Relationship between Health Risk Behaviors and Physical Inactivity in Montana Adults

Abstract Background: The present study described the occurrence of health risk behaviors among Chinese older adults, and developed a structural equation model (SEM) to assess the associations between socioeconomic status (SES), social capital, health risk behaviors, and health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Methods: We conducted this cross-sectional study in Hubei, Jiangxi, Guangdong, and Fujian provinces, etc., China between January and March 2018. Demographic characteristics (age, gender, marital status, place of residence), SES (education level, family income), and health risk behaviors (smoking, alcohol consumption, physical inactivity, unhealthy diet, overweight or obesity, and sleep insufficient or excessive) were investigated. Social capital and HRQoL were assessed by the 16-item Personal Social Capital Scale (PSCS-16) and WHOQOL-Old, respectively. Structural equation modeling was applied to assess the associations between variables. Results: A total of 5439 older adults were included in this study. The prevalence of smoking, alcohol consumption, physical inactivity, unhealthy diet, overweight or obesity, and sleep insufficient or excessive were 34.7%, 34.4%, 64.3%, 45.0%, 26.6%, and 40.1%, respectively. 75% of the participants reported ≥2 health risk behaviors. Elderly individuals with more co-occurrence number of health risk behaviors demonstrated significant poor HRQoL ( F = 52.99, p <0.01). Smoking, physical inactivity, and unhealthy diet exhibited significant negative associations with HRQoL. Social capital, SES, as well as overweight or obesity, and sleep insufficient or excessive showed positive associations with HRQoL. Higher level of social capital positively associated with the occurrence of alcohol consumption, sleep insufficient or excessive, and negatively associated with physical inactivity, unhealthy diet, and overweight or obesity. Conclusions: Chinese older adults demonstrated high prevalence of health risk behaviors, as well as the proportion of their co-occurrences. Socioeconomic status, social capital, and health risk behaviors were important predictors of the elderly’s quality of life. Increasing elderly’s social capital, so as to prevent and control the occurrence of health risk behaviors, which might be an effective approach to improve the elderly’s health.

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Body Weight Dissatisfaction Is Associated with Cardiovascular Health-Risk Behaviors among Brazilian Adolescents: Findings from a National Survey

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph17238929 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 17 (23) ◽

pp. 8929

Author(s):

Luciane Duarte ◽

Elizabeth Fujimori ◽

Ana Luiza Borges ◽

Aline Kurihayashi ◽

Mary Steen ◽

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Keyword(s):

Body Weight ◽

Health Risk ◽

Risk Behaviors ◽

Physical Inactivity ◽

Cardiovascular Health ◽

Health Risk Behaviors ◽

Female Adolescents ◽

Male Adolescents ◽

Body Weight Dissatisfaction ◽

Skipping Breakfast

Body weight dissatisfaction (BWD) among adolescents may be a predictor of adoption of health-risk behaviors. The study aimed to assess the gendered association between two forms of BWD (feeling underweight/overweight) and cardiovascular health-risk behaviors among Brazilian adolescents. This cross-sectional study used data from the National Study of Cardiovascular Risks in Adolescents (ERICA) in Brazil, including 71,740 adolescents aged 12–17 years. BWD was defined as satisfied, dissatisfied feeling underweight and dissatisfied feeling overweight. We considered four health-risk behaviors: tobacco use, alcohol use, physical inactivity and skipping breakfast. Assessment of the associations between BWD and these behaviors were undertaken using logistic regression models. All analyses were stratified by gender. Analyses revealed that 14.9% of male adolescents and 14.5% of female adolescents were dissatisfied feeling underweight and 21.5% of males and 39.9% of females were dissatisfied feeling overweight. Among male adolescents, dissatisfied feeling overweight was associated with greater odds of physical inactivity and skipping breakfast. Among female adolescents, dissatisfied feeling underweight and overweight were associated with higher odds of alcohol use and skipping breakfast. These results highlight the importance of BWD and the association with a range of adolescent health behaviors increasing cardiovascular risk over the life course, depending on gender.

