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KMID : 1138720150410010025
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Korean Public Health Research
2015 Volume.41 No. 1 p.25 ~ p.38
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The Effect of Physical Activity Characteristics on Mental Health of the Aged with Chronic Diseases
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Park Jae-Woo
Hwang Byung-Deog
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Abstract
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Objective: This study is a correlation analysis study to identify characteristics of physical activities of the aged with chronic diseases, analyze the relationship with mental health and to provide basic data to improve mental health of the aged with chronic diseases.
Methods: Data used in this study include "Korea Health Panel(2011)" conducted by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs and the National Health Insurance Service and study subjects were total of 4,118 people over the age of 55 who were diagnosed with chronic diseases. SPSS 21.0 program was used for statistical analysis of the data. Frequency analysis was conducted to identify the characteristics of sociology of population, physical activity and mental health of the subjects; and cross-tabulation analysis was conducted to identify differences among the variables depending on characteristics of physical activity. Logistic regression analysis was conducted to draw odds ratio of factors that affect mental health.
Results: The results of the study are as follows. First, modification of mental health factors according to physical activity characteristics showed significant difference in stress level, history of depression and history of suicidal impulse. And good physical activity characteristics have more positive effect on mental health factors. Second, major factors that affect mental health showed statistical significance in two variables-subjective health conditions, capability of healthy physical activity-and factors of sociology of population such as gender and economic activity.
Conclusion: The results indicate that better physical activity characteristics of the aged with chronic diseases affect improvement of mental health. It will be effective to make positive effect on quality of life in senescence for better mental health of the aged with chronic diseases by physical activity on a regular basis and improvement of daily activities and physical activities.
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KEYWORD
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The aged with chronic diseases, Physical activity, mental health, CCI index
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