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題 名 | 臺灣地區不同年齡層民眾的健康行為聚集型態=The Aggregate Patterns of Health Behaviors among Different Age Groups in Taiwan |
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作 者 | 陳富莉; 李蘭; | 書刊名 | 公共衛生 |
卷 期 | 28:1 2001.04[民90.04] |
頁 次 | 頁37-47 |
分類號 | 411 |
關鍵詞 | 生命週期; 健康行為; 行為聚集; Lifecycle; Health behavior; Behavioral aggregation; |
語 文 | 中文(Chinese) |
中文摘要 | 本研究目的在瞭解不同年齡層民眾的健康行為聚集型態。利用「臺 灣地區青少年與成人有關檳榔之認知與行為調查」的檔案,擷取其中九項與健康生活相關的 行為項目進行次級資料分析。研究發現:在各個行為項目的分佈上,「經常吸菸」和「經常 嚼檳榔」的比率,以中年組最高 (分別為 23.2 %和 10.9 % );「經常飲酒」的比率以老 年組最高 (10.4 % )。「經常喝可樂」的比率以青少年組最高 (17.4 % );「經常喝咖啡 」的比率以壯年組最高 (9.7 % );「經常喝茶」的比率以老年組最高 (53.1 % )。 另外 ,「從未做運動」的比率以中年組最高 (39.6 % );「每週吃早餐少於 5 次」的比率以壯 年組最高 (22.3 % ); 「每天睡眠時數少於 6 小時或超過 9 小時」的比率以老年組最高 (23.2 % )。在行為聚集方面,青少年組、中年組及老年組的結果相同,均抽取出「不健康 的生活方式」、「不健康的嗜好」、「使用休閒飲料」和「從未運動」四種行為聚集的型態 ;壯年組與前述三個年齡組的前兩種行為聚集類型相同,唯後兩種類型結合成「有運動並喝 含咖啡因之飲料」單一類型。根據研究結果得知民眾在生命週期的不同階段,健康行為的分 佈也不同;但健康行為聚集的型態,不會因為年齡不同而有顯著的差異,故建議未來有關健 康行為的研究,可從社會、文化、心理等多重角度,深入探究各項行為在不同年齡民眾所代 表的象徵意涵,並進一步從整體觀點,分析行為聚集的機制和影響。 |
英文摘要 | The purpose of this study is to investigate health behavior patterns among different age groups. From data obtained in the nationwide survey focusing on betel-nut chewing, we made a secondary data analysis by slecting nine variables including somking, betel-nut chewing, alcohol, coffee, kola and tea in previous dataset. The middle age group has the highest rate of frequent smoking (23.2%) and frequent bete-nut chewing (10.9%). For the elderly, the rate of frequent drinking (10.4%) is higher than that of other age groups. The adolescents show the highest rate of frequent drinking kola use (17.4%) while the young adults show the highest rate of frequent coffee use (9.7%). The elderly has the highest rate of drinking tea frequently (53.1%). In addition, the middle age group has the highest rate of never having exercise (39.6%) while 22.3% of young adults eat breakfast less than five times a week. Amongst the elderly, the rate of sleeping time less than 6 hour/day or more than 9 hour/day is 23.2% which is higher than that of other age groups. These variables are then reduced to 4 categories including "unhealthy lifestyle", "unhealthy addictions", "recreational drinking" including tea, coffee, and cola, and "lack of exercise". These trends extend significantly across the adolescents, the middle aged and the elderly. For the young adults, trends of the former two categories are the same as the other 3 age groups, but the latter 2 categories are combined into one behavior pattern of "doing exercise and recreational drinking". These findings show that various health behaviors have different distribution with age, but behavior patterns have no significant difference across the various age groups. We suggest that health-related behavior studies in the future could be done from a socio-cultural perspective with additional psychological dimensions to explore the symbolic meaning of behaviors in different age groups. One could as well, approach the study from a more comprehensive perspective with an analysis of health behavior aggregating mechanisms and effects. |
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