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Socioeconomic status, social capital, health risk behaviors, and health-related quality of life among Chinese older adults

10.21203/rs.2.22442/v4 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Ying Yang ◽

Shizhen Wang ◽

Lei Chen ◽

Mi Luo ◽

Lina Xue ◽

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Keyword(s):

Older Adults ◽

Social Capital ◽

Health Risk ◽

Sleep Disorder ◽

Risk Behaviors ◽

Physical Inactivity ◽

Dietary Behavior ◽

Health Risk Behaviors ◽

Chinese Older Adults ◽

Related Quality

Abstract Background: There is limited knowledge on the mediating role of different health risk behavior on the relationship between social capital, socioeconomic status (SES), and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in Chinese older adults. We conducted this study to (a) investigate the condition of health risk behaviors of the Chinese elderly, and (b) assess the relationship between SES, social capital, health risk behaviors, and HRQoL.Methods: A sample of 4,868 adults aged 60 years and older were included in this study, from the China’s Health-related Quality of Life Survey for Older Adults 2018. Participants’ demographic characteristics, SES (education level, family income), health risk behaviors (smoking, alcohol consumption, physical inactivity, unhealthy dietary behavior, unhealthy weight, and sleep disorder) were collected. Social capital and HRQoL were assessed by the 16-item Personal Social Capital Scale (PSCS-16) and WHOQOL-Old, respectively. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was applied to examine the associations between variables.Results: The proportion of smoking, alcohol consumption, physical inactivity, unhealthy dietary behavior, unhealthy weight, and sleep disorder were 32.1%, 36.3%, 62.5%, 45.7%, 31.8%, and 45.5%, respectively. Significant differences were observed in education level, family income, and social capital between elderly individuals with and without each of the six health risk behavior (all p-values < 0.05). Elderly individuals who reported smoking, physical inactivity, unhealthy dietary behavior, and sleep disorder had significantly lower HRQoL than those without these unhealthy behaviors (all p-values < 0.05). SEM analysis showed that SES and social capital positively associated with alcohol consumption. Social capital negatively associated with smoking, physical inactivity, unhealthy dietary behavior, and sleep disorder. SES negatively associated with smoking, physical inactivity, unhealthy dietary behavior, unhealthy weight, and sleep disorder. Smoking, physical inactivity, unhealthy dietary behavior, and sleep disorder correlated with poorer HRQoL.Conclusions: Chinese older adults demonstrated a high incidence of health risk behaviors, especially for physical inactivity (62.5%) and unhealthy dietary behavior (45.7%). Social capital and SES were correlated with the elderly’s HRQoL, as well as with the health risk behaviors. Health risk behaviors played potential mediating role on the relationship between social capital, SES, and HRQoL in Chinese older adults.

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Socioeconomic status, social capital, health risk behaviors, and health-related quality of life among Chinese older adults

10.21203/rs.2.22442/v3 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Ying Yang ◽

