scholarly journals Adherence, Compliance, and Health Risk Factor Changes following Short-Term Physical Activity Interventions

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lynda H. Norton ◽  
Kevin I. Norton ◽  
Nicole R. Lewis
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Risk Factors ◽  
Risk Factor ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Group Versus ◽  
Physical Activity Interventions ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Important Health ◽  
Fitness Parameters ◽  
Health Risk Factor

Background.Low physical activity (PA) levels are associated with poor health risk factor profiles. Intervention strategies to increase PA and quantify the rate and magnitude of change in risk factors are important.Methods.Interventions were conducted over 40 days to increase PA in 736 insufficiently active (<150 min/wk PA) participants using either a pedometer or instructor-led group protocol. There were a further 135 active participants as controls. Major cardiovascular and metabolic risk factors, including fitness parameters, were measured before and after intervention.Results.Adherence to the interventions was higher for the group versus pedometer participants (87.1% versus 79.8%) and compliance rates for achieving sufficient levels of PA (≥150 min/wk) were also higher for the group participants (95.8% versus 77.6%). Total weekly PA patterns increased by 300 and 435 minutes, for the pedometer and group participants, respectively. Improvements were found for waist girth, total cholesterol, aerobic fitness, and flexibility relative to controls. The change in vigorous PA, but not moderate PA, was a significant predictor of the change in eight of 11 risk factor variables measured.Conclusions.Rapid and dramatic increases in PA among previously insufficiently active adults can result in important health benefits.

scholarly journals Overuse of Medical Tests: A New Health Risk Factor?

2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (9) ◽  
pp. 497 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Martins
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Risk Factor ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Practice Patterns ◽  
Medical Overuse ◽  
Risk Reduction Behavior ◽  
Reduction Behavior ◽  
Medical Tests ◽  
Health Risk Factor

Keywords: Medical Overuse; Practice Patterns, Physicians; Risk Factors; Risk Reduction Behavior.

scholarly journals Health-Risk Transition and 8-Year Hypertension Incidence in a Nationwide Thai Cohort Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 99
Author(s):  
Prasutr Thawornchaisit ◽  
Fredinandus De Looze ◽  
Christopher M Reid ◽  
Sam-ang Seubsman ◽  
Adrian Sleigh
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Risk Factors ◽  
Risk Factor ◽  
Cohort Study ◽  
Kidney Disease ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Soft Drink ◽  
Health Risk Factors ◽  
Household Asset

OBJECTIVE: Rapid economic growth is transforming Thailand into a middle-income country. Also emerging are chronic diseases particularly hypertension, diabetes mellitus and kidney disease. There are few studies of the incidence of hypertension. We analyse the effect on 8-year incidence of hypertension of transitional health-risk factors including demography, socioeconomic status (SES), body mass index (BMI), sedentariness, physical activity, underlying diseases, personal behaviours, food, fruit and vegetable consumption.DESIGN & METHODS: Health-risk factors and their effects on the incidence of hypertension were evaluated prospectively in the national Thai Cohort Study from 2005 to 2013. All data were derived from 40,548 Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University students returning mail-based questionnaire surveys in both 2005 and 2013. Adjusted relative risks of association between each risk factor and incidence of hypertension were calculated after controlling for confounding factors.RESULTS: In Thailand, the 8-year incidence of hypertension was 5.1% (men 7.1%, women 3.6%). Hypertension was associated with ageing, higher BMI, diabetes mellitus, chronic kidney disease, high lipids, SES, lower education level, lower household asset, physical inactivity, smoking, instant food intake and soft drink. Sex, having a partner, urbanization and sedentary habits had no influence on hypertension.CONCLUSION: In Thailand, hypertension is becoming a serious risk factor for chronic disease with a wide array of associations with modern life. As Thailand’s socio-economy develops the health-risk transition will further impact on population health. Thais should be encouraged by government policy to consume less instant food, maintain normal BMI, increased physical activity, stop smoking and consume less soft drink.

What predicts patient-reported GP management of smoking, nutrition, alcohol, physical activity and weight?

2012 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark F. Harris ◽  
Mahnaz Fanaian ◽  
Upali W. Jayasinghe ◽  
Megan Passey ◽  
David Lyle ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Risk Factors ◽  
At Risk ◽  
General Practice ◽  
Risk Factor ◽  
Readiness To Change ◽  
Activity Levels ◽  
Physical Activity Interventions ◽  
Patient Reported ◽  
Australian General Practice

This study aimed to describe patient-reported management of behavioural risk factors in Australian general practice. Six hundred and ninety-eight eligible patients from 30 general practices in two rural and three urban Divisions of General Practice responded to a mailed invitation to participate and completed a questionnaire. Data were analysed using univariate and multi-level multivariate methods. The prevalence of risk factors varied between 12.6% for smoking and 72.6% for at-risk diet (56.2% were overweight). Most patients were at the action or maintenance phases of their readiness to change their risky behaviours. General practitioners (GPs) provided education or advice to between one-quarter and one-third of those at risk for each risk factor; 9.2% and 9.6% of patients reported having been referred for diet or physical activity interventions. Patient body mass index was associated with increased likelihood of receiving GP advice or referral for diet and physical activity interventions. Having poor diet or physical activity levels and being more ready for change were not associated with the likelihood of GP referral. The major challenge for general practice is to ensure that effective lifestyle interventions are provided to those who will most benefit. Patient-reported GP behavioural risk factor advice and referral is less frequent than is optimal. Priority needs to be given to those most at risk and ready to change their behaviour.

