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Busch H, Knudsen H. Death Anxiety is Associated With Less Health Behavior for Individuals Low in Action Orientation. OMEGA-JOURNAL OF DEATH AND DYING 2024:302228241229590. [PMID: 38264983 DOI: 10.1177/00302228241229590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2024]
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Research has shown that death anxiety relates to less health behavior. The present study proposes that action orientation moderates this association. That is, it is hypothesized that death anxiety and health behavior relate negatively only in individuals low in action orientation. German adults (N = 187; aged 19-86) provided self-reports on health behavior, action orientation, death anxiety, social desirability, and sociodemographics. Analyses yielded a significant moderation effect of action orientation on the link between death anxiety and health behavior over and above significant relationships of action orientation, social desirability, age, and gender, respectively, with health behavior. As hypothesized, a significantly negative association of death anxiety and health behavior was found only given low action orientation but not among high action orientation individuals. This suggests that self-regulation plays a decisive role in whether death anxiety and health behavior relate to each other.
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Ibarra-Sanchez AS, Abelsen B, Chen G, Wisløff T. Educational patterns of health behaviors and body mass index: A longitudinal multiple correspondence analysis of a middle-aged general population, 2007-2016. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0295302. [PMID: 38039296 PMCID: PMC10691680 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0295302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2022] [Accepted: 11/10/2023] [Indexed: 12/03/2023] Open
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Social differences in body mass index and health behaviors are a major public health challenge. The uneven distribution of unhealthy body mass index and of unhealthy behaviors such as smoking, physical inactivity, and harmful alcohol consumption has been shown to mediate social inequalities in chronic diseases. While differential exposures to these health variables have been investigated, the extent to which they vary over the lifetime in the same population and their relationship with level of education is not well understood. This study examines patterns of body mass index and multiple health behaviors (smoking, physical activity and alcohol consumption), and investigates their association with education level among adults living in Northern Norway. It presents findings from a longitudinal multiple correspondence analysis of the Tromsø Study. Longitudinal data from 8,906 adults aged 32-87 in 2007-2008, with repeated measurements in 2015-2016 were retrieved from the survey's sixth and seventh waves. The findings suggest that most in the study population remained in the same categories of body mass index and the three health behaviors at the follow-up, with a clear educational gradient in healthy patterns. That is, both healthy changes and maintained healthy categories were associated with the highest education levels. Estimating differential exposures to mediators of health inequalities could benefit policy priority setting for tackling inequalities in health.
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- Department of Community Medicine, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Centre for Health Economics, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Health Services Research Unit, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway
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Botteri E, Peveri G, Berstad P, Bagnardi V, Chen SLF, Sandanger TM, Hoff G, Dahm CC, Antoniussen CS, Tjønneland A, Eriksen AK, Skeie G, Perez-Cornago A, Huerta JM, Jakszyn P, Harlid S, Sundström B, Barricarte A, Monninkhof EM, Derksen JWG, Schulze MB, Bueno-de-Mesquita B, Sánchez MJ, Cross AJ, Tsilidis KK, De Magistris MS, Kaaks R, Katzke V, Rothwell JA, Laouali N, Severi G, Amiano P, Contiero P, Sacerdote C, Goldberg M, Touvier M, Freisling H, Viallon V, Weiderpass E, Riboli E, Gunter MJ, Jenab M, Ferrari P. Changes in Lifestyle and Risk of Colorectal Cancer in the European Prospective Investigation Into Cancer and Nutrition. Am J Gastroenterol 2023; 118:702-711. [PMID: 36227801 DOI: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000002065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2022] [Accepted: 09/09/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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INTRODUCTION We investigated the impact of changes in lifestyle habits on colorectal cancer (CRC) risk in a multicountry European cohort. METHODS We used baseline and follow-up questionnaire data from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer cohort to assess changes in lifestyle habits and their associations with CRC development. We calculated a healthy lifestyle index (HLI) score based on smoking status, alcohol consumption, body mass index, and physical activity collected at the 2 time points. HLI ranged from 0 (most unfavorable) to 16 (most favorable). We estimated the association between HLI changes and CRC risk using Cox regression models and reported hazard ratios (HR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI). RESULTS