The Ewha Medical Journal
Ewha Womans University School of Medicine
Original Article

A Study on Health Care and Daily Life of Aged Peaples in an Rural Area

Cha Hyung Wie
Corresponding author: Cha Hyung Wie. Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University

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Published Online: Jul 24, 2015

Abstract

In order to find out the status of Health Care and Daily life of Aged Peaples in rural area, a study carried out, through analyzing the datas of health screening examination for 304 persons and questionaired survey for 242 persons out of 586 old persons in rural community, Su-Dong Myun, Yang-Ju Kun, Kyung-Gi Do, Korea during the September of the year of 1987 and the October of the year of 1988. The following results were obtained: 1) Out of 242 respondents in 1988 survey, 67.4% of them was complained of suffering sickness and out of 304 old persons nealth examined in 1987, 68.1% of them also nad suffered from more than one kind of illness, in the other words two-thirds of old persons in study rural area are complaing their health problem to-day. 2) Th disease order of old persons, found through health examination was degenerative joint disease(30.8%), chroinic gastritis(13.5%), diabetes mellitus(7.2%), hypertension(6.3%), anemia(5.8%) and chronic bronchitis(4.8%) respectively. 3) The rate order of receiving treatment or care by first choice in sick old persons was drug stores(73.1%), medical facilities(16.1%) and just waiting unitil getting well without any medical care(9.1%). 4) The rate of favorite foods for old persons were 50.4% in greens and 38.8% in meats in total, and 53.6% in meats among males and 70.0% in greens among females. 5) The food order of the favorite taste for old persons was suitable taste(23.1%), hot taste(15.3%), sweet taste(14.5%), hot and salty taste(10.8%) and hot and sweet taste(9.9%) respectively. 6) The habitually smokling rate was 76.8% in male and 50.0% in female and the drinking rate was 74.1% in male and 38.5% in female. 7) Out of 242 respondents, 77.3% of them are living with son and grandson together within same family, 17.3% of them are living with wife or husband and 5.4% are living alone. 8) In the religion of respondents, the rate order of belirever was buddist(38.9%), christian(13.2%), and catholic(2.1%). 9) The satisfactory rate for daily life circumstance was 59.1% out of 242 olol personus. 10) Out of 242 responodents, 83.1% of them are still working in the farms and houses around every day. 11) The place order of rest for daily pleasure was own house(54.5%) and No-In-Jung or old aged people hall(31.3%) in male, and own house(73.9%) and friend's house(20.8%) in female.