Relationship between Health Behaviors and Marital Adjustment and Marital Intimacy in Multicultural Family Female Immigrants
| Autor: | Sa Mi Lee, Sun Jin Kim, Jong Sung Kim, Jin Kyu Jeong, Jung Yoon Lee, Seok Jun Yoon, Sung-Soo Kim |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Marital Status
business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Immigration Health Behavior Emigrants and Immigrants 030209 endocrinology & metabolism Odds ratio Cultural Diversity Logistic regression Confidence interval 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Cultural diversity Structured interview Marital status Medicine Residence Original Article Family 030212 general & internal medicine Family Practice business Demography media_common |
| Zdroj: | Korean Journal of Family Medicine |
| ISSN: | 2092-6715 2005-6443 |
| Popis: | Background This study analyzed the relationship between health behaviors and marital adjustment in multicultural couples to evaluate their health status. Methods Married couples (70 Korean men and their immigrant wives) completed a structured interview on health behaviors and sociodemographic factors, the Revised Dyadic Adjustment Scale (RDAS), and the Marital Intimacy Scale. Based on the cutoff value of the RDAS, respondents were classified into two groups: high or low dyadic adaptation groups. The collected data were compared with health behavior regarding smoking, alcohol consumption, exercise, and weight. Results The odds ratio (OR) (95% confidence interval [CI]) by logistic regression with adjustment for age, educational level, career, occupation, length of residence in Korea, nationality, religion, age difference between couple, number of children, monthly income, and proficiency in Korean was 1.279 (1.113-1.492) for unhealthy exercise and 1.732 (1.604-1.887) for unhealthy body weight in female immigrants with low marital adjustment. In Korean husbands with low marital adjustment, the OR (95% CI) was 1.625 (1.232-2.142) for smoking and 1.327 (1.174- 1.585) for unhealthy exercise. No significant relationship was found between marital intimacy and health behaviors in female immigrants or Korean husbands. Conclusion More desirable health behaviors were observed in highly adapted couples. Therefore, family physicians should be concerned with marital adjustment and other associative factors to evaluate and improve multicultural couples' health status. |
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