Among 295,865 participants, 2,799 CRC cases were observed over a median of 7.8 years. The median time between questionnaires was 5.7 years. Each unit increase in HLI from the baseline to the follow-up assessment was associated with a statistically significant 3% lower CRC risk. Among participants in the top tertile at baseline (HLI > 11), those in the bottom tertile at follow-up (HLI ≤ 9) had a higher CRC risk (HR 1.34; 95% CI 1.02-1.75) than those remaining in the top tertile. Among individuals in the bottom tertile at baseline, those in the top tertile at follow-up had a lower risk (HR 0.77; 95% CI 0.59-1.00) than those remaining in the bottom tertile. DISCUSSION Improving adherence to a healthy lifestyle was inversely associated with CRC risk, while worsening adherence was positively associated with CRC risk. These results justify and support recommendations for healthy lifestyle changes and healthy lifestyle maintenance for CRC prevention.
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- Edoardo Botteri
- Section for Colorectal Cancer Screening, Cancer Registry of Norway, Oslo, Norway
- Department of Research, Cancer Registry of Norway, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Section for Colorectal Cancer Screening, Cancer Registry of Norway, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Statistics and Quantitative Methods, University of Milan-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Community Medicine, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Community Medicine, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Section for Colorectal Cancer Screening, Cancer Registry of Norway, Oslo, Norway
- Department of Research, Telemark Hospital, Skien, Norway
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- Department of Community Medicine, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Epidemiology, Murcia Regional Health Council, IMIB-Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain
- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
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- Unit of Nutrition and Cancer, Cancer Epidemiology Research Programme, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO-IDIBELL), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Radiation Sciences, Oncology Unit, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
- Navarra Public Health Institute, Pamplona, Spain
- Navarra Institute for Health Research (IdiSNA) Pamplona, Spain
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- Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Epidemiology, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke, Nuthetal, Germany
- Institute of Nutritional Science, University of Potsdam, Nuthetal, Germany
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- Centre for Nutrition, Prevention and Health Services, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
- Escuela Andaluza de Salud Pública (EASP), Granada, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs.GRANADA, Granada, Spain
- Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
- Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Université Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, Inserm, CESP U1018, "Exposome, Heredity, Cancer and Health" Team, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, Inserm, CESP U1018, "Exposome, Heredity, Cancer and Health" Team, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, Inserm, CESP U1018, "Exposome, Heredity, Cancer and Health" Team, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
- Department of Statistics, Computer Science, Applications "G. Parenti" (DISIA), University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Ministry of Health of the Basque Government, Sub Directorate for Public Health and Addictions of Gipuzkoa, San Sebastian, Spain
- Biodonostia Health Research Institute, Epidemiology of Chronic and Communicable Diseases Group, San Sebastián, Spain
- Spanish Consortium for Research on Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Environmental Epidemiology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Unit of Cancer Epidemiology, Città della Salute e della Scienza University-Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Population-based Epidemiologic Cohorts Unit, Inserrm UMS 11, Villejuif, France
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- Nutritional Epidemiology Research Team (EREN), Sorbonne Paris Nord University, Inserm U1153, Inrae U1125, Cnam, Epidemiology and Statistics Research Center-University of Paris (CRESS), Bobigny, France
- Public Health Department, Avicenne Hospital, AP-HP, Bobigny, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, World Health Organization, Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, World Health Organization, Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, World Health Organization, Lyon, France
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, World Health Organization, Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, World Health Organization, Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, World Health Organization, Lyon, France
