Self-Rated Health in University Students from Rio Branco in the Western Brazilian Amazon

Freire, Luciana de Mendonça; Dalamaria, Tatiane; Cunha, Margarida de Aquino; Souza, Orivaldo Florencio de

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“…Psychologically, we speak of health when the student enjoys a set of characteristics such as positive emotions, enthusiasm, vitality, self-determination, and subjective perception of well-being [ 55 , 56 ]. On the other hand, a significant quantity of research indicates the importance of university students’ self-assessed health; when this assessment is unsatisfactory, it is associated with sedentarism, headaches and insomnia and with lower quality of life [ 57 , 58 , 59 ]. In the student population, a low level of well-being has been related to low academic achievement and high levels of procrastination [ 4 , 60 ].…”

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Regulation/Non-Regulation/Dys-Regulation of Health Behavior, Psychological Reactance, and Health of University Undergraduate Students

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Gonzáles-Torres

2021

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The Self-Regulation vs. External-Regulation Theory (2017) has postulated a continuum of regulation/non-regulation/dys-regulation that is present both in the individual and in the individual’s context. This gives rise to a behavioral heuristic that can predict and explain other health-related variables, such as psychological reactance and student health. On a voluntary basis, 269 university students completed validated questionnaires on variables of regulation, reactance and health. Using an ex post facto design, we performed correlational analysis and structural linear regression to build a structural equations model (SEM) with acceptable statistical values. The results showed various predicted relationships: self-regulation was associated with and positively predicted self-regulated health behavior; external health-regulating contexts were associated with and positively predicted self-regulated health behavior; non-regulatory and dysregulatory contexts negatively predicted self-regulated health behavior and students’ health itself, as well as positively predicting psychological reactance behavior. Implications are established for explaining variability in general and health-related self-regulation, as well as for intervening in these variables in health programs.

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Regulation/Non-Regulation/Dys-Regulation of Health Behavior, Psychological Reactance, and Health of University Undergraduate Students

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“…Both findings are in line with previously published data. [31][32][33] Tertiles of self-rated health 1st tertile (n=231) 2nd tertile (n=226) 3rd tertile (n=117) P trend* LV hypertrophy, % While the mechanisms for this remain unknown, women may be particularly sensitive to chronic health conditions, thus affecting self-rated health. 34 Recent studies have demonstrated that the prevalence of cardiovascular disease is higher in women, emphasising that an appraisal of sex differences is necessary to obtain maximum benefit of lifestyle interventions for the prevention of cardiac disease.…”

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Is self-rated health associated with cardiovascular risk factors and disease in a low-income setting? A cross-sectional study from the Amazon Basin of Brazil

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ObjectivePrior studies have suggested that self-rated health may be a useful indicator of cardiovascular disease. Consequently, we aimed to assess the relationship between self-rated health, cardiovascular risk factors and subclinical cardiac disease in the Amazon Basin.DesignCross-sectional study.Setting, participants and interventionsIn participants from the Amazon Basin of Brazil we obtained self-rated health according to a Visual Analogue Scale, ranging from 0 (poor) to 100 (excellent). We performed questionnaires, physical examination and echocardiography. Logistic and linear regression models were applied to assess self-rated health, cardiac risk factors and cardiac disease by echocardiography. Multivariable models were mutually adjusted for other cardiovascular risk factors, clinical and socioeconomic data, and known cardiac disease.Outcome measuresCardiovascular risk factors and subclincial cardiac disease by echocardiography.ResultsA total of 574 participants (mean age 41 years, 61% female) provided information on self-rated health (mean 75±21 (IQR 60–90) points). Self-rated health (per 10-point increase) was negatively associated with hypertension (OR 0.87 (95% CI 0.78 to 0.97), p=0.01), hypercholesterolaemia (OR 0.89 (95%CI 0.80 to 0.99), p=0.04) and positively with healthy diet (OR 1.13 (95%CI 1.04 to 1.24), p=0.004). Sex modified these associations (p-interaction <0.05) such that higher self-rated health was associated with healthy diet and physical activity in men, and lower odds of hypertension and hypercholesterolaemia in women. No relationship was found with left ventricular ejection fraction <45% (OR 0.97 (95% CI 0.77 to 1.23), p=0.8), left ventricular hypertrophy (OR 0.97 (95% CI 0.76 to 1.24), p=0.81) or diastolic dysfunction (OR 1.09 (95% CI 0.85 to 1.40), p=0.51).ConclusionSelf-rated health was positively associated with health parameters in the Amazon Basin, but not with subclinical cardiac disease by echocardiography. Our findings are of hypothesis generating nature and future studies should aim to determine whether assessment of self-rated health may be useful for screening related to policy-making or lifestyle interventions.Trial registration numberClinicaltrials.gov: NCT04445103; Post-results

