J Korean Soc Matern Child Health.  2017 Jan;21(1):35-45. 10.21896/jksmch.2017.21.1.35.

The Health Behavior, Disease Prevalence and Risk Factor Analysis of High-risk Drinking Women

• Park SK
• Kim EG

• KMID: 2449562
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.21896/jksmch.2017.21.1.35

Abstract

PURPOSE
This study was conducted to investigate the health behaviors and disease prevalence associated with high-risk drinking among Korean women and conduct risk factor analysis of high-risk drinking.
METHODS
The 2012 Korea Community Health Survey (KCHS) was used to sample 59,522 adult women aged 19~64 age who had at least one drink during the previous one year. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-tests, Chi-squared tests, and logistic regression.
RESULTS
The results revealed that 19~44 year old, unmarried women - who had graduated high school were high as high-risk drinking. Moreover, smoking, depression and stress were many. Finally, multiple logistic analysis showed that age, marital status, education level, smoking and obesity were significantly related to high-risk drinking.
CONCLUSIONS
When investigating factors influencing high-risk drinking, it is important to develop appropriate health promotion programs for women who exhibit high-risk drinking behavior. The results of this study will be useful to development of such programs.

Keyword

women; drinking; health behavior

MeSH Terms

Adult
Depression
Drinking Behavior
Drinking*
Education
Female
Health Behavior*
Health Promotion
Health Surveys
Humans
Korea
Logistic Models
Marital Status
Obesity
Prevalence*
Risk Factors*
Single Person
Smoke
Smoking
Smoke