Perceptual effects of Yangsaeng on middle aged Koreans

Issue title: Recent Trends in Convergence-based Smart Healthcare Service

Guest editors: Sang-Yeob Ohv, Supratip Ghosew, Kyungyong Chungx, Joong-Kyung Ryuy and Jung-Soo Hanz

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Lee, Ye-Jong^{a; *} | Lee, Seung-Ho^b | Lee, Eun-Hee^c | Sandler, Jared^d

Affiliations: [a] Department of Social Welfare, Gimcheon University, Gimcheon City, Gyeongbuk, Korea | [b] Department of Oriental Rehabilitation, Gimcheon University, Gimcheon City, Gyeongbuk, Korea | [c] Department of Social Welfare, Dongguk University, Gyeongju City, Gyeongbuk, Korea | [d] Department of General Education, Gimcheon University, Gimcheon City, Gyeongbuk, Korea | [v] Department of Interactive Media, Gachon University, Seongnam, Korea | [w] Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Information Technology and Sciences, Dhaka, Bangladesh | [x] Department of Computer Information Engineering, Sangji University, Wonju, Korea | [y] Department of Computer Software, Daelim University, Gyeonggi-do, Korea | [z] Division of Information and Communication, Baekseok University, Seoul, Korea

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: Ye-Jong Lee, Department of Social Welfare, Gimcheon University, 214 Daehakro, Gimcheon City, Gyeongbuk, Korea. E-mail: [email protected].

Abstract: This study was conducted on Korean middle age adults during a stage of their physical, psychological, and social transition in society. The primary objective of this research is to ascertain participants’ Yangsaeng levels, as well as determining the effects of factors related to health perceptions. In addition, this empirical research study provides basic data to develop and diffuse how the Yangsaeng program can be applied to a method of health care management. The questionnaire was distributed to Korean middle aged men and women between the ages of 40–65 years old. In the end, a total of 465 participants were analyzed using SPSS/WIN 19.0. The majority of the participants’ responses identified four major influential factors on health perception; ‘morality Yangsaeng’, ‘exercise Yangsaeng’, ‘diet Yangsaeng’ and ‘sexual life Yangsaeng’. Notably, in consideration of the effects that Yangsaeng has upon the lifestyle of health perception, there is no influential factor in the fashion seeking (‘diet Yangsaeng’) group. Nevertheless, there is evidence of influential factors affecting ‘exercise Yangsaeng’ and ‘sexual life Yangsaeng’ in the health inclination group, as well as additional influential factors affecting ‘morality Yangsaeng’ and ‘sexual Yangsaeng’ in the societal group.

Keywords: Middle age, health perception, Yangsaeng, lifestyle

DOI: 10.3233/THC-140806

Journal: Technology and Health Care, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 473-480, 2014