Purpose: This study aimed to investigate patterns of health risk behavior in older adults with chronic joint pain.Methods: This study utilized the 5th and 6th Korea National Health and Nutrition Survey Data (KNHANES V, VI).In total, 6,534 older adults over the age of 64 were surveyed between 2010 and 2013. The secondary analysisincluded 5,909 respondents who answered yes to knee, hip, and back pain and had chronic joint pain for morethan 30 days in the last 3 months. Results: According to the behavioral analysis of smoking, excessive drinking,physical inactivity, inappropriate weight, inappropriate sleep time, breakfast skipping, and frequent dining out ashealth risk behaviors, older adults with chronic joint pain were physically inactive and experienced inadequatesleep, with 84.2% of men and 98.6% of women engaging in more than two health risk behaviors. Health riskbehaviors occurred together with proven correlations. The association analysis showed that clusters of healthrisk behaviors were more frequent in men and that inadequate sleep, inadequate weight, and physical inactivitystrongly correlated. Conclusion: The study findings provide information regarding health risk behaviors thatinterventions should focus on to promote better health for older adults with chronic joint pain. Intervention researchis also needed to test health promotion programs that aim to prevent such health risk behaviors in older adultswith chronic joint pain.
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