노인의 건강정보이해능력, 건강 관련 위험인식과 건강행위 = Health Literacy, Health Risk Perception and Health Behavior of Elders

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Purpose: The aim of this study is to clarify the level of health literacy, health risk perception and health behaviorof Korean elders and to determine the impact of their health literacy and health risk perception on their healthbehavior. Methods: A descriptive correlation study was conducted with 188 elders aged 65 or older in senior welfarecenters in Busan. Questionnaires were used to measure levels of health literacy, health risk perception, andhealth behavior. Descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Kruskal Wallis test, Pearson’s correlation, and hierarchicalregression were performed. Results: 43.6% of the subjects had low levels of health literacy. There was a negativerelation between health literacy and health risk perception, and between health risk perception and healthbehavior. There was a positive relation between health literacy and health behavior. Health concern, health literacyaffected health behavior. Health literacy independently accounted for 24% of health behavior. Health risk perceptiondidn’t affect health behavior. Conclusion: Many of the Korean elders had low levels of health literacy and healthliteracy was independently associated with health behavior. These findings show that interventions for improvinghealth literacy are necessary to enhance health behavior of the elderly.

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