Relationship among health cognition, dietary habits and health levels in populations receiving health examinations
10.3760/cma.j.cn115624-20230918-00141
- VernacularTitle:健康体检人群健康认知、饮食方式与健康水平关系研究
- Author:
Yanhui LIN
1
;
Tao WANG
;
Mingyuan LI
Author Information
1. 中南大学湘雅三医院健康管理中心，长沙 410013
- Keywords:
Health;
Cognition;
Dietary patterns;
Lifestyle behaviors;
Health status
- From:
Chinese Journal of Health Management
2024;18(6):416-420
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To investigate the relationship among health cognition, dietary habits and health levels in population receiving health examinations.Methods:A cross-sectional survey was carried out in 55 339 subjects who underwent the health examinations at the Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University in 2022. Exploratory factor analysis was used to classify dietary patterns, variance component analysis was employed to validate the questionnaire′s validity, and reliability analysis was conducted to test the questionnaire′s reliability. For continuous data, analysis of variance was used, while chi-square tests were applied for categorical data. Furthermore, a structural equation model for health cognition was constructed to analyze the interrelationships between health cognition, dietary patterns and health levels in the subjects.Results:The health cognition level of men was significantly higher than that of women (19.40±2.96 vs 19.26±2.96, F=34.11, P<0.001). The health cognition level of people aged≥50 years was 19.89±3.17, the highest among all age groups ( F=434.93, P<0.001). The health cognition level of overweight people was 19.53±2.95, higher than that of other weight groups ( F=84.09, P<0.001). The mental health assessment results in men were significantly better than that in women (11.98±3.79 vs 12.76±4.21, F=521.07, P<0.001), women generally had better health indicators than men. Participants aged 50 years and above had the best mental health indicator assessments, scored 11.13±3.26 ( F=1 053.30, P<0.001). And the mental health indicator assessments in overweight people was the best, while it was the worst in subjects with lower body mass index (12.04±3.84 vs 13.31±4.38, F=104.05, P<0.001). According to the structural equation model, the overall effect of health cognition on the health level of the population undergoing health examinations was 0.66. At the same time, there was a partial intermediary effect between health cognition and health level, the direct effect of health cognition on dietary patterns was 0.31, and the direct effect of dietary patterns on health level was 0.61. Conclusion:Health cognition has both direct and indirect effects on the health status in population receiving health examinations.
