Studies on Health Promotion of Residents. Correlation between Life Events and Lifestyle.
10.2185/jjrm.47.1
- VernacularTitle:地域住民の健康づくりに関する研究 生活上の出来事とライフスタイルとの関連
- Author:
Toshiki KATSURA
;
Masami NOJIRI
;
Masataka NAKANO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:Journal of the Japanese Association of Rural Medicine
1998;47(1):1-10
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
For the purpose of elucidating the life events which aggravate lifestyle as a totality of healthrelated factors we made a survey of lives of residents in a rural district, and analyzed the correlation between life events and lifestyle.
The results obtained by multivariate analysis were as follows.
1) The life events significantly related to lifestyle were husband-and-wife fight, separation, debts, homecoming, death of one's best friends, inconstancy, decrease in income and insolvency.
The life events that conduce to improved lifestyle were inconstancy, discharge from employment, home coming and so on, while separation, husband-and-wife fight and in solvency were among the life events that aggregate lifestyle.
2) In males, the life events significantly related to lifestyle were homecoming, decrease in income, husband-and-wife fight, marriage, death of one's best friends, inconstancy, discharge and pregnancy.
The life events that conduce to improved lifestyle were discharge, homecoming, inconstancy and pregnancy of his wife, while the life events that deteriorate lifestyle were separation and husband-and-wife fight.
In females, marriage and personal success were significantly related to lifestyle.
The life events that conduce to improved lifestyle were personal success, divorce and retirement, while the life events that adversely influence lifestyle were insolvency, death of spouse and husband-and-wife fight.
