J Korean Acad Community Health Nurs.  2012 Dec;23(4):395-404. 10.12799/jkachn.2012.23.4.395.

An Exploratory Study of Factors associated with the Health Behavior of Working Elderly with Chronic Diseases

• Kim DO
• Yun SN

• KMID: 2292783
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.12799/jkachn.2012.23.4.395

Abstract

PURPOSE
This study aimed to identify the health behaviors of working elderly Koreans aged 65 over and examined the socio-demographic and disease-related factors by health behaviors.
METHODS
This study used data obtained from the 2nd basic survey of the 2008 Korean Longitudinal Study of Ageing. We selected 381 working elderly having one or more of the diseases hypertension, diabetes, heart disease or cerebrovascular disease.
RESULTS
78.9% out of the subjects have hypertension, 31.2% have diabetes, 12.3% have heart disease, and 6.3% have cerebrovascular disease. Compared to the health behaviors of the general elderly, the rate of the practice of regular exercise among the subjects was lower, but the smoking and drinking rate were higher. The significant variables associated with health behavior practice rates were gender, type of work, subjective health status and chronic diseases.
CONCLUSION
The type of work of the elderly with chronic diseases was significantly associated with health behaviors. Consequently, this study found that continuous care programs for the working elderly with chronic diseases should be developed and provided as an occupational health service when the jobs are offered to them.

Keyword

Chronic diseases; Elderly; Health behavior

MeSH Terms

Aged
Chronic Disease
Drinking
Health Behavior
Heart Diseases
Humans
Hypertension
Longitudinal Studies
Occupational Health Services
Smoke
Smoking
Smoke

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