scholarly journals Trajectories of Health Status during the Transition from School to University: Piloting the Method of Biographical Mapping in German Medical Students

Children ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 622
Author(s):  
Katharina Diehl ◽  
Jana Lindenthal
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
University Students ◽  
Transition Period ◽  
Health Behavior Change ◽  
Subjective Health ◽  
Research Area ◽  
University Transition ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Students First ◽  
Over Time

Health status and health behavior change during the transition from school to university. However, it is still unclear whether these changes occur at specific points in time, and whether these changes are stable. Therefore, our aim was to conduct a pilot test on biographical mapping (BM) for the first time in this research area in order to map the trajectories of the health status of university students over time. This enabled us to also test the practicability of BM, and to assess the agreement of the findings of BM with those of a standardized questionnaire. We included 30 fourth-year university students. First, they filled in a standardized questionnaire on their sociodemographic information, current health status, and health status compared with that for their final year of school. Second, they filled in a BM grid that allows for drawing the changes in health status that have taken place over the transition period. The health status changed during the transition (e.g., slight decline in general subjective health), and was related to specific events before and after the transition (e.g., examinations), showing that all health variables were not stable over time. The findings of BM were also reflected in the standardized questionnaire. Using BM revealed the changes in health during a six-year-period, including the school–university transition. The identified changes in health during transition and at specific time points underline that not only assistance before the transition, but also psychological support during studies, seems to be important for the health promotion of students. Besides this, BM seems to be a useful, although time-consuming, instrument for which the results were similar to those in the questionnaire.

scholarly journals How Does Health Literacy Modify Indicators of Health Behaviour and of Health? A Longitudinal Study with Trainees in North Germany

Healthcare ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 2
Author(s):  
Peter Koch ◽  
Zita Schillmöller ◽  
Albert Nienhaus
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Health Behaviour ◽  
Odds Ratio ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Health ◽  
Subjective Health Status ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Over Time

Background: Health literacy (HL) is a resource that can help individuals to achieve more control over their health and over factors that influence health. In the present follow-up study, we have investigated the extent to which HL in trainees changes over time and whether or to what extent HL influences health behaviour and health. Methods: In 2017, we performed a baseline survey (T0) of trainees from six different branches, who were contacted through vocational colleges in four northern federal states in Germany. The survey was repeated at the midpoint of their training in 2019 (T1). Demographic data were surveyed, together with information on HL (HLS-EU-Q16), health behaviour and on health status (psychological well-being, subjective health status). Multivariate regression analyses were performed in SPSS 26. Results: Three hundred and ninety-one (391) data sets were evaluated, with a follow-up rate of 27%; 79% of the trainees were female. The mean age was 21.2 years. Over all subjects, the mean HL increased over time ( (SD): 11.9 (2.9) to 12.2 (2.9), p = 0.070). This increase was only statistically significant for the health service trainees ( (SD): 12.1 (2.8) to 12.5 (2.9), p = 0.019). Relative to persons with adequate HL, the odds ratio over time for impaired psychological well-being was increased by 230% in persons with inadequate HL (OR: 3.3, 95% CI: 1.70–6.32, p < 0.001). For persons with problematical HL, the corresponding increase in odds ratio was 110% (OR: 2.1, 95% CI: 1.30–3.38, p = 0.002). Relative to persons with adequate HL, trainees with inadequate HL exhibited a significant increase in odds ratio of 2.8 over time for poor or less good subjective health status (OR: 2.8, 95% CI: 1.23–6.33, p = 0.014). Conclusions: We observed a positive longitudinal association between HL and health. A significant increase in HL was observed in trainees in the health service. Thus the study shows that the concept of HL may provide a potential preventive approach for trainees.

scholarly journals Health behaviors and health status of Korean middleaged men by marital status: Korea Community Health Study, 2015

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
pp. e2019019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yongho Jee ◽  
Youngtae Cho
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Marital Status ◽  
Subjective Health ◽  
Health Study ◽  
Middle Aged ◽  
Subjective Health Status ◽  
Married Men ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Middle Aged Adults

