Health status and health practices--Alameda and beyond.
Int J Epidemiol
; 20(1): 259-63, 1991 Mar.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-2066231
ABSTRACT
Using the population of St John's, Newfoundland, we did a constructive replication of previous studies testing the association between health practices and health status. A telephone questionnaire was applied to all adults in a probabilistic sample of households (3300 subjects, 85% response rate). Several health practices and preventive behaviours indexes were developed and tested. An additive index of six practices (breakfast, sleeping, drinking, smoking, weight and exercise) using the Alameda County definitions, and an additive score of five practices (excluding breakfast and with revised definitions for smoking, drinking and exercise) were analysed using log-linear models; there was association between the indexes and self-assessed health status when controlling for sex, age and education, with the exception of the six-practice index in males. The association between these two indexes and several variables and constructs of health status showed that the best relationships were with self-assessed health status and with a construct including variables measuring subjective health.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Comportamentos Relacionados com a Saúde
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Indicadores Básicos de Saúde
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
1991
Tipo de documento:
Article