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Correlation among Dietary Habits Score, Life Stress Score and Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQL) Score for Female College Students with Functional Constipation

기능성 변비를 가진 여대생의 식습관, 생활 스트레스 및 건강관련 삶의 질의 관계

  • You, Jeong-Soon (Department of Food and Nutrition, College of Human Ecology, Inha University) ;
  • Park, Ji-Yeon (Department of Food and Nutrition, College of Human Ecology, Inha University) ;
  • Chang, Kyung-Ja (Department of Food and Nutrition, College of Human Ecology, Inha University)
  • 유정순 (인하대학교 생활과학대학 식품영양학과) ;
  • 박지연 (인하대학교 생활과학대학 식품영양학과) ;
  • 장경자 (인하대학교 생활과학대학 식품영양학과)
  • Received : 2010.10.20
  • Accepted : 2010.11.30
  • Published : 2010.12.31
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Abstract

The study purpose was to investigate correlations among dietary habits score, life stress score and health-related quality of life (HRQL) score for female college students with functional constipation (FC). The data were collected in 2008 from 265 female college students: 86 with FC and 179 without FC. The diagnosis of FC was based on the Rome II criteria, and life stress and HRQL were assessed using self-administered life stress questionnaire and SF-36, respectively. The correlations among dietary habit score, life stress score, and HRQL score were evaluated. The averages of age, height, weight, body fat percentage and body mass index (BMI) of female college students were 20.8 years, 160.9 cm, 53.7 kg, 27.8%, and $20.7\;kg/m^2$, respectively. The average dietary habit score of "having meals with diverse foods" was significantly lower in the FC group than in the normal group (p < 0.05). The average faculty problem (p < 0.05), grade problem (p < 0.05), economy problem (p < 0.05), value problem (p < 0.05), and total stress (p < 0.01) scores of the FC group were significantly higher than those of the normal group. The average HRQL score was 70.4 in the FC group and 74.3 in the normal group (p < 0.05). There were significantly negative correlations between total stress score and total food habits score (r = -0.221; p < 0.01) and HRQL score (r = -0.539; p < 0.01) in the FC. These results suggest that female students with FC are highly perceptive to stress and have low HRQL. In addition, female students with FC may require nutritional education about eating diversity.

본 연구는 기능성 변비를 가진 여대생들의 식습관, 생활 스트레스, 건강관련 삶의 질을 파악한 후 이들의 관계를 살펴보고자 인천지역 대학교에서 건강관련 교양 강의를 듣는 여대생을 대상 (265명)으로 설문조사와 신체계측을 실시하였다. 기능성 변비의 기준은 로마기준 II를 이용하였으며, 정상군은 179명 (67.5%), 기능성변비군은 86명 (32.5%) 이었다. 조사대상자의 평균 연령은 20.8세, 자택에서 거주하는 비율은 69.8%로 가장 많았으며 20~40만원을 받고 있는 학생이 전체의 61.1%이었고 변비 유무에 따른 유의적인 차이는 없었다. 식습관 점수를 살펴보면 식품섭취의 다양성에 관한 항목은 변비군이 정상군에 비해 유의적으로 낮았고 나머지 항목들은 유의적이지는 않지만 낮은 경향을 보였다. 변비군과 정상군 모두 채소류 섭취와 유제품 섭취에 관한 점수가 가장 낮았다. 스트레스 점수는 교수 문제, 학업 문제, 경제 문제, 가치관 문제와 총 합계 점수에서 변비군이 정상군에 비해 유의적으로 높았다. 건강관련 삶의 질을 SF-36을 통해 살펴본 결과 변비군의 평균은 70.4점, 정상군의 평균은 74.3점으로 변비군의 삶의 질이 정상군보다 낮음을 알 수 있었고, 8개의 항목 중 신체적 역할 제한 영역, 감정적 역할 제한 영역 또한 변비군이 정상군에 비해 유의적으로 낮은 점수를 보였다. 기능성 변비를 가지고 있는 여학생들의 식습관 점수, 생활 스트레스 점수, 건강관련 삶의 질 점수의 상관관계를 살펴본 결과 생활 스트레스 점수는 식습관 점수와 유의한 부적 상관관계 (r = -0.221, p < 0.05)를 보여 생활 스트레스가 높을수록 식습관 점수가 낮았고, 스트레스와 건강관련 삶의 질 간에도 부적 상관관계 (r = -0.539, p < 0.001)를 보여 생활 스트레스가 높을수록 건강관련 삶의 질이 낮아짐을 알 수 있었다. 본 연구의 결과들로 볼 때 기능성 변비를 가진 경우 식품을 다양하게 섭취하도록 교육하고, 스트레스를 낮출 수 있도록 스트레스 관리에 대한 중재가 필요하다고 판단된다.

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