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Journal of Korean Academy of Women's Health Nursing 1999;5(3):327-336.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4069/kjwhn.1999.5.3.327   
Health-Promotion Behavior and its correlates of Individuals Seeking Comprehensive Health Check-ups
Jin Hee Lee1, Soon Rim Suh2, Chai Soon Park3
1Nurse, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, Korea
2Professor, Department of Nursing, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea
3Professor, College of Nursing, Catholic University, Seoul, Korea
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to identify the health promotion behavior and its related factors of persons who wanted a comprehensive health check-up in order to provide a basis for health education to promote health enhancing behavior. Study variables were induced from Pender's Health Promotion Model. The subjects were 160 persons who had a check-up at the health promotion center in a university hospital in Tae-Gu, between September 8 and 22, 1998. The following instruments were used in the study : Lee Tae Wha's Health Promoting Life-style Profile, Park Chai soon's Self-efficacy Instrument and Moon Jeong Soon's Perceived Benefit and Barrier Instrument. Data was collected by self-reporting qusetionnaire. Analysis of the data was done by SAS program, t-test, ANOVA and Pearson-Correlaion Coefficient. The results of this study were as follows. 1. The average score for the health-promotion behavior was 104.64. In the subcategories, self-actualization showed the highest degree of performance and physical exercise showed the lowest degree of performance. 2. In the relation of general characteristics of subjects to the level of health-promoting behavior, the male, the married, the group with several symptoms showed a high level of health-promoting behavior. 3. The relationship between the degree of performance in health-promotion behavior and its correlates were as follows: Self-efficacy was positively correlated to health promotion behavior, while the perceived barrier was correlated negatively. But the perceived benefit did not show a significant correlation with health promotion behavior. Results suggest that th development of programs with strategies to strengthen doing physical exercise and concerning health, increase self-efficacy and exclude the barriers to health promotion is recommended to individuals seeking a comprehensive health check-up.
Key Words: Health promotion behavior; its correlates; comprehensive checkups
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