Relationship between health-related fitness and educational and income levels in Spanish women

Saavedra, José M.; Torres, Silvia; Caro, Berta; Escalante, Yolanda; Cruz, Ernesto De La; Durán, María J.; Rodríguez, Ferrán A.

doi:10.1016/j.puhe.2007.07.017

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“…Thiele et al [22], Boynton et al [23], and Saavedra et al [24] identified that education plays a key role in relation to exercise. It was confirmed in this study that women with higher education levels were more likely to make a positive change to their exercise in midlife.…”

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Self-Efficacy and Behavioral Changes on Exercise on Health-Related Quality of Life in Middle-Aged Women of Klang Valley

Hassan

2017

Asian J Pharm Clin Res

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Objective: The present study aims to explore the effects of self-efficacy and behavioral changes on exercise that impact on the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of middle-aged Malaysian women. Methods:A questionnaire-based data collection was performed from October 2013 to March 2014 in the Klang Valley, Malaysia. Analysis of data was performed by SPSS (vs. 21.0) after recording body mass index, general health, physical health status, self-efficacy, and self-awareness associated with HRQoL. Correlation between the parameters was performed using Pearson's correlation coefficients, and the reliability test was conducted using Cronbach's alpha (α). Results are mentioned as significant when p-values are found to be <0.05. Results:Findings of the study indicate though women of Klang Valley suffer from few health problems, they prefer exercise to maintain their HRQoL. It has been observed that self-efficacy and behavioral changes for exercise related QoL are affected by several factors, such as education, monthly income, marital status, and even ethnicity. Among 736 respondents, only 304 made a change in their exercise regime, and the level of change is about 58.4% had made small increase and followed by 41.3%. Women with higher self-efficacy (50.35%) made changes by taking up exercise to have a healthy lifestyle. Conclusions:This study portrays that women of Klang Valley, Malaysia, are inflicted with quite a good self-efficacy to exercise, which impacts their HRQoL.

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Self-Efficacy and Behavioral Changes on Exercise on Health-Related Quality of Life in Middle-Aged Women of Klang Valley

Hassan

2017

Asian J Pharm Clin Res

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“…Thiele et al, [23] Boynton et al, [24] and Saavedra et al [25] identified that education play a key role in relation to exercise. It was confirmed in this study that women with higher education levels were more likely to make a positive change to their exercise in midlife.…”

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Exercise-Associated Self-Efficacy and Behavioral Changes and Their Impact on Health-Related Quality of Life of Middle-Aged Women of Klang Valley, Malaysia

Hassan

Sengupta

2017

Asian J Pharm Clin Res

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Objectives: This study aims to elucidate the impacts of self-efficacy and behavioral changes on exercise that may affect health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of middle-aged Malaysian women. Methods:A questionnaire-based data collection was performed from October 2013 to March 2014 in the Klang Valley, Malaysia. SPSS (v. 21.0) was used to analyze the data after recording body mass index, general health, physical health status, self-efficacy and self-awareness associated to HRQoL. Correlation between the parameters was calculated using Pearson's correlation coefficients, and the reliability test was conducted using Cronbach's alpha (α). Results are mentioned as significant when P values are found to be <0.05. Results:Findings of the study indicated, though women of Klang Valley suffer from few health problems, they prefer exercise to maintain their HRQoL. It has been observed that self-efficacy and behavioral changes for exercise related quality of life are affected by several factors, such as education, monthly income, marital status, and even ethnicity. Conclusions:This study portrays that women of Klang Valley, Malaysia, are inflicted with quite a good self-efficacy to exercise, which impacts their HRQoL.

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“…Smoking, alcohol abuse, a sedentary lifestyle and lower nutritional intake have been found to be associated with lower levels of education (Chen et al 2006;Gilman et al 2008;Saavedra et al 2008). A number of risk factor studies attempt to measure the contribution of a single risk factor to overall education-based health disparities.…”

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The effect of education on adult mortality and disability: a global perspective

Lentzner²

2010

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Contemporary research primarily in the West offers a strong case for the relationship between formal education and adult health; more education, measured either by level completed or years of schooling, is associated, often in a stepwise fashion, with lower levels of mortality, morbidity and disability. In this study, we attempt to provide a global assessment of that relationship as it pertains to adult disability, using sample data from 70 countries that participated in the World Health Survey. In each of five regions and some of the largest countries outside the West we find that an increase in formal education is associated with lower levels of disability in both younger and older adults. Using the regional education-based differentials and several estimates of growth in education levels, we project levels of disability to 2050 to estimate the health and human capital benefits obtained from investments in education. We find that considering education in the population projection consistently shows lower prevalence of disability in the future, and that scenarios with better education attainment lead to lower prevalence. It is apparent that the educational dividend identified in our projection scenario should be an important policy goal, which, if anything, should be more speedily advanced in those countries and regions that have the greatest need.

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Relationship between health-related fitness and educational and income levels in Spanish women

Cited by 16 publications

References 35 publications

Self-Efficacy and Behavioral Changes on Exercise on Health-Related Quality of Life in Middle-Aged Women of Klang Valley

Self-Efficacy and Behavioral Changes on Exercise on Health-Related Quality of Life in Middle-Aged Women of Klang Valley

Exercise-Associated Self-Efficacy and Behavioral Changes and Their Impact on Health-Related Quality of Life of Middle-Aged Women of Klang Valley, Malaysia

The effect of education on adult mortality and disability: a global perspective

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