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Khaw WF, Nasaruddin NH, Alias N, Chan YM, Tan L, Cheong SM, Ganapathy SS, Mohd Yusoff MF, Yong HY. Socio-demographic factors and healthy lifestyle behaviours among Malaysian adults: National Health and Morbidity Survey 2019. Sci Rep 2022; 12:16569. [PMID: 36195767 PMCID: PMC9532383 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-20511-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2022] [Accepted: 09/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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This study aimed to investigate the association between socio-demographic factors and designated healthy lifestyle behaviours in a nationally-representative sample of Malaysian adults aged 18 years and above. Secondary data involving 7388 participants aged 18-96 years from the National Health and Morbidity Survey 2019, a national cross-sectional survey, was used in this study. A healthy lifestyle score (0-5 points) was calculated based on five modifiable lifestyle factors: non-smoker, body mass index < 25 kg/m2, physically active, moderate (or less) alcohol intake, and daily consumption of ≥ 5 servings of fruits and vegetables. Associations between socio-demographic factors and healthy lifestyle behaviours were examined using multinomial logistic regression adjusted for sampling design. About 30.6% of the participants met at least four out of the five healthy lifestyle factors. In multinomial model, subjects who were female (aOR = 3.26, 95%CI = 2.58, 4.12), of Chinese (aOR = 2.31, 95%CI = 1.62, 3.30 or other ethnicity (aOR = 1.44, 95%CI = 1.05, 1.98), and aged 18-30 years (aOR = 1.74, 95% CI = 1.12, 2.71) showed significant association with achieving healthy lifestyle compared to male, Malay and ≥ 61 years old as reference categories. Our results indicated that gender, age and ethnicity associated with healthy lifestyle behaviours. Information on the influence of socio-demographic factors on the prevalence of healthy lifestyles will facilitate the development of effective intervention strategies to improve the adaptation of healthy lifestyle practices.
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- Wan-Fei Khaw
- Institute for Public Health, National Institutes of Health, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia.
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- Institute for Public Health, National Institutes of Health, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Institute for Public Health, National Institutes of Health, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Institute for Public Health, National Institutes of Health, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Institute for Public Health, National Institutes of Health, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Bentong Health Clinic, Bentong District Health Office, Ministy of Health Malaysia, Bentong, Pahang, Malaysia
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- Institute for Public Health, National Institutes of Health, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Institute for Public Health, National Institutes of Health, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Division of Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Health Sciences, International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Hua Z, Ma D, Xia X. Emotional Dysregulation and Time Structure Mediate the Link between Perceived Stress and Insomnia among Unemployed Young People in China: A Cross-Sectional Study. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:11883. [PMID: 36231183 PMCID: PMC9564838 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph191911883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2022] [Revised: 09/16/2022] [Accepted: 09/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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In recent years, the problem of youth unemployment in China has become a great concern. Unemployed young people often find themselves under tremendous stress and vulnerable to sleep problems. The link between perceived stress and insomnia has been widely documented, but the potential mechanisms underlying this relationship have not been thoroughly revealed. The objective of this study was to examine the underlying mechanisms linking perceived stress to insomnia through testing the mediating effects of emotional dysregulation and time structure. Through a multiple-stage convenience sampling, 511 unemployed young people (38.6% women; mean age = 21.51; SD = 2.22) were measured using the 10-item Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10), Insomnia Severity Index (ISI), 16-item Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS-16), and Time Structure Questionnaire (TSQ). Based on the statistical description of the sample, chi-squared tests, bivariate correlation analyses, and mediation analyses were performed. The study indicated that 53.0% (95% CI: 48.7-57.4%) of the participants reported probable insomnia, and both insomnia and perceived stress demonstrated strong associations with emotional dysregulation and time structure, which served as partial mediators between perceived stress and insomnia symptoms according to mediation analyses. Path analysis further revealed that, after controlling for age and gender, emotional dysregulation and time structure accounted for 31.8 and 17.6% of the effect of perceived stress on insomnia, respectively. This study provides empirical support for the association among perceived stress, emotional dysregulation, time structure, and insomnia symptoms. To improve the sleep quality and general wellbeing of unemployed young people, emotional dysregulation and time structure must be taken into consideration.
