Smoking Status and the Related Factors in the Rural Elderly / 農村醫學 地域保健
Journal of Agricultural Medicine & Community Health
;
: 243-254, 2008.
Article
in Korean
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| ID: wpr-719976
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
The purpose of this study was to examine smoking status and the relates factors in the rural elderly.METHODS:
This study was conducted with 2,421 elderly people(male 1,273 and female 1,148) residing in the selected 25 villages, and face-to-face interviews with the subjects were made from January 1 through March 30, 2002.RESULTS:
The average age of the male subjects was 72.7 and that of the female subjects 72.8. The investigation of smoking states showed that for male subjects, smokers accounted for 49.4%, nonsmokers 26.9%, and abstainers from smoking 23.7% and that for female subjects, smokers accounted for 18.3%, nonsmokers 75.4%, and abstainers from smoking 6.3%. The level of 'low ADL' was significantly higher in abstainers. In men, smoking rate had higher in alone, non-job, queerstreet, 'high ADL'. In women, smoking rate had higher in younger age, queerstreet, unhealthy, 'high ADL'.CONCLUSIONS:
The smoking rate of the elderly was relatively high, especially at abstainers. The smoking status of elderly was correlated with age, family type, job, economic status by self-assessment, Self-recognition of health status, ADL level.
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Main subject:
Self-Assessment
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Smoke
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Activities of Daily Living
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Smoking
Type of study:
Qualitative research
Limits:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of Agricultural Medicine & Community Health
Year:
2008
Type:
Article
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