Factors influencing cardiovascular health behaviors among Korean-Chinese migrant workers with metabolic syndrome using mixed methods

Abstract

This study examined factors influencing health behaviors for cardiovascular disease prevention among Korean-Chinese migrant workers with metabolic syndrome in South Korea, using an ecological model-based mixed-methods approach. An explanatory sequential design was applied. Data were collected from 204 participants in the Seoul metropolitan area, assessing intrapersonal, interpersonal, institutional, and community-level variables. Participants had a mean age of 51.4 ± 6.3 years; 55.4% were female, and their average length of stay in Korea was 10.8 ± 4.8 years. Hierarchical regression analysis showed that being female (β = 0.25, p