Holistic Approach to Health Behaviors and Health Status and their Association in the General Korean Population - Abstract
Background: In Korea, the health status of the Korean population has changed drastically over the years. The objectives of this study were to identify socio-demographic characteristics that correlate with the maintenance of health behaviors, and to multi-dimensionally examine the association between health behavior and health status in the general Korean population.
Methods: A total of 1,000 individuals responded to a questionnaire that included socio-demographic characteristics, health behaviors, and health status. We utilized the 10 Rules for Highly Effective Health Behavior to assess health behavior, and the questionnaire to evaluate four dimensions of health status and general health status. Multiple logistic regression analysis was conducted to investigate significant associations.
Results: Affiliated occupation was negatively correlated with maintaining health behaviors for more than 6 months, whereas female gender, old age, high education level, married status, and high income were positively associated with the maintenance of health behaviors. Physical health behaviors were associated with physical and mental health; mental health behaviors with physical, mental, social, and spiritual health; social health behavior with social health; and spiritual health behaviors with physical, social, and spiritual health.
Conclusions: Our findings suggest that health behaviors assessed by the 10 Rules for Highly Effective Health Behavior are associated with multidimensional and general health status in the general population