ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study was to explore the relationshipsbetween perceived health status and health-related lifestyles for thecommunity-dwelling 257 elderly Koreans. Almost half of themreported that they were diagnosed as patients of neuralgia,arthritis, hypertension, diabetes and so on. At the same time, morethan ⅓ of them showed higher than 140mmHg in their systolicblood pressure measurement. Nevertheless, many elderly peopleresponded that they preferred to eating salty food, hot food, ormeat, and they did not take regular exercises for keeping theirhealth at all. With the findings, the educational program wassuggested to promote their health-related lifestyles.