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A First-year Cohort Study based on Health Behaviors of Older Adults in an Urban City: Gender and Age Differences.
- Source :
- Korean Journal of Adult Nursing; Oct2017, Vol. 29 Issue 5, p505-516, 12p
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Purpose: The aim of this study was to identify gender and age differences in health status and health behaviors of community-dwelling older adults in an urban city. Methods: A convenience sample of 500 older people were recruited. Participants completed eight study instruments by face to face interview. The instruments were the Korea Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (K-IADL), Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB), Body Mass Index (BMI), Mini Nutritional Assessment-Short Form, Stanford Research Instruments for Chronic Disease, Geriatric Depression Scale Short Form Korea version, EuroQol-5 Dimensions scale (EQ-5D), and the Study of Osteoporotic Fracture Frailty Index. Results: 71.6% were females and mean age of all participants was 74.4 years. Participants were divided into three age groups: 60 to 74 years (n=263, 52.6%), 75 to 84 years (n=207, 41.4%), and ≥85 years (n=30, 6.0%). Significant gender differences were found in educational level, marital status, family type, religion, perceived economic status, K-IADL, SPPB, grip strength, BMI, fatigue, smoking, drinking, communication with physicians and nurses, and EQ-5D. There were significant differences among the three age groups on educational level, marital status, family type, SPPB, grip strength, regular health check-up, communication with physicians and nurses, and frailty. Conclusion: Gender difference should be taken into consideration more than age when policy and preventive programs for community-dwelling older adults in an urban city is developed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- AGE distribution
FRAIL elderly
GRIP strength
HEALTH behavior
HEALTH status indicators
INTERVIEWING
LONGITUDINAL method
MARITAL status
RESEARCH methodology
METROPOLITAN areas
QUESTIONNAIRES
RESEARCH funding
STATISTICAL sampling
SEX distribution
ACTIVITIES of daily living
EDUCATIONAL attainment
BODY mass index
INDEPENDENT living
SEVERITY of illness index
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
OLD age
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- Korean
- ISSN :
- 12254886
- Volume :
- 29
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Korean Journal of Adult Nursing
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 126794895
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.7475/kjan.2017.29.5.505