Clustering of Health Behaviors in Canadians: A Multiple Behavior Analysis of Data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging.
Ann Behav Med
; 57(8): 662-675, 2023 07 19.
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| ID: mdl-37155331
Health behaviors such as physical inactivity, unhealthy eating, smoking tobacco, and alcohol use are each leading risk factors for non-communicable chronic disease. A better understanding of which behavioral combinations people engage in, and which behaviors are associated with each other, may provide new insights to support the development of interventions to promote multiple health behavior change. Using data with two time points (N = 40,268) from the Canadian Longitudinal Study of Aging, we grouped people into clusters based on their health behaviors and examined how these clusters are associated with demographic characteristics and health indicators. Seven clusters were identified with sociodemographic patterns evident across several clusters. Correlations between behaviors were generally small. We compared whether individual health behaviors, or groupings of people based on their health behaviors, were better predictors of future health outcomes. Individual behaviors were slightly better predictors of future health outcomes than clusters.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Envejecimiento
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Conductas Relacionadas con la Salud
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Humans
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Ann Behav Med
Asunto de la revista:
CIENCIAS DO COMPORTAMENTO
Año:
2023
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Canadá