韓国における老令人口に関する研究-2-Cornell Medical Indexによる健康実態
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In an effort to assess the health status for the senile people in Korea, a survey was conducted in 1975 using Cornell Medical Index health inquiry schedule towards the aged people over sixty of age. Those who were interviewed were divided into two groups one residing "with family" in Seoul numbering 734 (hereafter A group) and the other accommodated "at asylum" num bering 387 (hereafter B group). The findings from the survey led the author to the following conclusions. The age specific differential in the average complaint rate for the inquiry of a total of 195 items (154 physical items and 41 mental items) could not be recognized. However, a substantial difference could be observed between the two groups. That is, the average complaint rate of B group was consistently low as compared with A group in both sexes. The average number of physical complaints was seen among the "with family" group (A) with 32.2-40.8 for males and 37.9-46.9 for females whereas those "at Asylum" (B) were computed at 27.9-33.6 and 30.5-42.1 respectively for males and females. This implies that health status of B group was in better condition than that of A group, and such tendency was particularly more outstanding in mental health. The average number of mental physical complaints by the "with family" group (A) was computed at 12.7-15.1 for males and 14.3-20.8 for females whereas those by the "at Asylum" group (B) were computed at 7.2-10.0 and 8.0-14.4 respectively for the corresponding sexes. Therefore, it could be said that the aged people accommodated at asylum were enjoying more mental stability than those, residing with their families, so for as health index isconcerned. In the cotext of none-complaint rate (which means favorable health status), the age specific difference could not be detected while the group difference was apparently noted as of 25-37 per cent in B group and 13-22 per cent in A group. Furthermore, those who filed less than 20 complaints out of a total of 195 items of inquiry (a relatively favorable health status) constituted 16-25 per cent in B group and 5-13 per cent in A group. This also implies a better health status among the B group. By and large, the number of physical and mental complaints filed by the respondents failed to show any significant difference by the levels of educational background. However, the larger number of complaints particularly the mental complaints have been reported by A group as compared with that of B group regardless of their educational levels. It was also observed that in general the rate of filing complaints was not affected much by their formerly engaged occupations.
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