The Innsbruck Women's Health Study 1999: health status and behaviour.
Soz Praventivmed
; 46(4): 259-67, 2001.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
The aim of this study is to report descriptive results of a recent survey on women's health and to analyse associations between perceived health status and health behaviour.METHODS:
A cross-sectional survey on 609 women aged 20 to 95 years was performed in Innsbruck (Austria) in 1999.RESULTS:
Self-reported poor health status was 6% in the 20-39 age group, 10% in the 40-59 age group and 20% in the 60 and older age group. Age and physical activity were significant predictors for health status. Women who performed physical activities on a regular basis had a more than 70% reduced risk of poor health status. Concerning the prevalence of self-reported morbidity, urogenital disorders (35%), allergies (32%), and headache (42%) were most frequent in younger women whereas skeletal disorders such as rheumatic diseases (41%), osteoporosis (39%), and invertebral disc damage (39%) in older women. Important health behaviour-related problems to be found were 40% smoking among women under 40, and 42% overweight or obesity among women over 60. Stress affected 37% of women under 60 years of age.CONCLUSIONS:
Physical activity, smoking, overweight and stress revealed to be key-indicators for improving women's health.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Población Urbana
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Conductas Relacionadas con la Salud
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Indicadores de Salud
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Salud de la Mujer
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Soz Praventivmed
Año:
2001
Tipo del documento:
Article