Department of Preventive and Environmental Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Kumamoto, Kumamoto, 860-8556, Japan,
Environ Health Prev Med. 2011 Mar;16(2):80-9. doi: 10.1007/s12199-010-0167-9. Epub 2010 Aug 13.
To clarify the difference in health-promoting lifestyles between agricultural and non-agricultural workers in Japan, a cross-sectional study was conducted on 627 residents living in a town with a mixed rural-urban population.
The subjects were divided into 8 groups by job (agricultural and non-agricultural), age (young and old), and gender (male and female). To evaluate the subjects' lifestyles, the Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile II (HPLP-II) was applied. The Bartlett test and the Kendall rank test were performed for statistical analysis.
There was no significant difference in the overall score of the HPLP-II between the two job groups. However, for the HPLP-II subscales, a significantly higher score for "spiritual growth" and a significantly lower score for "physical activity" were seen in the agricultural group than in the non-agricultural group. In general, the old and female groups showed higher scores than the corresponding groups, regardless of job type.
It was determined that the major countermeasures to maintain a healthy lifestyle in agricultural workers should be associated with how to introduce daily activities that maintain and enhance "spiritual growth" and improve "physical activity".
为了厘清日本农业和非农业劳动者健康促进生活方式的差异，本研究对居住在一个城乡混合人口小镇的 627 位居民进行了横断面研究。
根据职业（农业和非农业）、年龄（年轻和年老）和性别（男性和女性）将研究对象分为 8 组。为了评估研究对象的生活方式，应用健康促进生活方式量表 II（HPLP-II）。采用巴特利特检验和肯德尔秩检验进行统计学分析。
两组人群 HPLP-II 的总分无显著差异。然而，在 HPLP-II 的各分量表中，农业组在“精神成长”方面的得分明显高于非农业组，而在“身体活动”方面的得分明显低于非农业组。总的来说，无论职业类型如何，年老和女性群体的得分都高于相应群体。
确定了在农业劳动者中保持健康生活方式的主要对策应该与如何引入维持和增强“精神成长”和提高“身体活动”的日常活动有关。
