PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to understand and describe the every day life experience of patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) during the recovery period after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) using a qualitative approach.
METHODS
Twelve patients with AMI participated in this study. Their age ranged from 42 to 75. The data were collected by individual in-depth interviews and all interviews were audio-taped and transcribed verbatim. The transcribed data were analyzed using traditional qualitative content analysis.
RESULTS
Six sub-themes emerged from the data as follows: Getting to know about illness, getting motivated for health behavior, putting an effort into health behavioral change, having difficulties maintaining health behavior, setting up coping strategies for health behavior and having a need for a tailored education. The results of this study showed how the health behaviors of patients with AMI are related to their every day life experiences.
CONCLUSION
The results of this study could help health professionals to better understand patients with AMI and design effective educational interventions to improve their health behaviors.

Citations

• The Relationship among Death Anxiety, Knowledge and Attitudes toward Advance Directives in Middle-Aged Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction
  Mi Young Suh, Jeong Sun Kim
  Journal of Korean Gerontological Nursing.2021; 23(3): 226.     CrossRef
• Factors influencing health behavior practice in patients with coronary artery diseases
  Ho Gi Jung, Ya Ki Yang
  Health and Quality of Life Outcomes.2021;[Epub]     CrossRef
• Lifestyle and Quality of Life in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease: A Propensity-Matched Comparison with a Healthy Control Group
  Seong Hui Choi, Seon Young Hwang
  Korean Journal of Adult Nursing.2020; 32(2): 199.     CrossRef
• A Health Behavior Prediction Model for Patients With Coronary Artery Disease
  Jiyoung Kim, Oksoo Kim
  Clinical Nursing Research.2019; 28(2): 217.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study is to investigate the prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its components and to examine the related factors in urban and rural community, South Korea.
METHODS
The data from the 5th Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES-V) conducted in 2010 were utilized in this study. The subjects were 5,760 adults 20 years or over. The data were consisted with health survey questionnaire and health examination. chi2-test and logistic regression was used for the analysis SAS 9.3 applying sampling weights.
RESULTS
The prevalence of metabolic syndrome based on the latest definition proposed the joint scientific meeting was 23.4% and 29.0% respectively in urban and rural community. Rural community showed higher prevalence of abdominal obesity (29.9% vs 38.5%), elevated blood pressure (31.3% vs 38.5%), elevated blood glucose (24.3% vs 28.4%) than urban community. The related factors were age, marital status, high risk drinking, obesity in urban community and age, marital status high risk drinking, severe physical activity, obesity in rural community.
CONCLUSION
This study showed there was difference in prevalence and the related factors of metabolic syndrome and these findings have important implications to prevent and manage metabolic syndrome in public health field.

Citations

• Analysis of health behavior changes among residents in depopulation areas in Korea: a cross-sectional study based on Community Health Survey data from 2010 to 2019
  Miyong Yon
  Korean Journal of Community Nutrition.2024; 29(4): 348.     CrossRef
• Factors Influencing Cardiovascular Disease Preventive Behaviors among Rural Residents Based on a Socio-Ecological Model in South Korea: A Mixed Method Research
  Bohyun Park, Juhyeon Yang, Youngsoo Kim, Gianpiero Greco
  Health & Social Care in the Community.2023; 2023: 1.     CrossRef
• Frequency of steamed food consumption and risk of metabolic syndrome in Korean females: data from Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study
  Young-Ran Heo, Jeong-Hwa Choi
  Journal of Nutrition and Health.2022; 55(2): 309.     CrossRef
• Visual Analysis of Regional Variations in Antidepressant Use and Suicide Rate
  Ho-Jung Kim, Iyn-Hyang Lee
  Korean Journal of Clinical Pharmacy.2018; 28(4): 308.     CrossRef
• The Effect of Community-based Health Intervention Program to Improve Metabolic Disease in Jeju Island
  Woo Jin Kim, Sang Hoon Kim, Shin Young Park
  The Korean Journal of Clinical Laboratory Science.2018; 50(3): 297.     CrossRef
• The Effects of Menopause on the Metabolic Syndrome in Korean Women
  SoYoun Bang, IlGu Cho
  Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society.2015; 16(4): 2704.     CrossRef
• The Effects of Metabolic Syndrome on Quality of Life
  So Youn Bang
  Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society.2015; 16(10): 7034.     CrossRef