OBJECTIVES: Previous studies have shown that marital status is associated with household composition and living arrangements, which partially explain observed differences in health status according to marital status. However, due to the rapid socioeconomic and demographic transformations of the last few decades, the distribution of marital status among middle-aged adults has become more diverse. Therefore, this study aimed to obtain up-to-date information on the associations between marital status and health and to investigate the implications of these findings for conventional explanations of the health effects of marriage.METHODS: The data for this study were obtained from the 2015 Korean Community Health Study. We compared 4 modifiable lifestyle behaviors—smoking, alcohol consumption, physical activity, and self-rated health status—as outcome variables in association with marital status in Korean middle-aged men (age 40-44) living in Seoul and other regions.RESULTS: Married men showed the lowest cigarette smoking prevalence and the highest subjective health status both before and after adjusting for education and income. The odds of engaging in vigorous physical activity did not show a major difference before and after adjustment for income and education.CONCLUSIONS: In married men, the prevalence of cigarette smoking was lowest and subjective health status was highest, similar to previous studies. However, the prevalence of engaging in physical activity was highest in divorced/widowed/separated men. The health behaviors and health status of Korean middle-aged adults should be more closely followed, since they are representative of demographic changes in the Korean population.

Optimizing the environmental attitudes inventory

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen G. Sutton ◽  
Emma Gyuris
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Attitude Change ◽  
Environmental Attitudes ◽  
Reduced Form ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Students First ◽  
The Difference ◽  
University Experience ◽  
The Impact

Purpose – The purpose of this study was twofold: first, to optimize the Environmental Attitudes Inventory (EAI) and second, to establish a baseline of the difference in environmental attitudes between first and final year students, taken at the start of a university’s declaration of commitment to EfS. Design/methodology/approach – The psychometrically designed EAI was used to overcome the problems and limitations of the much-used, but controversial, revised New Environmental Paradigm (NEP) Scale. The performance of the original 72-item EAI was compared with our 37-item reduced form using a population of first- and final-year university students. Findings – The reduced 37-item EAI provides a reliable and valid tool for investigating structured, multi-dimensional environmental attitudes of university students while reducing response burden and increasing response and completion rates compared with the longer versions of the EAI. Research limitations/implications – No attempt is made to link elements of the university experience with changes in attitude between first- and third-year students. The authors expect the 12-faceted EAI to provide more detailed feedback on the affective outcomes of EfS initiatives than currently used instruments. Originality/value – This research contributes to establishing the EAI as a gold standard with which to monitor students’ environmental attitudes. Although most studies aimed at understanding the impact of EfS measure attitude change over relatively short periods of time – typically using the brief NEP scale administered immediately before and after a specific semester course – the approach developed here is designed to detect attitudinal change that may be ascribed to the entire university experience between students’ first and final year.

Body awareness therapy in persons with stroke: a pilot randomized controlled trial

2014 ◽  
Vol 28 (12) ◽  
pp. 1180-1188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mialinn A Lindvall ◽  
Anette Forsberg
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Subjective Health ◽  
Body Awareness ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Subjective Health Status ◽  
Timed Up And Go ◽  
Balance Confidence ◽  
Experimental Intervention ◽  
Over Time

Objective: To investigate the effects of body awareness therapy on balance, mobility, balance confidence, and subjective health status in persons with stroke. Design: A pilot randomized controlled study with follow-up at one and 4–6 weeks after the intervention period. Setting: Four primary healthcare centres in Örebro County Council. Subjects: Persons more than six months post stroke, with walking ability of 100 metres. Intervention: The experimental intervention was body awareness therapy in groups once a week for eight weeks. The controls were instructed to continue their usual daily activities. Main measures: Berg Balance Scale, Timed Up and Go Test, Timed Up and Go Test with a cognitive component, 6-minute walk test, and Timed-Stands Test. Self-rated balance confidence was assessed using the Activities-specific Balance Confidence Scale, and subjective health status using the Short Form 36 (SF-36) questionnaire. Results: A total of 46 participants were included (mean age 64 years); 24 in the experimental intervention group and 22 in the control group. No significant differences in changed scores over time were found between the groups. Within the experimental intervention group, significant improvements over time was found for the tests Berg Balance Scale, Timed Up and Go cognitive, and 6-minute walk test. Within the control group, significant improvements over time were found for the Timed Up and Go Cognitive, and the Timed-Stands Test. Conclusion: In comparison to no intervention, no effects were seen on balance, mobility, balance confidence, and subjective health status after eight weeks of body awareness therapy.