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- Zhiya Hua
- School of Government, Shanghai University of Political Science and Law, Shanghai 201701, China
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- School of Sociology and Political Science, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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- School of Government, Shanghai University of Political Science and Law, Shanghai 201701, China
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van de Vijver PL, Schalkwijk FH, Numans ME, Slaets JPJ, van Bodegom D. Linking a peer coach physical activity intervention for older adults to a primary care referral scheme. BMC PRIMARY CARE 2022; 23:118. [PMID: 35581538 PMCID: PMC9115932 DOI: 10.1186/s12875-022-01729-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2021] [Accepted: 05/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND Physical inactivity has contributed to the current prevalence of many age-related diseases, including type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Peer coach physical activity intervention are effective in increasing long term physical activity in community dwelling older adults. Linking peer coach physical activity interventions to formal care could therefore be a promising novel method to improve health in inactive older adults to a successful long-term physical activity intervention. METHODS We evaluated the effects of linking a peer coach physical activity intervention in Leiden, The Netherlands to primary care through an exercise referral scheme from July 2018 to April 2020. Primary care practices in the neighborhoods of three existing peer coach physical activity groups were invited to refer patients to the exercise groups. Referrals were registered at the primary care practice and participation in the peer coach groups was registered by the peer coaches of the exercise groups. RESULTS During the study, a total of 106 patients were referred to the peer coach groups. 5.7% of patients participated at the peer coach groups and 66.7% remained participating during the 1 year follow up. The number needed to refer for 1 long term participant was 26.5. The mean frequency of participation of the referred participants was 1.2 times a week. CONCLUSION Linking a peer coach physical activity intervention for older adults to a primary care referral scheme reached only a small fraction of the estimated target population. However, of the people that came to the peer coach intervention a large portion continued to participate during the entire study period. The number needed to refer to engage one older person in long term physical activity was similar to other referral schemes for lifestyle interventions. The potential benefits could be regarded proportional to the small effort needed to refer.
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- Paul L van de Vijver
- Leyden Academy on Vitality and Ageing, Rijnsburgerweg 10, 2333AA, Leiden, the Netherlands.
- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333ZA, Leiden, the Netherlands.
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- Leyden Academy on Vitality and Ageing, Rijnsburgerweg 10, 2333AA, Leiden, the Netherlands
- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333ZA, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333ZA, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Leyden Academy on Vitality and Ageing, Rijnsburgerweg 10, 2333AA, Leiden, the Netherlands
- Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, University Medical Center Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, 9713GZ, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Leyden Academy on Vitality and Ageing, Rijnsburgerweg 10, 2333AA, Leiden, the Netherlands
- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333ZA, Leiden, the Netherlands
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Richter A, Schienkiewitz A, Starker A, Krug S, Domanska O, Kuhnert R, Loss J, Mensink GBM. Health-promoting behaviour among adults in Germany - Results from GEDA 2019/2020-EHIS. JOURNAL OF HEALTH MONITORING 2021; 6:26-44. [PMID: 35146315 PMCID: PMC8734172 DOI: 10.25646/8553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2021] [Accepted: 06/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Health-promoting behaviours are important at any age to prevent diseases and to promote well-being. Using data from GEDA 2019/2020-EHIS, a Germany-wide, representative survey, this article describes how often the adult population in Germany reports certain types of health-promoting behaviour in their everyday lives. The behaviours considered are nonsmoking, low-risk alcohol consumption, achievement of the World Health Organization's (WHO) recommendations on aerobic physical activity, at least daily fruit and vegetable consumption, and maintaining a body weight within the normal range. This article describes the proportion of people who report these behaviours in their everyday lives by gender, age and education level, the number of health-promoting behaviours each person reports and the most common combinations in which they occur. Young adults between 18 and 29 years are most likely to achieve a health-promoting lifestyle. The proportion of people who report at least 150 minutes of physical activity per week and a normal body weight is lower in later adulthood than among 18- to 29-year-olds. The recommendation to eat fruit and vegetables daily is implemented least often of all five aspects of health behaviour under study. Finally, women are more likely to lead a health-promoting lifestyle than men.
