J Korean Acad Adult Nurs.
2004 Dec;16(4):531-544.
A Comparative Study on Barrier Factors in Health Behaviors of Urban vs Rural Elderly
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- 1Department of Nursing, Gyeong Sang National University, Korea.
- 2Gerontological Health Research Center, Gyeongsang Institute of Health Science, Korea. yoeun@gshp.gsnu.ac.kr
- 3Department of Nursing, KangWon National University, Korea.
- 4Department of Nursing, SoonChunHyang University, Korea.
- 5Department of Nursing, ChongJu National College of Science and Technology, Korea.
- 6Department of Elderly Health & Welfare, College of Science and Technology, Korea.
- 7Department of Nursing, Danguk, University, Korea.
- 8College of Nursing, Seoul National University, Korea.
Abstract
- The purpose of this study was to identify the barrier factors of health behaviors of urban and rural elderly and to compare the health behaviors and level of barriers between two groups, and finally to get the basic informations about the adequate nursing strategies to promote the health state of urban and rural elderly. The subjects of this study were 177 over the age of 65, 81 elderly lived in Seoul and 96 elderly lived in rural areas. The instruments for this study were the health behavior scale(14 items) and the barrier scale (118 items) developed by Gu et al(2003). For the data analysis, SPSS PC program was utilized for descriptive statistics, chi2- test, t-test, Pearson correlation. The results of this study were ; 1. The mean score of health behaviors (range 1-4) was 2.69 in urban elderly and 2.33 in rural elderly ; there was significant difference(t=5.03, P=.00). 2. There were significant differences in levels of barriers(range 1-3) between the two groups, such as calcium intake(t=-3.16, P=.00), regular exercise(t=-3.80, P=.00), exercise time(t=-5.54, P=.00), use of stress reduction method(t=-3.45, P=.00), regular check up(t=-3.89, P=.00), vaccination(t= -3.83, P=.00). Higher levels of barriers were found in rural elderly than in urban elderly.3. Lack of habituation, lack of will power and lack of knowledge in calcium intake; lack of time, lack of habituatuion, lack of family support, lack of will power and lack of environment in exercise; lack of perceived benefit, lack of time, lack of will power and lack of knowledge in use of stress reduction method; lack of time, lack of interest, lack of habituation and lack of will power in disease prevention were significantly higher in rural elderly than in urban elderly.In the conclusion, nursing interventions should be planned based on the social environment of elderly. To promote the health state of elderly, interventions to decrease the barrier levels and to reduce the barrier factors to health behaviors should be implemented.
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