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Obesity-Related Quality of Life in Overweight and Obese Female College Students
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Seung Kyo Chaung, Chun Gill Kim
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J Korean Acad Community Health Nurs. 2007;18(4):543-551. Published online December 31, 2007
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The purpose of this study was to compare obesity-related quality of life according to obesity classification by BMI (body mass index) and self-assessment.
METHODS
The participants were 286 female college students in J City. Data were obtained by measuring height, weight and BMI, and using a questionnaire for self-assessment of obesity, weight control, and quality of life. The quality of life was measured using 14 items of the Korean version of obesity-related quality of life (KOQOL).
RESULTS
Thirty five percent of the students assessed themselves as overweight and obese despite their BMI <23m2/kg(false overweight). True overweight students with BMI > or =23m2/kg who perceived themselves as overweight and obese were 23%. The total KOQOL score between true and false overweight students showed no significant difference. True overweight students had a lower total KOQOL score including psychosocial, physical, daily living, sex related, and food-related domains than true normal weight students.
CONCLUSIONS
The quality of life was not different between true and false overweight students. These results indicate that self-assessment about obesity affects the quality of life like as actual BMI in female college students. Therefore, it is necessary to care students who distort themselves as obese.
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Factors Influencing Health Promoting Behavior of the Elderly: Perceived Family support and Life Satisfaction
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Chun Gill Kim
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J Korean Acad Community Health Nurs. 2002;13(2):321-331. Published online June 30, 2002
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The purpose of this study was to describe perceived family support, life satisfaction, and health promoting behavior (HPB), and to identify factors influencing HPB among the elderly.
METHOD
Study participants were 165 elderly over 65 years of age who were living in C city, Korea, The instruments included the Family Support Scale developed by kang. Life Satisfaction Scale develped by Choi, health Promoting Behavior Scale designed by Walker, et al. the data were anlayzed susing the SAS program by t-test , ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficients, and stepwise multiple regression.
RESULTS
1. The scores for family support ranged from 11 to 55 , with a mean score of 41.55. the scores for the satisfaction ranged form 0 to 40. with a mean of 22.02. The scores for HPB ranged from 40 to 160 with a mean score of 98.07. In the sub-dimensions of HPB. the participants showed the highest level of engagement in the nutrition domain, and the lowest level of engagement in the exercise domain.
2. Higher levels of family support and life satisfaction were correlated with more engagement in HPB.
3. The most influencing factor on HPB in the elderly was family support, accounting for 11% of the total variance in HPB. A combination of education level and types of living patterns accounted for 18% of the total variance in HPB. Life satisfaction accounted for 14% of the self-actualization domain, and 5% of the stress management domain, in the sub-dimensions of HPB.
CONCLUSION
Perceived family support was identified as an important factor to predict HPB in the elderly. However, life satisfaction was identified as only partially influencing HPB among the elderly.
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