The relationship of motor activity of university students in Voronezh with subjective assessment of their health status

2020 ◽  
pp. 40-47
Author(s):  
Tatiana Fertikova
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
University Students ◽  
Motor Activity ◽  
Health Assessment ◽  
Subjective Assessment ◽  
Subjective Health ◽  
State University ◽  
Medical University ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Walking Time

The lack of motor activity of university students is a risk factor for the health of students, causing a deterioration in the subjective indicators of health assessment identified by the questionnaire. The study of the motor activity of students was carried out by the method of pedometry using the GEONAUTE ONstep 100 instrument. The study was attended by students of the first three courses of universities in Voronezh. The number of subjects was 66. Actual motor activity of the studied students did not reach optimal values in any of the universities. Medical students who have the most critical assessment of their own health have the lowest indicators of motor activity. Students of Voronezh State University of Architecture and Construction are ahead of Voronezh State Medical University and Voronezh State University of Engineering Technologies students in total walking time during the day, the differences are statistically significant (126.7 ± 2.4 vs. 107.7 ± 1.9, p < 0.001, and 126.7 ± 2.4 vs. 119.1 ± 1.9, p < 0.02, respectively). The performed study allowed us to assess the level of students’ motor activity and compare these results with the parameters of their subjective health assessment. In Voronezh State University of Architecture and Construction, the proportion of students surveyed who rated their health status as «good» and «excellent» amounted to 73.3 %, in Voronezh State University of Engineering Technologies — 59.4 %, in Voronezh State Medical University — 46.9 %. Thus, the parameters of students’ motor activity correlate with the results of their questionnaire. In that university, where the majority of students highly rated their own health, reliably higher results of physical activity were determined by the number of steps and the total walking time during the day, the average daily distance and the amount of energy spent walking. The information obtained suggests the need for the development and implementation of measures to increase the motor activity of young people in the framework of the functioning of students’ health programs taking into account the profile of education.

Weekly Exercise Consistently Reinstates Positive Mood

1998 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 271-280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannah Steinberg ◽  
Briony R. Nicholls ◽  
Elizabeth A. Sykes ◽  
N. LeBoutillier ◽  
Nerina Ramlakhan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Exercise ◽  
Negative Mood ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Positive Mood ◽  
Field Investigation ◽  
Single Bout ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Exercise Class ◽  
Negative Feelings ◽  
Over Time

Mood improvement immediately after a single bout of exercise is well documented, but less is known about successive and longer term effects. In a “real-life” field investigation, four kinds of exercise class (Beginners, Advanced, Body Funk and Callanetics) met once a week for up to 7 weeks. Before and after each class the members assessed how they felt by completing a questionnaire listing equal numbers of “positive” and “negative” mood words. Subjects who had attended at least five times were included in the analysis, which led to groups consisting of 18, 20, 16, and 16 subjects, respectively. All four kinds of exercise significantly increased positive and decreased negative feelings, and this result was surprisingly consistent in successive weeks. However, exercise seemed to have a much greater effect on positive than on negative moods. The favorable moods induced by each class seemed to have worn off by the following week, to be reinstated by the class itself. In the Callanetics class, positive mood also improved significantly over time. The Callanetics class involved “slower,” more demanding exercises, not always done to music. The Callanetics and Advanced classes also showed significantly greater preexercise negative moods in the first three sessions. However, these differences disappeared following exercise. Possibly, these two groups had become more “tolerant” to the mood-enhancing effects of physical exercise; this may be in part have been due to “exercise addiction.”

The Effect of Exercise Participation in Elderly on Subjective Health Status, Depression and Life Satisfication

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 495-500
Author(s):  
Younpyo Lee ◽  
Su-keun Park ◽  
Jae-ho Khil ◽  
Sungho Maeng ◽  
Jungwon Shin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Subjective Health ◽  
Subjective Health Status ◽  
Exercise Participation
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