Influence of lifestyle, health behavior, and health indices on the health status of underserved adults
| Autor: | Theresa A. Kessler, Elise M. Alverson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Health Status Health Behavior Psychological intervention General Medicine Middle Aged Health Surveys Vulnerable Populations Young Adult Family medicine Health Status Indicators Humans Health survey Medicine Female Health behavior business Partial support Life Style General Nursing Demography Poverty level |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. 25:674-681 |
| ISSN: | 2327-6924 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/2327-6924.12027 |
| Popis: | Purpose To examine how lifestyle, health behavior, and health indices best predict health status in underserved adults. Data sources Eighty-four underserved adults from a nurse-managed center completed an investigator-developed instrument to measure lifestyle, health behavior, and health indices. The SF-12 Health Survey measured general (SF-1), physical (PCS), and mental (MCS) health status. Conclusions The majority of the sample was female (64%). Sixty-three percent were at or below 200% of the federal poverty level. For nonsmokers, five independent variables accounted for 47.1% of the variance in SF1 (p < .000), 33.5% in PCS-12 scores (p < .001), and 23.2% in MCS-12 scores (p = .017). For smokers, six variables accounted for 48.7% of the variance in SF1 (p = .024), 41.7% in PCS-12 scores (p = .067), and 25.4% in MCS-12 scores (p = .378). Implications for practice Findings provide partial support for the impact of lifestyle and health behaviors on health status outcomes. Focusing concurrent interventions on improving multiple behaviors may have the greatest impact on health status outcomes. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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