investigation of drinking state showed that for male subjects, drinkers accounted for 48.8%, nondrinkers 35.1% and abstainers from drinking 16.1%, whereas for female subjects, drinkers accounted 15.3%, nondrinkers 80.2% and abstainers from drinking 4.5%.
The health status was analyzed according to drinking pattern. For elderly men, abstainers from drinking showed worse health state than nondrinkers and drinkers. Elderly women showed the same result.
It is widely known that drinking are the important causes of chronic diseases. Therefore, it is needed to provide the elderly with education on control of preventable health risk factors and effect of living state on health, in order to prevent aggravation of health level of the elder population aged 65 and over. This will also help them promote their health. It will be desirable that for the elderly, the objective will focus on health promotion rather than treatment of diseases.
Conclusions: Carry out health plan for rural communities and health maintenance programs and health promotion of the elderly in those communities shall be developed. In addition, preventive education and health examination shall be conducted more frequently with the elderly who drink but are still healthy.
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KEYWORD
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Elderly, Drinking Pattern, Health Status
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