Relationship between Perceived Health  Status and Health Practices in the General Adult Population in Japan

Noguchi, Yukari; Ueda, Kimiyo; Fukumoto, Kumiko; Harada, Koichi; Ueda, Atsushi; Wei, Chang-Nian

doi:10.4236/ojpm.2015.56031

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“…Of the health-related factors, perceived health status and alcohol consumption were found to be strongly related to current smoking. Lifestyle factors such as smoking status, drinking habits, food consumption, and physical activity are generally linked to perceived health status [25], and poor perceived health has previously been associated with current smoking [26]. Alcohol consumption was shown to be a major barrier to smoking cessation among young adults [9,10,27,28].…”

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Factors Related to Smoking Status Among Young Adults: An Analysis of Younger and Older Young Adults in Korea

Lee

2019

J Prev Med Public Health

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Objectives Young adulthood represents a critical developmental period during which the use of tobacco may begin or cease. Furthermore, differences in smoking behaviors between younger (aged 18-24 years) and older (aged 25-34 years) young adults may exist. This study aimed to characterize patterns related to current smoking in younger and older young adults. Methods This study used data acquired from the Sixth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey conducted from 2013 to 2014. A total of 2069 subjects were categorized as younger (712 subjects) and older (1357 subjects) young adults. The chi-square test was used to assess the relationships between smoking status and socio-demographic, health-related, and smoking-related factors. Multivariable logistic regression models were constructed to assess the factors affecting current smoking in these age groups. Results The current smoking prevalence was 18.3% among the younger young adults and 26.0% among the older young adults. Sex, education level, occupation, perceived health status, alcohol consumption, and electronic cigarette use were related to current smoking in both age groups. Secondhand smoke exposure at home and stress levels showed significant relationships with smoking in younger and older young adults, respectively. Conclusions Strong correlations were found between the observed variables and smoking behaviors among young adults. Determining the factors affecting smoking and designing interventions based on these factors are essential for smoking cessation in young adults.

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Factors Related to Smoking Status Among Young Adults: An Analysis of Younger and Older Young Adults in Korea

Lee

2019

J Prev Med Public Health

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“…According to a previous study, satisfaction with health was predicted by symptoms and present medication [ 19 ]. A recent study found an association with life satisfaction [ 20 ]. Both studies observed a steady association between satisfaction and health and health-related behaviors, called good practices, such as having exercise, no snacks, and maintaining a good BMI.…”

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“…Anxiety regarding health (general, physical, mental, and any others) was addressed to screen for symptoms of mental problems, which can be common among those of working age, such as depression [ 16 , 17 ]. Based on previous studies [ 18 – 20 ], satisfaction in terms of health (well-satisfied and satisfied vs. not very satisfied and unsatisfied) was explored because level of health satisfaction was expected to predict comprehensive health associated with lifestyle and sociodemographic characteristics [ 21 ].…”

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Relationship between menstruation status and work conditions in Japan

