Differences in Self-Rated Health and Physical Activity due to Education Level among Koreans: Understanding Implications of Physical Education

Background: We aimed to explore the effect of education levels on self-rated health and physical activity (PA) and to provide basic data for developing interventions based on physical education to improve the quality of life among Koreans. Methods: The 2019 Community Health Survey data were sele...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal:	Byung-Kweon Chang
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2021
Materias:	Community health survey Education level Physical activity Physical education Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/df4fc78c90544b678c9307c14b9a3f23
Etiquetas:	Agregar Etiqueta Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!

id	oai:doaj.org-article:df4fc78c90544b678c9307c14b9a3f23
record_format	dspace
spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:df4fc78c90544b678c9307c14b9a3f232021-12-02T19:21:11ZDifferences in Self-Rated Health and Physical Activity due to Education Level among Koreans: Understanding Implications of Physical Education10.18502/ijph.v50i10.74982251-60852251-6093https://doaj.org/article/df4fc78c90544b678c9307c14b9a3f232021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/25774https://doaj.org/toc/2251-6085https://doaj.org/toc/2251-6093 Background: We aimed to explore the effect of education levels on self-rated health and physical activity (PA) and to provide basic data for developing interventions based on physical education to improve the quality of life among Koreans. Methods: The 2019 Community Health Survey data were selected through primary and secondary phylogenetic extraction. The survey was conducted among Korean adults aged ≥19 years (n=229,099), in 2019, using an electronic questionnaire. The education levels were classified into eight groups: uneducated, Seodang/Hanhak (traditional Korean school), elementary school, middle school, high school, college (2 or 3 years), university (4 years), and post-graduate or higher. In this study, the effect of participants’ education levels on self-rated health levels and PA was investigated (the PA subdimensions were: the number of days of vigorous PA, moderate-intensity PA, walking, and flexibility exercises). Results: 1) Regarding self-rated health, significant differences according to education level were recorded (P<0.001), with higher education levels leading to higher averages. 2) Regarding PA, significant differences according to education level were revealed, and the number of days of vigorous PA, walking, and flexibility exercise (P<0.001) increased with higher education levels. Moreover, the university (4 years) group reported the highest average. However, the middle school group reported the highest average for the number of days of moderate-intensity PA (P<0.001), and the average number of days decreased as the education level increased after middle school. Conclusion: Education plays an important role in maintaining health, and practicing appropriate PA contributes to one’s quality of life. Byung-Kweon ChangTehran University of Medical SciencesarticleCommunity health surveyEducation levelPhysical activityPhysical educationPublic aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENIranian Journal of Public Health, Vol 50, Iss 10 (2021)
institution	DOAJ
collection	DOAJ
language	EN
topic	Community health survey Education level Physical activity Physical education Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
spellingShingle	Community health survey Education level Physical activity Physical education Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Byung-Kweon Chang Differences in Self-Rated Health and Physical Activity due to Education Level among Koreans: Understanding Implications of Physical Education
description	Background: We aimed to explore the effect of education levels on self-rated health and physical activity (PA) and to provide basic data for developing interventions based on physical education to improve the quality of life among Koreans. Methods: The 2019 Community Health Survey data were selected through primary and secondary phylogenetic extraction. The survey was conducted among Korean adults aged ≥19 years (n=229,099), in 2019, using an electronic questionnaire. The education levels were classified into eight groups: uneducated, Seodang/Hanhak (traditional Korean school), elementary school, middle school, high school, college (2 or 3 years), university (4 years), and post-graduate or higher. In this study, the effect of participants’ education levels on self-rated health levels and PA was investigated (the PA subdimensions were: the number of days of vigorous PA, moderate-intensity PA, walking, and flexibility exercises). Results: 1) Regarding self-rated health, significant differences according to education level were recorded (P<0.001), with higher education levels leading to higher averages. 2) Regarding PA, significant differences according to education level were revealed, and the number of days of vigorous PA, walking, and flexibility exercise (P<0.001) increased with higher education levels. Moreover, the university (4 years) group reported the highest average. However, the middle school group reported the highest average for the number of days of moderate-intensity PA (P<0.001), and the average number of days decreased as the education level increased after middle school. Conclusion: Education plays an important role in maintaining health, and practicing appropriate PA contributes to one’s quality of life.
format	article
author	Byung-Kweon Chang
author_facet	Byung-Kweon Chang
author_sort	Byung-Kweon Chang
title	Differences in Self-Rated Health and Physical Activity due to Education Level among Koreans: Understanding Implications of Physical Education
title_short	Differences in Self-Rated Health and Physical Activity due to Education Level among Koreans: Understanding Implications of Physical Education
title_full	Differences in Self-Rated Health and Physical Activity due to Education Level among Koreans: Understanding Implications of Physical Education
title_fullStr	Differences in Self-Rated Health and Physical Activity due to Education Level among Koreans: Understanding Implications of Physical Education
title_full_unstemmed	Differences in Self-Rated Health and Physical Activity due to Education Level among Koreans: Understanding Implications of Physical Education
title_sort	differences in self-rated health and physical activity due to education level among koreans: understanding implications of physical education
publisher	Tehran University of Medical Sciences
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/df4fc78c90544b678c9307c14b9a3f23
work_keys_str_mv	AT byungkweonchang differencesinselfratedhealthandphysicalactivityduetoeducationlevelamongkoreansunderstandingimplicationsofphysicaleducation
_version_	1718376769280540672

Differences in Self-Rated Health and Physical Activity due to Education Level among Koreans: Understanding Implications of Physical Education

Ejemplares similares