title: Health behaviors of people with retinitis pigmentosa in the republic of Korea.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the health behaviors of people with retinitis pigmentosa (RP) in the Republic of Korea.
  
  
  METHODS
  An online questionnaire was used to survey members of the Korean Retinitis Pigmentosa Society (KRPS), over 3 months from December 2010 to February 2011. Controls were selected from participants of the 4th Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and were matched with people with RP using the propensity score method to optimize comparative analysis. A semi-structured interview was also conducted with five members of the KRPS to identify potential reasons for physical inactivity and unhealthy diet and to develop effective interventions.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 194 eligible people with RP responded to the online survey, and 187 individuals were matched with the control population by propensity score matching. RP subjects reported a lower rate of current smoking and greater use of preventive healthcare services. However, people with RP were more physically inactive (50.8% vs 27.3%, p < 0.001) and consumed more fast food (69.5% vs 58.3%, p = 0.024) than the control population.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Physical inactivity and fast food consumption were more frequently reported in people with RP than the general population. Efforts to understand the possible reasons and develop interventions to improve these health behaviors are warranted.
authors: Department of Family Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital , Seoul , Republic of Korea .
authors: Ah Reum
authors: AR
authors: An
authors: Dong Wook
authors: DW
authors: Shin
authors: Sarah
authors: S
authors: Kim
authors: Choong Hyung
authors: CH
authors: Lee
authors: Jong Hyock
authors: JH
authors: Park
authors: Jong Heon
authors: JH
authors: Park
authors: Moo Kyung
authors: MK
authors: Oh
authors: Soo Hee
authors: SH
authors: Hwang
authors: Yoon
authors: Y
authors: Kim
authors: Belong
authors: B
authors: Cho
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D044466:Asian People / Q000208:ethnology*; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D011314:Preventive Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D056910:Republic of Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D012174:Retinitis Pigmentosa / Q000208:ethnology*; D057185:Sedentary Behavior / Q000208:ethnology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Fast food consumption; health behaviors; physical inactivity; preventive health services; retinitis pigmentosa