The purpose of this study aimed to know the association between seven health practices and self rated health by Sasang
constitution. We recruited 367 subjects aged from 30 to 59.
KS 15 questionnaire was used to classify Sasang constitution and visual analogue scale was used to estimate self rated
health. Chi-square test was used to know the difference of occupation distribution by Sasang constitution. Anova test,
T-test and Chi-square test also used to analyze the difference of self rated health between the health practice group and
non- health group in individual Sasang constitution. SPSS 21.0K was used and significant p was <.05. Regular morning
meal, non-snaking, good sleeping and sufficient exercise had higher self rated health score (p<.05). Regular morning meal,
good sleeping and sufficient exercise had higher score in Tae-eumin (p<.05). Good sleeping had higher self rated health
score in Soeumin and Soyangin (p<.05). These results suggest there is possibility that health practices for health promotion
could be different according to Sasang constitution. |
