A Study of Perceived Health Status, Climacteric Symptoms, and Health-Promoting Lifestyle among Middle-Aged Women in Jeju Island

Background: The study was to examine Perceived Health Status, Climacteric Symptoms, and Health-Promoting Lifestyle among Middle-Aged Women residing in Jeju Island, and to identify the relationship among variables, ultimately to provide the basic data in developing health-promoting program for them in future.Methods: The data were collected from Sep. 1st to Sep. 20th, 2004, and the subjects consisted of 112 women aged between 40 years old and 60 years old, residing at Jejudo. Data analyses were conducted by using Pearson correlation coefficients, t-test, and ANOVA.Results: In Health-promoting lifestyle, the more educated subjects and those who have experienced diseases were found doing more health-promoting lifestyle. In perceived health status, the subjects educated over college, the subjects satisfied with marriage, and the subjects who have not experienced diseases were indicating higher. In climacteric symptoms, subjects aged 50 to 59 years old, subjects educated less than primary school, subjects not satisfied with marriage, and subjects with monthly family income over 2 million Won were higher. Subjects with experience of diseases were also higher than subjects with no experience of diseases. Health-promoting lifestyle was positively correlated with perceived health status and showed no correlation with climacteric symptoms.Conclusion: It was suggested that similar studies should be carried out for more subjects from various provinces, as the study was limited to only 112 middle-aged women residing at Jejudo, and thereby the development of health-promoting program for middle-aged women should be conducted.