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Health Promotion Behavior, Health Problems, Perceived Health Status and Farmers' Syndrome of Rural Residents / 農村醫學 地域保健
Journal of Agricultural Medicine & Community Health ; : 47-57, 2009.
Artigo em Coreano | WPRIM | ID: wpr-719826
ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVES:

The purpose of this study was to identify the health promotion behavior, health problem, perceived health status and farmers' syndrome of rural residents.

METHODS:

The subjects of this study were 637 adults of 19 primary health care post extracted from 1.875 primary health care post in Korea by quota sampling method. The collected data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlation.

RESULTS:

The average score of health promotion behavior was 2.23. In the sub-scales, the highest degree of performance was 'nutrition', followed by 'spiritual growth' and the lowest degree of performance was 'physical activity'. The most prevalent health problem was ailments in 'musculoskeletal system', followed by 'fatigue', 'eyes and ears', 'cardiovascular system'. The mean score of perceived health status was 8.54. The prevalence of farmers' syndrome was 98.4%. Health promotion behavior showed a significant positive correlation health status and perceived health status showed a significant negative farmers' syndrome.

CONCLUSIONS:

With the above findings, rural residents' physical activity is less than urban residents', and the rural resident's score of perceived health status, musculoskeletal system and fatigue are lower than urban residents'. The farmers' syndrome of the rural people is high. A tailored health promotion program for rural community is needed to develop in the consideration of these findings.
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Texto completo: DisponíveL Índice: WPRIM (Pacífico Ocidental) Assunto principal: Atenção Primária à Saúde / População Rural / Comportamentos Relacionados com a Saúde / Prevalência / Fadiga / Promoção da Saúde / Coreia (Geográfico) / Atividade Motora / Sistema Musculoesquelético Tipo de estudo: Estudo de prevalência / Estudo prognóstico Limite: Adulto / Humanos País/Região como assunto: Ásia Idioma: Coreano Revista: Journal of Agricultural Medicine & Community Health Ano de publicação: 2009 Tipo de documento: Artigo

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Texto completo: DisponíveL Índice: WPRIM (Pacífico Ocidental) Assunto principal: Atenção Primária à Saúde / População Rural / Comportamentos Relacionados com a Saúde / Prevalência / Fadiga / Promoção da Saúde / Coreia (Geográfico) / Atividade Motora / Sistema Musculoesquelético Tipo de estudo: Estudo de prevalência / Estudo prognóstico Limite: Adulto / Humanos País/Região como assunto: Ásia Idioma: Coreano Revista: Journal of Agricultural Medicine & Community Health Ano de publicação: 2009 Tipo de documento: Artigo