Shizhen Wang ◽

Lei Chen ◽

Mi Luo ◽

Lina Xue ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Older Adults ◽

Social Capital ◽

Health Risk ◽

Sleep Disorder ◽

Risk Behaviors ◽

Physical Inactivity ◽

Dietary Behavior ◽

Health Risk Behaviors ◽

Chinese Older Adults ◽

Related Quality

Abstract Background: There is limited knowledge on the mediating role of different health risk behavior on the relationship between social capital, socioeconomic status (SES), and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in Chinese older adults. We conducted this study to (a) investigate the condition of health risk behaviors of the Chinese elderly, and (b) assess the relationship between SES, social capital, health risk behaviors, and HRQoL. Methods: A sample of 4,868 adults aged 60 years and older were included in this study, from the China's Health-related Quality of Life Survey for Older Adults 2018. Participants' demographic characteristics, SES (education level, family income), health risk behaviors (smoking, alcohol consumption, physical inactivity, unhealthy dietary behavior, unhealthy weight, and sleep disorder) were collected. Social capital and HRQoL were assessed by the 16-item Personal Social Capital Scale (PSCS-16) and WHOQOL-Old, respectively. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was applied to examine the associations between variables. Results: The proportion of smoking, alcohol consumption, physical inactivity, unhealthy dietary behavior, unhealthy weight, and sleep disorder were 32.1%, 36.3%, 62.5%, 45.7%, 31.8%, and 45.5%, respectively. Significant differences were observed in education level, family income, and social capital between elderly individuals with and without each of the six health risk behavior (all p-values < 0.05). Elderly individuals who reported smoking, physical inactivity, unhealthy dietary behavior, and sleep disorder had significantly lower HRQoL than those without these unhealthy behaviors (all p-values < 0.05). SEM analysis showed that SES and social capital positively associated with alcohol consumption. Social capital negatively associated with smoking, physical inactivity, unhealthy dietary behavior, and sleep disorder. SES negatively associated with smoking, physical inactivity, unhealthy dietary behavior, unhealthy weight, and sleep disorder. Smoking, physical inactivity, unhealthy dietary behavior, and sleep disorder correlated with poorer HRQoL. Conclusions: Chinese older adults demonstrated a high incidence of health risk behaviors, especially for physical inactivity (62.5%) and unhealthy dietary behavior (45.7%). Social capital and SES were correlated with the elderly's HRQoL, as well as with the health risk behaviors. Health risk behaviors played potential mediating role on the relationship between social capital, SES, and HRQoL in Chinese older adults.

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Socioeconomic status, social capital, health risk behaviors, and health-related quality of life among Chinese older adults

10.21203/rs.2.22442/v2 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Ying Yang ◽

Shizhen Wang ◽

Lei Chen ◽

Mi Luo ◽

Lina Xue ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Social Capital ◽

Alcohol Consumption ◽

Health Risk ◽

Sleep Disorder ◽

Risk Behaviors ◽

Physical Inactivity ◽

Dietary Behavior ◽

Health Risk Behaviors ◽

Unhealthy Weight ◽

The Relationship

Abstract Background: There is limited knowledge on the mediating role of different health risk behaviors on the relationship between social capital, socioeconomic status (SES), and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in Chinese elderly. We conducted this study to (a) investigate the condition of health risk behaviors of Chinese elderly, and (b) assess the relationship between SES, social capital, health risk behaviors, and HRQoL. Methods: We conducted this cross-sectional study between January and March 2018. Participants’ demographic characteristics, SES (education level, family income), and health risk behaviors (smoking, alcohol consumption, physical inactivity, unhealthy dietary behavior, unhealthy weight, and sleep disorder) were collected. Social capital and HRQoL were assessed by the 16-item Personal Social Capital Scale (PSCS-16) and WHOQOL-Old, respectively. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was applied to assess the associations between variables. Results: A total of 4,868 adults aged 60 years and older were included in this study. The proportion of smoking, alcohol consumption, physical inactivity, unhealthy dietary behavior, unhealthy weight, and sleep disorder were 32.1%, 36.3%, 62.5%, 45.7%, 31.8%, and 45.5%, respectively. Significant differences were observed in education level, family income, and social capital between elderly individuals with and without each of the six health risk behavior (all p -values < 0.05). Elderly individuals who reported smoking, physical inactivity, unhealthy dietary behavior, and sleep disorder had significant lower HRQoL (all p -values < 0.05). SEM analysis showed that SES and social capital positively associated with alcohol consumption. Social capital negatively associated with smoking, physical inactivity, unhealthy dietary behavior, and sleep disorder. SES negatively associated with smoking, physical inactivity, unhealthy dietary behavior, unhealthy weight, and sleep disorder. Smoking, physical inactivity, unhealthy dietary behavior, and sleep disorder correlated with poorer HRQoL. Conclusions: Chinese older adults demonstrated a high incidence of health risk behaviors, especially for physical inactivity (62.5%) and unhealthy dietary behavior (45.7%). Social capital and SES were correlated with the elderly’s HRQoL, as well as with different health risk behaviors. Health risk behaviors played potential mediating role on the relationship of social capital, SES, and elderly health.

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