2011年3月
A comparative study of health-promoting lifestyles in agricultural and non-agricultural workers in Japan
Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine
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- 巻
- 16
- 号
- 2
- 開始ページ
- 80
- 終了ページ
- 89
- 記述言語
- 英語
- 掲載種別
- DOI
- 10.1007/s12199-010-0167-9
Objectives: To clarify the difference in health-promoting lifestyles between agricultural and non-agricultural workers in Japan, a cross-sectional study was conducted on 627 residents living in a town with a mixed rural-urban population. Methods: The subjects were divided into 8 groups by job (agricultural and non-agricultural), age (young and old), and gender (male and female). To evaluate the subjects' lifestyles, the Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile II (HPLP-II) was applied. The Bartlett test and the Kendall rank test were performed for statistical analysis. Results: There was no significant difference in the overall score of the HPLP-II between the two job groups. However, for the HPLP-II subscales, a significantly higher score for "spiritual growth" and a significantly lower score for "physical activity" were seen in the agricultural group than in the non-agricultural group. In general, the old and female groups showed higher scores than the corresponding groups, regardless of job type. Conclusions: It was determined that the major countermeasures to maintain a healthy lifestyle in agricultural workers should be associated with how to introduce daily activities that maintain and enhance "spiritual growth" and improve "physical activity". © 2010 The Japanese Society for Hygiene.
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- DOI : 10.1007/s12199-010-0167-9
- ISSN : 1342-078X
- ISSN : 1347-4715
- PubMed ID : 21432222
- SCOPUS ID : 79954431794