A Study on Fingernail and Toenail Care Status, Behavior, and Choice Attributes

In this study, a survey was conducted on 343 men and women in their 20∼50s living in Daejeon Metropolitan City, Sejong Special Self-Governing City, Chungnam & Chungbuk, Gyeongnam & Gyeongbuk, and other regions to investigate the fingernail and toenail care status, behavior, and choice attribute. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS 28.0 for the statistical program, and the results of the study are as follows.As a result of the difference in hand and nail care according to general characteristics, there was no statistically significant difference in the number of people who had experience in hand and nail care by visiting a nail salon. The most common care done at nail salons was cuticle care and gel art for women, and problem hand and toenail care for men. The number of nail salon visits for nail care was the highest for both women and men once every 7 to 8 weeks. The most common reason for receiving hand and nail care at a nail salon was for external beauty for women, and for men, it was for hand and nail health care. The most common way to cut hands and toenails was in the round shape, and the most common response was that the length of the hands and toenails is usually cut closely. In terms of nail care behaviors based on general characteristics, nail care behaviors differed according to gender, age, occupation, etc. As a result of differences in attributes of nail care selection based on general characteristics, there were no statistically significant differences in professionalism, reliability, empathy, and tangibility based on gender, age, and marital status, and reliability and empathy based on occupation were higher in the self-employed. Specialized shop management behavior, diversion management behavior, information interest management behavior, hand and nail care behavior were positively(+) correlated with self-esteem and satisfaction with hand and toenail care. The professionalism, reliability, empathy, and tangibility of the hand/toenail care selection attributes were positively(+) correlated with self-esteem and hand/toenail care satisfaction.