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“…Assim possíveis tendências de maiores prevalências de autoavaliação negativa de saúde com o aumento da idade, conforme observado em pesquisas de base populacional não foram observadas 2,5,25 . Alguns estudos mostram a associação entre hábitos alimentares inadequados e a autoavaliação negativa de saúde 6,26 . No presente estudo, o consumo irregular de verduras/saladas foi associado com a autoavaliação negativa de saúde, o que corrobora com o RP: Razões de Prevalências; IC95%: Intervalo de Confiança a 95%.…”

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“…Essa medida de avaliação da saúde é empregada em pesquisas de diversas populações, como em crianças 9 , adolescentes 1-3 , adultos 2,5 , e também em universitários 4,[6][7][8]15 . Para a população brasileira, o sistema de vigilância de saúde, o VIGITEL, para o ano de 2015, mostrou que a autoavaliação negativa de saúde entre os adultos foi de 4,4% 16 , porém, outra pesquisa mostrou prevalência de autoavaliação negativa de saúde de 40% 5 .…”

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“…Entre os universitários os estudos ainda são escassos, as prevalências de autoavaliação negativa de saúde têm variado de 10,8% a 22,3%, em estudos nacionais e internacionais 4,6,7,15,17 . Entre as pesquisas com esse grupo, observou-se que os fatores associados a autoavaliação negativa de saúde foram os universitários inativos no lazer 4,6 , que relataram alimentação inadequada 4,6 , que avaliaram o estresse como negativo 4,8 e que estavam com sobrepeso ou obesidade 4,8 .…”

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Percepção negativa de saúde e fatores associados em acadêmicos de Educação Física

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Introdução:A autoavaliação do estado de saúde tem sido utilizada em estudos epidemiológicos e representa uma medida de estimativa do nível de saúde. Objetivo: Identificar a prevalência e os fatores associados a autoavaliação negativa de saúde em universitários de um curso de Educação Física. Métodos: Estudo epidemiológico transversal, realizado com universitários de um curso de Educação Física. A variável dependente foi a auto avaliação de saúde e as variáveis independentes foram sexo, faixa etária, situação conjugal, tempo na universidade, atividade física de lazer, ingestão de frutas/ sucos e verduras/saladas, consumo bebidas alcoólicas, índice de massa corporal, auto avaliação de tempo para relaxar e nível de estresse. Utilizou-se a estatística descritiva e as Razões de Prevalências (RP), estimadas pela regressão de Poisson, nas análises brutas e ajustadas, com nível de significância de 5%. Resultados: Participaram do estudo 111 universitários, com média de idade de 24,7 anos. A prevalência de autoavaliação negativa de saúde foi de 10,1%. Foram associados com maiores prevalências de autoavaliação negativa de saúde os universitários que relataram o consumo irregular de verduras/saladas (RP=9,59; IC95%=1,64-55,96), que estavam com excesso de peso (RP=3,81; IC95%=1,03-14,12), com nível de estresse negativo (RP=8,34; IC95%=2,96-23,48), por outro lado, com menor RP os estudantes de maior faixa etária (RP=0,17; IC95%=0,03-0,82). Conclusão: A prevalência de autoavaliação negativa de saúde foi baixa e os fatores associados a esse desfecho relacionaram-se aos componentes relacionados a alimentação, ao estado nutricional e autoavaliação de estresse na vida.Palavras-chave: estudantes; educação física e treinamento; comportamentos relacionados com a saúde; estilo de vida. ABSTRACT Introduction:The self-rated health has been used in epidemiological studies and represents a measure that indicates the status health overall. Objective: To identify the prevalence and factors associated with negative self-rated health in university students of a Physical Education course. Methods: Cross-sectional epidemiological study carried out with university students of a Physical Education course. The self-rated health was dependent variable and independent variables were gender, age range, marital status, college time, leisure-in-time physical activity, fruit/juice intake, vegetable/ salad intake, alcohol consumption, body mass index, selfevaluation of time to relax and stress level. The Prevalence Ratios (PR), estimated by Poisson regression, were used in the crude and adjusted analyzes, with a significance level of 5%. Results: Participated 111 university students, with a mean age of 24.7 years. The prevalence of negative self-rated health was 10.1%. The negative perception of health was associated with the students that reported the irregular consumption of vegetables/salads (PR=9.59; 95%CI=1.64-55.96), that were body mass excess (PR=3.81; 95%CI=1.03-14.12), with negative self-evaluation of stress (PR=8.34; 95%CI=2.96-23.48) and with l...

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Self-Rated Health in University Students from Rio Branco in the Western Brazilian Amazon

Cited by 9 publications

References 13 publications

Regulation/Non-Regulation/Dys-Regulation of Health Behavior, Psychological Reactance, and Health of University Undergraduate Students

Regulation/Non-Regulation/Dys-Regulation of Health Behavior, Psychological Reactance, and Health of University Undergraduate Students

Is self-rated health associated with cardiovascular risk factors and disease in a low-income setting? A cross-sectional study from the Amazon Basin of Brazil

Percepção negativa de saúde e fatores associados em acadêmicos de Educação Física

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