Comparative Study on Elderly People's Lifestyle in China and in the world highest Longevity region, Okinawa

我们对中国延边朝鲜族自治州的汉族和朝鲜族老年人进行了调查，并与冲绳老年人的生活方式、饮食习惯、营养状况、家庭护理意识和身心健康状况进行了比较。1)在体力活动方面，朝鲜族更活跃，有更多的运动习惯。很多韩国人白天都会小睡一会儿。因此，他们晚上的睡眠质量非常好。2)朝鲜族日脂肪摄入量（15%）显著低于汉族，但晚餐能量摄入比例较高。韩国人和汉族的蔬菜摄入量都很低。这两种人的钙、锌、硒、维生素A和B1的摄入量都比其他营养摄入少，这让我们认为这两种老年人的饮食习惯都应该改善。3)体脂与血压的关系研究表明，汉族体脂高于韩国人，男性体脂与高血压的发生有较强的相关性，女性体脂与高血压的发生关系密切。(4)朝鲜族和汉族在抑郁倾向、自尊感受和社会健康表现方面的人、性别比较研究显示，抑郁倾向方面无显著差异，但自尊、自尊感受和社会健康表现方面存在显著差异。韩国女性在自尊感受和社会健康表现中得分最高。5)对老年人护理态度的调查显示，韩国人和汉族之间存在显著差异。例如，56.7%的韩国人认为，当他们需要照顾时，他们希望家人在家照顾他们，但只有29.8%的韩国人这样认为。33.1%的韩国人不知道如何照顾老人，而9.5%的韩国人不知道如何照顾老人。99%的韩国人想让家人知道自己患了癌症，但只有48.3%的韩国人想让家人知道。(6)冲绳Ogimi村老年人抑郁倾向随年龄增长而增加，自尊感下降。少

We conducted an investigation on elderly Han and Korean people in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture of China and compared their lifestyle, eating habits, nutrition, their family's nursing-care awareness and physical, mental health with those of elderly people in Okinawa. 1)In respect of physical activity Korean people are more active, and have more exercise habits. Many Korean people have a short nap in the daytime. As a result, quality of their sleep at night is excellent. 2)Daily fat intake of Korean people (15%) is significantly lower than Han people but the ratio of energy intake by supper is higher. Vegetable intake of both Korean and Han people is low. Both people are less prone to calcium, zinc, selenium, vitamins A and B1 intakes than other nourishment intakes and this made us think that eating habits of both elderly people should be improved. 3)Research on the relation between their body fat and blood pressure shows that Han's body fat is higher than Korean's, and also show … More s a strong correlation between male's BMI, their body fat and high blood pressure occurrence, and a close relation between female's body fat and high blood pressure. 4)Comparative study by people and by sex on depression tendency, self-respect feelings and social health performance shows no significant difference in the depression tendency but it shows significant difference in the self-respect, feelings and the social health performance between Koreans and Hans. Korean female got the highest score in the self-respect feelings and the social health performance. 5)Survey on their attitude for the elderly people nursing-care shows significant difference between Koreans and Hans. For instance, 56.7% of Koreans think that they want to be nursing-cared by their family at home when they need to be nursing-cared, but 29.8% of Hans think so. 33.1% of Hans say that they don't know how to nursing-care elderly people but 9.5% of Koreans say so. 99% of Koreans say that they want their family to be informed of their cancer but 48.3% of Hans say so, which shows significant difference. 6)Elderly people of Ogimi village in Okinawa increase their depression tendency with age and decrease their self-respect feelings. Less