Nishikitani

Nakao

Tsurugano

et al. 2017

BioPsychoSocial Med

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BackgroundMenstrual problems can significantly impact daily and work life. In reaction to a shrinking population, the Japanese government is encouraging more women to participate in the labor force. Actual success in achieving this aim, however, is limited. Specifically, participation in the workforce by women during their reproductive years is impacted by their health, which involves not only work conditions, but also traditional family circumstances. Therefore, it is important to further assess and gather more information about the health status of women who work during their reproductive years in Japan. Specifically, women’s health can be represented by menstruation status, which is a pivotal indicator. In this study, we assessed the association between short rest periods in work intervals and menstruation and other health status indicators among female workers in Japan.MethodsStudy participants were recruited from the alumnae of a university, which provided a uniform educational level. All 9864 female alumnae were asked to join the survey and 1630 (17%) accepted. The final sample of study participants (n = 505) were aged 23–43 years, had maintained the same job status for at least 1 year, and were not shift workers, had no maternal status, and did not lack any related information. The participants were divided into two groups according to interval time, with 11 h between end of work and resumption of daily work as a benchmark. This interval time was based on EU regulations and the goal set by the government of Japan. Health outcomes included: menstrual cycle, dysmenorrhoea symptoms, anxiety regarding health, and satisfaction in terms of health. Multiple logistic regression analyses were conducted to estimate the odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for health indexes in association with interval time by adjusting for confounding variables that included both psychosocial and biological factors.ResultsWe compared the health status of women in the workforce with and without a sufficient interval time of 11 h/day. Workers who had a short interval time had a significantly higher prevalence of anxiety about health and dissatisfaction with their health. For menstruation status, only abnormal menstruation cycles were observed more often among workers in the short interval group than those of the long interval group. However, this association disappeared when biological confounding factors were adjusted in a multivariable regression model. Dysmenorrhea symptoms did not show a statistically significant association with short interval time.ConclusionsThis study found a significant association between a short interval time of less than 11 h/day and subjective health indicators and the menstrual health status of women in the workforce. Menstrual health was more affected by biological factors than social psychological factors. A long work time and short interval time could increase worker anxiety and dissatisfaction and may deteriorate the menstrual cycle.

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“…Health related lifestyle was measured using questions adapted from Breslow׳s lifestyle index ( Belloc, Breslow & Hochstim, 1971 ) which has been validated and widely used in previous studies ( Haruyama et al, 2012 , Noguchi et al, 2015 , Breslow and Enstrom, 1980 ). These questions and possible responses were scored as follow: (1) how many hours sleep did you usually get a night?…”

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Trajectories and predictors of alcohol consumption over 21 years of mothers׳ reproductive life course

Tran

Williams

Alati

et al. 2015

SSM - Population Health

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IntroductionLittle is known about the patterns of women׳s alcohol consumption over their reproductive life course. This study identifies trajectories of alcohol consumption by mothers over 21 years of their reproductive life course and examines baseline predictors of these trajectories.MethodsData were obtained from a prospective cohort study of 3715 women in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia over 21 years of follow-up. Women׳s alcohol consumption was measured by frequency and quantity of use across the surveys. Potential predictors and confounding variables were assessed at baseline. Group based-trajectory modelling was used to identify typical drinking trajectories over the maternal reproductive life course. Multinomial logistic regression was employed to examine predictors associated with these trajectories.ResultsFour trajectories of alcohol consumption were indentified for mothers over the 21-year period. These trajectories included abstainers (11.9%), low-stable drinkers (58.0%), moderate-escalating drinkers (25.3%), and heavy-escalating drinkers (4.8%). After adjustment for significant covariates, membership of the abstaining trajectory was predicted by lower family income, being married, and high frequency of church attendance while membership of the heavier-escalating trajectory was associated with women who were not currently married, never went church and had unhealthy lifestyle behaviours.ConclusionsPatterns of women׳s alcohol consumption exhibit a high level of stability for abstainers and women who drink at low levels. After the birth of their child, there are some changes in alcohol consumption for the moderate and heavy-escalating alcohol consumption groups. Low risk patterns of consumption are associated with variables which generally reflected a low risk behaviour lifestyle. Intervention programmes should particularly target women engaging in the heavy-escalating alcohol consumption group as this group increase their consumption shortly after the birth of their child. There is a need to understand more about the social and health consequences to mothers and their children of being in the moderate and heavy-escalating drinking trajectory groups.

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Relationship between Perceived Health Status and Health Practices in the General Adult Population in Japan

Cited by 12 publications

References 36 publications

Factors Related to Smoking Status Among Young Adults: An Analysis of Younger and Older Young Adults in Korea

Factors Related to Smoking Status Among Young Adults: An Analysis of Younger and Older Young Adults in Korea

Relationship between menstruation status and work conditions in Japan

Trajectories and predictors of alcohol consumption over 21 years of mothers׳ reproductive life course

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