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- Almut Richter
- Robert Koch Institute, Berlin Department of Epidemiology and Health Monitoring
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Sociodemographic correlates of physical activity and sport among adults in Germany: 1997–2018. GERMAN JOURNAL OF EXERCISE AND SPORT RESEARCH 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s12662-021-00714-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Introduction
Promoting physical activity (PA) is a key strategy to prevent noncommunicable diseases worldwide. In order to monitor physical activity levels in Germany, several large-scale studies have reported on prevalence rates and correlates. However, a comprehensive analysis of correlates of PA over time is currently lacking for Germany.
Methods
For the analysis, 13 national cross-sectional data sets were utilized. Data analysis was restricted to respondents aged 18 and older. In a first step, data sets were kept separate in order to explore social gradients of PA and sport. In the second step, data sets were pooled, demographic factors harmonized and binary logistic regressions were conducted.
Results
Regarding sports participation, different data sets indicate comparable social gradients. People with a higher age, lower income, lower levels of education, or a migrant background consistently have a higher risk of not engaging in sports. Compared to sports participation, social gradients are less pronounced for engaging in vigorous PA. Higher age, lower education, and lower income are also markers for an increased risk of not engaging in vigorous PA.
Discussion
The study confirms that factors of age, income, education and migrant background continue to contribute to differentials in sport and vigorous PA participation in Germany. For policy-making, this implies that PA promotion should focus on systems-based actions that might reduce population-wide inequalities. Future research might focus on pooling single studies with smaller samples in order to investigate PA and sports participation in specific disadvantaged target groups.
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Beller J, Bauersachs J, Schäfer A, Schwettmann L, Heier M, Peters A, Meisinger C, Geyer S. Diverging Trends in Age at First Myocardial Infarction: Evidence from Two German Population-Based Studies. Sci Rep 2020; 10:9610. [PMID: 32541657 PMCID: PMC7296035 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-66291-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2019] [Accepted: 05/18/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Little is known about trends in the age of onset of first myocardial infarction. Thus, we examined trends in the age of onset distribution of first myocardial infarction using two population-based datasets from Germany. First, we used German claims data based on an annual case number of approximately 2 million women and men covering the period from 2006 to 2016. Second, we used data from the KORA (Cooperative Health Research in the Region of Augsburg) Myocardial Infarction Registry covering the period from 2000–2016. Analyses were performed by means of quantile regression to estimate trends across the whole distribution of age of onset. Overall, NSample 1 = 69627 and NSample 2 = 9954 first myocardial infarctions were observed. In both samples, we found highly heterogeneous trends in age of onset. In men, we consistently found that age of onset increased before 50 and after 70 but decreased within this age bracket. For women, on the other hand, we consistently found that age of onset decreased for first myocardial infarctions before 70 but increased slightly or remained relatively stable thereafter. Therefore, late myocardial infarctions tended to occur later in life, while regular myocardial infarctions tended to occur earlier. These results suggest that in myocardial infarction, both morbidity compression and morbidity expansion might have occurred at the same time but for different parts of the age at onset distribution.
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- Johannes Beller
- Hannover Medical School, Medical Sociology Unit, Hannover, Germany.
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- Hannover Medical School, Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Hannover, Germany
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- Hannover Medical School, Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Hannover, Germany
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München, Institute of Health Economics and Health Care Management, Neuherberg, Germany.,Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Department of Economics, Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München, Institute of Epidemiology, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München, Institute of Epidemiology, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München, Institute of Epidemiology, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Hannover Medical School, Medical Sociology Unit, Hannover, Germany
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