Predicting microcystin concentrations in lakes and reservoirs at a continental scale: A new framework for modelling an important health risk factor

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 625-637 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zofia E. Taranu ◽  
Irene Gregory-Eaves ◽  
Russell J. Steele ◽  
Marieke Beaulieu ◽  
Pierre Legendre
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factor ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Continental Scale ◽  
Important Health ◽  
Lakes And Reservoirs ◽  
Health Risk Factor ◽  
New Framework

scholarly journals Faktor Risiko Kesehatan Lingkungan Di Sekolah Dasar Kabupaten Padang Pariaman

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 60-67
Author(s):  
Miladil Fitra ◽  
Awaluddin Awaluddin ◽  
Alsri Windra Doni ◽  
Dismo Katiandagho
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Risk Factor ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Environmental Health ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Potential Health ◽  
School Conditions ◽  
Environmental Health Risk ◽  
Health Risk Factor ◽  
Very High

School conditions that do not meet environmental health requirements are a threat to students and school members to be affected by health problems and infectious diseases. The purpose of this study was to analyze risk factors for environmental health at SDN 13 Batang Gasan and the potential health problems that would arise. This research is descriptive, with the population is the facilities and infrastructure and all students of SD Negeri 13 Batang Gasan, totaling 82 people. Data analysis was performed using environmental health risk factor analysis, namely providing answers about the risks that will arise, by dividing 6 risk criteria, namely very high (> 80%), high (60% -79%), moderate (40% -59%), low (20% -39%), very low (1% -19%) and safe / not risky (0%). The results of the study prove that the level of environmental health risk in Public Elementary School 13 is high (65%). It is suggested that schools need to make efforts to control risk factors.

Wybrane czynniki ryzyka chorób układu sercowo-naczyniowego związane z miażdżycą tętnic jako problem zdrowotny wśród młodzieży ponadgimnazjalnej

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (1A) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zdzisława Chmiel ◽  
Grażyna Hejda ◽  
Monika Binkowska-Bury
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Risk Factors ◽  
Risk Factor ◽  
Cardiovascular Diseases ◽  
World Health ◽  
Study Group ◽  
Atherosclerosis Risk ◽  
Atherosclerosis Risk Factors ◽  
Atherosclerosis Risk Factor ◽  
Recommended Physical Activity

Introduction. A World Health Organization (WHO) conference on a “second wave” epidemic of cardiovascular diseases, directly linked to arterial sclerosis (AS), predicts that in 2020 cardiovascular diseases will most likely be the leading cause of death in the world. The development of AS begins in youth and progresses with age. It’s intensity depends on the risk factors involved, such as: smoking, hypertension, obesity and fat and sugar disorders in the body. Aim. The aim of this study was to establish the risk factors of cardiovascular diseases and their existence, among the youth of the upper gymnasium school. Material and methods. The research was conducted using 511 volunteer students from upper and lower gymnasium schools, between 16-19 years of age. Our research methods included: a diagnostic questionnaire, the measurement of blood pressure (BP) and anthropometric measurements. In the statistical study, we used chi-square independence testing, the V-Kramer test and the tau-b Kendall test; the level of changes α = 0.05 – was used. Results. Over a half of the study group (52.5%) was characterised with the lack of recommended physical activity, much more common in girls than boys (p = 0.000), just like smoking (p = 0.009) which was declared by 39.7% of the interviewed youth. In turn, a heightened value of systolic and diastolic pressure occurred more often in boys (19.6%) than in girls (12.1%); (p = 0.000 vs. p = 0.003). Excessive body mass was noted in 15.7% of the respondents, also more often in boys than in girls (p = 0.02), and abdominal obesity occurred in 10.2% of the respondents, with no significant differences between the sexes. 42.3% of the respondents showed one, 29.9% showed two and 18.8% showed three atherosclerosis risk factors. 9.0% of the study group showed 4 and more such risk factors. Accumulation of atherosclerosis risk factors occurred significantly more often in girls than in boys (p = 0.002). Conclusions. In all the respondents at least one atherosclerosis risk factor was found, and in over half of the study group, more frequently in girls than in boys, an accumulation of two or more risk factors was observed. Lack of recommended physical activity was the most frequent atherosclerosis risk factor occurring in the youth.

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