목적 : 초기 노안에서 노화인식과 눈 건강관리의 인식 정도를 알아보고자 하였다. 방법 : 초기 노안을 겪는 40대 이상의 중년 성인 171명을 대상으로 온라인 설문 조사를 이용하여 노화 인식에 대한 설문 6문항과 눈 건강관리 인식에 대한 설문 11문항에 대해 ‘전혀 그렇지 않다’에서 ‘매우 그렇다’까지 5점 척도로 응답하게 하였다. 독립표본 t-검정과 ANOVA 분석으로 노화 인식 정도와 눈 건강관리 인식의 연령대(40 대 초반, 중반, 후반)와 성별에 따른 차이를 알아보고, pearson의 상관분석을 시행하여 노화인식과 눈 건강관리 인식의 상관성을 평가하였다. 결과: 대상자들의 평균나이는 43.92±2.42세로 남자는 95명(55.6%), 여자는 96명(44.4%)이었다. 연령대에 따라 노화 인식 정도와 눈 건강관리 인식은 차이를 보이지 않았다. 노화인식의 경우 한 가지 문항(문항 4번)에서 남자 (3.40±0.97)가 여자(3.87±0.93)에 비해 유의하게 높은 노화인식을 보이는 것으로 나타났으며, 눈 건강관리 인식은 세 가지 문항(문항 1, 6, 7번)에서 여자가 남자에 비해 높은 건강관리 인식을 가지고 있는 것으로 나타났다(각각 여: 4.05±0.67, 남: 3.52±0.81, 여: 3.83±0.77, 남: 3.51±0.99, 여: 4.01±0.70, 남: 3.77±0.83). 노화인식도 가 높을수록 눈 건강관리 인식정도가 유의하게 높았다(r=0.161, p=0.035). 결론 : 성별에 따라 노화인식과 눈 건강관리 인식은 차이를 보였고, 노화 인식도가 높을수록 눈 건강관리 인식 정도가 높았다.

The purpose of this research was to investigate the relationships between the socioeconomic condition, health attitude and the eye health of the elderly. Thereupon, this study is attributed to promote the eye health of the elderly. Data were collected through questionnaire by one-to-one interview in a community. The content of original questionnaires were revised by literature review and the pilot study. The sample was consisted of 285 elderly with a mean age of 71.8 years. In the study group, female was 52.3% and male was 47.7%, respectively. In age group, over 80 years was 16.5%, 75-79 was 21.0%, 70-74 was 29.5%, 65-69 was 26.0% and 60-64 was 7.0%. In maritai status, married and living with spouse was 54.4%, widowed was 45.6%. The elderly were suffering with diseases of arthritis(33.3%), hypertension(20.1%), cataract(14.2%) and diabetes(9.7%), respectively. Socioeconomics conditions were measured with monthly allowance money : The upper group those who can spend over 310,000 won was 13.6%, 110,000-300,000 won was 34.0%, less than 100,000 won was 52.5%, respectively. Therefore, the person who were very active health practice group were correlated positively with the wealthier group. Of the total, 33.2% of the elderly answered, they are suffering from two kinds of diseases combined at the same time. For the elderly who have the more concem on eye health were positively correlated with the higher educational level, live with spouse, and the ones who can spend the more monthly allowances. Eye health concem is positively correlated to health attitude.